2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy


The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy was the tenth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 27 in the Santa Marina Stadium in Lonigo, Italy. Italian SGP was won by Hans N. Andersen from Denmark. It was his first GP Won in this season.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Guglielmo Franchetti as a wild card, and Mattia Carpanese and Alessandro Milanese as track reserves. The draw was made on September 16 at the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.

Heat details

Heat by heat

  1. Iversen, Kasprzak, Hancock, Carpanese
Reserve rider Carpanese replaces injured Harris and comes.
  1. B.Pedersen, Jonsson, N.Pedersen, Lindgren
  2. Crump, Gollob, Adams, Milanese, Nicholls
Nicholls touching the tapes and was excluded and replaced by Milanese.
  1. Andersen, Holta, Dryml, Franchetti
  2. Holta, Adams, Iversen, B.Pedersen
  3. Hancock, Gollob, Lindgren, Franchetti
  4. Nicholls, Dryml, Kasprzak, Jonsson
  5. Crump, Andersen, Carpanese, N.Pedersen
Pedersen crashes and is excluded. Carpanese takes a point despite broken chain!!
  1. Andersen, Lindgren, Nicholls, Iversen
  2. Crump, B.Pedersen, Hancock, Dryml
  3. N.Pedersen, Kasprzak, Adams, Franchetti
  4. Jonsson, Holta, Gollob, Carpanese
  5. Jonsson, Crump, Iversen, Franchetti
  6. Hancock, Nicholls, Holta, N.Pedersen
  7. B.Pedersen, Andersen, Gollob, Kasprzak
  8. Adams, Lindgren, Dryml, Carpanese
  9. Gollob, N.Pedersen, Iversen, Dryml
  10. Adams, Andersen, Jonsson, Hancock
  11. Kasprzak, Crump, Holta, Lindgren
  12. B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Carpanese, Franchetti
  13. : Semi-Finals:
  14. Crump, Adams, Holta, Gollob
Race stopped due to collision between Crump & Gollob - Golob excluded
  1. Andersen, B.Pedersen, Hancock, Jonsson
  2. : The Final:
  3. Andersen, B.Pedersen, Crump, Adams

    The intermediate classification