1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fourth race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It was taken place on 9 August in the Odsal Stadium in Bradford, Great Britain[1] It was the third British SGP but the first and only in Bradford. The race was won by Danish rider Brian Andersen. It was the first and only win in his career.

1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
Information
Date9 August 1997
City Bradford
Event4 of 6 (16)
Referee Christer Bergstrom
Stadium details
StadiumOdsal Stadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner Brian Andersen
Runner-up Billy Hamill
3rd place Billy Hamill

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Joe Screen from Great Britain as Wild Card.

Heat details

Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23 24
1 7 (12) Brian Andersen 25 E 3 3 3 3 12 2 3
2 6 (1) Billy Hamill 20 3 1 2 2 2 10 4 2
3 11 (11) Jimmy Nilsen 18 3 2 3 1 3 12 3 1
4 8 (7) Mark Loram 16 2 3 3 2 3 13 1 0
5 13 (13) Tomasz Gollob 14 3 2 X F 3 8 6 3
6 4 (4) Tony Rickardsson 13 3 E 1 3 1 8 7 2
7 9 (3) Greg Hancock 12 2 3 2 0 1 8 8 1
8 14 (17) Mikael Karlsson 11 2 3 0 2 2 9 5 0
9 3 (10) Leigh Adams 9 2 X 1 3 1 7 10 3
10 10 (16) Joe Screen 8 0 2 2 2 2 8 9 2
11 12 (2) Hans Nielsen 7 1 2 3 1 0 7 11 1
12 15 (6) Peter Karlsson 6 1 1 2 1 1 6 12 0
13 2 (8) Chris Louis 4 E E 1 3 2 6 13 3
14 5 (18) Andy Smith 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 14 2
15 1 (14) Sławomir Drabik 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 15 1
16 16 (5) Henrik Gustafsson 1 0 1 M 1 0 2 16 0
17 17 (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 0 0 0 17
18 18 (9) Simon Wigg - 18
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23 24
Heat 21 (Final D): Riders placed 13th to 16th
Heat 22 (Final C): Riders placed 9th to 12th
Heat 23 (Final B): Riders placed 5th to 8th
Heat 24 (Final A): Riders placed 1st to 4th
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points CZE
SWE
GER
GBR
POL
DEN
1 (3) Greg Hancock 75 25201812  
2 (1) Billy Hamill 68 20121620  
3 (12) Brian Andersen 68 9142025  
4 (13) Tomasz Gollob 58 1825114  
5 (2) Hans Nielsen 56 816257  
6 (4) Tony Rickardsson 56 11181413  
7 (11) Jimmy Nilsen 51 1371318  
8 (7) Mark Loram 44 713816  
9 (8) Chris Louis 32 124124  
10 (10) Leigh Adams 30 6699  
11 (14) Sławomir Drabik 26 16262  
12 (6) Peter Karlsson 24 41136  
13 (5) Henrik Gustafsson 18 1431  
14 (18) Andy Smith 16 ns943  
15 (15) Piotr Protasiewicz 12 1ns110  
16 (17) Mikael Karlsson 12 ns1ns11  
17 (16) Jason Crump 8 8  
18 (16) Joe Screen 8 8  
19 (16) Robert Barth 7 7  
20 (9) Simon Wigg 5 3ns2ns  
21 (16) Tomáš Topinka 2 2  
Rider(s) not classified
(19) Sam Ermolenko ns  
Pos. Rider Points CZE
SWE
GER
GBR
POL
DEN

See also

References

  1. speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. Archived 2009-05-12.world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. Archived 2009-05-11.
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