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Post by admin on Oct 21, 2010 10:39:10 GMT
 Ullevi Stadium Skånegatan, Göteborg, Sweden Tel: +46 (0) 31 368 45 00 Fax: +46 (0)31 368 43 11 Email: gotevent@gotevent.se www.ullevi.seVenue Facilities Press centre, press conference area, press box, VIP area, restaurants, kiosks, bars Did you know? * Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg hosts its seventh FIM Speedway Grand Prix in 2011. * The first three SGP events held in Gothenburg were FIM Scandinavian Speedway Grand Prix (2002, 2003, 2004) * The FIM Scandinavian Speedway Grand Prix has been at Målilla since 2005 * 2011 sees Ullevi host its fourth FIM Swedish Speedway Grand Prix Previous Results Previous four Grand Prix held at Ullevi have seen the following results: (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th) * 2010: Kenneth Bjerre; Tomasz Gollob; Andreas Jonsson; Greg Hancock * 2009: Emil Sayfutdinov; Jason Crump; Antonio Lindbäck; Nicki Pedersen * 2008: Rune Holta, Fredrik Lindgren, Nicki Pedersen, Jason Crump * *2004: Hans Andersen, Jason Crump, Tony Rickardsson, Greg Hancock * *2003: Ryan Sullivan, Scott Nicholls, Leigh Adams, Jason Crump * *2002: Leigh Adams, Tony Rickardsson, Lukas Dryml, Greg Hancock * FIM Scandinavian Grand Prix |
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Post by admin on May 6, 2011 7:11:53 GMT
 Swedish hotshot Thomas H Jonasson has been handed the wild card for the FIM Swedish Speedway Grand Prix at Gothenburg’s Ullevi Stadium on Saturday, May 14.The 22-year-old donned the famous No.16 race jacket in the FIM Scandinavian SGP in Malilla last season and bagged a very respectable eight points. This tally would normally be enough to get a rider into the semi-finals, but THJ missed the cut by one in a hotly-contested meeting. Jonasson qualified as second series reserve for this year’s World Championship after finishing sixth in the GP Challenge at Danish track Vojens last August. As a result, he could appear on the SGP circuit again this year if two riders are forced to miss a round through injury, illness or other reasons, or if first reserve Magnus Zetterstrom is unavailable to cover an absence. The former Swindon man also played a key role in helping Swedish Elitserien side Vetlanda land the title last year. He races alongside SGP regulars Jason Crump, Jaroslaw Hampel and Janusz Kolodziej at the club. Jonasson also rides for Gdansk in the Polish First Division. THJ is joined in Gothenburg by track reserves Simon Gustafsson and Dennis Andersson. Gustafsson, who wears the No.17 race jacket, rides for Eastbourne in the British Elite League and Indianerna in Sweden. Meanwhile, No.18 Andersson is in his debut season for Poole in the Elite League. His sensational performances at reserve have played a huge part in many bookmakers tipping the Pirates for the championship. He also races for Wroclaw in the Polish Ekstraliga and Lejonen in the Elitserien. The referee for round two of the world championship FIM Speedway Grand Prix series will be Wojciech Grodzki from Poland.  sgp |
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Post by admin on May 11, 2011 22:17:01 GMT
10/3 Tomasz Gollob
11/2 Jason Crump
7/1 Nicki Pedersen
7/1 Emil Sayfutdinov
9/1 Jarek Hampel
10/1 Andreas Jonsson
10/1 Greg Hancock
12/1 Janusz Kolodziej
14/1 Rune Holta
14/1 Kenneth Bjerre
14/1 Fredrik Lindgren
16/1 Chris Holder
33/1 Chris Harris
40/1 Antonio Lindback
50/1 Thomas H Joansson
125/1 Artem Laguta
1/4 Odds Place 1,2,3
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Post by admin on May 13, 2011 7:11:46 GMT
 Tomasz Gollob’s manager Thomas Gaszynski says there no hard feelings between the world champion and his arch-rival Nicki Pedersen following their titanic scrap in Leszno. The Gorzow team mates lead the World Championship going into the FIM Meridian Lifts Swedish SGP in Gothenburg on Saturday, with Gollob on 18 points and Pedersen on 17. They met three times at the FIM Fogo European Grand Prix on April 30, which saw Gollob excluded from their heat race after appearing to drop his machine in a bid to get a re-run. The Pole bounced back to win a hard-fought semi-final between the two, but Pedersen barged him aside to top the rostrum in the final. Despite such a fierce battle between them, both men were able to smile about it and discussed the action like old friends in the post-meeting press conference. And Gaszynski says this proves why both have won speedway’s biggest prize. He said: “It just shows how professional both Nicki and Tomek are. They have been around the block a few times and they know what it’s all about. I guess that’s the difference between someone who has been world champion and someone who hasn’t. “Of course it was Nicki and Tomek battling on that night, but it really could be anybody next time. We’ll be up against 15 of the world’s best in Gothenburg, and also the wild card.” Gaszynski was delighted to see Gollob leave the opening round with 18 points after he bagged six at Leszno in 2010. Despite the four-time Speedway World Cup winner making a far better start than when he clinched his first world title last year, Gaszynski isn’t reading too much into the result. He said: “Obviously we’ve very happy because it was a much better night compared to last time in Leszno, where we scored six. We are happy with second place and 18 points, which puts us in the lead. “Of course it could have been a few more, but we were happy with what we could get. “If you’re ahead at the beginning and everything goes alright, you’re okay. But Tomasz had a bad beginning in 2010 and finished on top.“If you look at Crumpie, he won the first round and finished third. Third is a very good place to be, but it’s not the world title. So we can’t take anything for granted now.” Gollob finished second to Kenneth Bjerre in Gothenburg’s Ullevi Stadium last year. As one of the series’ temporary circuits, it is always one of the toughest venues to find the perfect setup. So Gaszynski admits Team Tomek would be delighted with a repeat performance. He said: “On these one-off tracks it can be anyone’s day or anyone’s nightmare. He was second last year and scored 16 points. If we had a second again, we’d take it. “It’s a very tricky track. It has long straights, narrow corners and it is a very quick track. Conditions change from race to race. It’s a matter of getting it dialled in and keeping the set-up right for the changing conditions throughout the night.” sgp |
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Post by admin on May 13, 2011 13:15:14 GMT
2011 FIM Meridian Lifts Swedish Speedway Grand Prix, round: 2 date: Sat 14th May venue: Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg
1 K. Bjerre (7) E. Sayfutdinov (12) A. Jonsson (9) A. Lindback (14)
2 J. Crump (3) T. Gollob (1) J. Kolodziej (15) R. Holta (4)
3 N. Pedersen (10) T. Jonasson (16) G. Hancock (5) A. Laguta (13)
4 J. Hampel (2) C. Holder (8) C. Harris (6) F. Lindgren (11)
5 F. Lindgren (11) K. Bjerre (7) J. Crump (3) G. Hancock (5)
6 C. Holder (8) N. Pedersen (10) E. Sayfutdinov (12) J. Kolodziej (15)
7 T. Jonasson (16) J. Hampel (2) T. Gollob (1) A. Jonsson (9)
8 A. Lindback (14) R. Holta (4) A. Laguta (13) C. Harris (6)
9 J. Kolodziej (15) C. Harris (6) K. Bjerre (7) T. Jonasson (16)
10 A. Laguta (13) J. Crump (3) J. Hampel (2) E. Sayfutdinov (12)
11 R. Holta (4) G. Hancock (5) A. Jonsson (9) C. Holder (8)
12 F. Lindgren (11) A. Lindback (14) N. Pedersen (10) T. Gollob (1)
13 T. Gollob (1) A. Laguta (13) C. Holder (8) K. Bjerre (7)
14 E. Sayfutdinov (12) F. Lindgren (11) R. Holta (4) T. Jonasson (16)
15 C. Harris (6) A. Jonsson (9) N. Pedersen (10) J. Crump (3)
16 G. Hancock (5) J. Kolodziej (15) A. Lindback (14) J. Hampel (2)
17 K. Bjerre (7) R. Holta (4) J. Hampel (2) N. Pedersen (10)
18 G. Hancock (5) E. Sayfutdinov (12) T. Gollob (1) C. Harris (6)
19 A. Jonsson (9) A. Laguta (13) F. Lindgren (11) J. Kolodziej (15)
20 J. Crump (3) C. Holder (8) T. Jonasson (16) A. Lindback (14)
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Post by admin on May 14, 2011 10:54:48 GMT
 @speedwaygp SpeedwayGPBlues skies over Gothenburg - looks much better than last year, and riders saying it's the best track Ullevi has ever had. |
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Post by admin on May 14, 2011 17:06:03 GMT
@speedwaygp SpeedwayGPBlues skies over Gothenburg - looks much better than last year. Conclusive proof that weather updates before the afternoon are pointless  Allegedly tipping it down in Gothenburg, according to Webster at the track |
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Post by admin on May 14, 2011 18:00:34 GMT
Well it's GP #speedway Jim but not as we know it!
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Post by admin on May 14, 2011 18:02:04 GMT
Webster - how important is the start?
Jeez!
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Post by admin on May 14, 2011 18:12:04 GMT
Webster - how important is the start? Jeez! Crump just answered that question in the most painful way  It's a Swedish gating competion! |
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Post by panther1 on May 14, 2011 21:46:31 GMT
shocking should never had started, if that had been a league match the riders would not have even warmed there engines up , could be seriously costly for crump if he misses polish and swedish fixtures
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Post by admin on May 15, 2011 6:49:06 GMT
Australian champion Chris Holder was delighted to bounce back from being crushed on countback in Leszno by winning a rain-soaked FIM Meridian Lifts Swedish SGP in Gothenburg on Saturday night.
The meeting was abandoned after 16 races as the heavy rain which had lashed the Ullevi Stadium all evening rendered track conditions and visibility too poor to continue.
Holder was top of the scorechart with 10 points when the meeting was stopped and was level with Greg Hancock. Like the American, the Sydneysider had two heat wins and two seconds to his name.
But the Poole, Torun and Lejonen hero came out on top as he pipped the Californian to the chequered flag in a fiercely-contested heat 11.
He was also helped by the fact Swedish star Antonio Lindback, who finished third, tumbled on the last lap of heat 16 while holding third place. This would have been enough to put him atop the podium, as the Rio Rocket had won his opening three races.
Holder was more than happy to take the gold medal in these fortunate circumstances, particularly after scoring nine points at the FIM Fogo European Grand Prix in Leszno on April 30 and missing the semi-finals on countback.
"Last time in Leszno I got done on countback. That was a bit of bad luck, but this time I won because Antonio couldn’t see."
- Chris Holder
He said: “You’ve got to have luck. You can’t just win without any. Fortunately it worked out well for me this time. Last time in Leszno I got done on countback. That was a bit of bad luck, but this time I won because Antonio couldn’t see.
“I’m stoked. The conditions were terrible and I had just had a great run. It worked out and I came out on top.
“I had all the gates and I just made some good decisions with the bike. I had a lot of speed, but I used my head.”
Holder was full of praise for FIM director of speedway Ole Olsen and his team for constructing a temporary track which was able to withstand 16 races despite such a heavy downpour.
He said: “The track was awesome. You’ve got to give credit to the boys who did the work. To get this many races on it with those conditions is unheard of, so you’ve got to give credit to the track people.”
Along with the bad weather, the meeting was marred by an horrific crash for three-time world champion Jason Crump in heat 10, when he spun off on turn three and landed hard on his right shoulder.
This is not the one he injured badly at Belle Vue in September 2009, which dogged his 2010 World Championship challenge.
Holder was one of the first to check on his fellow countryman, who was taken to hospital by ambulance. “He wasn’t really saying too much,” the Poole-based man said. “He was in a lot of pain. Fingers crossed it’s not too bad.”
Holder’s triumph puts him fifth in the World Championship on 19 points. But defending champion Tomasz Gollob, who led the standings going into Gothenburg, remains at the summit after scoring six. He is tied on 24 points with Hancock, but the Pole takes seniority after finishing higher in the 2010 series.
Russian hotshot Emil Sayfutdinov scored eight and stands third on 22. And despite bagging just four points, European SGP winner Nicki Pedersen is still handily-placed in fourth with 21.
British No.1 Chris Harris also finished on four, claiming a second, two thirds and a last place. He is 11th in the overall standings with 11.
FIM MERIDIAN LIFTS SWEDISH SGP RESULT: 1 Chris Holder 10, 2 Greg Hancock 10, 3 Antonio Lindback 9, 4 Janusz Kolodziej 8, 5 Emil Sayfutdinov 8, 6 Thomas H Jonasson 8, 7 Jason Crump 6, 8 Andreas Jonsson 6, 9 Tomasz Gollob 6, 10 Freddie Lindgren 6, 11 Jaroslaw Hampel 5, 12 Nicki Pedersen 4, 13 Chris Harris 4, 14 Kenneth Bjerre 2, 15 Rune Holta 1, 16 Artem Laguta 1, 17 Simon Gustafsson 1, 18 Dennis Andersson 0.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (AFTER TWO ROUNDS):
1 Tomasz Gollob 24,
2 Greg Hancock 24,
3 Emil Sayfutdinov 22,
4 Nicki Pedersen 21,
5 Chris Holder 19,
6 Jaroslaw Hampel 17,
7 Freddie Lindgren 17,
8 Janusz Kolodziej 17,
9 Kenneth Bjerre 12,
10 Jason Crump 11,
11 Chris Harris 11,
12 Andreas Jonsson 11,
13 Rune Holta 10,
14 Antonio Lindback 10,
15 Artem Laguta 1,
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Post by admin on May 15, 2011 10:14:57 GMT
@greghancock45 Greg HancockWhat a night. Still haven't dried up. Congrats to Chris Holder & all who those hydroplaned their speedway bikes last night!  Hope JC is ok
@paul_Burbidge Paul BurbidgeCrump dislocated shoulder. It was put back in at hospital. X-ray all clear. Hinted he'll be back in Prague.
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Hope JC is ok