# 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia was the eighth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It was held on August 30, 2008, in the Latvijas Spidveja Centrs in Daugavpils, Latvia. The Grand Prix was won by Jason Crump from Australia, it was his second GP win of the season.

## Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Grigory Laguta as a wild card, and Mr. John and Maksims Bogdanovs both as track reserves. The draw was made on August 19 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.

## 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 |
| 1 | 12 | (3) Jason Crump | 19 | | | 3 | | | | | 2 | | 3 | | | F3x | | | | | | 3 | | 11 | 3 | | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 4 | (1) Nicki Pedersen | 18 | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | 0 | 11 | 2 | | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | 5 | (4) Tomasz Gollob | 16 | | 2 | | | 2 | | | | | 1 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | (6) Greg Hancock | 13 | 3 | | | | | 3 | | | | 0 | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | 11 | 1 | 2 | | 0 |
| 5 | 16 | (10) Andreas Jonsson | 10 | | | | 3 | | | | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | | | M/- | | | 9 | 5 | | 1 | |
| 6 | 7 | (2) Leigh Adams | 9 | | 3 | | | | | 1 | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | | | 1 | | | 9 | 6 | 0 | | |
| 7 | 1 | (9) Chris Harris | 9 | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | 8 | 7 | 1 | | |
| 8 | 9 | (11) Bjarne Pedersen | 7 | | | 0 | | 0 | | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | | 3 | | | 7 | 8 | | 0 | |
| 9 | 13 | (8) Scott Nicholls | 7 | | | | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 0 | | Fx | | | | | 2 | | 7 | 9 | | | |
| 10 | 14 | (5) Hans N. Andersen | 7 | | | | 1 | | 2 | | | | | 0 | | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | 7 | 10 | | | |
| 11 | 3 | (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 7 | 0 | | | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 7 | 11 | | | |
| 12 | 15 | (15) Fredrik Lindgren | 7 | | | | 0 | | | 3 | | | 2 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | 7 | 12 | | | |
| 13 | 11 | (13) Lukáš Dryml | 7 | | | 2 | | | | F3 | | 1 | | | | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | 7 | 13 | | | |
| 14 | 10 | (7) Rune Holta | 4 | | | 1 | | | 0 | | | | | | 1 | | | 0 | | 2 | | | | 4 | 14 | | | |
| 15 | 6 | (16) Grigory Laguta | 2 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 0 | | | | | | | F4 | | | 0 | | 2 | 15 | | | |
| 16 | 8 | (12) Niels Kristian Iversen | 1 | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | 1 | | | F2x | | | 0 | | | | 1 | 16 | | | |
| 17 | 17 | (17) Maksims Bogdanovs | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | | | 0 | 17 | | | |
| 18 | 18 | (18) Kasts Poudzuks | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - | 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 |
e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats) Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats) Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals
| gate A – inside | gate B | gate C | gate D – outside |

### Heat after heat

* (68.65) Hancock, N.Pedersen, Harris, Kasprzak
* (69.09) Adams, Gollob, Laguta, Iversen
* (69.29) Crump, Dryml, Holta, B.Pedersen
* (69.47) Jonsson, Nicholls, Andersen, Lindgren
* (69.54) Nicholls, Gollob, Harris, B.Pedersen
* (69.39) Hancock, Andersen, Laguta, Holta
* (70.44) Lindgren, Kasprzak, Adams, Dryml (F3)
* (69.77) N.Pedersen, Crump, Jonsson, Iversen
* (70.35) Jonsson, Harris, Dryml, Laguta
* (69.40) Crump, Lindgren, Gollob, Hancock
* (70.03) Kasprzak, B.Pedersen, Iversen, Andersen
* (70.30) N.Pedersen, Adams, Holta, Nicholls
* (69.31) Andersen, Adams, Harris, Crump (F3x)
* (70.07) Hancock, Dryml, Iversen (F2x), Nicholls (Fx)
* (70.50) Gollob, Jonsson, Kasprzak, Holta
* (71.00) N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen, Lindgren, Laguta (F4)
* (71.32) Harris, Holta, Lindgren, Iversen
* (71.05) B.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams, Bogdanow, Jonsson (M/-)
* (70.35) Crump, Nicholls, Kasprzak, Laguta
* (70.71) Gollob, Dryml, Andersen, N.Pedersen
    Semi-Finals:
* (71.55) Gollob, Hancock, Harris, Adams
* (70.74) N.Pedersen, Crump, Jonsson, B.Pedersen
    Final:
* (70.36) Crump (6 points), N.Pedersen (4), Gollob (2), Hancock (0)

## 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 | SVN | EUR | SWE | DEN | GBR | CZE | SCA | LAT | POL | ITA | FIN |
| 1 | (1) Nicki Pedersen | 134 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 18 | | | |
| 2 | (3) Jason Crump | 118 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 19 | | | |
| 3 | (6) Greg Hancock | 102 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 13 | | | |
| 4 | (4) Tomasz Gollob | 98 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 16 | | | |
| 5 | (5) Hans N. Andersen | 91 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 7 | | | |
| 6 | (2) Leigh Adams | 89 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 9 | | | |
| 7 | (10) Andreas Jonsson | 71 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 10 | | | |
| 8 | (15) Fredrik Lindgren | 59 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | | | |
| 9 | (7) Rune Holta | 57 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | | | |
| 10 | (8) Scott Nicholls | 52 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | |
| 11 | (9) Chris Harris | 49 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 9 | | | |
| 12 | (12) Niels Kristian Iversen | 49 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 1 | | | |
| 13 | (11) Bjarne Pedersen | 45 | 4 | – | – | 7 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 7 | | | |
| 14 | (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 38 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | | | |
| 15 | (13) Lukáš Dryml | 32 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | | | |
| 14 | (16) Jarosław Hampel | 16 | – | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 17 | (16) Kenneth Bjerre | 11 | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 18 | (16) (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. | 8 | – | 3 | 5 | – | – | 0 | – | – | | | |
| 19 | (16) Matej Žagar | 7 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 20 | (16) (17) Jonas Davidsson | 7 | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | ns | – | | | |
| 21 | (16) Edward Kennett | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | | | |
| 22 | (16) Peter Ljung | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | | | |
| 23 | (16) Grigory Laguta | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | | | |
| 24 | (18) Billy Forsberg | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 25 | (17) Nicolai Klindt | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 26 | (17) Sebastian Aldén | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 27 | (17) Maksims Bogdanovs | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | | | |
| Rider(s) not classified ||||||||||||||
| | (17) Izak Šantej | — | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| | (17) Damian Baliński | — | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| | (17) Tai Woffinden | — | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | | | |
| | (17) Adrian Rymel | — | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | | | |
| | (18) Denis Štojs | — | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| | (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski | — | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| | (18) Patrick Hougaard | — | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | | | |
| | (18) Simon Stead | — | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | | | |
| | (18) Filip Šitera | — | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | | | |
| | (18) Thomas H. Jonasson | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | | | |
| | (18) Kasts Poudzuks | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | | | |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | SVN | EUR | SWE | DEN | GBR | CZE | SCA | LAT | POL | ITA | FIN |