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Post by Genghis on Aug 21, 2010 19:42:29 GMT
Result:
Artem Laguta 12+3
Antonio Lindback 12+2
Freddie Lindgren 11+3
Janusz Kolodziej 11+2
Magnus Zetterstrom 11+1
Top three qualify for next year's GP. Kolodziej will be keeping his fingers crossed that Lindgren (currenlty 9th) finishes in the top 8 of the GP series, if so Kolodziej will be in the 2011 GP series, if not he's first reserve.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2010 20:11:31 GMT
Well I'd say we're seeing the last of Chris Harris' GP career in the next few weeks.........did I read somewhere that he's been told he'll not get another wild card entry next year?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2010 20:26:59 GMT
Result: Artem Laguta 12+3 Antonio Lindback 12+2 Freddie Lindgren 11+3 Janusz Kolodziej 11+2 Magnus Zetterstrom 11+1 Top three qualify for next year's GP. Kolodziej will be keeping his fingers crossed that Lindgren (currenlty 9th) finishes in the top 8 of the GP series, if so Kolodziej will be in the 2011 GP series, if not he's first reserve. Hard luck Niels  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2010 20:41:24 GMT
Result: Artem Laguta 12+3 Antonio Lindback 12+2 Freddie Lindgren 11+3 Janusz Kolodziej 11+2 Magnus Zetterstrom 11+1 Top three qualify for next year's GP. Kolodziej will be keeping his fingers crossed that Lindgren (currenlty 9th) finishes in the top 8 of the GP series, if so Kolodziej will be in the 2011 GP series, if not he's first reserve. Hard luck Niels Not really. PuK just wasn't good enough on the day. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2010 21:01:24 GMT
Hard luck Niels Not really. PuK just wasn't good enough on the day. Exactly is that not why I was commiserating with him  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2010 21:51:03 GMT
Crap meeting.
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Post by Genghis on Aug 21, 2010 22:17:22 GMT
Wasn't the best, was it? The tight finish for the top places created interest, but the actual racing was mostly quite poor. |
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Post by zonkers on Aug 21, 2010 22:49:33 GMT
ARTEM IN DREAMLAND
Russian teenager Artem Laguta stunned the speedway world by storming into the Grand Prix series for 2011 and admitted “it feels like I’m dreaming.”
The Valsarna and Daugavpils rider won the GP Challenge at Vojens on Saturday night ahead of Swedish hotshots Antonio Lindback and Freddie Lindgren, who will also take their places in the World Championship next term.
Laguta bagged a tremendous 12 points from his five heat races, before beating Lindback in a run-off for the gold medal after the Rio Rocket matched his total.
Meanwhile, current SGP star Lindgren guaranteed his place in the series for next year by winning a three-way run-off for third spot ahead of Polish international Janusz Kolodziej and Grand Prix regular Magnus Zetterstrom. The trio finished on 11 apiece.
But the night belonged to 19-year-old Laguta. He now faces a huge battle to prepare himself for the biggest season of his short career in 2011. But the Russian international is determined to fight his way into the top eight and extend his stay in the series.
He said: “I still don’t believe it – it feels like I’m dreaming. I’m going to work 100 percent in the winter for my season in the GP and I’m going to fight to stay in the top eight. I’ll be happy if I stay in the top eight.
“Now I must end this season well and we’ll think about next year in the winter. But racing against the top riders will be very hard – they don’t make mistakes.”
Laguta knew victory in heat 19 would be enough to secure his place in the World Championship, and he made a sublime leap off gate two to defeat Leon Madsen, Grzegorz Walasek and Roman Povazhny.
The young gun admits he was a bag of nerves prior to the biggest race of his life. He said: “Before the heat, I was pacing from corner to corner. I didn’t really prepare, but I just concentrated on the start. That’s all I did. There was a lot of pressure.”
Laguta may not be the only Russian in the SGP elite next year. His fellow countryman Emil Sayfutdinov is a candidate for a permanent wild card, having being forced to cut this season short due to a sprained wrist.
World No.3 Sayfutdinov will have to wait until the winter to discover his fate, but Laguta hopes to see the 20-year-old fighting alongside him.
He added: “I hope Emil will be in the GP as well and we’ll be in it together. We can help each other.”
Kolodziej will serve as SGP series first reserve for 2011, but he will be promoted into the championship full-time if Lindgren finishes in this year’s top eight.
Zetterstrom, who is also still in contention for automatic qualification, claimed the second reserve spot and Swedish Under-21 champion Thomas H Jonasson qualifies as third reserve on nine points.
British champion Chris Harris must now break into the top eight for the first time in his career to guarantee a World Championship berth for 2011. He ended his night with eight points after bagging just one from his opening two outings.
His fellow countryman Simon Stead also failed to realise his SGP dream after scoring six points.
VOJENS SCORES:
Artem Laguta (3-0-3-3-3) 12+3, Antonio Lindback (1-3-3-3-2) 12+2, Freddie Lindgren (3-3-2-1-2) 11+3, Janusz Kolodziej (3-3-3-2-0) 11+2, Magnus Zetterstrom (2-3-0-3-3) 11+1, Thomas H Jonasson (2-2-1-1-3) 9, Chris Harris (0-1-2-2-3) 8, Niels Kristian Iversen (3-2-1-1-0) 7, Andrey Karpov (2-1-2-1-1) 7, Grigory Laguta (2-R-2-0-2) 6, Simon Stead (1-1-1-2-1) 6, Leon Madsen (0-0-0-3-2) 5, Roman Povazhny (R-2-3-T-0) 5, Sebastian Ulamek (1-0-1-2-0) 4, Tomasz Gapinski (0-2-0-0-1) 3, Grzegorz Walasek (1-1-0-0-1) 3, Lukas Dryml (R) 0.
(From http://www.speedwaygp.com)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2010 23:15:26 GMT
Result: Artem Laguta 12+3 Antonio Lindback 12+2 Freddie Lindgren 11+3 Janusz Kolodziej 11+2 Magnus Zetterstrom 11+1 Top three qualify for next year's GP. Kolodziej will be keeping his fingers crossed that Lindgren (currenlty 9th) finishes in the top 8 of the GP series, if so Kolodziej will be in the 2011 GP series, if not he's first reserve.are we sure about the italic part? I've seen others who claimed the opposite that it is the 9th placed rider who will get the 8th place. anyhow i can already say that next years series will be quite interesting when thinking of the amount of wild minds that will be race each other. Like Emil, Nicki, Anto9, Laguta... so no matter what happens with Kolodziej im sure he'll get at least a few rides next year  |
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Post by Genghis on Aug 22, 2010 7:39:58 GMT
Ghostwalker, I think it's in the rulebook. Of course, something else happened with Hans Andersen in 2006, but that was slightly different, because we wasn't actually a full-time rider in the GP series but rather a replacement for Tony Rickardsson, who retired mid-season.
Interesting discussion on the BSF regarding Kolodziej. I have maintained he blew it under pressure, but others have pointed out that he would have got probably got third in Heat 17 but for carburettor problems.
But speedway is a sport where you make your own luck. Had Kolodziej been out in front in Heat 17, insead of languishing towards the back, then he wouldn't have picked up the pebble that slowed him down. Contrast his final ride with that of Laguta, who made a great start and led for four laps to clinch his place in next year's series.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2010 11:08:13 GMT
Bad break for Janusz really, once Un-Steady and Harris started losing to Ukrainians I had never heard of I cheered the little ex-Reading whippet on.
Track was as bald as a baboons arse but kudos for Artem, Baron Greenback and JK for actually finding a degree of grip.
NKI looked hopelessly outclassed, which was a surprise and a shame.
Cheers for the link Genghis
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2010 16:53:54 GMT
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Post by Genghis on Aug 22, 2010 17:14:51 GMT
The Poles are bad losers, aren't they? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2010 23:40:00 GMT
and rumour has it, know a thing or two themselves about over sized engines! |
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