1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
Information
Date	6 July 1997
City	Landshut
Event	3 of 6 (15)
Referee	Frank Edbon
Stadium details
Stadium	Ellermühle Stadium
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Hans Nielsen
Runner-up	Brian Andersen
3rd place	Greg Hancock

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany was the third race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 6 July in the Ellermühle Stadium in Landshut, Germany It was the third Swedish SGP and was won by Danish rider Hans Nielsen. It was the fourth win of his career.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Robert Barth from Germany as Wild Card.

Draw .

(5) Henrik Gustafsson →

(18) Andy Smith

Draw .

(18) Andy Smith →

(17) Mikael Karlsson

Draw .

(17) Mikael Karlsson →

(19) Sam Ermolenko

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	2	(2) Hans Nielsen	25	3					3				3				3				E			12	1				3
2	9	(12) Brian Andersen	20			1		2						3					2		2			10	3				2
3	12	(3) Greg Hancock	18			3					0		2			3						3		11	2				1
4	14	(1) Billy Hamill	16				2		2					2		1							3	10	4				E
5	8	(4) Tony Rickardsson	14		E						2			0			2			3				7	8			3
6	16	(11) Jimmy Nilsen	13				0				1	2						3			3			9	5			2
7	15	(8) Chris Louis	12				1			3			0						3	1				8	6			1
8	13	(15) Piotr Protasiewicz	11				3	3							1		0					X		7	7			0
9	7	(10) Leigh Adams	9		2					1					3	0					1			7	9		3
10	3	(7) Mark Loram	8	1						2				1				2				1		7	11		2
11	6	(16) Robert Barth	7		1				0			3							1			2		7	10		1
12	4	(14) Sławomir Drabik	6	0							3				2				0				1	6	12		0
13	5	(18) Andy Smith	4		3			1					1					1					0	6	13	3
14	10	(6) Peter Karlsson	3			2			1						0			0		2				5	14	2
15	11	(9) Simon Wigg	2			0				0		1					1						2	4	16	1
16	1	(13) Tomasz Gollob	1	2				0				0				2				0				4	15	0
17	17	(17) Mikael Karlsson	–																					-	17
18	18	(19) Sam Ermolenko	–																					-	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	63	25	20	18
2	(2) Hans Nielsen	49	8	16	25
3	(1) Billy Hamill	48	20	12	16
4	(13) Tomasz Gollob	44	18	25	1
5	(4) Tony Rickardsson	43	11	18	14
6	(12) Brian Andersen	43	9	14	20
7	(11) Jimmy Nilsen	33	13	7	13
8	(7) Mark Loram	28	7	13	8
9	(8) Chris Louis	28	12	4	12
10	(14) Sławomir Drabik	24	16	2	6
11	(10) Leigh Adams	21	6	6	9
12	(6) Peter Karlsson	18	4	11	3
13	(5) Henrik Gustafsson	17	14	3	–
14	(18) Andy Smith	13	ns	9	4
15	(15) Piotr Protasiewicz	12	1	ns	11
16	(16) Jason Crump	8	–	8	–
17	(16) Robert Barth	7	–	–	7
18	(9) Simon Wigg	5	3	ns	2
19	(16) Tomáš Topinka	2	2	–	–
20	(17) Mikael Karlsson	1	ns	1	ns
Rider(s) not classified
	(19) Sam Ermolenko	—	–	–	ns
Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	SWE	GER	GBR	POL	DEN

References

speedwaygp.republika.pl Archived 2009-04-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. 2009-05-12.
world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. Archived 2009-05-11.

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