The third round of the Speedway GP series headed to Prague in the Czech Republic. The weather was fine and we got a full meeting full of the thrills and spills that speedway has to offer. Chris Holder won the last meeting in Gothenburg and set out his stall early by winning the opening heat of the night. Current leader Gollob won heat two with Artem Laguta earning his second point in two meetings and a heat. Jason Crump suffered a dislocated shoulder in Gothenburg but was able to race yesterday and won his opening heat which saw Chris Harris retire from after his bike packed up. The wildcard Matej Kus took to the track in heat four but finished last with the veteran American taking the flag.
The second set of heats saw Hampel take heat five before Holder and Crump secured their second heat victories. Heat eight saw the first restart as Lindgren moved before the tapes rose, Gollob won the restart to also make it two heats from two.
Heat nine was won by the wildcard Kus, this saw him temporarily overtake Laguta in the standings, Crump finished second in that heat. Holder also blinked in heat ten as he finished third with Hancock securing his second win. Heat eleven saw Sayfutdinov get squeezed out and he fell, the heat restarted with the Russian excluded and Gollob won his third consecutive heat. Hampel won his second heat in the twelfth.
Kenneth Bjerre became only the seventh heat winner in the thirteenth. Heat fourteen saw Hampel beat Gollob, Crump and Holder to claim his third victory. Rune Holta won the fifteenth heat. Lindback was sent flying off his bike in heat sixteen but thankfully didn't require the on-track ambulance, all four riders were able to restart and Hancock won his third heat of the night.
Heat seventeen was a battle between Hancock and Gollob, the American again won the heat with the Pole finishing third. Nicky Pedersen won heat eighteen with Holta earning his second victory in the nineteenth. The final heat saw Emil Sayfutdinov take the chequered flag.
The first semi-final saw Hancock and Crump beat Bjerre and Pedersen into the final. Gollob and Hampel also made it into the final after a restart when Holder crashed and got himself excluded, Lindgren could only manage third. Crump was squeezed out in the final and he put his bike down, all four riders restarted the race and the veteran American won the final with Hampel second, Gollob third and Crump fourth.
On the night Hancock won the meeting and the points tally with 23. Hampel came second with nineteen and Gollob seventeen. Crump finished with thirteen with Holder, Bjerre, Pedersen and Lindgren all winning nine points. The overall standings see Hancock now overtake Gollob into the lead with 47 points, Gollob has 41. Hampel is third on 36 with Pedersen on 30. Holder and Sayfutdinov have 28 points, Lindgren has 26 and Crump is currently eighth on 24. Artem Laguta remains seventeenth in the standings despite there only being fifteen continuous riders.
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