The Scandinavian GP took place in Malilla, Sweden and was the seventh event on the Speedway calender. Jaroslaw Hampel won the meeting, taking Terenzano's winner Jonsson right on the finish line. Bjerre came third with Sayfutdinov fourth.
The first semi-final saw Jason Crump, who had won all five of his heats, finish third ahead of the wildcard Thomas H Jonasson. Sayfutdinov beat Hampel as they progressed into the final. They were joined by Bjerre who beat Jonsson, series leader Greg Hancock had just sneaked into the semis and finished third ahead of Chris Harris.
Heat 1: 1.Jonsson 2.Lindgren 3.Holder 4.Pedersen
Heat 2: 1.Crump 2.Bjerre 3.Harris 4.Gollob
Heat 3: 1.Hampel 2.Lindback 3.Kolodziej 4.Laguta
Heat 4: Sayfutdinov looked to bring Jonasson down, both riders hit the deck along with Hancock, surprisingly Jonasson was excluded. 1.Sayfutdinov 2.Holta 3.Hancock 4.Jonasson
Heat 5: 1.Crump 2.Lindgren 3.Jonasson 4.Laguta
Heat 6: 1.Bjerre 2.Sayfutdinov 3.Hampel 4.Pedersen
Heat 7: 1.Harris 2.Jonsson 3.Hancock 4.Lindback
Heat 8: 1.Holder 2.Holta 3.Gollob 4.Kolodziej
Heat 9: 1.Bjerre 2.Lindgren 3.Lindback 4.Holta
Heat 10: 1.Crump 2.Hancock 3.Pedersen 4.Kolodziej
Heat 11: 1.Jonsson 2.Sayfutdinov 3.Gollob 4.Laguta
Heat 12: Harris initially false started, all four riders continued. 1.Jonasson 2.Hampel 3.Harris 4.Holder
Heat 13: 1.Sayfutdinov 2.Harris 3.Lindgren 4.Kolodziej
Heat 14: 1.Jonasson 2.Lindback 3.Gollob 4.Pedersen
Heat 15: 1.Crump 2.Jonsson 3.Hampel 4.Holta
Heat 16: 1.Bjerre 2.Holder 3.Hancock 4.Laguta
Heat 17: 1.Hancock 2.Hampel 3.Lindgren 4.Laguta
Heat 18: 1.Harris 2.Pedersen 3.Laguta 4.Holta
Heat 19: Kolodziej fell and was subsequently excluded. The restart saw Bjerre collide with Jonasson on the final lap, no restart was called but Bjerre was excluded post race. 1.Jonsson 2.Jonasson 3.Bjerre 4.Kolodziej
Heat 20: Sayfutdinov brought Lindback down with him and was excluded. The only result that would see Hancock progress happened; 1.Crump 2.Lindback 3.Holder
Although Hampel won the meeting, Jonsson scored the most points with nineteen to Hampel's seventeen. Crump and Bjerre both scored sixteen with Sayfutdinov scoring thirteen. Harris earned ten points with Jonasson and Hancock scoring nine. Gollob scored only three points and looks out of contention with four rounds to go as he drops to third. Standings after seven rounds:
1.Hancock 104
2.Hampel 82
3.Gollob 76
4.Crump 72
5.Jonsson 72
6.Sayfutdinov 72
7.Holder 70
8.Bjerre 66
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