ROUND 1 Lonigo>> Italy

CRUMP FOURTH IN ITALY
Australia’s double World Speedway Champion Jason Crump qualified through to the A final at the Italian Grand Prix, his 45th grand final appearance, but the 31 year-old Queenslander was unable to capitalize on the opportunity and followed the field home to finish in fourth place. Crump, known for his lightning fast gating techniques, knows only too well that there is no room for error on the long and fast Lonigo track, but the hard-charging Aussie looked slower than usual from the starting gate which definitely cost him points on the night.
“It wasn’t my night tonight.” said a disappointed Crump. “I had a couple of good rides but I am not happy in my overall performance even though I did get through to the A final. We encountered a couple of technical issues throughout the meeting that effected things, but I am not here to make excuses. Pederson was the best man on the night and he won convincingly, but we have a long way to go, this is just the start. It’s all about consistency, so provided I continue to make the A final at each round, I am still in with a chance.”


Round two of the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix World Championship moves to the Wroclaw Stadium in
Poland on Saturday 12 May.

Italian Grand Prix Result: N.Pedersen (Denmark) 24, G.Hancock (USA) 19, W.Jagus (Poland) 14, J.Crump (Australia) 12, L. Adams (Australia) 12, T.Gollob (Poland) 10, H.Andersen (Denmark) 9, J.Hampel (Poland) 8, A.Jonsson (Sweden) 7, C.Harris (Great Britain) 7, M.Zagar (Slovenia) 5, B.Pedersen (Denmark) 5, S.Nicholls (Great Britain) 4, A.Lindback (Sweden) 3, R.Holta (Norway) 2, M.Carpanese (Italy) 2.