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Jason wins British Grand Prix
Jason Crump swept to a clear and decisive victory at the British Speedway Grand Prix held at the packed Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday night claiming his fifth British title and a record-breaking 21 Grand Prix wins.
The capacity crowd witnessed Crump at his absolute best and clearly superior to all of his challengers, as he went through the field with a perfect score winning seven races from seven starts and collecting a maximum score of 24-points plus double prizemoney as a SuperPrix bonus.
Crump has now extended his lead in the championship to 31-points from his nearest rival, but remains philosophical about the remainder of the Grand Prix calendar.
“I am on top of the world right now and enjoying the moment.” said Crump, who had Red Bull F1 driver Mark Webber in his pit giving support. “But there are still six more GP’s to go so I am not putting claim to anything right now. My feet are firmly on the ground and I still have a very tough job ahead of me.”
“On saying that, I am very happy with my results to date and everything has gone to plan so far. I just need to keep focused, remain injury free and just let the results speak for themselves and hopefully I can win a third World Championship. I also want to thank all my sponsors who are here tonight, this win was for you.”
The Speedway Grand Prix now takes a 5-week break as all the top riders represent their countries in the World Team Cup from 11 to 18 July. Round six will be held at Daugavpils in Latvia on 1st August.
FIM BRITISH GRAND PRIX (results to be confirmed):
Jason Crump (Australia) 24, Fredrik Lindgren (Sweden) 16, Hans Andersen (Denmark) 15, Greg Hancock (USA) 14, Tomasz Gollob (Poland) 9, Chris Harris (Great Britain) 9, Nicki Pedersen (Denmark) 8, Sebastian Ulamek (Poland) 8, Kenneth Bjerre (Denmark) 7, Emil Sayfutdinov (Russia) 7, Rune Holta (Poland) 7, Scott Nicholls (Great Britain) 6, Andreas Jonsson (Sweden) 5, Edward Kennett (Great Britain) 4, Leigh Adams (Australia) 3, Grzegorz Walasek (Poland) 1.
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