1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fourth race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It was taken place on 9 August in the Odsal Stadium in Bradford, Great Britain^[1] It was the third British SGP but the first and only in Bradford. The race was won by Danish rider Brian Andersen. It was the first and only win in his career.

1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
Information
Date	9 August 1997
City	Bradford
Event	4 of 6 (16)
Referee	Christer Bergstrom
Stadium details
Stadium	Odsal Stadium
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Brian Andersen
Runner-up	Billy Hamill
3rd place	Jimmy Nilsen

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Joe Screen from Great Britain as Wild Card.

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	7	(12) Brian Andersen	25		E					3					3	3					3			12	2				3
2	6	(1) Billy Hamill	20		3				1			2							2			2		10	4				2
3	11	(11) Jimmy Nilsen	18			3				2		3					1						3	12	3				1
4	8	(7) Mark Loram	16		2						3			3			2			3				13	1				0
5	13	(13) Tomasz Gollob	14				3	2							X		F					3		8	6			3
6	4	(4) Tony Rickardsson	13	3							E				1				3				1	8	7			2
7	9	(3) Greg Hancock	12			2		3						2					0		1			8	8			1
8	14	(17) Mikael Karlsson	11				2		3					0		2							2	9	5			0
9	3	(10) Leigh Adams	9	2						X				1				3				1		7	10		3
10	10	(16) Joe Screen	8			0			2						2			2		2				8	9		2
11	12	(2) Hans Nielsen	7			1					2		3			1						0		7	11		1
12	15	(6) Peter Karlsson	6				1			1			2						1	1				6	12		0
13	2	(8) Chris Louis	4	E					E				1				3				2			6	13	3
14	5	(18) Andy Smith	3		1			1					0					0					0	2	14	2
15	1	(14) Sławomir Drabik	2	1				0				1				0				0				2	15	1
16	16	(5) Henrik Gustafsson	1				0				1	M						1			0			2	16	0
17	17	(15) Piotr Protasiewicz	0									0												0	17
18	18	(9) Simon Wigg	–																					-	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	75	25	20	18	12
2	(1) Billy Hamill	68	20	12	16	20
3	(12) Brian Andersen	68	9	14	20	25
4	(13) Tomasz Gollob	58	18	25	1	14
5	(2) Hans Nielsen	56	8	16	25	7
6	(4) Tony Rickardsson	56	11	18	14	13
7	(11) Jimmy Nilsen	51	13	7	13	18
8	(7) Mark Loram	44	7	13	8	16
9	(8) Chris Louis	32	12	4	12	4
10	(10) Leigh Adams	30	6	6	9	9
11	(14) Sławomir Drabik	26	16	2	6	2
12	(6) Peter Karlsson	24	4	11	3	6
13	(5) Henrik Gustafsson	18	14	3	–	1
14	(18) Andy Smith	16	ns	9	4	3
15	(15) Piotr Protasiewicz	12	1	ns	11	0
16	(17) Mikael Karlsson	12	ns	1	ns	11
17	(16) Jason Crump	8	–	8	–	–
18	(16) Joe Screen	8	–	–	–	8
19	(16) Robert Barth	7	–	–	7	–
20	(9) Simon Wigg	5	3	ns	2	ns
21	(16) Tomáš Topinka	2	2	–	–	–
Rider(s) not classified
	(19) Sam Ermolenko	—	–	–	ns	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	SWE	GER	GBR	POL	DEN

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders