Jonsson
had booked his
place
in the
semis with victories in heats nine and
16, but Nicholls had to summon up
every ounce of his fighting spirit
for
a
last eight
finish,
He
had five
points
from his flrst four
rides,
and
need to win heat 18 to stay in
the reckoning. He trailed Hampel as the
flag for the last lap was
being
waved,
but
from somewhere he found a squirt of
speed to break under the Pole to
great
acclaam from a
partisan
crowd.
But havrng salvaged
yet
another semi-
final appearance, Nicholls was last away in
the second semiand though briefly in front
of Biarne Pedersen, he was
perhaps guilty
of over,riding and came down at the back.
Of the others. world-number three
Leigh Adams finished down the field and
now finds himself 6l
points
adrift of
Crump. while Tomasz Gollob was never at
home on a small technical circuit and Lee
Richardson
again
underperformed,
despite
getting
the better
of
Crump
to fin-
ish
second to Rickardsson
in heat seven.
The official crowd
was 40,371, the
biggest
in
six
years at
Cardiff
and
believed
to be
the highest turnout for a Speedway
meeting anywhere in the world for 25
years. Ol
BRmsH
OraND
Prrx
CaRorrt, ENGUND
2006
ovEnAIk l.
l.ld
crump
(25)i
2. Andr6
jnstr
(20):
l.
J.roslaw
Hdpd(18): 4. G.e8 Hancdk
(16)1
5.
Biame P.dEE€n
(12):
6. Ion), Rick dson
(10)i
7. H.tej
Zaear
(9):
B.
Scon
Ni.holk
(8)i9.
Antonio Lindbek
(8);
10.
T6mBz Gollob
(7)i I l. Leish rd r
(6);
11. NiellKriJti
lwr*n
(5);
13. Le Rich dsn
(5):
1,1. Nick P.dEEd
(4);
15 Simon Sred
(3)r
16. Piotr Prcr4idiq
(3).
WORID
CHAMPIONSHIP
POINTS STANDINGST l.
lel
C.ump(9t.2
Gre! Han(o.k
(61):l N'ctiPedeM
0e):
a ronaz Gollob
(52):
s.
ladlaw
Hampor
(.6).
6
Aidre
lonrron
(13)i
7. Mare, Zara.
(40)r
8. Tony
Rkkad$on
(15): 9.
Le€h
Adams
(lt)i
l0 S.o( Ni.holk
(3
(2
(r
r):
s):
7)l
I L Biare MeEn
(30);
I 2. AitonLc UndH(
13. Le Rich.rd$n
(l4i
14. Ni6!-Kristie lv€r*rr
I 5. Plotr Prcraleie
(
I 0).
UPCOMING ROUNDS
Round 5-Copenhogen, Denmork,
June
24
Round 6-Lonigo,
ltoly,
July
29
(Top
to bonom) Millennium Stqdium
wos
pocksd
for lho Grsnd
Prix wfth
over 4O,(XX) in ofiendonce; Andreos Jonsson
(8)
finished recond in re finol;
Jonsson, Crump ond Joroslqw
Hompel
