ROUND 10/SEPTEMBER 7, 2013
MATIJE GUBCA STADIUM/KRSKO, SLOVANIA
SPEEDWAY
P72
WORLD SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX SERIES
Hampel enjoys the spoils
of winning.
vian GP in Stockholm's stunning
Friends Arena on September 21
and the season-ending Torun GP
on October 5.
"For the moment, I am not
thinking about which place I will
finish this year," he said. "Before
every single Grand Prix, I think
about doing a good job and we
will see what happens. We don't
know anything about the track in
Stockholm, so that's going to be
very interesting. Torun is a very
good racing track, and I hope we
can have a good end to the season."
Hampel may have profited
from Sayfutdinov's layoff, but he
hopes he will return in the Swedish capital.
Having sat out four rounds
of the 2012 GP series due to a
broken ankle, the Pole knows
the pain of watching the World
Championship race from the
sidelines.
"I'll try to keep going – that's
what I do," Hampel said. "But it
will be good if Emil gets back on
track in Stockholm. I know how it
is when you're out because you
are injured. I wish him all the best
and I hope we have a good meeting in Stockholm."
Woffinden took a giant stride
towards becoming Britain's first
World Champion since Mark Loram in 2000 with his whopping
17-point haul.
If he leaves Stockholm with a
22-point advantage over his nearest rival, he will be crowned world
champ with a round to spare.
And Woffinden is ready to make
one last push to lift speedway's
biggest prize.
"It was a great meeting for me
and I'm one step closer to becoming World Champion," Woffinden
said. "I'll just go to Sweden and
do what I have been doing. Believe me when I say I'm going to
put in the biggest effort with
my training now. There's less
than a month to go and I will
be putting it all in."
Third-placed Gollob edged
closer towards retaining his
World Championship status for 2014 after accruing
16 points to leapfrog absent
World Champion Chris Holder
for eighth place – the last automatic qualifying position.
The Torun racer was over
the moon to end what has
been a nightmare run of bike
troubles and get back on the
rostrum.
"For the last few GPs, I've
had problems with my bikes,"
Gollob said. "I was testing new
engines yesterday and today. In
one heat, there was a problem
with the bike, so I changed and
then I was fast. I'm very happy
to be in eighth place at the moment. I hope the next two GPs
will go better, especially Torun.
Congratulations to Jarek and Tai.
It was a good meeting."
CN
Slovanian Grand Prix
1. Jaroslaw Hampel
2. Tai Woffinden
3. Tomasz Gollob
4. Niels-Kristian Iversen
5. Nicki Pedersen
6. Darcy Ward
7. Greg Hancock
8. Matej Zagar
9. Krzysztof Kasprzak
10.Fredrik Lindgren
