SGP 1 - Prague
Speedway GP · Saturday, May 17, 1997 · Marketa Stadium, Prague
Results
- 1Greg Hancock25
- 2Billy Hamill20
- 3Tomasz Gollob18
- 4Sławomir Drabik16
- 5Henrik Gustafsson14
- 6Jimmy Nilsen13
- 7Chris Louis12
- 8Tony Rickardsson11
- 9Brian Andersen9
- 10Hans Nielsen8
- 11Mark Loram7
- 12Leigh Adams6
- 13Peter Karlsson4
- 14Simon Wigg3
- 15Tomas Topinka2
- 16Piotr Protasiewicz1
- 17Andy Smith0
- 18Mikael Karlsson0
Heat by heat
Conditions
Weather at the track during the day (10:00–22:00 local time): no start time is known.
- Sky
- Clear
- Regional estimate (ERA5 reanalysis)
- Temperature
- 19–28 °C
- Regional estimate (ERA5 reanalysis)
- Wind
- 11 km/h E
- gusts up to 32 km/h
- Regional estimate (ERA5 reanalysis)
- Rain during the day
- 0 mm
- Regional estimate (ERA5 reanalysis)
- Rain in the 24 hours before
- 0 mm
- Regional estimate (ERA5 reanalysis)
- Humidity
- 45 %
- Regional estimate (ERA5 reanalysis)
Weather data (summarised): Meteostat and its data providers; contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; CC BY 4.0
Pre-meeting expectation
Heat points the model expected from each rider before the meeting (Elo ratings, three opponents of the meeting's average), against what they scored.
| Rider | heats | Expected | Scored | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sławomir Drabik | 5 | 6.7 | 11 | +4.3 |
| Greg Hancock | 5 | 8.9 | 13 | +4.1 |
| Chris Louis | 5 | 6.1 | 10 | +3.9 |
| Tomasz Gollob | 5 | 8.0 | 11 | +3.0 |
| Jimmy Nilsen | 5 | 6.7 | 9 | +2.3 |
| Billy Hamill | 5 | 10.2 | 12 | +1.8 |
| Tony Rickardsson | 5 | 8.2 | 9 | +0.8 |
| Henrik Gustafsson | 5 | 8.3 | 9 | +0.7 |
| Leigh Adams | 5 | 5.9 | 6 | +0.1 |
| Brian Andersen | 5 | 6.7 | 6 | -0.7 |
| Mark Loram | 5 | 7.3 | 6 | -1.3 |
| Hans Nielsen | 5 | 10.1 | 8 | -2.1 |
| Peter Karlsson | 5 | 7.0 | 4 | -3.0 |
| Piotr Protasiewicz | 5 | 6.3 | 2 | -4.3 |
| Simon Wigg | 5 | 6.7 | 2 | -4.7 |
| Tomas Topinka | 5 | 6.7 | 2 | -4.7 |
Track & gates
Starting gates
One strip per gate, inside to outside, on the same heats: the columns are the points from that gate in each heat (0–3), the solid line the average of the last four heats, the dashed line the trend over the meeting.
Inside vs outside
Heat by heat, the points from the inside gates minus the outside gates, weighted by how far out the gate is: the inner and outer gate count fully, the two middle gates a third. Bars to the left: the inside scored more, to the right: the outside, as on the track. With the average of the last four heats and the trend over the meeting.