SGP 4 - Bradford
Speedway GP · Saturday, August 9, 1997 · Odsal Stadium, Bradford
Results
- 1Brian Andersen25
- 2Billy Hamill20
- 3Jimmy Nilsen18
- 4Mark Loram16
- 5Tomasz Gollob14
- 6Tony Rickardsson13
- 7Greg Hancock12
- 8Mikael Karlsson11
- 9Leigh Adams9
- 10Joe Screen8
- 11Hans Nielsen7
- 12Peter Karlsson6
- 13Chris Louis4
- 14Andy Smith3
- 15Sławomir Drabik2
- 16Henrik Gustafsson1
- 17Piotr Protasiewicz0
- 18Simon Wigg0
Heat by heat
Conditions
Weather at the track during the day (10:00–22:00 local time): no start time is known.
- Sky
- Partly cloudy → Clear
- Regional estimate (ERA5 reanalysis)
- Temperature
- 16–22 °C
- Measured · Leeds And Bradford / Yeadon, 13 km away
- Wind
- 14 km/h W
- gusts up to 32 km/h
- Measured · Leeds And Bradford / Yeadon, 13 km away
- Rain during the day
- 0 mm
- Regional estimate (ERA5 reanalysis)
- Rain in the 24 hours before
- 0 mm
- Regional estimate (ERA5 reanalysis)
- Humidity
- 66 %
- Measured · Leeds And Bradford / Yeadon, 13 km away
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 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Loram | 5 | 7.6 | 13 | +5.4 |
| Jimmy Nilsen | 5 | 7.1 | 12 | +4.9 |
| Mikael Karlsson | 5 | 4.2 | 9 | +4.8 |
| Brian Andersen | 5 | 8.0 | 12 | +4.0 |
| Joe Screen | 5 | 6.0 | 8 | +2.0 |
| Leigh Adams | 5 | 6.1 | 7 | +0.9 |
| Billy Hamill | 5 | 9.9 | 10 | +0.1 |
| Tomasz Gollob | 5 | 8.3 | 8 | -0.3 |
| Piotr Protasiewicz | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | -0.4 |
| Tony Rickardsson | 5 | 8.6 | 8 | -0.6 |
| Chris Louis | 5 | 6.9 | 6 | -0.9 |
| Peter Karlsson | 5 | 6.9 | 6 | -0.9 |
| Greg Hancock | 5 | 10.3 | 8 | -2.3 |
| Andy Smith | 5 | 5.4 | 2 | -3.4 |
| Hans Nielsen | 5 | 10.5 | 7 | -3.5 |
| Sławomir Drabik | 5 | 5.6 | 2 | -3.6 |
| Henrik Gustafsson | 5 | 7.2 | 2 | -5.2 |
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.