Nicolai just five rides away from Grand Prix series
FLUIDAIR POWER Scunthorpe Scorpions’ No 1 Nicolai Klindt has continued his sensational progress in the Speedway Grand Prix qualifiers, finishing a fine fifth in his semi-final in Czestochowa, Poland yesterday (Saturday) to qualify for the Grand Prix Challenge.
The 25-year-old Dane might have actually won the meeting. He scored 10 points from his opening four rides, only to finish last in Heat 19. Had he finished first or second in that race, Klindt would have ended up winning the meeting.
Klindt tweeted: “I’m so happy to qualify for the GP Challenge, but, at the same time, gutted to miss out on the podium. But as (fellow Dane) Mads Korneliussen says, we’re through!”
The Grand Prix Challenge takes place on September 20 in Lonigo, Italy with three places for the 2015 Grand Prix series up for grabs.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL, Czestochowa (Poland)
Kenneth Bjerre 11 (after run-off), Przemyslaw Pawlicki 11, Patryk Dudek 11, Cameron Woodward 11, Nicolai Klindt 10, Mads Korneliussen 10, Jason Doyle 10, Chris Harris 9 (after run-off), Oliver Berntzon 9, Adrian Miedzinski 6, Peter Ljung 5, Lewis Bridger 4, David Bellego 3, Piotr Pawlicki 3, Kim Nilsson (res) 3, Vaclav Milik 3, Artiom Laguta 1, Mathias Schultz (res) 0. (Top seven riders qualify for Grand Prix Challenge).
