Nicolai’s Grand Prix shot!

FLUIDAIR POWER Scunthorpe Scorpions’ Danish star Nicolai Klindt can join the world’s elite – including Scunthorpe-born World Champion Tai Woffinden – in the 2015 Grand Prix series, by finishing in the top three of the Grand Prix Challenge in Lonigo, Italy tonight (Saturday).

Klindt is one of five Danes, in a strong line-up which contains current Grand Prix riders, Matej Zagar, Chris Harris and Kenneth Bjerre, with a further GP rider, Martin Smolinski, at reserve.

With Zagar set to automatically quality for the 2015 series, a top four placing in Lonigo could be enough, should the Slovenian finish in the top three.

Line-up: 1. Chris Harris (Great Britain), 2. Kenneth Bjerre (Denmark), 3. Nicolas Covatti (Italy), 4. Oliver Berntzon (Sweden), 5. Hans Andersen (Denmark), 6. Linus Sundstrom (Sweden), 7. Maciej Janowski (Poland), 8. Mads Korneliussen (Denmark), 9. Matej Zagar (Slovenia), 10. Janusz Kolodziej (Poland), 11. Mattia Carpanese (Italy), 12. Peter Kildemand (Denmark), 13. Tomas H. Jonasson (Sweden), 14. Przemyslaw Pawlicki (Poland), 15. Jason Doyle (Australia), 16. Nicolai Klindt (Denmark). Reserves: 17. Martin Smolinski (Germany), 18. Adrian Miedzinski (Poland).