ladyluck 1 Posted May 3, 2011 Former Edinburgh Monarch Thomas H Jonasson is the "wild card" for the Swedish Grand Prix: http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=pl&u=http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2011/05/03/thomas-h-jonasson-z-dzika-karta/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsportowefakty%2Bzuzel%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1G1TSEA_ENUK335%26prmd%3Divns&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&usg=ALkJrhi4u5QsKtqxHWXi1Ah-MI-pdQSb6Q Eastbourne's Simon Gustafsson and Poole's Dennis Andersson are the "track reserves". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jez 4 Posted May 3, 2011 Looking forward to my first visit to Gothenburg, very good Wildcard to add to an excellent SGP field Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
June01 270 Posted May 3, 2011 Looking forward to my first visit to Gothenburg, very good Wildcard to add to an excellent SGP field Should have been PK. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Know 221 Posted May 4, 2011 Should have been PK. indeed it should with the form he is displaying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Know 221 Posted May 4, 2011 looking forward to my first gp since cardiff and a long time since been abroad to one. love the area and staying a week as normal. should be fun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyluck 1 Posted May 9, 2011 (edited) Roll of Honour 1995..T Knudsen..(DEN)..Linkoping 1996..B Hamill..(USA)..Linkoping 1997..T Gollob..(POL)..Linkoping 1998..T Rickardsson..(SWE)..Linkoping 1999..M Loram..(GBR)..Linkoping 2000..J Crump..(AUS)..Linkoping 2001..J Crump..(AUS)..Stockholm 2002..T Rickardsson..(SWE)..Stockholm 2003..R Sullivan..(AUS)..Avesta 2004..L Adams..(AUS)..Stockholm 2005..J Crump..(AUS)..Eskilstuna 2006..J Crump..(AUS)..Eskilstuna 2007..L Adams..(AUS)..Eskilstuna 2008..R Holta..(POL)..Gothenburg 2009..E Sayfutdinov..(RUS)..Gothenburg 2010..K Bjerre..(DEN)..Gothenburg Uninteresting Facts Gothenburg was founded in 1621 by the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus. He is popularly known as "Gustavus Adolphus the Great" or the "Lion of the North". Gustavus Adolphus forged Sweden into a Great Power of Europe during the Thirty Years War. He was mortally wounded during the Battle of Lutzen in 1632. The Grand Prix is being held in the Ullevi Stadium, which is the largest stadium in Scandinavia. Roughly translated, Ullevi means "Temple of Ull". Ull was - probably still is - the Norse god of winter, death, skiing, the chase, overall combat, archery, hunting and trapping, and snowshoes. The Ullevi Stadium hosted nine world finals during the period 1964-1991. And world champions crowned in Gothenburg were Barry Briggs (1964 and 1966), Ivan Mauger (1968 and 1977), Ole Olsen (1971), Anders Michanek (1974), Michael Lee (1980), Erik Gundersen (1984) and Jan O Pedersen (1991). The Ullevi Stadium has hosted six previous Grands Prix. And the winners were Leigh Adams (2002), Ryan Sullivan (2003), Hans Andersen (2004), Rune Holta (2008), Emil Sayfutdinov (2009) and Kenneth Bjerre (2010). Which means that no rider has gone on to be world champion in the season he won the Grand Prix at Ullevi. The record crowd at Ullevi was 64,312 for a Bruce Springsteen concert in 1985. The reverberations of Mr Springsteen's music and the crowd almost caused the structural collapse of the stadium. But, fear not, the stadium was massively strengthened by its municipal owners afterwards. And Mr Springsteen has been back several times with no adverse effects. The Gothenburg track is the longest in the GPs, although the length changes from time to time. This year it's going to be 404 metres. In 2008 it was a massive 416 metres. The track record is 69.40 seconds. It is jointly held by Jason Crump and Rune Holta. From Gothenburg to Prague As noted above, Gothenburg was founded by the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus. Gustavus Adolphus was mortally wounded at the Battle of Lutzen in 1632. The opposing forces at the battle were commanded by Albrecht von Wallenstein. Albrecht von Wallenstein built (not personally, of course) the largest palace in Prague (Wallenstein Palace, now the seat of the Czech senate). Edited May 9, 2011 by ladyluck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Humphrey Appleby 13,969 Posted May 9, 2011 Ull was - probably still is - the Norse god of winter, death, skiing, the chase, overall combat, archery, hunting and trapping, and snowshoes. Anything else... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyluck 1 Posted May 9, 2011 Anything else... Looks like he's got his hands full already, but maybe if you ask nicely he'll take on Civil Servants. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,859 Posted May 10, 2011 (edited) weather forecasts looking good, some showers on friday morning but from midday on Friday and the entire Saturday mostly sunny or partially cloudy with temps just above +10 C. Edited May 10, 2011 by Ghostwalker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 21,041 Posted May 10, 2011 As noted above, Gothenburg was founded by the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus. Gustavus Adolphus was mortally wounded at the Battle of Lutzen in 1632. The opposing forces at the battle were commanded by Albrecht von Wallenstein. Albrecht von Wallenstein built (not personally, of course) the largest palace in Prague (Wallenstein Palace, now the seat of the Czech senate). If i remember rightly,didn't they start the war by throwing some guys out of a window in Prague?Did see a programme on Wallenstein a while back.Got a bit too big for his boots in the end.Nice little background history there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyluck 1 Posted May 10, 2011 (edited) If i remember rightly,didn't they start the war by throwing some guys out of a window in Prague?Did see a programme on Wallenstein a while back.Got a bit too big for his boots in the end.Nice little background history there. Yes, the Thirty Years' War was started by the protestant Czechs throwing a couple of catholics out of one of Prague Castle's windows in the so-called "Second Defenestration of Prague". The Czech's elected their "winter king" but were defeated at the Battle of the White Mountain. Wallenstein was born protestant, but changed to catholic in order to marry a wealthy widow. Like you said, he grew too big for his boots and was murdered on the orders of the Habsburg emperor whom he nominally served. The British embassy in Prague was, apparently, part of the booty paid to one of his assassins. Edit: By the way, in case anyone is wondering, the victims of the defenestraion survived. It was put down to devine intervention. God had placed the dung heap they landed in there. Edited May 10, 2011 by ladyluck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,859 Posted May 11, 2011 Weather forecasts have changed again it now says rain during most of Saturday. http://www.smhi.se/vadret/vadret-i-sverige/land/fiveDaysForecast.do?geonameid=2711537&redirect=false http://www.yr.no/sted/Sverige/V%C3%A4stra_G%C3%B6taland/G%C3%B6teborg/langtidsvarsel.html http://www.klart.se/v%C3%A4der-g%C3%B6teborg.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Know 221 Posted May 11, 2011 Weather forecasts have changed again it now says rain during most of Saturday. http://www.smhi.se/vadret/vadret-i-sverige/land/fiveDaysForecast.do?geonameid=2711537&redirect=false http://www.yr.no/sted/Sverige/V%C3%A4stra_G%C3%B6taland/G%C3%B6teborg/langtidsvarsel.html http://www.klart.se/v%C3%A4der-g%C3%B6teborg.html hope not taking me shorts tommorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Humphrey Appleby 13,969 Posted May 11, 2011 (edited) the protestant Czechs throwing a couple of catholics out of one of Prague Castle's windows Sounds like an Old Firm Derby.. were defeated at the Battle of the White Mountain. Bila Hora I believe it's called in Czech... Edited May 11, 2011 by Humphrey Appleby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blazeaway 1,501 Posted May 12, 2011 Weather forecasts have changed again it now says rain during most of Saturday. http://www.smhi.se/v...&redirect=false http://www.yr.no/ste...tidsvarsel.html http://www.klart.se/...3%B6teborg.html If it's wet AJ will win it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
