FAI World Grand Prix 2007 explained

The second FAI World Grand Prix 2007 was a gliding Grand Prix at the Omarama airfield in New Zealand during December 19 - December 24. It was the second Gliding Grand Prix race to take place in New Zealand.

Summary

Overall results

Position	Pilot	Country	Glider	Points
1	Sebastian Kawa	Poland	Diana Sailplanes - Diana 2	30
2	Uli Schwenk	Germany	Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH - Ventus 2ax	25
2	Ben Flewett	New Zealand	Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co - ASW 27	25
4	Steve Jones	United Kingdom	Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH - Ventus 2ax	24
5	Petr Krejcirik	Czech Republic	Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH - Ventus 2ax	17
5	Michael Sommer	Germany	Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co - ASG 29	17
7	Mario Kiessling	Germany	Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH - Ventus 2ax	15
8	Bruce Taylor	Australia	Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co - ASW 27	14
8	Giorgio Galetto	Italy	Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH - Ventus 2ax	14
10	Peter Harvey	United Kingdom	Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co - ASW 27	13
11	Mark Holliday	South Africa	Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co - ASW 27	10
12	Christophe Ruch	France	Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH - Ventus 2a	9
13	Erwin Sommer	Germany	Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH - Ventus 2ax	7
14	Herbert Weiss	Germany	Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co - ASG 29	4
15	Didier Hauss	France	Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH - Ventus 2cxT	3
15	Oscar Goudriaan	South Africa	Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH - Ventus	3
17	Vladimir Panafutin	Russia	Rolladen-Schneider Flugzeugbau GmbH - LS6C	0
17	Tim McAllister	United States	Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH - Ventus C	0

Classification

Qualifying

FAI ranking	Pilot	Country	Qualifying Grand Prix
1	Sebastian Kawa	Poland	Omarama, NZ
4	Michael Sommer	Germany	Gawler, Australia
9	Peter Harvey	United Kingdom	Gransden lodge, UK
15	Christophe Ruch	France	St. Auban, France
20	Herbert Weiss	Germany	Nitra, Slovakia
21	Uli Schwenk	Germany	Hahnweide, Germany
23	Petr Krejcirik	Czech Republic	Nitra, Slovakia
24	Giorgio Galetto	Italy	Omarama, NZ
37	Mario Kiessling	Germany	St. Auban, France
38	Steve Jones	United Kingdom	Gransden lodge, UK
63	Didier Hauss	France	St. Auban, France
90	Oscar Goudriaan	South Africa	Bloemfontein, South Africa
101	Bruce Taylor	Australia	Gawler, Australia
174	Erwin Sommer	Germany	Nitra, Slovakia
339	Ben Flewett	New Zealand	Omarama, NZ
348	Tim McAllister	United States	Drakino, Russia
631	Mark Holliday	South Africa	Bloemfontein, South Africa
916	Vladimir Panafutin	Russia	Drakino, Russia

Race 1 - 19.12.2007

Position	Pilot	Glider	Speed	Distance	Points	Penalties
1	Uli Schwenk		116.1 km/h	220.9 km	10
2	Steve Jones		116.0 km/h	220.9 km	8
3	Petr Krejcirik		115.7 km/h	220.9 km	7
4	Ben Flewett		115.2 km/h	220.9 km	6
5	Mario Kiessling		113.1 km/h	220.9 km	5	Warning: low finish
6	Bruce Taylor		112.1 km/h	220.9 km	4	Warning: low finish
7	Mark Holliday		111.9 km/h	220.9 km	3
8	Oscar Goudriaan		111.2 km/h	220.9 km	2	Penalty: start speed too high
9	Michael Sommer		110.8 km/h	220.9 km	1
10	Christophe Ruch		110.5 km/h	220.9 km
11	Didier Hauss		101.9 km/h	220.9 km
12	Peter Harvey		99.3 km/h	220.9 km
13	Tim McAllister		95.6 km/h	220.9 km
14			95.4 km/h	220.9 km
15	Vladimir Panafutin		81.2 km/h	220.9 km
16	Giorgio Galetto		79.8 km/h	220.9 km
17			79.0 km/h	220.9 km		Penalty: start speed too high
18	Erwin Sommer			194.8 km		Penalty: start speed too high

Race 2 - 20.12.2007

Position	Pilot	Glider	Speed	Distance	Points	Penalties
1	Sebastian Kawa		123.4 km/h	282.0 km	10	Warning: Low finish
2	Ben Flewett		123.3 km/h	282.0 km	8
3	Steve Jones		122.4 km/h	282.0 km	7
4	Petr Krejcirik		121.6 km/h	282.0 km	6
5	Uli Schwenk		121.4 km/h	282.0 km	5
6	Herbert Weiss		120.5 km/h	282.0 km	4
7	Mark Holliday		120.2 km/h	282.0 km	3
8	Christophe Ruch		119.4 km/h	282.0 km	2
9	Giorgio Galetto		118.9 km/h	282.0 km	1
10	Mario Kiessling		118.8 km/h	282.0 km
11	Peter Harvey		118.6 km/h	282.0 km
12	Bruce Taylor		117.6 km/h	282.0 km
13	Vladimir Panafutin		115.7 km/h	282.0 km		Penalty: start speed too high
14	Didier Hauss		115.4 km/h	282.0 km		Penalty: start speed too high
15	Oscar Goudriaan		109.6 km/h	282.0 km
16	Erwin Sommer		96.7 km/h	282.0 km
17	Tim McAllister		92.8 km/h	282.0 km
18	Michael Sommer		10.7 km/h	282.0 km

Race 3 - 21.12.2007

Position	Pilot	Glider	Speed	Distance	Points	Penalties
1	Mario Kiessling		120.5 km/h	271.7 km	10
2	Michael Sommer		119.7 km/h	271.7 km	8
3	Giorgio Galetto		119.6 km/h	271.7 km	7
4	Sebastian Kawa		119.5 km/h	271.7 km	6
5	Steve Jones		118.5 km/h	271.7 km	5
6	Ben Flewett		117.9 km/h	271.7 km	4
7	Didier Hauss		117.8 km/h	271.7 km	3
8	Christophe Ruch		115.9 km/h	271.7 km	2
9	Peter Harvey		114.8 km/h	271.7 km	1
10	Bruce Taylor		113.5 km/h	271.7 km
11	Uli Schwenk		113.4 km/h	271.7 km
12	Tim McAllister		112.8 km/h	271.7 km
13	Erwin Sommer		100.7 km/h	271.7 km
14	Vladimir Panafutin		90.3 km/h	271.7 km
15	Petr Krejcirik		86.3 km/h	271.7 km
16	Oscar Goudriaan		84.0 km/h	271.7 km
17	Mark Holliday		82.5 km/h	271.7 km
18				103.1 km

Race 4 - 23.12.2007

Position	Pilot	Glider	Speed	Distance	Points	Penalties
1	Bruce Taylor		132.7 km/h	236.1 km	10
2	Uli Schwenk		125.3 km/h	236.1 km	8
3	Ben Flewett		123.8 km/h	236.1 km	7
4	Sebastian Kawa		123.6 km/h	236.1 km	6
5	Michael Sommer		122.9 km/h	236.1 km	5
6	Steve Jones		121.6 km/h	236.1 km	4
7	Petr Krejcirik		121.2 km/h	236.1 km	3
8	Peter Harvey		120.8 km/h	236.1 km	2
9	Oscar Goudriaan		120.8 km/h	236.1 km	1
10	Mario Kiessling		120.6 km/h	236.1 km
11	Christophe Ruch		118.5 km/h	236.1 km
12	Erwin Sommer		118.0 km/h	236.1 km
13	Mark Holliday		117.2 km/h	236.1 km
14	Giorgio Galetto		114.3 km/h	236.1 km
15	Didier Hauss		114.1 km/h	236.1 km
16	Vladimir Panafutin		95.6 km/h	236.1 km
17	Tim McAllister		95.6 km/h	236.1 km
18					Did not fly

Race 5 - 24.12.2007

Position	Pilot	Glider	Speed	Distance	Points	Penalties
1	Peter Harvey		119.8 km/h	152.3 km	10
2	Sebastian Kawa		117.5 km/h	152.3 km	8
3	Erwin Sommer		117.4 km/h	152.3 km	7
4	Giorgio Galetto		117.2 km/h	152.3 km	6
5	Christophe Ruch		117.0 km/h	152.3 km	5
6	Mark Holliday		116.9 km/h	152.3 km	4
7	Michael Sommer		115.6 km/h	152.3 km	3
8	Uli Schwenk		115.0 km/h	152.3 km	2
9	Petr Krejcirik		114.3 km/h	152.3 km	1
10	Steve Jones		112.8 km/h	1 52.3 km
11	Tim McAllister		111.1 km/h	152.3 km
12	Ben Flewett		109.6 km/h	152.3 km
13	Oscar Goudriaan		106.8 km/h	152.3 km
14	Mario Kiessling		104.5 km/h	152.3 km
15	Didier Hauss		94.9 km/h	152.3 km
16	Bruce Taylor			127.8 km
17	Vladimir Panafutin			110.3 km
18					Did not fly

Notes

• Weather and track condition:
• Spectator Count:
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