FAI World Grand Prix 2007

FAI World Grand Prix 2007
Type	Gliding
Founded	2005
Country	New Zealand
Grand Prix	New Zealand
Date	December 19–24
Year	2007
Season	2
Airfield	Omarama
Location	Omarama, Central Otago, New Zealand
Races	5
Website	http://www.gpgliding.com/
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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	Ventus 2ax	116.1 km/h	220.9 km	10
2	Steve Jones	Ventus 2ax	116.0 km/h	220.9 km	8
3	Petr Krejcirik	Ventus 2ax	115.7 km/h	220.9 km	7
4	Ben Flewett	ASW 27	115.2 km/h	220.9 km	6
5	Mario Kiessling	Ventus 2ax	113.1 km/h	220.9 km	5	Warning: low finish
6	Bruce Taylor	ASW 27	112.1 km/h	220.9 km	4	Warning: low finish
7	Mark Holliday	ASW 27	111.9 km/h	220.9 km	3
8	Oscar Goudriaan	Ventus	111.2 km/h	220.9 km	2	Penalty: start speed too high
9	Michael Sommer	ASG 29	110.8 km/h	220.9 km	1
10	Christophe Ruch	Ventus 2a	110.5 km/h	220.9 km
11	Didier Hauss	Ventus 2cxT	101.9 km/h	220.9 km
12	Peter Harvey	ASW 27	99.3 km/h	220.9 km
13	Tim McAllister	Ventus C	95.6 km/h	220.9 km
14	Sebastian Kawa	Diana 2	95.4 km/h	220.9 km
15	Vladimir Panafutin	LS6C	81.2 km/h	220.9 km
16	Giorgio Galetto	Ventus 2ax	79.8 km/h	220.9 km
17	Herbert Weiss	ASG 29	79.0 km/h	220.9 km		Penalty: start speed too high
18	Erwin Sommer	Ventus 2ax		194.8 km		Penalty: start speed too high

Race 2 - 20.12.2007

Position	Pilot	Glider	Speed	Distance	Points	Penalties
1	Sebastian Kawa	Diana 2	123.4 km/h	282.0 km	10	Warning: Low finish
2	Ben Flewett	ASW 27	123.3 km/h	282.0 km	8
3	Steve Jones	Ventus 2ax	122.4 km/h	282.0 km	7
4	Petr Krejcirik	Ventus 2ax	121.6 km/h	282.0 km	6
5	Uli Schwenk	Ventus 2ax	121.4 km/h	282.0 km	5
6	Herbert Weiss	ASG 29	120.5 km/h	282.0 km	4
7	Mark Holliday	ASW 27	120.2 km/h	282.0 km	3
8	Christophe Ruch	Ventus 2a	119.4 km/h	282.0 km	2
9	Giorgio Galetto	Ventus 2ax	118.9 km/h	282.0 km	1
10	Mario Kiessling	Ventus 2ax	118.8 km/h	282.0 km
11	Peter Harvey	ASW 27	118.6 km/h	282.0 km
12	Bruce Taylor	ASW 27	117.6 km/h	282.0 km
13	Vladimir Panafutin	LS6C	115.7 km/h	282.0 km		Penalty: start speed too high
14	Didier Hauss	Ventus 2cxT	115.4 km/h	282.0 km		Penalty: start speed too high
15	Oscar Goudriaan	Ventus	109.6 km/h	282.0 km
16	Erwin Sommer	Ventus 2ax	96.7 km/h	282.0 km
17	Tim McAllister	Ventus C	92.8 km/h	282.0 km
18	Michael Sommer	ASG 29	10.7 km/h	282.0 km

Race 3 - 21.12.2007

Position	Pilot	Glider	Speed	Distance	Points	Penalties
1	Mario Kiessling	Ventus 2ax	120.5 km/h	271.7 km	10
2	Michael Sommer	ASG 29	119.7 km/h	271.7 km	8
3	Giorgio Galetto	Ventus 2ax	119.6 km/h	271.7 km	7
4	Sebastian Kawa	Diana 2	119.5 km/h	271.7 km	6
5	Steve Jones	Ventus 2ax	118.5 km/h	271.7 km	5
6	Ben Flewett	ASW 27	117.9 km/h	271.7 km	4
7	Didier Hauss	Ventus 2cxT	117.8 km/h	271.7 km	3
8	Christophe Ruch	Ventus 2a	115.9 km/h	271.7 km	2
9	Peter Harvey	ASW 27	114.8 km/h	271.7 km	1
10	Bruce Taylor	ASW 27	113.5 km/h	271.7 km
11	Uli Schwenk	Ventus 2ax	113.4 km/h	271.7 km
12	Tim McAllister	Ventus C	112.8 km/h	271.7 km
13	Erwin Sommer	Ventus 2ax	100.7 km/h	271.7 km
14	Vladimir Panafutin	LS6C	90.3 km/h	271.7 km
15	Petr Krejcirik	Ventus 2ax	86.3 km/h	271.7 km
16	Oscar Goudriaan	Ventus	84.0 km/h	271.7 km
17	Mark Holliday	ASW 27	82.5 km/h	271.7 km
18	Herbert Weiss	ASG 29		103.1 km

Race 4 - 23.12.2007

Position	Pilot	Glider	Speed	Distance	Points	Penalties
1	Bruce Taylor	ASW 27	132.7 km/h	236.1 km	10
2	Uli Schwenk	Ventus 2ax	125.3 km/h	236.1 km	8
3	Ben Flewett	ASW 27	123.8 km/h	236.1 km	7
4	Sebastian Kawa	Diana 2	123.6 km/h	236.1 km	6
5	Michael Sommer	ASG 29	122.9 km/h	236.1 km	5
6	Steve Jones	Ventus 2ax	121.6 km/h	236.1 km	4
7	Petr Krejcirik	Ventus 2ax	121.2 km/h	236.1 km	3
8	Peter Harvey	ASW 27	120.8 km/h	236.1 km	2
9	Oscar Goudriaan	Ventus	120.8 km/h	236.1 km	1
10	Mario Kiessling	Ventus 2ax	120.6 km/h	236.1 km
11	Christophe Ruch	Ventus 2a	118.5 km/h	236.1 km
12	Erwin Sommer	Ventus 2ax	118.0 km/h	236.1 km
13	Mark Holliday	ASW 27	117.2 km/h	236.1 km
14	Giorgio Galetto	Ventus 2ax	114.3 km/h	236.1 km
15	Didier Hauss	Ventus 2cxT	114.1 km/h	236.1 km
16	Vladimir Panafutin	LS6C	95.6 km/h	236.1 km
17	Tim McAllister	Ventus C	95.6 km/h	236.1 km
18	Herbert Weiss	ASG 29			Did not fly

Race 5 - 24.12.2007

Position	Pilot	Glider	Speed	Distance	Points	Penalties
1	Peter Harvey	ASW 27	119.8 km/h	152.3 km	10
2	Sebastian Kawa	Diana 2	117.5 km/h	152.3 km	8
3	Erwin Sommer	Ventus 2ax	117.4 km/h	152.3 km	7
4	Giorgio Galetto	Ventus 2ax	117.2 km/h	152.3 km	6
5	Christophe Ruch	Ventus 2a	117.0 km/h	152.3 km	5
6	Mark Holliday	ASW 27	116.9 km/h	152.3 km	4
7	Michael Sommer	ASG 29	115.6 km/h	152.3 km	3
8	Uli Schwenk	Ventus 2ax	115.0 km/h	152.3 km	2
9	Petr Krejcirik	Ventus 2ax	114.3 km/h	152.3 km	1
10	Steve Jones	Ventus 2ax	112.8 km/h	1 52.3 km
11	Tim McAllister	Ventus C	111.1 km/h	152.3 km
12	Ben Flewett	ASW 27	109.6 km/h	152.3 km
13	Oscar Goudriaan	Ventus	106.8 km/h	152.3 km
14	Mario Kiessling	Ventus 2ax	104.5 km/h	152.3 km
15	Didier Hauss	Ventus 2cxT	94.9 km/h	152.3 km
16	Bruce Taylor	ASW 27		127.8 km
17	Vladimir Panafutin	LS6C		110.3 km
18	Herbert Weiss	ASG 29			Did not fly

Notes

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