2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

The 2012 FIM Mitas Czech Republic Speedway Grand Prix was the third race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 12 at the Markéta Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic.[1][2][3]

2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
2012 FIM Mitas Czech Republic Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date12 May 2012
City Prague
Event3 of 12 (147)
Referee Wojciech Grodzki
Jury President Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumMarkéta Stadium
Capacity10,000
Length353 m (386 yd)
Trackspeedway
SGP Results
Attendance7,000
Best Time Tomasz Gollob
64,14 secs (in Heat 2)
Winner Nicki Pedersen
Runner-up Jason Crump
3rd place Jason Crump

The Grand Prix was won by Nicki Pedersen who beat Jason Crump, Tomasz Gollob and Greg Hancock.[4][5] All four riders was (Hancock is) World Champions.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Josef Franc as Wild Card, and Václav Milík, Jr. and Matěj Kůs both as Track Reserves.[6] The Draw was made on May 11.[7]

Heat details
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23
1 14 (10) Nicki Pedersen 19 0 2 2 3 3 10 3 3 3
2 3 (4) Jason Crump 20 2 3 3 2 3 13 1 3 2
3 5 (5) Tomasz Gollob 12 3 2 3 0 0 8 8 2 1
4 10 (1) Greg Hancock 12 3 1 2 1 3 10 4 2 0
5 6 (8) Chris Holder 12 1 3 3 3 1 11 2 1
6 1 (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 10 3 3 2 1 1 10 5 0
7 16 (16) Josef Franc 9 3 0 0 3 3 9 6 0
8 4 (12) Antonio Lindbäck 9 0 3 3 0 2 8 7 1
9 8 (15) Hans N. Andersen 6 0 2 1 3 0 6 9
10 7 (3) Jarosław Hampel 6 2 0 0 2 2 6 10
11 12 (13) Bjarne Pedersen 6 1 1 2 0 2 6 11
12 15 (11) Chris Harris 6 1 2 0 1 2 6 12
13 11 (9) Fredrik Lindgren 6 2 1 1 1 1 6 13
14 13 (14) Peter Ljung 5 2 0 1 2 0 5 14
15 9 (7) Kenneth Bjerre 3 M/- 1 0 2 0 3 15
16 2 (2) Andreas Jonsson 3 1 0 1 R 1 3 16
17 17 (17) Václav Milík, Jr. 0 0 0 17
18 18 (18) Matěj Kůs - - 18
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23

e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell
ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify
Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals

gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Heat after heat
  1. (64,25) Sayfutdinov, Crump, Jonsson, Lindbäck
  2. (64,14) Gollob, Hampel, Holder, Andersen
  3. (64,65) Hancock, Lindgren, B.Pedersen, Milík (Bjerre M)
  4. (64,28) Franc, Ljung, Harris, N.Pedersen
  5. (64,61) Sayfutdinov, Gollob, Bjerre, Ljung
  6. (64,21) Holder, N.Pedersen, Hancock, Jonsson
  7. (64,60) Crump, Harris, Lindgren, Hampel
  8. (64,84) Lindbäck, Andersen, B.Pedersen, Franc
  9. (65,11) Holder, Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Franc
  10. (65,59) Gollob, B.Pedersen, Jonsson, Harris
  11. (65,72) Crump, N.Pedersen, Andersen, Bjerre
  12. (65,73) Lindbäck, Hancock, Ljung, Hampel
  13. (66,03) N.Pedersen, Hampel, Sayfutdinov, B.Pedersen
  14. (66,70) Andersen, Ljung, Lindgren, Jonsson (R)
  15. (66,03) Franc, Crump, Hancock, Gollob
  16. (65,60) Holder, Bjerre, Harris, Lindbäck
  17. (65,94) Hancock, Harris, Sayfutdinov, Andersen
  18. (66,17) Franc, Hampel, Jonsson, Bjerre
  19. (66,45) Crump, B.Pedersen, Holder, Ljung
  20. (66,21) N.Pedersen, Lindbaeck, Lindbäck, Gollob
    Semifinals
  21. (66,43) Crump, Hancock, Lindbaeck, Franc
  22. (65,92) N.Pedersen, Gollob, Holder, Sayfutdinov
    the Final
  23. (66,50) N.Pedersen, Crump, Gollob, Hancock

The intermediate classification
Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points NZL
EUR
CZE
SWE
DEN
POL
CRO
ITA
GBR
SCA
NOR
PL2
1 (4) Jason Crump 44 121220         
2 (1) Greg Hancock 43 22912         
3 (5) Tomasz Gollob 43 151612         
4 (10) Nicki Pedersen 42 131019         
5 (3) Jarosław Hampel 39 18156         
6 (8) Chris Holder 35 41912         
7 (12) Antonio Lindbäck 26 1349         
8 (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 25 8710         
9 (9) Fredrik Lindgren 22 886         
10 (2) Andreas Jonsson 20 4133         
11 (15) Hans N. Andersen 17 656         
12 (7) Kenneth Bjerre 15 483         
13 (13) Bjarne Pedersen 15 726         
14 (14) Peter Ljung 15 465         
15 (11) Chris Harris 14 536         
16 (16) Josef Franc 9 ––9         
17 (16) Przemysław Pawlicki 7 –7–         
18 (16) Jason Bunyan 1 1––         
19 (17) Václav Milík, Jr. 0 ––0         
Rider(s) not classified
(17) Grant Tregoning — ns––         
(18) Sean Mason — ns––         
(17) Tobiasz Musielak — –ns–         
(18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. — –ns–         
(18) Matěj Kůs — ––ns         
Pos. Rider Points NZL
EUR
CZE
SWE
DEN
POL
CRO
ITA
GBR
SCA
NOR
PL2

References
  1. "FIM Track Racing Commission 2012 Calendars (Mar 16)" (PDF). fim-live.com. 16 Mar 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
  2. "FIM Mitas Czech Republic Speedway Grand Prix". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
  3. Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 26-27 ISSN 1429-3285
  4. "Grand Prix Czech łupem Nickiego Pedersena!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
  5. Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 59 ISSN 1429-3285
  6. "Franc gets Prague date". speedwayGP.com. 24 Apr 2012. Retrieved 26 Apr 2012.
  7. "Lista startowa Grand Prix Czech, rewanż za finał w Lesznie już w drugim biegu" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.

See also
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