2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
The 2012 FIM Gorzow Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the sixth race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on June 23 at the Edward Jancarz Stadium in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland.[1][2][3]
2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland | |
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2012 FIM Gorzow Speedway Grand Prix of Poland | |
Information | |
Date | 23 June 2012 |
City | Gorzów Wielkopolski |
Event | 6 of 12 (150) |
Referee | Krister Gardell |
Jury President | Anthony Steele |
Stadium details | |
Stadium | Edward Jancarz Stadium |
Capacity | 17,000 |
Length | 329 m (360 yd) |
Track | speedway |
SGP Results | |
Attendance | 10,000 |
Best Time | Martin Vaculík 61,60 secs (in Heat 2) |
Winner | Martin Vaculík |
Runner-up | Chris Holder |
3rd place | Bartosz Zmarzlik |
The Grand Prix was won by Martin Vaculík who beat Chris Harris, wild card Bartosz Zmarzlik and Tomasz Gollob.[4][5] Vaculík becoming first Slovak rider who ride in the SGP and third rider who won SGP event in his debut (after Tomasz Gollob and Emil Sayfutdinov). It was 150th SPG event since 1995 and Greg Hancock was only rider who rode in all meetings.[6][7]
Riders
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Bartosz Zmarzlik as Wild Card, and Piotr and Przemysław Pawlicki both as Track Reserves.[8] Injured Jarosław Hampel was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík.[9] The draw was made on June 22.[10]
- (3) Jarosław Hampel → (19) Martin Vaculík
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 |
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1 | 5 | (19) Martin Vaculík | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | 10 | (8) Chris Holder | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | 7 | (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | 6 | (5) Tomasz Gollob | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | 9 | (1) Greg Hancock | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 1 | R | |||||||||||||||||
6 | 2 | (9) Fredrik Lindgren | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | 11 | (6) Emil Sayfutdinov | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | 13 | (2) Andreas Jonsson | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | 1 | (14) Peter Ljung | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | 15 | (10) Nicki Pedersen | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | 16 | (15) Hans N. Andersen | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | 4 | (12) Antonio Lindbäck | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
13 | 12 | (4) Jason Crump | 5 | 3 | X | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
14 | 14 | (13) Bjarne Pedersen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
15 | 8 | (7) Kenneth Bjerre | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
16 | 3 | (11) Chris Harris | 1 | 0 | R | 1 | R | 0 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
17 | 17 | (17) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. | - | - | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 18 | (18) Przemysław Pawlicki | - | - | 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
- (61,81) Ljung, Lindgren, Lindbäck, Harris
- (61,60) Vaculík, Zmarzlik, Gollob, Bjerre
- (62,31) Crump, Holder, Hancock, Sayfutdinov
- (62,41) Jonsson, N. Pedersen, B. Pedersen, Andersen
- (62,75) Hancock, Vaculík, Ljung, Jonsson
- (63,01) Lindgren, Holder, Gollob, B. Pedersen
- (63,14) N. Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Zmarzlik, Harris (R)
- (63,11) Lindbäck, Andersen, Bjerre, Crump (X)
- (63,33) Andersen, Sayfutdinov, Gollob, Ljung
- (63,94) Lindgren, Vaculík, N. Pedersen, Crump
- (63,97) Hancock, B. Pedersen, Harris, Bjerre
- (64,13) Zmarzlik, Jonsson, Holder, Lindbäck
- (64,19) Ljung, Zmarzlik, B. Pedersen, Crump
- (63,78) Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Lindgren, Bjerre
- (64,34) Holder, Vaculík, Andersen, Harris (R)
- (64,12) Gollob, Hancock, Lindbäck, N. Pedersen
- (65,06) Holder, Bjerre, N. Pedersen, Ljung
- (64,72) Hancock, Lindgren, Andersen, Zmarzlik
- (64,34) Gollob, Crump, Jonsson, Harris
- (64,22) Vaculík, Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, B. Pedersen
- Semifinals
- (64,23) Zmarzlik, Holder, Sayfutdinov, Hancock (R)
- (64,34) Gollob, Vaculík, Jonsson, Lindgren
- Final
- (66,87) Vaculík, Holder, Zmarzlik, Gollob
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 |
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1 | (1) Greg Hancock | 87 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 12 | ||||||
2 | (4) Jason Crump | 78 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 5 | ||||||
3 | (8) Chris Holder | 78 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 17 | ||||||
4 | (10) Nicki Pedersen | 72 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 7 | ||||||
5 | (5) Tomasz Gollob | 64 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 12 | ||||||
6 | (9) Fredrik Lindgren | 63 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 11 | ||||||
7 | (6) Emil Sayfutdinov | 58 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | ||||||
8 | (2) Andreas Jonsson | 47 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | ||||||
9 | (3) Jarosław Hampel | 46 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 7 | ns | – | ||||||
10 | (12) Antonio Lindbäck | 40 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
11 | (14) Peter Ljung | 36 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | ||||||
12 | (13) Bjarne Pedersen | 33 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | ||||||
13 | (15) Hans N. Andersen | 31 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||||
14 | (7) Kenneth Bjerre | 28 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
15 | (11) Chris Harris | 28 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | ||||||
16 | (19) Martin Vaculík | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | ||||||
17 | (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | ||||||
18 | (16) Thomas H. Jonasson | 11 | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | ||||||
19 | (16) Josef Franc | 9 | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | ||||||
20 | (16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki | 7 | – | 7 | – | – | – | ns | ||||||
21 | (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen | 7 | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | ||||||
22 | (18) Mikkel B. Jensen | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | ||||||
23 | (17) Peter Kildemand | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||||||
24 | (16) Jason Bunyan | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
25 | (17) Václav Milík, Jr. | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | ||||||
Rider(s) not classified | ||||||||||||||
(17) Grant Tregoning | — | ns | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
(18) Sean Mason | — | ns | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
(17) Tobiasz Musielak | — | – | ns | – | – | – | – | |||||||
(17)(18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. | — | – | ns | – | – | – | ns | |||||||
(18) Matěj Kůs | — | – | – | ns | – | – | – | |||||||
(17) Linus Sundström | — | – | – | – | ns | – | – | |||||||
(18) Simon Gustafsson | — | – | – | – | ns | – | – | |||||||
Pos. | Rider | Points | NZL | EUR | CZE | SWE | DEN | POL | CRO | ITA | GBR | SCA | NOR | PL2 |
References
- "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.
- "FIM Gorzow Speedway Grand Prix of Poland". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
- Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 32-33 ISSN 1429-3285
- "Sensacyjne zwycięstwo Martina Vaculika w Gorzowie, Bartosz Zmarzlik na podium" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 23 Jun 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
- Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 60 ISSN 1429-3285
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- "Dwóch wygrywało w debiucie w Grand Prix" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 21 Jun 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
- "Zmarzlik z dziką kartą w Gorzowie!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 5 Jun 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
- "Vaculik zastąpi Hampela w Gorzowie" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 13 Jun 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
- "Lista startowa Grand Prix Polski w Gorzowie" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 22 Jun 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.