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
2012 FIM Gorzow Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date23 June 2012
City Gorzów Wielkopolski
Event6 of 12 (150)
Referee Krister Gardell
Jury President Anthony Steele
Stadium details
StadiumEdward Jancarz Stadium
Capacity17,000
Length329 m (360 yd)
Trackspeedway
SGP Results
Attendance10,000
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
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

  1. (61,81) Ljung, Lindgren, Lindbäck, Harris
  2. (61,60) Vaculík, Zmarzlik, Gollob, Bjerre
  3. (62,31) Crump, Holder, Hancock, Sayfutdinov
  4. (62,41) Jonsson, N. Pedersen, B. Pedersen, Andersen
  5. (62,75) Hancock, Vaculík, Ljung, Jonsson
  6. (63,01) Lindgren, Holder, Gollob, B. Pedersen
  7. (63,14) N. Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Zmarzlik, Harris (R)
  8. (63,11) Lindbäck, Andersen, Bjerre, Crump (X)
  9. (63,33) Andersen, Sayfutdinov, Gollob, Ljung
  10. (63,94) Lindgren, Vaculík, N. Pedersen, Crump
  11. (63,97) Hancock, B. Pedersen, Harris, Bjerre
  12. (64,13) Zmarzlik, Jonsson, Holder, Lindbäck
  13. (64,19) Ljung, Zmarzlik, B. Pedersen, Crump
  14. (63,78) Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Lindgren, Bjerre
  15. (64,34) Holder, Vaculík, Andersen, Harris (R)
  16. (64,12) Gollob, Hancock, Lindbäck, N. Pedersen
  17. (65,06) Holder, Bjerre, N. Pedersen, Ljung
  18. (64,72) Hancock, Lindgren, Andersen, Zmarzlik
  19. (64,34) Gollob, Crump, Jonsson, Harris
  20. (64,22) Vaculík, Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, B. Pedersen
    Semifinals
  21. (64,23) Zmarzlik, Holder, Sayfutdinov, Hancock (R)
  22. (64,34) Gollob, Vaculík, Jonsson, Lindgren
    Final
  23. (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
1 (1) Greg Hancock 87 22912151712      
2 (4) Jason Crump 78 12122011185      
3 (8) Chris Holder 78 4191217917      
4 (10) Nicki Pedersen 72 1310191497      
5 (5) Tomasz Gollob 64 1516126312      
6 (9) Fredrik Lindgren 63 886151511      
7 (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 58 8710121110      
8 (2) Andreas Jonsson 47 41331089      
9 (3) Jarosław Hampel 46 181567ns      
10 (12) Antonio Lindbäck 40 1349536      
11 (14) Peter Ljung 36 465687      
12 (13) Bjarne Pedersen 33 7264104      
13 (15) Hans N. Andersen 31 656347      
14 (7) Kenneth Bjerre 28 483553      
15 (11) Chris Harris 28 5363101      
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 7ns      
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. nsns      
(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

  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 Gorzow Speedway Grand Prix of Poland". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
  3. Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 32-33 ISSN 1429-3285
  4. "Sensacyjne zwycięstwo Martina Vaculika w Gorzowie, Bartosz Zmarzlik na podium" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 23 Jun 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
  5. Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 60 ISSN 1429-3285
  6. "Słowak - kolejną nacją w Grand Prix" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 17 Jun 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
  7. "Dwóch wygrywało w debiucie w Grand Prix" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 21 Jun 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
  8. "Zmarzlik z dziką kartą w Gorzowie!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 5 Jun 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
  9. "Vaculik zastąpi Hampela w Gorzowie" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 13 Jun 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
  10. "Lista startowa Grand Prix Polski w Gorzowie" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 22 Jun 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.

See also


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