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]

Czech Republic 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
2012 FIM Mitas Czech Republic Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date12 May 2012
CityCzech Republic Prague
Event3 of 12 (147)
RefereePoland Wojciech Grodzki
Jury PresidentGermany Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumMarkéta Stadium
Capacity10,000
Length353 m (386 yd)
Trackspeedway
SGP Results
Attendance7,000
Best TimePoland Tomasz Gollob
64,14 secs (in Heat 2)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerDenmark Nicki Pedersen
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upAustralia Jason Crump
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Tomasz Gollob

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

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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

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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

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  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

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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 12 12 20                  
2   (1) Greg Hancock 43 22 9 12                  
3   (5) Tomasz Gollob 43 15 16 12                  
4   (10) Nicki Pedersen 42 13 10 19                  
5   (3) Jarosław Hampel 39 18 15 6                  
6   (8) Chris Holder 35 4 19 12                  
7   (12) Antonio Lindbäck 26 13 4 9                  
8   (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 25 8 7 10                  
9   (9) Fredrik Lindgren 22 8 8 6                  
10   (2) Andreas Jonsson 20 4 13 3                  
11   (15) Hans N. Andersen 17 6 5 6                  
12   (7) Kenneth Bjerre 15 4 8 3                  
13   (13) Bjarne Pedersen 15 7 2 6                  
14   (14) Peter Ljung 15 4 6 5                  
15   (11) Chris Harris 14 5 3 6                  
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

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  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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