2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia

The 2012 FIM Scandinavian Speedway Grand Prix will be the tenth race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 8 at the G&B Stadium in Målilla, Sweden.[1][2][3]

Sweden 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia
2012 FIM Scandinavian SGP
Information
Date8 September 2012
CitySweden Målilla
Event10 of 12 (154)
RefereePoland Wojciech Grodzki
Jury PresidentUnited Kingdom Anthony Steele
Stadium details
StadiumG&B Stadium
Capacity15,000
Length305 m (334 yd)
Trackspeedway
SGP Results
Attendance11,900
Best TimeSweden Antonio Lindbäck
57,89 secs (in Heat 21)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerPoland Tomasz Gollob
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upAustralia Chris Holder
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeSweden Chris Holder

The Grand Prix was won by Tomasz Gollob who beat Chris Holder, Antonio Lindbäck and Nicki Pedersen in the final.[4][5]

Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Thomas H. Jonasson as Wild Card, and Kim Nilsson and Linus Sundström both as Track Reserves.[6] Injured Kenneth Bjerre was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík. The draw was made on September 7.[7]

(7)   Kenneth Bjerre → (19)   Martin Vaculík

Results

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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 16   (5) Tomasz Gollob 21 3 1 3 3 3 13 2 2 3
2 4   (8) Chris Holder 17 1 2 3 1 3 10 5 3 2
3 12   (12) Antonio Lindbäck 18 1 3 3 3 3 13 1 3 1
4 9   (10) Nicki Pedersen 11 2 X 3 2 2 9 6 2 0
5 6   (9) Fredrik Lindgren 11 3 1 2 3 1 10 3 1
6 1   (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 11 3 3 1 1 2 10 4 1
7 15   (1) Greg Hancock 8 2 3 0 0 3 8 7 0
8 2   (4) Jason Crump 8 0 3 2 2 1 8 8 0
9 3   (13) Bjarne Pedersen 6 2 0 0 2 2 6 9
10 5   (19) Martin Vaculík 6 1 2 1 0 2 6 10
11 14   (3) Jarosław Hampel 6 1 0 2 2 1 6 11
12 8   (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 5 0 0 1 3 1 5 12
13 11   (14) Peter Ljung 5 3 1 0 1 0 5 13
14 10   (11) Chris Harris 5 0 2 2 1 0 5 14
15 7   (15) Hans N. Andersen 5 2 2 1 0 0 5 15
16 13   (2) Andreas Jonsson 1 0 1 - - - 1 16
17 17   (17) Kim Nilsson 0 0 0 0 17
18 18   (18) Linus Sundström 0 0 0 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. (58,46) Sayfutdinov, B.Pedersen, Holder, Crump
  2. (58,21) Lindgren, Andersen, Vaculík, Jonasson
  3. (58,53) Ljung, N.Pedersen, Lindbäck, Harris
  4. (58,69) Gollob, Hancock, Hampel, Jonsson
  5. (57,94) Sayfutdinov, Vaculík, Jonsson, N.Pedersen (X)
  6. (58,82) Crump, Harris, Lindgren, Hampel
  7. (58,12) Hancock, Andersen, Ljung, B.Pedersen
  8. (59,57) Lindbäck, Holder, Gollob, Jonasson
  9. (58,53) Gollob, Lindgren, Sayfutdinov, Ljung
  10. (59,13) Lindbäck, Crump, Vaculík, Hancock
  11. (59,94) N.Pedersen, Hampel, Jonasson, B.Pedersen
  12. (59,53) Holder, Harris, Andersen, Nilsson
  13. (59,78) Lindbäck, Hampel, Sayfutdinov, Andersen
  14. (59,71) Jonasson, Crump, Ljung, Sundström
  15. (59,84) Gollob, B.Pedersen, Harris, Vaculík
  16. (59,93) Lindgren, N.Pedersen, Holder, Hancock
  17. (58,14) Hancock, Sayfutdinov, Jonasson, Harris
  18. (59,77) Gollob, N.Pedersen, Crump, Andersen
  19. (59,84) Lindbäck, B.Pedersen, Lindgren, Nilsson
  20. (60,21) Holder, Vaculík, Hampel, Ljung
    Semifinals
  21. (57,89) Lindbäck, N.Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Hancock
  22. (59,05) Holder, Gollob, Lindgren, Crump
    Final
  23. (59,55) Gollob, Holder, Lindbäck, N.Pedersen

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   (8) Chris Holder 134 4 19 12 17 9 17 6 10 23 17    
2   (1) Greg Hancock 126 22 9 12 15 17 12 10 14 7 8    
3   (10) Nicki Pedersen 123 13 10 19 14 9 7 19 10 11 11    
4   (5) Tomasz Gollob 114 15 16 12 6 3 12 13 6 10 21    
5   (4) Jason Crump 111 12 12 20 11 18 5 9 10 6 8    
6   (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 107 8 7 10 12 11 10 7 19 12 11    
7   (9) Fredrik Lindgren 100 8 8 6 15 15 11 9 5 12 11    
8   (12) Antonio Lindbäck 92 13 4 9 5 3 6 6 16 12 18    
9   (2) Andreas Jonsson 77 4 13 3 10 8 9 15 8 6 1    
10   (15) Hans N. Andersen 58 6 5 6 3 4 7 8 4 10 5    
11   (11) Chris Harris 57 5 3 6 3 10 1 10 8 6 5    
12   (19) Martin Vaculík 55 20 8 14 7 6    
13   (3) Jarosław Hampel 52 18 15 6 7 ns 6    
14   (13) Bjarne Pedersen 49 7 2 6 4 10 4 5 3 2 6    
15   (14) Peter Ljung 49 4 6 5 6 8 7 0 8 0 5    
16   (7) Kenneth Bjerre 41 4 8 3 5 5 3 7 6    
17   (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 16 11 5    
18   (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik 13 13    
19   (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak 13 13    
20   (16) Jurica Pavlic 12 12    
21   (16) Josef Franc 9 9    
22   (16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki 7 7 ns    
23   (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 7 7    
24   (16) Scott Nicholls 7 7    
25   (18) Mikkel B. Jensen 4 4    
26   (16) Nicolas Covatti 3 3    
27   (17) Peter Kildemand 2 2    
28   (16) Jason Bunyan 1 1    
29   (17) Václav Milík, Jr. 0 0    
30   (17) Dino Kovacic 0 0    
31   (17)(18) Linus Sundström 0 ns 0    
32   (17) Kim Nilsson 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    
  (18) Simon Gustafsson ns    
  (18) Samo Kukovica ns    
  (17) Michele Paco Castagna ns    
  (18) Nicolas Vicentin ns    
  (17) Ben Barker ns    
  (18) Josh Auty 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 Scandinavian Speedway GP". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
  3. ^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 40-41 ISSN 1429-3285
  4. ^ "Tomasz Gollob najlepszy w Malilli - relacja z Grand Prix Skandynawii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 8 Sep 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
  5. ^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 61 ISSN 1429-3285
  6. ^ "Jonasson pojedzie z dziką kartą w Malilli" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 24 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
  7. ^ "Lista startowa Grand Prix Skandynawii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 7 Sep 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.

See also

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