2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

The 2012 FIM Swedish Speedway Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 26 at the Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.[1][2][3]

Sweden 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
2012 FIM Swedish SGP
Information
Date26 May 2012
CitySweden Gothenburg
Event4 of 12 (148)
RefereeUnited Kingdom Craig Ackroyd
Jury PresidentItaly Armando Castagna
Stadium details
StadiumUllevi
Capacity43,000
Length404 m (442 yd)
Tracktemporary (athletics)
SGP Results
Attendance11,000
Best TimeSweden Antonio Lindbäck
67,1 secs (in Heat 2)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerSweden Fredrik Lindgren
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited States Greg Hancock
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeAustralia Greg Hancock

The Grand Prix was won by Fredrik Lindgren who beat Greg Hancock, Chris Holder and wild card Thomas H. Jonasson. It was the first SGP won by Lidngren.[4][5]

Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Thomas H. Jonasson as Wild Card, and Linus Sundström and Simon Gustafsson both as Track Reserves.[6] The Draw was made on May 25.[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 6   (9) Fredrik Lindgren 15 1 1 3 0 2 7 8 2 3
2 12   (1) Greg Hancock 15 0 1 3 1 3 8 7 3 2
3 16   (8) Chris Holder 17 2 2 2 3 3 12 2 3 1
4 2   (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 11 2 2 2 2 1 9 6 2 0
5 4   (10) Nicki Pedersen 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 X
6 10   (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 12 3 3 2 1 2 11 3 1
7 14   (4) Jason Crump 11 3 0 2 2 3 10 4 1
8 11   (2) Andreas Jonsson 10 2 3 1 3 1 10 5 0
9 5   (3) Jarosław Hampel 7 2 2 1 2 0 7 9
10 3   (14) Peter Ljung 6 1 2 3 0 0 6 10
11 7   (5) Tomasz Gollob 6 0 F 1 3 2 6 11
12 8   (12) Antonio Lindbäck 6 3 0 1 1 1 6 12
13 9   (7) Kenneth Bjerre 5 1 3 0 1 0 5 13
14 15   (13) Bjarne Pedersen 4 1 1 0 2 0 4 14
15 1   (11) Chris Harris 3 0 0 R 0 3 3 15
16 13   (15) Hans N. Andersen 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 16
17 17   (17) Linus Sundström - - 17
18 18   (18) Simon Gustafsson - - 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. (67,2) N. Pedersen, Jonasson, Ljung, Harris
  2. (67,1) Lindbäck, Hampel, Lindgren, Gollob
  3. (67,3) Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Bjerre, Hancock
  4. (67,4) Crump, Holder, B. Pedersen, Andersen
  5. (68,2) Bjerre, Hampel, Andersen, Harris
  6. (68,5) Sayfutdinov, Jonasson, Lindgren, Crump
  7. (68,7) Jonsson, Ljung, B. Pedersen, Gollob (F)
  8. (67,4) N. Pedersen, Holder, Hancock, Lindbäck
  9. (68,3) Lindgren, Holder, Jonsson, Harris (R)
  10. (68,9) Hancock, Jonasson, Hampel, B. Pedersen
  11. (69,7) Ljung, Crump, Lindbäck, Bjerre
  12. (68,3) N. Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Gollob, Andersen
  13. (69,2) Gollob, Crump, Hancock, Harris
  14. (69,2) Jonsson, Jonasson, Andersen, Lindbäck
  15. (68,6) Holder, Hampel, Sayfutdinov, Ljung
  16. (69,1) N. Pedersen, B. Pedersen, Bjerre, Lindgren
  17. (69,0) Harris, Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, B. Pedersen
  18. (67,7) Holder, Gollob, Jonasson, Bjerre
  19. (68,8) Hancock, Lindgren, Andersen, Ljung
  20. (68,3) Crump, N. Pedersen, Jonsson, Hampel
    Semifinals
  21. (69,4)21. Hancock, Jonasson, Crump, N. Pedersen (X)
  22. (69,1)22. Holder, Lindgren, Sayfutdinov, Jonsson
    the Final
  23. (69,1)23. Lindgren, Hancock, Holder, Jonasson

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   (1) Greg Hancock 58 22 9 12 15                
2   (10) Nicki Pedersen 56 13 10 19 14                
3   (4) Jason Crump 55 12 12 20 11                
4   (8) Chris Holder 52 4 19 12 17                
5   (5) Tomasz Gollob 49 15 16 12 6                
6   (3) Jarosław Hampel 46 18 15 6 7                
7   (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 37 8 7 10 12                
8   (9) Fredrik Lindgren 37 8 8 6 15                
9   (12) Antonio Lindbäck 31 13 4 9 5                
10   (2) Andreas Jonsson 30 4 13 3 10                
11   (14) Peter Ljung 21 4 6 5 6                
12   (7) Kenneth Bjerre 20 4 8 3 5                
13   (15) Hans N. Andersen 20 6 5 6 3                
14   (13) Bjarne Pedersen 19 7 2 6 4                
15   (11) Chris Harris 17 5 3 6 3                
16   (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 11 11                
17   (16) Josef Franc 9 9                
18   (16) Przemysław Pawlicki 7 7                
19   (16) Jason Bunyan 1 1                
20   (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                
  (17) Linus Sundström ns                
  (18) Simon Gustafsson 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 Swedish Speedway GP". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
  3. ^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 28-29 ISSN 1429-3285
  4. ^ "Lista startowa Grand Prix Szwecji" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
  5. ^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 59 ISSN 1429-3285
  6. ^ "Dzika karta dla Jonassona" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
  7. ^ "Lista startowa Grand Prix Szwecji" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.

See also

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