2016 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

The 2016 German FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the eighth race of the 2016 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 10 September at the Bergring Arena in Teterow, Germany. It was the 200th Speedway Grand Prix staged.

Germany 2016 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
2016 German FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date10 September 2016
CityGermany Teterow
Event8 of 11
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Stadium details
StadiumBergring Arena
SGP Results
Best Time
(in Heat 4)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Jason Doyle
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upPoland Bartosz Zmarzlik
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeUnited States Bartosz Zmarzlik

Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Martin Smolinski as the wild card, and Tobias Kroner and Kai Huckenbeck both as Track Reserves. It was also Chris Harris' 100th Grand Prix of his career.

Results

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The Grand Prix was won by Jason Doyle, who beat Bartosz Zmarzlik, Greg Hancock and Niels-Kristian Iversen in the final. As a result, Doyle closed the lead on Hancock in the world championship standings to five points, with defending world champion Tai Woffinden, who was eliminated in the semi-finals, sitting eight points further back in third.[1]

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
  7   (69) Jason Doyle 17 3 3 3 3 0 12 1 2 3
  16   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 13 2 2 1 2 2 9 5 2 2
  6   (45) Greg Hancock 15 0 3 2 3 3 11 3 3 1
4 11   (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 11 0 2 3 3 0 8 6 3 0
5 5   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 11 0 3 3 3 2 11 2 0
6 10   (108) Tai Woffinden 10 3 1 2 1 2 9 4 1
7 1   (16) Martin Smolinski 8 3 0 0 1 3 7 8 1
8 15   (23) Chris Holder 8 3 0 2 2 1 8 7 0
9 14   (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 7 1 2 3 0 1 7 9
10 12   (3) Nicki Pedersen 7 1 1 1 2 2 7 10
11 4   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 6 0 3 0 0 3 6 11
12 2   (25) Peter Kildemand 6 2 0 0 1 3 6 12
13 13   (37) Chris Harris 6 0 2 1 2 1 6 13
14 9   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 6 2 1 1 1 1 6 14
15 8   (55) Matej Žagar 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 15
16 3   (71) Maciej Janowski 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 16
17 17   (17) Tobias Kroner 2 2 17
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

The intermediate classification

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[2]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points SVN
 
POL
 
DEN
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
PL2
 
GER
 
SCA
 
PL3
 
AUS
 
    (45) Greg Hancock 109 10 14 14 18 10 17 11 15
    (69) Jason Doyle 104 13 5 7 17 12 17 16 17
    (108) Tai Woffinden 96 10 14 15 9 15 8 15 10
4   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 88 8 10 7 13 13 10 14 13
5   (23) Chris Holder 85 14 12 13 5 6 12 15 8
6   (71) Maciej Janowski 72 10 10 16 5 11 12 6 2
7   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 71 8 4 5 6 14 13 10 11
8   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 70 10 10 10 5 18 7 4 6
9   (3) Nicki Pedersen 62 10 4 10 8 5 6 12 7
10   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 59 7 12 2 11 2 8 11 6
11   (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 57 8 4 7 11 3 8 5 11
12   (25) Peter Kildemand 56 15 6 7 6 4 9 3 6
13   (55) Matej Žagar 49 4 14 8 5 8 3 4 3
14   (100) Andreas Jonsson 39 6 8 8 6 9 2 0
15   (37) Chris Harris 33 3 3 4 10 1 2 4 6
16   (16) Patryk Dudek 8 8
17   (16) Martin Smolinski 8 8
18   (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 7 7
19   (16) Danny King 7 7
20   (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 7
21   (16) Anders Thomsen 5 5
22   (16) Peter Ljung 4 4
23   (16) Václav Milík Jr. 3 3
24   (17) Tobias Kroner 2 2
25   (16) Denis Štojs 1 1
26   (17) Nick Škorja 1 1
27   (17) Daniel Kaczmarek 1 1
28   (18) Matic Ivačič 0 0
Pos. Rider Points SVN
 
POL
 
DEN
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
PL2
 
GER
 
SCA
 
PL3
 
AUS
 

References

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  1. ^ "German Grand Prix Result". SGP.
  2. ^ "2016 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

See also

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