2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

The 2018 German FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the ninth race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 22 at the Bergring Arena in Teterow, Germany.[1]

Germany 2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
2018 German FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date22 September 2018
CityGermany Teterow
Event9 of 10
RefereeUnited Kingdom Craig Ackroyd
Stadium details
StadiumBergring Arena
Length314 m (343 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerUnited Kingdom Tai Woffinden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upAustralia Jason Doyle
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Bartosz Zmarzlik

Riders

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First reserve Niels-Kristian Iversen replaced the injured Patryk Dudek. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Kai Huckenbeck as the wild card, and Martin Smolinski and Kevin Wölbert both as Track Reserves.

Results

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The Grand Prix was won by Tai Woffinden, who beat defending world champion Jason Doyle, Bartosz Zmarzlik and Greg Hancock in the final.[2] As a result of winning the Grand Prix, Woffinden extended his overall lead over Zmarzlik in the world championship standings to ten points with just one round remaining.

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
  5   (108) Tai Woffinden 16 2 2 2 2 3 11 5 2 3
  4   (69) Jason Doyle 16 3 3 0 2 3 11 2 3 2
  12   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 15 3 2 3 2 2 12 1 2 1
4 13   (45) Greg Hancock 12 2 3 1 3 0 9 6 3 0
5 8   (55) Matej Žagar 12 3 1 2 2 3 11 3 1
6 10   (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 12 1 3 3 2 2 11 4 1
7 14   (71) Maciej Janowski 9 3 1 1 3 1 9 7 0
8 7   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 9 1 3 2 1 2 9 8 0
9 9   (110) Nicki Pedersen 8 0 1 3 3 1 8 9
10 6   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 8 0 2 2 1 3 8 10
11 11   (23) Chris Holder 7 2 1 3 1 0 7 11
12 3   (222) Artem Laguta 4 0 2 0 1 1 4 12
13 18   (18) Kevin Wölbert 3 3 13
14 2   (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 14
15 1   (16) Kai Huckenbeck 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 15
16 17   (17) Martin Smolinski 1 1 16
17 15   (54) Martin Vaculík 0 0 0 17
18 16   (111) Craig Cook 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

Intermediate classification

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[3]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points POL
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
SWE
 
GBR
 
SCA
 
PL2
 
SVN
 
GER
 
PL3
 
    (108) Tai Woffinden 124 15 16 18 16 16 10 12 5 16
    (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 114 9 4 10 13 19 14 18 12 15
    (71) Maciej Janowski 98 13 11 5 18 12 11 9 10 9
4   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 98 16 16 7 15 7 13 2 13 9
5   (45) Greg Hancock 93 8 7 16 10 12 3 10 15 12
6   (69) Jason Doyle 86 5 9 12 9 5 4 9 17 16
7   (692) Patryk Dudek 84 10 14 6 6 10 10 12 16
8   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 78 8 15 11 14 8 6 3 5 8
9   (222) Artem Laguta 77 13 8 12 8 6 6 13 7 4
10   (55) Matej Žagar 73 9 7 5 7 6 16 11 12
11   (110) Nicki Pedersen 67 2 8 12 3 6 15 6 7 8
12   (23) Chris Holder 60 10 5 9 7 7 5 0 10 7
13   (54) Martin Vaculík 44 3 1 3 10 18 9 0
14   (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 35 3 5 5 1 10 3 3 2 3
15   (111) Craig Cook 30 2 2 2 3 9 3 4 5 0
16   (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 26 4 5 5 12
17   (16) Szymon Woźniak 8 8
18   (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 7
19   (16) Andreas Jonsson 7 7
20   (16) Vaclav Milik 6 6
21   (16) Peter Ljung 5 5
22   (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 4 4
23   (17) Oliver Berntzon 3 3
24   (18) Kevin Wölbert 3 3
25   (17) Maksym Drabik 2 2
26   (18) Bartosz Smektała 2 2
27   (16) Kai Huckenbeck 2 2
28   (17) Mikkel Michelsen 1 1
29   (16) Robert Lambert 1 1
30   (18) Joel Kling 1 1
31   (17) Martin Smolinski 1 1
32   (18) Mikkel Bech Jensen 0 0
33   (17) Daniel Bewley 0 0
34   (16) Matic Ivačič 0 0
35   (17) Nick Škorja 0 0
Pos. Rider Points POL
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
SWE
 
GBR
 
SCA
 
PL2
 
SVN
 
GER
 
PL3
 

References

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  1. ^ "German Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
  2. ^ "German Grand Prix Result". SGP.
  3. ^ "2018 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.