2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

The 2018 Norrbil Swedish FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on July 7 at the HZ Bygg Arena in Hallstavik, Sweden.[1]

Sweden 2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
2018 Norrbil Swedish FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date7 July 2018
CitySweden Hallstavik
Event4 of 10
RefereePoland Artur Kuzmierz
Stadium details
StadiumHZ Bygg Arena
Capacity10,000
Length289 m (316 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerPoland Maciej Janowski
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upSweden Fredrik Lindgren
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Bartosz Zmarzlik

Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Andreas Jonsson as the wild card, and Linus Sundström and Kim Nilsson both as Track Reserves.

Results

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The Grand Prix was won by Maciej Janowski, who beat Fredrik Lindgren, Bartosz Zmarzlik and Tai Woffinden in the final.[2] Woffinden retained his overall world championship lead, in fact he extended it to 11 points after outscoring Lindgren by a point. Janowski moved up to fourth place, one point behind Emil Sayfutdinov.

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
  4   (71) Maciej Janowski 18 0 3 3 3 3 12 3 3 3
  12   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 15 3 1 2 3 2 11 4 2 2
  18   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 13 10 5 2 1
4 1   (108) Tai Woffinden 16 3 3 2 2 3 13 1 3 0
5 13   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 14 3 2 2 3 3 13 2 1
6 2   (45) Greg Hancock 10 1 0 3 2 3 9 6 1
7 5   (69) Jason Doyle 9 2 1 1 3 2 9 7 0
8 6   (222) Artem Laguta 8 0 3 3 2 0 8 8 0
9 11   (55) Matej Žagar 7 2 3 1 0 1 7 9
10 7   (16) Andreas Jonsson 7 1 2 1 1 2 7 10
11 3   (23) Chris Holder 7 2 1 1 2 1 7 11
12 14   (692) Patryk Dudek 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 12
13 15   (111) Craig Cook 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 13
14 10   (110) Nicki Pedersen 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 14
15 9   (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 15
16 16   (54) Martin Vaculík 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16
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 65 15 16 18 16
    (66) Fredrik Lindgren 54 16 16 7 15
    (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 48 8 15 11 14
4   (71) Maciej Janowski 47 13 11 5 18
5   (222) Artem Laguta 41 13 8 12 8
6   (45) Greg Hancock 41 8 7 16 10
7   (692) Patryk Dudek 36 10 14 6 6
8   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 36 9 4 10 13
9   (69) Jason Doyle 35 5 9 12 9
10   (23) Chris Holder 31 10 5 9 7
11   (55) Matej Žagar 28 9 7 5 7
12   (110) Nicki Pedersen 25 2 8 12 3
13   (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 14 3 5 5 1
14   (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 9 4 5
15   (111) Craig Cook 9 2 2 2 3
16   (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 7
17   (16) Andreas Jonsson 7 7
18   (16) Vaclav Milik 6 6
19   (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 4 4
20   (54) Martin Vaculík 4 3 1
21   (17) Maksym Drabik 2 2
22   (18) Bartosz Smektała 2 2
23   (17) Mikkel Michelsen 1 1
24   (18) Mikkel Bech Jensen 0 0
Pos. Rider Points POL
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
SWE
 
GBR
 
SCA
 
PL2
 
SVN
 
GER
 
PL3
 

References

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