2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

The 2019 BOLL Warsaw FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the first race of the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 18 at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland.[1]

Poland 2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
2019 BOLL Warsaw FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date18 May 2019
CityPoland Warsaw
Event1 of 10
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Stadium details
StadiumStadion Narodowy
Capacity54,000
Length274.2 m (299.9 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerDenmark Leon Madsen
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upSweden Fredrik Lindgren
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Patryk Dudek

Riders

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First reserve Robert Lambert replaced the injured Maciej Janowski, while second reserve Max Fricke replaced Greg Hancock. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Bartosz Smektała as the wild card, and Dominik Kubera and Rafał Karczmarz both as Track Reserves.

Results

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The Grand Prix was won by Leon Madsen, who beat Fredrik Lindgren, Patryk Dudek and Niels-Kristian Iversen in the final.[2] It was the Madsen's first ever Grand Prix win, on what was his first ever start as a regular member of the Grand Prix series.

Dudek had initially top scored with 13 points during the qualifying heats, and despite finishing third in the final, he topped the overall standings with 16 points, one ahead of Lindgren.

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
  12   (30) Leon Madsen 13 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 2 3
  7   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 15 1 3 1 3 2 10 4 3 2
  11   (692) Patryk Dudek 16 3 1 3 3 3 13 1 2 1
4 8   (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 14 2 3 3 0 3 11 2 3 0
5 6   (16) Bartosz Smektała 10 3 0 1 3 3 10 3 0
6 16   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 10 3 0 2 3 1 9 5 1
7 4   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 10 3 2 0 2 2 9 6 1
8 9   (505) Robert Lambert 8 0 2 2 1 3 8 7 0
9 10   (54) Martin Vaculík 7 2 3 2 0 0 7 9
10 5   (55) Matej Žagar 7 0 1 3 2 1 7 10
11 13   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 6 0 0 3 2 1 6 11
12 15   (108) Tai Woffinden 6 1 2 1 0 2 6 12
13 2   (69) Jason Doyle 5 2 2 0 1 0 5 13
14 1   (333) Janusz Kołodziej 4 0 3 0 0 1 4 14
15 14   (222) Artem Laguta 4 2 1 0 1 0 4 15
16 3   (46) Max Fricke 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 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
 
SVN
 
CZE
 
SWE
 
PL2
 
SCA
 
GER
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
PL3
 
    (692) Patryk Dudek 16 16
    (66) Fredrik Lindgren 15 15
    (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 14 14
4   (30) Leon Madsen 13 13
5   (21) Bartosz Zmarzlik 10 10
6   (30) Antonio Lindbäck 10 10
7   (21) Bartosz Smektała 10 10
8   (505) Robert Lambert 8 8
9   (54) Martin Vaculík 7 7
10   (55) Matej Žagar 7 7
11   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 6 6
12   (108) Tai Woffinden 6 6
13   (69) Jason Doyle 5 5
14   (333) Janusz Kołodziej 4 4
15   (222) Artem Laguta 4 4
16   (46) Max Fricke 3 3
Pos. Rider Points POL
 
SVN
 
CZE
 
SWE
 
PL2
 
SCA
 
GER
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
PL3
 

References

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  1. ^ "Polish Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
  2. ^ "Polish Grand Prix Result". SGP.
  3. ^ "2019 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.