2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe

Poland 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe
2012 FIM Fogo European SGP
Information
Date28 April 2012
CityPoland Leszno
Event2 of 12 (146)
RefereeUnited Kingdom Jim Lawrence
Jury PresidentFinland Ilkka Teromaa
Stadium details
StadiumAlfred Smoczyk Stadium
Capacity25,000
Length330 m (360 yd)
Trackspeedway
SGP Results
Attendance11,000
Best TimeSweden Andreas Jonsson
60.84 secs (in Heat 22)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Chris Holder
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upPoland Tomasz Gollob
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Tomasz Gollob

The 2012 FIM Fogo European Speedway Grand Prix was the second race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 28 April at the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland.[1][2][3][4]

The last SGP in Leszno was won by Chris Holder who beat Tomasz Gollob, Jarosław Hampel and Andreas Jonsson in the final.[5][6]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Przemysław Pawlicki as Wild Card, and Tobiasz Musielak and Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. both as Track Reserves.[7] The Draw was made on 27 April.[8]

Heat details

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 14 Australia (8) Chris Holder 19 0 3 2 2 3 10 4 3 3
2 8 Poland (5) Tomasz Gollob 16 1 0 3 3 3 10 3 2 2
3 6 Poland (3) Jarosław Hampel 15 3 1 2 1 3 10 5 3 1
4 4 Sweden (2) Andreas Jonsson 13 1 3 3 3 1 11 1 2 0
5 16 Australia (4) Jason Crump 12 2 2 3 3 1 11 2 1
6 7 Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen 10 2 0 2 3 2 9 6 1
7 2 United States (1) Greg Hancock 9 3 2 2 2 0 9 7 R3
8 15 Denmark (7) Kenneth Bjerre 8 3 1 3 0 1 8 8 0
9 9 Sweden (9) Fredrik Lindgren 8 2 1 F3 2 3 8 9
10 11 Poland (16) Przemysław Pawlicki 7 3 3 1 0 0 7 10
11 3 Russia (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 7 2 2 1 0 2 7 11
12 1 Sweden (14) Peter Ljung 6 0 3 0 1 2 6 12
13 5 Denmark (15) Hans N. Andersen 5 0 2 0 1 2 5 13
14 10 Sweden (12) Antonio Lindbäck 4 1 0 1 2 R4 4 14
15 13 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 3 1 R4 R 1 1 3 15
16 12 Denmark (13) Bjarne Pedersen 2 0 1 1 0 2 16
17 17 Poland (17) Tobiasz Musielak - - 17
18 18 Poland (18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. - - 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

  1. (62.40) Hancock, Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Ljung
  2. (62.54) Hampel, N.Pedersen, Gollob, Andersen
  3. (61.99) Prz.Pawlicki, Lindgren, Lindbäck, B.Pedersen
  4. (62.11) Bjerre, Crump, Harris, Holder
  5. (62.85) Ljung, Andersen, Lindgren, Harris (R4)
  6. (61.50) Holder, Hancock, Hampel, Lindbäck
  7. (61.63) Prz.Pawlicki, Sayfutdinov, Bjerre, N.Pedersen
  8. (61.44) Jonsson, Crump, B.Pedersen, Gollob
  9. (62.50) Crump, Hampel, Prz.Pawlicki, Ljung
  10. (61.84) Bjerre, Hancock, B.Pedersen, Andersen
  11. (62.10) Gollob, Holder, Sayfutdinov, Lindgren (F3)
  12. (60.84) Jonsson, N.Pedersen, Lindbäck, Harris (R4)
  13. (62.95) N.Pedersen, Holder, Ljung, B.Pedersen
  14. (62.60) Gollob, Hancock, Harris, Prz.Pawlicki
  15. (62.27) Crump, Lindbäck, Andersen, Sayfutdinov
  16. (61.66) Jonsson, Lindgren, Hampel, Bjerre
  17. (62.71) Gollob, Ljung, Bjerre, Lindbäck (R4)
  18. (62.25) Lindgren, N.Pedersen, Crump, Hancock
  19. (61.66) Hampel, Sayfutdinov, Harris, B.Pedersen (F4)
  20. (63.10) Holder, Andersen, Jonsson, Prz.Pawlicki
    Semi-finals:
  21. (61.99) Holder, Jonsson, N.Pedersen, Hancock (R3)
  22. (61.41) Hampel, Gollob, Crump, Bjerre
    the Final:
  23. (62.43) Holder (6 points), Gollob (4), Hampel (2), Jonsson (0)

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points NZL
New Zealand		 EUR
Poland		 CZE
Czech Republic		 SWE
Sweden		 DEN
Denmark		 POL
Poland		 CRO
Croatia		 ITA
Italy		 GBR
United Kingdom		 SCA
Sweden		 NOR
Denmark		 PL2
Poland
1 Poland (3) Jarosław Hampel 33 18 15                    
2 United States (1) Greg Hancock 31 22 9                    
3 Poland (5) Tomasz Gollob 31 15 16                    
4 Australia (4) Jason Crump 24 12 12                    
5 Australia (8) Chris Holder 23 4 19                    
6 Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen 23 13 10                    
7 Sweden (2) Andreas Jonsson 17 4 13                    
8 Sweden (12) Antonio Lindbäck 17 13 4                    
9 Sweden (9) Fredrik Lindgren 16 8 8                    
10 Russia (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 15 8 7                    
11 Denmark (7) Kenneth Bjerre 12 4 8                    
12 Denmark (15) Hans N. Andersen 11 6 5                    
13 Sweden (14) Peter Ljung 10 4 6                    
14 Denmark (13) Bjarne Pedersen 9 7 2                    
15 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 8 5 3                    
16 Poland (16) Przemysław Pawlicki 7 – 7                    
17 United Kingdom (16) Jason Bunyan 1 1 –                    
Rider(s) not classified
New Zealand (17) Grant Tregoning — ns –                    
New Zealand (18) Sean Mason — ns –                    
Poland (17) Tobiasz Musielak — – ns                    
Poland (18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. — – ns                    
Pos. Rider Points NZL
New Zealand		 EUR
Poland		 CZE
Czech Republic		 SWE
Sweden		 DEN
Denmark		 POL
Poland		 CRO
Croatia		 ITA
Italy		 GBR
United Kingdom		 SCA
Sweden		 NOR
Denmark		 PL2
Poland

References

  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. ^ "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). pzm.pl. Retrieved 5 Apr 2012.
  3. ^ "FIM Fogo European Speedway Grand Prix". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
  4. ^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 24-25 ISSN 1429-3285
  5. ^ "Gdzie dwóch się bije, tam Holder korzysta - relacja z Grand Prix Europy w Lesznie" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 29 Apr 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  6. ^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 59 ISSN 1429-3285
  7. ^ "Pawlicki picked for Euro SGP". speedwayGP.com. 13 Apr 2012. Retrieved 26 Apr 2012.
  8. ^ "Lista startowa Grand Prix Europy w Lesznie" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 27 Apr 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

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