2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark

Denmark 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
2012 FIM Dansk Metal Danish SGP
Information
Date9 June 2012
CityDenmark Copenhagen
Event5 of 12 (149)
RefereePoland Wojciech Grodzki
Jury PresidentFinland Ilkka Teromaa
Stadium details
StadiumParken Stadium
Capacity28,000
Length275 m (301 yd)
Tracktemporary (football/soccer)
SGP Results
Attendance16,500
Best TimeDenmark Nicki Pedersen
55,3 secs (in Heat 5)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Jason Crump
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upSweden Fredrik Lindgren
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeUnited States Greg Hancock

The 2012 FIM Dansk Metal Danish Speedway Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 9 June at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1][2][3]

The Grand Prix was won by Jason Crump who beat Fredrik Lindgren, Greg Hancock and Chris Harris.[4][5] Jarosław Hampel was injured in Heat 1 (right leg' fibula broken) and was out for next four SGP events and World Cup also.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Michael Jepsen Jensen as Wild Card, and Peter Kildemand and Mikkel B. Jensen both as Track Reserves.[6] The Draw was made on 8 June.[7]

Results

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 9 Australia (4) Jason Crump 18 2 0 1 3 3 9 3 3 3
2 5 Sweden (9) Fredrik Lindgren 15 2 1 1 3 2 9 7 2 2
3 7 United States (1) Greg Hancock 17 3 2 2 3 2 12 1 3 1
4 11 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 10 1 3 2 2 0 8 8 2 0
5 8 Russia (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 11 1 3 3 3 1 11 2 X
6 12 Denmark (13) Bjarne Pedersen 10 0 1 3 2 3 9 5 1
7 13 Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen 9 3 3 0 1 2 9 4 X
8 1 Australia (8) Chris Holder 9 3 2 1 X 3 9 6 X
9 16 Sweden (2) Andreas Jonsson 8 R 2 3 2 1 8 9
10 10 Sweden (14) Peter Ljung 8 3 1 1 1 2 8 10
11 14 Denmark (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 7 1 2 0 1 3 7 11
12 3 Denmark (7) Kenneth Bjerre 5 1 1 2 R 1 5 12
13 18 Denmark (18) Mikkel B. Jensen 4 0 3 1 4 13
14 2 Denmark (15) Hans N. Andersen 4 2 0 2 0 0 4 14
15 6 Poland (5) Tomasz Gollob 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 15
16 15 Sweden (12) Antonio Lindbäck 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 16
17 17 Denmark (17) Peter Kildemand 2 T/- 0 2 2 17
18 4 Poland (3) Jarosław Hampel 0 F/- - - - - 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

Heat after heat

  1. (56,9) Holder, Andersen, Bjerre, MB Jensen (Kildemand T/-), (Hampel F/-)
  2. (55,9) Hancock, Lindgren, Sayfutdinov, Gollob
  3. (57,0) Ljung, Crump, Harris, B. Pedersen
  4. (55,8) N. Pedersen, Lindbäck, MJ Jensen, Jonsson (R)
  5. (55,3) N. Pedersen, Holder, Lindgren, Crump
  6. (57,8) Gollob, MJ Jensen, Ljung, Andersen
  7. (56,5) Harris, Hancock, Bjerre, Lindbäck
  8. (56,2) Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, B. Pedersen, Kildemand
  9. (55,4) Jonsson, Harris, Holder, Gollob
  10. (57,9) B. Pedersen, Andersen, Lindgren, Lindbäck
  11. (58,2) Sayfutdinov, Bjerre, Crump, MJ Jensen
  12. (57,8) MB Jensen, Hancock, Ljung, N. Pedersen
  13. (56,9) Hancock, B. Pedersen, MJ Jensen, Holder (X)
  14. (57,5) Sayfutdinov, Harris, N. Pedersen, Andersen
  15. (55,9) Lindgren, Jonsson, Ljung, Bjerre (R)
  16. (57,2) Crump, Kildemand, Lindbäck, Gollob
  17. (57,9) Holder, Ljung, Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck
  18. (57,6) Crump, Hancock, Jonsson, Andersen
  19. (56,8) B. Pedersen, N. Pedersen, Bjerre, Gollob
  20. (57,5) MJ Jensen, Lindgren, MB Jensen, Harris
    Semifinals
  21. (57,9) Hancock, Lindgren, N. Pedersen (X), Holder (X)
  22. (57,3) Crump, Harris, B. Pedersen, Sayfutdinov (X)
    the Final
  23. (56,9) Crump, Lindgren, Hancock, Harris


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 United States (1) Greg Hancock 75 22 9 12 15 17              
2 Australia (4) Jason Crump 73 12 12 20 11 18              
3 Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen 65 13 10 19 14 9              
4 Australia (8) Chris Holder 61 4 19 12 17 9              
5 Poland (5) Tomasz Gollob 52 15 16 12 6 3              
6 Sweden (9) Fredrik Lindgren 52 8 8 6 15 15              
7 Russia (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 48 8 7 10 12 11              
8 Poland (3) Jarosław Hampel 46 18 15 6 7 ns              
9 Sweden (2) Andreas Jonsson 38 4 13 3 10 8              
10 Sweden (12) Antonio Lindbäck 34 13 4 9 5 3              
11 Denmark (13) Bjarne Pedersen 29 7 2 6 4 10              
12 Sweden (14) Peter Ljung 29 4 6 5 6 8              
13 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 27 5 3 6 3 10              
14 Denmark (7) Kenneth Bjerre 25 4 8 3 5 5              
15 Denmark (15) Hans N. Andersen 24 6 5 6 3 4              
16 Sweden (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 11 – – – 11 –              
17 Czech Republic (16) Josef Franc 9 – – 9 – –              
18 Poland (16) Przemysław Pawlicki 7 – 7 – – –              
19 Denmark (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 7 – – – – 7              
20 Denmark (18) Mikkel B. Jensen 4 – – – – 4              
21 Denmark (17) Peter Kildemand 2 – – – – 2              
22 United Kingdom (16) Jason Bunyan 1 1 – – – –              
23 Czech Republic (17) Václav Milík, Jr. 0 – – 0 – –              
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 – – –              
Czech Republic (18) Matěj Kůs — – – ns – –              
Sweden (17) Linus Sundström — – – – ns –              
Sweden (18) Simon Gustafsson — – – – 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. ^ "FIM Dansk Metal Danish Speedway GP". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
  3. ^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 30-31 ISSN 1429-3285
  4. ^ "Czwarte zwycięstwo Crumpa w Kopenhadze, pechowy dzień Polaków" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 9 Jun 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
  5. ^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 60 ISSN 1429-3285
  6. ^ "Jensen z dziką kartą w Kopenhadze" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
  7. ^ "Lista startowa Grand Prix Danii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 8 Jun 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.

See also