2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II

Poland 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II
2012 FIM Torun Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date6 October 2012
CityPoland Toruń
Event12 of 12 (156)
RefereeUnited Kingdom Craig Ackroyd
Jury PresidentGermany Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumMotoArena Toruń
Capacity15,500
Length325 m (355 yd)
Trackspeedway
SGP Results
Attendance16,000
Best TimeAustralia Chris Holder
59,81 secs (in Heat 6)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerSweden Antonio Lindbäck
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upPoland TOMASZ GOLLOB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeUnited States GREG HANCOCK

The 2012 FIM Torun Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the twelfth race meeting of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on October 6 at the MotoArena Toruń in Toruń, Poland.[1][2][3] In first semi final referee made big mistake to not exclude Chris Holder who's fauled Nicki Pedersen on the first corner straight after start .Holder lost control on his bike and hit Pedersen twice which cause his fall and in restart Holder won ,Pedersen was third .If Pedersen win the semi and then be second in the final there will be extra heat for gold medal but if Pedersen won the final he will be crowd the world champion 4th time .Chris Holder was very lucky to wins his only title !

Former three-times World Champion, Jason Crump, announced his SGP retirement after the Toruń SGP.[4][5][6]

The Grand Prix was won by Antonio Lindbäck who beat Tomasz Gollob, Greg Hancock and Chris Holder in the final.[7][8]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Maciej Janowski as Wild Card, and Emil and Kamil Pulczyński both as Track Reserves.[9] Injured Kenneth Bjerre was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík.[10] The draw was made on October 5.[11]

(7) Denmark Kenneth Bjerre → (19) Slovakia Martin Vaculík

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 11 Sweden (12) Antonio Lindbäck 19 2 3 3 3 0 11 3 2 3
2 5 Poland (5) Tomasz Gollob 21 3 2 3 3 3 14 1 3 2
3 6 United States (1) Greg Hancock 13 2 0 2 3 2 9 6 2 1
4 14 Australia (8) Chris Holder 15 3 3 1 3 2 12 2 3 R
5 3 Slovakia (19) Martin Vaculík 12 3 2 3 0 3 11 4 1
6 10 Russia (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 11 3 2 2 1 3 11 5 0
7 7 Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen 9 1 1 3 2 1 8 8 1
8 16 Poland (16) Maciej Janowski 8 0 3 1 2 2 8 7 0
9 13 Sweden (9) Fredrik Lindgren 8 2 3 1 1 1 8 9
10 9 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 6 1 1 0 1 3 6 10
11 1 Denmark (15) Hans N. Andersen 5 2 0 0 1 2 5 11
12 15 Australia (4) Jason Crump 5 1 0 1 2 1 5 12
13 4 Sweden (2) Andreas Jonsson 4 1 2 0 0 1 4 13
14 12 Denmark (13) Bjarne Pedersen 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 14
15 2 Poland (3) Jarosław Hampel 3 0 1 R 2 0 3 15
16 8 Sweden (14) Peter Ljung 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 16
17 17 Poland (17) Emil Pulczyński - - 17
18 18 Poland (18) Kamil Pulczyński - - 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. (60,97) Vaculík, Andersen, Jonsson, Hampel
  2. (60,87) Gollob, Hancock, N.Pedersen, Ljung
  3. (60,68) Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, Harris, B.Pedersen
  4. (60,10) Holder, Lindgren, Crump, Janowski
  5. (59,97) Lindgren, Gollob, Harris, Andersen
  6. (59,80) Holder, Sayfutdinov, Hampel, Hancock
  7. (59,87) Lindbäck, Vaculík, N.Pedersen, Crump
  8. (60,22) Janowski, Jonsson, B.Pedersen, Ljung
  9. (60,15) Lindbäck, Hancock, Janowski, Andersen
  10. (60,81) Gollob, B.Pedersen, Crump, Hampel (R)
  11. (60,97) Vaculík, Ljung, Holder, Harris
  12. (60,10) N.Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Jonsson
  13. (60,29) Holder, N.Pedersen, Andersen, B.Pedersen
  14. (60,13) Lindbäck, Hampel, Lindgren, Ljung
  15. (60,25) Gollob, Janowski, Sayfutdinov, Vaculík
  16. (60,56) Hancock, Crump, Harris, Jonsson
  17. (60,41) Sayfutdinov, Andersen, Crump, Ljung
  18. (60,40) Harris, Janowski, N.Pedersen, Hampel
  19. (60,62) Vaculík, Hancock, Lindgren, B.Pedersen
  20. (60,53) Gollob, Holder, Jonsson, Lindbäck
    Semifinals
  21. (59,94)21. Gollob, Hancock, Vaculik, Janowski
  22. (60,87)22. Holder, Lindbäck, N.Pedersen, Sayfutdinov
    the Final
  23. (60,75)23. Lindbäck, Gollob, Hancock, Holder (R1)

The final 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
Gold Australia (8) Chris Holder 160 4 19 12 17 9 17 6 10 23 17 11 15
Silver Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen 152 13 10 19 14 9 7 19 10 11 11 20 9
Bronze United States (1) Greg Hancock 148 22 9 12 15 17 12 10 14 7 8 9 13
4 Poland (5) Tomasz Gollob 142 15 16 12 6 3 12 13 6 10 21 7 21
5 Russia (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 133 8 7 10 12 11 10 7 19 12 11 15 11
6 Australia (4) Jason Crump 126 12 12 20 11 18 5 9 10 6 8 10 5
7 Sweden (12) Antonio Lindbäck 122 13 4 9 5 3 6 6 16 12 18 11 19
8 Sweden (9) Fredrik Lindgren 119 8 8 6 15 15 11 9 5 12 11 11 8
9 Sweden (2) Andreas Jonsson 88 4 13 3 10 8 9 15 8 6 1 7 4
10 Denmark (15) Hans N. Andersen 69 6 5 6 3 4 7 8 4 10 5 6 5
11 Slovakia (19) Martin Vaculík 67 – – – – – 20 8 14 7 6 – 12
12 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 65 5 3 6 3 10 1 10 8 6 5 2 6
13 Denmark (13) Bjarne Pedersen 59 7 2 6 4 10 4 5 3 2 6 7 3
14 Poland (3) Jarosław Hampel 58 18 15 6 7 ns – – – – 6 3 3
15 Sweden (14) Peter Ljung 57 4 6 5 6 8 7 0 8 0 5 6 2
16 Denmark (7) Kenneth Bjerre 41 4 8 3 5 5 3 7 6 – – – –
17 Denmark (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 22 – – – – 7 – – – – – 15 –
18 Poland (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak 17 – – – – – – – – 13 – 4 –
19 Sweden (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 16 – – – 11 – – – – – 5 – –
20 Poland (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik 13 – – – – – 13 – – – – – –
21 Croatia (16) Jurica Pavlic 12 – – – – – – 12 – – – – –
22 Czech Republic (16) Josef Franc 9 – – 9 – – – – – – – – –
23 Poland (16) Maciej Janowski 8 – – – – – – – – – – – 8
24 Poland (16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki 7 – 7 – – – ns – – – – – –
25 United Kingdom (16) Scott Nicholls 7 – – – – – – – – 7 – – –
26 Denmark (17)(18) Mikkel B. Jensen 4 – – – – 4 – – – – – ns –
27 Italy (16) Nicolas Covatti 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – –
28 Denmark (17) Peter Kildemand 2 – – – – 2 – – – – – – –
29 United Kingdom (16) Jason Bunyan 1 1 – – – – – – – – – – –
30 Czech Republic (17) Václav Milík, Jr. 0 – – 0 – – – – – – – – –
31 Croatia (17) Dino Kovacic 0 – – – – – – 0 – – – – –
32 Sweden (17)(18) Linus Sundström 0 – – – ns – – – – – 0 – –
33 Sweden (17) Kim Nilsson 0 – – – – – – – – – 0 – –
Rider(s) not classified
New Zealand (17) Grant Tregoning — ns – – – – – – – – – – –
New Zealand (18) Sean Mason — ns – – – – – – – – – – –
Poland (17) Tobiasz Musielak — – ns – – – – – – – – – –
Poland (17)(18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. — – ns – – – ns – – – – – –
Czech Republic (18) Matěj Kůs — – – ns – – – – – – – – –
Sweden (18) Simon Gustafsson — – – – ns – – – – – – – –
Slovenia (18) Samo Kukovica — – – – – – – ns – – – – –
Italy (17) Michele Paco Castagna — – – – – – – – ns – – – –
Italy (18) Nicolas Vicentin — – – – – – – – ns – – – –
United Kingdom (17) Ben Barker — – – – – – – – – ns – – –
United Kingdom (18) Josh Auty — – – – – – – – – ns – – –
Denmark (18) Nicklas Porsing — – – – – – – – – – – ns –
Poland (17) Emil Pulczyński — – – – – – – – – – – – ns
Poland (18) Kamil Pulczyński — – – – – – – – – – – – 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 Torun Speedway Grand Prix of Poland". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
  3. ^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 44-45 ISSN 1429-3285
  4. ^ "Jason Crump rezygnuje z cyklu Grand Prix" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 24 Sep 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
  5. ^ "Odchodzi rekordzista i jedna z legend żużla" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 24 Sep 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
  6. ^ "Ales Dryml w Grand Prix? Jonsson musi liczyć na dziką kartę?" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 30 Sep 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
  7. ^ "Życiowy sukces Chrisa Holdera - relacja z Grand Prix Polski w Toruniu" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 6 Oct 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
  8. ^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 61 ISSN 1429-3285
  9. ^ "Janowski pojedzie z dziką kartą w Toruniu" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 18 Sep 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
  10. ^ "Przed GP Polski: Martin Vaculik" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 1 Oct 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
  11. ^ "Holder vs. Pedersen w 13. biegu GP Polski (lista startowa)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 5 Oct 2012. Retrieved 5 Oct 2013.

See also