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]
 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II | |
|---|---|
| 2012 FIM Torun Speedway Grand Prix of Poland | |
| Information | |
| Date | 6 October 2012 |
| City | Toruń |
| Event | 12 of 12 (156) |
| Referee |  Craig Ackroyd |
| Jury President |  Wolfgang Glas |
| Stadium details | |
| Stadium | MotoArena Toruń |
| Capacity | 15,500 |
| Length | 325 m (355 yd) |
| Track | speedway |
| SGP Results | |
| Attendance | 16,000 |
| Best Time |  Chris Holder59,81 secs (in Heat 6) |
 Winner |  Antonio Lindbäck |
 Runner-up | Tomasz Gollob |
 3rd place |  Tomasz Gollob |
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 edit
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)
Kenneth Bjerre → (19) 
Martin Vaculík
Results edit
Heat details edit
| 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 | (12) Antonio Lindbäck
|
19 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | (5) Tomasz Gollob
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21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | (1) Greg Hancock
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13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 14 | (8) Chris Holder
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15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | R | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 3 |  (19) Martin Vaculík
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12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 10 |  (6) Emil Sayfutdinov
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11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 7 |  (10) Nicki Pedersen
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9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 16 | (16) Maciej Janowski
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8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 13 | (9) Fredrik Lindgren
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8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 9 | (11) Chris Harris
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6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 1 | (15) Hans N. Andersen
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5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 15 | (4) Jason Crump
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5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 4 | (2) Andreas Jonsson
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4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 12 | (13) Bjarne Pedersen
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 2 | (3) Jarosław Hampel
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3 | 0 | 1 | R | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 8 | (14) Peter Ljung
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 17 | (17) Emil Pulczyński
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- | - | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 18 | (18) Kamil Pulczyński
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- | - | 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 edit
- (60,97) Vaculík, Andersen, Jonsson, Hampel
- (60,87) Gollob, Hancock, N.Pedersen, Ljung
- (60,68) Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, Harris, B.Pedersen
- (60,10) Holder, Lindgren, Crump, Janowski
- (59,97) Lindgren, Gollob, Harris, Andersen
- (59,80) Holder, Sayfutdinov, Hampel, Hancock
- (59,87) Lindbäck, Vaculík, N.Pedersen, Crump
- (60,22) Janowski, Jonsson, B.Pedersen, Ljung
- (60,15) Lindbäck, Hancock, Janowski, Andersen
- (60,81) Gollob, B.Pedersen, Crump, Hampel (R)
- (60,97) Vaculík, Ljung, Holder, Harris
- (60,10) N.Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Jonsson
- (60,29) Holder, N.Pedersen, Andersen, B.Pedersen
- (60,13) Lindbäck, Hampel, Lindgren, Ljung
- (60,25) Gollob, Janowski, Sayfutdinov, Vaculík
- (60,56) Hancock, Crump, Harris, Jonsson
- (60,41) Sayfutdinov, Andersen, Crump, Ljung
- (60,40) Harris, Janowski, N.Pedersen, Hampel
- (60,62) Vaculík, Hancock, Lindgren, B.Pedersen
- (60,53) Gollob, Holder, Jonsson, Lindbäck
- Semifinals
- (59,94)21. Gollob, Hancock, Vaculik, Janowski
- (60,87)22. Holder, Lindbäck, N.Pedersen, Sayfutdinov
- the Final
- (60,75)23. Lindbäck, Gollob, Hancock, Holder (R1)
The final classification edit
| Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series |
| Full-time Grand Prix rider |
| Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | NZL  |
EUR |
CZE  |
SWE |
DEN |
POL |
CRO  |
ITA  |
GBR |
SCA |
NOR |
PL2
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(8) Chris Holder
|
160 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 15 |
|
(10) Nicki Pedersen
|
152 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 9 |
|
(1) Greg Hancock
|
148 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 13 |
| 4 | (5) Tomasz Gollob
|
142 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | (6) Emil Sayfutdinov
|
133 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 11 |
| 6 | (4) Jason Crump
|
126 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 5 |
| 7 | (12) Antonio Lindbäck
|
122 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 19 |
| 8 | (9) Fredrik Lindgren
|
119 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | (2) Andreas Jonsson
|
88 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 10 | (15) Hans N. Andersen
|
69 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 11 | (19) Martin Vaculík
|
67 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 6 | – | 12 |
| 12 | (11) Chris Harris
|
65 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | (13) Bjarne Pedersen
|
59 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| 14 | (3) Jarosław Hampel
|
58 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 7 | ns | – | – | – | – | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | (14) Peter Ljung
|
57 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| 16 | (7) Kenneth Bjerre
|
41 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen
|
22 | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | – |
| 18 | (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak
|
17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | 4 | – |
| 19 | (16) Thomas H. Jonasson
|
16 | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – |
| 20 | (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik
|
13 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | (16) Jurica Pavlic
|
12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | (16) Josef Franc
|
9 | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | (16) Maciej Janowski
|
8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| 24 | (16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki
|
7 | – | 7 | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | (16) Scott Nicholls
|
7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – |
| 26 | (17)(18) Mikkel B. Jensen
|
4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – |
| 27 | (16) Nicolas Covatti
|
3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | (17) Peter Kildemand
|
2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 29 | (16) Jason Bunyan
|
1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | (17) Václav Milík, Jr.
|
0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | (17) Dino Kovacic
|
0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | (17)(18) Linus Sundström
|
0 | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – |
| 33 | (17) Kim Nilsson
|
0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – |
| Rider(s) not classified | ||||||||||||||
| (17) Grant Tregoning
|
— | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (18) Sean Mason
|
— | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (17) Tobiasz Musielak
|
— | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (17)(18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr.
|
— | – | ns | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (18) Matěj Kůs
|
— | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (18) Simon Gustafsson
|
— | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
 (18) Samo Kukovica
|
— | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (17) Michele Paco Castagna
|
— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | |
| (18) Nicolas Vicentin
|
— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | |
| (17) Ben Barker
|
— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | |
| (18) Josh Auty
|
— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | |
| (18) Nicklas Porsing
|
— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | |
| (17) Emil Pulczyński
|
— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | |
| (18) Kamil Pulczyński
|
— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | NZL |
EUR |
CZE |
SWE |
DEN |
POL |
CRO |
ITA |
GBR |
SCA |
NOR |
PL2
|
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "FIM Torun Speedway Grand Prix of Poland". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
- ^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 44-45 ISSN 1429-3285
- ^ "Jason Crump rezygnuje z cyklu Grand Prix" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 24 Sep 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
- ^ "Odchodzi rekordzista i jedna z legend żużla" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 24 Sep 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
- ^ "Ales Dryml w Grand Prix? Jonsson musi liczyć na dziką kartę?" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 30 Sep 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
- ^ "Życiowy sukces Chrisa Holdera - relacja z Grand Prix Polski w Toruniu" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 6 Oct 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
- ^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 61 ISSN 1429-3285
- ^ "Janowski pojedzie z dziką kartą w Toruniu" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 18 Sep 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
- ^ "Przed GP Polski: Martin Vaculik" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 1 Oct 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
- ^ "Holder vs. Pedersen w 13. biegu GP Polski (lista startowa)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 5 Oct 2012. Retrieved 5 Oct 2013.
See also edit