2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II

The 2018 MIB Nordic Gorzów FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the seventh race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 25 at the Edward Jancarz Stadium in Gorzów, Poland.[1]

Poland 2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II
2018 MIB Nordic Gorzów FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date25 August 2018
CityPoland Gorzów
Event7 of 10
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Stadium details
StadiumEdward Jancarz Stadium
Capacity17,000
Length329 m (360 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerSlovakia Martin Vaculík
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upPoland Bartosz Zmarzlik
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeUnited Kingdom Tai Woffinden

Riders edit

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Szymon Woźniak as the wild card, and Wiktor Lampart and Rafał Karczmarz both as Track Reserves.

Results edit

The Grand Prix was won by Martin Vaculík, who beat Bartosz Zmarzlik, Tai Woffinden and Patryk Dudek in the final.[2] Overall Zmarzlik moved into second place in the standings, cutting Woffinden's world championship lead to 16 points. Fredrik Lindgren dropped to fourth overall, below Janowski in third, after picking up just two points.

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
  9   (54) Martin Vaculík 18 1 3 3 3 2 12 2 3 3
  16   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 18 3 3 1 3 3 13 1 3 2
  1   (108) Tai Woffinden 12 2 1 2 2 2 9 8 2 1
4 13   (692) Patryk Dudek 12 1 2 3 1 3 10 6 2 0
5 2   (222) Artem Laguta 13 3 3 3 2 1 12 3 1
6 7   (55) Matej Žagar 11 3 1 3 3 0 10 4 1
7 8   (45) Greg Hancock 10 1 2 1 3 3 10 5 0
8 6   (71) Maciej Janowski 9 2 1 3 2 1 9 7 0
9 10   (69) Jason Doyle 9 2 2 2 2 1 9 9
10 12   (16) Szymon Woźniak 8 3 1 2 0 2 8 10
11 15   (110) Nicki Pedersen 6 2 2 1 1 0 6 11
12 5   (111) Craig Cook 4 0 0 0 1 3 4 12
13 4   (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 13
14 3   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 14
15 14   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 15
16 11   (23) Chris Holder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 edit

[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
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
SWE
 
GBR
 
SCA
 
PL2
 
SVN
 
GER
 
PL3
 
    (108) Tai Woffinden 103 15 16 18 16 16 10 12
    (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 87 9 4 10 13 19 14 18
    (71) Maciej Janowski 79 13 11 5 18 12 11 9
4   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 76 16 16 7 15 7 13 2
5   (692) Patryk Dudek 68 10 14 6 6 10 10 12
6   (45) Greg Hancock 66 8 7 16 10 12 3 10
7   (222) Artem Laguta 66 13 8 12 8 6 6 13
8   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 65 8 15 11 14 8 6 3
9   (55) Matej Žagar 61 9 7 5 7 6 16 11
10   (69) Jason Doyle 53 5 9 12 9 5 4 9
11   (110) Nicki Pedersen 52 2 8 12 3 6 15 6
12   (23) Chris Holder 43 10 5 9 7 7 5 0
13   (54) Martin Vaculík 35 3 1 3 10 18
14   (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 30 3 5 5 1 10 3 3
15   (111) Craig Cook 25 2 2 2 3 9 3 4
16   (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 9 4 5
17   (16) Szymon Woźniak 8 8
18   (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 7
19   (16) Andreas Jonsson 7 7
20   (16) Vaclav Milik 6 6
21   (16) Peter Ljung 5 5
22   (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 4 4
23   (17) Oliver Berntzon 3 3
24   (17) Maksym Drabik 2 2
25   (18) Bartosz Smektała 2 2
26   (17) Mikkel Michelsen 1 1
27   (16) Robert Lambert 1 1
28   (18) Joel Kling 1 1
29   (18) Mikkel Bech Jensen 0 0
30   (17) Daniel Bewley 0 0
Pos. Rider Points POL
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
SWE
 
GBR
 
SCA
 
PL2
 
SVN
 
GER
 
PL3
 

References edit

  1. ^ "Gorzów Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
  2. ^ "Gorzów Grand Prix Result". SGP.
  3. ^ "2018 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.