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2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

The 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, also known as the 2012 FIM Fogo British Speedway Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, was the ninth race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 25 August at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.[1][2][3]

United Kingdom 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
2012 FIM Fogo British SGP
Information
Date25 August 2012
CityUnited Kingdom Wales Cardiff
Event9 of 12 (153)
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Jury PresidentFinland Ilkka Teromaa
Stadium details
StadiumMillennium Stadium
Capacity62,500
Length277 m (303 yd)
Tracktemporary (rugby, football/soccer)
SGP Results
Attendance38,000
Best TimeDenmark Nicki Pedersen
54,3 secs (in Heat 2)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Chris Holder
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upPoland Krzysztof Kasprzak
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeSweden Krzysztof Kasprzak

The Grand Prix was won by Chris Holder who beat Krzysztof Kasprzak, Antonio Lindbäck and Fredrik Lindgren in the final.[4][5] 1950 and 1953 World Champion Freddie Williams, Wales' only Speedway World Champion, presented the winners trophy to Holder.

Riders edit

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Scott Nicholls as Wild Card, and Ben Barker and Craig Cook both as Track Reserves.[6] Injured Craig Cook (carpus broken) was replaced by Josh Auty.[7] Injured Jarosław Hampel and Kenneth Bjerre was replaced by first and second Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík and Krzysztof Kasprzak.[8] The draw was made on 24 August.[9]

(3)   Jarosław Hampel → (19)   Martin Vaculík
(7)   Kenneth Bjerre → (20)   Krzysztof Kasprzak
(18)   Craig Cook → (18)   Josh Auty

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 8   (8) Chris Holder 23 2 3 3 3 3 14 1 3 3
2 3   (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak 13 0 3 0 2 2 7 8 2 2
3 2   (12) Antonio Lindbäck 12 3 0 2 2 1 8 7 2 1
4 16   (9) Fredrik Lindgren 12 0 1 2 3 3 9 5 3 0
5 4   (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 12 1 2 2 3 3 11 3 1
6 6   (10) Nicki Pedersen 11 3 1 3 1 3 11 2 0
7 14   (15) Hans N. Andersen 10 3 3 2 2 R 10 4 0
8 7   (5) Tomasz Gollob 10 0 1 3 3 2 9 6 1
9 11   (19) Martin Vaculík 7 3 2 0 0 2 7 9
10 1   (1) Greg Hancock 7 2 3 1 1 R 7 10
11 13   (16) Scott Nicholls 7 2 2 1 1 1 7 11
12 5   (2) Andreas Jonsson 6 1 1 3 0 1 6 12
13 15   (11) Chris Harris 6 1 0 1 2 2 6 13
14 10   (4) Jason Crump 6 2 2 X 1 1 6 14
15 9   (13) Bjarne Pedersen 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 15
16 12   (14) Peter Ljung 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
17 17   (17) Ben Barker - - 17
18 18   (18) Josh Auty - - 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

  1. (55,2) Lindbäck, Hancock, Sayfutdinov, Kasprzak
  2. (54,3) N.Pedersen, Holder, Jonsson, Gollob
  3. (54,6) Vaculík, Crump, B.Pedersen, Ljung
  4. (55,3) Andersen, Nicholls, Harris, Lindgren
  5. (54,9) Hancock, Nicholls, Jonsson, B.Pedersen
  6. (55,2) Andersen, Crump, N.Pedersen, Lindbäck
  7. (55,6) Kasprzak, Vaculík, Gollob, Harris
  8. (55,9) Holder, Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Ljung
  9. (56,2) N.Pedersen, Lindgren, Hancock, Vaculík
  10. (56,1) Jonsson, Lindbäck, Harris, Ljung
  11. (56,2) Holder, Andersen, B.Pedersen, Kasprzak
  12. (56,3) Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Nicholls, Crump (X)
  13. (55,6) Gollob, Andersen, Hancock, Ljung
  14. (55,3) Holder, Lindbäck, Nicholls, Vaculík
  15. (55,7) Lindgren, Kasprzak, Crump, Jonsson
  16. (55,8) Sayfutdinov, Harris, N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen
  17. (55,5) Holder, Harris, Crump, Hancock (R)
  18. (55,9) Lindgren, Gollob, Lindbäck, B.Pedersen
  19. (56,3) N.Pedersen, Kasprzak, Nicholls, Ljung
  20. (56,2) Sayfutdinov, Vaculík, Jonsson, Andersen (R)
    Semifinals
  21. (55,5) Holder, Lindbäck, Gollob, Andersen
  22. (55,9) Lindgren, Kasprzak, Sayfutdinov, N.Pedersen
    the Final
  23. (55,7) Holder, Kasprzak, Lindbäck, Lindgren

The intermediate 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
 
1   (1) Greg Hancock 118 22 9 12 15 17 12 10 14 7      
2   (8) Chris Holder 117 4 19 12 17 9 17 6 10 23      
3   (10) Nicki Pedersen 112 13 10 19 14 9 7 19 10 11      
4   (4) Jason Crump 103 12 12 20 11 18 5 9 10 6      
5   (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 96 8 7 10 12 11 10 7 19 12      
6   (5) Tomasz Gollob 93 15 16 12 6 3 12 13 6 10      
7   (9) Fredrik Lindgren 89 8 8 6 15 15 11 9 5 12      
8   (2) Andreas Jonsson 76 4 13 3 10 8 9 15 8 6      
9   (12) Antonio Lindbäck 74 13 4 9 5 3 6 6 16 12      
10   (15) Hans N. Andersen 53 6 5 6 3 4 7 8 4 10      
11   (11) Chris Harris 52 5 3 6 3 10 1 10 8 6      
12   (19) Martin Vaculík 49 – – – – – 20 8 14 7      
13   (3) Jarosław Hampel 46 18 15 6 7 ns – – – –      
14   (14) Peter Ljung 44 4 6 5 6 8 7 0 8 0      
15   (13) Bjarne Pedersen 43 7 2 6 4 10 4 5 3 2      
16   (7) Kenneth Bjerre 41 4 8 3 5 5 3 7 6 –      
17   (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik 13 – – – – – 13 – – –      
18   (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak 13 – – – – – – – – 13      
19   (16) Jurica Pavlic 12 – – – – – – 12 – –      
20   (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 11 – – – 11 – – – – –      
21   (16) Josef Franc 9 – – 9 – – – – – –      
22   (16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki 7 – 7 – – – ns – – –      
23   (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 7 – – – – 7 – – – –      
24   (16) Scott Nicholls 7 – – – – – – – – 7      
25   (18) Mikkel B. Jensen 4 – – – – 4 – – – –      
26   (16) Nicolas Covatti 3 – – – – – – – 3 –      
27   (17) Peter Kildemand 2 – – – – 2 – – – –      
28   (16) Jason Bunyan 1 1 – – – – – – – –      
29   (17) Václav Milík, Jr. 0 – – 0 – – – – – –      
30   (17) Dino Kovacic 0 – – – – – – 0 – –      
Rider(s) not classified
  (17) Grant Tregoning — ns – – – – – – – –      
  (18) Sean Mason — ns – – – – – – – –      
  (17) Tobiasz Musielak — – ns – – – – – – –      
  (18) Matěj Kůs — – – ns – – – – – –      
  (17) Linus Sundström — – – – ns – – – – –      
  (18) Simon Gustafsson — – – – ns – – – – –      
  (18) Przemysław Pawlicki — – – – – – ns – – –      
  (18) Samo Kukovica — – – – – – – ns – –      
  (17) Michele Paco Castagna — – – – – – – – ns –      
  (18) Nicolas Vicentin — – – – – – – – ns –      
  (17) Ben Barker — – – – – – – – – ns      
  (18) Josh Auty — – – – – – – – – ns      
Pos. Rider Points NZL
 		 EUR
 		 CZE
 		 SWE
 		 DEN
 		 POL
 		 CRO
 		 ITA
 		 GBR
 		 SCA
 		 NOR
 		 PL2
 

References edit

  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 British Speedway GP". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
  3. ^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 38-39 ISSN 1429-3285
  4. ^ "Holder najlepszy w Grand Prix Wielkiej Brytanii, drugie miejsce Kasprzaka" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 25 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
  5. ^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 61 ISSN 1429-3285
  6. ^ "Barker i Cook rezerwowymi w Cardiff" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 10 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
  7. ^ "Auty w miejsce Cooka w GP Cardiff" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 20 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
  8. ^ "Kasprzak pojedzie w Cardiff!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 24 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
  9. ^ "Lista startowa Grand Prix Wielkiej Brytanii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 24 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.

See also edit

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