2016 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

The 2016 Lotto Warsaw FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the second race of the 2016 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 14 at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland.[1]

Poland 2016 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
2016 Lotto Warsaw FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date14 May 2016
CityPoland Warsaw
Event2 of 11
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Stadium details
StadiumStadion Narodowy
Capacity54,000
Length272 m (297 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
(in Heat 4)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerUnited Kingdom Tai Woffinden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited States Greg Hancock
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeSlovenia Greg Hancock

Riders edit

For the second successive Grand Prix first reserve Fredrik Lindgren replaced Jarosław Hampel, who had injured himself during the 2015 Speedway World Cup and was not fit to compete. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Patryk Dudek as the wild card, and Maksym Drabik and Paweł Przedpełski both as Track Reserves.

Results edit

The Grand Prix was won by world champion Tai Woffinden, who beat Greg Hancock, Matej Žagar and Chris Holder in the final. Fredrik Lindgren had top stored during the 20 qualifying heats, but was eliminated in the semi-finals. Holder's fourth place in the final resulted in him taking the overall series lead from Peter Kildemand, who failed to make the semi-finals, with 26 points. Woffinden and Hancock finished just two points behind on 24.[2]

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
  5   (108) Tai Woffinden 14 3 3 1 0 2 9 5 2 3
  10   (45) Greg Hancock 14 3 1 0 3 2 9 6 3 2
  16   (55) Matej Žagar 14 3 3 3 1 0 10 2 3 1
4 7   (23) Chris Holder 12 1 3 3 1 2 10 4 2 0
5 4   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 12 3 1 2 3 3 12 1 0
6 15   (71) Maciej Janowski 10 1 3 2 3 0 9 7 1
7 8   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 10 2 0 3 3 1 9 8 1
8 14   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 10 2 2 3 0 3 10 3 0
9 9   (16) Patryk Dudek 8 1 2 0 2 3 8 9
10 3   (100) Andreas Jonsson 8 2 1 1 2 2 8 10
11 2   (25) Peter Kildemand 6 1 0 2 2 1 6 11
12 13   (69) Jason Doyle 5 0 1 1 0 3 5 12
13 1   (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 4 0 0 2 2 0 4 13
14 12   (3) Nicki Pedersen 4 2 2 0 0 0 4 14
15 6   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 4 0 2 0 1 1 4 15
16 11   (37) Chris Harris 3 0 0 1 1 1 3 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

The 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 SVN
 
POL
 
DEN
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
PL2
 
GER
 
SCA
 
PL3
 
AUS
 
    (23) Chris Holder 26 14 12
    (108) Tai Woffinden 24 10 14
    (45) Greg Hancock 24 10 14
4   (25) Peter Kildemand 21 15 6
5   (71) Maciej Janowski 20 10 10
6   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 20 10 10
7   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 19 7 12
8   (55) Matej Žagar 18 4 14
9   (69) Jason Doyle 18 13 5
10   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 18 8 10
11   (3) Nicki Pedersen 14 10 4
12   (100) Andreas Jonsson 14 6 8
13   (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 12 8 4
14   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 12 8 4
15   (16) Patryk Dudek 8 8
16   (37) Chris Harris 6 3 3
17   (16) Denis Štojs 1 1
18   (17) Nick Škorja 1 1
19   (18) Matic Ivačič 0 0
Pos. Rider Points SVN
 
POL
 
DEN
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
PL2
 
GER
 
SCA
 
PL3
 
AUS
 

References edit

  1. ^ "Polish Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
  2. ^ "Polish Grand Prix Result". SGP.
  3. ^ "2016 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

See also edit