2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

The 2017 Mitas Czech Republic FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on June 10 at the Markéta Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic.[1]

Czech Republic 2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
2017 Mitas Czech Republic FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date10 June 2017
CityCzech Republic Prague
Event4 of 12
RefereeUnited Kingdom Craig Ackroyd
Stadium details
StadiumMarkéta Stadium
Capacity10,000
Length353 m (386 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Jason Doyle
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited States Greg Hancock
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeCzech Republic Greg Hancock

Riders edit

First reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Nicki Pedersen, who was injured and not fit to race. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Václav Milík Jr. as the wild card, and Josef Franc and Matěj Kůs both as Track Reserves.

Results edit

The Grand Prix was won by Australia's Jason Doyle, who beat world champion Greg Hancock and wild card Václav Milík Jr. in the final.[2] It was the fifth Grand Prix win of Doyle's career, and the second time in a row that he won in Prague. Hancock had initially top scored during the qualifying heats.

Championship leader Patryk Dudek finished fourth in the final, maintaining a one-point leader over Doyle in the overall standings.

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
  11   (69) Jason Doyle 13 0 1 2 3 2 8 8 2 3
  1   (45) Greg Hancock 18 3 2 3 2 3 13 1 3 2
  15   (16) Václav Milík Jr. 13 1 3 3 2 1 10 4 2 1
4 13   (692) Patryk Dudek 13 3 1 3 2 1 10 3 3 0
5 9   (23) Chris Holder 11 1 0 3 3 3 10 2 1
6 14   (54) Martin Vaculík 10 2 2 1 1 3 9 6 1
7 5   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 9 3 3 1 2 0 9 5 0
8 10   (25) Peter Kildemand 8 3 0 2 3 0 8 7 0
9 2   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 8 1 3 2 1 1 8 9
10 8   (108) Tai Woffinden 7 2 3 0 0 2 7 10
11 7   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 7 1 2 1 3 0 7 11
12 12   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 6 2 1 0 0 3 6 12
13 3   (71) Maciej Janowski 6 2 0 2 0 2 6 13
14 16   (55) Matej Žagar 4 0 0 1 1 2 4 14
15 4   (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 3 0 2 0 0 1 3 15
16 6   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 16
17 17   (17) Josef Franc 0 0 17
18 18   (18) Matěj Kůs 0 0 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

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
 
LAT
 
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DEN
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
PL2
 
GER
 
SCA
 
PL3
 
AUS
 
    (692) Patryk Dudek 51 13 9 16 13
    (69) Jason Doyle 50 12 15 10 13
    (54) Martin Vaculík 44 16 10 8 10
4   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 43 16 16 5 6
5   (71) Maciej Janowski 41 6 16 13 6
6   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 39 7 7 18 7
7   (45) Greg Hancock 38 11 4 5 18
8   (108) Tai Woffinden 37 8 13 9 7
9   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 33 12 6 13 2
10   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 32 6 12 6 8
11   (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 28 9 9 7 3
12   (23) Chris Holder 27 6 6 4 11
13   (55) Matej Žagar 25 10 1 10 4
14   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 21 2 6 4 9
15   (16) Václav Milík Jr. 13 13
16   (25) Peter Kildemand 9 1 8
17   (16) Maksims Bogdanovs 8 8
18   (12) Nicki Pedersen 8 3 5
19   (16) Przemysław Pawlicki 3 3
20   (16) Nick Škorja 1 1
21   (17) Josef Franc 0 0
22   (18) Matěj Kůs 0 0
Pos. Rider Points SVN
 
POL
 
LAT
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
PL2
 
GER
 
SCA
 
PL3
 
AUS
 

References edit

  1. ^ "Czech Republic Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
  2. ^ "Czech Republic Grand Prix Result". SGP.
  3. ^ "2017 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

See also edit