2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia

The 2017 Rietumu Bank Latvian FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the third race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 27 at the Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs in Daugavpils, Latvia.[1]

Latvia 2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia
2017 Rietumu Bank Latvian FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date27 May 2017
CityLatvia Daugavpils
Event3 of 12
RefereeDenmark Jesper Steentoft
Stadium details
StadiumLatvijas Spīdveja Centrs
Capacity7,500
Length373 m (408 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerPoland Piotr Pawlicki Jr.
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upPoland Patryk Dudek
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Maciej Janowski

Riders edit

First reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Nicki Pedersen, who was injured and not fit to race. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Maksims Bogdanovs as the wild card, and Kjasts Puodžuks and Jevgeņijs Kostigovs both as Track Reserves.

Results edit

The Grand Prix was won by Poland's Piotr Pawlicki Jr., who beat compatriots Patryk Dudek and Maciej Janowski and Australia's Jason Doyle in the final.[2] It was the first Grand Prix win of Pawlicki Jr.'s career, and the first time in Grand Prix history that three riders from the same nation occupied the first three places on the podium.

Dudek's second-place finish resulted in him topping the overall standings. Previous series leader Fredrik Lindgren, who failed to make the semi-finals for the first time this year, slipped to joint-second place with Doyle, both just one point behind Dudek.

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
  12   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 18 1 2 3 3 3 12 1 3 3
  16   (692) Patryk Dudek 16 1 1 3 3 3 11 3 3 2
  8   (71) Maciej Janowski 14 3 3 3 1 1 11 4 2 1
4 5   (69) Jason Doyle 10 2 1 0 2 3 8 8 2 0
5 13   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 13 2 3 3 3 1 12 2 1
6 1   (55) Matej Žagar 10 2 2 1 2 3 10 5 0
7 2   (108) Tai Woffinden 9 3 1 2 2 0 8 7 1
8 9   (16) Maksims Bogdanovs 8 3 0 0 3 2 8 6 0
9 14   (54) Martin Vaculík 8 3 2 1 1 1 8 9
10 3   (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 7 0 3 2 0 2 7 10
11 10   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 6 0 3 2 1 0 6 11
12 6   (45) Greg Hancock 5 1 0 2 2 0 5 12
13 4   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 5 1 0 1 1 2 5 13
14 11   (23) Chris Holder 4 2 2 0 0 0 4 14
15 15   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 4 0 1 1 0 2 4 15
16 7   (25) Peter Kildemand 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 SVN
 
POL
 
LAT
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
PL2
 
GER
 
SCA
 
PL3
 
AUS
 
    (692) Patryk Dudek 38 13 9 16
    (66) Fredrik Lindgren 37 16 16 5
    (69) Jason Doyle 37 12 15 10
4   (71) Maciej Janowski 35 6 16 13
5   (54) Martin Vaculík 34 16 10 8
6   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 32 7 7 18
7   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 31 12 6 13
8   (108) Tai Woffinden 30 8 13 9
9   (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 25 9 9 7
10   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 24 6 12 6
11   (55) Matej Žagar 21 10 1 10
12   (45) Greg Hancock 20 11 4 5
13   (23) Chris Holder 16 6 6 4
14   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 12 2 6 4
15   (16) Maksims Bogdanovs 8 8
16   (12) Nicki Pedersen 8 3 5
17   (16) Przemysław Pawlicki 3 3
18   (16) Nick Škorja 1 1
19   (25) Peter Kildemand 1 1
Pos. Rider Points SVN
 
POL
 
LAT
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
PL2
 
GER
 
SCA
 
PL3
 
AUS
 

See also edit

References edit

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