2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II

The 2017 MIB Nordic Gorzów FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the eighth race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 26 at the Edward Jancarz Stadium in Gorzów, Poland.[1]

Poland 2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
2017 MIB Nordic Gorzów FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date26 August 2017
CityPoland Gorzów
Event8 of 12
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Stadium details
StadiumEdward Jancarz Stadium
Capacity17,000
Length329 m (360 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerUnited Kingdom Tai Woffinden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upPoland Patryk Dudek
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeAustralia Patryk Dudek

Riders edit

Second reserve Martin Smolinski replaced Greg Hancock, fourth reserve Václav Milík Jr. replaced Nicki Pedersen and fifth reserve Michael Jepsen Jensen replaced Niels-Kristian Iversen. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Krzysztof Kasprzak as the wild card, and Kacper Woryna and Oskar Polis both as Track Reserves.

Results edit

The Grand Prix was won by Great Britain's Tai Woffinden, who beat Patryk Dudek, Jason Doyle and Bartosz Zmarzlik in the final.[2] As a result of finishing third, Doyle moved back to the top of the overall standings. Previous series leader Maciej Janowski failed to make the semi-finals.

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   (108) Tai Woffinden 18 3 2 2 3 3 13 1 2 3
  3   (692) Patryk Dudek 13 0 3 1 2 2 8 6 3 2
  6   (69) Jason Doyle 14 1 3 2 3 1 10 3 3 1
4 7   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 10 3 1 1 2 1 8 8 2 0
5 8   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 11 2 3 3 0 3 11 2 0
6 2   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 11 1 1 3 2 3 10 4 1
7 5   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 9 0 3 1 1 3 8 5 1
8 4   (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 8 3 1 2 0 2 8 7 0
9 10   (55) Matej Žagar 7 1 0 3 3 0 7 9
10 11   (225) Václav Milík Jr. 7 2 0 3 1 1 7 10
11 15   (54) Martin Vaculík 7 2 2 0 2 1 7 11
12 13   (12) Krzysztof Kasprzak 6 3 0 0 3 0 6 12
13 1   (71) Maciej Janowski 6 2 2 0 0 2 6 13
14 14   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 5 0 2 2 1 0 5 14
15 16   (84) Martin Smolinski 4 1 0 1 0 2 4 15
16 9   (23) Chris Holder 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 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
 
    (69) Jason Doyle 97 12 15 10 13 15 13 5 14
    (71) Maciej Janowski 94 6 16 13 6 17 17 13 6
    (692) Patryk Dudek 93 13 9 16 13 14 10 5 13
4   (108) Tai Woffinden 89 8 13 9 7 11 9 14 18
5   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 87 16 16 5 6 8 7 18 11
6   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 80 6 12 6 8 7 16 15 10
7   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 79 12 6 13 2 14 11 10 11
8   (54) Martin Vaculík 66 16 10 8 10 1 4 10 7
9   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 60 2 6 4 9 8 7 19 5
10   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 59 7 7 18 7 4 1 6 9
11   (55) Matej Žagar 58 10 1 10 4 11 12 3 7
12   (23) Chris Holder 52 6 6 4 11 7 10 6 2
13   (45) Greg Hancock 45 11 4 5 18 7 0
14   (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 44 9 9 7 3 3 7 6
15   (25) Peter Kildemand 26 1 8 3 10 4
16   (225) Václav Milík Jr. 20 13 7
17   (16) Maksims Bogdanovs 8 8
18   (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 8 8
19   (12) Nicki Pedersen 8 3 5
20   (16) Kenneth Bjerre 7 7
21   (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 6 6
22   (84) Martin Smolinski 5 1 4
23   (16) Przemysław Pawlicki 3 3
24   (16) Craig Cook 2 2
25   (18) Josh Bates 2 2
26   (16) Linus Sundström 2 2
27   (16) Nick Škorja 1 1
28   (17) Josef Franc 0 0
29   (18) Matěj Kůs 0 0
30   (17) Adam Ellis 0 0
Pos. Rider Points SVN
 
POL
 
LAT
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
PL2
 
GER
 
SCA
 
PL3
 
AUS
 

References edit

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

See also edit