2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

The 2018 Adrian Flux British FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 21 July at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.[1]

United Kingdom 2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
2018 Adrian Flux British FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date21 July 2018
CityUnited Kingdom Cardiff
Event5 of 10
RefereeGermany Christian Froschauer
Stadium details
StadiumPrincipality Stadium
Capacity62,500
Length272 m (297 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerPoland Bartosz Zmarzlik
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited Kingdom Tai Woffinden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Maciej Janowski

Riders edit

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Robert Lambert as the wild card, and Daniel Bewley and Jason Garrity both as Track Reserves.

Results edit

The Grand Prix was won by Bartosz Zmarzlik, who beat Tai Woffinden, Maciej Janowski and Greg Hancock in the final.[2] As a result of finishing second, Woffinden extended his overall lead in the championship to 20 points. Fredrik Lindgren, who failed to make the semi-finals, remained in second place, just two points ahead of Janowski in third.

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
  15   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 19 3 3 2 3 2 13 1 3 3
  1   (108) Tai Woffinden 16 3 1 3 1 3 11 2 3 2
  7   (71) Maciej Janowski 12 3 0 3 0 3 9 6 2 1
4 12   (45) Greg Hancock 12 0 3 3 2 2 10 3 2 0
5 16   (692) Patryk Dudek 10 1 2 2 3 2 10 4 0
6 3   (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 10 2 2 2 2 1 9 7 1
7 14   (111) Craig Cook 9 0 3 3 3 0 9 5 0
8 13   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 8 2 3 2 0 0 7 8 1
9 6   (23) Chris Holder 7 2 1 1 0 3 7 9
10 2   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 7 1 2 1 2 1 7 10
11 4   (55) Matej Žagar 6 0 1 1 1 3 6 11
12 8   (222) Artem Laguta 6 1 0 1 3 1 6 12
13 9   (110) Nicki Pedersen 6 2 2 0 2 0 6 13
14 11   (69) Jason Doyle 5 1 1 0 1 2 5 14
15 10   (54) Martin Vaculík 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 15
16 5   (16) Robert Lambert 1 0 0 1 0 1 16
17 17   (17) Daniel Bewley 0 0 17
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 POL
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
SWE
 
GBR
 
SCA
 
PL2
 
SVN
 
GER
 
PL3
 
    (108) Tai Woffinden 81 15 16 18 16 16
    (66) Fredrik Lindgren 61 16 16 7 15 7
    (71) Maciej Janowski 59 13 11 5 18 12
4   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 56 8 15 11 14 8
5   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 55 9 4 10 13 19
6   (45) Greg Hancock 53 8 7 16 10 12
7   (222) Artem Laguta 47 13 8 12 8 6
8   (692) Patryk Dudek 46 10 14 6 6 10
9   (69) Jason Doyle 40 5 9 12 9 5
10   (23) Chris Holder 38 10 5 9 7 7
11   (55) Matej Žagar 34 9 7 5 7 6
12   (110) Nicki Pedersen 31 2 8 12 3 6
13   (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 24 3 5 5 1 10
14   (111) Craig Cook 18 2 2 2 3 9
15   (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 9 4 5
16   (54) Martin Vaculík 7 3 1 3
17   (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 7
18   (16) Andreas Jonsson 7 7
19   (16) Vaclav Milik 6 6
20   (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 4 4
21   (17) Maksym Drabik 2 2
22   (18) Bartosz Smektała 2 2
23   (16) Robert Lambert 1 1
24   (17) Mikkel Michelsen 1 1
25   (18) Mikkel Bech Jensen 0 0
26   (17) Daniel Bewley 0 0
Pos. Rider Points POL
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
SWE
 
GBR
 
SCA
 
PL2
 
SVN
 
GER
 
PL3
 

References edit

  1. ^ "British Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
  2. ^ "British Grand Prix Result". SGP.
  3. ^ "2018 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

See also edit