2012 Speedway Grand Prix
| 2012 Speedway Grand Prix | |
|---|---|
| Season details | |
| Dates | March 31 — October 6 |
| Events | 12 |
| Cities | 12 |
| Countries | 8 |
| Riders | 15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves |
| Heats | 276 (in 12 events) |
| Winners | |
| Champion |  AUS Chris Holder |
| Runner-up |  DEN Nicki Pedersen |
| 3rd place |  USA Greg Hancock |
The 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 18th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 67th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the twelfth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. The series began on 31 March in Auckland and finish on 6 October in Torun.[1]
The Australian rider Chris Holder became World Champion, making him the youngest gold medalist since the start of the Speedway Grand Prix series in 1995. Nicki Pedersen returned to the World Championship podium finishing second, while the American veteran Greg Hancock won the bronze medal.
Contents
1 Qualification
1.1 2011 Grand Prix
1.2 Grand Prix Challenge
1.3 Nominations
1.4 Qualified Substitutes
2 Calendar
3 Classification
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Qualification
For the 2012 season there will be 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.
2011 Grand Prix
The top eight riders from the 2011 championship qualified as of right:
(1) Greg Hancock
(2) Andreas Jonsson
(3) Jarosław Hampel
(4) Jason Crump- (5) Tomasz Gollob
(6) Emil Sayfutdinov
(7) Kenneth Bjerre- (8) Chris Holder
Grand Prix Challenge
The top eight riders from the 2011 championship were joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.
- (12) Antonio Lindbäck
- (13) Bjarne Pedersen
- (14) Peter Ljung
Nominations
The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2011 season.
- (9) Fredrik Lindgren
- (10) Nicki Pedersen
(11) Chris Harris- (15) Hans Andersen
Qualified Substitutes
(19) Martin Vaculík- (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak
- (21) Leon Madsen
- (22) Sebastian Ułamek
- (23) Krzysztof Buczkowski
(24) Joonas Kylmäkorpi
Calendar
| Round | Date | City and venue | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd placed | 4th placed | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 31 |  Auckland , New Zealand Western Springs Stadium | Greg Hancock |  Jarosław Hampel | Nicki Pedersen | Jason Crump | results |
| 2 | April 28 | Leszno , Poland Smoczyk Stadium | Chris Holder | Tomasz Gollob | Jarosław Hampel |  Andreas Jonsson | results |
| 3 | May 12 |  Prague , Czech Republic Markéta Stadium | Nicki Pedersen | Jason Crump | Tomasz Gollob | Greg Hancock | results |
| 4 | May 26 | Gothenburg , Sweden Ullevi | Fredrik Lindgren | Greg Hancock | Chris Holder | Thomas H. Jonasson | results |
| 5 | June 9 | Copenhagen , Denmark Parken Stadium | Jason Crump | Fredrik Lindgren | Greg Hancock |  Chris Harris | results |
| 6 | June 23 | Gorzów Wlkp. , Poland Jancarz Stadium |  Martin Vaculík | Chris Holder | Bartosz Zmarzlik | Tomasz Gollob | results |
| 7 | July 28 |  Donji Kraljevec , Croatia Stadium Milenium | Nicki Pedersen | Andreas Jonsson | Tomasz Gollob | Jurica Pavlic | results |
| 8 | August 11 |  Terenzano , Italy Pista Olimpia | Antonio Lindbäck |  Emil Sayfutdinov | Greg Hancock | Martin Vaculík | results |
| 9 | August 25 | Cardiff , Great Britain Millennium Stadium | Chris Holder | Krzysztof Kasprzak | Antonio Lindbäck | Fredrik Lindgren | results |
| 10 | September 8 | Målilla , Sweden G&B Stadium | Tomasz Gollob | Chris Holder | Antonio Lindbäck | Nicki Pedersen | results |
| 11 | September 22 | Vojens , Denmark Speedway Center | Michael Jepsen Jensen | Nicki Pedersen | Emil Sayfutdinov | Jason Crump | results |
| 12 | October 6 | Toruń , Poland MotoArena Toruń | Antonio Lindbäck | Tomasz Gollob | Greg Hancock | Chris Holder | results |
Classification
| Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series |
| Full-time Grand Prix rider |
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | NZL | EUR | CZE | SWE | DEN | POL | CRO | ITA | GBR | SCA | NOR | PL2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | (8) Chris Holder | 160 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 15 |
 | (10) Nicki Pedersen | 152 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 9 |
 | (1) Greg Hancock | 148 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 13 |
| 4 | (5) Tomasz Gollob | 142 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | (6) Emil Sayfutdinov | 133 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 11 |
| 6 | (4) Jason Crump | 126 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 5 |
| 7 | (12) Antonio Lindbäck | 122 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 19 |
| 8 | (9) Fredrik Lindgren | 119 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | (2) Andreas Jonsson | 88 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 10 | (15) Hans N. Andersen | 69 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 11 | (19) Martin Vaculík | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 6 | – | 12 |
| 12 | (11) Chris Harris | 65 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | (13) Bjarne Pedersen | 59 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| 14 | (3) Jarosław Hampel | 58 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | (14) Peter Ljung | 57 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| 16 | (7) Kenneth Bjerre | 41 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen | 22 | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | – |
| 18 | (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | 4 | – |
| 19 | (16) Thomas H. Jonasson | 16 | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – |
| 20 | (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | (16) Jurica Pavlic | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | (16) Josef Franc | 9 | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | (16) Maciej Janowski | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| 24 | (16) Scott Nicholls | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – |
| 25 | (16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki | 7 | – | 7 | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | (17)(18) Mikkel B. Jensen | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – |
| 27 | (16) Nicolas Covatti | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | (17) Peter Kildemand | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 29 | (16) Jason Bunyan | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | (17) Václav Milík, Jr. | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | (17) Dino Kovacic | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | (17) Kim Nilsson | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – |
| 33 | (17)(18) Linus Sundström | 0 | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – |
Rider(s) not classified | ||||||||||||||
| (17) Grant Tregoning | — | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (18) Sean Mason | — | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (17) Tobiasz Musielak | — | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. | — | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (18) Matěj Kůs | — | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (18) Simon Gustafsson | — | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (18) Samo Kukovica | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (17) Michele Paco Castagna | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | |
| (18) Nicolas Vicentin | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | |
| (17) Ben Barker | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | |
| (18) Josh Auty | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | |
| (18) Nicklas Porsing | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | |
| (17) Emil Pulczynski | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | |
| (18) Kamil Pulczynski | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | NZL | EUR | CZE | SWE | DEN | POL | CRO | ITA | GBR | SCA | NOR | PL2 |
See also
- 2012 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
References
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External links
- SpeedwayWorld.tv - SGP news
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