Czech Republic 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
2012 FIM Mitas Czech Republic Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date12 May 2012
CityCzech Republic Prague
Event3 of 12 (147)
RefereePoland Wojciech Grodzki
Jury PresidentGermany Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumMarkéta Stadium
Capacity10,000
Length353 m (386 yd)
Trackspeedway
SGP Results
Attendance7,000
Best TimePoland Tomasz Gollob
64,14 secs (in Heat 2)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerDenmark Nicki Pedersen
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upAustralia Jason Crump
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Tomasz Gollob

The 2012 FIM Mitas Czech Republic Speedway Grand Prix was the third race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 12 at the Markéta Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic.[1][2][3]

The Grand Prix was won by Nicki Pedersen who beat Jason Crump, Tomasz Gollob and Greg Hancock.[4][5] All four riders was (Hancock is) World Champions.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Josef Franc as Wild Card, and Václav Milík, Jr. and Matěj Kůs both as Track Reserves.[6] The Draw was made on May 11.[7]

Heat details

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
1 14 Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen 19 0 2 2 3 3 10 3 3 3
2 3 Australia (4) Jason Crump 20 2 3 3 2 3 13 1 3 2
3 5 Poland (5) Tomasz Gollob 12 3 2 3 0 0 8 8 2 1
4 10 United States (1) Greg Hancock 12 3 1 2 1 3 10 4 2 0
5 6 Australia (8) Chris Holder 12 1 3 3 3 1 11 2 1
6 1 Russia (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 10 3 3 2 1 1 10 5 0
7 16 Czech Republic (16) Josef Franc 9 3 0 0 3 3 9 6 0
8 4 Sweden (12) Antonio Lindbäck 9 0 3 3 0 2 8 7 1
9 8 Denmark (15) Hans N. Andersen 6 0 2 1 3 0 6 9
10 7 Poland (3) Jarosław Hampel 6 2 0 0 2 2 6 10
11 12 Denmark (13) Bjarne Pedersen 6 1 1 2 0 2 6 11
12 15 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 6 1 2 0 1 2 6 12
13 11 Sweden (9) Fredrik Lindgren 6 2 1 1 1 1 6 13
14 13 Sweden (14) Peter Ljung 5 2 0 1 2 0 5 14
15 9 Denmark (7) Kenneth Bjerre 3 M/- 1 0 2 0 3 15
16 2 Sweden (2) Andreas Jonsson 3 1 0 1 R 1 3 16
17 17 Czech Republic (17) Václav Milík, Jr. 0 0 0 17
18 18 Czech Republic (18) Matěj Kůs - - 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

Heat after heat

  1. (64,25) Sayfutdinov, Crump, Jonsson, Lindbäck
  2. (64,14) Gollob, Hampel, Holder, Andersen
  3. (64,65) Hancock, Lindgren, B.Pedersen, Milík (Bjerre M)
  4. (64,28) Franc, Ljung, Harris, N.Pedersen
  5. (64,61) Sayfutdinov, Gollob, Bjerre, Ljung
  6. (64,21) Holder, N.Pedersen, Hancock, Jonsson
  7. (64,60) Crump, Harris, Lindgren, Hampel
  8. (64,84) Lindbäck, Andersen, B.Pedersen, Franc
  9. (65,11) Holder, Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Franc
  10. (65,59) Gollob, B.Pedersen, Jonsson, Harris
  11. (65,72) Crump, N.Pedersen, Andersen, Bjerre
  12. (65,73) Lindbäck, Hancock, Ljung, Hampel
  13. (66,03) N.Pedersen, Hampel, Sayfutdinov, B.Pedersen
  14. (66,70) Andersen, Ljung, Lindgren, Jonsson (R)
  15. (66,03) Franc, Crump, Hancock, Gollob
  16. (65,60) Holder, Bjerre, Harris, Lindbäck
  17. (65,94) Hancock, Harris, Sayfutdinov, Andersen
  18. (66,17) Franc, Hampel, Jonsson, Bjerre
  19. (66,45) Crump, B.Pedersen, Holder, Ljung
  20. (66,21) N.Pedersen, Lindbaeck, Lindbäck, Gollob
    Semifinals
  21. (66,43) Crump, Hancock, Lindbaeck, Franc
  22. (65,92) N.Pedersen, Gollob, Holder, Sayfutdinov
    the Final
  23. (66,50) N.Pedersen, Crump, Gollob, Hancock

The intermediate 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
New Zealand
EUR
Poland
CZE
Czech Republic
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
POL
Poland
CRO
Croatia
ITA
Italy
GBR
United Kingdom
SCA
Sweden
NOR
Denmark
PL2
Poland
1 Australia (4) Jason Crump 44 121220         
2 United States (1) Greg Hancock 43 22912         
3 Poland (5) Tomasz Gollob 43 151612         
4 Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen 42 131019         
5 Poland (3) Jarosław Hampel 39 18156         
6 Australia (8) Chris Holder 35 41912         
7 Sweden (12) Antonio Lindbäck 26 1349         
8 Russia (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 25 8710         
9 Sweden (9) Fredrik Lindgren 22 886         
10 Sweden (2) Andreas Jonsson 20 4133         
11 Denmark (15) Hans N. Andersen 17 656         
12 Denmark (7) Kenneth Bjerre 15 483         
13 Denmark (13) Bjarne Pedersen 15 726         
14 Sweden (14) Peter Ljung 15 465         
15 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 14 536         
16 Czech Republic (16) Josef Franc 9 9         
17 Poland (16) Przemysław Pawlicki 7 7         
18 United Kingdom (16) Jason Bunyan 1 1         
19 Czech Republic (17) Václav Milík, Jr. 0 0         
Rider(s) not classified
New Zealand (17) Grant Tregoning ns         
New Zealand (18) Sean Mason ns         
Poland (17) Tobiasz Musielak ns         
Poland (18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. ns         
Czech Republic (18) Matěj Kůs ns         
Pos. Rider Points NZL
New Zealand
EUR
Poland
CZE
Czech Republic
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
POL
Poland
CRO
Croatia
ITA
Italy
GBR
United Kingdom
SCA
Sweden
NOR
Denmark
PL2
Poland

References

  1. "FIM Track Racing Commission 2012 Calendars (Mar 16)" (PDF). fim-live.com. 16 Mar 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
  2. "FIM Mitas Czech Republic Speedway Grand Prix". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
  3. Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 26-27 ISSN 1429-3285
  4. "Grand Prix Czech łupem Nickiego Pedersena!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
  5. Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 59 ISSN 1429-3285
  6. "Franc gets Prague date". speedwayGP.com. 24 Apr 2012. Retrieved 26 Apr 2012.
  7. "Lista startowa Grand Prix Czech, rewanż za finał w Lesznie już w drugim biegu" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.

See also

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