United Kingdom 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
2012 FIM Fogo British SGP
Information
Date25 August 2012
CityUnited Kingdom Wales Cardiff
Event9 of 12 (153)
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Jury PresidentFinland Ilkka Teromaa
Stadium details
StadiumMillennium Stadium
Capacity62,500
Length277 m (303 yd)
Tracktemporary (rugby, football/soccer)
SGP Results
Attendance38,000
Best TimeDenmark Nicki Pedersen
54,3 secs (in Heat 2)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Chris Holder
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upPoland Krzysztof Kasprzak
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeSweden Krzysztof Kasprzak

The 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, also known as the 2012 FIM Fogo British Speedway Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, was the ninth race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 25 August at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.[1][2][3]

The Grand Prix was won by Chris Holder who beat Krzysztof Kasprzak, Antonio Lindbäck and Fredrik Lindgren in the final.[4][5] 1950 and 1953 World Champion Freddie Williams, Wales' only Speedway World Champion, presented the winners trophy to Holder.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Scott Nicholls as Wild Card, and Ben Barker and Craig Cook both as Track Reserves.[6] Injured Craig Cook (carpus broken) was replaced by Josh Auty.[7] Injured Jarosław Hampel and Kenneth Bjerre was replaced by first and second Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík and Krzysztof Kasprzak.[8] The draw was made on 24 August.[9]

(3) Poland Jarosław Hampel → (19) Slovakia Martin Vaculík
(7) Denmark Kenneth Bjerre → (20) Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak
(18) United Kingdom Craig Cook → (18) United Kingdom Josh Auty

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 8 Australia (8) Chris Holder 23 2 3 3 3 3 14 1 3 3
2 3 Poland (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak 13 0 3 0 2 2 7 8 2 2
3 2 Sweden (12) Antonio Lindbäck 12 3 0 2 2 1 8 7 2 1
4 16 Sweden (9) Fredrik Lindgren 12 0 1 2 3 3 9 5 3 0
5 4 Russia (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 12 1 2 2 3 3 11 3 1
6 6 Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen 11 3 1 3 1 3 11 2 0
7 14 Denmark (15) Hans N. Andersen 10 3 3 2 2 R 10 4 0
8 7 Poland (5) Tomasz Gollob 10 0 1 3 3 2 9 6 1
9 11 Slovakia (19) Martin Vaculík 7 3 2 0 0 2 7 9
10 1 United States (1) Greg Hancock 7 2 3 1 1 R 7 10
11 13 United Kingdom (16) Scott Nicholls 7 2 2 1 1 1 7 11
12 5 Sweden (2) Andreas Jonsson 6 1 1 3 0 1 6 12
13 15 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 6 1 0 1 2 2 6 13
14 10 Australia (4) Jason Crump 6 2 2 X 1 1 6 14
15 9 Denmark (13) Bjarne Pedersen 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 15
16 12 Sweden (14) Peter Ljung 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
17 17 United Kingdom (17) Ben Barker - - 17
18 18 United Kingdom (18) Josh Auty - - 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. (55,2) Lindbäck, Hancock, Sayfutdinov, Kasprzak
  2. (54,3) N.Pedersen, Holder, Jonsson, Gollob
  3. (54,6) Vaculík, Crump, B.Pedersen, Ljung
  4. (55,3) Andersen, Nicholls, Harris, Lindgren
  5. (54,9) Hancock, Nicholls, Jonsson, B.Pedersen
  6. (55,2) Andersen, Crump, N.Pedersen, Lindbäck
  7. (55,6) Kasprzak, Vaculík, Gollob, Harris
  8. (55,9) Holder, Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Ljung
  9. (56,2) N.Pedersen, Lindgren, Hancock, Vaculík
  10. (56,1) Jonsson, Lindbäck, Harris, Ljung
  11. (56,2) Holder, Andersen, B.Pedersen, Kasprzak
  12. (56,3) Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Nicholls, Crump (X)
  13. (55,6) Gollob, Andersen, Hancock, Ljung
  14. (55,3) Holder, Lindbäck, Nicholls, Vaculík
  15. (55,7) Lindgren, Kasprzak, Crump, Jonsson
  16. (55,8) Sayfutdinov, Harris, N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen
  17. (55,5) Holder, Harris, Crump, Hancock (R)
  18. (55,9) Lindgren, Gollob, Lindbäck, B.Pedersen
  19. (56,3) N.Pedersen, Kasprzak, Nicholls, Ljung
  20. (56,2) Sayfutdinov, Vaculík, Jonsson, Andersen (R)
    Semifinals
  21. (55,5) Holder, Lindbäck, Gollob, Andersen
  22. (55,9) Lindgren, Kasprzak, Sayfutdinov, N.Pedersen
    the Final
  23. (55,7) Holder, Kasprzak, Lindbäck, Lindgren

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 United States (1) Greg Hancock 118 2291215171210147   
2 Australia (8) Chris Holder 117 419121791761023   
3 Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen 112 1310191497191011   
4 Australia (4) Jason Crump 103 121220111859106   
5 Russia (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 96 871012111071912   
6 Poland (5) Tomasz Gollob 93 151612631213610   
7 Sweden (9) Fredrik Lindgren 89 8861515119512   
8 Sweden (2) Andreas Jonsson 76 413310891586   
9 Sweden (12) Antonio Lindbäck 74 134953661612   
10 Denmark (15) Hans N. Andersen 53 6563478410   
11 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 52 53631011086   
12 Slovakia (19) Martin Vaculík 49 208147   
13 Poland (3) Jarosław Hampel 46 181567ns   
14 Sweden (14) Peter Ljung 44 465687080   
15 Denmark (13) Bjarne Pedersen 43 7264104532   
16 Denmark (7) Kenneth Bjerre 41 48355376   
17 Poland (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik 13 13   
18 Poland (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak 13 13   
19 Croatia (16) Jurica Pavlic 12 12   
20 Sweden (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 11 11   
21 Czech Republic (16) Josef Franc 9 9   
22 Poland (16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki 7 7ns   
23 Denmark (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 7 7   
24 United Kingdom (16) Scott Nicholls 7 7   
25 Denmark (18) Mikkel B. Jensen 4 4   
26 Italy (16) Nicolas Covatti 3 3   
27 Denmark (17) Peter Kildemand 2 2   
28 United Kingdom (16) Jason Bunyan 1 1   
29 Czech Republic (17) Václav Milík, Jr. 0 0   
30 Croatia (17) Dino Kovacic 0 0   
Rider(s) not classified
New Zealand (17) Grant Tregoning ns   
New Zealand (18) Sean Mason ns   
Poland (17) Tobiasz Musielak ns   
Czech Republic (18) Matěj Kůs ns   
Sweden (17) Linus Sundström ns   
Sweden (18) Simon Gustafsson ns   
Poland (18) Przemysław Pawlicki ns   
Slovenia (18) Samo Kukovica ns   
Italy (17) Michele Paco Castagna ns   
Italy (18) Nicolas Vicentin ns   
United Kingdom (17) Ben Barker ns   
United Kingdom (18) Josh Auty 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 British Speedway GP". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
  3. Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 38-39 ISSN 1429-3285
  4. "Holder najlepszy w Grand Prix Wielkiej Brytanii, drugie miejsce Kasprzaka" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 25 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
  5. Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 61 ISSN 1429-3285
  6. "Barker i Cook rezerwowymi w Cardiff" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 10 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
  7. "Auty w miejsce Cooka w GP Cardiff" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 20 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
  8. "Kasprzak pojedzie w Cardiff!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 24 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
  9. "Lista startowa Grand Prix Wielkiej Brytanii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 24 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.

See also

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