2012 Speedway Grand Prix
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| 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 | File:Flag of Denmark.svg DEN Nicki Pedersen |
| 3rd place | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Greg Hancock |
The 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 67th edition of the official World Championship[1][2] and the 18th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the 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 Toruń.[3]
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.
Qualification
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]The top eight riders from the 2011 championship qualified as of right:
- United States (1) Greg Hancock
- Sweden (2) Andreas Jonsson
- Poland (3) Jarosław Hampel
- (4) Jason Crump
- Poland (5) Tomasz Gollob
- Russia (6) Emil Sayfutdinov
- Denmark (7) Kenneth Bjerre
- (8) Chris Holder
Grand Prix Challenge
[edit | edit source]The top eight riders from the 2011 championship were joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.
- Sweden (12) Antonio Lindbäck
- Denmark (13) Bjarne Pedersen
- Sweden (14) Peter Ljung
Nominations
[edit | edit source]The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2011 season.
- Sweden (9) Fredrik Lindgren
- Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen
- United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris
- Denmark (15) Hans Andersen
Qualified Substitutes
[edit | edit source]- Slovakia (19) Martin Vaculík
- Poland (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak
- Denmark (21) Leon Madsen
- Poland (22) Sebastian Ułamek
- Poland (23) Krzysztof Buczkowski
- Finland (24) Joonas Kylmäkorpi
Calendar
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Classification
[edit | edit source]| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | (8) Chris Holder
|
160 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 15 |
| Silver | Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen | 152 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 9 |
| Bronze | United States (1) Greg Hancock | 148 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 13 |
| 4 | Poland (5) Tomasz Gollob | 142 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Russia (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 | Sweden (12) Antonio Lindbäck | 122 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 19 |
| 8 | Sweden (9) Fredrik Lindgren | 119 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | Sweden (2) Andreas Jonsson | 88 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 10 | Denmark (15) Hans N. Andersen | 69 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 11 | Slovakia (19) Martin Vaculík | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 6 | – | 12 |
| 12 | United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris | 65 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Denmark (13) Bjarne Pedersen | 59 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| 14 | Poland (3) Jarosław Hampel | 58 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | Sweden (14) Peter Ljung | 57 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| 16 | Denmark (7) Kenneth Bjerre | 41 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Denmark (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen | 22 | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | – |
| 18 | Poland (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | 4 | – |
| 19 | Sweden (16) Thomas H. Jonasson | 16 | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – |
| 20 | Poland (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Croatia (16) Jurica Pavlic | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Czech Republic (16) Josef Franc | 9 | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Poland (16) Maciej Janowski | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| 24 | United Kingdom (16) Scott Nicholls | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – |
| 25 | Poland (16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki | 7 | – | 7 | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | Denmark (17)(18) Mikkel B. Jensen | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – |
| 27 | Italy (16) Nicolas Covatti | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | Denmark (17) Peter Kildemand | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 29 | United Kingdom (16) Jason Bunyan | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Czech Republic (17) Václav Milík, Jr. | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Croatia (17) Dino Kovacic | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | Sweden (17) Kim Nilsson | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – |
| 33 | Sweden (17)(18) Linus Sundström | 0 | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Sweden (18) Simon Gustafsson | — | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Croatia (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 | – | – | – | |
| Denmark (18) Nicklas Porsing | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | |
| Poland (17) Emil Pulczynski | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | |
| Poland (18) Kamil Pulczynski | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 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 |
See also
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