2017 Speedway Grand Prix
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| 2017 Speedway Grand Prix | |
|---|---|
| Season details | |
| Dates | April 29 — October 28 |
| Events | 12 |
| Cities | 12 |
| Countries | 9 |
| Riders | 15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves |
| Heats | 276 (in 12 events) |
| Winners | |
| Champion | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Jason Doyle |
| Runner-up | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL Patryk Dudek |
| 3rd place |  GBR Tai Woffinden |
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The 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 23rd season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 72nd FIM Speedway World Championship.[1][2] It was seventeenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company.
The world title was won by Jason Doyle, who finished ahead of debutant Patryk Dudek and former two-time champion Tai Woffinden. It was the first title of Doyle's career, and the first time an Australian had lifted the trophy since Chris Holder in 2012. Defending champion Greg Hancock was unable to complete the season after suffering an injury, competing in only six of the 12 rounds.
Qualification
[edit | edit source]For the 2017 season there were 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.
The top eight riders from the 2016 championship qualified automatically. Those riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.
The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2016 season.[3]
Qualified riders
[edit | edit source]| # | Riders | 2016 place | GP Ch place | Appearance | Previous appearances in series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | United States Greg Hancock | 1 | — | 23rd | 1995–2016 |
| 108 | Tai Woffinden |
2 | — | 6th | 2010, 2011, 2013–2016 |
| 95 | Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik | 3 | — | 2nd | 2012–2015, 2016 |
| 23 | Australia Chris Holder | 4 | — | 8th | 2010–2016 |
| 69 | Australia Jason Doyle | 5 | — | 3rd | 2015–2016 |
| 777 | Poland Piotr Pawlicki Jr. | 6 | 9 | 2nd | 2015, 2016 |
| 85 | Sweden Antonio Lindbäck | 7 | — | 8th | 2004, 2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2011–2013, 2015, 2016 |
| 88 | Denmark Niels Kristian Iversen | 8 | — | 7th | 2004–2005, 2006, 2008, 2009–2010, 2013–2016 |
| 55 | Slovenia Matej Žagar | 9 | — | 7th | 2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–2016 |
| 71 | Poland Maciej Janowski | 10 | — | 3rd | 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2016 |
| 66 | Sweden Fredrik Lindgren | 11 | 3 | 8th | 2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016 |
| 12 | Denmark Nicki Pedersen | 13 | — | 17th | 2000, 2001–2016 |
| 692 | Poland Patryk Dudek | 17 | 1 | 1st | 2016 |
| 54 | Slovakia Martin Vaculík | — | 2 | 2nd | 2012, 2013 |
| 89 | Russia Emil Sayfutdinov | — | — | 6th | 2009–2013 |
Qualified substitutes
[edit | edit source]The following riders were nominated as substitutes:
| # | Riders | 2016 place | GP Ch place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Denmark Peter Kildemand | 12 | — |
| 84 | Germany Martin Smolinski | 17 | 5 |
| 46 | Australia Max Fricke | 35 | 10 |
| 225 | Czech Republic Václav Milík Jr. | 25 | 17 |
| 52 | Denmark Michael Jepsen Jensen | 16 | — |
| 29 | Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs | — | — |
Calendar
[edit | edit source]The 2017 season consisted of 12 events, one more than the 2016 series.[4]
Final 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 | SVN Slovenia |
POL Poland |
LAT Latvia |
CZE Czech Republic |
DEN Denmark |
GBR |
SWE Sweden |
PL2 Poland |
GER Germany |
SCA Sweden |
PL3 Poland |
AUS Australia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Australia (69) Jason Doyle (C) | 161 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 19 |
| Silver | Poland (692) Patryk Dudek | 143 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 15 |
| Bronze | (108) Tai Woffinden
|
131 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16 |
| 4 | Poland (71) Maciej Janowski | 122 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 121 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 13 |
| 6 | Russia (89) Emil Sayfutdinov | 117 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar | 107 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 |
| 8 | Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren | 107 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 9 | – | – |
| 9 | Slovakia (54) Martin Vaculík | 99 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | Australia (23) Chris Holder | 85 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 |
| 11 | Poland (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. | 81 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| 12 | Sweden (85) Antonio Lindbäck | 77 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Denmark (25) Peter Kildemand | 61 | – | – | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 4 | – | 10 | 11 | 8 | 6 |
| 14 | United States (45) Greg Hancock | 45 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Denmark (88) Niels Kristian Iversen | 44 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | Czech Republic (225) Václav Milík Jr. | 31 | – | – | – | 13 | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | 11 | – |
| 17 | Germany (84) Martin Smolinski | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 18 | Australia (46) Max Fricke | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 4 | – |
| 19 | Poland (16) Paweł Przedpełski | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – |
| 20 | Latvia (16) Maksims Bogdanovs | 8 | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Denmark (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Denmark (12) Nicki Pedersen | 8 | 3 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Denmark (16) Kenneth Bjerre | 7 | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | Poland (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | Australia (20) Rohan Tungate | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| 26 | Germany (16) Kai Huckenbeck | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| 26 | Sweden (17) Jacob Thorssell | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – |
| 26 | Australia (17) Justin Sedgmen | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 29 | Poland (16) Przemysław Pawlicki | 3 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 29 | Australia (19) Brady Kurtz | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 29 | Australia (18) Davey Watt | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 32 | (16) Craig Cook
|
2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | (18) Josh Bates
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2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | Sweden (16) Linus Sundström | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | Sweden (16) Kim Nilsson | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| 32 | Australia (16) Sam Masters | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 37 | Slovenia (16) Nick Škorja | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 38 | Czech Republic (17) Josef Franc | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 38 | Czech Republic (18) Matěj Kůs | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 38 | (17) Adam Ellis
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0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 38 | Germany (17) Tobias Kroner | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – |
| 38 | Sweden (18) Filip Hjelmland | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – |
| 38 | Poland (17) Bartosz Smektała | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | SVN Slovenia |
POL Poland |
LAT Latvia |
CZE Czech Republic |
DEN Denmark |
GBR |
SWE Sweden |
PL2 Poland |
GER Germany |
SCA Sweden |
PL3 Poland |
AUS Australia |
See also
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