2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic 2012 FIM Mitas Czech Republic Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	12 May 2012
City	Prague
Event	3 of 12 (147)
Referee	Wojciech Grodzki
Jury President	Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium	Markéta Stadium
Capacity	10,000
Length	353 m
Track	speedway
SGP Results
Attendance	7,000
Best Time	Tomasz Gollob 64,14 secs (in Heat 2)
Winner	Nicki Pedersen
Runner-up	Jason Crump
3rd place	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	(10) Nicki Pedersen	19				0		2					2		3							3	10	3		3	3
2	3	(4) Jason Crump	20	2						3				3				2				3		13	1	3		2
3	5	(5) Tomasz Gollob	12		3			2					3					0					0	8	8		2	1
4	10	(1) Greg Hancock	12			3			1						2			1		3				10	4	2		0
5	6	(8) Chris Holder	12		1				3			3							3			1		11	2		1
6	1	(6) Emil Sayfutdinov	10	3				3				2				1				1				10	5		0
7	16	(16) Josef Franc	9				3				0	0						3			3			9	6	0
8	4	(12) Antonio Lindbäck	9	0							3				3				0				2	8	7	1
9	8	(15) Hans N. Andersen	6		0						2			1			3			0				6	9
10	7	(3) Jarosław Hampel	6		2					0					0	2					2			6	10
11	12	(13) Bjarne Pedersen	6			1					1		2			0						2		6	11
12	15	(11) Chris Harris	6				1			2			0						1	2				6	12
13	11	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	6			2				1		1					1						1	6	13
14	13	(14) Peter Ljung	5				2	0							1		2					0		5	14
15	9	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	3			M/-		1						0					2		0			3	15
16	2	(2) Andreas Jonsson	3	1					0				1				R				1			3	16
17	17	(17) Václav Milík, Jr.	0			0																		0	17
18	18	(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	EUR	CZE	SWE	DEN	POL	CRO	ITA	GBR	SCA	NOR	PL2
1	(4) Jason Crump	44	12	12	20
2	(1) Greg Hancock	43	22	9	12
3	(5) Tomasz Gollob	43	15	16	12
4	(10) Nicki Pedersen	42	13	10	19
5	(3) Jarosław Hampel	39	18	15	6
6	(8) Chris Holder	35	4	19	12
7	(12) Antonio Lindbäck	26	13	4	9
8	(6) Emil Sayfutdinov	25	8	7	10
9	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	22	8	8	6
10	(2) Andreas Jonsson	20	4	13	3
11	(15) Hans N. Andersen	17	6	5	6
12	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	15	4	8	3
13	(13) Bjarne Pedersen	15	7	2	6
14	(14) Peter Ljung	15	4	6	5
15	(11) Chris Harris	14	5	3	6
16	(16) Josef Franc	9	–	–	9
17	(16) Przemysław Pawlicki	7	–	7	–
18	(16) Jason Bunyan	1	1	–	–
19	(17) Václav Milík, Jr.	0	–	–	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
Pos.	Rider	Points	NZL	EUR	CZE	SWE	DEN	POL	CRO	ITA	GBR	SCA	NOR	PL2

References

1. "FIM Track Racing Commission 2012 Calendars (Mar 16)" (PDF). fim-live.com. 16 Mar 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

• motorcycle speedway