2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

Sweden 2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
2015 Swedish FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date 25 July 2015
City Sweden Målilla
Event 6 of 12
Referee United Kingdom Craig Ackroyd
Stadium details
Stadium G&B Arena
Capacity 15,000
Length 305 m
SGP Results
Winner Denmark Nicki Pedersen
Runner-up United Kingdom Tai Woffinden
3rd place Sweden Antonio Lindbäck

The 2015 Swedish FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the sixth race of the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on July 25 at the G&B Arena in Målilla, Sweden.[1]

Riders

First reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Jarosław Hampel, who had injured himself during the 2015 Speedway World Cup. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Antonio Lindbäck as the wild card, and Linus Sundström and Peter Ljung both as Track Reserves.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Nicki Pedersen, who beat Tai Woffinden, Antonio Lindbäck and Matej Žagar in the final. Woffinden had initially top scored with 13 points during the qualifying rides, however Pedersen outgated his rivals in the final and stayed ahead to claim the top spot on the podium. Despite finishing second, Woffinden maintained his nine-point lead over Pedersen in the race for the world title.[2]

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
16 Denmark (3) Nicki Pedersen 17 2 2 2 3 2 11 4 3 3
4 United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 17 1 3 3 3 3 13 1 2 2
14 Sweden (16) Antonio Lindbäck 14 3 2 0 3 2 10 5 3 1
4 12 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 13 3 1 2 2 3 11 3 2 0
5 8 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 11 3 0 3 2 3 11 2 0
6 1 Australia (23) Chris Holder 10 3 3 1 1 2 10 6 0
7 3 Denmark (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 10 2 2 2 1 2 9 7 1
8 15 United States (45) Greg Hancock 9 1 3 3 0 1 8 8 1
9 10 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 8 2 3 1 2 0 8 9
10 6 Denmark (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 7 0 1 3 2 1 7 10
11 9 Sweden (30) Thomas H. Jonasson 7 1 1 1 1 3 7 11
12 2 United Kingdom (37) Chris Harris 5 0 0 1 3 1 5 12
13 7 Sweden (100) Andreas Jonsson 5 2 1 2 0 0 5 13
14 13 Denmark (19) Peter Kildemand 3 0 2 0 1 0 3 14
15 5 Australia (75) Troy Batchelor 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 15
16 11 Poland (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
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

The intermediate classification

[3]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
FIN
Finland
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
LVA
Latvia
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
PL2
Poland
SVN
Slovenia
SCA
Sweden
POL
Poland
AUS
Australia
United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 80 5 17 18 15 8 17
Denmark (3) Nicki Pedersen 71 3 16 15 9 11 17
United States (45) Greg Hancock 58 5 9 13 12 10 9
4 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 53 8 7 9 10 6 13
5 Denmark (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 53 7 6 8 14 8 10
6 Australia (23) Chris Holder 51 0 7 6 18 10 10
7 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 48 4 11 7 7 8 11
8 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 46 3 2 18 3 12 8
9 Denmark (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 41 5 10 4 8 7 7
10 Sweden (100) Andreas Jonsson 38 3 12 9 2 7 5
11 United Kingdom (37) Chris Harris 32 7 6 5 5 4 5
12 Poland (33) Jarosław Hampel 31 7 11 13
13 Australia (75) Troy Batchelor 30 0 7 6 4 11 2
14 Sweden (30) Thomas H. Jonasson 30 4 4 1 7 7 7
15 Denmark (19) Peter Kildemand 23 12 8 3
16 Poland (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 21 3 10 4 4 0 0
17 Sweden (16) Antonio Lindback 14 14
18 United Kingdom (16) Craig Cook 7 7
19 Poland (16) Tomasz Gollob 4 4
20 Poland (17) Bartosz Zmarzlik 3 3
21 Finland (16) Timo Lahti 3 3
22 Latvia (16) Kjastas Puodzuks 3 3
23 Czech Republic (16) Vaclav Milik 2 2
24 Poland (18) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 1 1
25 United Kingdom (18) Robert Lambert 1 1
26 Finland (17) Nike Lunna 0 0
27 Finland (18) Jiri Nieminen 0 0
28 Czech Republic (17) Matěj Kůs 0 0
29 Czech Republic (18) Josef Franc 0 0
30 United Kingdom (17) Jason Garrity 0 0
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
FIN
Finland
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
LVA
Latvia
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
PL2
Poland
SVN
Slovenia
SCA
Sweden
POL
Poland
AUS
Australia

References

See also

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