2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe

The 2012 FIM Fogo European Speedway Grand Prix was the second race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 28 April at the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland.[1][2][3][4]

2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe
2012 FIM Fogo European SGP
Information
Date28 April 2012
City Leszno
Event2 of 12 (146)
Referee Jim Lawrence
Jury President Ilkka Teromaa
Stadium details
StadiumAlfred Smoczyk Stadium
Capacity25,000
Length330 m (360 yd)
Trackspeedway
SGP Results
Attendance11,000
Best Time Andreas Jonsson
60.84 secs (in Heat 22)
Winner Chris Holder
Runner-up Tomasz Gollob
3rd place Tomasz Gollob

The last SGP in Leszno was won by Chris Holder who beat Tomasz Gollob, Jarosław Hampel and Andreas Jonsson in the final.[5][6]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Przemysław Pawlicki as Wild Card, and Tobiasz Musielak and Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. both as Track Reserves.[7] The Draw was made on 27 April.[8]

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 (8) Chris Holder 19 0 3 2 2 3 10 4 3 3
2 8 (5) Tomasz Gollob 16 1 0 3 3 3 10 3 2 2
3 6 (3) Jarosław Hampel 15 3 1 2 1 3 10 5 3 1
4 4 (2) Andreas Jonsson 13 1 3 3 3 1 11 1 2 0
5 16 (4) Jason Crump 12 2 2 3 3 1 11 2 1
6 7 (10) Nicki Pedersen 10 2 0 2 3 2 9 6 1
7 2 (1) Greg Hancock 9 3 2 2 2 0 9 7 R3
8 15 (7) Kenneth Bjerre 8 3 1 3 0 1 8 8 0
9 9 (9) Fredrik Lindgren 8 2 1 F3 2 3 8 9
10 11 (16) Przemysław Pawlicki 7 3 3 1 0 0 7 10
11 3 (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 7 2 2 1 0 2 7 11
12 1 (14) Peter Ljung 6 0 3 0 1 2 6 12
13 5 (15) Hans N. Andersen 5 0 2 0 1 2 5 13
14 10 (12) Antonio Lindbäck 4 1 0 1 2 R4 4 14
15 13 (11) Chris Harris 3 1 R4 R 1 1 3 15
16 12 (13) Bjarne Pedersen 2 0 1 1 0 2 16
17 17 (17) Tobiasz Musielak - - 17
18 18 (18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. - - 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. (62.40) Hancock, Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Ljung
  2. (62.54) Hampel, N.Pedersen, Gollob, Andersen
  3. (61.99) Prz.Pawlicki, Lindgren, Lindbäck, B.Pedersen
  4. (62.11) Bjerre, Crump, Harris, Holder
  5. (62.85) Ljung, Andersen, Lindgren, Harris (R4)
  6. (61.50) Holder, Hancock, Hampel, Lindbäck
  7. (61.63) Prz.Pawlicki, Sayfutdinov, Bjerre, N.Pedersen
  8. (61.44) Jonsson, Crump, B.Pedersen, Gollob
  9. (62.50) Crump, Hampel, Prz.Pawlicki, Ljung
  10. (61.84) Bjerre, Hancock, B.Pedersen, Andersen
  11. (62.10) Gollob, Holder, Sayfutdinov, Lindgren (F3)
  12. (60.84) Jonsson, N.Pedersen, Lindbäck, Harris (R4)
  13. (62.95) N.Pedersen, Holder, Ljung, B.Pedersen
  14. (62.60) Gollob, Hancock, Harris, Prz.Pawlicki
  15. (62.27) Crump, Lindbäck, Andersen, Sayfutdinov
  16. (61.66) Jonsson, Lindgren, Hampel, Bjerre
  17. (62.71) Gollob, Ljung, Bjerre, Lindbäck (R4)
  18. (62.25) Lindgren, N.Pedersen, Crump, Hancock
  19. (61.66) Hampel, Sayfutdinov, Harris, B.Pedersen (F4)
  20. (63.10) Holder, Andersen, Jonsson, Prz.Pawlicki
    Semi-finals:
  21. (61.99) Holder, Jonsson, N.Pedersen, Hancock (R3)
  22. (61.41) Hampel, Gollob, Crump, Bjerre
    the Final:
  23. (62.43) Holder (6 points), Gollob (4), Hampel (2), Jonsson (0)

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 (3) Jarosław Hampel 33 1815          
2 (1) Greg Hancock 31 229          
3 (5) Tomasz Gollob 31 1516          
4 (4) Jason Crump 24 1212          
5 (8) Chris Holder 23 419          
6 (10) Nicki Pedersen 23 1310          
7 (2) Andreas Jonsson 17 413          
8 (12) Antonio Lindbäck 17 134          
9 (9) Fredrik Lindgren 16 88          
10 (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 15 87          
11 (7) Kenneth Bjerre 12 48          
12 (15) Hans N. Andersen 11 65          
13 (14) Peter Ljung 10 46          
14 (13) Bjarne Pedersen 9 72          
15 (11) Chris Harris 8 53          
16 (16) Przemysław Pawlicki 7 –7          
17 (16) Jason Bunyan 1 1–          
Rider(s) not classified
(17) Grant Tregoning — ns–          
(18) Sean Mason — ns–          
(17) Tobiasz Musielak — –ns          
(18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. — –ns          
Pos. Rider Points NZL
EUR
CZE
SWE
DEN
POL
CRO
ITA
GBR
SCA
NOR
PL2
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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. "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). pzm.pl. Retrieved 5 Apr 2012.
  3. "FIM Fogo European Speedway Grand Prix". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
  4. Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 24-25 ISSN 1429-3285
  5. "Gdzie dwóch się bije, tam Holder korzysta - relacja z Grand Prix Europy w Lesznie" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 29 Apr 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  6. Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 59 ISSN 1429-3285
  7. "Pawlicki picked for Euro SGP". speedwayGP.com. 13 Apr 2012. Retrieved 26 Apr 2012.
  8. "Lista startowa Grand Prix Europy w Lesznie" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 27 Apr 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

See also
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