2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

The 2012 FIM Swedish Speedway Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 26 at the Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.[1][2][3]

2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
2012 FIM Swedish SGP
Information
Date26 May 2012
City Gothenburg
Event4 of 12 (148)
Referee Craig Ackroyd
Jury President Armando Castagna
Stadium details
StadiumUllevi
Capacity43,000
Length404 m (442 yd)
Tracktemporary (athletics)
SGP Results
Attendance11,000
Best Time Antonio Lindbäck
67,1 secs (in Heat 2)
Winner Fredrik Lindgren
Runner-up Greg Hancock
3rd place Greg Hancock

The Grand Prix was won by Fredrik Lindgren who beat Greg Hancock, Chris Holder and wild card Thomas H. Jonasson. It was the first SGP won by Lidngren.[4][5]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Thomas H. Jonasson as Wild Card, and Linus Sundström and Simon Gustafsson both as Track Reserves.[6] The Draw was made on May 25.[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 6 (9) Fredrik Lindgren 15 1 1 3 0 2 7 8 2 3
2 12 (1) Greg Hancock 15 0 1 3 1 3 8 7 3 2
3 16 (8) Chris Holder 17 2 2 2 3 3 12 2 3 1
4 2 (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 11 2 2 2 2 1 9 6 2 0
5 4 (10) Nicki Pedersen 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 X
6 10 (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 12 3 3 2 1 2 11 3 1
7 14 (4) Jason Crump 11 3 0 2 2 3 10 4 1
8 11 (2) Andreas Jonsson 10 2 3 1 3 1 10 5 0
9 5 (3) Jarosław Hampel 7 2 2 1 2 0 7 9
10 3 (14) Peter Ljung 6 1 2 3 0 0 6 10
11 7 (5) Tomasz Gollob 6 0 F 1 3 2 6 11
12 8 (12) Antonio Lindbäck 6 3 0 1 1 1 6 12
13 9 (7) Kenneth Bjerre 5 1 3 0 1 0 5 13
14 15 (13) Bjarne Pedersen 4 1 1 0 2 0 4 14
15 1 (11) Chris Harris 3 0 0 R 0 3 3 15
16 13 (15) Hans N. Andersen 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 16
17 17 (17) Linus Sundström - - 17
18 18 (18) Simon Gustafsson - - 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. (67,2) N. Pedersen, Jonasson, Ljung, Harris
  2. (67,1) Lindbäck, Hampel, Lindgren, Gollob
  3. (67,3) Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Bjerre, Hancock
  4. (67,4) Crump, Holder, B. Pedersen, Andersen
  5. (68,2) Bjerre, Hampel, Andersen, Harris
  6. (68,5) Sayfutdinov, Jonasson, Lindgren, Crump
  7. (68,7) Jonsson, Ljung, B. Pedersen, Gollob (F)
  8. (67,4) N. Pedersen, Holder, Hancock, Lindbäck
  9. (68,3) Lindgren, Holder, Jonsson, Harris (R)
  10. (68,9) Hancock, Jonasson, Hampel, B. Pedersen
  11. (69,7) Ljung, Crump, Lindbäck, Bjerre
  12. (68,3) N. Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Gollob, Andersen
  13. (69,2) Gollob, Crump, Hancock, Harris
  14. (69,2) Jonsson, Jonasson, Andersen, Lindbäck
  15. (68,6) Holder, Hampel, Sayfutdinov, Ljung
  16. (69,1) N. Pedersen, B. Pedersen, Bjerre, Lindgren
  17. (69,0) Harris, Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, B. Pedersen
  18. (67,7) Holder, Gollob, Jonasson, Bjerre
  19. (68,8) Hancock, Lindgren, Andersen, Ljung
  20. (68,3) Crump, N. Pedersen, Jonsson, Hampel
    Semifinals
  21. (69,4)21. Hancock, Jonasson, Crump, N. Pedersen (X)
  22. (69,1)22. Holder, Lindgren, Sayfutdinov, Jonsson
    the Final
  23. (69,1)23. Lindgren, Hancock, Holder, Jonasson

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 (1) Greg Hancock 58 2291215        
2 (10) Nicki Pedersen 56 13101914        
3 (4) Jason Crump 55 12122011        
4 (8) Chris Holder 52 4191217        
5 (5) Tomasz Gollob 49 1516126        
6 (3) Jarosław Hampel 46 181567        
7 (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 37 871012        
8 (9) Fredrik Lindgren 37 88615        
9 (12) Antonio Lindbäck 31 13495        
10 (2) Andreas Jonsson 30 413310        
11 (14) Peter Ljung 21 4656        
12 (7) Kenneth Bjerre 20 4835        
13 (15) Hans N. Andersen 20 6563        
14 (13) Bjarne Pedersen 19 7264        
15 (11) Chris Harris 17 5363        
16 (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 11 11        
17 (16) Josef Franc 9 9        
18 (16) Przemysław Pawlicki 7 7        
19 (16) Jason Bunyan 1 1        
20 (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        
(17) Linus Sundström ns        
(18) Simon Gustafsson 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. "FIM Swedish Speedway GP". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
  3. Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 28-29 ISSN 1429-3285
  4. "Lista startowa Grand Prix Szwecji" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
  5. Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 59 ISSN 1429-3285
  6. "Dzika karta dla Jonassona" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
  7. "Lista startowa Grand Prix Szwecji" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.

See also

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