2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

The 2018 BOLL Warsaw FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the first race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 12 at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland.[1]

2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
2018 BOLL Warsaw FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date12 May 2018
City Warsaw
Event1 of 10
Referee Jesper Steentoft
Stadium details
StadiumStadion Narodowy
Capacity54,000
Length274.2 m (299.9 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner Tai Woffinden
Runner-up Maciej Janowski
3rd place Maciej Janowski

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Krzysztof Kasprzak as the wild card, and Maksym Drabik and Bartosz Smektała both as Track Reserves.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Tai Woffinden, who beat Maciej Janowski, Fredrik Lindgren and Artem Laguta in the final.[2] It was the eighth Grand Prix win of Woffinden's career, taking him level with Leigh Adams in seventh on the all-time list.

Lindgren had initially top scored with 12 points during the qualifying heats, and despite finishing third in the final, he topped the overall standings with 16 points, one ahead of Woffinden.

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
3 (108) Tai Woffinden 15 2 0 2 3 3 10 3 2 3
6 (71) Maciej Janowski 13 1 2 2 3 1 9 7 2 2
11 (66) Fredrik Lindgren 16 2 3 3 1 3 12 1 3 1
4 10 (222) Artem Laguta 13 3 3 3 0 1 10 2 3 0
5 13 (23) Chris Holder 10 2 2 2 3 0 9 6 1
6 7 (692) Patryk Dudek 10 2 2 1 2 3 10 4 0
7 1 (55) Matej Žagar 9 3 0 0 3 3 9 5 0
8 14 (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 9 3 1 3 0 1 8 8 1
9 15 (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 8 0 1 3 2 2 8 9
10 12 (45) Greg Hancock 8 0 3 2 1 2 8 10
11 5 (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 3 3 0 1 0 7 11
12 4 (69) Jason Doyle 5 0 2 0 1 2 5 12
13 16 (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 4 1 0 1 2 0 4 13
14 2 (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 14
15 8 (111) Craig Cook 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 15
16 9 (110) Nicki Pedersen 2 1 1 0 0 2 16
17 17 (17) Maksym Drabik 2 2 17
18 18 (18) Bartosz Smektała 2 2 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

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
CZE
DEN
SWE
GBR
SCA
PL2
SVN
GER
PL3
(66) Fredrik Lindgren 16 16
(108) Tai Woffinden 15 15
(71) Maciej Janowski 13 13
4 (222) Artem Laguta 13 13
5 (23) Chris Holder 10 10
6 (692) Patryk Dudek 10 10
7 (55) Matej Žagar 9 9
8 (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 9 9
9 (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 8 8
10 (45) Greg Hancock 8 8
11 (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 7
12 (69) Jason Doyle 5 5
13 (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 4 4
14 (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 3 3
15 (111) Craig Cook 2 2
16 (110) Nicki Pedersen 2 2
17 (17) Maksym Drabik 2 2
18 (18) Bartosz Smektała 2 2
Pos. Rider Points POL
CZE
DEN
SWE
GBR
SCA
PL2
SVN
GER
PL3

References

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