2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Croatia

The 2012 FIM Fogo Croatian Speedway Grand Prix was the seventh race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on July 28 at the Stadium Milenium in Donji Kraljevec, Croatia.[1][2][3]

2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Croatia
2012 FIM Fogo Croatian SGP
Information
Date28 July 2012
City Donji Kraljevec (Goričan)
Event7 of 12 (151)
Referee Jim Lawrence
Jury President Armando Castagna
Stadium details
StadiumStadium Milenium
Capacity7,500
Length305 m (334 yd)
Trackspeedway
SGP Results
Attendance5,500
Best Time Greg Hancock
59,50 secs (in Heat 1)
Winner Nicki Pedersen
Runner-up Andreas Jonsson
3rd place Andreas Jonsson

The Grand Prix was won by Nicki Pedersen who beat Andreas Jonsson, Tomasz Gollob and wild card Jurica Pavlic.[4][5]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Bartosz Zmarzlik as Wild Card, and Piotr and Przemysław Pawlicki both as Track Reserves.[6] Injured Jarosław Hampel was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík.[7] The draw was made on July 27.[8]

(3) Jarosław Hampel → (19) Martin Vaculík

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 3 2 2 3 1 11 1 2 3
2 12 (2) Andreas Jonsson 15 3 3 3 0 0 9 2 2 2
3 16 (5) Tomasz Gollob 13 1 0 1 3 3 8 8 3 1
4 8 (16) Jurica Pavlic 12 1 2 3 2 1 9 7 3 0
5 6 (11) Chris Harris 10 0 3 3 2 1 9 4 1
6 1 (1) Greg Hancock 10 3 2 0 1 3 9 5 1
7 7 (4) Jason Crump 9 3 1 3 2 0 9 3 0
8 2 (9) Fredrik Lindgren 9 2 1 2 3 1 9 6 X
9 13 (19) Martin Vaculík 8 0 3 2 1 2 8 9
10 9 (15) Hans N. Andersen 8 2 1 0 3 2 8 10
11 4 (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 7 1 1 1 1 3 7 11
12 15 (7) Kenneth Bjerre 7 2 2 1 0 2 7 12
13 3 (12) Antonio Lindbäck 6 0 0 1 2 3 6 13
14 11 (8) Chris Holder 6 1 3 2 Fx - 6 14
15 5 (13) Bjarne Pedersen 5 2 0 0 1 2 5 15
16 10 (14) Peter Ljung 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
17 17 (17) Dino Kovacic 0 0 0 17
18 18 (18) Samo Kukovica - - 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. (59,50) Hancock, Lindgren, Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck
  2. (60,17) Crump, B.Pedersen, Pavlic, Harris
  3. (60,01) Jonsson, Andersen, Holder, Ljung
  4. (60,23) N.Pedersen, Bjerre, Gollob, Vaculík
  5. (60,70) Vaculík, Hancock, Andersen, B.Pedersen
  6. (60,14) Harris, N.Pedersen, Lindgren, Ljung
  7. (60,03) Holder, Bjerre, Crump, Lindbäck
  8. (61,04) Jonsson, Pavlic, Sayfutdinov, Gollob
  9. (61,14) Harris, Holder, Gollob, Hancock
  10. (61,32) Jonsson, Lindgren, Bjerre, B.Pedersen
  11. (61,20) Pavlic, N.Pedersen, Lindbäck, Andersen
  12. (61,21) Crump, Vaculík, Sayfutdinov, Ljung
  13. (61,36) N.Pedersen, Crump, Hancock, Jonsson
  14. (61,53) Lindgren, Pavlic, Vaculík, Holder (Fx)
  15. (61,75) Gollob, Lindbäck, B.Pedersen, Ljung
  16. (61,64) Andersen, Harris, Sayfutdinov, Bjerre
  17. (61,85) Hancock, Bjerre, Pavlic, Ljung
  18. (62,34) Gollob, Andersen, Lindgren, Crump
  19. (61,68) Lindbäck, Vaculík, Harris, Jonsson
  20. (61,73) Sayfutdinov, B.Pedersen, N.Pedersen, Kovacic
    Semifinals
  21. (61,86) Pavlic, N.Pedersen, Harris, Lindgren (X)
  22. (61,98) Gollob, Jonsson, Hancock, Crump
    the Final
  23. (62,18) N.Pedersen, Jonsson, Gollob, Pavlic

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 97 2291215171210     
2 (10) Nicki Pedersen 91 131019149719     
3 (4) Jason Crump 87 121220111859     
4 (8) Chris Holder 84 41912179176     
5 (5) Tomasz Gollob 77 151612631213     
6 (9) Fredrik Lindgren 72 8861515119     
7 (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 65 87101211107     
8 (2) Andreas Jonsson 62 4133108915     
9 (3) Jarosław Hampel 46 181567ns     
10 (12) Antonio Lindbäck 46 13495366     
11 (15) Hans N. Andersen 39 6563478     
12 (11) Chris Harris 38 536310110     
13 (13) Bjarne Pedersen 38 72641045     
14 (14) Peter Ljung 36 4656870     
15 (7) Kenneth Bjerre 35 4835537     
16 (19) Martin Vaculík 28 208     
17 (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik 13 13     
18 (16) Jurica Pavlic 12 12     
19 (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 11 11     
20 (16) Josef Franc 9 9     
21 (16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki 7 7ns     
22 (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 7 7     
23 (18) Mikkel B. Jensen 4 4     
24 (17) Peter Kildemand 2 2     
25 (16) Jason Bunyan 1 1     
26 (17) Václav Milík, Jr. 0 0     
27 (17) Dino Kovacic 0 0     
Rider(s) not classified
(17) Grant Tregoning ns     
(18) Sean Mason ns     
(17) Tobiasz Musielak ns     
(17)(18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. nsns     
(18) Matěj Kůs ns     
(17) Linus Sundström ns     
(18) Simon Gustafsson ns     
(18) Samo Kukovica 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
  2. "FIM Croatian Speedway Grand Prix". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
  3. Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 34-35 ISSN 1429-3285
  4. "Odrodzenie Golloba! Polak na podium w Gorican!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 28 Jul 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
  5. Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 60 ISSN 1429-3285
  6. "Pavlic pojedzie w Grand Prix Chorwacji" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 15 Jul 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
  7. "Vaculik wystąpi w Gorican" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 18 Jul 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
  8. "Lista startowa Grand Prix Chorwacji" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 27 Jul 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.

See also

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