2010 Speedway Grand Prix of Croatia

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Flag of Croatia.svg 2010 Speedway Grand Prix of Croatia
2010 FIM Croatian Speedway Grand Prix
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Date29 August 2010
City Flag of Croatia.svg Donji Kraljevec (Goričan)
Event8 of 11 (130)
Referee Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech Grodzki
Jury President Flag of Sweden.svg Christer Bergstrøm
Stadium details
Stadium Stadium Milenium
Capacity8,000
Length305 m (334 yd)
SGP Results
Attendance6,000
Best Time Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Harris
59.54 secs (in Heat 12)
Gold medal icon.svg Winner Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock
Silver medal icon.svg Runner-up Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Harris
Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd place Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Harris

The 2010 FIM Valvoline Croatian Speedway Grand Prix was the eighth race of the 2010 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 29 at the Stadium Milenium in Donji Kraljevec, Croatia. [1]

The 2010 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 16th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 65th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the tenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. The series began on 24 April in Leszno and finished on 9 October in Bydgoszcz.

Donji Kraljevec Municipality in Međimurje, Croatia

Donji Kraljevec is a village and municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia.

Croatia sovereign republic in Southeast Europe

Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the southeast, sharing a maritime border with Italy. Its capital, Zagreb, forms one of the country's primary subdivisions, along with twenty counties. Croatia has an area of 56,594 square kilometres and a population of 4.28 million, most of whom are Roman Catholics.

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It was scheduled to take place on August 28. However, the meeting was delay because the track was deemed unsuitable by the FIM Jury due to adverse weather conditions. The event will be re-staged on the next day at 12pm. [2] It was second Grand Prix meeting which was re-staged at Sunday, after 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany.

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany was the third race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 6 July in the Ellermühle Stadium in Landshut, Germany It was the third Swedish SGP and was won by Danish rider Hans Nielsen. It was the fourth win of his career.

The first-ever Croatian Grand Prix was won by Greg Hancock from the United States, who beat British Chris Harris, World Champion Jason Crump and Fredrik Lindgren of Sweden in the Final. [3] It was his eleventh Grand Prix winning. Hancock also won first-ever British (1995), Czech Republic (1997), Australian (2002) and Latvian (2006) Grands Prix. Croatian Grand Prix was 130th-ever Grand Prix meeting in history. Today winner, Greg Hancock is only rider who started in all 130 events. It was first final in the 2010 season without any Pole.

The 1995 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the six and last race of the 1995 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 30 September in the Hackney Wick Stadium in London, England.

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic was the first race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 17 May in the Marketa Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic It was the first Czech Republic SGP and was won by American rider Greg Hancock. It was the second win of his career.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jurica Pavlic as Wild Card, and Matija Duh and József Tabaka both as Track Reserves. [4] Injured Emil Sayfutdinov will be replaced by second Qualified Substitutes rider Davey Watt. [5] The Draw was made on August 27 at 13:00 CEST by the Deputy-Mayor of Međimurje County. [6]

Međimurje County County in northern Croatia

Međimurje County is a triangle-shaped county in the northernmost part of Croatia, roughly corresponding to the historical and geographical region of Međimurje. Despite being the smallest Croatian county by size, it is the most densely populated one. The county seat is Čakovec, which is also the largest city of the county.

(3) Flag of Russia.svg Emil Sayfutdinov → (20) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Davey Watt

It was the SGP debut for Matija Duh of Slovenia. Duh replaced Holder in Heat 19 and finished 4th scoring 0 points.

Heat details

PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos212223
17 Flag of the United States.svg (4) Greg Hancock 222323313233
210 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (14) Chris Harris 213233314132
314 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (1) Jason Crump 173322313321
41 Flag of Sweden.svg (9) Fredrik Lindgren 11332109420
53 Flag of Poland.svg (2) Tomasz Gollob 1010323951
66 Flag of Poland.svg (13) Jarosław Hampel 800331761
713 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (12) Chris Holder 72113M/-770
85 Flag of Poland.svg (7) Rune Holta 63030068F4
916 Flag of Denmark.svg (8) Kenneth Bjerre 60301269
104 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (15) Tai Woffinden 602022610
1115 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (3) Davey Watt 611202611
1212 Flag of Sweden.svg (5) Andreas Jonsson 6211X2612
139 Flag of Sweden.svg (11) Magnus Zetterström 612111613
1411 Flag of Croatia.svg (16) Jurica Pavlic 502111514
158 Flag of Denmark.svg (6) Nicki Pedersen 410021415
162 Flag of Denmark.svg (10) Hans N. Andersen 321000316
1717 Flag of Slovenia.svg (17) Matija Duh 00017
1818 Flag of Hungary.svg (18) József Tabaka --18
PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos212223

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 – insidegate Bgate Cgate D – outside

Heat after heat

  1. Lindgren, Andersen, Gollob, Woffinden
  2. Holta, Hancock, Pedersen, Hampel
  3. Harris, Jonsson, Zetterstroem, Pavlic
  4. Crump, Holder, Watt, Bjerre
  5. Lindgren, Zetterstroem, Holder, Holta
  6. Crump, Harris, Andersen, Hampel
  7. Hancock, Pavlic, Watt, Gollob
  8. Bjerre, Woffinden, Jonsson, Pedersen
  9. Hampel, Lindgren, Pavlic, Bjerre
  10. Holta, Watt, Jonsson, Andersen
  11. Gollob, Crump, Zetterstroem, Pedersen
  12. Harris, Hancock, Holder, Woffinden
  13. Hancock, Crump, Lindgren, Jonsson (X)
  14. Holder, Pedersen, Pavlic, Andersen
  15. Harris, Gollob, Bjerre, Holta
  16. Hampel, Woffinden, Zetterstroem, Watt
  17. Harris, Watt, Pedersen, Lindgren
  18. Hancock, Bjerre, Zetterstroem, Andersen
  19. Gollob, Jonsson, Hampel, Duh (Holder - M)
  20. Crump, Woffinden, Pavlic, Holta
    Semi-Finals:
  21. Harris, Lindgren, Hampel, Holder
  22. Hancock, Crump, Gollob, Holta (F4)
    The Final:
  23. Hancock, Harris, Crump, Lindgren

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos.RiderPoints EUR
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SWE
Flag of Sweden.svg
CZE
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg
POL
Flag of Poland.svg
GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SCA
Flag of Sweden.svg
CRO
Flag of Croatia.svg
NOR
Flag of Denmark.svg
ITA
Flag of Italy.svg
PL2
Flag of Poland.svg
1 Flag of Poland.svg (2) Tomasz Gollob 117616171524121710   
2 Flag of Poland.svg (13) Jarosław Hampel 11018616201517108   
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (1) Jason Crump 10719771015171517   
4 Flag of Poland.svg (7) Rune Holta 8210676198206   
5 Flag of Denmark.svg (8) Kenneth Bjerre 81102012134796   
6 Flag of the United States.svg (4) Greg Hancock 7541473671222   
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (12) Chris Holder 738117961967   
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (14) Chris Harris 728641356921   
9 Flag of Sweden.svg (9) Fredrik Lindgren 6584786101111   
10 Flag of Denmark.svg (10) Hans N. Andersen 648791391053   
11 Flag of Sweden.svg (5) Andreas Jonsson 6151213133276   
12 Flag of Denmark.svg (6) Nicki Pedersen 55981458704   
13 Flag of Sweden.svg (11) Magnus Zetterström 52491176636   
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (15) Tai Woffinden 3714557636   
15 Flag of Russia.svg (3) Emil Sayfutdinov 3314856   
16 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Janusz Kołodziej 1212   
17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (20) Davey Watt 1266   
18 Flag of Sweden.svg (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 88   
19 Flag of Sweden.svg (16) Antonio Lindbäck 66   
20 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Adrian Miedziński 66   
21 Flag of Croatia.svg (16) Jurica Pavlic 55   
22 Flag of Poland.svg (19) Piotr Protasiewicz 505   
23 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (16) Scott Nicholls 44   
24 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (16) Matěj Kůs 33   
25 Flag of Denmark.svg (16) Leon Madsen 33   
26 Flag of Sweden.svg (18) Ludvig Lindgren 22   
27 Flag of Denmark.svg (17) Nicolai Klindt 11   
28 Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Linus Sundström 11   
29 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (17) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 00   
30 Flag of Poland.svg (17) Artur Mroczka 00   
31 Flag of Slovenia.svg (17) Matija Duh 00   
32 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (18) Zdeněk Simota 00   
Rider(s) not classified
Flag of Poland.svg (17) Damian Baliński ns   
Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Simon Gustafsson ns   
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (17) Ben Barker ns   
Flag of Poland.svg (18) Maciej Janowski nsns   
Flag of Sweden.svg (18) Dennis Andersson ns   
Flag of Denmark.svg (18) Patrick Hougaard ns   
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (18) Daniel King ns   
Flag of Hungary.svg (18) József Tabaka ns   
Pos. RiderPoints EUR
Flag of Poland.svg
SWE
Flag of Sweden.svg
CZE
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg
POL
Flag of Poland.svg
GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SCA
Flag of Sweden.svg
CRO
Flag of Croatia.svg
NOR
Flag of Denmark.svg
ITA
Flag of Italy.svg
PL2
Flag of Poland.svg

See also

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