2012 Speedway Grand Prix

2012 Speedway Grand Prix
2012 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates	March 31 — October 6
Events	12
Cities	12
Countries	8
Riders	15 permanents ; 1 wild card(s); 2 track reserves
Heats	276 (in 12 events)
Winners
Champion	AUS Chris Holder
Runner-up	DEN Nicki Pedersen
3rd place	USA Greg Hancock
	← 2011 ; Speedway Grand Prix ; 2013 → ;

Last updated January 29, 2023

The 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 67th edition of the official World Championship^[1]^[2] and the 18th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the twelfth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. The series began on 31 March in Auckland and finish on 6 October in Torun.^[3]

Qualification

For the 2012 season there will be 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.

2011 Grand Prix

The top eight riders from the 2011 championship qualified as of right:

Grand Prix Challenge

The top eight riders from the 2011 championship were joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.

Nominations

The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2011 season.

Qualified Substitutes

Calendar

Round	Date	City and venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd placed	4th placed	Results
1	March 31	Auckland , New Zealand Western Springs Stadium	Greg Hancock	Jarosław Hampel	Nicki Pedersen	Jason Crump	results
2	April 28	Leszno , Poland Smoczyk Stadium	Chris Holder	Tomasz Gollob	Jarosław Hampel	Andreas Jonsson	results
3	May 12	Prague , Czech Republic Markéta Stadium	Nicki Pedersen	Jason Crump	Tomasz Gollob	Greg Hancock	results
4	May 26	Gothenburg , Sweden Ullevi	Fredrik Lindgren	Greg Hancock	Chris Holder	Thomas H. Jonasson	results
5	June 9	Copenhagen , Denmark Parken Stadium	Jason Crump	Fredrik Lindgren	Greg Hancock	Chris Harris	results
6	June 23	Gorzów Wlkp. , Poland Jancarz Stadium	Martin Vaculík	Chris Holder	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Tomasz Gollob	results
7	July 28	Donji Kraljevec , Croatia Stadium Milenium	Nicki Pedersen	Andreas Jonsson	Tomasz Gollob	Jurica Pavlic	results
8	August 11	Terenzano , Italy Pista Olimpia Terenzano	Antonio Lindbäck	Emil Sayfutdinov	Greg Hancock	Martin Vaculík	results
9	August 25	Cardiff , Great Britain Millennium Stadium	Chris Holder	Krzysztof Kasprzak	Antonio Lindbäck	Fredrik Lindgren	results
10	September 8	Målilla , Sweden G&B Stadium	Tomasz Gollob	Chris Holder	Antonio Lindbäck	Nicki Pedersen	results
11	September 22	Vojens , Denmark Speedway Center	Michael Jepsen Jensen	Nicki Pedersen	Emil Sayfutdinov	Jason Crump	results
12	October 6	Toruń , Poland MotoArena Toruń	Antonio Lindbäck	Tomasz Gollob	Greg Hancock	Chris Holder	results

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
	(8) Chris Holder	160	4	19	12	17	9	17	6	10	23	17	11	15
	(10) Nicki Pedersen	152	13	10	19	14	9	7	19	10	11	11	20	9
	(1) Greg Hancock	148	22	9	12	15	17	12	10	14	7	8	9	13
4	(5) Tomasz Gollob	142	15	16	12	6	3	12	13	6	10	21	7	21
5	(6) Emil Sayfutdinov	133	8	7	10	12	11	10	7	19	12	11	15	11
6	(4) Jason Crump	126	12	12	20	11	18	5	9	10	6	8	10	5
7	(12) Antonio Lindbäck	122	13	4	9	5	3	6	6	16	12	18	11	19
8	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	119	8	8	6	15	15	11	9	5	12	11	11	8
9	(2) Andreas Jonsson	88	4	13	3	10	8	9	15	8	6	1	7	4
10	(15) Hans N. Andersen	69	6	5	6	3	4	7	8	4	10	5	6	5
11	(19) Martin Vaculík	67	–	–	–	–	–	20	8	14	7	6	–	12
12	(11) Chris Harris	65	5	3	6	3	10	1	10	8	6	5	2	6
13	(13) Bjarne Pedersen	59	7	2	6	4	10	4	5	3	2	6	7	3
14	(3) Jarosław Hampel	58	18	15	6	7	0	–	–	–	–	6	3	3
15	(14) Peter Ljung	57	4	6	5	6	8	7	0	8	0	5	6	2
16	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	41	4	8	3	5	5	3	7	6	–	–	–	–
17	(16) Michael Jepsen Jensen	22	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	15	–
18	(20) Krzysztof Kasprzak	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	4	–
19	(16) Thomas H. Jonasson	16	–	–	–	11	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–
20	(16) Bartosz Zmarzlik	13	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	–	–	–	–	–
21	(16) Jurica Pavlic	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	–	–	–
22	(16) Josef Franc	9	–	–	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
23	(16) Maciej Janowski	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8
24	(16) Scott Nicholls	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–
25	(16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki	7	–	7	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–
26	(17)(18) Mikkel B. Jensen	4	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–
27	(16) Nicolas Covatti	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
28	(17) Peter Kildemand	2	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
29	(16) Jason Bunyan	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30	(17) Václav Milík, Jr.	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
31	(17) Dino Kovacic	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–
32	(17) Kim Nilsson	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
33	(17)(18) Linus Sundström	0	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	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	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Simon Gustafsson	—	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Samo Kukovica	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–
	(17) Michele Paco Castagna	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–
	(18) Nicolas Vicentin	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–
	(17) Ben Barker	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–
	(18) Josh Auty	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–
	(18) Nicklas Porsing	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–
	(17) Emil Pulczynski	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns
	(18) Kamil Pulczynski	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns
Pos.	Rider	Points	NZL	EUR	CZE	SWE	DEN	POL	CRO	ITA	GBR	SCA	NOR	PL2

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References

↑ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
↑ "SGP CALENDAR AND LINE-UP 2012". speedwayworld.tv. 2011-10-12. Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2011-10-12.

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[1] "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[2] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[3] "SGP CALENDAR AND LINE-UP 2012". speedwayworld.tv. 2011-10-12. Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2011-10-12.

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