2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe

2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe
2012 FIM Fogo European SGP
Information
Date	28 April 2012
City	Leszno
Event	2 of 12 (146)
Referee	Jim Lawrence
Jury President	Ilkka Teromaa
Stadium details
Stadium	Alfred Smoczyk Stadium
Capacity	25,000
Length	330 m (360 yd)
Track	speedway
SGP Results
Attendance	11,000
Best Time	Andreas Jonsson 60.84 secs (in Heat 22)
Winner	Chris Holder
Runner-up	Tomasz Gollob
3rd place	Tomasz Gollob

The 2012 FIM Fogo European Speedway Grand Prix was the second race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 28 April at the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The last SGP in Leszno was won by Chris Holder who beat Tomasz Gollob, Jarosław Hampel and Andreas Jonsson in the final. ^{[5] [6]}

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Przemysław Pawlicki as Wild Card, and Tobiasz Musielak and Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. both as Track Reserves. ^[7] The Draw was made on 27 April. ^[8]

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	(8) Chris Holder	19				0		3					2		2							3	10	4	3		3
2	8	(5) Tomasz Gollob	16		1						0			3			3			3				10	3		2	2
3	6	(3) Jarosław Hampel	15		3				1			2							1			3		10	5		3	1
4	4	(2) Andreas Jonsson	13	1							3				3				3				1	11	1	2		0
5	16	(4) Jason Crump	12				2				2	3						3			1			11	2		1
6	7	(10) Nicki Pedersen	10		2					0					2	3					2			9	6	1
7	2	(1) Greg Hancock	9	3					2				2				2				0			9	7	R3
8	15	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	8				3			1			3						0	1				8	8		0
9	9	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	8			2		1						F3					2		3			8	9
10	11	(16) Przemysław Pawlicki	7			3				3		1					0						0	7	10
11	3	(6) Emil Sayfutdinov	7	2						2				1				0				2		7	11
12	1	(14) Peter Ljung	6	0				3				0				1				2				6	12
13	5	(15) Hans N. Andersen	5		0			2					0					1					2	5	13
14	10	(12) Antonio Lindbäck	4			1			0						1			2		R4				4	14
15	13	(11) Chris Harris	3				1	R4							R		1					1		3	15
16	12	(13) Bjarne Pedersen	2			0					1		1			0								2	16
17	17	(17) Tobiasz Musielak	-																					-	17
18	18	(18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr.	-																					-	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. (62.40) Hancock, Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Ljung
2. (62.54) Hampel, N.Pedersen, Gollob, Andersen
3. (61.99) Prz.Pawlicki, Lindgren, Lindbäck, B.Pedersen
4. (62.11) Bjerre, Crump, Harris, Holder
5. (62.85) Ljung, Andersen, Lindgren, Harris (R4)
6. (61.50) Holder, Hancock, Hampel, Lindbäck
7. (61.63) Prz.Pawlicki, Sayfutdinov, Bjerre, N.Pedersen
8. (61.44) Jonsson, Crump, B.Pedersen, Gollob
9. (62.50) Crump, Hampel, Prz.Pawlicki, Ljung
10. (61.84) Bjerre, Hancock, B.Pedersen, Andersen
11. (62.10) Gollob, Holder, Sayfutdinov, Lindgren (F3)
12. (60.84) Jonsson, N.Pedersen, Lindbäck, Harris (R4)
13. (62.95) N.Pedersen, Holder, Ljung, B.Pedersen
14. (62.60) Gollob, Hancock, Harris, Prz.Pawlicki
15. (62.27) Crump, Lindbäck, Andersen, Sayfutdinov
16. (61.66) Jonsson, Lindgren, Hampel, Bjerre
17. (62.71) Gollob, Ljung, Bjerre, Lindbäck (R4)
18. (62.25) Lindgren, N.Pedersen, Crump, Hancock
19. (61.66) Hampel, Sayfutdinov, Harris, B.Pedersen (F4)
20. (63.10) Holder, Andersen, Jonsson, Prz.Pawlicki

    Semi-finals:

21. (61.99) Holder, Jonsson, N.Pedersen, Hancock (R3)
22. (61.41) Hampel, Gollob, Crump, Bjerre

    the Final:

23. (62.43) Holder (6 points), Gollob (4), Hampel (2), Jonsson (0)

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	(3) Jarosław Hampel	33	18	15
2	(1) Greg Hancock	31	22	9
3	(5) Tomasz Gollob	31	15	16
4	(4) Jason Crump	24	12	12
5	(8) Chris Holder	23	4	19
6	(10) Nicki Pedersen	23	13	10
7	(2) Andreas Jonsson	17	4	13
8	(12) Antonio Lindbäck	17	13	4
9	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	16	8	8
10	(6) Emil Sayfutdinov	15	8	7
11	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	12	4	8
12	(15) Hans N. Andersen	11	6	5
13	(14) Peter Ljung	10	4	6
14	(13) Bjarne Pedersen	9	7	2
15	(11) Chris Harris	8	5	3
16	(16) Przemysław Pawlicki	7	–	7
17	(16) Jason Bunyan	1	1	–
Rider(s) not classified
	(17) Grant Tregoning	—	ns	–
	(18) Sean Mason	—	ns	–
	(17) Tobiasz Musielak	—	–	ns
	(18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr.	—	–	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. "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). pzm.pl. Retrieved 5 Apr 2012.
3. "FIM Fogo European Speedway Grand Prix". speedwaygp.com. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
4. Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 24-25 ISSN   1429-3285
5. "Gdzie dwóch się bije, tam Holder korzysta - relacja z Grand Prix Europy w Lesznie" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 29 Apr 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
6. Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 59 ISSN   1429-3285
7. "Pawlicki picked for Euro SGP". speedwayGP.com. 13 Apr 2012. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved 26 Apr 2012.
8. "Lista startowa Grand Prix Europy w Lesznie" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 27 Apr 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

See also

• motorcycle speedway