2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
2012 FIM Fogo British SGP
Information
Date	25 August 2012
City	Cardiff
Event	9 of 12 (153)
Referee	Krister Gardell
Jury President	Ilkka Teromaa
Stadium details
Stadium	Millennium Stadium
Capacity	62,500
Length	277 m (303 yd)
Track	temporary (rugby, football/soccer)
SGP Results
Attendance	38,000
Best Time	Nicki Pedersen 54,3 secs (in Heat 2)
Winner	Chris Holder
Runner-up	Krzysztof Kasprzak
3rd place	Krzysztof Kasprzak

The 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, also known as the 2012 FIM Fogo British Speedway Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, was the ninth race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 25 August at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The Grand Prix was won by Chris Holder who beat Krzysztof Kasprzak, Antonio Lindbäck and Fredrik Lindgren in the final. ^{[4] [5]} 1950 and 1953 World Champion Freddie Williams, Wales' only Speedway World Champion, presented the winners trophy to Holder.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Scott Nicholls as Wild Card, and Ben Barker and Craig Cook both as Track Reserves. ^[6] Injured Craig Cook (carpus broken) was replaced by Josh Auty. ^[7] Injured Jarosław Hampel and Kenneth Bjerre was replaced by first and second Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík and Krzysztof Kasprzak. ^[8] The draw was made on 24 August. ^[9]

(3) Jarosław Hampel → (19) Martin Vaculík

(7) Kenneth Bjerre → (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak

(18) Craig Cook → (18) Josh Auty

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	8	(8) Chris Holder	23		2						3			3			3			3				14	1	3		3
2	3	(20) Krzysztof Kasprzak	13	0						3				0				2				2		7	8		2	2
3	2	(12) Antonio Lindbäck	12	3					0				2				2				1			8	7	2		1
4	16	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	12				0				1	2						3			3			9	5		3	0
5	4	(6) Emil Sayfutdinov	12	1							2				2				3				3	11	3		1
6	6	(10) Nicki Pedersen	11		3				1			3							1			3		11	2		0
7	14	(15) Hans N. Andersen	10				3		3					2		2							R	10	4	0
8	7	(5) Tomasz Gollob	10		0					1					3	3					2			9	6	1
9	11	(19) Martin Vaculík	7			3				2		0					0						2	7	9
10	1	(1) Greg Hancock	7	2				3				1				1				R				7	10
11	13	(16) Scott Nicholls	7				2	2							1		1					1		7	11
12	5	(2) Andreas Jonsson	6		1			1					3					0					1	6	12
13	15	(11) Chris Harris	6				1			0			1						2	2				6	13
14	10	(4) Jason Crump	6			2			2						X			1		1				6	14
15	9	(13) Bjarne Pedersen	2			1		0						1					0		0			2	15
16	12	(14) Peter Ljung	0			0					0		0			0						0		0	16
17	17	(17) Ben Barker	-																					-	17
18	18	(18) Josh Auty	-																					-	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. (55,2) Lindbäck, Hancock, Sayfutdinov, Kasprzak
2. (54,3) N.Pedersen, Holder, Jonsson, Gollob
3. (54,6) Vaculík, Crump, B.Pedersen, Ljung
4. (55,3) Andersen, Nicholls, Harris, Lindgren
5. (54,9) Hancock, Nicholls, Jonsson, B.Pedersen
6. (55,2) Andersen, Crump, N.Pedersen, Lindbäck
7. (55,6) Kasprzak, Vaculík, Gollob, Harris
8. (55,9) Holder, Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Ljung
9. (56,2) N.Pedersen, Lindgren, Hancock, Vaculík
10. (56,1) Jonsson, Lindbäck, Harris, Ljung
11. (56,2) Holder, Andersen, B.Pedersen, Kasprzak
12. (56,3) Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Nicholls, Crump (X)
13. (55,6) Gollob, Andersen, Hancock, Ljung
14. (55,3) Holder, Lindbäck, Nicholls, Vaculík
15. (55,7) Lindgren, Kasprzak, Crump, Jonsson
16. (55,8) Sayfutdinov, Harris, N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen
17. (55,5) Holder, Harris, Crump, Hancock (R)
18. (55,9) Lindgren, Gollob, Lindbäck, B.Pedersen
19. (56,3) N.Pedersen, Kasprzak, Nicholls, Ljung
20. (56,2) Sayfutdinov, Vaculík, Jonsson, Andersen (R)

    Semifinals

21. (55,5) Holder, Lindbäck, Gollob, Andersen
22. (55,9) Lindgren, Kasprzak, Sayfutdinov, N.Pedersen

    the Final

23. (55,7) Holder, Kasprzak, Lindbäck, 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.	Rider	Points	NZL	EUR	CZE	SWE	DEN	POL	CRO	ITA	GBR	SCA	NOR	PL2
1	(1) Greg Hancock	118	22	9	12	15	17	12	10	14	7
2	(8) Chris Holder	117	4	19	12	17	9	17	6	10	23
3	(10) Nicki Pedersen	112	13	10	19	14	9	7	19	10	11
4	(4) Jason Crump	103	12	12	20	11	18	5	9	10	6
5	(6) Emil Sayfutdinov	96	8	7	10	12	11	10	7	19	12
6	(5) Tomasz Gollob	93	15	16	12	6	3	12	13	6	10
7	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	89	8	8	6	15	15	11	9	5	12
8	(2) Andreas Jonsson	76	4	13	3	10	8	9	15	8	6
9	(12) Antonio Lindbäck	74	13	4	9	5	3	6	6	16	12
10	(15) Hans N. Andersen	53	6	5	6	3	4	7	8	4	10
11	(11) Chris Harris	52	5	3	6	3	10	1	10	8	6
12	(19) Martin Vaculík	49	–	–	–	–	–	20	8	14	7
13	(3) Jarosław Hampel	46	18	15	6	7	ns	–	–	–	–
14	(14) Peter Ljung	44	4	6	5	6	8	7	0	8	0
15	(13) Bjarne Pedersen	43	7	2	6	4	10	4	5	3	2
16	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	41	4	8	3	5	5	3	7	6	–
17	(16) Bartosz Zmarzlik	13	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	–	–
18	(20) Krzysztof Kasprzak	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13
19	(16) Jurica Pavlic	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–
20	(16) Thomas H. Jonasson	11	–	–	–	11	–	–	–	–	–
21	(16) Josef Franc	9	–	–	9	–	–	–	–	–	–
22	(16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki	7	–	7	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–
23	(16) Michael Jepsen Jensen	7	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–
24	(16) Scott Nicholls	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7
25	(18) Mikkel B. Jensen	4	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
26	(16) Nicolas Covatti	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–
27	(17) Peter Kildemand	2	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
28	(16) Jason Bunyan	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
29	(17) Václav Milík, Jr.	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
30	(17) Dino Kovacic	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
Rider(s) not classified
	(17) Grant Tregoning	—	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Sean Mason	—	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(17) Tobiasz Musielak	—	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Matěj Kůs	—	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(17) Linus Sundström	—	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Simon Gustafsson	—	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Przemysław Pawlicki	—	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–
	(18) Samo Kukovica	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–
	(17) Michele Paco Castagna	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–
	(18) Nicolas Vicentin	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–
	(17) Ben Barker	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns
	(18) Josh Auty	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	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 British Speedway GP". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
3. Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 38-39 ISSN   1429-3285
4. "Holder najlepszy w Grand Prix Wielkiej Brytanii, drugie miejsce Kasprzaka" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 25 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
5. Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 61 ISSN   1429-3285
6. "Barker i Cook rezerwowymi w Cardiff" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 10 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
7. "Auty w miejsce Cooka w GP Cardiff" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 20 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
8. "Kasprzak pojedzie w Cardiff!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 24 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
9. "Lista startowa Grand Prix Wielkiej Brytanii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 24 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.

See also

• motorcycle speedway