2014 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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2014 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
FIM SGP (GBR) 2014.jpg
Venue Millennium Stadium
Location Cardiff (Wales)
Start date12 July 2014
Competitors16 (2 reserves)
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The 2014 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, sponsored by MITAS, was the seventh round of the 2014 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 7 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. [1] [2] [3]

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It was the 20th Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain.

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Craig Cook as Wild Card, and Ben Barker and Jason Garrity both as Track Reserves.

The Grand Prix was won by United States rider Greg Hancock (his 18th career Grand Prix win), who beat Tai Woffinden and Darcy Ward in the final. [1] [4]

Grand Prix result

PlacingRider1234567891011121314151617181920PtsSF1SF2FinalGP Pts
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg (14) Greg Hancock 1133192314
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (13) Tai Woffinden 33133133218
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg (4) Darcy Ward 3f233113115
4 Flag of Poland.svg (12) Krzysztof Kasprzak 2131182010
5 Flag of Denmark.svg (10) Niels Kristian Iversen 3203311112
6 Flag of Sweden.svg (8) Freddie Lindgren 132219110
7 Flag of Denmark.svg (1) Michael Jepsen Jensen 223209f9
8 Flag of Germany.svg (16) Martin Smolinski 22103808
9 Flag of Sweden.svg (2) Andreas Jonsson 1321188
10 Flag of Denmark.svg (5) Nicki Pedersen 3111288
11 Flag of Slovenia.svg (3) Matej Žagar 0112266
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (11) Chris Harris 1320e66
13 Flag of Poland.svg (7) Jarosław Hampel 0230055
14 Flag of Denmark.svg (15) Kenneth Bjerre 0002244
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (9) Troy Batchelor 0001233
16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (6) Craig Cook 2000022
R1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (R1) Ben Barker 0R1
R2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (R2) Jason Garrity 0R2

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - insidegate Bgate Cgate D - outside

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References

  1. 1 2 "MITAS British Speedway Grand Prix". fim-live.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. "Speedway GP 2014". Speedway.org. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  3. "2014 Rider profiles". Eurosport. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  4. "Hancock wins British GP from Woffinden & Ward". MC News. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2024.

See also