2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

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Flag of Poland.svg 2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
2015 Lotto FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date18 April 2015
City Flag of Poland.svg Warsaw
Event1 of 12
Referee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Lawrence
Stadium details
Stadium Stadion Narodowy
Capacity58,145
SGP Results
Best Time
Gold medal icon.svg Winner Flag of Slovenia.svg Matej Žagar
Silver medal icon.svg Runner-up Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Harris
Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd place Flag of Poland.svg Jaroslaw Hampel

The 2015 Lotto FIM Grand Prix of Poland was the opening race of the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on April 18 at Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland. [1]

Contents

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Tomasz Gollob as the wild card, and Bartosz Zmarzlik and Piotr Pawlicki Jr. both as Track Reserves.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Matej Žagar, who beat Chris Harris, Jarosław Hampel and Niels-Kristian Iversen. After safety issues with the track, the meeting was abandoned after 12 heats, with each rider having ridden three times. The result stood, as per FIM rule 077.1.4.1., shown below. [2]

If a Grand Prix meeting is interrupted or suspended for any reason whatsoever,

the following rules will apply:

1. (...)
2. If the meeting is interrupted before heat 20 is accomplished and the remaining heats cannot be completed, then the race points scored at the completion of heat 16 will determine the result.
3. (...)
Speedway Grand Prix Regulation, Rule 077.1.4.1, FIM (page 7 and 8) [3]

Heat details

PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos212223
Gold medal icon.svg 13 Flag of Slovenia.svg (55) Matej Žagar 833281
Silver medal icon.svg 16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (37) Chris Harris 713372
Bronze medal icon.svg 12 Flag of Poland.svg (33) Jarosław Hampel 731373
414 Flag of Denmark.svg (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 722374
53 Flag of Denmark.svg (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 523055
611 Flag of the United States.svg (45) Greg Hancock 521256
75 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (108) Tai Woffinden 521257
810 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (69) Jason Doyle 410348
99 Flag of Sweden.svg (30) Thomas H. Jonasson 402249
108 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Tomasz Gollob 4121410
111 Flag of Poland.svg (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 3300311
122 Flag of Denmark.svg (3) Nicki Pedersen 3111312
136 Flag of Sweden.svg (100) Andreas Jonsson 3300313
147 Flag of Poland.svg (71) Maciej Janowski 3021314
1517 Flag of Poland.svg (17) Bartosz Zmarzlik 3315
1618 Flag of Poland.svg (20) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 1116
1715 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (23) Chris Holder 0000017
184 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (75) Troy Batchelor 0000018
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

Intermediate classification

[4]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos.RiderPoints POL
Flag of Poland.svg
FIN
Flag of Finland.svg
CZE
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
LVA
Flag of Latvia.svg
SWE
Flag of Sweden.svg
DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg
POL
Flag of Poland.svg
SVN
Flag of Slovenia.svg
SCA
Flag of Sweden.svg
POL
Flag of Poland.svg
AUS
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg (55) Matej Žagar 88
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Poland.svg (33) Jarosław Hampel 77
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Denmark.svg (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 77
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (37) Chris Harris 77
5 Flag of the United States.svg (45) Greg Hancock 55
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (108) Tai Woffinden 55
7 Flag of Denmark.svg (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 55
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (69) Jason Doyle 44
9 Flag of Sweden.svg (30) Thomas H. Jonasson 44
10 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Tomasz Gollob 44
11 Flag of Poland.svg (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 33
12 Flag of Denmark.svg (3) Nicki Pedersen 33
13 Flag of Sweden.svg (100) Andreas Jonsson 33
14 Flag of Poland.svg (71) Maciej Janowski 33
15 Flag of Poland.svg (17) Bartosz Zmarzlik 33
16 Flag of Poland.svg (18) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 11
17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (23) Chris Holder 00
18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (75) Troy Batchelor 00
Pos. RiderPoints POL
Flag of Poland.svg
FIN
Flag of Finland.svg
CZE
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
LVA
Flag of Latvia.svg
SWE
Flag of Sweden.svg
DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg
POL
Flag of Poland.svg
SVN
Flag of Slovenia.svg
SCA
Flag of Sweden.svg
POL
Flag of Poland.svg
AUS
Flag of Australia (converted).svg

References

  1. "Grand Prix of Poland Event Info". SGP. Archived from the original on November 17, 2014.
  2. "Grand Prix of Poland Result". SGP. Archived from the original on 2021-10-06.
  3. "SGP Regulation" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-06. Retrieved 9 Jun 2011.
  4. "2015 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP. Archived from the original on December 30, 2014.

See also