2016 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

2016 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
2016 German FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	10 September 2016
City	Teterow
Event	8 of 11
Referee	Krister Gardell
Stadium details
Stadium	Bergring Arena
SGP Results
Best Time	(in Heat 4)
Winner	Jason Doyle
Runner-up	Bartosz Zmarzlik
3rd place	Bartosz Zmarzlik

The 2016 German FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the eighth race of the 2016 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 10 September at the Bergring Arena in Teterow, Germany. It was the 200th Speedway Grand Prix staged.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Martin Smolinski as the wild card, and Tobias Kroner and Kai Huckenbeck both as Track Reserves. It was also Chris Harris' 100th Grand Prix of his career.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Jason Doyle, who beat Bartosz Zmarzlik, Greg Hancock and Niels-Kristian Iversen in the final. As a result, Doyle closed the lead on Hancock in the world championship standings to five points, with defending world champion Tai Woffinden, who was eliminated in the semi-finals, sitting eight points further back in third. ^[1]

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
	7	(69) Jason Doyle	17		3					3					3	3					0			12	1	2		3
	16	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	13				2				2	1						2			2			9	5		2	2
	6	(45) Greg Hancock	15		0				3			2							3			3		11	3		3	1
4	11	(88) Niels Kristian Iversen	11			0				2		3					3						0	8	6	3		0
5	5	(777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	11		0			3					3					3					2	11	2		0
6	10	(108) Tai Woffinden	10			3			1						2			1		2				9	4	1
7	1	(16) Martin Smolinski	8	3				0				0				1				3				7	8		1
8	15	(23) Chris Holder	8				3			0			2						2	1				8	7	0
9	14	(52) Michael Jepsen Jensen	7				1		2					3		0							1	7	9
10	12	(3) Nicki Pedersen	7			1					1		1			2						2		7	10
11	4	(85) Antonio Lindbäck	6	0							3				0				0				3	6	11
12	2	(25) Peter Kildemand	6	2					0				0				1				3			6	12
13	13	(37) Chris Harris	6				0	2							1		2					1		6	13
14	9	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	6			2		1						1					1		1			6	14
15	8	(55) Matej Žagar	3		1						0			2			0			0				3	15
16	3	(71) Maciej Janowski	2	1						1				0				0				0		2	16
17	17	(17) Tobias Kroner	2																					2	17
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

The intermediate classification

^[2]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series

Full-time Grand Prix rider

Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve

Pos.	Rider	Points	SVN	POL	DEN	CZE	GBR	SWE	PL2	GER	SCA	PL3	AUS
	(45) Greg Hancock	109	10	14	14	18	10	17	11	15
	(69) Jason Doyle	104	13	5	7	17	12	17	16	17
	(108) Tai Woffinden	96	10	14	15	9	15	8	15	10
4	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	88	8	10	7	13	13	10	14	13
5	(23) Chris Holder	85	14	12	13	5	6	12	15	8
6	(71) Maciej Janowski	72	10	10	16	5	11	12	6	2
7	(777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	71	8	4	5	6	14	13	10	11
8	(85) Antonio Lindbäck	70	10	10	10	5	18	7	4	6
9	(3) Nicki Pedersen	62	10	4	10	8	5	6	12	7
10	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	59	7	12	2	11	2	8	11	6
11	(88) Niels Kristian Iversen	57	8	4	7	11	3	8	5	11
12	(25) Peter Kildemand	56	15	6	7	6	4	9	3	6
13	(55) Matej Žagar	49	4	14	8	5	8	3	4	3
14	(100) Andreas Jonsson	39	6	8	8	6	9	2	0	–
15	(37) Chris Harris	33	3	3	4	10	1	2	4	6
16	(16) Patryk Dudek	8	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	(16) Martin Smolinski	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8
18	(52) Michael Jepsen Jensen	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7
19	(16) Danny King	7	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–
20	(16) Krzysztof Kasprzak	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–
21	(16) Anders Thomsen	5	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	–
22	(16) Peter Ljung	4	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–
23	(16) Václav Milík Jr.	3	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
24	(17) Tobias Kroner	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
25	(16) Denis Štojs	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
26	(17) Nick Škorja	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
27	(17) Daniel Kaczmarek	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
28	(18) Matic Ivačič	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	SVN	POL	DEN	CZE	GBR	SWE	PL2	GER	SCA	PL3	AUS

References

1. "German Grand Prix Result". SGP.
2. "2016 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

See also

• motorcycle speedway