2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia

2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia
2017 QBE Insurance Australian FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	28 October 2017
City	Melbourne
Event	12 of 12
Referee	Craig Ackroyd
Stadium details
Stadium	Etihad Stadium
Capacity	42,000
Length	346 m (378 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Jason Doyle
Runner-up	Tai Woffinden
3rd place	Bartosz Zmarzlik

The 2017 QBE Insurance Australian FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the 12th and final race meeting of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 28 October at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. ^[1]

Riders

First reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Greg Hancock, second reserve Martin Smolinski replaced Nicki Pedersen, first track reserve Justin Sedgmen replaced Niels-Kristian Iversen and second track reserve Davey Watt replaced Fredrik Lindgren. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Sam Masters as the wild card, and Brady Kurtz and Rohan Tungate as third and fourth track Reserves.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Australia's Jason Doyle, who beat Tai Woffinden, Bartosz Zmarzlik and Patryk Dudek in the final. ^[2] It was second Grand Prix win of the season for Doyle, and the sixth of his career. He also wrapped up the world title in the 10th heat of the night, becoming the first Australian to win the world title on home soil. He also set the record for the most final appearances in one season with 10.

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
	15	(69) Jason Doyle	19				3			3			3						2	3				14	1	2		3
	5	(108) Tai Woffinden	16		3			2					1					3					3	12	3		2	2
	6	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	13		2				1			1							3			2		9	6	3		1
4	9	(692) Patryk Dudek	15			2		3						3					1		3			12	2		3	0
5	8	(55) Matej Žagar	10		1						3			1			3			2				10	4	0
6	14	(54) Martin Vaculík	9				2		3					2		0							2	9	5		0
7	1	(71) Maciej Janowski	9	2				0				3				2				1				8	7	1
8	11	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	8			3				2		0					2						0	7	8		1
9	18	(20) Rohan Tungate	6																					6	9
10	13	(84) Martin Smolinski	6				0	1							3		1					1		6	10
11	16	(25) Peter Kildemand	6				1				2	2						1			0			6	11
12	4	(85) Antonio Lindbäck	4	0							1				2				0				1	4	12
13	10	(17) Justin Segdmen	4			1			2						1			0		0				4	13
14	17	(19) Brady Kurtz	3																					3	14
15	3	(23) Chris Holder	3	1						0				0				2				0		3	15
16	7	(18) Davey Watt	3		0					1					0	1					1			3	16
17	12	(777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	2			0					0		2											2	17
17	2	(16) Sam Masters	2						0				0				0				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

Final classification

^[3]

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	LAT	CZE	DEN	GBR	SWE	PL2	GER	SCA	PL3	AUS
	(69) Jason Doyle	161	12	15	10	13	15	13	5	14	17	18	10	19
	(692) Patryk Dudek	143	13	9	16	13	14	10	5	13	11	6	18	15
	(108) Tai Woffinden	131	8	13	9	7	11	9	14	18	5	6	15	16
4	(71) Maciej Janowski	122	6	16	13	6	17	17	13	6	7	7	5	9
5	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	121	6	12	6	8	7	16	15	10	2	12	14	13
6	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	117	12	6	13	2	14	11	10	11	11	12	7	8
7	(55) Matej Žagar	107	10	1	10	4	11	12	3	7	15	13	11	10
8	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	107	16	16	5	6	8	7	18	11	11	9	–	–
9	(54) Martin Vaculík	99	16	10	8	10	1	4	10	7	14	5	5	9
10	(23) Chris Holder	85	6	6	4	11	7	10	6	2	14	9	7	3
11	(777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	81	7	7	18	7	4	1	6	9	4	6	10	2
12	(85) Antonio Lindbäck	77	2	6	4	9	8	7	19	5	4	8	1	4
13	(25) Peter Kildemand	61	–	–	1	8	3	10	4	–	10	11	8	6
14	(45) Greg Hancock	45	11	4	5	18	7	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
15	(88) Niels Kristian Iversen	44	9	9	7	3	3	7	6	–	–	–	–	–
16	(225) Václav Milík Jr.	31	–	–	–	13	–	–	–	7	–	–	11	–
17	(84) Martin Smolinski	25	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	8	4	2	6
18	(46) Max Fricke	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	6	4	–
19	(16) Paweł Przedpełski	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–
20	(16) Maksims Bogdanovs	8	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20	(52) Michael Jepsen Jensen	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	–	–	–
20	(12) Nicki Pedersen	8	3	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
23	(16) Kenneth Bjerre	7	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
24	(16) Krzysztof Kasprzak	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–
24	(20) Rohan Tungate	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
26	(16) Kai Huckenbeck	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–
26	(17) Jacob Thorssell	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–
26	(17) Justin Sedgmen	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
29	(16) Przemysław Pawlicki	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
29	(19) Brady Kurtz	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
29	(18) Davey Watt	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
32	(16) Craig Cook	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
32	(18) Josh Bates	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
32	(16) Linus Sundström	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–
32	(16) Kim Nilsson	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–
32	(16) Sam Masters	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
37	(16) Nick Škorja	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
38	(17) Josef Franc	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
38	(18) Matěj Kůs	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
38	(17) Adam Ellis	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
38	(17) Tobias Kroner	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–
38	(18) Filip Hjelmland	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
38	(17) Bartosz Smektała	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	SVN	POL	LAT	CZE	DEN	GBR	SWE	PL2	GER	SCA	PL3	AUS

References

1. "Australian Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
2. "Australian Grand Prix Result". SGP.
3. "2017 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

See also

• Motorcycle speedway