2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
	2017 Mitas Czech Republic FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	10 June 2017
City	Prague
Event	4 of 12
Referee	Craig Ackroyd
Stadium details
Stadium	Markéta Stadium
Capacity	10,000
Length	353 m (386 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time	;
	Jason Doyle
	Greg Hancock
	Václav Milík Jr.

Last updated March 04, 2019

The 2017 Mitas Czech Republic FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on June 10 at the Markéta Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic.^[1]

The 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 23rd season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 72nd FIM Speedway World Championship. It was seventeenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company.

Prague is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, the 14th largest city in the European Union and the historical capital of Bohemia. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of 2.6 million. The city has a temperate climate, with warm summers and chilly winters.

The Czech Republic, also known by its short-form name, Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east and Poland to the northeast. The Czech Republic covers an area of 78,866 square kilometres (30,450 sq mi) with a mostly temperate continental climate and oceanic climate. It is a unitary parliamentary republic, with 10.6 million inhabitants; its capital and largest city is Prague, with 1.3 million residents. Other major cities are Brno, Ostrava, Olomouc and Pilsen. The Czech Republic is a member of the European Union (EU), NATO, the OECD, the United Nations, the OSCE, and the Council of Europe.

Riders

First reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Nicki Pedersen, who was injured and not fit to race. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Václav Milík Jr. as the wild card, and Josef Franc and Matěj Kůs both as Track Reserves.

Peter Kildemand is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of Denmark U-21 national teams. He was a member of the Swindon Robins Elite League Championship winning side of 2012 and was named "Rider of the Year" for the club at the end of the season.

Nicki Pedersen is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider. He has won the World Championship in 2003, 2007 and 2008 and was a World Cup winner with Denmark in 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014. His brother, Ronni Pedersen, has also ridden in the Speedway Grand Prix and World Cup.

Václav Milík Jr. is a speedway rider who ride for Czech Republic U-21 national team. He is a son of former czechoslovakian and czech speedway rider Václav Milík Sr.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Australia's Jason Doyle, who beat world champion Greg Hancock and wild card Václav Milík Jr. in the final.^[2] It was the fifth Grand Prix win of Doyle's career, and the second time in a row that he won in Prague. Hancock had initially top scored during the qualifying heats.

Jason Kevin Doyle is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He became World Champion in 2017. He won the 2015 Australian Solo Championship. He has also won the South Australian Championship in 2014, and the Elite League Riders' Championship and the Master of Speedway meeting in Germany in 2015.

Gregory Alan "Greg" Hancock is an American motorcycle speedway rider.

Championship leader Patryk Dudek finished fourth in the final, maintaining a one-point leader over Doyle in the overall standings.

Patryk Dudek is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of the Polish national speedway team. He got his speedway licence in 2008. His father, Sławomir, is a former rider. Dudek won 2009 and 2010 Team U-19 European Champion and 2009 Individual Under-21 Polish Champion titles. He is the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix silver medallist, having accomplished this during his debut season in the Speedway Grand Prix series, which makes him the most successful SGP rookie ever.

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
	11	(69) Jason Doyle	13			0				1		2					3						2	8	8		2	3
	1	(45) Greg Hancock	18	3				2				3				2				3				13	1	3		2
	15	(16) Václav Milík Jr.	13				1			3			3						2	1				10	4	2		1
4	13	(692) Patryk Dudek	13				3	1							3		2					1		10	3		3	0
5	9	(23) Chris Holder	11			1		0						3					3		3			10	2		1
6	14	(54) Martin Vaculík	10				2		2					1		1							3	9	6	1
7	5	(85) Antonio Lindbäck	9		3			3					1					2					0	9	5		0
8	10	(25) Peter Kildemand	8			3			0						2			3		0				8	7	0
9	2	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	8	1					3				2				1				1			8	9
10	8	(108) Tai Woffinden	7		2						3			0			0			2				7	10
11	7	(777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	7		1					2					1	3					0			7	11
12	12	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	6			2					1		0			0						3		6	12
13	3	(71) Maciej Janowski	6	2						0				2				0				2		6	13
14	16	(55) Matej Žagar	4				0				0	1						1			2			4	14
15	4	(88) Niels Kristian Iversen	3	0							2				0				0				1	3	15
16	6	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	2		0				1			0							1			0		2	16
17	17	(17) Josef Franc	0																					0	17
18	18	(18) Matěj Kůs	0																					0	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

Intermediate 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
	(692) Patryk Dudek	51	13	9	16	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(69) Jason Doyle	50	12	15	10	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(54) Martin Vaculík	44	16	10	8	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
4	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	43	16	16	5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	(71) Maciej Janowski	41	6	16	13	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
6	(777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	39	7	7	18	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
7	(45) Greg Hancock	38	11	4	5	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
8	(108) Tai Woffinden	37	8	13	9	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
9	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	33	12	6	13	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
10	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	32	6	12	6	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	(88) Niels Kristian Iversen	28	9	9	7	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
12	(23) Chris Holder	27	6	6	4	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
13	(55) Matej Žagar	25	10	1	10	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
14	(85) Antonio Lindbäck	21	2	6	4	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
15	(16) Václav Milík Jr.	13	–	–	–	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
16	(25) Peter Kildemand	9	–	–	1	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	(16) Maksims Bogdanovs	8	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
18	(12) Nicki Pedersen	8	3	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
19	(16) Przemysław Pawlicki	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20	(16) Nick Škorja	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
21	(17) Josef Franc	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
22	(18) Matěj Kůs	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	SVN	POL	LAT	CZE	DEN	GBR	SWE	PL2	GER	SCA	PL3	AUS

References

↑ "Czech Republic Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
↑ "Czech Republic Grand Prix Result". SGP.
↑ "2017 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

Contents

Riders

Results

Heat details

Intermediate classification

Related Research Articles

References

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