2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia

**2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden**
2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
2017 Stockholm FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	22 September 2017
City	Stockholm
Event	10 of 12
Referee	Jesper Steentoft
Stadium details
Stadium	Friends Arena
Capacity	34,000
Length	272 m (297 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time	;
Winner	Matej Žagar
Runner-up	Bartosz Zmarzlik
3rd place	Bartosz Zmarzlik

Last updated May 07, 2025

The 2017 Stockholm FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the tenth race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 22 at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.^[1]

Riders

First reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Greg Hancock, second reserve Martin Smolinski replaced Nicki Pedersen and third reserve Max Fricke replaced Niels-Kristian Iversen. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Kim Nilsson as the wild card, and Jacob Thorssell and Filip Hjelmland both as Track Reserves.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Slovenia's Matej Žagar, who beat Bartosz Zmarzlik, Jason Doyle and Peter Kildemand in the final.^[2] It was Zagar's second successive Grand Prix win after finishing first in Germany the round before. Doyle, who equalled the record number of final appearances in one season with nine, initially top scored in the qualifying heats, however third place saw him move 22 points clear of Patryk Dudek, who failed to make the semi-finals.

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
	16	(55) Matej Žagar	13				1				2	1						3			0			7	8		3	3
	15	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	12				2			2			1						3	0				8	4	2		2
	11	(69) Jason Doyle	18			3				3		2					3						3	14	1	3		1
4	14	(25) Peter Kildemand	10				0		2					3		1							2	8	5		2	0
5	2	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	12	3					3				3				2				1			12	2		0
6	12	(23) Chris Holder	9			1					0		2			3						3		9	3		0
7	4	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	9	2							3				1				2				0	8	7	1
8	13	(85) Antonio Lindbäck	8				3	2							0		1					2		8	6	0
9	5	(71) Maciej Janowski	7		3			1					0					2					1	7	9
10	1	(692) Patryk Dudek	6	1				3				0				0				2				6	10
11	9	(777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	6			0		0						2					1		3			6	11
12	6	(46) Max Fricke	6		2				1			3							0			0		6	12
13	7	(108) Tai Woffinden	6		0					0					2	2					2			6	13
14	8	(54) Martin Vaculík	5		0						1			1			0			3				5	14
15	17	(17) Jacob Thorssell	4																					4	15
16	10	(84) Martin Smolinski	4			2			0						0			1		1				4	16
17	3	(16) Kim Nilsson	2	0						1				0				0				1		2	17
18	18	(18) Filip Hjelmland	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
	(69) Jason Doyle	132	12	15	10	13	15	13	5	14	17	18	–	–
	(692) Patryk Dudek	110	13	9	16	13	14	10	5	13	11	6	–	–
	(71) Maciej Janowski	108	6	16	13	6	17	17	13	6	7	7	–	–
4	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	107	16	16	5	6	8	7	18	11	11	9	–	–
5	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	102	12	6	13	2	14	11	10	11	11	12	–	–
6	(108) Tai Woffinden	100	8	13	9	7	11	9	14	18	5	6	–	–
7	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	94	6	12	6	8	7	16	15	10	2	12	–	–
8	(55) Matej Žagar	86	10	1	10	4	11	12	3	7	15	13	–	–
9	(54) Martin Vaculík	85	16	10	8	10	1	4	10	7	14	5	–	–
10	(23) Chris Holder	75	6	6	4	11	7	10	6	2	14	9	–	–
11	(85) Antonio Lindbäck	72	2	6	4	9	8	7	19	5	4	8	–	–
12	(777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	69	7	7	18	7	4	1	6	9	4	6	–	–
13	(25) Peter Kildemand	47	–	–	1	8	3	10	4	–	10	11	–	–
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.	20	–	–	–	13	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–
17	(84) Martin Smolinski	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	8	4	–	–
18	(16) Maksims Bogdanovs	8	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
19	(52) Michael Jepsen Jensen	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	–	–	–
20	(12) Nicki Pedersen	8	3	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
21	(16) Kenneth Bjerre	7	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
22	(46) Max Fricke	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	6	–	–
23	(16) Krzysztof Kasprzak	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–
24	(16) Kai Huckenbeck	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–
25	(17) Jacob Thorssell	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–
26	(16) Przemysław Pawlicki	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
27	(16) Craig Cook	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
28	(18) Josh Bates	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
29	(16) Linus Sundström	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–
30	(16) Kim Nilsson	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–
31	(16) Nick Škorja	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
32	(17) Josef Franc	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
33	(18) Matěj Kůs	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
34	(17) Adam Ellis	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
35	(17) Tobias Kroner	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–
36	(18) Filip Hjelmland	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	SVN	POL	LAT	CZE	DEN	GBR	SWE	PL2	GER	SCA	PL3	AUS

References

↑ "Stockholm Grand Prix Event Info". SGP. Archived from the original on November 12, 2016.
↑ "Stockholm Grand Prix Result". SGP. Archived from the original on May 13, 2017.
↑ "2017 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012.