2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
	2017 Teng Tools Swedish FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	12 August 2017
City	Målilla
Event	7 of 12
Referee	Artur Kusmierz
Stadium details
Stadium	G&B Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Length	305 m (334 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time	;
	Bartosz Zmarzlik
	Antonio Lindbäck
	Fredrik Lindgren

Last updated March 04, 2019

The 2017 Teng Tools Swedish FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the seventh race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 12 at the G&B Stadium in Målilla, Sweden.^[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.

Målilla is a locality situated in Hultsfred Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 1,524 inhabitants in 2010.

Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund, a strait at the Swedish-Danish border. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area. Sweden has a total population of 10.2 million of which 2.4 million has a foreign background. It has a low population density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre (57/sq mi). The highest concentration is in the southern half of the country.

Riders

First reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Nicki Pedersen and second reserve Martin Smolinski replaced Greg Hancock. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Linus Sundström as the wild card, and Kim Nilsson and Joel Kling 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.

Martin Smolinski is a German international motorcycle speedway and Grasstrack rider who has represented the German speedway team at senior level. He is the current World Long Track champion and European Grasstrack champion.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Poland's Bartosz Zmarzlik, who beat Antonio Lindbäck, Fredrik Lindgren and Maciej Janowski in the final.^[2] Lindbäck and Lindgren had top scored during the qualifying heats and then won each of the semi-finals, however the former was passed by Zmarzlik on the final bend of the decider. Janowkski took the lead in the overall standings after finishing fourth, while title rivals Jason Doyle and Patryk Dudek both failed to make the semi-finals.

Bartosz Zmarzlik is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider.

Antonio Lindbäck Swedish motorcycle speedway rider

Antonio Lindbäck is an international motorcycle speedway rider who currently competes in the Speedway World Championship, finishing eighth in 2016, and was a member of the Swedish team who won the Speedway World Cup in 2004 and 2015.

Fredrik Lindgren (speedway rider) Swedish speedway rider

Jan Fredrik Tobias (Freddie) Lindgren is a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider who rides in the UK for the Wolverhampton Wolves in the Elite League. As of the 2008 season, Freddie was awarded with the captaincy role, previously held by fellow Swede Peter Karlsson.

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
	9	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	15			3		1						2					1		3			10	5		2	3
	1	(85) Antonio Lindbäck	19	3				3				2				3				3				14	1	3		2
	4	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	18	2							3				3				3				3	14	2		3	1
4	6	(71) Maciej Janowski	13		0				3			3							2			3		11	4	2		0
5	8	(108) Tai Woffinden	14		3						2			3			3			2				13	3		1
6	12	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	10			2					1		3			2						1		9	7	1
7	13	(54) Martin Vaculík	10				2	2							2		2					2		10	6	0
8	3	(777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	6	0						3				1				2				0		6	8		0
9	15	(88) Niels Kristian Iversen	6				3			1			2						0	0				6	9
10	16	(23) Chris Holder	6				1				0	1						3			1			6	10
11	7	(692) Patryk Dudek	5		2					2					0	1					0			5	11
12	2	(69) Jason Doyle	5	1					0				1				1				2			5	12
13	14	(25) Peter Kildemand	4				0		2					0		0							2	4	13
14	10	(55) Matej Žagar	4			0			1						1			1		1				4	14
15	11	(16) Linus Sundström	2			1				0		0					0						1	2	15
16	5	(84) Martin Smolinski	1		1			0					0					0					0	1	16
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
	(71) Maciej Janowski	88	6	16	13	6	17	17	13	–	–	–	–	–
	(69) Jason Doyle	83	12	15	10	13	15	13	5	–	–	–	–	–
	(692) Patryk Dudek	80	13	9	16	13	14	10	5	–	–	–	–	–
4	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	76	16	16	5	6	8	7	18	–	–	–	–	–
5	(108) Tai Woffinden	71	8	13	9	7	11	9	14	–	–	–	–	–
6	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	70	6	12	6	8	7	16	15	–	–	–	–	–
7	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	68	12	6	13	2	14	11	10	–	–	–	–	–
8	(54) Martin Vaculík	59	16	10	8	10	1	4	10	–	–	–	–	–
9	(85) Antonio Lindbäck	55	2	6	4	9	8	7	19	–	–	–	–	–
10	(55) Matej Žagar	51	10	1	10	4	11	12	3	–	–	–	–	–
11	(23) Chris Holder	50	6	6	4	11	7	10	6	–	–	–	–	–
12	(777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	50	7	7	18	7	4	1	6	–	–	–	–	–
13	(45) Greg Hancock	45	11	4	5	18	7	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
14	(88) Niels Kristian Iversen	44	9	9	7	3	3	7	6	–	–	–	–	–
15	(25) Peter Kildemand	26	–	–	1	8	3	10	4	–	–	–	–	–
16	(16) Václav Milík Jr.	13	–	–	–	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	(16) Maksims Bogdanovs	8	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
18	(12) Nicki Pedersen	8	3	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
19	(16) Kenneth Bjerre	7	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20	(16) Przemysław Pawlicki	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
21	(16) Craig Cook	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
22	(18) Josh Bates	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
23	(16) Linus Sundström	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–
24	(16) Nick Škorja	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25	(84) Martin Smolinski	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
26	(17) Josef Franc	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
27	(18) Matěj Kůs	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
28	(17) Adam Ellis	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	SVN	POL	LAT	CZE	DEN	GBR	SWE	PL2	GER	SCA	PL3	AUS

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