2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
2018 Adrian Flux British FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	21 July 2018
City	Cardiff
Event	5 of 10
Referee	Christian Froschauer
Stadium details
Stadium	Principality Stadium
Capacity	62,500
Length	272 m (297 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Bartosz Zmarzlik
Runner-up	Tai Woffinden
3rd place	Maciej Janowski

The 2018 Adrian Flux British FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 21 July at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. ^[1]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Robert Lambert as the wild card, and Daniel Bewley and Jason Garrity both as Track Reserves.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Bartosz Zmarzlik, who beat Tai Woffinden, Maciej Janowski and Greg Hancock in the final. ^[2] As a result of finishing second, Woffinden extended his overall lead in the championship to 20 points. Fredrik Lindgren, who failed to make the semi-finals, remained in second place, just two points ahead of Janowski in third.

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	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	19				3			3			2						3	2				13	1	3		3
	1	(108) Tai Woffinden	16	3				1				3				1				3				11	2		3	2
	7	(71) Maciej Janowski	12		3					0					3	0					3			9	6	2		1
4	12	(45) Greg Hancock	12			0					3		3			2						2		10	3		2	0
5	16	(692) Patryk Dudek	10				1				2	2						3			2			10	4	0
6	3	(59) Przemysław Pawlicki	10	2						2				2				2				1		9	7	1
7	14	(111) Craig Cook	9				0		3					3		3							0	9	5		0
8	13	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	8				2	3							2		0					0		7	8		1
9	6	(23) Chris Holder	7		2				1			1							0			3		7	9
10	2	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	7	1					2				1				2				1			7	10
11	4	(55) Matej Žagar	6	0							1				1				1				3	6	11
12	8	(222) Artem Laguta	6		1						0			1			3			1				6	12
13	9	(110) Nicki Pedersen	6			2		2						0					2		0			6	13
14	11	(69) Jason Doyle	5			1				1		0					1						2	5	14
15	10	(54) Martin Vaculík	3			3			0						0			0		0				3	15
16	5	(16) Robert Lambert	1					0					0					1					0	1	16
17	17	(17) Daniel Bewley	0																					0	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

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	POL	CZE	DEN	SWE	GBR	SCA	PL2	SVN	GER	PL3
	(108) Tai Woffinden	81	15	16	18	16	16	–	–	–	–	–
	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	61	16	16	7	15	7	–	–	–	–	–
	(71) Maciej Janowski	59	13	11	5	18	12	–	–	–	–	–
4	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	56	8	15	11	14	8	–	–	–	–	–
5	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	55	9	4	10	13	19	–	–	–	–	–
6	(45) Greg Hancock	53	8	7	16	10	12	–	–	–	–	–
7	(222) Artem Laguta	47	13	8	12	8	6	–	–	–	–	–
8	(692) Patryk Dudek	46	10	14	6	6	10	–	–	–	–	–
9	(69) Jason Doyle	40	5	9	12	9	5	–	–	–	–	–
10	(23) Chris Holder	38	10	5	9	7	7	–	–	–	–	–
11	(55) Matej Žagar	34	9	7	5	7	6	–	–	–	–	–
12	(110) Nicki Pedersen	31	2	8	12	3	6	–	–	–	–	–
13	(59) Przemysław Pawlicki	24	3	5	5	1	10	–	–	–	–	–
14	(111) Craig Cook	18	2	2	2	3	9	–	–	–	–	–
15	(88) Niels-Kristian Iversen	9	4	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
16	(54) Martin Vaculík	7	–	–	3	1	3	–	–	–	–	–
17	(16) Krzysztof Kasprzak	7	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
18	(16) Andreas Jonsson	7	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	–
19	(16) Vaclav Milik	6	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20	(16) Michael Jepsen Jensen	4	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
21	(17) Maksym Drabik	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
22	(18) Bartosz Smektała	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
23	(16) Robert Lambert	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
24	(17) Mikkel Michelsen	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25	(18) Mikkel Bech Jensen	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
26	(17) Daniel Bewley	0	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	POL	CZE	DEN	SWE	GBR	SCA	PL2	SVN	GER	PL3

References

1. "British Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
2. "British Grand Prix Result". SGP.
3. "2018 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

See also

• Motorcycle speedway