2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
2018 Adrian Flux British FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date21 July 2018
City Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cardiff
Event5 of 10
Referee Flag of Germany.svg Christian Froschauer
Stadium details
Stadium Principality Stadium
Capacity62,500
Length272 m (297 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
Gold medal icon.svg Winner Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Zmarzlik
Silver medal icon.svg Runner-up Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tai Woffinden
Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd place Flag of Poland.svg 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]

Contents

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

PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos212223
Gold medal icon.svg 15 Flag of Poland.svg (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 193323213133
Silver medal icon.svg 1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (108) Tai Woffinden 163131311232
Bronze medal icon.svg 7 Flag of Poland.svg (71) Maciej Janowski 12303039621
412 Flag of the United States.svg (45) Greg Hancock 120332210320
516 Flag of Poland.svg (692) Patryk Dudek 10122321040
63 Flag of Poland.svg (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 1022221971
714 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (111) Craig Cook 903330950
813 Flag of Russia.svg (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 823200781
96 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (23) Chris Holder 72110379
102 Flag of Sweden.svg (66) Fredrik Lindgren 712121710
114 Flag of Slovenia.svg (55) Matej Žagar 601113611
128 Flag of Russia.svg (222) Artem Laguta 610131612
139 Flag of Denmark.svg (110) Nicki Pedersen 622020613
1411 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (69) Jason Doyle 511012514
1510 Flag of Slovakia.svg (54) Martin Vaculík 330000315
165 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (16) Robert Lambert 10010116
1717 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (17) Daniel Bewley 0017
PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos212223

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 – insidegate Bgate Cgate 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.RiderPoints POL
Flag of Poland.svg
CZE
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg
SWE
Flag of Sweden.svg
GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SCA
Flag of Sweden.svg
PL2
Flag of Poland.svg
SVN
Flag of Slovenia.svg
GER
Flag of Germany.svg
PL3
Flag of Poland.svg
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (108) Tai Woffinden 811516181616
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg (66) Fredrik Lindgren 6116167157
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Poland.svg (71) Maciej Janowski 59131151812
4 Flag of Russia.svg (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 5681511148
5 Flag of Poland.svg (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 5594101319
6 Flag of the United States.svg (45) Greg Hancock 5387161012
7 Flag of Russia.svg (222) Artem Laguta 471381286
8 Flag of Poland.svg (692) Patryk Dudek 4610146610
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (69) Jason Doyle 40591295
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (23) Chris Holder 38105977
11 Flag of Slovenia.svg (55) Matej Žagar 3497576
12 Flag of Denmark.svg (110) Nicki Pedersen 31281236
13 Flag of Poland.svg (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 24355110
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (111) Craig Cook 1822239
15 Flag of Denmark.svg (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 945
16 Flag of Slovakia.svg (54) Martin Vaculík 7313
17 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 77
18 Flag of Sweden.svg (16) Andreas Jonsson 77
19 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (16) Vaclav Milik 66
20 Flag of Denmark.svg (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 44
21 Flag of Poland.svg (17) Maksym Drabik 22
22 Flag of Poland.svg (18) Bartosz Smektała 22
23 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (16) Robert Lambert 11
24 Flag of Denmark.svg (17) Mikkel Michelsen 11
25 Flag of Denmark.svg (18) Mikkel Bech Jensen 00
26 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (17) Daniel Bewley 00
Pos. RiderPoints POL
Flag of Poland.svg
CZE
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg
SWE
Flag of Sweden.svg
GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SCA
Flag of Sweden.svg
PL2
Flag of Poland.svg
SVN
Flag of Slovenia.svg
GER
Flag of Germany.svg
PL3
Flag of Poland.svg

References

  1. "British Grand Prix Event Info". SGP. Archived from the original on July 26, 2017.
  2. "British Grand Prix Result". SGP. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017.
  3. "2018 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP. Archived from the original on May 13, 2018.

See also