2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

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Flag of Poland.svg 2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
2018 BOLL Warsaw FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date12 May 2018
City Flag of Poland.svg Warsaw
Event1 of 10
Referee Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Steentoft
Stadium details
Stadium Stadion Narodowy
Capacity54,000
Length274.2 m (299.9 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
Gold medal icon.svg Winner Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tai Woffinden
Silver medal icon.svg Runner-up Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Janowski
Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd place Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren

The 2018 BOLL Warsaw FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the first race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 12 at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland. [1]

Contents

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Krzysztof Kasprzak as the wild card, and Maksym Drabik and Bartosz Smektała both as Track Reserves.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Tai Woffinden, who beat Maciej Janowski, Fredrik Lindgren and Artem Laguta in the final. [2] It was the eighth Grand Prix win of Woffinden's career, taking him level with Leigh Adams in seventh on the all-time list.

Lindgren had initially top scored with 12 points during the qualifying heats, and despite finishing third in the final, he topped the overall standings with 16 points, one ahead of Woffinden.

Heat details

PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos212223
Gold medal icon.svg 3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (108) Tai Woffinden 152023310323
Silver medal icon.svg 6 Flag of Poland.svg (71) Maciej Janowski 13122319722
Bronze medal icon.svg 11 Flag of Sweden.svg (66) Fredrik Lindgren 162331312131
410 Flag of Russia.svg (222) Artem Laguta 133330110230
513 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (23) Chris Holder 1022230961
67 Flag of Poland.svg (692) Patryk Dudek 10221231040
71 Flag of Slovenia.svg (55) Matej Žagar 930033950
814 Flag of Poland.svg (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 931301881
915 Flag of Russia.svg (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 80132289
1012 Flag of the United States.svg (45) Greg Hancock 803212810
115 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 733010711
124 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (69) Jason Doyle 502012512
1316 Flag of Denmark.svg (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 410120413
142 Flag of Poland.svg (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 310101314
158 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (111) Craig Cook 201100215
169 Flag of Denmark.svg (110) Nicki Pedersen 21100216
1717 Flag of Poland.svg (17) Maksym Drabik 2217
1818 Flag of Poland.svg (18) Bartosz Smektała 2218
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 Sweden.svg (66) Fredrik Lindgren 1616
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (108) Tai Woffinden 1515
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Poland.svg (71) Maciej Janowski 1313
4 Flag of Russia.svg (222) Artem Laguta 1313
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (23) Chris Holder 1010
6 Flag of Poland.svg (692) Patryk Dudek 1010
7 Flag of Slovenia.svg (55) Matej Žagar 99
8 Flag of Poland.svg (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 99
9 Flag of Russia.svg (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 88
10 Flag of the United States.svg (45) Greg Hancock 88
11 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 77
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (69) Jason Doyle 55
13 Flag of Denmark.svg (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 44
14 Flag of Poland.svg (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 33
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (111) Craig Cook 22
16 Flag of Denmark.svg (110) Nicki Pedersen 22
17 Flag of Poland.svg (17) Maksym Drabik 22
18 Flag of Poland.svg (18) Bartosz Smektała 22
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

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References

  1. "Polish Grand Prix Event Info". SGP. Archived from the original on 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  2. "Polish Grand Prix Result". SGP.
  3. "2018 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.