2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
2018 BOLL Warsaw FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date	12 May 2018
City	Warsaw
Event	1 of 10
Referee	Jesper Steentoft
Stadium details
Stadium	Stadion Narodowy
Capacity	54,000
Length	274.2 m (299.9 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Tai Woffinden
Runner-up	Maciej Janowski
3rd place	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]

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

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
	3	(108) Tai Woffinden	15	2						0				2				3				3		10	3		2	3
	6	(71) Maciej Janowski	13		1				2			2							3			1		9	7	2		2
	11	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	16			2				3		3					1						3	12	1	3		1
4	10	(222) Artem Laguta	13			3			3						3			0		1				10	2		3	0
5	13	(23) Chris Holder	10				2	2							2		3					0		9	6	1
6	7	(692) Patryk Dudek	10		2					2					1	2					3			10	4	0
7	1	(55) Matej Žagar	9	3				0				0				3				3				9	5		0
8	14	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	9				3		1					3		0							1	8	8		1
9	15	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	8				0			1			3						2	2				8	9
10	12	(45) Greg Hancock	8			0					3		2			1						2		8	10
11	5	(16) Krzysztof Kasprzak	7		3			3					0					1					0	7	11
12	4	(69) Jason Doyle	5	0							2				0				1				2	5	12
13	16	(88) Niels-Kristian Iversen	4				1				0	1						2			0			4	13
14	2	(59) Przemysław Pawlicki	3	1					0				1				0				1			3	14
15	8	(111) Craig Cook	2		0						1			1			0			0				2	15
16	9	(110) Nicki Pedersen	2			1		1						0					0					2	16
17	17	(17) Maksym Drabik	2																					2	17
18	18	(18) Bartosz Smektała	2																					2	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

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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
	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	16	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(108) Tai Woffinden	15	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(71) Maciej Janowski	13	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
4	(222) Artem Laguta	13	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	(23) Chris Holder	10	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
6	(692) Patryk Dudek	10	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
7	(55) Matej Žagar	9	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
8	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	9	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
9	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	8	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
10	(45) Greg Hancock	8	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	(16) Krzysztof Kasprzak	7	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
12	(69) Jason Doyle	5	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
13	(88) Niels-Kristian Iversen	4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
14	(59) Przemysław Pawlicki	3	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
15	(111) Craig Cook	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
16	(110) Nicki Pedersen	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	(17) Maksym Drabik	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
18	(18) Bartosz Smektała	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	POL	CZE	DEN	SWE	GBR	SCA	PL2	SVN	GER	PL3

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.