2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
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 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland | |
|---|---|
| 2012 FIM Gorzow Speedway Grand Prix of Poland | |
| Information | |
| Date | 23 June 2012 |
| City | Gorzów Wielkopolski |
| Event | 6 of 12 (150) |
| Referee |  Krister Gardell |
| Jury President |  Anthony Steele |
| Stadium details | |
| Stadium | Edward Jancarz Stadium |
| Capacity | 17,000 |
| Length | 329 m (360 yd) |
| Track | speedway |
| SGP Results | |
| Attendance | 10,000 |
| Best Time |  Martin Vaculík61,60 secs (in Heat 2) |
 Winner | Martin Vaculík |
 Runner-up |  Chris Holder |
 3rd place | Bartosz Zmarzlik |
The 2012 FIM Gorzow Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the sixth race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on June 23 at the Edward Jancarz Stadium in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland.[1][2][3]
The Grand Prix was won by Martin Vaculík who beat Chris Harris, wild card Bartosz Zmarzlik and Tomasz Gollob.[4][5] Vaculík becoming first Slovak rider who ride in the SGP and third rider who won SGP event in his debut (after Tomasz Gollob and Emil Sayfutdinov). It was 150th SPG event since 1995 and Greg Hancock was only rider who rode in all meetings.[6][7]
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Bartosz Zmarzlik as Wild Card, and Piotr and Przemysław Pawlicki both as Track Reserves.[8] Injured Jarosław Hampel was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík.[9] The draw was made on June 22.[10]
- (3)
Jarosław Hampel → (19) 
Martin Vaculík
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | (19) Martin Vaculík |
20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 10 | (8) Chris Holder |
17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 7 | (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik |
13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 6 | (5) Tomasz Gollob |
12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 9 |  (1) Greg Hancock |
12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 1 | R | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 2 | (9) Fredrik Lindgren |
11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 11 |  (6) Emil Sayfutdinov |
10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 13 | (2) Andreas Jonsson |
9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 1 | (14) Peter Ljung |
7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 15 |  (10) Nicki Pedersen |
7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 16 | (15) Hans N. Andersen |
7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 4 | (12) Antonio Lindbäck |
6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 12 | (4) Jason Crump |
5 | 3 | X | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 14 | (13) Bjarne Pedersen |
4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 8 | (7) Kenneth Bjerre |
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 3 | (11) Chris Harris |
1 | 0 | R | 1 | R | 0 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 17 | (17) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. |
- | - | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 18 | (18) Przemysław Pawlicki |
- | - | 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 |
Heat after heat
- (61,81) Ljung, Lindgren, Lindbäck, Harris
- (61,60) Vaculík, Zmarzlik, Gollob, Bjerre
- (62,31) Crump, Holder, Hancock, Sayfutdinov
- (62,41) Jonsson, N. Pedersen, B. Pedersen, Andersen
- (62,75) Hancock, Vaculík, Ljung, Jonsson
- (63,01) Lindgren, Holder, Gollob, B. Pedersen
- (63,14) N. Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Zmarzlik, Harris (R)
- (63,11) Lindbäck, Andersen, Bjerre, Crump (X)
- (63,33) Andersen, Sayfutdinov, Gollob, Ljung
- (63,94) Lindgren, Vaculík, N. Pedersen, Crump
- (63,97) Hancock, B. Pedersen, Harris, Bjerre
- (64,13) Zmarzlik, Jonsson, Holder, Lindbäck
- (64,19) Ljung, Zmarzlik, B. Pedersen, Crump
- (63,78) Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Lindgren, Bjerre
- (64,34) Holder, Vaculík, Andersen, Harris (R)
- (64,12) Gollob, Hancock, Lindbäck, N. Pedersen
- (65,06) Holder, Bjerre, N. Pedersen, Ljung
- (64,72) Hancock, Lindgren, Andersen, Zmarzlik
- (64,34) Gollob, Crump, Jonsson, Harris
- (64,22) Vaculík, Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, B. Pedersen
- Semifinals
- (64,23) Zmarzlik, Holder, Sayfutdinov, Hancock (R)
- (64,34) Gollob, Vaculík, Jonsson, Lindgren
- Final
- (66,87) Vaculík, Holder, Zmarzlik, Gollob
