2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark

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Date8 August 2015
CityDenmark Horsens
Event7 of 12
RefereeUnited Kingdom Jim Lawrence
Denmark 2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
2015 Kjærgaard Danish FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date8 August 2015
CityDenmark Horsens
Event7 of 12
RefereeUnited Kingdom Jim Lawrence
Stadium details
StadiumCASA Arena
Capacity12,500
SGP Results
Best Time
(in Heat 4)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerDenmark Peter Kildemand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upSlovenia Matej Žagar
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeDenmark Michael Jepsen Jensen

The 2015 Kjærgaard Danish FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the seventh race of the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 8 at the CASA Arena in Horsens, Denmark.[1]

First reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Jarosław Hampel, who had injured himself during the 2015 Speedway World Cup. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Mikkel Michelsen as the wild card, and Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen and Anders Thomsen both as Track Reserves.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Peter Kildemand, who beat Matej Žagar, Michael Jepsen Jensen and Tai Woffinden in the final. Maciej Janowski had initially top scored with 12 points during the qualifying rides, however he was eliminated in the semi-finals. After finishing fourth, Woffinden extended his overall lead over Nicki Pedersen to 13 points in the race for the world title.[2]

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
Gold 7 Denmark (19) Peter Kildemand 14 3 0 0 3 2 8 5 3 3
Silver 16 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 12 1 3 1 3 0 8 6 2 2
Bronze 8 Denmark (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 13 1 2 3 1 3 10 3 2 1
4 5 United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 11 2 2 1 0 3 8 7 3 0
5 9 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 12 1 3 2 3 3 12 1 x
6 12 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 12 3 1 3 2 2 11 2 1
7 15 Australia (23) Chris Holder 10 3 2 2 1 2 10 4 x
8 2 Denmark (3) Nicki Pedersen 7 3 0 0 3 1 7 8 0
9 14 Sweden (100) Andreas Jonsson 7 0 3 1 1 2 7 9
10 3 United States (45) Greg Hancock 7 1 1 0 2 3 7 10
11 6 Denmark (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 7 0 1 3 2 1 7 11
12 10 Sweden (30) Thomas H. Jonasson 7 2 2 1 1 1 7 12
13 11 Denmark (16) Mikkel Michelsen 6 0 3 0 2 1 6 13
14 13 Australia (75) Troy Batchelor 6 2 1 3 0 0 6 14
15 1 Poland (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 4 2 0 2 0 0 4 15
16 4 United Kingdom (37) Chris Harris 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 16
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

The intermediate classification

References

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