2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia

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Sweden 2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
2017 Stockholm FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date22 September 2017
CitySweden Stockholm
Event10 of 12
RefereeDenmark
Stadium details
StadiumFriends Arena
Capacity34,000
Length272 m (297 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerSlovenia Matej Žagar
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upPoland Bartosz Zmarzlik
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeAustralia Bartosz Zmarzlik

The 2017 Stockholm FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the tenth race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 22 at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.[1]

Riders[]

First reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Greg Hancock, second reserve Martin Smolinski replaced Nicki Pedersen and third reserve Max Fricke replaced Niels-Kristian Iversen. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Kim Nilsson as the wild card, and Jacob Thorssell and both as Track Reserves.

Results[]

The Grand Prix was won by Slovenia's Matej Žagar, who beat Bartosz Zmarzlik, Jason Doyle and Peter Kildemand in the final.[2] It was Zagar's second successive Grand Prix win after finishing first in Germany the round before. Doyle, who equalled the record number of final appearances in one season with nine, initially top scored in the qualifying heats, however third place saw him move 22 points clear of Patryk Dudek, who failed to make the semi-finals.

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 16 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 13 1 2 1 3 0 7 8 3 3
Silver 15 Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 12 2 2 1 3 0 8 4 2 2
Bronze 11 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 18 3 3 2 3 3 14 1 3 1
4 14 Denmark (25) Peter Kildemand 10 0 2 3 1 2 8 5 2 0
5 2 Russia (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 12 3 3 3 2 1 12 2 0
6 12 Australia (23) Chris Holder 9 1 0 2 3 3 9 3 0
7 4 Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren 9 2 3 1 2 0 8 7 1
8 13 Sweden (85) Antonio Lindbäck 8 3 2 0 1 2 8 6 0
9 5 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 7 3 1 0 2 1 7 9
10 1 Poland (692) Patryk Dudek 6 1 3 0 0 2 6 10
11 9 Poland (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 6 0 0 2 1 3 6 11
12 6 Australia (46) Max Fricke 6 2 1 3 0 0 6 12
13 7 United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 6 0 0 2 2 2 6 13
14 8 Slovakia (54) Martin Vaculík 5 0 1 1 0 3 5 14
15 17 Sweden (17) Jacob Thorssell 4 4 15
16 10 Germany (84) Martin Smolinski 4 2 0 0 1 1 4 16
17 3 Sweden (16) Kim Nilsson 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 17
18 18 Sweden (18) 0 0 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[]

[3]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points SVN
Slovenia
POL
Poland
LAT
Latvia
CZE
Czech Republic
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
SWE
Sweden
PL2
Poland
GER
Germany
SCA
Sweden
PL3
Poland
AUS
Australia
Gold Australia (69) Jason Doyle 132 12 15 10 13 15 13 5 14 17 18
Silver Poland (692) Patryk Dudek 110 13 9 16 13 14 10 5 13 11 6
Bronze Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 108 6 16 13 6 17 17 13 6 7 7
4 Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren 107 16 16 5 6 8 7 18 11 11 9
5 Russia (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 102 12 6 13 2 14 11 10 11 11 12
6 United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 100 8 13 9 7 11 9 14 18 5 6
7 Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 94 6 12 6 8 7 16 15 10 2 12
8 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 86 10 1 10 4 11 12 3 7 15 13
9 Slovakia (54) Martin Vaculík 85 16 10 8 10 1 4 10 7 14 5
10 Australia (23) Chris Holder 75 6 6 4 11 7 10 6 2 14 9
11 Sweden (85) Antonio Lindbäck 72 2 6 4 9 8 7 19 5 4 8
12 Poland (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 69 7 7 18 7 4 1 6 9 4 6
13 Denmark (25) Peter Kildemand 47 1 8 3 10 4 10 11
14 United States (45) Greg Hancock 45 11 4 5 18 7 0
15 Denmark (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 44 9 9 7 3 3 7 6
16 Czech Republic (225) Václav Milík Jr. 20 13 7
17 Germany (84) Martin Smolinski 17 1 4 8 4
18 Latvia (16) Maksims Bogdanovs 8 8
19 Denmark (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 8 8
20 Denmark (12) Nicki Pedersen 8 3 5
21 Denmark (16) Kenneth Bjerre 7 7
22 Australia (46) Max Fricke 7 1 6
23 Poland (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 6 6
24 Germany (16) Kai Huckenbeck 4 4
25 Sweden (17) Jacob Thorssell 4 4
26 Poland (16) Przemysław Pawlicki 3 3
27 United Kingdom (16) Craig Cook 2 2
28 United Kingdom (18) Josh Bates 2 2
29 Sweden (16) Linus Sundström 2 2
30 Sweden (16) Kim Nilsson 2 2
31 Slovenia (16) 1 1
32 Czech Republic (17) Josef Franc 0 0
33 Czech Republic (18) Matěj Kůs 0 0
34 United Kingdom (17) Adam Ellis 0 0
35 Germany (17) Tobias Kroner 0 0
36 Sweden (18) 0 0
Pos. Rider Points SVN
Slovenia
POL
Poland
LAT
Latvia
CZE
Czech Republic
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
SWE
Sweden
PL2
Poland
GER
Germany
SCA
Sweden
PL3
Poland
AUS
Australia

References[]

  1. ^ "Stockholm Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
  2. ^ "Stockholm Grand Prix Result". SGP.
  3. ^ "2017 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

See also[]

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