2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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United Kingdom 2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
2018 Adrian Flux British FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date21 July 2018
CityUnited Kingdom Cardiff
Event5 of 10
RefereeGermany
Stadium details
StadiumPrincipality Stadium
Capacity62,500
Length272 m (297 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerPoland Bartosz Zmarzlik
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited Kingdom Tai Woffinden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Tai Woffinden

The 2018 Adrian Flux British FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 21 July at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.[1]

Riders[]

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Robert Lambert as the wild card, and Daniel Bewley and Jason Garrity both as Track Reserves.

Results[]

The Grand Prix was won by Bartosz Zmarzlik, who beat Tai Woffinden, Maciej Janowski and Greg Hancock in the final.[2] As a result of finishing second, Woffinden extended his overall lead in the championship to 20 points. Fredrik Lindgren, who failed to make the semi-finals, remained in second place, just two points ahead of Janowski in third.

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 15 Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 19 3 3 2 3 2 13 1 3 3
Silver 1 United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 16 3 1 3 1 3 11 2 3 2
Bronze 7 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 12 3 0 3 0 3 9 6 2 1
4 12 United States (45) Greg Hancock 12 0 3 3 2 2 10 3 2 0
5 16 Poland (692) Patryk Dudek 10 1 2 2 3 2 10 4 0
6 3 Poland (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 10 2 2 2 2 1 9 7 1
7 14 United Kingdom (111) Craig Cook 9 0 3 3 3 0 9 5 0
8 13 Russia (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 8 2 3 2 0 0 7 8 1
9 6 Australia (23) Chris Holder 7 2 1 1 0 3 7 9
10 2 Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren 7 1 2 1 2 1 7 10
11 4 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 6 0 1 1 1 3 6 11
12 8 Russia (222) Artem Laguta 6 1 0 1 3 1 6 12
13 9 Denmark (110) Nicki Pedersen 6 2 2 0 2 0 6 13
14 11 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 5 1 1 0 1 2 5 14
15 10 Slovakia (54) Martin Vaculík 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 15
16 5 United Kingdom (16) Robert Lambert 1 0 0 1 0 1 16
17 17 United Kingdom (17) Daniel Bewley 0 0 17
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 POL
Poland
CZE
Czech Republic
DEN
Denmark
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
SCA
Sweden
PL2
Poland
SVN
Slovenia
GER
Germany
PL3
Poland
Gold United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 81 15 16 18 16 16
Silver Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren 61 16 16 7 15 7
Bronze Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 59 13 11 5 18 12
4 Russia (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 56 8 15 11 14 8
5 Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 55 9 4 10 13 19
6 United States (45) Greg Hancock 53 8 7 16 10 12
7 Russia (222) Artem Laguta 47 13 8 12 8 6
8 Poland (692) Patryk Dudek 46 10 14 6 6 10
9 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 40 5 9 12 9 5
10 Australia (23) Chris Holder 38 10 5 9 7 7
11 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 34 9 7 5 7 6
12 Denmark (110) Nicki Pedersen 31 2 8 12 3 6
13 Poland (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 24 3 5 5 1 10
14 United Kingdom (111) Craig Cook 18 2 2 2 3 9
15 Denmark (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 9 4 5
16 Slovakia (54) Martin Vaculík 7 3 1 3
17 Poland (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 7
18 Sweden (16) Andreas Jonsson 7 7
19 Czech Republic (16) Vaclav Milik 6 6
20 Denmark (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 4 4
21 Poland (17) Maksym Drabik 2 2
22 Poland (18) Bartosz Smektała 2 2
23 United Kingdom (16) Robert Lambert 1 1
24 Denmark (17) Mikkel Michelsen 1 1
25 Denmark (18) Mikkel Bech Jensen 0 0
26 United Kingdom (17) Daniel Bewley 0 0
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
CZE
Czech Republic
DEN
Denmark
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
SCA
Sweden
PL2
Poland
SVN
Slovenia
GER
Germany
PL3
Poland

References[]

  1. ^ "British Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
  2. ^ "British Grand Prix Result". SGP.
  3. ^ "2018 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

See also[]

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