2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

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Poland 2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
2017 Lotto Warsaw FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date13 May 2017
CityPoland Warsaw
Event2 of 12
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Stadium details
StadiumStadion Narodowy
Capacity54,000
Length274.2 m (299.9 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerSweden Fredrik Lindgren
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upPoland Maciej Janowski
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeAustralia Maciej Janowski

The 2017 Lotto Warsaw FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the second race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 13 at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland.[1]

Riders[edit]

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Przemysław Pawlicki as the wild card, and Krystian Pieszczek and Paweł Przedpełski both as Track Reserves.

Results[edit]

The Grand Prix was won by Fredrik Lindgren, who beat Maciej Janowski, Jason Doyle and Martin Vaculík in the final.[2] It was the second Grand Prix win of Lindgren's career, and was a result that took him to the top of the overall championship standings - 5 points clear of Doyle.

Heat details[edit]

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 10 Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren 16 3 2 3 1 1 10 5 3 3
Silver 4 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 16 3 3 0 3 3 12 1 2 2
Bronze 13 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 15 3 3 2 2 1 11 4 3 1
4 5 Slovakia (54) Martin Vaculík 10 1 2 3 0 2 8 8 2 0
5 7 United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 13 2 3 1 3 3 12 2 1
6 8 Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 12 3 2 2 3 2 12 3 0
7 14 Poland (692) Patryk Dudek 9 2 3 3 0 1 9 6 0
8 15 Denmark (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 9 0 2 1 2 3 8 7 1
9 6 Poland (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 7 0 1 3 0 3 7 9
10 3 Australia (23) Chris Holder 6 0 0 1 3 2 6 10
11 12 Russia (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 6 2 0 2 2 0 6 11
12 16 Sweden (85) Antonio Lindbäck 6 1 1 2 2 0 6 12
13 1 Denmark (12) Nicki Pedersen 5 2 1 1 1 0 5 13
14 2 United States (45) Greg Hancock 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 14
15 9 Poland (16) Przemysław Pawlicki 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 15
16 11 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 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

Intermediate classification[edit]

[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 Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren 32 16 16
Silver Australia (69) Jason Doyle 27 12 15
Bronze Slovakia (54) Martin Vaculík 26 16 10
4 Poland (692) Patryk Dudek 22 13 9
5 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 22 6 16
6 United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 21 8 13
7 Russia (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 18 12 6
8 Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 18 6 12
9 Denmark (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 18 9 9
10 United States (45) Greg Hancock 15 11 4
11 Poland (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 14 7 7
12 Australia (23) Chris Holder 12 6 6
13 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 11 10 1
14 Sweden (85) Antonio Lindbäck 8 2 6
15 Denmark (12) Nicki Pedersen 8 3 5
16 Poland (16) Przemysław Pawlicki 3 3
17 Slovenia (16) Nick Škorja 1 1
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[edit]

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

See also[edit]