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2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy

The 2012 FIM Fogo Italian Speedway Grand Prix was the eighth race meeting of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 11, at the Pista Olimpia Terenzano stadium in Terenzano, Italy.[1][2][3]

Italy 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy
2012 FIM Fogo Italian SGP
Information
Date11 August 2012
CityItaly Terenzano
Event8 of 12 (152)
RefereeUnited Kingdom Craig Ackroyd
Jury PresidentGermany Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumPista Olimpia Terenzano
Capacity4,000
Length400 m (440 yd)
Trackspeedway
SGP Results
Attendance3,000
Best TimeSweden Antonio Lindbäck
71,37 secs (in Heat 1)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerSweden Antonio Lindbäck
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upRussia Emil Sayfutdinov
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeUnited States Emil Sayfutdinov

The Grand Prix was won by Antonio Lindbäck who beat Emil Sayfutdinov, Greg Hancock and Martin Vaculík.[4][5] It was first SGP win for Lindbäck in his 52nd start. He and Fredrik Lindgren are the most "waiting for win" riders.[6]

Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Nicolas Covatti as Wild Card, and Michele Paco Castagna and Nicolas Vicentin both as Track Reserves.[7] Injured Jarosław Hampel was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík for third time.[8] The draw was made on August 10.[9]

(3)   Jarosław Hampel → (19)   Martin Vaculík

Results

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Heat details

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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 3   (12) Antonio Lindbäck 16 3 1 0 3 1 8 7 2 3
2 6   (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 19 3 3 2 2 2 12 1 3 2
3 8   (1) Greg Hancock 14 2 2 3 0 3 10 3 2 1
4 12   (19) Martin Vaculík 14 0 3 2 3 3 11 2 3 X
5 5   (4) Jason Crump 10 0 2 3 2 3 10 4 0
6 11   (8) Chris Holder 10 3 0 3 1 2 9 5 1
7 7   (10) Nicki Pedersen 10 1 3 1 1 3 9 6 1
8 1   (2) Andreas Jonsson 8 2 3 1 0 2 8 8 F
9 10   (14) Peter Ljung 8 2 2 3 1 0 8 9
10 13   (11) Chris Harris 8 2 1 2 3 X 8 10
11 15   (7) Kenneth Bjerre 6 3 2 R 0 1 6 11
12 14   (5) Tomasz Gollob 6 1 R 2 2 1 6 12
13 2   (9) Fredrik Lindgren 5 0 1 1 2 1 5 13
14 4   (15) Hans N. Andersen 4 1 0 0 3 0 4 14
15 16   (16) Nicolas Covatti 3 0 1 0 0 2 3 15
16 9   (13) Bjarne Pedersen 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 16
17 17   (17) Michele Paco Castagna - - 17
18 18   (18) Nicolas Vicentin - - 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

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  1. (71,37) Lindbäck, Jonsson, Andersen, Lindgren
  2. (71,67) Sayfutdinov, Hancock, N. Pedersen, Crump
  3. (71,40) Holder, Ljung, B. Pedersen, Vaculík
  4. (71,59) Bjerre, Harris, Gollob, Covatti
  5. (72,43) Jonsson, Crump, Harris, B. Pedersen
  6. (72,81) Sayfutdinov, Ljung, Lindgren, Gollob (R)
  7. (72,69) N. Pedersen, Bjerre, Lindbäck, Holder
  8. (72,62) Vaculík, Hancock, Covatti, Andersen
  9. (73,28) Holder, Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Covatti
  10. (73,06) Crump, Vaculík, Lindgren, Bjerre (R)
  11. (73,88) Hancock, Gollob, B. Pedersen, Lindbäck
  12. (76,09) Ljung, Harris, N. Pedersen, Andersen
  13. (74,38) Vaculík, Gollob, N. Pedersen, Jonsson
  14. (74,41) Harris, Lindgren, Holder, Hancock
  15. (74,15) Lindbäck, Crump, Ljung, Covatti
  16. (76,00) Andersen, Sayfutdinov, B. Pedersen, Bjerre
  17. (74,47) Hancock, Jonsson, Bjerre, Ljung
  18. (74,34) N. Pedersen, Covatti, Lindgren, B. Pedersen
  19. (73,25) Vaculík, Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, Harris (X)
  20. (73,59) Crump, Holder, Gollob, Andersen
    Semifinals
  21. (73,07) Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, N. Pedersen, Crump
  22. (73,88) Vaculík, Hancock, Holder, Jonsson (F)
    the Final
  23. (73,36) Lindbäck, Sayfutdinov, Hancock, Vaculík (X)

The intermediate classification

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Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points NZL
 		 EUR
 		 CZE
 		 SWE
 		 DEN
 		 POL
 		 CRO
 		 ITA
 		 GBR
 		 SCA
 		 NOR
 		 PL2
 
1   (1) Greg Hancock 111 22 9 12 15 17 12 10 14        
2   (10) Nicki Pedersen 101 13 10 19 14 9 7 19 10        
3   (4) Jason Crump 97 12 12 20 11 18 5 9 10        
4   (8) Chris Holder 94 4 19 12 17 9 17 6 10        
5   (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 84 8 7 10 12 11 10 7 19        
6   (5) Tomasz Gollob 83 15 16 12 6 3 12 13 6        
7   (9) Fredrik Lindgren 77 8 8 6 15 15 11 9 5        
8   (2) Andreas Jonsson 70 4 13 3 10 8 9 15 8        
9   (12) Antonio Lindbäck 62 13 4 9 5 3 6 6 16        
10   (3) Jarosław Hampel 46 18 15 6 7 ns – – –        
11   (11) Chris Harris 46 5 3 6 3 10 1 10 8        
12   (14) Peter Ljung 44 4 6 5 6 8 7 0 8        
13   (15) Hans N. Andersen 43 6 5 6 3 4 7 8 4        
14   (19) Martin Vaculík 42 – – – – – 20 8 14        
15   (7) Kenneth Bjerre 41 4 8 3 5 5 3 7 6        
16   (13) Bjarne Pedersen 41 7 2 6 4 10 4 5 3        
17   (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik 13 – – – – – 13 – –        
18   (16) Jurica Pavlic 12 – – – – – – 12 –        
19   (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 11 – – – 11 – – – –        
20   (16) Josef Franc 9 – – 9 – – – – –        
21   (16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki 7 – 7 – – – ns – –        
22   (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 7 – – – – 7 – – –        
23   (18) Mikkel B. Jensen 4 – – – – 4 – – –        
24   (16) Nicolas Covatti 3 – – – – – – – 3        
25   (17) Peter Kildemand 2 – – – – 2 – – –        
26   (16) Jason Bunyan 1 1 – – – – – – –        
27   (17) Václav Milík, Jr. 0 – – 0 – – – – –        
28   (17) Dino Kovacic 0 – – – – – – 0 –        
Rider(s) not classified
  (17) Grant Tregoning — ns – – – – – – –        
  (18) Sean Mason — ns – – – – – – –        
  (17) Tobiasz Musielak — – ns – – – – – –        
  (17)(18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. — – ns – – – ns – –        
  (18) Matěj Kůs — – – ns – – – – –        
  (17) Linus Sundström — – – – ns – – – –        
  (18) Simon Gustafsson — – – – ns – – – –        
  (18) Samo Kukovica — – – – – – – ns –        
  (17) Michele Paco Castagna — – – – – – – – ns        
  (18) Nicolas Vicentin — – – – – – – – ns        
Pos. Rider Points NZL
 		 EUR
 		 CZE
 		 SWE
 		 DEN
 		 POL
 		 CRO
 		 ITA
 		 GBR
 		 SCA
 		 NOR
 		 PL2
 

References

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  1. ^ "FIM Track Racing Commission 2012 Calendars (Mar 16)" (PDF). fim-live.com. 16 Mar 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
  2. ^ "FIM Italian Speedway GP". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
  3. ^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 36-37 ISSN 1429-3285
  4. ^ "Pierwsze zwycięstwo Lindbaecka - relacja z Grand Prix Włoch" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 11 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
  5. ^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 60 ISSN 1429-3285
  6. ^ "Lindbaeck czekał tak jak Lindgren" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 12 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
  7. ^ "Argentyńczyk wystąpi w Grand Prix Włoch" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 31 Jul 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
  8. ^ "Vaculik pojedzie w GP Włoch" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
  9. ^ "GP Włoch: Pojedynek Crumpa, Hancocka i Pedersena już w drugim biegu!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 10 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.

See also

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