2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Nordic

The 2012 FIM Dansk Metal Nordic Speedway Grand Prix was the eleventh race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 22 September at the Vojens Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark.[1][2][3]

Denmark 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Nordic
2012 FIM Dansk Metal Nordic SGP
Information
Date22 September 2012
CityDenmark Vojens
Event11 of 12 (155)
RefereeJim Lawrence
Jury PresidentArmando Castagna
Stadium details
StadiumVojens Speedway Center
Capacity20,000
Length300 m (330 yd)
Trackspeedway
SGP Results
Attendance20,000
Best TimeDenmark Nicki Pedersen
57,79 secs (in Heat 5)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerDenmark Michael Jepsen Jensen
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upDenmark Nicki Pedersen
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeRussia Emil Sayfutdinov

The Grand Prix was won by wild card Michael Jepsen Jensen who beat Nicki Pedersen, Emil Sayfutdinov and Jason Crump in the final.[4][5][6]

Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Michael Jepsen Jensen as Wild Card, and Kim Nilsson and Linus Sundström both as Track Reserves.[7] Injured Kenneth Bjerre was replaced by second Qualified Substitutes, Krzysztof Kasprzak.[8] First Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík, had problems with blood pressure.[9] The draw was made on 21 September.[10]

(7)   Kenneth Bjerre → (20)   Krzysztof Kasprzak

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 14   (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 15 1 1 2 3 0 7 8 2 3
2 5   (10) Nicki Pedersen 20 3 3 3 2 2 13 1 3 2
3 4   (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 15 1 3 2 3 1 10 5 3 1
4 8   (4) Jason Crump 10 2 2 3 R 1 8 7 2 0
5 3   (12) Antonio Lindbäck 11 3 3 1 3 1 11 2 0
6 1   (8) Chris Holder 11 2 1 3 1 3 10 3 1
7 11   (9) Fredrik Lindgren 11 1 2 1 3 3 10 4 1
8 2   (1) Greg Hancock 9 0 3 2 2 2 9 6 0
9 7   (5) Tomasz Gollob 7 0 1 3 2 1 7 9
10 13   (2) Andreas Jonsson 7 R 2 1 1 3 7 10
11 15   (13) Bjarne Pedersen 7 2 0 1 2 2 7 11
12 16   (14) Peter Ljung 6 3 1 2 0 R 6 12
13 6   (15) Hans N. Andersen 6 1 2 0 1 2 6 13
14 10   (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak 4 3 0 X 1 R 4 14
15 9   (3) Jarosław Hampel 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 15
16 12   (11) Chris Harris 2 2 X 0 0 0 2 16
17 17   (17) Mikkel B. Jensen - - 17
18 18   (18) Nicklas Porsing - - 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. (57,83) Lindbäck, Holder, Sayfutdinov, Hancock
  2. (58,53) N.Pedersen, Crump, Andersen, Gollob
  3. (59,50) Kasprzak, Harris, Lindgren, Hampel
  4. (59,00) Ljung, B.Pedersen, Jensen, Jonsson (R)
  5. (57,79) N.Pedersen, Jonsson, Holder, Hampel
  6. (58,46) Hancock, Andersen, Jensen, Kasprzak
  7. (58,44) Lindbäck, Lindgren, Gollob, B.Pedersen
  8. (59,63) Sayfutdinov, Crump, Ljung, Harris (X)
  9. (58,44) Holder, Ljung, Lindgren, Andersen
  10. (59,12) N.Pedersen, Hancock, B.Pedersen, Harris
  11. (59,11) Crump, Jensen, Lindbäck, Hampel
  12. (59,47) Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Kasprzak (X)
  13. (59,62) Jensen, Gollob, Holder, Harris
  14. (58,84) Lindgren, Hancock, Jonsson, Crump (R)
  15. (59,34) Lindbäck, N.Pedersen, Kasprzak, Ljung
  16. (59,75) Sayfutdinov, B.Pedersen, Andersen, Hampel
  17. (59,03) Holder, B.Pedersen, Crump, Kasprzak (R)
  18. (59,37) Hampel, Hancock, Gollob, Ljung (R)
  19. (59,53) Jonsson, Andersen, Lindbäck, Harris
  20. (59,83) Lindgren, N.Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Jensen
    Semifinals
  21. (59,10) N.Pedersen, Crump, Lindgren, Hancock
  22. (59,69) Sayfutdinov, Jensen, Holder, Lindbäck
    the Final
  23. (59,64) Jensen, Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Crump

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   (8) Chris Holder 145 4 19 12 17 9 17 6 10 23 17 11  
2   (10) Nicki Pedersen 143 13 10 19 14 9 7 19 10 11 11 20  
3   (1) Greg Hancock 135 22 9 12 15 17 12 10 14 7 8 9  
4   (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 122 8 7 10 12 11 10 7 19 12 11 15  
5   (4) Jason Crump 121 12 12 20 11 18 5 9 10 6 8 10  
6   (5) Tomasz Gollob 121 15 16 12 6 3 12 13 6 10 21 7  
7   (9) Fredrik Lindgren 111 8 8 6 15 15 11 9 5 12 11 11  
8   (12) Antonio Lindbäck 103 13 4 9 5 3 6 6 16 12 18 11  
9   (2) Andreas Jonsson 84 4 13 3 10 8 9 15 8 6 1 7  
10   (15) Hans N. Andersen 64 6 5 6 3 4 7 8 4 10 5 6  
11   (11) Chris Harris 59 5 3 6 3 10 1 10 8 6 5 2  
12   (13) Bjarne Pedersen 56 7 2 6 4 10 4 5 3 2 6 7  
13   (3) Jarosław Hampel 55 18 15 6 7 ns 6 3  
14   (14) Peter Ljung 55 4 6 5 6 8 7 0 8 0 5 6  
15   (19) Martin Vaculík 55 20 8 14 7 6  
16   (7) Kenneth Bjerre 41 4 8 3 5 5 3 7 6  
17   (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 22 7 15  
18   (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak 17 13 4  
19   (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 16 11 5  
20   (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik 13 13  
21   (16) Jurica Pavlic 12 12  
22   (16) Josef Franc 9 9  
23   (16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki 7 7 ns  
24   (16) Scott Nicholls 7 7  
25   (17)(18) Mikkel B. Jensen 4 4 ns  
26   (16) Nicolas Covatti 3 3  
27   (17) Peter Kildemand 2 2  
28   (16) Jason Bunyan 1 1  
29   (17) Václav Milík, Jr. 0 0  
30   (17) Dino Kovacic 0 0  
31   (17)(18) Linus Sundström 0 ns 0  
32   (17) Kim Nilsson 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  
  (18) Simon Gustafsson ns  
  (18) Samo Kukovica ns  
  (17) Michele Paco Castagna ns  
  (18) Nicolas Vicentin ns  
  (17) Ben Barker ns  
  (18) Josh Auty ns  
  (18) Nicklas Porsing 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 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  2. ^ "FIM Dansk Metal Nordic Speedway GP". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  3. ^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 42-43 ISSN 1429-3285
  4. ^ "Sensacyjne zwycięstwo Jensena! - relacja z Grand Prix Nordyckiego" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 22 September 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  5. ^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 61 ISSN 1429-3285
  6. ^ "Wild Card Jepsen Jensen Win Nordic SGP, Holder Maintains Championship Lead". Full Noise. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Jensen z kolejną dziką kartą!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Krzysztof Kasprzak wystąpi w Vojens" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  9. ^ "Vaculik nie pojedzie w Grand Prix, szansa Kasprzaka?" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 16 September 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  10. ^ "Lista startowa Grand Prix Nordyckiego" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.

See also

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