2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Finland

The 2015 FIM Finnish Speedway Grand Prix was the second round of the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix season (the world championship). It took place on May 16 at the Ratina Stadium in Tampere, Finland.[1] It was the second edition of the Speedway Grand Prix of Finland.

Finland 2015 Speedway Grand Prix of
2015 FIM Finnish Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date16 May 2015
CityFinland Tampere
Event2 of 12
RefereeKrister Gardell
Stadium details
StadiumRatina Stadium
Capacity16,800
Length400 m (440 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
(in Heat 4)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerDenmark Nicki Pedersen
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited Kingdom Tai Woffinden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeSweden Andreas Jonsson

Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Timo Lahti as the wild card, and Nike Lunna and Jiri Nieminen both as Track Reserves.

Results

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The Grand Prix was won by Nicki Pedersen, who beat Tai Woffinden, Andreas Jonsson and Jarosław Hampel in the final. Despite finishing second, Woffinden top scored in the meeting and became the new world championship leader.[2][3]

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
  13   (3) Nicki Pedersen 16 3 3 2 1 1 10 3 3 3
  2   (108) Tai Woffinden 17 3 0 3 3 3 12 1 3 2
  1   (100) Andreas Jonsson 12 1 2 2 1 3 9 7 2 1
4 12   (33) Jarosław Hampel 11 3 0 0 3 3 9 5 2 0
5 16   (69) Jason Doyle 11 2 1 3 2 2 10 4 1
6 7   (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 10 3 3 3 0 1 10 2 0
7 14   (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 10 1 2 2 2 2 9 8 1
8 9   (45) Greg Hancock 9 2 1 3 3 0 9 6 0
9 5   (55) Matej Žagar 7 0 0 1 3 3 7 9
10 6   (75) Troy Batchelor 7 2 3 0 2 0 7 10
11 8   (23) Chris Holder 7 1 3 0 2 1 7 11
12 3   (37) Chris Harris 6 0 2 1 1 2 6 12
13 15   (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 6 0 1 2 1 2 6 13
14 4   (30) Thomas H. Jonasson 4 2 2 0 4 14
15 11   (16) Timo Lahti 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 15
16 10   (71) Maciej Janowski 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 16
17 17   (17) Nike Lunna 0 0 17
18 18   (18) Jari Nieminen 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

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 POL
 
FIN
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
LVA
 
SWE
 
DEN
 
POL
 
SVN
 
SCA
 
POL
 
AUS
 
    (108) Tai Woffinden 22 5 17
    (3) Nicki Pedersen 19 3 16
    (33) Jarosław Hampel 18 7 11
4   (55) Matej Žagar 15 8 7
5   (100) Andreas Jonsson 15 3 12
6   (69) Jason Doyle 15 4 11
7   (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 15 5 10
8   (45) Greg Hancock 14 5 9
9   (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 13 3 10
10   (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 13 7 6
11   (37) Chris Harris 13 7 6
12   (30) Thomas H. Jonasson 8 4 4
13   (23) Chris Holder 7 0 7
14   (75) Troy Batchelor 7 0 7
15   (71) Maciej Janowski 5 3 2
16   (16) Tomasz Gollob 4 4
17   (16) Timo Lahti 3 3
18   (17) Bartosz Zmarzlik 3 3
19   (20) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 1 1
20   (17) Nike Lunna 0 0
21   (18) Jiri Nieminen 0 0
Pos. Rider Points POL
 
FIN
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
LVA
 
SWE
 
DEN
 
POL
 
SVN
 
SCA
 
POL
 
AUS
 

References

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  1. ^ "Finland Grand Prix Event Info". SGP. Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  2. ^ "Finland Grand Prix Result". SGP.
  3. ^ "Nicki Pedersen wins Finnish Speedway GP". MC News. Retrieved 30 May 2024.

See also

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