2016 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

The 2016 Adrian Flux British FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 2016 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 9 July at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.[1]

United Kingdom 2016 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
2016 Adrian Flux British FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date9 July 2016
CityUnited Kingdom Cardiff
Event5 of 11
RefereeDenmark Jesper Steentoft
Stadium details
StadiumPrincipality Stadium
Capacity62,500
Length272 m (297 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
(in Heat 4)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerSweden Antonio Lindbäck
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited Kingdom Tai Woffinden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Batosz Z

Riders

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For the fifth successive Grand Prix first reserve Fredrik Lindgren replaced Jarosław Hampel, who had injured himself during the 2015 Speedway World Cup and was not fit to compete. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Danny King as the wild card, and Robert Lambert and Steve Worrall both as Track Reserves.

Results

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The Grand Prix was won by Antonio Lindbäck, who beat world champion Tai Woffinden, Bartosz Zmarzlik and Greg Hancock in the final. Piotr Pawlicki Jr. had initially top scored during the 20 qualifying heats, but was eliminated in the semi-finals. By finishing second, and scoring 15 points, Woffinden closed the gap on Hancock at the top of the world championship standings to just three points.[2]

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   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 18 3 3 3 2 1 12 3 3 3
  9   (108) Tai Woffinden 15 1 2 2 2 3 10 6 3 2
  3   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 13 1 3 1 3 2 10 5 2 1
4 6   (45) Greg Hancock 10 0 3 2 3 0 8 7 2 0
5 8   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 14 1 3 3 3 3 13 1 1
6 7   (69) Jason Doyle 12 3 1 3 3 2 12 2 0
7 5   (71) Maciej Janowski 11 2 1 3 2 3 11 4 0
8 15   (100) Andreas Jonsson 9 3 0 2 1 2 8 8 1
9 12   (55) Matej Žagar 8 3 2 1 1 1 8 9
10 13   (16) Danny King 7 0 0 2 2 3 7 10
11 11   (23) Chris Holder 6 2 2 1 0 1 6 11
12 14   (3) Nicki Pedersen 5 1 2 0 0 2 5 12
13 2   (25) Peter Kildemand 4 2 0 0 1 1 4 13
14 16   (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 14
15 4   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 15
16 10   (37) Chris Harris 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

The intermediate classification

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[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
 
POL
 
DEN
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
PL2
 
GER
 
SCA
 
PL3
 
AUS
 
    (45) Greg Hancock 66 10 14 14 18 10
    (108) Tai Woffinden 63 10 14 15 9 15
    (69) Jason Doyle 54 13 5 7 17 12
4   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 53 10 10 10 5 18
5   (71) Maciej Janowski 52 10 10 16 5 11
6   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 51 8 10 7 13 13
7   (23) Chris Holder 50 14 12 13 5 6
8   (55) Matej Žagar 39 4 14 8 5 8
9   (25) Peter Kildemand 38 15 6 7 6 4
10   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 37 8 4 5 6 14
11   (3) Nicki Pedersen 37 10 4 10 8 5
12   (100) Andreas Jonsson 37 6 8 8 6 9
13   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 34 7 12 2 11 2
14   (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 33 8 4 7 11 3
15   (37) Chris Harris 21 3 3 4 10 1
16   (16) Patryk Dudek 8 8
17   (16) Danny King 7 7
18   (16) Anders Thomsen 5 5
19   (16) Václav Milík Jr. 3 3
20   (18) Denis Štojs 1 1
21   (19) Nick Škorja 1 1
22   (20) Matic Ivačič 0 0
Pos. Rider Points SVN
 
POL
 
DEN
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
PL2
 
GER
 
SCA
 
PL3
 
AUS
 

References

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  1. ^ "British Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
  2. ^ "British Grand Prix Result". SGP.
  3. ^ "2016 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

See also

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