2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia

The 2017 QBE Insurance Australian FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the 12th and final race meeting of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 28 October at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.[1]

Australia 2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia
2017 QBE Insurance Australian FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date28 October 2017
CityAustralia Melbourne
Event12 of 12
RefereeUnited Kingdom Craig Ackroyd
Stadium details
StadiumEtihad Stadium
Capacity42,000
Length346 m (378 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Jason Doyle
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited Kingdom Tai Woffinden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Bartosz Zmarzlik

Riders

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First reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Greg Hancock, second reserve Martin Smolinski replaced Nicki Pedersen, first track reserve Justin Sedgmen replaced Niels-Kristian Iversen and second track reserve Davey Watt replaced Fredrik Lindgren. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Sam Masters as the wild card, and Brady Kurtz and Rohan Tungate as third and fourth track Reserves.

Results

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The Grand Prix was won by Australia's Jason Doyle, who beat Tai Woffinden, Bartosz Zmarzlik and Patryk Dudek in the final.[2] It was second Grand Prix win of the season for Doyle, and the sixth of his career. He also wrapped up the world title in the 10th heat of the night, becoming the first Australian to win the world title on home soil. He also set the record for the most final appearances in one season with 10.

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
  15   (69) Jason Doyle 19 3 3 3 2 3 14 1 2 3
  5   (108) Tai Woffinden 16 3 2 1 3 3 12 3 2 2
  6   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 13 2 1 1 3 2 9 6 3 1
4 9   (692) Patryk Dudek 15 2 3 3 1 3 12 2 3 0
5 8   (55) Matej Žagar 10 1 3 1 3 2 10 4 0
6 14   (54) Martin Vaculík 9 2 3 2 0 2 9 5 0
7 1   (71) Maciej Janowski 9 2 0 3 2 1 8 7 1
8 11   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 8 3 2 0 2 0 7 8 1
9 18   (20) Rohan Tungate 6 6 9
10 13   (84) Martin Smolinski 6 0 1 3 1 1 6 10
11 16   (25) Peter Kildemand 6 1 2 2 1 0 6 11
12 4   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 12
13 10   (17) Justin Segdmen 4 1 2 1 0 0 4 13
14 17   (19) Brady Kurtz 3 3 14
15 3   (23) Chris Holder 3 1 0 0 2 0 3 15
16 7   (18) Davey Watt 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 16
17 12   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 2 0 0 2 2 17
17 2   (16) Sam Masters 2 0 0 0 2 2 17
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

Final 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
 
LAT
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
PL2
 
GER
 
SCA
 
PL3
 
AUS
 
    (69) Jason Doyle 161 12 15 10 13 15 13 5 14 17 18 10 19
    (692) Patryk Dudek 143 13 9 16 13 14 10 5 13 11 6 18 15
    (108) Tai Woffinden 131 8 13 9 7 11 9 14 18 5 6 15 16
4   (71) Maciej Janowski 122 6 16 13 6 17 17 13 6 7 7 5 9
5   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 121 6 12 6 8 7 16 15 10 2 12 14 13
6   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 117 12 6 13 2 14 11 10 11 11 12 7 8
7   (55) Matej Žagar 107 10 1 10 4 11 12 3 7 15 13 11 10
8   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 107 16 16 5 6 8 7 18 11 11 9
9   (54) Martin Vaculík 99 16 10 8 10 1 4 10 7 14 5 5 9
10   (23) Chris Holder 85 6 6 4 11 7 10 6 2 14 9 7 3
11   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 81 7 7 18 7 4 1 6 9 4 6 10 2
12   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 77 2 6 4 9 8 7 19 5 4 8 1 4
13   (25) Peter Kildemand 61 1 8 3 10 4 10 11 8 6
14   (45) Greg Hancock 45 11 4 5 18 7 0
15   (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 44 9 9 7 3 3 7 6
16   (225) Václav Milík Jr. 31 13 7 11
17   (84) Martin Smolinski 25 1 4 8 4 2 6
18   (46) Max Fricke 11 1 6 4
19   (16) Paweł Przedpełski 10 10
20   (16) Maksims Bogdanovs 8 8
20   (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 8 8
20   (12) Nicki Pedersen 8 3 5
23   (16) Kenneth Bjerre 7 7
24   (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 6 6
24   (20) Rohan Tungate 6 6
26   (16) Kai Huckenbeck 4 4
26   (17) Jacob Thorssell 4 4
26   (17) Justin Sedgmen 4 4
29   (16) Przemysław Pawlicki 3 3
29   (19) Brady Kurtz 3 3
29   (18) Davey Watt 3 3
32   (16) Craig Cook 2 2
32   (18) Josh Bates 2 2
32   (16) Linus Sundström 2 2
32   (16) Kim Nilsson 2 2
32   (16) Sam Masters 2 2
37   (16) Nick Škorja 1 1
38   (17) Josef Franc 0 0
38   (18) Matěj Kůs 0 0
38   (17) Adam Ellis 0 0
38   (17) Tobias Kroner 0 0
38   (18) Filip Hjelmland 0 0
38   (17) Bartosz Smektała 0 0
Pos. Rider Points SVN
 
POL
 
LAT
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
PL2
 
GER
 
SCA
 
PL3
 
AUS
 

References

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

See also

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