2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland III

The 2017 Nice Toruń FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the 11th race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on October 7 at the Marian Rose MotoArena in Toruń, Poland.[1]

Poland 2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
2017 Nice Toruń FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date7 October 2017
CityPoland Toruń
Event11 of 12
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Stadium details
StadiumMarian Rose MotoArena
Capacity15,500
Length325 m (355 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerPoland Patryk Dudek
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, third reserve Max Fricke replaced Niels-Kristian Iversen and fourth reserve Václav Milík Jr. replaced Fredrik Lindgren. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Paweł Przedpełski as the wild card, and Bartosz Smektała and Igor Kopeć-Sobczyński both as Track Reserves.

Results

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The Grand Prix was won by Poland's Patryk Dudek, who beat Tai Woffinden, Bartosz Zmarzlik and Matej Žagar in the final.[2] It was the first Grand Prix win of Dudek's career, which kept alive the title race as championship leader Jason Doyle was eliminated in the semi-finals.

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   (692) Patryk Dudek 18 1 3 2 3 3 12 1 3 3
  8   (108) Tai Woffinden 15 1 2 3 1 3 10 5 3 2
  1   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 14 3 2 2 2 2 11 3 2 1
4 6   (55) Matej Žagar 11 2 0 3 2 2 9 7 2 0
5 11   (225) Václav Milík Jr. 11 3 3 1 2 2 11 2 0
6 16   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 10 2 3 0 2 3 10 4 0
7 7   (69) Jason Doyle 10 3 1 0 3 2 9 6 1
8 15   (16) Paweł Przedpełski 10 3 2 2 1 1 9 8 1
9 14   (25) Peter Kildemand 8 0 2 2 1 3 8 9
10 2   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 7 1 3 3 0 0 7 10
11 4   (23) Chris Holder 7 2 1 3 0 1 7 11
12 3   (54) Martin Vaculík 5 0 0 1 3 1 5 12
13 9   (71) Maciej Janowski 5 1 0 0 3 1 5 13
14 10   (46) Max Fricke 4 2 1 1 0 4 14
15 5   (84) Martin Smolinski 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 15
16 12   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 16
17 17   (17) Bartosz Smektała 0 0 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

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
 
LAT
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
PL2
 
GER
 
SCA
 
PL3
 
AUS
 
    (69) Jason Doyle 142 12 15 10 13 15 13 5 14 17 18 10
    (692) Patryk Dudek 128 13 9 16 13 14 10 5 13 11 6 18
    (108) Tai Woffinden 115 8 13 9 7 11 9 14 18 5 6 15
4   (71) Maciej Janowski 113 6 16 13 6 17 17 13 6 7 7 5
5   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 109 12 6 13 2 14 11 10 11 11 12 7
6   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 108 6 12 6 8 7 16 15 10 2 12 14
7   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 107 16 16 5 6 8 7 18 11 11 9
8   (55) Matej Žagar 97 10 1 10 4 11 12 3 7 15 13 11
9   (54) Martin Vaculík 90 16 10 8 10 1 4 10 7 14 5 5
10   (23) Chris Holder 82 6 6 4 11 7 10 6 2 14 9 7
11   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 79 7 7 18 7 4 1 6 9 4 6 10
12   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 73 2 6 4 9 8 7 19 5 4 8 1
13   (25) Peter Kildemand 55 1 8 3 10 4 10 11 8
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 19 1 4 8 4 2
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
25   (16) Kai Huckenbeck 4 4
25   (17) Jacob Thorssell 4 4
27   (16) Przemysław Pawlicki 3 3
28   (16) Craig Cook 2 2
28   (18) Josh Bates 2 2
28   (16) Linus Sundström 2 2
28   (16) Kim Nilsson 2 2
32   (16) Nick Škorja 1 1
33   (17) Josef Franc 0 0
33   (18) Matěj Kůs 0 0
33   (17) Adam Ellis 0 0
33   (17) Tobias Kroner 0 0
33   (18) Filip Hjelmland 0 0
33   (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. ^ "Torun Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
  2. ^ "Torun Grand Prix Result". SGP.
  3. ^ "2017 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

See also

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