2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

The 2018 Anlas Czech Republic FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the second race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 26 at the Markéta Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic.[1]

Czech Republic 2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
2018 Anlas Czech Republic FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date26 May 2018
CityCzech Republic Prague
Event2 of 10
RefereeDenmark Krister Gardell
Stadium details
StadiumMarkéta Stadium
Capacity10,000
Length353 m (386 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerSweden Fredrik Lindgren
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upPoland Patryk Dudek
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeRussia Emil Sayfutdinov

Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Václav Milík as the wild card, and Josef Franc and Eduard Krčmář both as Track Reserves.

Results

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The Grand Prix was won by Fredrik Lindgren, who beat Patryk Dudek, Emil Sayfutdinov and Tai Woffinden in the final.[2] Woffinden has initially top scored with 14 points in the qualifying heats, dropping just one point to Artem Laguta, however he was beaten by Dudek in the semi-finals and then finished last in the final. Lindgren's win saw him maintain his lead in the overall world championship standings, two points ahead of Woffinden in second.

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   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 16 2 2 1 2 3 10 4 3 3
  14   (692) Patryk Dudek 14 0 2 1 3 3 9 5 3 2
  8   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 15 3 2 2 3 2 12 2 2 1
4 3   (108) Tai Woffinden 16 3 3 3 2 3 14 1 2 0
5 16   (71) Maciej Janowski 11 3 3 3 0 2 11 3 0
6 15   (69) Jason Doyle 9 1 1 2 3 1 8 7 1
7 9   (110) Nicki Pedersen 8 3 0 0 2 3 8 6 0
8 10   (222) Artem Laguta 8 2 0 2 3 0 7 8 1
9 12   (55) Matej Žagar 7 1 1 3 1 1 7 9
10 13   (45) Greg Hancock 7 2 1 1 1 2 7 10
11 2   (16) Václav Milík 6 0 3 0 2 1 6 11
12 4   (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 5 1 0 3 0 1 5 12
13 5   (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 5 0 3 1 1 0 5 13
14 6   (23) Chris Holder 5 1 1 2 1 0 5 14
15 11   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 4 0 2 0 0 2 4 15
16 7   (111) Craig Cook 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 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

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 POL
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
SWE
 
GBR
 
SCA
 
PL2
 
SVN
 
GER
 
PL3
 
    (66) Fredrik Lindgren 32 16 16
    (108) Tai Woffinden 31 15 16
    (692) Patryk Dudek 24 10 14
4   (71) Maciej Janowski 24 13 11
5   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 23 8 15
6   (222) Artem Laguta 21 13 8
7   (55) Matej Žagar 16 9 7
8   (23) Chris Holder 15 10 5
9   (45) Greg Hancock 15 8 7
10   (69) Jason Doyle 14 5 9
11   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 13 9 4
12   (110) Nicki Pedersen 10 2 8
13   (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 9 4 5
14   (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 8 3 5
15   (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 7
16   (16) Vaclav Milik 6 6
17   (111) Craig Cook 4 2 2
18   (17) Maksym Drabik 2 2
19   (18) Bartosz Smektała 2 2
Pos. Rider Points POL
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
SWE
 
GBR
 
SCA
 
PL2
 
SVN
 
GER
 
PL3
 

References

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  1. ^ "Czech Republic Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
  2. ^ "Czech Republic Grand Prix Result". SGP.
  3. ^ "2018 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.