2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia

The 2018 Aztorin Slovenian FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the eighth race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 7 at the Matija Gubec Stadium in Krško, Slovenia.[1]

Slovenia 2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia
2018 Aztorin Slovenian FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date7 September 2018
CitySlovenia Krško
Event8 of 10
RefereeArtur Kusmierz
Stadium details
StadiumMatija Gubec Stadium
Capacity12,000
Length387.7 m (424.0 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerPoland Patryk Dudek
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upAustralia Jason Doyle
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeUnited States Greg Hancock

Riders

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First reserve Niels-Kristian Iversen replaced the injured Matej Žagar. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Matic Ivačič as the wild card, and Nick Škorja and Denis Štojs both as Track Reserves.

Results

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The Grand Prix was won by Patryk Dudek, who beat defending world champion Jason Doyle, Greg Hancock and Fredrik Lindgren in the final.[2] It was the second Grand Prix win of Dudek's career. Overall leader Tai Woffinden finished 14th, scoring just five points, while his nearest challenger Bartosz Zmarzlik scored 12 points on the way to reaching the semi-finals. As a result, Zmarzlik closed the gap at the top of the world championship standings to just nine points.

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
  14   (692) Patryk Dudek 16 1 3 1 2 3 10 5 3 3
  7   (69) Jason Doyle 17 2 3 2 3 3 13 1 2 2
  9   (45) Greg Hancock 15 3 1 3 3 2 12 2 2 1
4 1   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 13 3 2 1 1 3 10 6 3 0
5 15   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 12 2 2 3 2 2 11 3 1
6 6   (71) Maciej Janowski 10 0 2 3 1 3 9 7 1
7 7   (23) Chris Holder 10 3 1 2 3 1 10 4 0
8 8   (54) Martin Vaculík 9 2 3 2 0 2 9 8 0
9 13   (222) Artem Laguta 7 0 3 3 0 1 7 9
10 3   (110) Nicki Pedersen 7 2 1 2 2 0 7 10
11 5   (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 5 3 0 1 1 0 5 11
12 8   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 5 1 0 0 3 1 5 12
13 11   (111) Craig Cook 5 1 0 0 2 2 5 13
14 4   (108) Tai Woffinden 5 1 2 1 0 1 5 14
15 2   (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 15
16 10   (16) Matic Ivačič 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
17 17   (17) Nick Škorja 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 POL
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
SWE
 
GBR
 
SCA
 
PL2
 
SVN
 
GER
 
PL3
 
    (108) Tai Woffinden 108 15 16 18 16 16 10 12 5
    (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 99 9 4 10 13 19 14 18 12
    (71) Maciej Janowski 89 13 11 5 18 12 11 9 10
4   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 89 16 16 7 15 7 13 2 13
5   (692) Patryk Dudek 84 10 14 6 6 10 10 12 16
6   (45) Greg Hancock 81 8 7 16 10 12 3 10 15
7   (222) Artem Laguta 73 13 8 12 8 6 6 13 7
8   (69) Jason Doyle 70 5 9 12 9 5 4 9 17
9   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 70 8 15 11 14 8 6 3 5
10   (55) Matej Žagar 61 9 7 5 7 6 16 11
11   (110) Nicki Pedersen 59 2 8 12 3 6 15 6 7
12   (23) Chris Holder 53 10 5 9 7 7 5 0 10
13   (54) Martin Vaculík 44 3 1 3 10 18 9
14   (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 32 3 5 5 1 10 3 3 2
15   (111) Craig Cook 30 2 2 2 3 9 3 4 5
16   (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 14 4 5 5
17   (16) Szymon Woźniak 8 8
18   (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 7
19   (16) Andreas Jonsson 7 7
20   (16) Vaclav Milik 6 6
21   (16) Peter Ljung 5 5
22   (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 4 4
23   (17) Oliver Berntzon 3 3
24   (17) Maksym Drabik 2 2
25   (18) Bartosz Smektała 2 2
26   (17) Mikkel Michelsen 1 1
27   (16) Robert Lambert 1 1
28   (18) Joel Kling 1 1
29   (18) Mikkel Bech Jensen 0 0
30   (17) Daniel Bewley 0 0
31   (16) Matic Ivačič 0 0
32   (17) Nick Škorja 0 0
Pos. Rider Points POL
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
SWE
 
GBR
 
SCA
 
PL2
 
SVN
 
GER
 
PL3
 

References

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