2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy

The 2012 FIM Fogo Italian Speedway Grand Prix was the eighth race meeting of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 11, at the Pista Olimpia Terenzano stadium in Terenzano, Italy.[1][2][3]

Italy 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy
2012 FIM Fogo Italian SGP
Information
Date11 August 2012
CityItaly Terenzano
Event8 of 12 (152)
RefereeUnited Kingdom Craig Ackroyd
Jury PresidentGermany Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumPista Olimpia Terenzano
Capacity4,000
Length400 m (440 yd)
Trackspeedway
SGP Results
Attendance3,000
Best TimeSweden Antonio Lindbäck
71,37 secs (in Heat 1)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerSweden Antonio Lindbäck
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upRussia Emil Sayfutdinov
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeUnited States Emil Sayfutdinov

The Grand Prix was won by Antonio Lindbäck who beat Emil Sayfutdinov, Greg Hancock and Martin Vaculík.[4][5] It was first SGP win for Lindbäck in his 52nd start. He and Fredrik Lindgren are the most "waiting for win" riders.[6]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Nicolas Covatti as Wild Card, and Michele Paco Castagna and Nicolas Vicentin both as Track Reserves.[7] Injured Jarosław Hampel was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík for third time.[8] The draw was made on August 10.[9]

(3) Poland Jarosław Hampel → (19) Slovakia Martin Vaculík

Results

Heat details

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 3 Sweden (12) Antonio Lindbäck 16 3 1 0 3 1 8 7 2 3
2 6 Russia (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 19 3 3 2 2 2 12 1 3 2
3 8 United States (1) Greg Hancock 14 2 2 3 0 3 10 3 2 1
4 12 Slovakia (19) Martin Vaculík 14 0 3 2 3 3 11 2 3 X
5 5 Australia (4) Jason Crump 10 0 2 3 2 3 10 4 0
6 11 Australia (8) Chris Holder 10 3 0 3 1 2 9 5 1
7 7 Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen 10 1 3 1 1 3 9 6 1
8 1 Sweden (2) Andreas Jonsson 8 2 3 1 0 2 8 8 F
9 10 Sweden (14) Peter Ljung 8 2 2 3 1 0 8 9
10 13 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 8 2 1 2 3 X 8 10
11 15 Denmark (7) Kenneth Bjerre 6 3 2 R 0 1 6 11
12 14 Poland (5) Tomasz Gollob 6 1 R 2 2 1 6 12
13 2 Sweden (9) Fredrik Lindgren 5 0 1 1 2 1 5 13
14 4 Denmark (15) Hans N. Andersen 4 1 0 0 3 0 4 14
15 16 Italy (16) Nicolas Covatti 3 0 1 0 0 2 3 15
16 9 Denmark (13) Bjarne Pedersen 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 16
17 17 Italy (17) Michele Paco Castagna - - 17
18 18 Italy (18) Nicolas Vicentin - - 18
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

Heat after heat

  1. (71,37) Lindbäck, Jonsson, Andersen, Lindgren
  2. (71,67) Sayfutdinov, Hancock, N. Pedersen, Crump
  3. (71,40) Holder, Ljung, B. Pedersen, Vaculík
  4. (71,59) Bjerre, Harris, Gollob, Covatti
  5. (72,43) Jonsson, Crump, Harris, B. Pedersen
  6. (72,81) Sayfutdinov, Ljung, Lindgren, Gollob (R)
  7. (72,69) N. Pedersen, Bjerre, Lindbäck, Holder
  8. (72,62) Vaculík, Hancock, Covatti, Andersen
  9. (73,28) Holder, Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Covatti
  10. (73,06) Crump, Vaculík, Lindgren, Bjerre (R)
  11. (73,88) Hancock, Gollob, B. Pedersen, Lindbäck
  12. (76,09) Ljung, Harris, N. Pedersen, Andersen
  13. (74,38) Vaculík, Gollob, N. Pedersen, Jonsson
  14. (74,41) Harris, Lindgren, Holder, Hancock
  15. (74,15) Lindbäck, Crump, Ljung, Covatti
  16. (76,00) Andersen, Sayfutdinov, B. Pedersen, Bjerre
  17. (74,47) Hancock, Jonsson, Bjerre, Ljung
  18. (74,34) N. Pedersen, Covatti, Lindgren, B. Pedersen
  19. (73,25) Vaculík, Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, Harris (X)
  20. (73,59) Crump, Holder, Gollob, Andersen
    Semifinals
  21. (73,07) Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, N. Pedersen, Crump
  22. (73,88) Vaculík, Hancock, Holder, Jonsson (F)
    the Final
  23. (73,36) Lindbäck, Sayfutdinov, Hancock, Vaculík (X)

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points NZL
New Zealand
EUR
Poland
CZE
Czech Republic
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
POL
Poland
CRO
Croatia
ITA
Italy
GBR
United Kingdom
SCA
Sweden
NOR
Denmark
PL2
Poland
1 United States (1) Greg Hancock 111 229121517121014    
2 Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen 101 13101914971910    
3 Australia (4) Jason Crump 97 12122011185910    
4 Australia (8) Chris Holder 94 4191217917610    
5 Russia (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 84 8710121110719    
6 Poland (5) Tomasz Gollob 83 1516126312136    
7 Sweden (9) Fredrik Lindgren 77 88615151195    
8 Sweden (2) Andreas Jonsson 70 41331089158    
9 Sweden (12) Antonio Lindbäck 62 1349536616    
10 Poland (3) Jarosław Hampel 46 181567ns    
11 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 46 5363101108    
12 Sweden (14) Peter Ljung 44 46568708    
13 Denmark (15) Hans N. Andersen 43 65634784    
14 Slovakia (19) Martin Vaculík 42 20814    
15 Denmark (7) Kenneth Bjerre 41 48355376    
16 Denmark (13) Bjarne Pedersen 41 726410453    
17 Poland (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik 13 13    
18 Croatia (16) Jurica Pavlic 12 12    
19 Sweden (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 11 11    
20 Czech Republic (16) Josef Franc 9 9    
21 Poland (16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki 7 7ns    
22 Denmark (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 7 7    
23 Denmark (18) Mikkel B. Jensen 4 4    
24 Italy (16) Nicolas Covatti 3 3    
25 Denmark (17) Peter Kildemand 2 2    
26 United Kingdom (16) Jason Bunyan 1 1    
27 Czech Republic (17) Václav Milík, Jr. 0 0    
28 Croatia (17) Dino Kovacic 0 0    
Rider(s) not classified
New Zealand (17) Grant Tregoning ns    
New Zealand (18) Sean Mason ns    
Poland (17) Tobiasz Musielak ns    
Poland (17)(18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. nsns    
Czech Republic (18) Matěj Kůs ns    
Sweden (17) Linus Sundström ns    
Sweden (18) Simon Gustafsson ns    
Slovenia (18) Samo Kukovica ns    
Italy (17) Michele Paco Castagna ns    
Italy (18) Nicolas Vicentin ns    
Pos. Rider Points NZL
New Zealand
EUR
Poland
CZE
Czech Republic
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
POL
Poland
CRO
Croatia
ITA
Italy
GBR
United Kingdom
SCA
Sweden
NOR
Denmark
PL2
Poland

References

  1. "FIM Track Racing Commission 2012 Calendars (Mar 16)" (PDF). fim-live.com. 16 Mar 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
  2. "FIM Italian Speedway GP". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
  3. Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 36-37 ISSN 1429-3285
  4. "Pierwsze zwycięstwo Lindbaecka - relacja z Grand Prix Włoch" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 11 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
  5. Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 60 ISSN 1429-3285
  6. "Lindbaeck czekał tak jak Lindgren" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 12 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
  7. "Argentyńczyk wystąpi w Grand Prix Włoch" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 31 Jul 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
  8. "Vaculik pojedzie w GP Włoch" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.
  9. "GP Włoch: Pojedynek Crumpa, Hancocka i Pedersena już w drugim biegu!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 10 Aug 2012. Retrieved 25 Feb 2013.

See also

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