2016 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

The 2016 German FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the eighth race of the 2016 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 10 September at the Bergring Arena in Teterow, Germany. It was the 200th Speedway Grand Prix staged.

Germany 2016 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
2016 German FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date10 September 2016
CityGermany Teterow
Event8 of 11
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Stadium details
StadiumBergring Arena
SGP Results
Best Time
(in Heat 4)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Jason Doyle
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upPoland Bartosz Zmarzlik
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeUnited States Bartosz Zmarzlik

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Martin Smolinski as the wild card, and Tobias Kroner and Kai Huckenbeck both as Track Reserves. It was also Chris Harris' 100th Grand Prix of his career.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Jason Doyle, who beat Bartosz Zmarzlik, Greg Hancock and Niels-Kristian Iversen in the final. As a result, Doyle closed the lead on Hancock in the world championship standings to five points, with defending world champion Tai Woffinden, who was eliminated in the semi-finals, sitting eight points further back in third.[1]

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
Gold 7 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 17 3 3 3 3 0 12 1 2 3
Silver 16 Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 13 2 2 1 2 2 9 5 2 2
Bronze 6 United States (45) Greg Hancock 15 0 3 2 3 3 11 3 3 1
4 11 Denmark (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 11 0 2 3 3 0 8 6 3 0
5 5 Poland (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 11 0 3 3 3 2 11 2 0
6 10 United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 10 3 1 2 1 2 9 4 1
7 1 Germany (16) Martin Smolinski 8 3 0 0 1 3 7 8 1
8 15 Australia (23) Chris Holder 8 3 0 2 2 1 8 7 0
9 14 Denmark (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 7 1 2 3 0 1 7 9
10 12 Denmark (3) Nicki Pedersen 7 1 1 1 2 2 7 10
11 4 Sweden (85) Antonio Lindbäck 6 0 3 0 0 3 6 11
12 2 Denmark (25) Peter Kildemand 6 2 0 0 1 3 6 12
13 13 United Kingdom (37) Chris Harris 6 0 2 1 2 1 6 13
14 9 Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren 6 2 1 1 1 1 6 14
15 8 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 15
16 3 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 16
17 17 Germany (17) Tobias Kroner 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

The intermediate classification

[2]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points SVN
Slovenia
POL
Poland
DEN
Denmark
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
SWE
Sweden
PL2
Poland
GER
Germany
SCA
Sweden
PL3
Poland
AUS
Australia
Gold United States (45) Greg Hancock 109 1014141810171115
Silver Australia (69) Jason Doyle 104 13571712171617
Bronze United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 96 10141591581510
4 Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 88 81071313101413
5 Australia (23) Chris Holder 85 1412135612158
6 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 72 1010165111262
7 Poland (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 71 845614131011
8 Sweden (85) Antonio Lindbäck 70 101010518746
9 Denmark (3) Nicki Pedersen 62 10410856127
10 Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren 59 71221128116
11 Denmark (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 57 8471138511
12 Denmark (25) Peter Kildemand 56 156764936
13 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 49 414858343
14 Sweden (100) Andreas Jonsson 39 6886920
15 United Kingdom (37) Chris Harris 33 334101246
16 Poland (16) Patryk Dudek 8 8
17 Germany (16) Martin Smolinski 8 8
18 Denmark (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 7 7
19 United Kingdom (16) Danny King 7 7
20 Poland (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 7
21 Denmark (16) Anders Thomsen 5 5
22 Sweden (16) Peter Ljung 4 4
23 Czech Republic (16) Václav Milík Jr. 3 3
24 Germany (17) Tobias Kroner 2 2
25 Slovenia (16) Denis Štojs 1 1
26 Slovenia (17) Nick Škorja 1 1
27 Poland (17) Daniel Kaczmarek 1 1
28 Slovenia (18) Matic Ivačič 0 0
Pos. Rider Points SVN
Slovenia
POL
Poland
DEN
Denmark
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
SWE
Sweden
PL2
Poland
GER
Germany
SCA
Sweden
PL3
Poland
AUS
Australia

References

See also

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