2017 Speedway Grand Prix

The 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 23rd season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 72nd FIM Speedway World Championship.[1][2] It was seventeenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company.

2017 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
DatesApril 29 — October 28
Events12
Cities12
Countries9
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats276 (in 12 events)
Winners
Champion AUS Jason Doyle
Runner-up POL Patryk Dudek
3rd place GBR Tai Woffinden

The world title was won by Jason Doyle, who finished ahead of debutant Patryk Dudek and former two-time champion Tai Woffinden. It was the first title of Doyle's career, and the first time an Australian had lifted the trophy since Chris Holder in 2012. Defending champion Greg Hancock was unable to complete the season after suffering an injury, competing in only six of the 12 rounds.

Qualification

For the 2017 season there were 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.

The top eight riders from the 2016 championship qualified automatically. Those riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.

The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2016 season.[3]

Qualified riders

#Riders2016 placeGP Ch placeAppearancePrevious appearances in series
45United States Greg Hancock123rd1995–2016
108United Kingdom Tai Woffinden26th2010, 2011, 2013–2016
95Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik32nd2012–2015, 2016
23Australia Chris Holder48th2010–2016
69Australia Jason Doyle53rd2015–2016
777Poland Piotr Pawlicki Jr.692nd2015, 2016
85Sweden Antonio Lindbäck78th2004, 2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2011–2013, 2015, 2016
88Denmark Niels Kristian Iversen87th2004–2005, 2006, 2008, 2009–2010, 2013–2016
55Slovenia Matej Žagar97th2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–2016
71Poland Maciej Janowski103rd2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2016
66Sweden Fredrik Lindgren1138th2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016
12Denmark Nicki Pedersen1317th2000, 2001–2016
692Poland Patryk Dudek1711st2016
54Slovakia Martin Vaculík22nd2012, 2013
89Russia Emil Sayfutdinov6th2009–2013

Qualified substitutes

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

#Riders2016 placeGP Ch place
25Denmark Peter Kildemand12
84Germany Martin Smolinski175
46Australia Max Fricke3510
225Czech Republic Václav Milík Jr.2517
52Denmark Michael Jepsen Jensen16
29Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs

Calendar

The 2017 season consisted of 12 events, one more than the 2016 series.[4]

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
1 April 29 Slovenia Krško , Slovenia
Matija Gubec Stadium
Slovakia Martin Vaculík Sweden Fredrik Lindgren Poland Patryk Dudek Australia Jason Doyle results
2 May 13 Poland Warsaw , Poland
Stadion Narodowy
Sweden Fredrik Lindgren Poland Maciej Janowski Australia Jason Doyle Slovakia Martin Vaculík results
3 May 27 Latvia Daugavpils , Latvia
Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs
Poland Piotr Pawlicki Jr. Poland Patryk Dudek Poland Maciej Janowski Australia Jason Doyle results
4 June 10 Czech Republic Prague , Czech Republic
Markéta Stadium
Australia Jason Doyle United States Greg Hancock Czech Republic Václav Milík Jr. Poland Patryk Dudek results
5 June 24 Denmark Horsens , Denmark
CASA Arena
Poland Maciej Janowski Russia Emil Sayfutdinov Poland Patryk Dudek Australia Jason Doyle results
6 July 22 United Kingdom Cardiff , Great Britain
Principality Stadium
Poland Maciej Janowski Australia Jason Doyle Slovenia Matej Žagar Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik results
7 August 12 Sweden Målilla , Sweden
G&B Stadium
Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik Sweden Antonio Lindbäck Sweden Fredrik Lindgren Poland Maciej Janowski results
8 August 26 Poland Gorzów , Poland
Edward Jancarz Stadium
United Kingdom Tai Woffinden Poland Patryk Dudek Australia Jason Doyle Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik results
9 September 9 Germany Teterow , Germany
Bergring Arena
Slovenia Matej Žagar Slovakia Martin Vaculík Australia Jason Doyle Australia Chris Holder results
10 September 23 Sweden Stockholm , Sweden
Friends Arena
Slovenia Matej Žagar Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik Australia Jason Doyle Denmark Peter Kildemand results
11 October 7 Poland Toruń , Poland
Rose Motoarena
Poland Patryk Dudek United Kingdom Tai Woffinden Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik Slovenia Matej Žagar results
12 October 28 Australia Melbourne , Australia
Etihad Stadium
Australia Jason Doyle United Kingdom Tai Woffinden Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik Poland Patryk Dudek results

Final Classification

[5]

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
LAT
Latvia
CZE
Czech Republic
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
SWE
Sweden
PL2
Poland
GER
Germany
SCA
Sweden
PL3
Poland
AUS
Australia
Gold Australia (69) Jason Doyle (C) 161 12151013151351417181019
Silver Poland (692) Patryk Dudek 143 139161314105131161815
Bronze United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 131 813971191418561516
4 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 122 61613617171367759
5 Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 121 6126871615102121413
6 Russia (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 117 12613214111011111278
7 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 107 10110411123715131110
8 Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren 107 161656871811119
9 Slovakia (54) Martin Vaculík 99 16108101410714559
10 Australia (23) Chris Holder 85 664117106214973
11 Poland (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 81 77187416946102
12 Sweden (85) Antonio Lindbäck 77 2649871954814
13 Denmark (25) Peter Kildemand 61 183104101186
14 United States (45) Greg Hancock 45 11451870
15 Denmark (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 44 9973376
16 Czech Republic (225) Václav Milík Jr. 31 13711
17 Germany (84) Martin Smolinski 25 148426
18 Australia (46) Max Fricke 11 164
19 Poland (16) Paweł Przedpełski 10 10
20 Latvia (16) Maksims Bogdanovs 8 8
20 Denmark (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 8 8
20 Denmark (12) Nicki Pedersen 8 35
23 Denmark (16) Kenneth Bjerre 7 7
24 Poland (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 6 6
24 Australia (20) Rohan Tungate 6 6
26 Germany (16) Kai Huckenbeck 4 4
26 Sweden (17) Jacob Thorssell 4 4
26 Australia (17) Justin Sedgmen 4 4
29 Poland (16) Przemysław Pawlicki 3 3
29 Australia (19) Brady Kurtz 3 3
29 Australia (18) Davey Watt 3 3
32 United Kingdom (16) Craig Cook 2 2
32 United Kingdom (18) Josh Bates 2 2
32 Sweden (16) Linus Sundström 2 2
32 Sweden (16) Kim Nilsson 2 2
32 Australia (16) Sam Masters 2 2
37 Slovenia (16) Nick Škorja 1 1
38 Czech Republic (17) Josef Franc 0 0
38 Czech Republic (18) Matěj Kůs 0 0
38 United Kingdom (17) Adam Ellis 0 0
38 Germany (17) Tobias Kroner 0 0
38 Sweden (18) Filip Hjelmland 0 0
38 Poland (17) Bartosz Smektała 0 0
Pos. Rider Points SVN
Slovenia
POL
Poland
LAT
Latvia
CZE
Czech Republic
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
SWE
Sweden
PL2
Poland
GER
Germany
SCA
Sweden
PL3
Poland
AUS
Australia

See also

References

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