2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia

The 2017 QBE Insurance Australian FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the 12th and final race meeting of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 28 October at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.[1]

Australia 2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia
2017 QBE Insurance Australian FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date28 October 2017
CityAustralia Melbourne
Event12 of 12
RefereeUnited Kingdom Craig Ackroyd
Stadium details
StadiumEtihad Stadium
Capacity42,000
Length346 m (378 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Jason Doyle
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited Kingdom Tai Woffinden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Bartosz Zmarzlik

Riders

First reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Greg Hancock, second reserve Martin Smolinski replaced Nicki Pedersen, first track reserve Justin Sedgmen replaced Niels-Kristian Iversen and second track reserve Davey Watt replaced Fredrik Lindgren. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Sam Masters as the wild card, and Brady Kurtz and Rohan Tungate as third and fourth track Reserves.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Australia's Jason Doyle, who beat Tai Woffinden, Bartosz Zmarzlik and Patryk Dudek in the final.[2] It was second Grand Prix win of the season for Doyle, and the sixth of his career. He also wrapped up the world title in the 10th heat of the night, becoming the first Australian to win the world title on home soil. He also set the record for the most final appearances in one season with 10.

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 15 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 19 3 3 3 2 3 14 1 2 3
Silver 5 United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 16 3 2 1 3 3 12 3 2 2
Bronze 6 Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 13 2 1 1 3 2 9 6 3 1
4 9 Poland (692) Patryk Dudek 15 2 3 3 1 3 12 2 3 0
5 8 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 10 1 3 1 3 2 10 4 0
6 14 Slovakia (54) Martin Vaculík 9 2 3 2 0 2 9 5 0
7 1 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 9 2 0 3 2 1 8 7 1
8 11 Russia (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 8 3 2 0 2 0 7 8 1
9 18 Australia (20) Rohan Tungate 6 6 9
10 13 Germany (84) Martin Smolinski 6 0 1 3 1 1 6 10
11 16 Denmark (25) Peter Kildemand 6 1 2 2 1 0 6 11
12 4 Sweden (85) Antonio Lindbäck 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 12
13 10 Australia (17) Justin Segdmen 4 1 2 1 0 0 4 13
14 17 Australia (19) Brady Kurtz 3 3 14
15 3 Australia (23) Chris Holder 3 1 0 0 2 0 3 15
16 7 Australia (18) Davey Watt 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 16
17 12 Poland (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 2 0 0 2 2 17
17 2 Australia (16) Sam Masters 2 0 0 0 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

Final classification

[3]

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 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

References

See also

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