2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

The 2018 German FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the ninth race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 22 at the Bergring Arena in Teterow, Germany.[1]

Germany 2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
2018 German FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date22 September 2018
CityGermany Teterow
Event9 of 10
RefereeUnited Kingdom Craig Ackroyd
Stadium details
StadiumBergring Arena
Length314 m (343 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerUnited Kingdom Tai Woffinden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upAustralia Jason Doyle
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Bartosz Zmarzlik

Riders

First reserve Niels-Kristian Iversen replaced the injured Patryk Dudek. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Kai Huckenbeck as the wild card, and Martin Smolinski and Kevin Wölbert both as Track Reserves.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Tai Woffinden, who beat defending world champion Jason Doyle, Bartosz Zmarzlik and Greg Hancock in the final.[2] As a result of winning the Grand Prix, Woffinden extended his overall lead over Zmarzlik in the world championship standings to ten points with just one round remaining.

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 5 United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 16 2 2 2 2 3 11 5 2 3
Silver 4 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 16 3 3 0 2 3 11 2 3 2
Bronze 12 Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 15 3 2 3 2 2 12 1 2 1
4 13 United States (45) Greg Hancock 12 2 3 1 3 0 9 6 3 0
5 8 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 12 3 1 2 2 3 11 3 1
6 10 Denmark (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 12 1 3 3 2 2 11 4 1
7 14 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 9 3 1 1 3 1 9 7 0
8 7 Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren 9 1 3 2 1 2 9 8 0
9 9 Denmark (110) Nicki Pedersen 8 0 1 3 3 1 8 9
10 6 Russia (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 8 0 2 2 1 3 8 10
11 11 Australia (23) Chris Holder 7 2 1 3 1 0 7 11
12 3 Russia (222) Artem Laguta 4 0 2 0 1 1 4 12
13 18 Germany (18) Kevin Wölbert 3 3 13
14 2 Poland (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 14
15 1 Germany (16) Kai Huckenbeck 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 15
16 17 Germany (17) Martin Smolinski 1 1 16
17 15 Slovakia (54) Martin Vaculík 0 0 0 17
18 16 United Kingdom (111) Craig Cook 0 0 0 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

Intermediate 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 POL
Poland
CZE
Czech Republic
DEN
Denmark
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
SCA
Sweden
PL2
Poland
SVN
Slovenia
GER
Germany
PL3
Poland
Gold United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 124 15161816161012516
Silver Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 114 9410131914181215
Bronze Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 98 131151812119109
4 Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren 98 16167157132139
5 United States (45) Greg Hancock 93 871610123101512
6 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 86 591295491716
7 Poland (692) Patryk Dudek 84 10146610101216
8 Russia (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 78 815111486358
9 Russia (222) Artem Laguta 77 138128661374
10 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 73 97576161112
11 Denmark (110) Nicki Pedersen 67 28123615678
12 Australia (23) Chris Holder 60 10597750107
13 Slovakia (54) Martin Vaculík 44 313101890
14 Poland (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 35 3551103323
15 United Kingdom (111) Craig Cook 30 222393450
16 Denmark (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 26 45512
17 Poland (16) Szymon Woźniak 8 8
18 Poland (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 7
19 Sweden (16) Andreas Jonsson 7 7
20 Czech Republic (16) Vaclav Milik 6 6
21 Sweden (16) Peter Ljung 5 5
22 Denmark (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 4 4
23 Sweden (17) Oliver Berntzon 3 3
24 Germany (18) Kevin Wölbert 3 3
25 Poland (17) Maksym Drabik 2 2
26 Poland (18) Bartosz Smektała 2 2
27 Germany (16) Kai Huckenbeck 2 2
28 Denmark (17) Mikkel Michelsen 1 1
29 United Kingdom (16) Robert Lambert 1 1
30 Sweden (18) Joel Kling 1 1
31 Germany (17) Martin Smolinski 1 1
32 Denmark (18) Mikkel Bech Jensen 0 0
33 United Kingdom (17) Daniel Bewley 0 0
34 Slovenia (16) Matic Ivačič 0 0
35 Slovenia (17) Nick Škorja 0 0
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
CZE
Czech Republic
DEN
Denmark
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
SCA
Sweden
PL2
Poland
SVN
Slovenia
GER
Germany
PL3
Poland

References

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