2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden 2012 FIM Swedish SGP
Information
Date	26 May 2012
City	Gothenburg
Event	4 of 12 (148)
Referee	Craig Ackroyd
Jury President	Armando Castagna
Stadium details
Stadium	Ullevi
Capacity	43,000
Length	404 m
Track	temporary (athletics)
SGP Results
Attendance	11,000
Best Time	Antonio Lindbäck 67,1 secs (in Heat 2)
Winner	Fredrik Lindgren
Runner-up	Greg Hancock
3rd place	Chris Holder

The 2012 FIM Swedish Speedway Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 26 at the Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.^[1][2][3]

The Grand Prix was won by Fredrik Lindgren who beat Greg Hancock, Chris Holder and wild card Thomas H. Jonasson. It was the first SGP won by Lidngren.^[4][5]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Thomas H. Jonasson as Wild Card, and Linus Sundström and Simon Gustafsson both as Track Reserves.^[6] The Draw was made on May 25.^[7]

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	6	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	15		1				1			3							0			2		7	8		2	3
2	12	(1) Greg Hancock	15			0					1		3			1						3		8	7	3		2
3	16	(8) Chris Holder	17				2				2	2						3			3			12	2		3	1
4	2	(16) Thomas H. Jonasson	11	2					2				2				2				1			9	6	2		0
5	4	(10) Nicki Pedersen	14	3							3				3				3				2	14	1	X
6	10	(6) Emil Sayfutdinov	12			3			3						2			1		2				11	3		1
7	14	(4) Jason Crump	11				3		0					2		2							3	10	4	1
8	11	(2) Andreas Jonsson	10			2				3		1					3						1	10	5		0
9	5	(3) Jarosław Hampel	7		2			2					1					2					0	7	9
10	3	(14) Peter Ljung	6	1						2				3				0				0		6	10
11	7	(5) Tomasz Gollob	6		0					F					1	3					2			6	11
12	8	(12) Antonio Lindbäck	6		3						0			1			1			1				6	12
13	9	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	5			1		3						0					1		0			5	13
14	15	(13) Bjarne Pedersen	4				1			1			0						2	0				4	14
15	1	(11) Chris Harris	3	0				0				R				0				3				3	15
16	13	(15) Hans N. Andersen	2				0	1							0		0					1		2	16
17	17	(17) Linus Sundström	-																					-	17
18	18	(18) Simon Gustafsson	-																					-	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. (67,2) N. Pedersen, Jonasson, Ljung, Harris
2. (67,1) Lindbäck, Hampel, Lindgren, Gollob
3. (67,3) Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Bjerre, Hancock
4. (67,4) Crump, Holder, B. Pedersen, Andersen
5. (68,2) Bjerre, Hampel, Andersen, Harris
6. (68,5) Sayfutdinov, Jonasson, Lindgren, Crump
7. (68,7) Jonsson, Ljung, B. Pedersen, Gollob (F)
8. (67,4) N. Pedersen, Holder, Hancock, Lindbäck
9. (68,3) Lindgren, Holder, Jonsson, Harris (R)
10. (68,9) Hancock, Jonasson, Hampel, B. Pedersen
11. (69,7) Ljung, Crump, Lindbäck, Bjerre
12. (68,3) N. Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Gollob, Andersen
13. (69,2) Gollob, Crump, Hancock, Harris
14. (69,2) Jonsson, Jonasson, Andersen, Lindbäck
15. (68,6) Holder, Hampel, Sayfutdinov, Ljung
16. (69,1) N. Pedersen, B. Pedersen, Bjerre, Lindgren
17. (69,0) Harris, Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, B. Pedersen
18. (67,7) Holder, Gollob, Jonasson, Bjerre
19. (68,8) Hancock, Lindgren, Andersen, Ljung
20. (68,3) Crump, N. Pedersen, Jonsson, Hampel

    Semifinals

21. (69,4)21. Hancock, Jonasson, Crump, N. Pedersen (X)
22. (69,1)22. Holder, Lindgren, Sayfutdinov, Jonsson

    the Final

23. (69,1)23. Lindgren, Hancock, Holder, Jonasson

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	EUR	CZE	SWE	DEN	POL	CRO	ITA	GBR	SCA	NOR	PL2
1	(1) Greg Hancock	58	22	9	12	15
2	(10) Nicki Pedersen	56	13	10	19	14
3	(4) Jason Crump	55	12	12	20	11
4	(8) Chris Holder	52	4	19	12	17
5	(5) Tomasz Gollob	49	15	16	12	6
6	(3) Jarosław Hampel	46	18	15	6	7
7	(6) Emil Sayfutdinov	37	8	7	10	12
8	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	37	8	8	6	15
9	(12) Antonio Lindbäck	31	13	4	9	5
10	(2) Andreas Jonsson	30	4	13	3	10
11	(14) Peter Ljung	21	4	6	5	6
12	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	20	4	8	3	5
13	(15) Hans N. Andersen	20	6	5	6	3
14	(13) Bjarne Pedersen	19	7	2	6	4
15	(11) Chris Harris	17	5	3	6	3
16	(16) Thomas H. Jonasson	11	–	–	–	11
17	(16) Josef Franc	9	–	–	9	–
18	(16) Przemysław Pawlicki	7	–	7	–	–
19	(16) Jason Bunyan	1	1	–	–	–
20	(17) Václav Milík, Jr.	0	–	–	0	–
Rider(s) not classified
	(17) Grant Tregoning	—	ns	–	–	–
	(18) Sean Mason	—	ns	–	–	–
	(17) Tobiasz Musielak	—	–	ns	–	–
	(18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr.	—	–	ns	–	–
	(18) Matěj Kůs	—	–	–	ns	–
	(17) Linus Sundström	—	–	–	–	ns
	(18) Simon Gustafsson	—	–	–	–	ns
Pos.	Rider	Points	NZL	EUR	CZE	SWE	DEN	POL	CRO	ITA	GBR	SCA	NOR	PL2

References

1. "FIM Track Racing Commission 2012 Calendars (Mar 16)" (PDF). fim-live.com. 16 Mar 2012. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
2. "FIM Swedish Speedway GP". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
3. Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 28-29 ISSN 1429-3285
4. "Lista startowa Grand Prix Szwecji" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
5. Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 59 ISSN 1429-3285
6. "Dzika karta dla Jonassona" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
7. "Lista startowa Grand Prix Szwecji" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.

See also

• motorcycle speedway