2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

Poland 2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
FIM Torun Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date27 August 2011
CityPoland Toruń
Event8 of 11 (141)
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Jury PresidentItaly Armando Castagna
Stadium details
StadiumMotoArena Toruń
Length325 m (355 yd)
SGP Results
Attendance17,000
Best TimeUnited States Greg Hancock
60,75 secs (in Heat 20)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerSweden Andreas Jonsson
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upPoland Jarosław Hampel
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeAustralia Jarosław Hampel

The 2011 Enea Toruń FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the eighth race of the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on April 27 at the MotoArena Toruń stadium in Toruń, Poland.[1][2]

Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Darcy Ward as Wild Card, and Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. and Emil Pulczyński both as Track Reserves.[3] Originally, Polish Motor Union has proposed Adrian Miedziński of Unibax Toruń as a Wild Card.[3] Ward, 2009 and 2010 Under-21 World Champion, raced for Unibax Toruń between 2009 and 2010. Injury Pole Janusz Kołodziej was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Magnus Zetterström.[4] The Draw was made on August 26 at 13:00 CEST.[5]

(13) Poland Janusz Kołodziej → (19) Sweden Magnus Zetterström

Results

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Grand Prix was won by Andreas Jonsson who beat Jarosław Hampel, wild card Darcy Ward and Antonio Lindbäck in the final.[6][7]

Heat details

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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 16 Sweden (9) Andreas Jonsson 20 2 3 3 1 3 12 1 2 3
2 14 Poland (2) Jarosław Hampel 18 3 3 3 2 0 11 3 3 2
3 7 Australia (16) Darcy Ward 15 1 1 3 3 2 10 6 3 1
4 11 Sweden (14) Antonio Lindbäck 12 0 3 2 3 2 10 5 2 0
5 4 United States (5) Greg Hancock 13 3 2 2 2 3 12 2 1
6 10 Poland (1) Tomasz Gollob 12 3 2 1 3 2 11 4 1
7 12 Poland (4) Rune Holta 8 2 1 2 1 2 8 7 0
8 5 Sweden (19) Magnus Zetterström 7 3 3 0 0 1 7 8 0
9 2 Australia (8) Chris Holder 7 2 0 3 2 0 7 9
10 9 Australia (3) Jason Crump 7 1 2 0 3 1 7 10
11 3 Russia (12) Emil Sayfutdinov 7 1 2 1 2 1 7 11
12 6 Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen 6 0 1 1 1 3 6 12
13 8 Denmark (7) Kenneth Bjerre 6 2 0 2 1 1 6 13
14 15 Sweden (11) Fredrik Lindgren 5 1 0 1 0 3 5 14
15 1 Russia (13) Artem Laguta 1 0 1 0 0 X 1 15
16 13 United Kingdom (6) Chris Harris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
17 17 Poland (17) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. - - 17
18 18 Poland (18) Emil Pulczyński - - 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

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  1. (6) Hancock, Holder, Sajfutdinow, Łaguta
  2. (6) Zetterström, Bjerre, Ward, Pedersen
  3. (6) Gollob, Holta, Crump, Lindbäck
  4. (6) Hampel, Jonsson, Lindgren, Harris
  5. (6) Zetterström, Crump, Łaguta, Harris
  6. (6) Hampel, Gollob, Pedersen, Holder
  7. (6) Lindbäck, Sajfutdinow, Ward, Lindgren
  8. (6) Jonsson, Hancock, Holta, Bjerre
  9. (6) Jonsson, Lindbäck, Pedersen, Łaguta
  10. (6) Holder, Holta, Lindgren, Zetterström
  11. (6) Hampel, Bjerre, Sajfutdinow, Crump
  12. (6) Ward, Hancock, Gollob, Harris
  13. (6) Ward, Hampel, Holta, Łaguta
  14. (6) Lindbäck, Holder, Bjerre, Harris
  15. (6) Gollob, Sajfutdinow, Jonsson, Zetterström
  16. (6) Crump, Hancock, Pedersen, Lindgren
  17. (6) Lindgren, Gollob, Bjerre, Łaguta (X)
  18. (6) Jonsson, Ward, Crump, Holder
  19. (6) Pedersen, Holta, Sajfutdinow, Harris
  20. (6) Hancock, Lindbäck, Zetterström, Hampel
    Semi-finals:
  21. (6) Ward, Jonsson, Gollob, Holta
  22. (6) Hampel, Lindbäck, Hancock, Zetterström
    the Final:
  23. (6) Jonsson (6 points), Hampel (4), Ward (2), Lindbäck (0)

The intermediate classification

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Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points EUR
Poland
SWE
Sweden
CZE
Czech Republic
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
ITA
Italy
SCA
Sweden
POL
Poland
NOR
Denmark
CRO
Croatia
PL2
Poland
1 United States (5) Greg Hancock 117 14 10 23 13 20 15 9 13      
2 Poland (2) Jarosław Hampel 100 12 5 19 12 5 12 17 18      
3 Sweden (9) Andreas Jonsson 92 5 6 8 7 10 17 19 20      
4 Poland (1) Tomasz Gollob 88 18 6 17 20 7 5 3 12      
5 Australia (3) Jason Crump 79 5 6 13 18 8 6 16 7      
6 Russia (12) Emil Sayfutdinov 79 14 8 6 7 13 11 13 7      
7 Australia (8) Chris Holder 77 9 10 9 14 15 6 7 7      
8 Denmark (7) Kenneth Bjerre 72 10 2 9 6 11 12 16 6      
9 Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen 65 17 4 9 7 16 3 3 6      
10 Sweden (11) Fredrik Lindgren 60 11 6 9 9 5 7 8 5      
11 Sweden (14) Antonio Lindbäck 60 1 9 6 5 3 17 7 12      
12 United Kingdom (6) Chris Harris 43 7 4 3 7 6 6 10 0      
13 Poland (4) Rune Holta 41 9 1 7 6 1 5 4 8      
14 Poland (15) Janusz Kołodziej 39 8 9 1 3 7 10 1      
15 Sweden (19) Magnus Zetterström 19 9 3 7      
16 Sweden (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 17 8 9      
17 Australia (16) Darcy Ward 15 15      
18 Russia (13) Artem Laguta 12 0 1 2 7 1 1      
19 Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar 9 9      
20 United Kingdom (16) Scott Nicholls 5 5      
21 Poland (16) Damian Baliński 4 4      
22 Czech Republic (16) Matěj Kůs 3 3      
23 Denmark (16) Mikkel B. Jensen 2 2      
24 United Kingdom (17) Tai Woffinden 2 2      
25 Sweden (17) Simon Gustafsson 1 1 ns      
26 Sweden (18) Dennis Andersson 0 0      
Rider(s) not classified
Poland (17) Patryk Dudek ns      
Poland (18) Maciej Janowski ns      
Czech Republic (17) Lukáš Dryml ns      
Czech Republic (18) Zdeněk Simota ns      
Denmark (17) Michael Jepsen Jensen ns      
Denmark (18) Kenneth Arendt Larsen ns      
United Kingdom (18) Ben Barker ns      
Italy (17) Mattia Carpanese ns      
Italy (18) Guglielmo Franchetti ns      
Sweden (18) Linus Sundström ns      
Poland (17) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. ns      
Poland (18) Emil Pulczyński ns      
Pos. Rider Points EUR
Poland
SWE
Sweden
CZE
Czech Republic
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
ITA
Italy
SCA
Sweden
POL
Poland
NOR
Denmark
CRO
Croatia
PL2
Poland

References

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  1. ^ "SGP/SWC Dates 2011". speedwaygp.com. 2010-10-22. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  2. ^ "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Ward z dziką kartą w Toruniu!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 9 Aug 2011. Retrieved 9 Aug 2011.
  4. ^ "Kołodziej nie pojedzie w Toruniu!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 24 Aug 2011. Retrieved 24 Aug 2011.
  5. ^ "Lista startowa Grand Prix Polski w Toruniu" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 26 Aug 2011. Retrieved 26 Aug 2011.
  6. ^ "Jonsson najlepszy na MotoArenie!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 27 Aug 2011. Retrieved 23 Feb 2013.
  7. ^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (88) 2011, pages 55-56 ISSN 1429-3285

See also

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