2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia

October 2019 October 2019 AUS 2015 Don Smallgoods Australian FIM Speedway Grand Prix 24 October 2015 Melbourne 12 of 12 Jesper Steentoft DEN Etihad Stadium 42,000 346 temporary track 26,609 USA 60.04 Greg Hancock 21 Greg Hancock USA Niels-Kristian Iversen DEN Niels-Kristian Iversen POL The 2015 Don Smallgoods Australian FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the twelfth and final round of the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 24 October at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. Riders Australian rider Sam Masters was given the wildcard for the event. Fellow Aussies Justin Sedgemen and three time reigning Australian Under-21 Champion Max Fricke were named as the reserves. Masters was involved in a heated clash with triple World Champion Nicki Pedersen at the end of Heat 8. Unhappy that Pedersen had squeezed him close to the wall on the back straight, the two exchanged words at the pit gate. Then as Masters was walking back to his pit he was confronted by Pedersen's mechanic Marek Hu. More words were exchanged and Masters punched Hu before being led away. For his actions Masters was fined by the FIM.Masters regrets Melbourne melee Results American Greg Hancock, who had won the only previous SGP of Australia in 2002, was unbeaten on the night to take his 20th Speedway Grand Prix win in his record 81st SGP Final. Danish star Niels-Kristian Iversen finished second with Poland's Maciej Janowski in third place.2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia Reigning Australian Champion Jason Doyle qualified for the final but was outed in a crash in the first turn in which he suffered neck and chest injuries. A fully conscious Doyle was then transported to the Royal Melbourne Hospital for observation. Greg Hancock took control of the re-run from the start and was never headed. His win also saw him finish in second place in the World Championship standings.Doyle stable after crash Going into the second semi-final, Denmark's Peter Kildemand needed 4 points to join Australia's 2012 World Champion Chris Holder on 95 points for the season and force a run-off for the last automatic qualifying spot in the 2016 series. Tai Woffinden won the start of the second semi, but down the back straight Kildemand flew past into the lead and looked set for a place in the final where he would only need to finish second to secure his place or third to force the run-off. Unfortunately however, Woffinden fell on lap two and the race was stopped and re-run with the 2015 World Champion excluded. Kildemand could not repeat his effort in the re-run and finished in third place behind Niels-Kristian Iversen and Maciej Janowski, missing his chance for automatic qualification. However, as there are 15 permanent riders in the SGP, Kildemand as the 9th-place finisher in 2015 received one of the wildcard spots for the season essentially giving him automatic qualification for 2016. Heat details 6 Gold USA 45 Greg Hancock 3 3 3 3 3 1 r 3 r 3 1 Silver DEN 88 Niels-Kristian Iversen 3 2 0 2 3 5 w 3 y 2 10 Bronze POL 71 Maciej Janowski 3 1 1 3 0 8 y 2 b 1 11 4 AUS 69 Jason Doyle 1 3 2 0 3 6 b 2 w 0 13 5 DEN 19 Peter Kildemand 3 3 3 1 2 2 r 1 7 6 GBR 108 Tai Woffinden 2 2 2 3 3 3 b 0 2 7 SWE 100 Andreas Jonsson 2 2 3 2 2 4 w 1 8 8 POL 507 Krzysztof Kasprzak 1 1 3 3 1 7 y 0 4 9 SVN 55 Matej Žagar 1 3 0 1 2 15 10 DEN 52 Michael Jepsen Jensen 0 1 2 2 2 12 11 DEN 3 Nicki Pedersen 2 2 1 1 1 16 12 AUS 16 Sam Masters 2 0 1 2 0 9 13 SWE 30 Thomas H. Jonasson 0 1 2 0 1 14 14 AUS 23 Chris Holder 1 0 1 0 0 5 15 AUS 75 Troy Batchelor 0 0 0 1 1 3 16 GBR 37 Chris Harris 0 0 0 0 0 17 17 AUS 17 Justin Sedgemen 0 0 0 0 0 18 18 AUS 18 Max Fricke 0 0 0 0 0 The intermediate classification http://www.speedwaygp.com/standings?33 https://web.archive.org/web/20141230114818/http://www.speedwaygp.com/standings?33 usurped 30 December 2014 2015 FIM Speedway World Championship standings SGP 2015 POL FIN CZE GBR LVA SWE DEN PL2 SLO SCA POL AUS Q P1 GBR 108 Tai Woffinden (C) f 5 b 17 a 18 d 15 e 8 b 17 d 11 c 18 b 18 a 16 f 8 e 12 Q P2 USA 45 Greg Hancock f 5 e 9 e 13 e 12 e 10 e 9 f 7 b 17 a 20 b 16 e 8 a 21 Q P3 DEN 3 Nicki Pedersen f 3 a 16 d 15 e 9 b 11 a 17 e 7 f 7 d 13 f 7 a 19 f 7 Q 4 DEN 88 Niels-Kristian Iversen f 7 f 6 e 8 a 14 f 8 e 10 f 7 e 10 e 11 c 14 d 10 b 15 Q 5 AUS 69 Jason Doyle f 4 e 11 f 7 f 7 e 8 e 11 e 12 f 6 e 11 e 8 b 18 d 11 Q 6 SLO 55 Matej Žagar a 8 f 7 e 9 e 10 f 6 d 13 b 12 a 16 f 8 f 4 f 7 f 7 Q 7 POL 71 Maciej Janowski f 3 f 2 c 18 f 3 a 12 f 8 e 12 f 5 f 9 d 12 c 11 c 11 Q 8 AUS 23 Chris Holder f 0 f 7 f 6 b 18 d 10 e 10 e 10 e 8 e 9 f 4 e 11 f 2 R 9 DEN 19 Peter Kildemand x x x c 12 e 8 f 3 a 14 e 9 c 13 e 9 e 11 e 13 P 10 SWE 100 Andreas Jonsson f 3 c 12 e 9 f 2 f 7 f 5 f 7 f 6 f 4 e 10 e 11 e 12 P 11 DEN 52 Michael Jepsen Jensen f 5 e 10 f 4 e 8 e 7 f 7 c 13 e 10 f 2 f 6 f 5 f 7 P 12 AUS 75 Troy Batchelor f 0 f 7 f 6 f 4 c 11 f 2 f 6 f 4 e 9 f 5 f 3 f 2 P 13 GBR 37 Chris Harris b 7 f 6 f 5 f 5 f 4 f 5 f 2 f 5 f 4 e 9 f 3 f 0 P 13 SWE 30 Thomas H. Jonasson f 4 f 4 f 1 f 7 f 7 f 7 f 7 f 1 f 2 f 6 f 5 f 4 P 15 POL 507 Krzysztof Kasprzak f 3 e 10 f 4 f 4 f 0 f 0 f 4 f 1 f 3 f 6 f 1 e 9 P 16 POL 33 Jarosław Hampel c 7 d 11 b 13 x x x x x x x x x R 17 SWE 16 Antonio Lindback x x x x x c 14 x x x f 6 x x R 18 POL 17,16 Bartosz Zmarzlik f 3 x x x x x x d 14 x x x x R 19 POL 18,17 Piotr Pawlicki Jr. f 1 x x x x x x x x x f 7 x R 20 GBR 16 Craig Cook x x x f 7 x x x x x x x x R 21 DEN 16 Mikkel Michelsen x x x x x x f 6 x x x x x R 22 AUS 16 Sam Masters x x x x x x x x x x x f 5 R 23 POL 16 Tomasz Gollob f 4 x x x x x x x x x x x R 24 FIN 16 Timo Lahti x f 3 x x x x x x x x x x R 24 LAT 16 Kjastas Puodzuks x x x x f 3 x x x x x x x R 26 CZE 16 Vaclav Milik x x f 2 x x x x x x x x x R 27 GBR 18 Robert Lambert x x x f 1 x x x x x x x x R 27 POL 17 Adrian Cyfer x x x x x x x f 1 x x x x R 27 SLO 16 Aleksander Conda x x x x x x x x f 1 x x x R 27 SLO 17 Denis Stojs x x x x x x x x f 1 x x x R 31 FIN 17 Nike Lunna x f 0 x x x x x x x x x x R 31 FIN 18 Jiri Nieminen x f 0 x x x x x x x x x x R 31 CZE 17 Matěj Kůs x x f 0 x x x x x x x x x R 31 CZE 18 Josef Franc x x f 0 x x x x x x x x x R 31 GBR 17 Jason Garrity x x x f 0 x x x x x x x x See also motorcycle speedway References Category:2015 Speedway Grand Prix Category:Speedway competitions in Australia Category:2015 in Australian motorsport Category:2015 in sport in Melbourne Category:October 2015 sports events in Australia Category:Sports competitions in Melbourne Category:2015 in Victoria (state)