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2012 Speedway Grand Prix
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18th season of the Speedway Grand Prix
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March 31 — October 6
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AUS Chris Holder
DEN Nicki Pedersen
USA Greg Hancock
The 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 67th edition of the official World Championshiphttps://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX British Speedway 10 July 2021https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/6933/world-champions Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 10 July 2021 and the 18th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the twelfth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. The series began on 31 March in Auckland and finish on 6 October in Toruń.SGP CALENDAR AND LINE-UP 2012 speedwayworld.tv 2011-10-12 http://www.speedwayworld.tv/news/article/823/sgp-calendar-and-line-up-2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120401044045/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/news/article/823/sgp-calendar-and-line-up-2012 dead 2012-04-01 2011-10-12
The Australian rider Chris Holder became World Champion, making him the youngest gold medalist since the start of the Speedway Grand Prix series in 1995. Nicki Pedersen returned to the World Championship podium finishing second, while the American veteran Greg Hancock won the bronze medal.
Qualification
For the 2012 season there will be 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.
2011 Grand Prix
2011 Speedway Grand Prix
The top eight riders from the 2011 championship qualified as of right:
USA (1) Greg Hancock
SWE (2) Andreas Jonsson
POL (3) Jarosław Hampel
AUS (4) Jason Crump
POL (5) Tomasz Gollob
RUS (6) Emil Sayfutdinov
DEN (7) Kenneth Bjerre
AUS (8) Chris Holder
Grand Prix Challenge
2012 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
The top eight riders from the 2011 championship were joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.
SWE (12) Antonio Lindbäck
DEN (13) Bjarne Pedersen
SWE (14) Peter Ljung
Nominations
The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2011 season.
SWE (9) Fredrik Lindgren
DEN (10) Nicki Pedersen
GBR (11) Chris Harris
DEN (15) Hans Andersen
Qualified Substitutes
SVK (19) Martin Vaculík
POL (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak
DEN (21) Leon Madsen
POL (22) Sebastian Ułamek
POL (23) Krzysztof Buczkowski
FIN (24) Joonas Kylmäkorpi
Calendar
2012 NZL 1 March 31 Western Springs Stadium Auckland USA Greg Hancock POL Jarosław Hampel DEN Nicki Pedersen AUS Jason Crump
2012 EUR 2 April 28 Smoczyk Stadium Leszno AUS Chris Holder POL Tomasz Gollob POL Jarosław Hampel SWE Andreas Jonsson
2012 CZE 3 May 12 Markéta Stadium Prague DEN Nicki Pedersen AUS Jason Crump POL Tomasz Gollob USA Greg Hancock
2012 SWE 4 May 26 Ullevi Gothenburg SWE Fredrik Lindgren USA Greg Hancock AUS Chris Holder SWE Thomas H. Jonasson
2012 DEN 5 June 9 Parken Stadium Copenhagen AUS Jason Crump SWE Fredrik Lindgren USA Greg Hancock GBR Chris Harris
2012 POL 6 June 23 Jancarz Stadium Gorzów Wlkp. SVK Martin Vaculík AUS Chris Holder POL Bartosz Zmarzlik POL Tomasz Gollob
2012 CRO 7 July 28 Stadium Milenium Donji Kraljevec DEN Nicki Pedersen SWE Andreas Jonsson POL Tomasz Gollob CRO Jurica Pavlic
2012 ITA 8 August 11 Pista Olimpia Terenzano Terenzano SWE Antonio Lindbäck RUS Emil Sayfutdinov USA Greg Hancock SVK Martin Vaculík
2012 GBR 9 August 25 Millennium Stadium Cardiff AUS Chris Holder POL Krzysztof Kasprzak SWE Antonio Lindbäck SWE Fredrik Lindgren
2012 SCA 10 September 8 G&B Stadium Målilla POL Tomasz Gollob AUS Chris Holder SWE Antonio Lindbäck DEN Nicki Pedersen
2012 Nor 11 September 22 Speedway Center Vojens DEN Michael Jepsen Jensen DEN Nicki Pedersen RUS Emil Sayfutdinov AUS Jason Crump
2012 PL2 12 October 6 MotoArena Toruń Toruń SWE Antonio Lindbäck POL Tomasz Gollob USA Greg Hancock AUS Chris Holder
Classification
2012 NZL EUR CZE SWE DEN POL CRO ITA GBR SCA Nor PL2 Q P1 AUS 8 Chris Holder
f 4 a 19 e 12 c 17 e 9 b 17 f 6 e 10 a 23 b 17 e 11 d 15
Q P2 DEN 10 Nicki Pedersen
c 13 e 10 a 19 e 14 e 9 f 7 a 19 e 10 e 11 d 11 b 20 e 9
Q P3 USA 1 Greg Hancock
a 22 e 9 d 12 b 15 c 17 e 12 e 10 c 14 f 7 e 8 e 9 c 13
Q 4 POL 5 Tomasz Gollob
e 15 b 16 c 12 f 6 f 3 d 12 c 13 f 6 e 10 a 21 f 7 b 21
Q 5 RUS 6 Emil Sayfutdinov
e 8 f 7 e 10 e 12 e 11 e 10 f 7 b 19 e 12 e 11 c 15 e 11
P 6 AUS 4 Jason Crump
d 12 e 12 b 20 e 11 a 18 f 5 e 9 e 10 f 6 e 8 d 10 f 5
Q 7 SWE 12 Antonio Lindbäck
e 13 f 4 e 9 f 5 f 3 f 6 f 6 a 16 c 12 c 18 e 11 a 19
Q 8 SWE 9 Fredrik Lindgren
e 8 f 8 f 6 a 15 b 15 e 11 e 9 f 5 d 12 e 11 e 11 f 8
Q 9 SWE 2 Andreas Jonsson
f 4 d 13 f 3 e 10 f 8 e 9 b 15 e 8 f 6 f 1 f 7 f 4
P 10 DEN 15 Hans N. Andersen
f 6 f 5 f 6 f 3 f 4 f 7 f 8 f 4 e 10 f 5 f 6 f 5
w 11 SVK 19 Martin Vaculík
x x x x x a 20 f 8 d 14 f 7 f 6 x e 12
P 12 GBR 11 Chris Harris
f 5 f 3 f 6 f 3 d 10 f 1 e 10 f 8 f 6 f 5 f 2 f 6
P 13 DEN 13 Bjarne Pedersen
f 7 f 2 f 6 f 4 e 10 f 4 f 5 f 3 f 2 f 6 f 7 f 3
P 14 POL 3 Jarosław Hampel
b 18 c 15 f 6 f 7 f 0 x x x x f 6 f 3 f 3
P 15 SWE 14 Peter Ljung
f 4 f 6 f 5 f 6 f 8 f 7 f 0 f 8 f 0 f 5 f 6 f 2
P 16 DEN 7 Kenneth Bjerre
f 4 e 8 f 3 f 5 f 5 f 3 f 7 f 6 x x x x
w 17 DEN 16 Michael Jepsen Jensen
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w 18 POL 20 Krzysztof Kasprzak
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w 19 SWE 16 Thomas H. Jonasson
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w 20 POL 16 Bartosz Zmarzlik
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w 21 CRO 16 Jurica Pavlic
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w 22 CZE 16 Josef Franc
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w 23 POL 16 Maciej Janowski
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w 24 GBR 16 Scott Nicholls
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w 25 POL 16)(18 Przemysław Pawlicki
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w 26 DEN 17)(18 Mikkel B. Jensen
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w 27 ITA 16 Nicolas Covatti
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w 28 DEN 17 Peter Kildemand
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w 29 GBR 16 Jason Bunyan
f 1 x x x x x x x x x x x
w 30 CZE 17 Václav Milík, Jr.
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w 31 CRO 17 Dino Kovacic
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w 32 SWE 17 Kim Nilsson
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w 33 SWE 17)(18 Linus Sundström
x x x n x x x x x f 0 x x r NZL 17 Grant Tregoning
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r NZL 18 Sean Mason
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r POL 17 Tobiasz Musielak
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r POL 18 Piotr Pawlicki, Jr.
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r CZE 18 Matěj Kůs
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r SWE 18 Simon Gustafsson
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r CRO 18 Samo Kukovica
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r ITA 17 Michele Paco Castagna
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r ITA 18 Nicolas Vicentin
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r GBR 17 Ben Barker
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r GBR 18 Josh Auty
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r DEN 18 Nicklas Porsing
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r POL 17 Emil Pulczynski
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r POL 18 Kamil Pulczynski
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See also
2012 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
References
External links
SpeedwayWorld.tv - SGP news
2012
World Individual