2012 Speedway Grand Prix of New Zealand

New Zealand 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of New Zealand
2012 FIM Buckley Systems New Zealand SGP
Information
Date31 March 2012
CityNew Zealand Auckland
Event1 of 12 (145)
RefereeKrister Gardell
Jury PresidentAnthony Steele
Stadium details
StadiumWestern Springs Stadium
Capacity15,000
Length413 m (452 yd)
Trackspeedway
SGP Results
Attendance20,000
Best TimePoland Tomasz Gollob
65.07 secs (in Heat 1)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerUnited States Greg Hancock
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upPoland Jarosław Hampel
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeDenmark Nicki Pedersen

The 2012 FIM Buckley Systems New Zealand Speedway Grand Prix was the first round of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 31 March at the Western Springs Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand.[1][2][3]

It was the inaugural Speedway Grand Prix of New Zealand and only the second outside Europe, after the 2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia.[4]

The Grand Prix was won by defending world champion Greg Hancock, who beat Jarosław Hampel, Nicki Pedersen and Janson Crump in the final.[5][6][7]

Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jason Bunyan as Wild Card, and Grant Tregoning and Andrew Aldridge both as Track Reserves.[8] Sean Mason was renominated as a Reserve #18. The Draw was made on 30 March.[9]

(18) New Zealand Andrew Aldridge → (18) New Zealand Sean Mason

Results

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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 15 United States (1) Greg Hancock 22 3 2 3 3 3 14 2 2 3
2 11 Poland (3) Jarosław Hampel 18 1 1 3 3 3 11 4 3 2
3 6 Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen 13 1 3 2 2 1 9 6 2 1
4 13 Australia (4) Jason Crump 12 2 3 0 2 2 9 5 3 0
5 3 Poland (5) Tomasz Gollob 15 3 3 3 2 3 14 1 1
6 10 Sweden (12) Antonio Lindbäck 13 3 2 2 3 2 12 3 1
7 4 Russia (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 8 1 2 3 X 2 8 7 0
8 9 Sweden (9) Fredrik Lindgren 8 2 1 2 1 2 8 8 0
9 7 Denmark (13) Bjarne Pedersen 7 2 0 1 3 1 7 9
10 2 Denmark (15) Hans N. Andersen 6 0 1 1 1 3 6 10
11 14 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 5 1 0 1 2 1 5 11
12 16 Australia (8) Chris Holder 4 0 3 1 0 0 4 12
13 5 Sweden (2) Andreas Jonsson 4 3 0 0 1 R 4 13
14 1 Denmark (7) Kenneth Bjerre 4 2 2 R R 0 4 14
15 12 Sweden (14) Peter Ljung 4 0 1 2 1 0 4 15
16 8 United Kingdom (16) Jason Bunyan1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
17 17 New Zealand (17) Grant Tregoning - - 17
18 18 New Zealand (18) Sean Mason - - 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
1. British Jason Bunyan started with New Zealand license (MNZ).

Heat after heat

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  1. (65.07) Gollob, Bjerre, Sayfutdinov, Andersen
  2. (65.72) Jonsson, B. Pedersen, N. Pedersen, Bunyan
  3. (65.34) Lindbäck, Lindgren, Hampel, Ljung
  4. (65.37) Hancock, Crump, Harris, Holder
  5. (65.84) Crump, Bjerre, Lindgren, Jonsson
  6. (66.07) N. Pedersen, Lindbäck, Andersen, Harris
  7. (65.63) Gollob, Hancock, Hampel, B. Pedersen
  8. (66.12) Holder, Sayfutdinov, Ljung, Bunyan
  9. (65.32) Hampel, N. Pedersen, Holder, Bjerre (R)
  10. (65.69) Hancock, Ljung, Andersen, Jonsson
  11. (66.15) Gollob, Lindgren, Harris, Bunyan
  12. (66.19) Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, B. Pedersen, Crump
  13. (66.69) B. Pedersen, Harris, Ljung, Bjerre (R)
  14. (66.25) Hampel, Crump, Andersen, Bunyan
  15. (66.94) Lindbäck, Gollob, Jonsson, Holder
  16. (65.93) Hancock, N. Pedersen, Lindgren, Sayfutdinov (X)
  17. (67.18) Hancock, Lindbäck, Bunyan, Bjerre
  18. (67.00) Andersen, Lindgren, B. Pedersen, Holder
  19. (66.59) Gollob, Crump, N. Pedersen, Ljung
  20. (66.59) Hampel, Sayfutdinov, Harris, Jonsson (R)
    Semifinals:
  21. (66.25) Hampel, N. Pedersen, Gollob, Sayfutdinov
  22. (66.25) Crump, Hancock, Lindbaeck, Lindgren
    The Final:
  23. (66.06) Hancock, Hampel, N. Pedersen, Crump

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 NZL
New Zealand		 EUR
Poland		 CZE
Czech Republic		 SWE
Sweden		 DEN
Denmark		 POL
Poland		 CRO
Croatia		 ITA
Italy		 GBR
United Kingdom		 SCA
Sweden		 NOR
Denmark		 PL2
Poland
1 United States (1) Greg Hancock 22 22                      
2 Poland (3) Jarosław Hampel 18 18                      
3 Poland (5) Tomasz Gollob 15 15                      
4 Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen 13 13                      
5 Sweden (12) Antonio Lindbäck 13 13                      
6 Australia (4) Jason Crump 12 12                      
7 Russia (6) Emil Sayfutdinov 8 8                      
8 Sweden (9) Fredrik Lindgren 8 8                      
9 Denmark (13) Bjarne Pedersen 7 7                      
10 Denmark (15) Hans N. Andersen 6 6                      
11 United Kingdom (11) Chris Harris 5 5                      
12 Sweden (2) Andreas Jonsson 4 4                      
13 Denmark (7) Kenneth Bjerre 4 4                      
14 Australia (8) Chris Holder 4 4                      
15 Sweden (14) Peter Ljung 4 4                      
16 United Kingdom (16) Jason Bunyan 1 1                      
Rider(s) not classified
New Zealand (17) Grant Tregoning — ns                      
New Zealand (18) Sean Mason — ns                      
Pos. Rider Points NZL
New Zealand		 EUR
Poland		 CZE
Czech Republic		 SWE
Sweden		 DEN
Denmark		 POL
Poland		 CRO
Croatia		 ITA
Italy		 GBR
United Kingdom		 SCA
Sweden		 NOR
Denmark		 PL2
Poland

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIM Track Racing Commission 2012 Calendars (Mar 16)" (PDF). fim-live.com. 16 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  2. ^ "FIM Buckley Systems New Zealand Speedway Grand Prix". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  3. ^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 22-23 ISSN 1429-3285
  4. ^ "FIM New Zealand Speedway Grand Prix – Western Springs, Auckland". Speedway Racing.co.nz. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  5. ^ "GP N Zelandia Result" (PDF). pzm.pl. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Greg Hancock najlepszy w Nowej Zelandii!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  7. ^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 59 ISSN 1429-3285
  8. ^ "Bunyan z dziką kartą w Auckland!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 22 January 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  9. ^ "Lista startowa Grand Prix Nowej Zelandii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
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