2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II

2012 FIM Torun Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date| 6 October 2012
City|  Toruń
Event| 12 of 12 (156)
Referee|  Craig Ackroyd
Jury President|  Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium| MotoArena Toruń
Capacity| 15,500
Length| 325 m (355 yd)
Track| speedway
SGP Results
Attendance| 16,000
Best Time|  Chris Holder
59,81 secs (in Heat 6)
Winner|  Antonio Lindbäck
Runner-up|  Tomasz Gollob
3rd place|  Tomasz Gollob

The 2012 FIM Torun Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the twelfth race meeting of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on October 6 at the MotoArena Toruń in Toruń, Poland.[1][2][3]

Former three-times World Champion, Jason Crump, announced his SGP retirement after the Toruń SGP.[4][5][6]

The Grand Prix was won by Antonio Lindbäck who beat Tomasz Gollob, Greg Hancock and Chris Holder in the final.[7][8]

## Riders[edit]

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Maciej Janowski as Wild Card, and Emil and Kamil Pulczyński both as Track Reserves.[9] Injured Kenneth Bjerre was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík.[10] The draw was made on October 5.[11]

(7)  Kenneth Bjerre → (19)  Martin Vaculík

## Results[edit]

### Heat details[edit]

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

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1  | 11 |  (12) Antonio Lindbäck | 19  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 11  | 3 |  | 2  | 3
2  | 5 |  (5) Tomasz Gollob | 21  |  | 3  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 14  | 1 | 3  |  | 2
3  | 6 |  (1) Greg Hancock | 13  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 2  |  | 9  | 6 | 2  |  | 1
4  | 14 |  (8) Chris Holder | 15  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 12  | 2 |  | 3  | R
5  | 3 |  (19) Martin Vaculík | 12  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 11  | 4 | 1  |  |
6  | 10 |  (6) Emil Sayfutdinov | 11  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 11  | 5 |  | 0  |
7  | 7 |  (10) Nicki Pedersen | 9  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 8  | 8 |  | 1  |
8  | 16 |  (16) Maciej Janowski | 8  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 3  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 8  | 7 | 0  |  |
9  | 13 |  (9) Fredrik Lindgren | 8  |  |  |  | 2  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 8  | 9 |  |  |
10  | 9 |  (11) Chris Harris | 6  |  |  | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 3  |  |  | 6  | 10 |  |  |
11  | 1 |  (15) Hans N. Andersen | 5  | 2  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 5  | 11 |  |  |
12  | 15 |  (4) Jason Crump | 5  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 1  |  |  |  | 5  | 12 |  |  |
13  | 4 |  (2) Andreas Jonsson | 4  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  | 4  | 13 |  |  |
14  | 12 |  (13) Bjarne Pedersen | 3  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 2  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 3  | 14 |  |  |
15  | 2 |  (3) Jarosław Hampel | 3  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | R  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 3  | 15 |  |  |
16  | 8 |  (14) Peter Ljung | 2  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  | 16 |  |  |
17  | 17 |  (17) Emil Pulczyński | \-  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | \-  | 17 |  |  |
18  | 18 |  (18) Kamil 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

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### Heat after heat[edit]

1. (60,97) Vaculík, Andersen, Jonsson, Hampel
2. (60,87) Gollob, Hancock, N.Pedersen, Ljung
3. (60,68) Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, Harris, B.Pedersen
4. (60,10) Holder, Lindgren, Crump, Janowski
5. (59,97) Lindgren, Gollob, Harris, Andersen
6. (59,80) Holder, Sayfutdinov, Hampel, Hancock
7. (59,87) Lindbäck, Vaculík, N.Pedersen, Crump
8. (60,22) Janowski, Jonsson, B.Pedersen, Ljung
9. (60,15) Lindbäck, Hancock, Janowski, Andersen
10. (60,81) Gollob, B.Pedersen, Crump, Hampel (R)
11. (60,97) Vaculík, Ljung, Holder, Harris
12. (60,10) N.Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Jonsson
13. (60,29) Holder, N.Pedersen, Andersen, B.Pedersen
14. (60,13) Lindbäck, Hampel, Lindgren, Ljung
15. (60,25) Gollob, Janowski, Sayfutdinov, Vaculík
16. (60,56) Hancock, Crump, Harris, Jonsson
17. (60,41) Sayfutdinov, Andersen, Crump, Ljung
18. (60,40) Harris, Janowski, N.Pedersen, Hampel
19. (60,62) Vaculík, Hancock, Lindgren, B.Pedersen
20. (60,53) Gollob, Holder, Jonsson, Lindbäck

Semifinals
21. (59,94)21. Gollob, Hancock, Vaculik, Janowski
22. (60,87)22. Holder, Lindbäck, N.Pedersen, Sayfutdinov

the Final
23. (60,75)23. Lindbäck, Gollob, Hancock, Holder (R1)

## The final classification[edit]

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

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|  (8) Chris Holder | 160  | 4 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 15
|  (10) Nicki Pedersen | 152  | 13 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 9
|  (1) Greg Hancock | 148  | 22 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 13
4  |  (5) Tomasz Gollob | 142  | 15 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 21
5  |  (6) Emil Sayfutdinov | 133  | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 11
6  |  (4) Jason Crump | 126  | 12 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 5
7  |  (12) Antonio Lindbäck | 122  | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 19
8  |  (9) Fredrik Lindgren | 119  | 8 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8
9  |  (2) Andreas Jonsson | 88  | 4 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4
10  |  (15) Hans N. Andersen | 69  | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 5
11  |  (19) Martin Vaculík | 67  | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 6 | – | 12
12  |  (11) Chris Harris | 65  | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6
13  |  (13) Bjarne Pedersen | 59  | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3
14  |  (3) Jarosław Hampel | 58  | 18 | 15 | 6 | 7 | ns | – | – | – | – | 6 | 3 | 3
15  |  (14) Peter Ljung | 57  | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2
16  |  (7) Kenneth Bjerre | 41  | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | – | – | – | –
17  |  (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen | 22  | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | –
18  |  (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 17  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | 4 | –
19  |  (16) Thomas H. Jonasson | 16  | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | –
20  |  (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 13  | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | –
21  |  (16) Jurica Pavlic | 12  | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | –
22  |  (16) Josef Franc | 9  | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
23  |  (16) Maciej Janowski | 8  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8
24  |  (16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki | 7  | – | 7 | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | –
25  |  (16) Scott Nicholls | 7  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | –
26  |  (17)(18) Mikkel B. Jensen | 4  | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | ns | –
27  |  (16) Nicolas Covatti | 3  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | –
28  |  (17) Peter Kildemand | 2  | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
29  |  (16) Jason Bunyan | 1  | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
30  |  (17) Václav Milík, Jr. | 0  | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
31  |  (17) Dino Kovacic | 0  | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | –
32  |  (17)(18) Linus Sundström | 0  | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | –
33  |  (17) Kim Nilsson | 0  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | –
Rider(s) not classified
|  (17) Grant Tregoning | —  | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
|  (18) Sean Mason | —  | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
|  (17) Tobiasz Musielak | —  | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
|  (17)(18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. | —  | – | ns | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | –
|  (18) Matěj Kůs | —  | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
|  (18) Simon Gustafsson | —  | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
|  (18) Samo Kukovica | —  | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | –
|  (17) Michele Paco Castagna | —  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | –
|  (18) Nicolas Vicentin | —  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | –
|  (17) Ben Barker | —  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | –
|  (18) Josh Auty | —  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | –
|  (18) Nicklas Porsing | —  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | –
|  (17) Emil Pulczyński | —  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns
|  (18) Kamil Pulczyński | —  | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns
Pos. | Rider  | Points  | NZL
| EUR
| CZE
| SWE
| DEN
| POL
| CRO
| ITA
| GBR
| SCA
| NOR
| PL2

## References[edit]

1. ^ "FIM Track Racing Commission 2012 Calendars (Mar 16)" (PDF). fim-live.com. 16 Mar 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
2. ^ "FIM Torun Speedway Grand Prix of Poland". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
3. ^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 44-45 ISSN 1429-3285
4. ^ "Jason Crump rezygnuje z cyklu Grand Prix" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 24 Sep 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
5. ^ "Odchodzi rekordzista i jedna z legend żużla" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 24 Sep 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
6. ^ "Ales Dryml w Grand Prix? Jonsson musi liczyć na dziką kartę?" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 30 Sep 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
7. ^ "Życiowy sukces Chrisa Holdera - relacja z Grand Prix Polski w Toruniu" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 6 Oct 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
8. ^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 61 ISSN 1429-3285
9. ^ "Janowski pojedzie z dziką kartą w Toruniu" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 18 Sep 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
10. ^ "Przed GP Polski: Martin Vaculik" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 1 Oct 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
11. ^ "Holder vs. Pedersen w 13. biegu GP Polski (lista startowa)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 5 Oct 2012. Retrieved 5 Oct 2013.

## See also[edit]

* motorcycle speedway

* v
* t
* e

Motorcycle speedway events in 2012 season

World|

| Grand Prix|

* Auckland
* Leszno
* Prague
* Gothenburg
* Copenhagen
* Gorzów
* Goričan
* Terenzano
* Cardiff
* Målilla
* Vojens
* Toruń

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World Cup (Q)|

* Event One
* Event Two
* Race-off
* Final

U-21 Championship|

* Individual
* qualification
* finals
* Team

European|

* Individual Championship
* Pairs Championship
* Individual U-19 Championship
* Team U-19 Championship
* Club Champions' Cup

* v
* t
* e

Speedway Grand Prix events in Poland

Polish, European and Final Speedway Grands Prix

Bydgoszcz|

| Polish|

* 1998
* 1999
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010

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European|

* 2000
* 2013
* 2014

German|

* 2008

* * *

Chorzów|

| European|

* 2002
* 2003

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Gorzów Wlkp.|

| Polish|

* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2020
* 2020
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

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Leszno|

| European|

* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012

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Lublin|

| Polish|

* 2021
* 2021

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Toruń|

| Polish|

* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2020
* 2021
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

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Warsaw|

| Polish|

* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

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Wrocław|

| Polish|

* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1999
* 2000
* 2019
* 2020
* 2020
* 2021
* 2021
* 2022
* 2024

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European|

* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007

* v
* t
* e

Individual Speedway World Championship and Speedway Grand Prix seasons

Speedway World Championship|

* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994

Speedway Grand Prix (SGP)|

* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

See also|

* Medalists
* Medal Classification
* Grands Prix
* SGP riders
* Super Prix
* SGP Statistics

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