2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

2018 BOLL Warsaw FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date| 12 May 2018
City|  Warsaw
Event| 1 of 10
Referee|  Jesper Steentoft
Stadium details
Stadium| Stadion Narodowy
Capacity| 54,000
Length| 274.2 m (299.9 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time|

Winner|  Tai Woffinden
Runner-up|  Maciej Janowski
3rd place|  Fredrik Lindgren

The 2018 BOLL Warsaw FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the first race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 12 at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland.[1]

## Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Krzysztof Kasprzak as the wild card, and Maksym Drabik and Bartosz Smektała both as Track Reserves.

## Results

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The Grand Prix was won by Tai Woffinden, who beat Maciej Janowski, Fredrik Lindgren and Artem Laguta in the final.[2] It was the eighth Grand Prix win of Woffinden's career, taking him level with Leigh Adams in seventh on the all-time list.

Lindgren had initially top scored with 12 points during the qualifying heats, and despite finishing third in the final, he topped the overall standings with 16 points, one ahead of Woffinden.

### 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

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| 3 |  (108) Tai Woffinden | 15  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 10  | 3 |  | 2  | 3
| 6 |  (71) Maciej Janowski | 13  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 1  |  | 9  | 7 | 2  |  | 2
| 11 |  (66) Fredrik Lindgren | 16  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 12  | 1 | 3  |  | 1
4  | 10 |  (222) Artem Laguta | 13  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 0  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 10  | 2 |  | 3  | 0
5  | 13 |  (23) Chris Holder | 10  |  |  |  | 2  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 9  | 6 | 1  |  |
6  | 7 |  (692) Patryk Dudek | 10  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  | 10  | 4 | 0  |  |
7  | 1 |  (55) Matej Žagar | 9  | 3  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 9  | 5 |  | 0  |
8  | 14 |  (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 9  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 8  | 8 |  | 1  |
9  | 15 |  (89) Emil Sayfutdinov | 8  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 2  |  |  |  | 8  | 9 |  |  |
10  | 12 |  (45) Greg Hancock | 8  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 2  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 8  | 10 |  |  |
11  | 5 |  (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 7  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 7  | 11 |  |  |
12  | 4 |  (69) Jason Doyle | 5  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 2  | 5  | 12 |  |  |
13  | 16 |  (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen | 4  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 4  | 13 |  |  |
14  | 2 |  (59) Przemysław Pawlicki | 3  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 3  | 14 |  |  |
15  | 8 |  (111) Craig Cook | 2  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  | 15 |  |  |
16  | 9 |  (110) Nicki Pedersen | 2  |  |  | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 16 |  |  |
17  | 17 |  (17) Maksym Drabik | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 17 |  |  |
18  | 18 |  (18) Bartosz Smektała | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 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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## 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  | POL
| CZE
| DEN
| SWE
| GBR
| SCA
| PL2
| SVN
| GER
| PL3

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|  (66) Fredrik Lindgren | 16  | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
|  (108) Tai Woffinden | 15  | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
|  (71) Maciej Janowski | 13  | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
4  |  (222) Artem Laguta | 13  | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
5  |  (23) Chris Holder | 10  | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
6  |  (692) Patryk Dudek | 10  | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
7  |  (55) Matej Žagar | 9  | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
8  |  (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 9  | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
9  |  (89) Emil Sayfutdinov | 8  | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
10  |  (45) Greg Hancock | 8  | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
11  |  (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 7  | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
12  |  (69) Jason Doyle | 5  | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
13  |  (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen | 4  | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
14  |  (59) Przemysław Pawlicki | 3  | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
15  |  (111) Craig Cook | 2  | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
16  |  (110) Nicki Pedersen | 2  | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
17  |  (17) Maksym Drabik | 2  | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
18  |  (18) Bartosz Smektała | 2  | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –
Pos. | Rider  | Points  | POL
| CZE
| DEN
| SWE
| GBR
| SCA
| PL2
| SVN
| GER
| PL3

## References

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1. ^ "Polish Grand Prix Event Info". SGP. Archived from the original on 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
2. ^ "Polish Grand Prix Result". SGP.
3. ^ "2018 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

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2024 championship Grand Prix events:|

* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Latvia
* Poland*
* Sweden

* * – four events as Polish SGP

Past championship Grand Prix events:|

* Australia
* Austria
* Europe
* Finland
* Italy
* New Zealand
* Nordic
* Norway
* Russia
* Scandinavia
* Slovenia

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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

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Speedway in Poland

Championships|

* Individual
* Pairs
* Team
* Extraleague
* Polish Speedway First League (1.Liga)
* Polish Speedway Second League (2.Liga)
* Individual U-21
* Pairs U-21
* Team U-21

Helmets and Cups|

* Golden
* Silver U-21
* Bronze U-19

Memorials|

* M. Połukard Criterium of Aces
* Alfred Smoczyk
* Edward Jancarz
* Łukasz Romanek

Tournaments|

* Bolesław Chrobry
* Crest Chain of Ostrów Town

Grands Prix|

* Polish SGP
* European SGP

National teams|

* Poland team
* U21
* U19

Governing Bodies|

* Polish Motor Union (Main Commission)
* Speedway Ekstraliga LLC

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