2016 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

Germany 2016 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
2016 German FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date10 September 2016
CityGermany Teterow
Event8 of 11
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Stadium details
StadiumBergring Arena
SGP Results
Best Time
(in Heat 4)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Jason Doyle
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upPoland Bartosz Zmarzlik
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeUnited States Greg Hancock

The 2016 German FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the eighth race of the 2016 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 10 September at the Bergring Arena in Teterow, Germany. It was the 200th Speedway Grand Prix staged.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Martin Smolinski as the wild card, and Tobias Kroner and Kai Huckenbeck both as Track Reserves. It was also Chris Harris' 100th Grand Prix of his career.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Jason Doyle, who beat Bartosz Zmarzlik, Greg Hancock and Niels-Kristian Iversen in the final. As a result, Doyle closed the lead on Hancock in the world championship standings to five points, with defending world champion Tai Woffinden, who was eliminated in the semi-finals, sitting eight points further back in third.[1]

Heat details

PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos212223
Gold7Australia (69) Jason Doyle173333012123
Silver16Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik13221229522
Bronze6United States (45) Greg Hancock150323311331
411Denmark (88) Niels Kristian Iversen11023308630
55Poland (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.11t33321120
610United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden1031212941
71Germany (16) Martin Smolinski830013781
815Australia (23) Chris Holder830221870
914Denmark (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen71230179
1012Denmark (3) Nicki Pedersen711122710
114Sweden (85) Antonio Lindbäck603003611
122Denmark (25) Peter Kildemand620013612
1313United Kingdom (37) Chris Harris602121613
149Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren621111614
158Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar310200315
163Poland (71) Maciej Janowski211000216
1717Germany (17) Tobias Kroner2217
PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos212223

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 – insidegate Bgate Cgate D – outside

The intermediate classification

[2]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos.RiderPointsSVN
Slovenia
POL
Poland
DEN
Denmark
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
SWE
Sweden
PL2
Poland
GER
Germany
SCA
Sweden
PL3
Poland
AUS
Australia
United States (45) Greg Hancock1014141810171115
SilverAustralia (69) Jason Doyle10413571712171617
BronzeUnited Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden9610141591581510
4Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik8881071313101413
5Australia (23) Chris Holder851412135612158
6Poland (71) Maciej Janowski721010165111262
7Poland (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.71845614131011
8Sweden (85) Antonio Lindbäck70101010518746
9Denmark (3) Nicki Pedersen6210410856127
10Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren5971221128116
11Denmark (88) Niels Kristian Iversen578471138511
12Denmark (25) Peter Kildemand56156764936
13Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar49414858343
14Sweden (100) Andreas Jonsson396886920
15United Kingdom (37) Chris Harris33334101246
16Poland (16) Patryk Dudek88
17Germany (16) Martin Smolinski88
18Denmark (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen77
19United Kingdom (16) Danny King77
20Poland (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak77
21Denmark (16) Anders Thomsen55
22Sweden (16) Peter Ljung44
23Czech Republic (16) Václav Milík Jr.33
24Germany (17) Tobias Kroner22
25Slovenia (16) Denis Štojs11
26Slovenia (17) Nick Škorja11
27Poland (17) Daniel Kaczmarek11
28Slovenia (18) Matic Ivačič00
Pos.RiderPointsSVN
Slovenia
POL
Poland
DEN
Denmark
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
SWE
Sweden
PL2
Poland
GER
Germany
SCA
Sweden
PL3
Poland
AUS
Australia

See also

References

  1. ^ "German Grand Prix Result". SGP. Archived from the original on September 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP. Archived from the original on May 2, 2016.
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