2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia

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Slovenia 2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia
2015 Mitas Slovenian FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date12 September 2015
CitySlovenia Krško
Event9 of 12
RefereePoland Marek Wojaczek
Stadium details
StadiumMatija Gubec Stadium
Capacity12,000
Length387.7 m (424.0 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
(in Heat 4)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerUnited States Greg Hancock
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited Kingdom Tai Woffinden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeDenmark Peter Kildemand

The 2015 Mitas Slovenian FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the ninth race of the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 12 at the Matija Gubec Stadium in Krško, Slovenia.[1]

Riders[edit]

First reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Jarosław Hampel, who had injured himself during the 2015 Speedway World Cup. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Aleksander Čonda as the wild card, and Denis Štojs and Žiga Kovačič both as Track Reserves.

Results[edit]

The Grand Prix was won by Greg Hancock, who beat Tai Woffinden, Peter Kildemand and Nicki Pedersen in the final. Hancock only dropped one point in the entire meeting, finishing to Jason Doyle in heat 18. Overall, Woffinden extended his lead in the world title race to 25 points, with Hancock leapfrogging Pedersen into second place.[2]

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
Gold 9 United States (45) Greg Hancock 20 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 3 3
Silver 10 United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 18 2 3 3 2 3 13 2 3 2
Bronze 16 Denmark (19) Peter Kildemand 13 2 3 2 3 0 10 4 2 1
4 7 Denmark (3) Nicki Pedersen 13 3 2 2 3 1 11 3 2 0
5 12 Denmark (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 11 1 1 3 2 3 10 5 1
6 2 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 11 2 1 1 3 3 10 6 1
7 15 Australia (23) Chris Holder 9 3 3 2 0 1 9 7 0
8 4 Australia (75) Troy Batchelor 9 3 2 0 2 2 9 8 0
9 6 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 9 2 2 3 1 1 9 9
10 13 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 8 1 2 1 2 2 8 10
11 1 Sweden (100) Andreas Jonsson 4 0 1 0 1 2 4 11
12 8 United Kingdom (37) Chris Harris 4 1 0 2 1 0 4 12
13 14 Poland (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 13
14 5 Sweden (30) Thomas H. Jonasson 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 14
15 11 Denmark (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 15
16 3 Slovenia (16) Aleksander Čonda 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 16
17 17 Slovenia (17) Denis Štojs 1 1 17
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

The intermediate classification[edit]

[3]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
FIN
Finland
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
LVA
Latvia
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
PL2
Poland
SLO
Slovenia
SCA
Sweden
POL
Poland
AUS
Australia
Gold United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 127 5 17 18 15 8 17 11 18 18
Silver United States (45) Greg Hancock 102 5 9 13 12 10 9 7 17 20
Bronze Denmark (3) Nicki Pedersen 98 3 16 15 9 11 17 7 7 13
4 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 89 8 7 9 10 6 13 12 16 8
5 Denmark (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 81 7 6 8 14 8 10 7 10 11
6 Australia (23) Chris Holder 78 0 7 6 18 10 10 10 8 9
7 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 77 4 11 7 7 8 11 12 6 11
8 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 72 3 2 18 3 12 8 12 5 9
9 Denmark (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 66 5 10 4 8 7 7 13 10 2
10 Denmark (19) Peter Kildemand 59 12 8 3 14 9 13
11 Sweden (100) Andreas Jonsson 55 3 12 9 2 7 5 7 6 4
12 Australia (75) Troy Batchelor 49 0 7 6 4 11 2 6 4 9
13 United Kingdom (37) Chris Harris 43 7 6 5 5 4 5 2 5 4
14 Sweden (30) Thomas H. Jonasson 40 4 4 1 7 7 7 7 1 2
15 Poland (33) Jarosław Hampel 31 7 11 13
16 Poland (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 29 3 10 4 4 0 0 4 1 3
17 Poland (17,16) Bartosz Zmarzlik 17 3 14
17 Sweden (16) Antonio Lindback 14 14
19 United Kingdom (16) Craig Cook 7 7
20 Denmark (16) Mikkel Michelsen 6 6
21 Poland (16) Tomasz Gollob 4 4
22 Finland (16) Timo Lahti 3 3
22 Latvia (16) Kjastas Puodzuks 3 3
24 Czech Republic (16) Vaclav Milik 2 2
25 Poland (18) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 1 1
25 United Kingdom (18) Robert Lambert 1 1
25 Poland (17) Adrian Cyfer 1 1
25 Slovenia (16) Aleksander Conda 1 1
25 Slovenia (17) Denis Stojs 1 1
30 Finland (17) Nike Lunna 0 0
30 Finland (18) Jiri Nieminen 0 0
30 Czech Republic (17) Matěj Kůs 0 0
30 Czech Republic (18) Josef Franc 0 0
30 United Kingdom (17) Jason Garrity 0 0
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
FIN
Finland
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
LVA
Latvia
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
PL2
Poland
SLO
Slovenia
SCA
Sweden
POL
Poland
AUS
Australia

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Slovenian Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
  2. ^ "Slovenian Grand Prix Result". SGP.
  3. ^ "2015 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

See also[edit]