2014 Speedway Grand Prix of Finland

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2014 Speedway Grand Prix of Finland
VenueRatina Stadium
LocationTampere (Finland)
Start date17 May 2014
Competitors16 (2 reserves)
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The 2014 Speedway Grand Prix of Finland was the third round of the 2014 Speedway Grand Prix season (the world championship). It took place on 17 May at the Ratina Stadium in Tampere, Finland.[1][2]

It was the second time that the Speedway Grand Prix of Finland had been held.

The Grand Prix was by the Slovenian rider Matej Žagar (his first career Grand Prix win).[3][4]

Grand Prix result[edit]

Placing Rider 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts SF1 SF2 Final GP Pts
1 Slovenia (5) Matej Žagar 3 1 2 3 1 10 2 3 15
2 United Kingdom (13) Tai Woffinden 3 2 3 0 3 11 3 2 16
3 Sweden (15) Freddie Lindgren 2 2 f 3 2 9 2 1 12
4 United States (1) Greg Hancock e 0 3 3 3 9 3 0 12
5 Australia (4) Troy Batchelor 3 1 1 1 3 9 1 10
6 Germany (16) Martin Smolinski 1 3 0 2 2 8 1 9
7 Australia (9) Chris Holder 3 3 2 2 0 10 0 10
8 Denmark (7) Nicki Pedersen 1 3 2 1 3 10 0 10
9 Australia (12) Darcy Ward 1 2 1 2 2 8 8
10 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 2 3 0 1 1 7 7
11 Poland (2) Jarosław Hampel 1 1 3 1 1 7 7
12 Denmark (11) Niels Kristian Iversen 0 0 2 2 2 6 6
13 Finland (8) Joonas Kylmäkorpi 2 0 0 3 0 5 5
14 United Kingdom (3) Chris Harris 2 1 1 0 0 4 4
15 Denmark (14) Kenneth Bjerre 0 e 3 0 0 3 3
16 Poland (6) Krzysztof Kasprzak ns ns ns ns ns 0 0
R1 Finland (R1) Kauko Nieminen 0 2 1 0 1 4 R1
R2 Finland (R2) Juha Hautamaki 0 R2

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Speedway GP 2014". Speedway.org. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  2. ^ "2014 Rider profiles". Eurosport. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Zagar Takes First FIM Speedway Grand Prix Victory". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Slovenian Matej Zagar wins Finnish Speedway GP from Tai". MC News. Retrieved 30 May 2024.