2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia

2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia
2017 Slovenian FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	29 April 2017
City	Krško
Event	1 of 12
Referee	Marek Wojaczek
Stadium details
Stadium	Matija Gubec Stadium
Capacity	12,000
Length	387.7 m (424.0 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Martin Vaculík
Runner-up	Fredrik Lindgren
3rd place	Patryk Dudek

The 2017 Slovenian FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the opening race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 29 April at the Matija Gubec Stadium in Krško, Slovenia.[1]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Nick Škorja as the wild card, and Matic Ivačič and Denis Štojs both as Track Reserves.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Martin Vaculík, who beat Fredrik Lindgren, Patryk Dudek and Jason Doyle in the final. Emil Sayfutdinov had initially top scored on the night, but was eliminated in the semi-finals.[2]

Heat details

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
	14	(54) Martin Vaculík	16				3		3					1		1							3	11	2		2	3
	7	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	16		2					2					2	2					3			11	3		3	2
	5	(692) Patryk Dudek	13		3			3					2					0					1	9	6	3		1
4	8	(69) Jason Doyle	12		1						3			3			3			0				10	4	2		0
5	12	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	12			1					2		3			3						3		12	1	0
6	11	(45) Greg Hancock	11			3				3		0					2						2	10	5		1
7	3	(55) Matej Žagar	10	2						0				2				3				2		9	7	1
8	10	(88) Niels Kristian Iversen	9			0			2						3			2		2				9	8		0
9	1	(108) Tai Woffinden	8	3				1				3				0				1				8	9
10	16	(777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	7				2				1	2						1			1			7	10
11	6	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	6		0				1			1							3			1		6	11
12	15	(71) Maciej Janowski	6				0			1			1						1	3				6	12
13	9	(23) Chris Holder	6			2		2						0					0		2			6	13
14	4	(12) Nicki Pedersen	3	0							0				1				2				0	3	14
15	13	(85) Antonio Lindbäck	2				1	0							0		1					0		2	15
16	2	(16) Nick Škorja	1	1					0				0				0				0			1	16
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

Intermediate classification

[3]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series

Full-time Grand Prix rider

Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve

Pos.	Rider	Points	SVN	POL	LAT	CZE	DEN	GBR	SWE	PL2	GER	SCA	PL3	AUS
	(54) Martin Vaculík	16	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	16	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(692) Patryk Dudek	13	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
4	(69) Jason Doyle	12	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	12	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
6	(45) Greg Hancock	11	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
7	(55) Matej Žagar	10	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
8	(88) Niels Kristian Iversen	9	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
9	(108) Tai Woffinden	8	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
10	(777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	7	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
12	(71) Maciej Janowski	6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
13	(23) Chris Holder	6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
14	(12) Nicki Pedersen	3	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
15	(85) Antonio Lindbäck	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
16	(16) Nick Škorja	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	SVN	POL	LAT	CZE	DEN	GBR	SWE	PL2	GER	SCA	PL3	AUS

References

1. "Slovenian Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
2. "Slovenian Grand Prix Result". SGP.
3. "2017 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

See also

• motorcycle speedway