2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
2018 Anlas Czech Republic FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	26 May 2018
City	Prague
Event	2 of 10
Referee	Krister Gardell
Stadium details
Stadium	Markéta Stadium
Capacity	10,000
Length	353 m (386 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Fredrik Lindgren
Runner-up	Patryk Dudek
3rd place	Emil Sayfutdinov

The 2018 Anlas Czech Republic FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the second race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 26 at the Markéta Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic.[1]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Václav Milík as the wild card, and Josef Franc and Eduard Krčmář both as Track Reserves.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Fredrik Lindgren, who beat Patryk Dudek, Emil Sayfutdinov and Tai Woffinden in the final.[2] Woffinden has initially top scored with 14 points in the qualifying heats, dropping just one point to Artem Laguta, however he was beaten by Dudek in the semi-finals and then finished last in the final. Lindgren's win saw him maintain his lead in the overall world championship standings, two points ahead of Woffinden in second.

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
	1	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	16	2				2				1				2				3				10	4	3		3
	14	(692) Patryk Dudek	14				0		2					1		3							3	9	5		3	2
	8	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	15		3						2			2			3			2				12	2		2	1
4	3	(108) Tai Woffinden	16	3						3				3				2				3		14	1	2		0
5	16	(71) Maciej Janowski	11				3				3	3						0			2			11	3		0
6	15	(69) Jason Doyle	9				1			1			2						3	1				8	7	1
7	9	(110) Nicki Pedersen	8			3		0						0					2		3			8	6	0
8	10	(222) Artem Laguta	8			2			0						2			3		0				7	8		1
9	12	(55) Matej Žagar	7			1					1		3			1						1		7	9
10	13	(45) Greg Hancock	7				2	1							1		1					2		7	10
11	2	(16) Václav Milík	6	0					3				0				2				1			6	11
12	4	(88) Niels-Kristian Iversen	5	1							0				3				0				1	5	12
13	5	(59) Przemysław Pawlicki	5		0			3					1					1					0	5	13
14	6	(23) Chris Holder	5		1				1			2							1			0		5	14
15	11	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	4			0				2		0					0						2	4	15
16	7	(111) Craig Cook	2		2					0					0	0					0			2	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	POL	CZE	DEN	SWE	GBR	SCA	PL2	SVN	GER	PL3
	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	32	16	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(108) Tai Woffinden	31	15	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(692) Patryk Dudek	24	10	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
4	(71) Maciej Janowski	24	13	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	23	8	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
6	(222) Artem Laguta	21	13	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
7	(55) Matej Žagar	16	9	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
8	(23) Chris Holder	15	10	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
9	(45) Greg Hancock	15	8	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
10	(69) Jason Doyle	14	5	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	13	9	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
12	(110) Nicki Pedersen	10	2	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
13	(88) Niels-Kristian Iversen	9	4	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
14	(59) Przemysław Pawlicki	8	3	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
15	(16) Krzysztof Kasprzak	7	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
16	(16) Vaclav Milik	6	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	(111) Craig Cook	4	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
18	(17) Maksym Drabik	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
19	(18) Bartosz Smektała	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	POL	CZE	DEN	SWE	GBR	SCA	PL2	SVN	GER	PL3

References

1. "Czech Republic Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
2. "Czech Republic Grand Prix Result". SGP.
3. "2018 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.