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2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia

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Sweden 2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia
2018 Betard Scandinavian FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date11 August 2018
CitySweden Målilla
Event6 of 10
RefereeUnited Kingdom Craig Ackroyd
Stadium details
StadiumG&B Arena
Capacity15,000
Length305 m (334 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerDenmark Nicki Pedersen
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upSlovenia Matej Žagar
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeSweden Fredrik Lindgren

The 2018 Betard Scandinavian FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the sixth race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 11 at the G&B Arena in Målilla, Sweden.[1]

Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Peter Ljung as the wild card, and Oliver Berntzon and Joel Kling both as Track Reserves.

Results

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The Grand Prix was won by Nicki Pedersen, who beat Matej Žagar, Fredrik Lindgren and Martin Vaculík in the final.[2] Bartosz Zmarzlik has initially top scored in the qualifying heats, but was excluded in the semi-finals. Overall Tai Woffinden retained his world championship lead, however Lindgren cut the deficit to 17 points.

Heat details

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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 16 Denmark (110) Nicki Pedersen 15 2 2 2 3 1 10 4 2 3
Silver 12 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 16 3 1 3 3 1 11 3 3 2
Bronze 7 Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren 13 2 2 1 2 2 9 7 3 1
4 8 Slovakia (54) Martin Vaculík 10 3 0 3 0 2 8 8 2 0
5 13 Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 0
6 4 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 11 3 3 2 0 3 11 2 0
7 10 Poland (692) Patryk Dudek 10 2 3 0 1 3 9 5 1
8 11 United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 10 1 3 3 0 2 9 6 1
9 9 Russia (222) Artem Laguta 6 0 1 2 3 0 6 9
10 5 Russia (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 6 1 2 2 0 1 6 10
11 3 Sweden (16) Peter Ljung 5 0 0 0 2 3 5 11
12 6 Australia (23) Chris Holder 5 0 2 1 2 0 5 12
13 2 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 4 2 0 1 1 0 4 13
14 1 United Kingdom (111) Craig Cook 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 14
15 15 Poland (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 15
16 14 United States (45) Greg Hancock 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 16
17 17 Sweden (17) Oliver Berntzon 3 3 17
18 18 Sweden (18) Joel Kling 1 1 18
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

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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
CZE
Czech Republic
DEN
Denmark
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
SCA
Sweden
PL2
Poland
SVN
Slovenia
GER
Germany
PL3
Poland
Gold United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 91 15 16 18 16 16 10
Silver Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren 74 16 16 7 15 7 13
Bronze Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 70 13 11 5 18 12 11
4 Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 69 9 4 10 13 19 14
5 Russia (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 62 8 15 11 14 8 6
6 Poland (692) Patryk Dudek 56 10 14 6 6 10 10
7 United States (45) Greg Hancock 56 8 7 16 10 12 3
8 Russia (222) Artem Laguta 53 13 8 12 8 6 6
9 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 50 9 7 5 7 6 16
10 Denmark (110) Nicki Pedersen 46 2 8 12 3 6 15
11 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 44 5 9 12 9 5 4
12 Australia (23) Chris Holder 43 10 5 9 7 7 5
13 Poland (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 27 3 5 5 1 10 3
14 United Kingdom (111) Craig Cook 21 2 2 2 3 9 3
15 Slovakia (54) Martin Vaculík 17 3 1 3 10
16 Denmark (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 9 4 5
17 Poland (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 7
18 Sweden (16) Andreas Jonsson 7 7
19 Czech Republic (16) Vaclav Milik 6 6
20 Sweden (16) Peter Ljung 5 5
21 Denmark (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 4 4
22 Sweden (17) Oliver Berntzon 3 3
23 Poland (17) Maksym Drabik 2 2
24 Poland (18) Bartosz Smektała 2 2
25 Denmark (17) Mikkel Michelsen 1 1
26 United Kingdom (16) Robert Lambert 1 1
27 Sweden (18) Joel Kling 1 1
28 Denmark (18) Mikkel Bech Jensen 0 0
29 United Kingdom (17) Daniel Bewley 0 0
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
CZE
Czech Republic
DEN
Denmark
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
SCA
Sweden
PL2
Poland
SVN
Slovenia
GER
Germany
PL3
Poland

References

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