2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark

The 2012 FIM Dansk Metal Danish Speedway Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 9 June at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark.^[1][2][3]

2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
2012 FIM Dansk Metal Danish SGP
Information
Date	9 June 2012
City	Copenhagen
Event	5 of 12 (149)
Referee	Wojciech Grodzki
Jury President	Ilkka Teromaa
Stadium details
Stadium	Parken Stadium
Capacity	28,000
Length	275 m (301 yd)
Track	temporary (football/soccer)
SGP Results
Attendance	16,500
Best Time	Nicki Pedersen 55,3 secs (in Heat 5)
Winner	Jason Crump
Runner-up	Fredrik Lindgren
3rd place	Greg Hancock

The Grand Prix was won by Jason Crump who beat Fredrik Lindgren, Greg Hancock and Chris Harris.^[4][5] Jarosław Hampel was injured in Heat 1 (right leg' fibula broken) and was out for next four SGP events and World Cup also.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Michael Jepsen Jensen as Wild Card, and Peter Kildemand and Mikkel B. Jensen both as Track Reserves.^[6] The Draw was made on 8 June.^[7]

Results

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	9	(4) Jason Crump	18			2		0						1					3		3			9	3		3	3
2	5	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	15		2			1					1					3					2	9	7	2		2
3	7	(1) Greg Hancock	17		3					2					2	3					2			12	1	3		1
4	11	(11) Chris Harris	10			1				3		2					2						0	8	8		2	0
5	8	(6) Emil Sayfutdinov	11		1						3			3			3			1				11	2		X
6	12	(13) Bjarne Pedersen	10			0					1		3			2						3		9	5		1
7	13	(10) Nicki Pedersen	9				3	3							0		1					2		9	4	X
8	1	(8) Chris Holder	9	3				2				1				X				3				9	6	X
9	16	(2) Andreas Jonsson	8				R				2	3						2			1			8	9
10	10	(14) Peter Ljung	8			3			1						1			1		2				8	10
11	14	(16) Michael Jepsen Jensen	7				1		2					0		1							3	7	11
12	3	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	5	1						1				2				R				1		5	12
13	18	(18) Mikkel B. Jensen	4	0											3								1	4	13
14	2	(15) Hans N. Andersen	4	2					0				2				0				0			4	14
15	6	(5) Tomasz Gollob	3		0				3			0							0			0		3	15
16	15	(12) Antonio Lindbäck	3				2			0			0						1	0				3	16
17	17	(17) Peter Kildemand	2	T/-							0								2					2	17
18	4	(3) Jarosław Hampel	0	F/-							-				-				-				-	0	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

Heat after heat

1. (56,9) Holder, Andersen, Bjerre, MB Jensen (Kildemand T/-), (Hampel F/-)
2. (55,9) Hancock, Lindgren, Sayfutdinov, Gollob
3. (57,0) Ljung, Crump, Harris, B. Pedersen
4. (55,8) N. Pedersen, Lindbäck, MJ Jensen, Jonsson (R)
5. (55,3) N. Pedersen, Holder, Lindgren, Crump
6. (57,8) Gollob, MJ Jensen, Ljung, Andersen
7. (56,5) Harris, Hancock, Bjerre, Lindbäck
8. (56,2) Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, B. Pedersen, Kildemand
9. (55,4) Jonsson, Harris, Holder, Gollob
10. (57,9) B. Pedersen, Andersen, Lindgren, Lindbäck
11. (58,2) Sayfutdinov, Bjerre, Crump, MJ Jensen
12. (57,8) MB Jensen, Hancock, Ljung, N. Pedersen
13. (56,9) Hancock, B. Pedersen, MJ Jensen, Holder (X)
14. (57,5) Sayfutdinov, Harris, N. Pedersen, Andersen
15. (55,9) Lindgren, Jonsson, Ljung, Bjerre (R)
16. (57,2) Crump, Kildemand, Lindbäck, Gollob
17. (57,9) Holder, Ljung, Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck
18. (57,6) Crump, Hancock, Jonsson, Andersen
19. (56,8) B. Pedersen, N. Pedersen, Bjerre, Gollob
20. (57,5) MJ Jensen, Lindgren, MB Jensen, Harris

    Semifinals

21. (57,9) Hancock, Lindgren, N. Pedersen (X), Holder (X)
22. (57,3) Crump, Harris, B. Pedersen, Sayfutdinov (X)

    the Final

23. (56,9) Crump, Lindgren, Hancock, Harris

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series

Full-time Grand Prix rider

Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve

Pos.	Rider	Points	NZL	EUR	CZE	SWE	DEN	POL	CRO	ITA	GBR	SCA	NOR	PL2
1	(1) Greg Hancock	75	22	9	12	15	17
2	(4) Jason Crump	73	12	12	20	11	18
3	(10) Nicki Pedersen	65	13	10	19	14	9
4	(8) Chris Holder	61	4	19	12	17	9
5	(5) Tomasz Gollob	52	15	16	12	6	3
6	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	52	8	8	6	15	15
7	(6) Emil Sayfutdinov	48	8	7	10	12	11
8	(3) Jarosław Hampel	46	18	15	6	7	ns
9	(2) Andreas Jonsson	38	4	13	3	10	8
10	(12) Antonio Lindbäck	34	13	4	9	5	3
11	(13) Bjarne Pedersen	29	7	2	6	4	10
12	(14) Peter Ljung	29	4	6	5	6	8
13	(11) Chris Harris	27	5	3	6	3	10
14	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	25	4	8	3	5	5
15	(15) Hans N. Andersen	24	6	5	6	3	4
16	(16) Thomas H. Jonasson	11	–	–	–	11	–
17	(16) Josef Franc	9	–	–	9	–	–
18	(16) Przemysław Pawlicki	7	–	7	–	–	–
19	(16) Michael Jepsen Jensen	7	–	–	–	–	7
20	(18) Mikkel B. Jensen	4	–	–	–	–	4
21	(17) Peter Kildemand	2	–	–	–	–	2
22	(16) Jason Bunyan	1	1	–	–	–	–
23	(17) Václav Milík, Jr.	0	–	–	0	–	–
Rider(s) not classified
	(17) Grant Tregoning	—	ns	–	–	–	–
	(18) Sean Mason	—	ns	–	–	–	–
	(17) Tobiasz Musielak	—	–	ns	–	–	–
	(18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr.	—	–	ns	–	–	–
	(18) Matěj Kůs	—	–	–	ns	–	–
	(17) Linus Sundström	—	–	–	–	ns	–
	(18) Simon Gustafsson	—	–	–	–	ns	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	NZL	EUR	CZE	SWE	DEN	POL	CRO	ITA	GBR	SCA	NOR	PL2