2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy

The 2012 FIM Fogo Italian Speedway Grand Prix was the eighth race meeting of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 11, at the Pista Olimpia Terenzano stadium in Terenzano, Italy.^[1][2][3]

2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy
2012 FIM Fogo Italian SGP
Information
Date	11 August 2012
City	Terenzano
Event	8 of 12 (152)
Referee	Craig Ackroyd
Jury President	Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium	Pista Olimpia Terenzano
Capacity	4,000
Length	400 m (440 yd)
Track	speedway
SGP Results
Attendance	3,000
Best Time	Antonio Lindbäck 71,37 secs (in Heat 1)
Winner	Antonio Lindbäck
Runner-up	Emil Sayfutdinov
3rd place	Greg Hancock

The Grand Prix was won by Antonio Lindbäck who beat Emil Sayfutdinov, Greg Hancock and Martin Vaculík.^[4][5] It was first SGP win for Lindbäck in his 52nd start. He and Fredrik Lindgren are the most "waiting for win" riders.^[6]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Nicolas Covatti as Wild Card, and Michele Paco Castagna and Nicolas Vicentin both as Track Reserves.^[7] Injured Jarosław Hampel was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík for third time.^[8] The draw was made on August 10.^[9]

(3) Jarosław Hampel → (19) Martin Vaculík

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	3	(12) Antonio Lindbäck	16	3						1				0				3				1		8	7	2		3
2	6	(6) Emil Sayfutdinov	19		3				3			2							2			2		12	1	3		2
3	8	(1) Greg Hancock	14		2						2			3			0			3				10	3		2	1
4	12	(19) Martin Vaculík	14			0					3		2			3						3		11	2		3	X
5	5	(4) Jason Crump	10		0			2					3					2					3	10	4	0
6	11	(8) Chris Holder	10			3				0		3					1						2	9	5		1
7	7	(10) Nicki Pedersen	10		1					3					1	1					3			9	6	1
8	1	(2) Andreas Jonsson	8	2				3				1				0				2				8	8		F
9	10	(14) Peter Ljung	8			2			2						3			1		0				8	9
10	13	(11) Chris Harris	8				2	1							2		3					X		8	10
11	15	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	6				3			2			R						0	1				6	11
12	14	(5) Tomasz Gollob	6				1		R					2		2							1	6	12
13	2	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	5	0					1				1				2				1			5	13
14	4	(15) Hans N. Andersen	4	1							0				0				3				0	4	14
15	16	(16) Nicolas Covatti	3				0				1	0						0			2			3	15
16	9	(13) Bjarne Pedersen	3			1		0						1					1		0			3	16
17	17	(17) Michele Paco Castagna	-																					-	17
18	18	(18) Nicolas Vicentin	-																					-	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. (71,37) Lindbäck, Jonsson, Andersen, Lindgren
2. (71,67) Sayfutdinov, Hancock, N. Pedersen, Crump
3. (71,40) Holder, Ljung, B. Pedersen, Vaculík
4. (71,59) Bjerre, Harris, Gollob, Covatti
5. (72,43) Jonsson, Crump, Harris, B. Pedersen
6. (72,81) Sayfutdinov, Ljung, Lindgren, Gollob (R)
7. (72,69) N. Pedersen, Bjerre, Lindbäck, Holder
8. (72,62) Vaculík, Hancock, Covatti, Andersen
9. (73,28) Holder, Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Covatti
10. (73,06) Crump, Vaculík, Lindgren, Bjerre (R)
11. (73,88) Hancock, Gollob, B. Pedersen, Lindbäck
12. (76,09) Ljung, Harris, N. Pedersen, Andersen
13. (74,38) Vaculík, Gollob, N. Pedersen, Jonsson
14. (74,41) Harris, Lindgren, Holder, Hancock
15. (74,15) Lindbäck, Crump, Ljung, Covatti
16. (76,00) Andersen, Sayfutdinov, B. Pedersen, Bjerre
17. (74,47) Hancock, Jonsson, Bjerre, Ljung
18. (74,34) N. Pedersen, Covatti, Lindgren, B. Pedersen
19. (73,25) Vaculík, Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, Harris (X)
20. (73,59) Crump, Holder, Gollob, Andersen

    Semifinals

21. (73,07) Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, N. Pedersen, Crump
22. (73,88) Vaculík, Hancock, Holder, Jonsson (F)

    the Final

23. (73,36) Lindbäck, Sayfutdinov, Hancock, Vaculík (X)

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	111	22	9	12	15	17	12	10	14
2	(10) Nicki Pedersen	101	13	10	19	14	9	7	19	10
3	(4) Jason Crump	97	12	12	20	11	18	5	9	10
4	(8) Chris Holder	94	4	19	12	17	9	17	6	10
5	(6) Emil Sayfutdinov	84	8	7	10	12	11	10	7	19
6	(5) Tomasz Gollob	83	15	16	12	6	3	12	13	6
7	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	77	8	8	6	15	15	11	9	5
8	(2) Andreas Jonsson	70	4	13	3	10	8	9	15	8
9	(12) Antonio Lindbäck	62	13	4	9	5	3	6	6	16
10	(3) Jarosław Hampel	46	18	15	6	7	ns	–	–	–
11	(11) Chris Harris	46	5	3	6	3	10	1	10	8
12	(14) Peter Ljung	44	4	6	5	6	8	7	0	8
13	(15) Hans N. Andersen	43	6	5	6	3	4	7	8	4
14	(19) Martin Vaculík	42	–	–	–	–	–	20	8	14
15	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	41	4	8	3	5	5	3	7	6
16	(13) Bjarne Pedersen	41	7	2	6	4	10	4	5	3
17	(16) Bartosz Zmarzlik	13	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	–
18	(16) Jurica Pavlic	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	–
19	(16) Thomas H. Jonasson	11	–	–	–	11	–	–	–	–
20	(16) Josef Franc	9	–	–	9	–	–	–	–	–
21	(16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki	7	–	7	–	–	–	ns	–	–
22	(16) Michael Jepsen Jensen	7	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–
23	(18) Mikkel B. Jensen	4	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–
24	(16) Nicolas Covatti	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
25	(17) Peter Kildemand	2	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–
26	(16) Jason Bunyan	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
27	(17) Václav Milík, Jr.	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–
28	(17) Dino Kovacic	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–
Rider(s) not classified
	(17) Grant Tregoning	—	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Sean Mason	—	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(17) Tobiasz Musielak	—	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(17)(18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr.	—	–	ns	–	–	–	ns	–	–
	(18) Matěj Kůs	—	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–
	(17) Linus Sundström	—	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–
	(18) Simon Gustafsson	—	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–
	(18) Samo Kukovica	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–
	(17) Michele Paco Castagna	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns
	(18) Nicolas Vicentin	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns
Pos.	Rider	Points	NZL	EUR	CZE	SWE	DEN	POL	CRO	ITA	GBR	SCA	NOR	PL2