2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Nordic

The 2012 FIM Dansk Metal Nordic Speedway Grand Prix was the eleventh race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 22 September at the Vojens Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark.^[1][2][3]

2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Nordic
2012 FIM Dansk Metal Nordic SGP
Information
Date	22 September 2012
City	Vojens
Event	11 of 12 (155)
Referee	Jim Lawrence
Jury President	Armando Castagna
Stadium details
Stadium	Vojens Speedway Center
Capacity	20,000
Length	300 m (330 yd)
Track	speedway
SGP Results
Attendance	20,000
Best Time	Nicki Pedersen 57,79 secs (in Heat 5)
Winner	Michael Jepsen Jensen
Runner-up	Nicki Pedersen
3rd place	Emil Sayfutdinov

The Grand Prix was won by wild card Michael Jepsen Jensen who beat Nicki Pedersen, Emil Sayfutdinov and Jason Crump in the final.^[4][5][6]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Michael Jepsen Jensen as Wild Card, and Mikkel B Jensen and Nicklas Porsing both as Track Reserves.^[7] Injured Kenneth Bjerre was replaced by second Qualified Substitutes, Krzysztof Kasprzak.^[8] First Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík, had problems with blood pressure.^[9] The draw was made on 21 September.^[10]

(7) Kenneth Bjerre → (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak

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	14	(16) Michael Jepsen Jensen	15				1		1					2		3							0	7	8		2	3
2	5	(10) Nicki Pedersen	20		3			3					3					2					2	13	1	3		2
3	4	(6) Emil Sayfutdinov	15	1							3				2				3				1	10	5		3	1
4	8	(4) Jason Crump	10		2						2			3			R			1				8	7	2		0
5	3	(12) Antonio Lindbäck	11	3						3				1				3				1		11	2		0
6	1	(8) Chris Holder	11	2				1				3				1				3				10	3		1
7	11	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	11			1				2		1					3						3	10	4	1
8	2	(1) Greg Hancock	9	0					3				2				2				2			9	6	0
9	7	(5) Tomasz Gollob	7		0					1					3	2					1			7	9
10	13	(2) Andreas Jonsson	7				R	2							1		1					3		7	10
11	15	(13) Bjarne Pedersen	7				2			0			1						2	2				7	11
12	16	(14) Peter Ljung	6				3				1	2						0			R			6	12
13	6	(15) Hans N. Andersen	6		1				2			0							1			2		6	13
14	10	(20) Krzysztof Kasprzak	4			3			0						X			1		R				4	14
15	9	(3) Jarosław Hampel	3			0		0						0					0		3			3	15
16	12	(11) Chris Harris	2			2					X		0			0						0		2	16
17	17	(17) Mikkel B. Jensen	-																					-	17
18	18	(18) Nicklas Porsing	-																					-	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. (57,83) Lindbäck, Holder, Sayfutdinov, Hancock
2. (58,53) N.Pedersen, Crump, Andersen, Gollob
3. (59,50) Kasprzak, Harris, Lindgren, Hampel
4. (59,00) Ljung, B.Pedersen, Jensen, Jonsson (R)
5. (57,79) N.Pedersen, Jonsson, Holder, Hampel
6. (58,46) Hancock, Andersen, Jensen, Kasprzak
7. (58,44) Lindbäck, Lindgren, Gollob, B.Pedersen
8. (59,63) Sayfutdinov, Crump, Ljung, Harris (X)
9. (58,44) Holder, Ljung, Lindgren, Andersen
10. (59,12) N.Pedersen, Hancock, B.Pedersen, Harris
11. (59,11) Crump, Jensen, Lindbäck, Hampel
12. (59,47) Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Kasprzak (X)
13. (59,62) Jensen, Gollob, Holder, Harris
14. (58,84) Lindgren, Hancock, Jonsson, Crump (R)
15. (59,34) Lindbäck, N.Pedersen, Kasprzak, Ljung
16. (59,75) Sayfutdinov, B.Pedersen, Andersen, Hampel
17. (59,03) Holder, B.Pedersen, Crump, Kasprzak (R)
18. (59,37) Hampel, Hancock, Gollob, Ljung (R)
19. (59,53) Jonsson, Andersen, Lindbäck, Harris
20. (59,83) Lindgren, N.Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Jensen

    Semifinals

21. (59,10) N.Pedersen, Crump, Lindgren, Hancock
22. (59,69) Sayfutdinov, Jensen, Holder, Lindbäck

    the Final

23. (59,64) Jensen, Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Crump

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	(8) Chris Holder	145	4	19	12	17	9	17	6	10	23	17	11
2	(10) Nicki Pedersen	143	13	10	19	14	9	7	19	10	11	11	20
3	(1) Greg Hancock	135	22	9	12	15	17	12	10	14	7	8	9
4	(6) Emil Sayfutdinov	122	8	7	10	12	11	10	7	19	12	11	15
5	(4) Jason Crump	121	12	12	20	11	18	5	9	10	6	8	10
6	(5) Tomasz Gollob	121	15	16	12	6	3	12	13	6	10	21	7
7	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	111	8	8	6	15	15	11	9	5	12	11	11
8	(12) Antonio Lindbäck	103	13	4	9	5	3	6	6	16	12	18	11
9	(2) Andreas Jonsson	84	4	13	3	10	8	9	15	8	6	1	7
10	(15) Hans N. Andersen	64	6	5	6	3	4	7	8	4	10	5	6
11	(11) Chris Harris	59	5	3	6	3	10	1	10	8	6	5	2
12	(13) Bjarne Pedersen	56	7	2	6	4	10	4	5	3	2	6	7
13	(3) Jarosław Hampel	55	18	15	6	7	ns	–	–	–	–	6	3
14	(14) Peter Ljung	55	4	6	5	6	8	7	0	8	0	5	6
15	(19) Martin Vaculík	55	–	–	–	–	–	20	8	14	7	6	–
16	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	41	4	8	3	5	5	3	7	6	–	–	–
17	(16) Michael Jepsen Jensen	22	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	15
18	(20) Krzysztof Kasprzak	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	4
19	(16) Thomas H. Jonasson	16	–	–	–	11	–	–	–	–	–	5	–
20	(16) Bartosz Zmarzlik	13	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	–	–	–	–
21	(16) Jurica Pavlic	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	–	–
22	(16) Josef Franc	9	–	–	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
23	(16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki	7	–	7	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–
24	(16) Scott Nicholls	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	–
25	(17)(18) Mikkel B. Jensen	4	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	ns
26	(16) Nicolas Covatti	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–
27	(17) Peter Kildemand	2	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
28	(16) Jason Bunyan	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
29	(17) Václav Milík, Jr.	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30	(17) Dino Kovacic	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–
31	(17)(18) Linus Sundström	0	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	0	–
32	(17) Kim Nilsson	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	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Simon Gustafsson	—	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Samo Kukovica	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–
	(17) Michele Paco Castagna	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–
	(18) Nicolas Vicentin	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–
	(17) Ben Barker	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–
	(18) Josh Auty	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–
	(18) Nicklas Porsing	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns
Pos.	Rider	Points	NZL	EUR	CZE	SWE	DEN	POL	CRO	ITA	GBR	SCA	NOR	PL2