2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark

The 2017 Kjærgaard Danish FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 24 June at the CASA Arena in Horsens, Denmark.^[1]

2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
2017 Kjærgaard Danish FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	24 June 2017
City	Horsens
Event	5 of 12
Referee	Craig Ackroyd
Stadium details
Stadium	CASA Arena
Capacity	12,500
Length	272 m (297 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Maciej Janowski
Runner-up	Emil Sayfutdinov
3rd place	Patryk Dudek

Riders

First reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Nicki Pedersen, who was injured and not fit to race. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Kenneth Bjerre as the wild card, and Andreas Lyager and Frederik Jakobsen both as Track Reserves.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Poland's Maciej Janowski, who beat Emil Sayfutdinov and Patryk Dudek in the final.^[2] Jason Doyle had initially top scored during the qualifying heats, however he finished last in the final despite his broken foot. It was second successive Horsens win for Janowski, and it lifted him to third in the overall standings - seven points behind joint leaders Doyle and Dudek.

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
	3	(71) Maciej Janowski	17	2						1				2				3				3		11	2		3	3
	15	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	14				1			2			1						3	3				10	6	2		2
	12	(692) Patryk Dudek	14			3					1		2			3						2		11	3		2	1
4	14	(69) Jason Doyle	15				3		2					3		2							2	12	1	3		0
5	7	(55) Matej Žagar	11		1					3					3	0					3			10	4	1
6	13	(108) Tai Woffinden	11				2	3							1		3					1		10	5		1
7	11	(85) Antonio Lindbäck	8			2				0		3					0						3	8	7	0
8	10	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	8			1			3						2			2		0				8	8		0
9	16	(16) Kenneth Bjerre	8				0				3	2						1			2			8	9
10	2	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	7	1					0				3				2				1			7	10
11	8	(45) Greg Hancock	7		3						0			1			1			2				7	11
12	1	(23) Chris Holder	7	3				2				0				1				1				7	12
13	4	(777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	4	0							2				0				2				0	4	13
14	5	(25) Peter Kildemand	3		2			0					0					0					1	3	14
15	6	(88) Niels Kristian Iversen	3		0				1			1							1			0		3	15
16	9	(54) Martin Vaculík	1			0		1						0					0		0			1	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	SVN	POL	LAT	CZE	DEN	GBR	SWE	PL2	GER	SCA	PL3	AUS
	(69) Jason Doyle	65	12	15	10	13	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(692) Patryk Dudek	65	13	9	16	13	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(71) Maciej Janowski	58	6	16	13	6	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
4	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	51	16	16	5	6	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	(108) Tai Woffinden	48	8	13	9	7	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
6	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	47	12	6	13	2	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
7	(54) Martin Vaculík	45	16	10	8	10	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
8	(45) Greg Hancock	45	11	4	5	18	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
9	(777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	43	7	7	18	7	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
10	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	39	6	12	6	8	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	(55) Matej Žagar	36	10	1	10	4	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
12	(23) Chris Holder	34	6	6	4	11	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
13	(88) Niels Kristian Iversen	31	9	9	7	3	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
14	(85) Antonio Lindbäck	29	2	6	4	9	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
15	(16) Václav Milík Jr.	13	–	–	–	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
16	(25) Peter Kildemand	12	–	–	1	8	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	(16) Maksims Bogdanovs	8	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
18	(12) Nicki Pedersen	8	3	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
19	(16) Kenneth Bjerre	7	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20	(16) Przemysław Pawlicki	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
21	(16) Nick Škorja	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
22	(17) Josef Franc	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
23	(18) Matěj Kůs	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	SVN	POL	LAT	CZE	DEN	GBR	SWE	PL2	GER	SCA	PL3	AUS