2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

The 2018 Norrbil Swedish FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on July 7 at the HZ Bygg Arena in Hallstavik, Sweden.^[1]

2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
2018 Norrbil Swedish FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	7 July 2018
City	Hallstavik
Event	4 of 10
Referee	Artur Kuzmierz
Stadium details
Stadium	HZ Bygg Arena
Capacity	10,000
Length	289 m (316 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Maciej Janowski
Runner-up	Fredrik Lindgren
3rd place	Bartosz Zmarzlik

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Andreas Jonsson as the wild card, and Linus Sundström and Kim Nilsson both as Track Reserves.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Maciej Janowski, who beat Fredrik Lindgren, Bartosz Zmarzlik and Tai Woffinden in the final.^[2] Woffinden retained his overall world championship lead, in fact he extended it to 11 points after outscoring Lindgren by a point. Janowski moved up to fourth place, one point behind Emil Sayfutdinov.

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
	4	(71) Maciej Janowski	18	0							3				3				3				3	12	3		3	3
	12	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	15			3					1		2			3						2		11	4	2		2
	18	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	13																					10	5		2	1
4	1	(108) Tai Woffinden	16	3				3				2				2				3				13	1	3		0
5	13	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	14				3	2							2		3					3		13	2		1
6	2	(45) Greg Hancock	10	1					0				3				2				3			9	6	1
7	5	(69) Jason Doyle	9		2			1					1					3					2	9	7	0
8	6	(222) Artem Laguta	8		0				3			3							2			0		8	8		0
9	11	(55) Matej Žagar	7			2				3		1					0						1	7	9
10	7	(16) Andreas Jonsson	7		1					2					1	1					2			7	10
11	3	(23) Chris Holder	7	2						1				1				2				1		7	11
12	14	(692) Patryk Dudek	6				2		2					2		0							0	6	12
13	15	(111) Craig Cook	3				0			0			0						1	2				3	13
14	10	(110) Nicki Pedersen	3			1			1						0			1		0				3	14
15	9	(59) Przemysław Pawlicki	1			0		0						0					0		1			1	15
16	16	(54) Martin Vaculík	1				1				0	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	POL	CZE	DEN	SWE	GBR	SCA	PL2	SVN	GER	PL3
	(108) Tai Woffinden	65	15	16	18	16	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	54	16	16	7	15	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	48	8	15	11	14	–	–	–	–	–	–
4	(71) Maciej Janowski	47	13	11	5	18	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	(222) Artem Laguta	41	13	8	12	8	–	–	–	–	–	–
6	(45) Greg Hancock	41	8	7	16	10	–	–	–	–	–	–
7	(692) Patryk Dudek	36	10	14	6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–
8	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	36	9	4	10	13	–	–	–	–	–	–
9	(69) Jason Doyle	35	5	9	12	9	–	–	–	–	–	–
10	(23) Chris Holder	31	10	5	9	7	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	(55) Matej Žagar	28	9	7	5	7	–	–	–	–	–	–
12	(110) Nicki Pedersen	25	2	8	12	3	–	–	–	–	–	–
13	(59) Przemysław Pawlicki	14	3	5	5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
14	(88) Niels-Kristian Iversen	9	4	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
15	(111) Craig Cook	9	2	2	2	3	–	–	–	–	–	–
16	(16) Krzysztof Kasprzak	7	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	(16) Andreas Jonsson	7	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	–
18	(16) Vaclav Milik	6	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
19	(16) Michael Jepsen Jensen	4	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20	(54) Martin Vaculík	4	–	–	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
21	(17) Maksym Drabik	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
22	(18) Bartosz Smektała	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
23	(17) Mikkel Michelsen	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
24	(18) Mikkel Bech Jensen	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	POL	CZE	DEN	SWE	GBR	SCA	PL2	SVN	GER	PL3