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2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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Date
  
25 August 2012

Event
  
9 of 12 (153)

Jury President
  
Ilkka Teromaa

City
  
Cardiff

Referee
  
Krister Gardell

Stadium
  
Millennium Stadium

The 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, also known as the 2012 FIM Fogo British Speedway Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, was the ninth race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 25 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.

Contents

The Grand Prix was won by Chris Holder who beat Krzysztof Kasprzak, Antonio Lindbäck and Fredrik Lindgren in the final. 1950 and 1953 World Champion Freddie Williams, Wales' only Speedway World Champion, presented the winners trophy to Holder.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Scott Nicholls as Wild Card, and Ben Barker and Craig Cook both as Track Reserves. Injured Craig Cook (carpus broken) was replaced by Josh Auty. Injured Jarosław Hampel and Kenneth Bjerre was replaced by first and second Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík and Krzysztof Kasprzak. The draw was made on August 24.

(3) Jarosław Hampel → (19) Martin Vaculík (7) Kenneth Bjerre → (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak (18) Craig Cook → (18) Josh Auty

Heat after heat

  1. (55,2) Lindbäck, Hancock, Sayfutdinov, Kasprzak
  2. (54,3) N.Pedersen, Holder, Jonsson, Gollob
  3. (54,6) Vaculík, Crump, B.Pedersen, Ljung
  4. (55,3) Andersen, Nicholls, Harris, Lindgren
  5. (54,9) Hancock, Nicholls, Jonsson, B.Pedersen
  6. (55,2) Andersen, Crump, N.Pedersen, Lindbäck
  7. (55,6) Kasprzak, Vaculík, Gollob, Harris
  8. (55,9) Holder, Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Ljung
  9. (56,2) N.Pedersen, Lindgren, Hancock, Vaculík
  10. (56,1) Jonsson, Lindbäck, Harris, Ljung
  11. (56,2) Holder, Andersen, B.Pedersen, Kasprzak
  12. (56,3) Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Nicholls, Crump (X)
  13. (55,6) Gollob, Andersen, Hancock, Ljung
  14. (55,3) Holder, Lindbäck, Nicholls, Vaculík
  15. (55,7) Lindgren, Kasprzak, Crump, Jonsson
  16. (55,8) Sayfutdinov, Harris, N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen
  17. (55,5) Holder, Harris, Crump, Hancock (R)
  18. (55,9) Lindgren, Gollob, Lindbäck, B.Pedersen
  19. (56,3) N.Pedersen, Kasprzak, Nicholls, Ljung
  20. (56,2) Sayfutdinov, Vaculík, Jonsson, Andersen (R)
  21. (55,5) Holder, Lindbäck, Gollob, Andersen
  22. (55,9) Lindgren, Kasprzak, Sayfutdinov, N.Pedersen
  23. (55,7) Holder, Kasprzak, Lindbäck, Lindgren

References

2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain Wikipedia
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