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2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II
2012 FIM Torun Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date	6 October 2012
City	Toruń
Event	12 of 12 (156)
Referee	Craig Ackroyd
Jury President	Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium	MotoArena Toruń
Capacity	15,500
Length	325 m (355 yd)
Track	speedway
SGP Results
Attendance	16,000
Best Time	Chris Holder 59,81 secs (in Heat 6)
Winner	Antonio Lindbäck
Runner-up	Tomasz Gollob
3rd place	Tomasz Gollob

The 2012 FIM Torun Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the twelfth race meeting of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on October 6 at the MotoArena Toruń in Toruń, Poland.

Former three-times World Champion, Jason Crump, announced his SGP retirement after the Toruń SGP.

The Grand Prix was won by Antonio Lindbäck who beat Tomasz Gollob, Greg Hancock and Chris Holder in the final.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Maciej Janowski as Wild Card, and Emil and Kamil Pulczyński both as Track Reserves. Injured Kenneth Bjerre was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík. The draw was made on October 5.

(7) Kenneth Bjerre → (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	11	(12) Antonio Lindbäck	19			2				3		3					3						0	11	3		2	3
2	5	(5) Tomasz Gollob	21		3			2					3					3					3	14	1	3		2
3	6	(1) Greg Hancock	13		2				0			2							3			2		9	6	2		1
4	14	(8) Chris Holder	15				3		3					1		3							2	12	2		3	R
5	3	(19) Martin Vaculík	12	3						2				3				0				3		11	4	1
6	10	(6) Emil Sayfutdinov	11			3			2						2			1		3				11	5		0
7	7	(10) Nicki Pedersen	9		1					1					3	2					1			8	8		1
8	16	(16) Maciej Janowski	8				0				3	1						2			2			8	7	0
9	13	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	8				2	3							1		1					1		8	9
10	9	(11) Chris Harris	6			1		1						0					1		3			6	10
11	1	(15) Hans N. Andersen	5	2				0				0				1				2				5	11
12	15	(4) Jason Crump	5				1			0			1						2	1				5	12
13	4	(2) Andreas Jonsson	4	1							2				0				0				1	4	13
14	12	(13) Bjarne Pedersen	3			0					1		2			0						0		3	14
15	2	(3) Jarosław Hampel	3	0					1				R				2				0			3	15
16	8	(14) Peter Ljung	2		0						0			2			0			0				2	16
17	17	(17) Emil Pulczyński	-																					-	17
18	18	(18) Kamil Pulczyński	-																					-	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

Heat after heat

1. (60,97) Vaculík, Andersen, Jonsson, Hampel
2. (60,87) Gollob, Hancock, N.Pedersen, Ljung
3. (60,68) Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, Harris, B.Pedersen
4. (60,10) Holder, Lindgren, Crump, Janowski
5. (59,97) Lindgren, Gollob, Harris, Andersen
6. (59,80) Holder, Sayfutdinov, Hampel, Hancock
7. (59,87) Lindbäck, Vaculík, N.Pedersen, Crump
8. (60,22) Janowski, Jonsson, B.Pedersen, Ljung
9. (60,15) Lindbäck, Hancock, Janowski, Andersen
10. (60,81) Gollob, B.Pedersen, Crump, Hampel (R)
11. (60,97) Vaculík, Ljung, Holder, Harris
12. (60,10) N.Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Jonsson
13. (60,29) Holder, N.Pedersen, Andersen, B.Pedersen
14. (60,13) Lindbäck, Hampel, Lindgren, Ljung
15. (60,25) Gollob, Janowski, Sayfutdinov, Vaculík
16. (60,56) Hancock, Crump, Harris, Jonsson
17. (60,41) Sayfutdinov, Andersen, Crump, Ljung
18. (60,40) Harris, Janowski, N.Pedersen, Hampel
19. (60,62) Vaculík, Hancock, Lindgren, B.Pedersen
20. (60,53) Gollob, Holder, Jonsson, Lindbäck

    Semifinals

21. (59,94)21. Gollob, Hancock, Vaculik, Janowski
22. (60,87)22. Holder, Lindbäck, N.Pedersen, Sayfutdinov

    the Final

23. (60,75)23. Lindbäck, Gollob, Hancock, Holder (R1)

The final classification

Pos.	Rider	Points	NZL	EUR	CZE	SWE	DEN	POL	CRO	ITA	GBR	SCA	NOR	PL2
	(8) Chris Holder	160	4	19	12	17	9	17	6	10	23	17	11	15
	(10) Nicki Pedersen	152	13	10	19	14	9	7	19	10	11	11	20	9
	(1) Greg Hancock	148	22	9	12	15	17	12	10	14	7	8	9	13
4	(5) Tomasz Gollob	142	15	16	12	6	3	12	13	6	10	21	7	21
5	(6) Emil Sayfutdinov	133	8	7	10	12	11	10	7	19	12	11	15	11
6	(4) Jason Crump	126	12	12	20	11	18	5	9	10	6	8	10	5
7	(12) Antonio Lindbäck	122	13	4	9	5	3	6	6	16	12	18	11	19
8	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	119	8	8	6	15	15	11	9	5	12	11	11	8
9	(2) Andreas Jonsson	88	4	13	3	10	8	9	15	8	6	1	7	4
10	(15) Hans N. Andersen	69	6	5	6	3	4	7	8	4	10	5	6	5
11	(19) Martin Vaculík	67	–	–	–	–	–	20	8	14	7	6	–	12
12	(11) Chris Harris	65	5	3	6	3	10	1	10	8	6	5	2	6
13	(13) Bjarne Pedersen	59	7	2	6	4	10	4	5	3	2	6	7	3
14	(3) Jarosław Hampel	58	18	15	6	7	ns	–	–	–	–	6	3	3
15	(14) Peter Ljung	57	4	6	5	6	8	7	0	8	0	5	6	2
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) Maciej Janowski	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8
24	(16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki	7	–	7	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–
25	(16) Scott Nicholls	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–
26	(17)(18) Mikkel B. Jensen	4	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–
27	(16) Nicolas Covatti	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
28	(17) Peter Kildemand	2	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
29	(16) Jason Bunyan	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30	(17) Václav Milík, Jr.	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
31	(17) Dino Kovacic	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–
32	(17)(18) Linus Sundström	0	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
33	(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	–
	(17) Emil Pulczyński	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns
	(18) Kamil Pulczyński	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns
Pos.	Rider	Points	NZL	EUR	CZE	SWE	DEN	POL	CRO	ITA	GBR	SCA	NOR	PL2

References

1. "FIM Track Racing Commission 2012 Calendars (Mar 16)" (PDF). fim-live.com. 16 Mar 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
2. "FIM Torun Speedway Grand Prix of Poland". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
3. Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 44-45 ISSN 1429-3285
4. "Jason Crump rezygnuje z cyklu Grand Prix" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 24 Sep 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
5. "Odchodzi rekordzista i jedna z legend żużla" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 24 Sep 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
6. "Ales Dryml w Grand Prix? Jonsson musi liczyć na dziką kartę?" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 30 Sep 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
7. "Życiowy sukces Chrisa Holdera - relacja z Grand Prix Polski w Toruniu" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 6 Oct 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
8. Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 61 ISSN 1429-3285
9. "Janowski pojedzie z dziką kartą w Toruniu" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 18 Sep 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
10. "Przed GP Polski: Martin Vaculik" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 1 Oct 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
11. "Holder vs. Pedersen w 13. biegu GP Polski (lista startowa)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 5 Oct 2012. Retrieved 5 Oct 2013.

See also

• motorcycle speedway

v t e Motorcycle speedway events in 2012 season
World	Grand Prix Auckland Leszno Prague Gothenburg Copenhagen Gorzów Goričan Terenzano Cardiff Målilla Vojens Toruń World Cup Final U-21 Championship Individual Team
European	Individual Championship Pairs Championship Individual U-19 Championship Team U-19 Championship

v t e Speedway Grand Prix events in Poland
Polish, European and Final Speedway Grands Prix
Bydgoszcz	Polish 1998 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 European 2000 2013 2014 German 2008
Chorzów	European 2002 2003
Gorzów Wlkp.	Polish 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 2020 2022 2023 2024
Leszno	European 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Lublin	Polish 2021 2021
Toruń	Polish 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2020 2021 2021 2022 2023 2024
Warsaw	Polish 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 2023 2024
Wrocław	Polish 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2019 2020 2020 2021 2021 2022 2024 European 2004 2005 2006 2007

v t e Individual Speedway World Championship and Speedway Grand Prix seasons
Speedway World Championship	1936 1937 1938 1939 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Speedway Grand Prix (SGP)	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
See also	Medalists Medal Classification Grands Prix SGP riders Super Prix SGP Statistics

• 2012 in Polish speedway
• 2012 Speedway Grand Prix
• Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
• Sport in Toruń