The 2010 FIM Toruń Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the fifth race of the
2010 Speedway Grand Prix
The 2010 Speedway Grand Prix was the 65th edition of the official World Championship and the 16th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the tenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports In ...
season. It took place on 19 June at the
MotoArena Toruń
Motoarena Toruń im. Mariana Rosego is a multi-use stadium in Toruń, Poland. It is currently used mostly for motorcycle speedway matches and it is used for car racing and concerts and it is the home stadium of KST Unibax Toruń in the Speedwa ...
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
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The Polish Grand Prix, first hosted in Toruń, was won by Pole
Tomasz Gollob
Tomasz Robert Gollob (; born 11 April 1971 in Bydgoszcz, Poland) is a former Polish motorcycle speedway rider. He appeared in every Speedway Grand Prix series between its inaugural season in 1995 and 2013. His brother Jacek is also a speedway rid ...
, who beat Poles Rune Holta and Jarosław Hampel and Jason Crump of Australia. It was first time in SGP history, when podium was won by riders from the same country.
Riders
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Adrian Miedziński as Wild Card, and Artur Mroczka and Maciej Janowski both as Track Reserves. Injured
Emil Sayfutdinov
Emil Damirovich Sayfutdinov (russian: link=no, Эмиль Дамирович Сайфутдинов; born 26 October 1989) is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider and member of the Russia national speedway team. He is a three times Speedway of Na ...
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Piotr Protasiewicz
Piotr Protasiewicz (born 25 January 1975 in Zielona Góra, Poland) is a Polish international speedway rider.
Career
He has ridden for the Polish national team in the Speedway World Cup in 1996 and 2005. He was also World U-21 Champion in 1996 ...
again. The Draw was made on 18 June at 13:00 CEST by
Michał Zalewski
Michał Zalewski (born 19 January 1981), also known by the user name lcamtuf, is a computer security expert and "white hat" hacker from Poland. He is a former Google Inc. employee (until 2018), and currently the VP of Security Engineering at Sna ...
, President (=Mayor) of Toruń.
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Emil Sayfutdinov
Emil Damirovich Sayfutdinov (russian: link=no, Эмиль Дамирович Сайфутдинов; born 26 October 1989) is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider and member of the Russia national speedway team. He is a three times Speedway of Na ...
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Piotr Protasiewicz
Piotr Protasiewicz (born 25 January 1975 in Zielona Góra, Poland) is a Polish international speedway rider.
Career
He has ridden for the Polish national team in the Speedway World Cup in 1996 and 2005. He was also World U-21 Champion in 1996 ...
Hans N. Andersen, Chris Holder and Adrian Miedziński is all riding for Unibax Toruń, whose home track is at the Motoarena, in the 2010 season in Poland.
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Heat details
Heat after heat
# Holta, Miedziński, Lindgren, Bjerre
# Gollob, Hancock, Andersen, Pedersen (Fx)
# Hampel, Harris, Holder, Protasiewicz
# Crump, Woffinden, Zetterström, Jonsson
# Gollob, Crump, Miedziński, Protasiewicz
# Holta, Andersen, Harris, Zetterström
# Bjerre, Holder, Pedersen, Woffinden
# Hampel, Lindgren, Hancock, Jonsson
# Holder, Andersen, Jonsson, Miedziński
# Gollob, Holta, Hampel, Woffinden
# Zetterström, Hancock, Bjerre, Protasiewicz
# Crump, Pedersen, Lindgren, Harris
# Hampel, Pedersen, Zetterström, Miedziński (Fx)
# Holta, Crump, Hancock, Holder (Fx)
# Gollob, Jonsson, Harris, Bjerre
# Woffinden, Protasiewicz, Andersen, Lindgren
# Miedziński, Woffinden, Harris, Hancock
# Protasiewicz, Pedersen, Holta, Jonsson
# Crump, Andersen, Hampel, Bjerre
# Gollob, Lindgren, Zetterström, Mroczka (Fx)
#: Semi-Finals:
# Gollob, Hampel, Pedersen, Woffinden
# Holta, Crump, Andersen, Miedziński
#: the Final:
# Gollob, Holta, Hampel, Crump
The intermediate classification
See also
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motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...
References
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
2010
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Sport in Toruń
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