The 2012 FIM Torun Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the twelfth race meeting of the
2012 Speedway Grand Prix
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season. It took place on October 6 at the
MotoArena Toruń
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Former three-times World Champion,
Jason Crump
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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.
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Kenneth Bjerre
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Martin Vaculík
Martin Vaculík (born 5 April 1990) is a Slovak motorcycle speedway rider who is riding for the Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski in the Speedway Ekstraliga, Polish Speedway Ekstraliga.
Career
On the 6 May 2008, Vaculík gained a Polski Związek Motoro ...
Results
Heat details
Heat after heat
# (60,97) Vaculík, Andersen, Jonsson, Hampel
# (60,87) Gollob, Hancock, N.Pedersen, Ljung
# (60,68) Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, Harris, B.Pedersen
# (60,10) Holder, Lindgren, Crump, Janowski
# (59,97) Lindgren, Gollob, Harris, Andersen
# (59,80) Holder, Sayfutdinov, Hampel, Hancock
# (59,87) Lindbäck, Vaculík, N.Pedersen, Crump
# (60,22) Janowski, Jonsson, B.Pedersen, Ljung
# (60,15) Lindbäck, Hancock, Janowski, Andersen
# (60,81) Gollob, B.Pedersen, Crump, Hampel (R)
# (60,97) Vaculík, Ljung, Holder, Harris
# (60,10) N.Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Jonsson
# (60,29) Holder, N.Pedersen, Andersen, B.Pedersen
# (60,13) Lindbäck, Hampel, Lindgren, Ljung
# (60,25) Gollob, Janowski, Sayfutdinov, Vaculík
# (60,56) Hancock, Crump, Harris, Jonsson
# (60,41) Sayfutdinov, Andersen, Crump, Ljung
# (60,40) Harris, Janowski, N.Pedersen, Hampel
# (60,62) Vaculík, Hancock, Lindgren, B.Pedersen
# (60,53) Gollob, Holder, Jonsson, Lindbäck
#: Semifinals
# (59,94)21. Gollob, Hancock, Vaculik, Janowski
# (60,87)22. Holder, Lindbäck, N.Pedersen, Sayfutdinov
#: the Final
# (60,75)23. Lindbäck, Gollob, Hancock, Holder (R1)
The final classification
References
See also
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motorcycle speedway
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Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
The Speedway Grand Prix of Poland is a speedway event that is a part of the Speedway Grand Prix Series.
Winners
Most wins
Tomasz Gollob 8 times
Bartosz Zmarzlik 8 times
References
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