2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia
# 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia

The 2012 FIM Scandinavian Speedway Grand Prix will be the tenth race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 8 at the G&B Stadium in Målilla, Sweden.

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

## Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Thomas H. Jonasson as Wild Card, and Kim Nilsson and Linus Sundström both as Track Reserves. Injured Kenneth Bjerre was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík. The draw was made on September 7.

    (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 | 16 | (5) Tomasz Gollob | 21 | | | | 3 | | | | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | 13 | 2 | | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 4 | (8) Chris Holder | 17 | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | 10 | 5 | | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | 12 | (12) Antonio Lindbäck | 18 | | | 1 | | | | | 3 | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | 13 | 1 | 3 | | 1 |
| 4 | 9 | (10) Nicki Pedersen | 11 | | | 2 | | X | | | | | | 3 | | | | | 2 | | 2 | | | 9 | 6 | 2 | | 0 |
| 5 | 6 | (9) Fredrik Lindgren | 11 | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | 1 | | 10 | 3 | | 1 | |
| 6 | 1 | (6) Emil Sayfutdinov | 11 | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 10 | 4 | 1 | | |
| 7 | 15 | (1) Greg Hancock | 8 | | | | 2 | | | 3 | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | 3 | | | | 8 | 7 | 0 | | |
| 8 | 2 | (4) Jason Crump | 8 | 0 | | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | 8 | 8 | | 0 | |
| 9 | 3 | (13) Bjarne Pedersen | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | 6 | 9 | | | |
| 10 | 5 | (19) Martin Vaculík | 6 | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | 1 | | | | | 0 | | | | | 2 | 6 | 10 | | | |
| 11 | 14 | (3) Jarosław Hampel | 6 | | | | 1 | | 0 | | | | | 2 | | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | 6 | 11 | | | |
| 12 | 8 | (16) Thomas H. Jonasson | 5 | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | 1 | | | 3 | | | 1 | | | | 5 | 12 | | | |
| 13 | 11 | (14) Peter Ljung | 5 | | | 3 | | | | 1 | | 0 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 0 | 5 | 13 | | | |
| 14 | 10 | (11) Chris Harris | 5 | | | 0 | | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | | 1 | | 0 | | | | 5 | 14 | | | |
| 15 | 7 | (15) Hans N. Andersen | 5 | | 2 | | | | | 2 | | | | | 1 | 0 | | | | | 0 | | | 5 | 15 | | | |
| 16 | 13 | (2) Andreas Jonsson | 1 | | | | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | - | | - | | | | | - | | 1 | 16 | | | |
| 17 | 17 | (17) Kim Nilsson | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | | 0 | | 0 | 17 | | | |
| 18 | 18 | (18) Linus Sundström | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | | 0 | 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

| gate A – inside | gate B | gate C | gate D – outside |
| - | - | - | - |

### Heat after heat

* (58,46) Sayfutdinov, B.Pedersen, Holder, Crump
* (58,21) Lindgren, Andersen, Vaculík, Jonasson
* (58,53) Ljung, N.Pedersen, Lindbäck, Harris
* (58,69) Gollob, Hancock, Hampel, Jonsson
* (57,94) Sayfutdinov, Vaculík, Jonsson, N.Pedersen (X)
* (58,82) Crump, Harris, Lindgren, Hampel
* (58,12) Hancock, Andersen, Ljung, B.Pedersen
* (59,57) Lindbäck, Holder, Gollob, Jonasson
* (58,53) Gollob, Lindgren, Sayfutdinov, Ljung
* (59,13) Lindbäck, Crump, Vaculík, Hancock
* (59,94) N.Pedersen, Hampel, Jonasson, B.Pedersen
* (59,53) Holder, Harris, Andersen, Nilsson
* (59,78) Lindbäck, Hampel, Sayfutdinov, Andersen
* (59,71) Jonasson, Crump, Ljung, Sundström
* (59,84) Gollob, B.Pedersen, Harris, Vaculík
* (59,93) Lindgren, N.Pedersen, Holder, Hancock
* (58,14) Hancock, Sayfutdinov, Jonasson, Harris
* (59,77) Gollob, N.Pedersen, Crump, Andersen
* (59,84) Lindbäck, B.Pedersen, Lindgren, Nilsson
* (60,21) Holder, Vaculík, Hampel, Ljung

    Semifinals
* (57,89) Lindbäck, N.Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Hancock
* (59,05) Holder, Gollob, Lindgren, Crump

    Final
* (59,55) Gollob, Holder, Lindbäck, N.Pedersen

## The intermediate classification

* Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
* Full-time Grand Prix rider
* Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve

| Pos. | Rider | Points | NZL | EUR | CZE | SWE | DEN | POL | CRO | ITA | GBR | SCA | NOR | PL2 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | (8) Chris Holder | 134 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 17 | | |
| 2 | (1) Greg Hancock | 126 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 8 | | |
| 3 | (10) Nicki Pedersen | 123 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 11 | | |
| 4 | (5) Tomasz Gollob | 114 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 21 | | |
| 5 | (4) Jason Crump | 111 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | | |
| 6 | (6) Emil Sayfutdinov | 107 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 11 | | |
| 7 | (9) Fredrik Lindgren | 100 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 11 | | |
| 8 | (12) Antonio Lindbäck | 92 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 18 | | |
| 9 | (2) Andreas Jonsson | 77 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | | |
| 10 | (15) Hans N. Andersen | 58 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | | |
| 11 | (11) Chris Harris | 57 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | | |
| 12 | (19) Martin Vaculík | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 6 | | |
| 13 | (3) Jarosław Hampel | 52 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 7 | ns | – | – | – | – | 6 | | |
| 14 | (13) Bjarne Pedersen | 49 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | | |
| 15 | (14) Peter Ljung | 49 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | | |
| 16 | (7) Kenneth Bjerre | 41 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | – | – | | |
| 17 | (16) Thomas H. Jonasson | 16 | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | | |
| 18 | (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | | |
| 19 | (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | | |
| 20 | (16) Jurica Pavlic | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | – | – | | |
| 21 | (16) Josef Franc | 9 | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | |
| 22 | (16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki | 7 | – | 7 | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | | |
| 23 | (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen | 7 | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | | |
| 24 | (16) Scott Nicholls | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | | |
| 25 | (18) Mikkel B. Jensen | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | | |
| 26 | (16) Nicolas Covatti | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | | |
| 27 | (17) Peter Kildemand | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | | |
| 28 | (16) Jason Bunyan | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | |
| 29 | (17) Václav Milík, Jr. | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | |
| 30 | (17) Dino Kovacic | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | | |
| 31 | (17)(18) Linus Sundström | 0 | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | | |
| 32 | (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 | – | | |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | NZL | EUR | CZE | SWE | DEN | POL | CRO | ITA | GBR | SCA | NOR | PL2 |
