2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Finland

Finland 2015 Speedway Grand Prix of
2015 FIM Finnish Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date16 May 2015
CityFinland Tampere
Event2 of 12
RefereeKrister Gardell
Stadium details
StadiumRatina Stadium
Capacity16,800
Length400 m (440 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
(in Heat 4)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerDenmark Nicki Pedersen
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited Kingdom Tai Woffinden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeSweden Andreas Jonsson

The 2015 FIM Finnish Speedway Grand Prix was the second round of the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix season (the world championship). It took place on May 16 at the Ratina Stadium in Tampere, Finland.[1] It was the second edition of the Speedway Grand Prix of Finland.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Timo Lahti as the wild card, and Nike Lunna and Jiri Nieminen both as Track Reserves.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Nicki Pedersen, who beat Tai Woffinden, Andreas Jonsson and Jarosław Hampel in the final. Despite finishing second, Woffinden top scored in the meeting and became the new world championship leader.[2][3]

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
Gold 13 Denmark (3) Nicki Pedersen 16 3 3 2 1 1 10 3 3 3
Silver 2 United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 17 3 0 3 3 3 12 1 3 2
Bronze 1 Sweden (100) Andreas Jonsson 12 1 2 2 1 3 9 7 2 1
4 12 Poland (33) Jarosław Hampel 11 3 0 0 3 3 9 5 2 0
5 16 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 11 2 1 3 2 2 10 4 1
6 7 Poland (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 10 3 3 3 0 1 10 2 0
7 14 Denmark (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 10 1 2 2 2 2 9 8 1
8 9 United States (45) Greg Hancock 9 2 1 3 3 0 9 6 0
9 5 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 7 0 0 1 3 3 7 9
10 6 Australia (75) Troy Batchelor 7 2 3 0 2 0 7 10
11 8 Australia (23) Chris Holder 7 1 3 0 2 1 7 11
12 3 United Kingdom (37) Chris Harris 6 0 2 1 1 2 6 12
13 15 Denmark (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 6 0 1 2 1 2 6 13
14 4 Sweden (30) Thomas H. Jonasson 4 2 2 0 4 14
15 11 Finland (16) Timo Lahti 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 15
16 10 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 16
17 17 Finland (17) Nike Lunna 0 0 17
18 18 Finland (18) Jari Nieminen 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

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 POL
Poland
FIN
Finland
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
LVA
Latvia
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
POL
Poland
SVN
Slovenia
SCA
Sweden
POL
Poland
AUS
Australia
Gold United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 22 5 17
Silver Denmark (3) Nicki Pedersen 19 3 16
Bronze Poland (33) Jarosław Hampel 18 7 11
4 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 15 8 7
5 Sweden (100) Andreas Jonsson 15 3 12
6 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 15 4 11
7 Denmark (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 15 5 10
8 United States (45) Greg Hancock 14 5 9
9 Poland (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 13 3 10
10 Denmark (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 13 7 6
11 United Kingdom (37) Chris Harris 13 7 6
12 Sweden (30) Thomas H. Jonasson 8 4 4
13 Australia (23) Chris Holder 7 0 7
14 Australia (75) Troy Batchelor 7 0 7
15 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 5 3 2
16 Poland (16) Tomasz Gollob 4 4
17 Finland (16) Timo Lahti 3 3
18 Poland (17) Bartosz Zmarzlik 3 3
19 Poland (20) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 1 1
20 Finland (17) Nike Lunna 0 0
21 Finland (18) Jiri Nieminen 0 0
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
FIN
Finland
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
LVA
Latvia
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
POL
Poland
SVN
Slovenia
SCA
Sweden
POL
Poland
AUS
Australia

References

  1. ^ "Finland Grand Prix Event Info". SGP. Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  2. ^ "Finland Grand Prix Result". SGP.
  3. ^ "Nicki Pedersen wins Finnish Speedway GP". MC News. Retrieved 30 May 2024.

See also