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Denmark 2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
2018 WD-40 Danish FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date30 June 2018
CityDenmark Horsens
Event3 of 10
RefereeUnited Kingdom Craig Ackroyd
Stadium details
StadiumCASA Arena
Capacity12,500
Length272 m (297 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerUnited Kingdom Tai Woffinden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upRussia Artem Laguta
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeUnited States Artem Laguta

The 2018 WD-40 Danish FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the third race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on June 30 at the CASA Arena in Horsens, Denmark.[1]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Michael Jepsen Jensen as the wild card, and Mikkel Michelsen and Mikkel Bech Jensen both as Track Reserves.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Tai Woffinden, who beat Artem Laguta, Greg Hancock and defending world champion Jason Doyle in the final.[2] As a result, Woffinden took the overall world championship standings. Former leader Fredrik Lindgren failed to make the semi-finals, leaving him ten points behind Woffinden in second place.

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 11 United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 18 2 3 1 3 3 12 1 3 3
Silver 14 Russia (222) Artem Laguta 12 0 3 2 2 1 8 8 2 2
Bronze 16 United States (45) Greg Hancock 16 2 3 2 3 2 12 2 3 1
4 2 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 12 2 0 3 2 3 10 4 2 0
5 1 Denmark (110) Nicki Pedersen 12 3 2 0 3 3 11 3 1
6 10 Russia (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 11 3 2 2 2 1 10 6 1
7 6 Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 10 1 1 3 3 2 10 5 0
8 13 Australia (23) Chris Holder 9 1 3 3 1 1 9 7 0
9 5 Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren 7 3 1 0 1 2 7 9
10 3 Poland (692) Patryk Dudek 6 0 2 1 0 3 6 10
11 8 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 5 0 0 3 0 2 5 11
12 4 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 5 1 2 1 1 0 5 12
13 12 Poland (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 5 1 1 2 1 0 5 13
14 7 Denmark (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 4 2 1 0 0 1 4 14
15 15 Slovakia (54) Martin Vaculík 3 3 0 0 0 3 15
16 9 United Kingdom (111) Craig Cook 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 16
17 17 Denmark (17) Mikkel Michelsen 1 1 17
18 18 Denmark (18) Mikkel Bech Jensen 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

Intermediate classification

[3]

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
CZE
Czech Republic
DEN
Denmark
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
SCA
Sweden
PL2
Poland
SVN
Slovenia
GER
Germany
PL3
Poland
Gold United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 49 15 16 18
Silver Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren 39 16 16 7
Bronze Russia (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 34 8 15 11
4 Russia (222) Artem Laguta 33 13 8 12
5 United States (45) Greg Hancock 31 8 7 16
6 Poland (692) Patryk Dudek 30 10 14 6
7 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 29 13 11 5
8 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 26 5 9 12
9 Australia (23) Chris Holder 24 10 5 9
10 Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 23 9 4 10
11 Denmark (110) Nicki Pedersen 22 2 8 12
12 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 21 9 7 5
13 Poland (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 13 3 5 5
14 Denmark (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 9 4 5
15 Poland (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 7
16 Czech Republic (16) Vaclav Milik 6 6
17 United Kingdom (111) Craig Cook 6 2 2 2
18 Denmark (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 4 4
19 Slovakia (54) Martin Vaculík 3 3
20 Poland (17) Maksym Drabik 2 2
21 Poland (18) Bartosz Smektała 2 2
22 Denmark (17) Mikkel Michelsen 1 1
23 Denmark (18) Mikkel Bech Jensen 0 0
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
CZE
Czech Republic
DEN
Denmark
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
SCA
Sweden
PL2
Poland
SVN
Slovenia
GER
Germany
PL3
Poland

References

  1. ^ "Danish Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
  2. ^ "Danish Grand Prix Result". SGP.
  3. ^ "2018 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.