2010 Speedway Grand Prix of Croatia

{{Infobox speedway grand prix event

| flag = CRO

| name = 2010 FIM Croatian Speedway Grand Prix

| date = 29 August 2010

| city = Donji Kraljevec (Goričan)

| event = 8 of 11 (130)

| referee = Wojciech Grodzki

| flag_ref = POL

| jury = Christer Bergstrøm

| flag_jury = SWE

| stadium = Stadium Milenium

| capacity = 8,000

| length = 305

| track =

| attendance = 6,000

| flag_time = GBR

| time_best = 59.54

| time_name = Chris Harris

| time_heat = 12

| name1 = Greg Hancock

| flag1 = USA

| name2 = Chris Harris

| flag2 = GBR

| name3 = Jason Crump

| flag3 = AUS

}}

The 2010 FIM Valvoline Croatian Speedway Grand Prix was the eighth race of the 2010 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 29 at the Stadium Milenium in Donji Kraljevec, Croatia.{{cite web | title = Supplementary Regulations | publisher = FIM-live.com | url = http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Manifestations/Croatian_Grand_Prix_SR.pdf | accessdate = 2010-07-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120406174905/http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Manifestations/Croatian_Grand_Prix_SR.pdf | archive-date = 2012-04-06 | url-status = dead }}

It was scheduled to take place on August 28. However, the meeting was delay because the track was deemed unsuitable by the FIM Jury due to adverse weather conditions. The event will be re-staged on the next day at 12pm.{{cite web | title = Grand Prix Chorwacji w niedzielę o godzinie 12:00 | publisher = SportoweFakty.pl | date = 2010-08-28 | language = Polish | url = http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2010/08/28/grand-prix-chorwacji-w-niedziele-o-godzinie-1200/ | accessdate = 2010-08-29 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100831033344/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2010/08/28/grand-prix-chorwacji-w-niedziele-o-godzinie-1200/| archivedate= 31 August 2010 | url-status= live}} It was second Grand Prix meeting which was re-staged at Sunday, after 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany.

The first-ever Croatian Grand Prix was won by Greg Hancock from the United States, who beat British Chris Harris, World Champion Jason Crump and Fredrik Lindgren of Sweden in the Final.{{cite web | title = Greg Hancock zwyciężył w Grand Prix Chorwacji, Polacy odpadli w półfinałach | publisher = SportoweFakty.pl | date = 2010-08-29 | language = Polish | url = http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2010/08/29/greg-hancock-zwyciezyl-w-grand-prix-chorwacji-polacy-odpadli/ | accessdate = 2010-08-29 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100831034415/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2010/08/29/greg-hancock-zwyciezyl-w-grand-prix-chorwacji-polacy-odpadli/| archivedate= 31 August 2010 | url-status= live}} It was his eleventh Grand Prix winning. Hancock also won first-ever British (1995), Czech Republic (1997), Australian (2002) and Latvian (2006) Grands Prix. Croatian Grand Prix was 130th-ever Grand Prix meeting in history. Today winner, Greg Hancock is only rider who started in all 130 events. It was first final in the 2010 season without any Pole.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jurica Pavlic as Wild Card, and Matija Duh and József Tabaka both as Track Reserves.{{cite web | title = Pavlic "na dziko" w GP Chorwacji | language = Polish | publisher = SportoweFakty.pl | date = 2010-08-17 | url = http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2010/08/17/pavlic-na-dziko-w-gp-chorwacji/ | accessdate = 2010-08-17 }} Injured Emil Sayfutdinov will be replaced by second Qualified Substitutes rider Davey Watt.{{cite web | title = Watt called up | publisher = speedwaygp.com | date = 2010-08-18 | url = http://speedwaygp.com/en/newsdetail/a1796 | accessdate = 2010-08-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100821093928/http://speedwaygp.com/en/newsdetail/a1796 | archive-date = 2010-08-21 | url-status = usurped }} The Draw was made on August 27 at 13:00 CEST by the Deputy-Mayor of Međimurje County.{{cite web | title = R8 Gorican | publisher = speedwaygp.com | date = 2010-08-27 | url = http://speedwaygp.com/en/videoplay/a1836?KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=400&width=400 | accessdate = 2010-08-28 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100902015115/http://speedwaygp.com/en/videoplay/a1836?KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=400&width=400 | archive-date = 2010-09-02 | url-status = usurped }}

: (3) {{flagicon|RUS}} Emil Sayfutdinov → (20) {{flagicon|AUS}} Davey Watt

It was the SGP debut for Matija Duh of Slovenia. Duh replaced Holder in Heat 19 and finished 4th scoring 0 points.

Heat details

{{SGP Results4|RIDERS=

{{SGP Results4/riderB|7|1|USA|4| Greg Hancock |2|3|2|3|3| 2 |r|3 |b|3 }}

{{SGP Results4/riderB|10|2|GBR|14| Chris Harris |3|2|3|3|3| 1 |r|3 |r|2 }}

{{SGP Results4/riderB|14|3|AUS|1| Jason Crump |3|3|2|2|3| 3 |b|2 |w|1 }}

{{SGP Results4/riderB|1|4|SWE|9| Fredrik Lindgren |3|3|2|1|0| 4 |b|2 |y|0 }}

{{SGP Results4/riderB|3|5|POL|2| Tomasz Gollob |1|0|3|2|3| 5 |y|1 }}

{{SGP Results4/riderB|6|6|POL|13| Jarosław Hampel |0|0|3|3|1| 6 |y|1 }}

{{SGP Results4/riderB|13|7|AUS|12| Chris Holder |2|1|1|3||19i=M/-| 7 |w|0 }}

{{SGP Results4/riderB|5|8|POL|7| Rune Holta |3|0|3|0|0| 8 |w|22i=F4 }}

{{SGP Results4/riderB|16|9|DEN|8| Kenneth Bjerre |0|3|0|1|2 }}

{{SGP Results4/riderB|4|10|GBR|15| Tai Woffinden |0|2|0|2|2 }}

{{SGP Results4/riderB|15|11|AUS|20| Davey Watt |1|1|2|0|2 }}

{{SGP Results4/riderB|12|12|SWE|5| Andreas Jonsson |2|1|1||13i=X|2 }}

{{SGP Results4/riderB|9|13|SWE|11| Magnus Zetterström |1|2|1|1|1 }}

{{SGP Results4/riderB|11|14|CRO|16| Jurica Pavlic |0|2|1|1|1 }}

{{SGP Results4/riderB|8|15|DEN|6| Nicki Pedersen |1|0|0|2|1 }}

{{SGP Results4/riderB|2|16|DEN|10| Hans N. Andersen |2|1|0|0|0 }}

{{SGP Results4/reserveB|17|SVN|17|Matija Duh |19h=w|19p=0 }}

{{SGP Results4/reserveB||HUN|18|József Tabaka }}

}}

= Heat after heat =

  1. Lindgren, Andersen, Gollob, Woffinden
  2. Holta, Hancock, Pedersen, Hampel
  3. Harris, Jonsson, Zetterstroem, Pavlic
  4. Crump, Holder, Watt, Bjerre
  5. Lindgren, Zetterstroem, Holder, Holta
  6. Crump, Harris, Andersen, Hampel
  7. Hancock, Pavlic, Watt, Gollob
  8. Bjerre, Woffinden, Jonsson, Pedersen
  9. Hampel, Lindgren, Pavlic, Bjerre
  10. Holta, Watt, Jonsson, Andersen
  11. Gollob, Crump, Zetterstroem, Pedersen
  12. Harris, Hancock, Holder, Woffinden
  13. Hancock, Crump, Lindgren, Jonsson (X)
  14. Holder, Pedersen, Pavlic, Andersen
  15. Harris, Gollob, Bjerre, Holta
  16. Hampel, Woffinden, Zetterstroem, Watt
  17. Harris, Watt, Pedersen, Lindgren
  18. Hancock, Bjerre, Zetterstroem, Andersen
  19. Gollob, Jonsson, Hampel, Duh (Holder - M)
  20. Crump, Woffinden, Pavlic, Holta
  21. : Semi-Finals:
  22. Harris, Lindgren, Hampel, Holder
  23. Hancock, Crump, Gollob, Holta (F4)
  24. : The Final:
  25. Hancock, Harris, Crump, Lindgren

The intermediate classification

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{{SGP Table/r|q|1|POL|2| Tomasz Gollob

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{{SGP Table/r|q|2|POL|13| Jarosław Hampel

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{{SGP Table/r|q|3|AUS|1| Jason Crump

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{{SGP Table/r|q|4|POL|7| Rune Holta

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{{SGP Table/r|q|5|DEN|8| Kenneth Bjerre

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{{SGP Table/r|q|6|USA|4| Greg Hancock

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{{SGP Table/r|q|7|AUS|12| Chris Holder

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{{SGP Table/r|q|8|GBR|14| Chris Harris

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{{SGP Table/r|p|9|SWE|9| Fredrik Lindgren

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{{SGP Table/r|p|10|DEN|10| Hans N. Andersen

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{{SGP Table/r|p|11|SWE|5| Andreas Jonsson

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{{SGP Table/r|p|12|DEN|6| Nicki Pedersen

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{{SGP Table/r|p|13|SWE|11| Magnus Zetterström

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{{SGP Table/r|p|14|GBR|15| Tai Woffinden

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{{SGP Table/r|p|15|RUS|3| Emil Sayfutdinov

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{{SGP Table/r|w|16|POL|16| Janusz Kołodziej

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{{SGP Table/r|w|17|AUS|20| Davey Watt

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{{SGP Table/r|w|18|SWE|16| Thomas H. Jonasson

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{{SGP Table/r|w|19|SWE|16| Antonio Lindbäck

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{{SGP Table/r|w|20|POL|16| Adrian Miedziński

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{{SGP Table/r|w|21|CRO|16| Jurica Pavlic

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{{SGP Table/r|r|22|POL|19| Piotr Protasiewicz

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{{SGP Table/r|w|23|GBR|16| Scott Nicholls

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{{SGP Table/r|w|24|CZE|16| Matěj Kůs

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{{SGP Table/r|w|25|DEN|16| Leon Madsen

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{{SGP Table/r|w|26|SWE|18| Ludvig Lindgren

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{{SGP Table/r|w|27|DEN|17| Nicolai Klindt

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{{SGP Table/r|w|28|SWE|17| Linus Sundström

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{{SGP Table/r|w|29|CZE|17| Luboš Tomíček, Jr.

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{{SGP Table/r|w|30|POL|17| Artur Mroczka

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{{SGP Table/r|w|31|SVN|17| Matija Duh

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{{SGP Table/r|w|32|CZE|18| Zdeněk Simota

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{{SGP Table/r|r||POL|17| Damian Baliński

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{{SGP Table/r|r||SWE|17| Simon Gustafsson

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{{SGP Table/r|r||GBR|17| Ben Barker

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{{SGP Table/r|r||POL|18| Maciej Janowski

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{{SGP Table/r|r||SWE|18| Dennis Andersson

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{{SGP Table/r|r||DEN|18| Patrick Hougaard

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{{SGP Table/r|r||GBR|18| Daniel King

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{{SGP Table/r|r||HUN|18| József Tabaka

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See also

References

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{{Motorcycle speedway in 2010}}

{{Speedway Grands Prix/model|CRO}}

{{Speedway Grand Prix seasons}}

Croatia

2010