2012 Speedway Grand Prix

{{Short description|18th season of the Speedway Grand Prix}}

{{Infobox SGP Season|x

|Year =2012

|Name =

|Image =

|Dates =March 31 — October 6

|Events =12

|Cities =12

|Country=8

|per=15 |wc=1 |tr=2

|Heats =276

|HeatsE =12

|P1f=AUS |P1 =Chris Holder

|P2f=DEN |P2 =Nicki Pedersen

|P3f=USA |P3 =Greg Hancock

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The 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 67th edition of the official World Championship{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex|title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/6933/world-champions|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=10 July 2021}} and the 18th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the twelfth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. The series began on 31 March in Auckland and finish on 6 October in Toruń.{{cite web|title=SGP CALENDAR AND LINE-UP 2012 |publisher=speedwayworld.tv |date=2011-10-12 |url=http://www.speedwayworld.tv/news/article/823/sgp-calendar-and-line-up-2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401044045/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/news/article/823/sgp-calendar-and-line-up-2012 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-04-01 |access-date=2011-10-12 }}

The Australian rider Chris Holder became World Champion, making him the youngest gold medalist since the start of the Speedway Grand Prix series in 1995. Nicki Pedersen returned to the World Championship podium finishing second, while the American veteran Greg Hancock won the bronze medal.

Qualification

For the 2012 season there will be 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.

= 2011 Grand Prix =

{{main|2011 Speedway Grand Prix}}

The top eight riders from the 2011 championship qualified as of right:

= Grand Prix Challenge =

{{main|2012 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification}}

The top eight riders from the 2011 championship were joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.

= Nominations =

The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2011 season.

= Qualified Substitutes =

Calendar

{{SGP Calendar|rounds=

{{SGP Calendar/r|2012|NZL|1|March 31|Western Springs Stadium |Auckland |USA |Greg Hancock |POL |Jarosław Hampel |DEN |Nicki Pedersen |AUS |Jason Crump }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2012|EUR|2|April 28|Smoczyk Stadium |Leszno |AUS |Chris Holder |POL |Tomasz Gollob |POL |Jarosław Hampel |SWE |Andreas Jonsson }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2012|CZE|3|May 12|Markéta Stadium|Prague |DEN |Nicki Pedersen |AUS |Jason Crump |POL |Tomasz Gollob |USA |Greg Hancock }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2012|SWE|4|May 26|Ullevi |Gothenburg |SWE |Fredrik Lindgren |USA |Greg Hancock |AUS |Chris Holder |SWE |Thomas H. Jonasson }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2012|DEN|5|June 9|Parken Stadium |Copenhagen |AUS |Jason Crump |SWE |Fredrik Lindgren |USA |Greg Hancock |GBR |Chris Harris }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2012|POL|6|June 23|Jancarz Stadium |Gorzów Wlkp. |SVK |Martin Vaculík |AUS |Chris Holder |POL |Bartosz Zmarzlik |POL |Tomasz Gollob }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2012|CRO|7|July 28|Stadium Milenium |Donji Kraljevec |DEN |Nicki Pedersen |SWE |Andreas Jonsson |POL |Tomasz Gollob |CRO |Jurica Pavlic }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2012|ITA|8|August 11|Pista Olimpia Terenzano |Terenzano |SWE |Antonio Lindbäck |RUS |Emil Sayfutdinov |USA |Greg Hancock |SVK |Martin Vaculík }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2012|GBR|9|August 25|Millennium Stadium |Cardiff |AUS |Chris Holder |POL |Krzysztof Kasprzak |SWE |Antonio Lindbäck |SWE |Fredrik Lindgren }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2012|SCA|10|September 8|G&B Stadium |Målilla |POL |Tomasz Gollob |AUS |Chris Holder |SWE |Antonio Lindbäck |DEN |Nicki Pedersen }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2012|Nor|11|September 22|Speedway Center |Vojens |DEN |Michael Jepsen Jensen |DEN |Nicki Pedersen |RUS |Emil Sayfutdinov |AUS |Jason Crump }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2012|PL2|12|October 6|MotoArena Toruń |Toruń |SWE |Antonio Lindbäck |POL |Tomasz Gollob |USA |Greg Hancock |AUS |Chris Holder }}

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Classification

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|P1|AUS|8| Chris Holder

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|P2|DEN|10| Nicki Pedersen

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|P3|USA|1| Greg Hancock

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|4|POL|5| Tomasz Gollob

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|5|RUS|6| Emil Sayfutdinov

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{{SGP Table/r|P|6|AUS|4| Jason Crump

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|7|SWE|12| Antonio Lindbäck

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|8|SWE|9| Fredrik Lindgren

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|9|SWE|2| Andreas Jonsson

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{{SGP Table/r|P|10|DEN|15| Hans N. Andersen

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{{SGP Table/r|w|11|SVK|19| Martin Vaculík

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{{SGP Table/r|P|12|GBR|11| Chris Harris

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{{SGP Table/r|P|13|DEN|13| Bjarne Pedersen

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{{SGP Table/r|P|14|POL|3| Jarosław Hampel

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{{SGP Table/r|P|15|SWE|14| Peter Ljung

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{{SGP Table/r|P|16|DEN|7| Kenneth Bjerre

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{{SGP Table/r|w|17|DEN|16| Michael Jepsen Jensen

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{{SGP Table/r|w|18|POL|20| Krzysztof Kasprzak

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{{SGP Table/r|w|19|SWE|16| Thomas H. Jonasson

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{{SGP Table/r|w|20|POL|16| Bartosz Zmarzlik

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

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{{SGP Table/r|w|22|CZE|16| Josef Franc

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{{SGP Table/r|w|23|POL|16| Maciej Janowski

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{{SGP Table/r|w|24|GBR|16| Scott Nicholls

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{{SGP Table/r|w|25|POL|16)(18| Przemysław Pawlicki

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{{SGP Table/r|w|26|DEN|17)(18| Mikkel B. Jensen

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{{SGP Table/r|w|27|ITA|16| Nicolas Covatti

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{{SGP Table/r|w|28|DEN|17| Peter Kildemand

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{{SGP Table/r|w|29|GBR|16| Jason Bunyan

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{{SGP Table/r|w|30|CZE|17| Václav Milík, Jr.

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{{SGP Table/r|w|31|CRO|17| Dino Kovacic

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{{SGP Table/r|w|32|SWE|17| Kim Nilsson

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{{SGP Table/r|w|33|SWE|17)(18| Linus Sundström

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{{SGP Table/r|r||NZL|17| Grant Tregoning

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{{SGP Table/r|r||NZL|18| Sean Mason

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{{SGP Table/r|r||POL|17| Tobiasz Musielak

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{{SGP Table/r|r||POL|18| Piotr Pawlicki, Jr.

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{{SGP Table/r|r||CZE|18| Matěj Kůs

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{{SGP Table/r|r||SWE|18| Simon Gustafsson

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{{SGP Table/r|r||CRO|18| Samo Kukovica

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{{SGP Table/r|r||ITA|17| Michele Paco Castagna

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{{SGP Table/r|r||ITA|18| Nicolas Vicentin

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

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{{SGP Table/r|r||GBR|18| Josh Auty

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{{SGP Table/r|r||DEN|18| Nicklas Porsing

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{{SGP Table/r|r||POL|17| Emil Pulczynski

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{{SGP Table/r|r||POL|18| Kamil Pulczynski

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See also

References

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