The 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 67th edition of the official World Championship and the 18th season of the

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era, deciding the FIM

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. It was the twelfth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. The series began on 31 March in

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and finish on 6 October in Torun. The Australian rider

Chris Holder Christopher Robert Holder (born 24 September 1987 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian speedway rider currently riding for Lejonen in the Swedish Elitserien and for Apator Toruń in the Polish Speedway Ekstraliga. He became the Aus ...

became World Champion, making him the youngest gold medalist since the start of the

series in 1995. Nicki Pedersen returned to the World Championship podium finishing second, while the American veteran

Greg Hancock Gregory Alan Hancock (born June 3, 1970 in Whittier, California) is an American former professional motorcycle speedway rider. As of 2023, he was one of only six riders to have won the individual World Championship four or more times. In addit ...

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

The top eight riders from the 2011 championship qualified as of right: * (1)

* (2)

Andreas Jonsson Andreas Karl Rune Jonsson (born 3 September 1980 in Stockholm, Sweden) is an international motorcycle speedway rider. He was a member of the Sweden speedway team that won the World Cup in 2003, 2004 and 2015. Career summary Jonsson won Unde ...

* (3) Jarosław Hampel * (4)

Jason Crump Jason Philip Crump (born 6 August 1975) is an Australian international motorcycle speedway rider. He is a three-time Speedway World Champion, a World Cup winner and a former World Under-21 Champion. In a 21-year career in Speedway, Jason C ...

* (5)

Tomasz Gollob Tomasz Robert Gollob (; born 11 April 1971 in Bydgoszcz, Poland) is a former Polish motorcycle speedway rider. He appeared in every Speedway Grand Prix series between its inaugural season in 1995 and 2013. His brother Jacek is also a speedway ri ...

* (6)

Emil Sayfutdinov Emil Damirovich Sayfutdinov (russian: link=no, Эмиль Дамирович Сайфутдинов; born 26 October 1989) is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider and member of the Russia national speedway team. He is a three times World team ch ...

* (7) Kenneth Bjerre * (8)

Grand Prix Challenge

The top eight riders from the 2011 championship were joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge. * (12) Antonio Lindbäck * (13)

Bjarne Pedersen Bjarne Aagaard Pedersen (born 12 July 1978 in Holstebro, Denmark)Oakes, P.(2006). ''Speedway Star Almanac''. is an international motorcycle speedway rider who has represented Denmark in the Speedway World Cup, winning it on two occasions: in ...

* (14) Peter Ljung

Nominations

The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2011 season. * (9) Fredrik Lindgren * (10) Nicki Pedersen * (11) Chris Harris * (15) Hans Andersen

Qualified Substitutes

* (19)

Martin Vaculík Martin Vaculík (born 5 April 1990) is a Slovak motorcycle speedway rider who is riding for the Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski in the Speedway Ekstraliga, Polish Speedway Ekstraliga. Career On the 6 May 2008, Vaculík gained a Polski Związek Motoro ...

* (20)

Krzysztof Kasprzak Krzysztof Kasprzak (; born 18 July 1984 in Leszno, Poland) is an international speedway rider who became World Under-21 Champion in 2005 and won the silver medal during the 2014 Speedway Grand Prix. He also won five World team titles. He is a s ...

* (21) Leon Madsen * (22) Sebastian Ułamek * (23) Krzysztof Buczkowski * (24) Joonas Kylmäkorpi

Calendar

Classification

References

External links

SpeedwayWorld.tv - SGP news
{{Motorcycle speedway in 2012

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