The 2012 FIM Fogo Italian Speedway Grand Prix was the eighth race meeting of the
2012 Speedway Grand Prix
The 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 67th edition of the official World Championship 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 ...
season. It took place on August 11, at the
Pista Olimpia Terenzano
The Pista Olimpia Terenzano is a 4,000-capacity motorcycle stadium in the Terenzano Province of Udine. The stadium is situated south of Udine and north east of Pozzuolo del Friuli. The speedway track has a circumference of 400 metres.
History ...
stadium in
Terenzano
Pozzuolo del Friuli () is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southwest of Udine.
It borders to the north-east with the ...
, Italy.
The Grand Prix was won by Antonio Lindbäck who beat Emil Sayfutdinov, Greg Hancock and Martin Vaculík. It was first SGP win for Lindbäck in his 52nd start. He and
Fredrik Lindgren are the most "waiting for win" riders.
Riders
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Nicolas Covatti as Wild Card, and Michele Paco Castagna and Nicolas Vicentin both as Track Reserves. Injured Jarosław Hampel was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík for third time. The draw was made on August 10.
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Jarosław Hampel
Jarosław "Jarek" Hampel (; born 17 April 1982 in Łódź, Poland) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. He is a six times World Cup winner and earned 24 caps for the Poland national speedway team.
Career
He received his speedway licen ...
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Martin Vaculík
Martin Vaculík (born 5 April 1990) is a Slovak motorcycle speedway rider.
Career
On the 6 May 2008, Vaculík gained a Polish speedway licence (''Licencja "Ż"'') at Toruń. and from 4 June 2008 he has taken part in the Polish Championship ...
Results
Heat details
Heat after heat
# (71,37) Lindbäck, Jonsson, Andersen, Lindgren
# (71,67) Sayfutdinov, Hancock, N. Pedersen, Crump
# (71,40) Holder, Ljung, B. Pedersen, Vaculík
# (71,59) Bjerre, Harris, Gollob, Covatti
# (72,43) Jonsson, Crump, Harris, B. Pedersen
# (72,81) Sayfutdinov, Ljung, Lindgren, Gollob (R)
# (72,69) N. Pedersen, Bjerre, Lindbäck, Holder
# (72,62) Vaculík, Hancock, Covatti, Andersen
# (73,28) Holder, Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Covatti
# (73,06) Crump, Vaculík, Lindgren, Bjerre (R)
# (73,88) Hancock, Gollob, B. Pedersen, Lindbäck
# (76,09) Ljung, Harris, N. Pedersen, Andersen
# (74,38) Vaculík, Gollob, N. Pedersen, Jonsson
# (74,41) Harris, Lindgren, Holder, Hancock
# (74,15) Lindbäck, Crump, Ljung, Covatti
# (76,00) Andersen, Sayfutdinov, B. Pedersen, Bjerre
# (74,47) Hancock, Jonsson, Bjerre, Ljung
# (74,34) N. Pedersen, Covatti, Lindgren, B. Pedersen
# (73,25) Vaculík, Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, Harris (X)
# (73,59) Crump, Holder, Gollob, Andersen
#: Semifinals
# (73,07) Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, N. Pedersen, Crump
# (73,88) Vaculík, Hancock, Holder, Jonsson (F)
#: the Final
# (73,36) Lindbäck, Sayfutdinov, Hancock, Vaculík (X)
The intermediate classification
References
See also
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motorcycle speedway
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Italy
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