2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia

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Australia 2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia
2015 Don Smallgoods Australian FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date 24 October 2015
City Australia Melbourne
Event 12 of 12
Referee Denmark Jesper Steentoft
Stadium details
Stadium Etihad Stadium
Capacity 42,000
Length 346 m
Track temporary track
SGP Results
Attendance 26,609
Best Time United States Greg Hancock
60.04 secs (in Heat 21)
Winner United States Greg Hancock
Runner-up Denmark Niels-Kristian Iversen
3rd place Poland Maciej Janowski

The 2015 Don Smallgoods Australian FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the twelfth and final round of the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 24 October at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.

Riders

Australian rider Sam Masters was given the wildcard for the event. Fellow Aussies Justin Sedgemen and three time reigning Australian Under-21 Champion Max Fricke were named as the reserves.

Masters was involved in a heated clash with triple World Champion Nicki Pedersen at the end of Heat 8. Unhappy that Pedersen had squeezed him close to the wall on the back straight, the two exchanged words at the pit gate. Then as Masters was walking back to his pit he was confronted by Pedersen's mechanic Marek Hu. More words were exchanged and Masters punched Hu before being led away. For his actions Masters was fined by the FIM.[1]

Results

American Greg Hancock, who had won the only previous SGP of Australia in 2002, was unbeaten on the night to take his 20th Speedway Grand Prix win in his record 81st SGP Final. Danish star Niels-Kristian Iversen finished second with Poland's Maciej Janowski in third place.[2] Reigning Australian Champion Jason Doyle qualified for the final but was outed in a crash in the first turn in which he suffered neck and chest injuries. A fully conscious Doyle was then transported to the Royal Melbourne Hospital for observation. Greg Hancock took control of the re-run from the start and was never headed. His win also saw him finish in second place in the World Championship standings.[3]

Going into the second semi-final, Denmark's Peter Kildemand needed 4 points to join Australia's 2012 World Champion Chris Holder on 95 points for the season and force a run-off for the last automatic qualifying spot in the 2016 series. Tai Woffinden won the start of the second semi, but down the back straight Kildemand flew past into the lead and looked set for a place in the final where he would only need to finish second to secure his place or third to force the run-off. Unfortunately however, Woffinden fell on lap two and the race was stopped and re-run with the 2015 World Champion excluded. Kildemand could not repeat his effort in the re-run and finished in third place behind Niels-Kristian Iversen and Maciej Janowski, missing his chance for automatic qualification. However, as there are 15 permanent riders in the SGP, Kildemand as the 9th place finisher in 2015 received one of the wildcard spots for the season essentially giving him automatic qualification for 2016.

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 6 United States (45) Greg Hancock 21 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 3 3
Silver 1 Denmark (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 15 3 2 0 2 3 10 5 3 2
Bronze 10 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 11 3 1 1 3 0 8 8 2 1
4 11 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 11 1 3 2 0 3 9 6 2 0
5 13 Denmark (19) Peter Kildemand 13 3 3 3 1 2 12 2 1
6 7 United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 12 2 2 2 3 3 12 3 0
7 2 Sweden (100) Andreas Jonsson 12 2 2 3 2 2 11 4 1
8 8 Poland (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 9 1 1 3 3 1 9 7 0
9 4 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 7 1 3 0 1 2 7 9
10 15 Denmark (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 7 0 1 2 2 2 7 10
11 12 Denmark (3) Nicki Pedersen 7 2 2 1 1 1 7 11
12 16 Australia (16) Sam Masters 5 2 0 1 2 0 5 12
13 9 Sweden (30) Thomas H. Jonasson 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 13
14 14 Australia (23) Chris Holder 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 14
15 5 Australia (75) Troy Batchelor 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 15
16 3 United Kingdom (37) Chris Harris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
17 17 Australia (17) Justin Sedgemen 0 0 17
18 18 Australia (18) Max Fricke 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

The intermediate classification

[4]

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
FIN
Finland
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
LVA
Latvia
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
PL2
Poland
SLO
Slovenia
SCA
Sweden
POL
Poland
AUS
Australia
Gold United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden (C) 163 5 17 18 15 8 17 11 18 18 16 8 12
Silver United States (45) Greg Hancock 147 5 9 13 12 10 9 7 17 20 16 8 21
Bronze Denmark (3) Nicki Pedersen 131 3 16 15 9 11 17 7 7 13 7 19 7
4 Denmark (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 120 7 6 8 14 8 10 7 10 11 14 10 15
5 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 114 4 11 7 7 8 11 12 6 11 8 18 11
6 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 107 8 7 9 10 6 13 12 16 8 4 7 7
7 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 106 3 2 18 3 12 8 12 5 9 12 11 11
8 Australia (23) Chris Holder 95 0 7 6 18 10 10 10 8 9 4 11 2
9 Denmark (19) Peter Kildemand 92 12 8 3 14 9 13 9 11 13
10 Sweden (100) Andreas Jonsson 88 3 12 9 2 7 5 7 6 4 10 11 12
11 Denmark (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 84 5 10 4 8 7 7 13 10 2 6 5 7
12 Australia (75) Troy Batchelor 59 0 7 6 4 11 2 6 4 9 5 3 2
13 United Kingdom (37) Chris Harris 55 7 6 5 5 4 5 2 5 4 9 3 0
13 Sweden (30) Thomas H. Jonasson 55 4 4 1 7 7 7 7 1 2 6 5 4
15 Poland (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 45 3 10 4 4 0 0 4 1 3 6 1 9
16 Poland (33) Jarosław Hampel 31 7 11 13
17 Sweden (16) Antonio Lindback 20 14 6
18 Poland (17,16) Bartosz Zmarzlik 17 3 14
19 Poland (18,17) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 8 1 7
20 United Kingdom (16) Craig Cook 7 7
21 Denmark (16) Mikkel Michelsen 6 6
22 Australia (16) Sam Masters 5 5
23 Poland (16) Tomasz Gollob 4 4
24 Finland (16) Timo Lahti 3 3
24 Latvia (16) Kjastas Puodzuks 3 3
26 Czech Republic (16) Vaclav Milik 2 2
27 United Kingdom (18) Robert Lambert 1 1
27 Poland (17) Adrian Cyfer 1 1
27 Slovenia (16) Aleksander Conda 1 1
27 Slovenia (17) Denis Stojs 1 1
31 Finland (17) Nike Lunna 0 0
31 Finland (18) Jiri Nieminen 0 0
31 Czech Republic (17) Matěj Kůs 0 0
31 Czech Republic (18) Josef Franc 0 0
31 United Kingdom (17) Jason Garrity 0 0
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
FIN
Finland
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
LVA
Latvia
SWE
Sweden
DEN
Denmark
PL2
Poland
SLO
Slovenia
SCA
Sweden
POL
Poland
AUS
Australia

References

  1. Masters regrets Melbourne melee
  2. 2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia
  3. Doyle stable after crash
  4. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

See also