2013 Speedway Grand Prix of New Zealand

The 2013 FIM New Zealand Speedway Grand Prix was the first race meeting of the 2013 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 23 March at the Western Springs Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand.[1][2][3]

2013 Speedway Grand Prix of New Zealand
Buckley Systems New Zealand FIM SGP
Information
Date23 March 2013
City Auckland
Event1 of 12 (157)
Referee Craig Ackroyd
Jury President Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumWestern Springs Stadium
Capacity15,000
Length413 m (452 yd)
Trackspeedway
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner Jarosław Hampel
Runner-up Tomasz Gollob
3rd place Tomasz Gollob

The Grand Prix was won by Jarosław Hampel, who beat former champions Tomasz Gollob, Nicki Pedersen and Greg Hancock in the final.[4] Although Hampel won the event, Gollob left New Zealand as the championship leader.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jason Bunyan as the event Wild Card, and Sean Mason and Dale Finch as Track Reserves.[5] The Draw was made on March 22.[6]

Results

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
1 12 (10) Jarosław Hampel 15 1 1 3 2 2 9 7 3 3
2 1 (4) Tomasz Gollob 15 3 1 3 0 3 10 3 3 2
3 9 (2) Nicki Pedersen 12 0 0 3 3 3 9 4 2 1
4 5 (3) Greg Hancock 11 3 3 1 1 1 9 5 2 0
5 11 (15) Darcy Ward 12 3 3 1 1 3 11 1 1
6 13 (8) Andreas Jonsson 11 3 2 3 2 1 11 2 0
7 2 (14) Tai Woffinden 9 2 2 0 3 2 9 6 0
8 7 (1) Chris Holder 9 2 2 0 3 1 8 8 1
9 15 (7) Fredrik Lindgren 8 2 1 2 2 1 8 9
10 8 (13) Niels Kristian Iversen 7 1 2 2 Fx 2 7 10
11 14 (5) Emil Sayfutdinov 6 0 3 0 1 2 6 11
12 16 (6) Antonio Lindbäck 6 1 0 2 3 0 6 12
13 4 (11) Krzysztof Kasprzak 6 0 3 2 1 0 6 13
14 3 (12) Matej Žagar 5 1 0 1 0 3 5 14
15 10 (9) Martin Vaculík 5 2 0 1 2 0 5 15
16 6 (16) Jason Bunyan 1 0 1 0 Fx 0 1 16
17 17 (17) Sean Mason - - 17
18 18 (18) Dale Finch - - 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

By heat
  1. Gollob, Woffinden, Žagar, Kasprzak
  2. Hancock, Holder, Iversen, Bunyan
  3. Ward, Vaculík, Hampel, Pedersen
  4. Jonsson, Lindgren, Lindbaeck, Sayfutdinov
  5. Hancock, Jonsson, Gollob, Pedersen
  6. Sayfutdinov, Woffinden, Bunyan, Vaculík
  7. Ward, Holder, Lindgren, Žagar
  8. Kasprzak, Iversen, Hampel, Lindbaeck
  9. Gollob, Lindbaeck, Ward, Bunyan
  10. Hampel, Lindgren, Hancock, Woffinden
  11. Pedersen, Iversen, Žagar, Sayfutdinov
  12. Jonsson, Kasprzak, Vaculík, Holder
  13. Holder, Hampel, Sayfutdinov, Gollob
  14. Woffinden, Jonsson, Ward, Iversen (F4x)
  15. Lindbaeck, Vaculík, Hancock, Žagar
  16. Pedersen, Lindgren, Kasprzak, Bunyan (Fx)
  17. Gollob, Iversen, Lindgren, Vaculík
  18. Pedersen, Woffinden, Holder, Lindbaeck
  19. Žagar, Hampel, Jonsson, Bunyan
  20. Ward, Sayfutdinov, Hancock, Kasprzak
    Semifinals:
  21. Hampel, Pedersen, Ward, Woffinden
  22. Gollob, Hancock, Holder, Jonsson
    fhe Final
  23. Hampel, Gollob, Pedersen, Hancock

Standings after the event
Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points NZL
EUR
SWE
CZE
GBR
POL
DEN
ITA
LAT
SLO
SCA
PL2
1 (4) Tomasz Gollob 15 15           
2 (10) Jarosław Hampel 15 15           
3 (2) Nicki Pedersen 12 12           
4 (15) Darcy Ward 12 12           
5 (3) Greg Hancock 11 11           
6 (8) Andreas Jonsson 11 11           
7 (1) Chris Holder 9 9           
8 (14) Tai Woffinden 9 9           
9 (7) Fredrik Lindgren 8 8           
10 (13) Niels Kristian Iversen 7 7           
11 (5) Emil Sayfutdinov 6 6           
12 (6) Antonio Lindbäck 6 6           
13 (11) Krzysztof Kasprzak 6 6           
14 (9) Martin Vaculík 5 5           
15 (12) Matej Žagar 5 5           
16 (16) Jason Bunyan 1 1–          
Rider(s) not classified
(17) Dale Finch — ns–          
(18) Sean Mason — ns–          
Pos. Rider Points NZL
EUR
SWE
CZE
GBR
POL
DEN
ITA
LAT
SLO
SCA
PL2

References
  1. "Oficjalny kalendarz Grand Prix 2013" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  2. "Buckley Systems New Zealand FIM Speedway Grand Prix". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  3. Świat Żużla, No 1 (93) 2012, pages 22–23 ISSN 1429-3285
  4. "Polski dzień w Auckland — relacja z Grand Prix Nowej Zelandii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  5. "Jason Bunyan z dziką kartą w Auckland" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 19 February 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  6. "Lista startowa Grand Prix Nowej Zelandii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.

See also
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