2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

**2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland**
2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
2015 Lotto FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date	18 April 2015
City	Warsaw
Event	1 of 12
Referee	Jim Lawrence
Stadium details
Stadium	Stadion Narodowy
Capacity	58,145
SGP Results
Best Time	;
Winner	Matej Žagar
Runner-up	Chris Harris
3rd place	Jaroslaw Hampel

The 2015 Lotto FIM Grand Prix of Poland was the opening race of the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on April 18 at Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland.^[1]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Tomasz Gollob as the wild card, and Bartosz Zmarzlik and Piotr Pawlicki Jr. both as Track Reserves.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Matej Žagar, who beat Chris Harris, Jarosław Hampel and Niels-Kristian Iversen. After safety issues with the track, the meeting was abandoned after 12 heats, with each rider having ridden three times. The result stood, as per FIM rule 077.1.4.1., shown below. ^[2]

If a Grand Prix meeting is interrupted or suspended for any reason whatsoever,
the following rules will apply:

1. (...)

2. If the meeting is interrupted before heat 20 is accomplished and the remaining heats cannot be completed, then the race points scored at the completion of heat 16 will determine the result.

3. (...)
— Speedway Grand Prix Regulation, Rule 077.1.4.1, FIM (page 7 and 8)^[3]

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
	13	(55) Matej Žagar	8				3	3							2									8	1
	16	(37) Chris Harris	7				1				3	3												7	2
	12	(33) Jarosław Hampel	7			3					1		3											7	3
4	14	(88) Niels-Kristian Iversen	7				2		2					3										7	4
5	3	(52) Michael Jepsen Jensen	5	2						3				0										5	5
6	11	(45) Greg Hancock	5			2				1		2												5	6
7	5	(108) Tai Woffinden	5		2			1					2											5	7
8	10	(69) Jason Doyle	4			1			0						3									4	8
9	9	(30) Thomas H. Jonasson	4			0		2						2										4	9
10	8	(16) Tomasz Gollob	4		1						2			1										4	10
11	1	(507) Krzysztof Kasprzak	3	3				0				0												3	11
12	2	(3) Nicki Pedersen	3	1					1				1											3	12
13	6	(100) Andreas Jonsson	3		3				0			0												3	13
14	7	(71) Maciej Janowski	3		0					2					1									3	14
15	17	(17) Bartosz Zmarzlik	3																					3	15
16	18	(20) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	1																					1	16
17	15	(23) Chris Holder	0				0			0			0											0	17
18	4	(75) Troy Batchelor	0	0							0				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

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	FIN	CZE	GBR	LVA	SWE	DEN	POL	SVN	SCA	POL	AUS
	(55) Matej Žagar	8	8
	(33) Jarosław Hampel	7	7
	(88) Niels-Kristian Iversen	7	7
4	(37) Chris Harris	7	7
5	(45) Greg Hancock	5	5
6	(108) Tai Woffinden	5	5
7	(52) Michael Jepsen Jensen	5	5
8	(69) Jason Doyle	4	4
9	(30) Thomas H. Jonasson	4	4
10	(16) Tomasz Gollob	4	4
11	(507) Krzysztof Kasprzak	3	3
12	(3) Nicki Pedersen	3	3
13	(100) Andreas Jonsson	3	3
14	(71) Maciej Janowski	3	3
15	(17) Bartosz Zmarzlik	3	3
16	(18) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	1	1
17	(23) Chris Holder	0	0
18	(75) Troy Batchelor	0	0
Pos.	Rider	Points	POL	FIN	CZE	GBR	LVA	SWE	DEN	POL	SVN	SCA	POL	AUS