2010 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe

The 2010 FIM OtoMoto.pl European Speedway Grand Prix was the first race of the 2010 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on April 24 at the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland.^[1]

2010 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe
2010 FIM OtoMoto.pl European Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	24 April 2010
City	Leszno
Event	1 of 11 (123)
Referee	Krister Gardell
Jury President	Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium	Alfred Smoczyk Stadium
Length	330 m (360 yd)
SGP Results
Attendance	16,000
Best Time	Jarosław Hampel 60.07 secs (in Heat 1)
Winner	Jason Crump
Runner-up	Jarosław Hampel
3rd place	Jarosław Hampel

The Grand Prix was won by defending world champion Jason Crump from Australia, who beat Pole Jarosław Hampel, Russian Emil Sayfutdinov and Polish wild card Janusz Kołodziej.^[2][3]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Janusz Kołodziej as Wild Card, and Damian Baliński and Maciej Janowski both as Track Reserves.^[4][5] Potential candidate for wild card was Australian Leigh Adams, who is riding for Unia Leszno since 1996, and who is an honorary citizen of Leszno.^[6] The Draw was made on April 23 at 13:00 CEST by President (=Mayor) of Leszno Tomasz Malepszy.^[7][8]

Three Poles, Hampel, Kołodziej and Baliński are all riding for Unia Leszno, whose home track is at the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, in the 2010 season in Poland.^[9]

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
1	15	(1) Jason Crump	19				3			3			3						1	0				10	2		3	3
2	2	(13) Jarosław Hampel	18	3					1				2				2				3			11	1	3		2
3	12	(3) Emil Sayfutdinov	14			3					1		1			3						2		10	3		2	1
4	6	(16) Janusz Kołodziej	12		1				3			3							2			1		10	4	2		X
5	3	(8) Kenneth Bjerre	10	1						2				2				2				3		10	5		0
6	8	(7) Rune Holta	10		2						3			1			1			2				9	6	1
7	5	(6) Nicki Pedersen	9		3			2					0					0					3	8	8		1
8	1	(14) Chris Harris	8	2				3				0				0				3				8	7	0
9	9	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	8			1		1						3					3		0			8	9
10	16	(10) Hans N. Andersen	8				0				2	2						3			1			8	10
11	14	(12) Chris Holder	8				2		2					0		2							2	8	11
12	10	(2) Tomasz Gollob	6			2			0						2			1		1				6	12
13	7	(5) Andreas Jonsson	5		R4					1					1	1					2			5	13
14	4	(4) Greg Hancock	4	0							0				3				0				1	4	14
15	13	(11) Magnus Zetterström	4				1	0							0		3					0		4	15
16	11	(15) Tai Woffinden	1			0				0		1					0						0	1	16
17	17	(17) Damian Baliński	-																					-	17
18	18	(18) Maciej Janowski	-																					-	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

Heat after heat

1. Hampel, Harris, Bjerre, Hancock
2. Pedersen, Holta, Kołodziej, Jonsson (R4)
3. Sayfutdinov, Gollob, Lindgren, Woffinden
4. Crump, Holder, Zetterström, Andersen
5. Harris, Pedersen, Lindgren, Zetterström
6. Kołodziej, Holder, Hampel, Gollob
7. Crump, Bjerre, Jonsson, Woffinden
8. Holta, Andersen, Sayfutdinov, Hancock
9. Kołodziej, Andersen, Woffinden, Harris
10. Crump, Hampel, Sayfutdinov, Pedersen
11. Lindgren, Bjerre, Holta, Holder
12. Hancock, Gollob, Jonsson, Zetterström
13. Sayfutdinov, Holder, Jonsson, Harris
14. Zetterström, Hampel, Holta, Woffinden
15. Andersen, Bjerre, Gollob, Pedersen
16. Lindgren, Kołodziej, Crump, Hancock
17. Harris, Holta, Gollob, Crump
18. Hampel, Jonsson, Andersen, Lindgren
19. Bjerre, Sayfutdinov, Kołodziej, Zetterström
20. Pedersen, Holder, Hancock, Woffinden

    Semi-Finals:

21. Hampel, Kołodziej, Holta, Harris
22. Crump, Sayfutdinov, Pedersen, Bjerre

    The Final:

23. Crump, Hampel, Sayfutdinov, Kołodziej (X)

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series

Full-time Grand Prix rider

Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve

Pos.	Rider	Points	EUR	SWE	CZE	DEN	POL	GBR	SCA	CRO	NOR	ITA	PL2
1	(1) Jason Crump	19	19
2	(13) Jarosław Hampel	18	18
3	(3) Emil Sayfutdinov	14	14
4	(16) Janusz Kołodziej	12	12
5	(7) Rune Holta	10	10
6	(8) Kenneth Bjerre	10	10
7	(6) Nicki Pedersen	9	9
8	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	8	8
9	(10) Hans N. Andersen	8	8
10	(12) Chris Holder	8	8
11	(14) Chris Harris	8	8
12	(2) Tomasz Gollob	6	6
13	(5) Andreas Jonsson	5	5
14	(4) Greg Hancock	4	4
15	(11) Magnus Zetterström	4	4
16	(15) Tai Woffinden	1	1
Rider(s) not classified
	(17) Damian Baliński	—	ns
	(18) Maciej Janowski	—	ns
Pos.	Rider	Points	EUR	SWE	CZE	DEN	POL	GBR	SCA	CRO	NOR	ITA	PL2

See also

• Polski Związek Motorowy
• Unia Leszno

References

1. (PDF). FIM-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
2. "Leszno SGP Results" (PDF) (in Polish). Polish Motor Union. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
3. "Crump najlepszy w Lesznie! Hampel na podium" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 24 April 2010. from the original on 27 April 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
4. . SpeedwayGP.com. 7 April 2010. Archived from the original on 11 April 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
5. "IMŚ GP w Lesznie" (in Polish). PZM.pl. 9 April 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
6. "Leigh Adams z dziką kartą? Australijczyk nie odmówiłby" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 23 February 2010. from the original on 28 February 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
7. "Leszno SGP Draw" (PDF) (in Polish). Polish Motor Union. 23 April 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
8. . SpeedwayGP.com. 23 April 2010. Archived from the original (video clip) on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
9. Świat Żużla, No 1 (81) 2010, page 20, ISSN 1429-3285