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2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia

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2015 Rietumu Bank Latvian FIM Speedway Grand Prix
VenueLatvijas Spīdveja Centrs
LocationDaugavpils (Latvia)
Start date18 July 2015
Competitors16 (2 reserves)
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The 2015 Rietumu Bank Latvian FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on July 18 at the Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs in Daugavpils, Latvia.[1]

Riders

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First reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Jarosław Hampel, who had injured himself during the 2015 Speedway World Cup. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Kjasts Puodžuks as the wild card, and Andžejs Ļebedevs and Jevgeņijs Kostigovs both as Track Reserves.

Results

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The Grand Prix was won by Maciej Janowski, who beat Nicki Pedersen, Troy Batchelor and Chris Holder. After heavy rain, the meeting was abandoned after 20 heats, with each rider having ridden five times. The result stood, as per FIM rule 077.1.4.1., shown below. As a result, second placed Pedersen reduced the deficit to Tai Woffinden to just nine points in the race for the world title.[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

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

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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
SVN
Slovenia
SCA
Sweden
POL
Poland
AUS
Australia
Gold United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 63 5 17 18 15 8
Silver Denmark (3) Nicki Pedersen 54 3 16 15 9 11
Bronze United States (45) Greg Hancock 49 5 9 13 12 10
4 Denmark (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 43 7 6 8 14 8
5 Australia (23) Chris Holder 41 0 7 6 18 10
6 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 40 8 7 9 10 6
7 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 38 3 2 18 3 12
8 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 37 4 11 7 7 8
9 Denmark (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 34 5 10 4 8 7
10 Sweden (100) Andreas Jonsson 33 3 12 9 2 7
11 Poland (33) Jarosław Hampel 31 7 11 13
12 Australia (75) Troy Batchelor 28 0 7 6 4 11
13 United Kingdom (37) Chris Harris 27 7 6 5 5 4
14 Sweden (30) Thomas H. Jonasson 23 4 4 1 7 7
15 Poland (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 21 3 10 4 4 0
16 Denmark (19) Peter Kildemand 20 12 8
17 United Kingdom (16) Craig Cook 7 7
18 Poland (16) Tomasz Gollob 4 4
19 Poland (17) Bartosz Zmarzlik 3 3
20 Finland (16) Timo Lahti 3 3
21 Latvia (16) Kjastas Puodzuks 3 3
22 Czech Republic (16) Vaclav Milik 2 2
23 Poland (18) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 1 1
24 United Kingdom (18) Robert Lambert 1 1
25 Finland (17) Nike Lunna 0 0
26 Finland (18) Jiri Nieminen 0 0
27 Czech Republic (17) Matěj Kůs 0 0
28 Czech Republic (18) Josef Franc 0 0
29 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
SVN
Slovenia
SCA
Sweden
POL
Poland
AUS
Australia

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Latvian Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
  2. ^ "Latvian Grand Prix Result". SGP.
  3. ^ "SGP Regulation" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  4. ^ "2015 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.