The Danish national stadium Parken in Copenhagen hosted the seventh race of this year’s Speedway Grand Prix series, which will stay in a very special memory to all Slovenian fans and lovers of this sport. After the extremely controversial judge exclusion in the opening ride, the Slovenian champion collected and drove a great race, which he finished in a superb second place. The first victory in his career gained Australian Darcy Ward, the third place was last year’s champion, his compatriot Chris Holder. Without the final podium remained Pole Tomasz Gollob.
After the meeting Matej said: “I set the engine for a good start, because I knew will need a good one. Therefore I also find it harder to compete Ward, who beat me, and despite the fact that I once managed to beat him back, I must admit he was simply faster. ”
Results:
1. Darcy Ward (AUS) – 19 (2,3,2,3,3,3,3)
2. Matej Žagar (SLO) – 13 (Exc,1,3,2,2,3,2)
3. Chris Holder (AUS) – 14 (1,3,3,2,2,2,1)
4. Tomasz Gollob (PL) – 10 (0,2,0,3,3,2,0)
5. Emil Sajfutdinow (RUS) – 13 (3,3,3,1,2,1)
6. Tai Woffinden (UK) – 11 (1,2,3,2,3,0)
7. Greg Hancock (USA) – 9 (3,3,0,1,1,1)
8. Fredrik Lindgren (SWE) – 8 (2,2,1,3,w,w)
9. Nicki Pedersen (DK) – 7 (3,1,2,0,1)
10. Jarosław Hampel (PL) – 6 (1,0,0,3,2)
11. Michael Jepsen Jensen (DK) – 6 (0,1,1,1,3)
12. Krzysztof Kasprzak (PL) – 6 (2,0,2,2,0)
13. Martin Vaculik (SWE) – 6 (1,2,2,d,1)
14. Niels Kristian Iversen (DK) – 4 (3,0,1,0,u)
15. Peter Kildemand (DK) – 2 (2,0,0)
16. Antonio Lindbaeck (SWE) – 2 (0,0,1,0,1)
17. Kenni Larsen (DK) – 2 (1,1)
18. Andreas Jonsson (SWE) – 0 (f/-,-,-,-,-)
Heat results:
1. Hancock, Kasprzak, Woffinden, Jensen
2. Iversen, Lindgren, Hampel, Gollob
3. Sajfutdinow, Kildemand, Holder, Žagar (Exc) (Jonsson f/-)
4. Pedersen, Ward, Vaculik, Lindbaeck
5. Ward, Woffinden, Žagar, Hampel
6. Holder, Lindgren, Pedersen, Kasprzak
7. Hancock, Gollob, Larsen, Lindbaeck
8. Sajfutdinow, Vaculik, Jensen, Iversen
9. Woffinden, Vaculik, Lindgren, Kildemand
10. Sajfutdinow, Kasprzak, Lindbaeck, Hampel
11. Žagar, Pedersen, Iversen, Hancock
12. Holder, Ward, Jensen, Gollob
13. Gollob, Woffinden, Sajfutdinow, Pedersen
14. Ward, Kasprzak, Larsen, Iversen
15. Hampel, Holder, Hancock, Vaculik (d/2)
16. Lindgren, Žagar, Jensen, Lindbaeck
17. Woffinden, Holder, Lindbaeck, Iversen (u)
18. Gollob, Žagar, Vaculik, Kasprzak
19. Ward, Sajfutdinow, Hancock, Lindgren (u/w)
20. Jensen, Hampel, Pedersen, Kildemand
Semi-final 1:
21. Ward, Holder, Hancock, Lindgren (w)
Semi-final 2:
22. Žagar, Gollob, Sajfutdinow, Woffinden
Finale:
23. Ward, Žagar, Holder, Gollob
Standings after seventh round:
1. Sayfutdinov 97, 2. Woffinden 84, 3. Holder 82, 4. Hampel 72, 5. Pedersen 71, 6. Hancock 66, 7. Iversen 66, 8. Gollob 62, 9. Žagar 61, 10. Lindgren 55, 11. Kasprzak 54, 12. Ward 44,…
Here you can listen what Matej said after the meeting (only in Slovenian):
www.mediaspeed.net
