European Grand Prix unfortunately didn’t appear as expected and Matej ended the race on ninth place with six points.
“I am extremely disappointed. I gave my best, tried all the tricks, several different lines, changed both engines, but I was not competitive,” Matej said after the race and added, “It is clear my engines didn’t work well, so I have two weeks to the next Grand Prix Finland trying to solve this problem, but as you all know, in speedway nothing happens overnight.”
RESULTS:
1. Krzysztof Kasprzak (PL) – 18 (3,3,3,1,3,2,3)
2. Darcy Ward (AUS) – 16 (2,1,3,3,3,2,2)
3. Jarosław Hampel (PL) – 14 (3,1,2,3,1,3,1)
4. Greg Hancock (USA) – 16 (3,3,3,2,2,3,0)
5. Chris Holder (AUS) – 11 (1,2,2,3,2,1)
6. Andreas Jonsson (SWE) – 10 (1,3,2,3,0,1)
7. Niels Kristian Iversen (DK) – 10 (2,2,2,2,2,0)
8. Martin Smolinski (GER) – 7 (1,3,1,0,2,0)
9. Matej Žagar (SLO) – 6 (2,0,1,2,1)
10. Adrian Miedziński (PL) – 5 (3,2,w,w,0)
11. Tai Woffinden (UK) – 5 (0,0,1,1,3)
12. Nicki Pedersen (DK) – 5 (0,1,w,1,3)
13. Fredrik Lindgren (SWE) – 5 (2,1,0,2,0)
14. Troy Batchelor (AUS) – 4 (0,0,3,1,0)
15. Kenneth Bjerre (DK) – 4 (0,2,1,0,1)
16. Chris Harris (UK) – 2 (1,0,0,0,1)
17. Szymon Woźniak (PL)
18. Paweł Przedpełski (PL)
Heat results:
1. Kasprzak, Lindgren, Harris, Pedersen
2. Hancock, Žagar, Jonsson, Woffinden
3. Miedziński, Iversen, Holder, Bjerre
4. Hampel, Ward, Smolinski, Batchelor
5. Hancock, Iversen, Hampel, Harris
6. Jonsson, Miedziński, Lindgren, Batchelor
7. Smolinski, Bjerre, Pedersen, Žagar
8. Kasprzak, Holder, Ward, Woffinden
9. Ward, Jonsson, Bjerre, Harris
10. Hancock, Holder, Smolinski, Lindgren
11. Batchelor, Iversen, Woffinden, Pedersen (w/u)
12. Kasprzak, Hampel, Žagar, Miedziński (w/u)
13. Holder, Žagar, Batchelor, Harris
14. Hampel, Lindgren, Woffinden, Bjerre
15. Ward, Hancock, Pedersen, Miedziński (w/u)
16. Jonsson, Iversen, Kasprzak, Smolinski
17. Woffinden, Smolinski, Harris, Miedziński
18. Ward, Iversen, Žagar, Lindgren
19. Pedersen, Holder, Hampel, Jonsson
20. Kasprzak, Hancock, Bjerre, Batchelor
SEMIFINALS:
21. Hampel, Kasprzak, Jonsson, Iversen
22. Hancock, Ward, Holder, Smolinski
FINAL:
23. Kasprzak, Ward, Hampel, Hancock
Photo: Borut Cvetko / mediaspeed.net
