Matej excellent third in Prague

The Marketa stadium in Czech Republic was again in Slovenian flags with a lot of supporters coming from Slovenia.
Matej commented the final: “The start wasn’t the best, but I didn’t give up and manage to overtake Pedersen. Unfortunately the first two were already too much up front. Of course I’m also happy with my new 16 points, even 1 more than from Finnish Grand Prix, where I won, but in the end only count points.”

RESULTS:
1. Tai Woffinden (GB) – 18 (3,3,1,2,3,3,3) 1st place in the final
2. Greg Hancock (USA) – 12 (3,0,2,3,0,2,2) 2nd place in the final
3. Matej Žagar (SLO) – 16 (2,3,2,3,2,3,1) 3rd place in the final
4. Nicki Pedersen (DK) – 10 (2,2,3,0,1,2,0) 4th place in the final
5. Darcy Ward (AUS) – 16 (3,3,3,3,3,1)
6. Niels Kristian Iversen (DK) – 13 (3,2,3,1,3,1)
7. Chris Holder (AUS) – 8 (1,3,1,0,3,0)
8. Fredrik Lindgren (SWE) – 8 (1,0,2,3,2,0)
9. Krzysztof Kasprzak (PL) – 7 (1,1,3,2,0)
10. Andreas Jonsson (SWE) – 7 (2,0,2,2,1)
11. Martin Smolinski (GER) – 6 (2,1,0,1,2)
12. Chris Harris (GB) – 6 (d,1,1,2,2)
13. Kenneth Bjerre (DK) – 4 (1,2,0,1,0)
14. Troy Batchelor (AUS) – 3 (0,w,1,1,1)
15. Vaclav Milik (CZ) – 2 (0,2,0,0,0)
16. Jarosław Hampel (PL) – 2 (0,1,0,d,1)
17. Zdenek Holub (CZ) –
18. Michal Skurla (CZ) –

Heat results:
1. Iversen, Jonsson, Kasprzak, Hampel
2. Woffinden, Pedersen, Bjerre, Harris (d/s)
3. Ward, Smolinski, Lindgren, Batchelor
4. Hancock, Žagar, Holder, Milik
5. Žagar, Iversen, Harris, Lindgren
6. Holder, Bjerre, Smolinski, Jonsson
7. Woffinden, Milik, Hampel, Batchelor (w/su)
8. Ward, Pedersen, Kasprzak, Hancock
9. Iversen, Hancock, Batchelor, Bjerre
10. Ward, Jonsson, Harris, Milik
11. Pedersen, Lindgren, Holder, Hampel
12. Kasprzak, Žagar, Woffinden, Smolinski
13. Ward, Woffinden, Iversen, Holder
14. Žagar, Jonsson, Batchelor, Pedersen
15. Hancock, Harris, Smolinski, Hampel (d4)
16. Lindgren, Kasprzak, Bjerre, Milik
17. Iversen, Smolinski, Pedersen, Milik
18. Woffinden, Lindgren, Jonsson, Hancock
19. Ward, Žagar, Hampel, Bjerre
20. Holder, Harris, Batchelor, Kasprzak

SEMIFINALS:
21. Žagar, Pedersen, Ward, Holder
22. Woffinden, Hancock, Iversen, Lindgren

FINAL:
23. Woffinden, Hancock, Žagar, Pedersen

Standings after 4 rounds:
1. Woffinden, 2. Hancock oba 46, 3. Ward 45, 4. Pedersen 44, 5. Žagar 43, 6. Kasprzak 42, 7. Holder 40, 8. Lindgren 38, 9. Smolinski 37, 10. Iversen 35, 11. Hampel 31, 12. Jonsson 31, …

Photo: mediaspeed.net / Borut Cvetko