The 2018 Toruń FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the tenth and final race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on October 6 at the Marian Rose MotoArena in Toruń, Poland.[1]
 2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland | |
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| 2018 Toruń FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland | |
| Information | |
| Date | 6 October 2018 |
| City | Toruń |
| Event | 10 of 10 |
| Referee |  Jesper Steentoft |
| Stadium details | |
| Stadium | Marian Rose MotoArena |
| Capacity | 15,500 |
| Length | 325 m (355 yd) |
| SGP Results | |
| Best Time | |
 Winner |  Tai Woffinden |
 Runner-up |  Artem Laguta |
 3rd place | Emil Sayfutdinov |
Riders
First reserve Niels-Kristian Iversen replaced the injured Patryk Dudek, while second reserve Václav Milík Jr. replaced the injured Craig Cook. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Daniel Kaczmarek as the wild card, and Igor Kopeć-Sobczyński and Dominik Kubera both as Track Reserves.
Results
The Grand Prix was won by Tai Woffinden, who beat Artem Laguta, Emil Sayfutdinov and Niels-Kristian Iversen in the final.[2] Woffinden was crowned world champion for the third time in his career when finishing second in the second semi-final, while his nearest rival Bartosz Zmarzlik was eliminated. Laguta had initially top scored during the qualifying heats, scoring a 15-point maximum, but was denied a full maximum when finishing second to Woffinden in the final.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 14 | (108) Tai Woffinden | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 | 12 | (222) Artem Laguta | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 | 16 | (89) Emil Sayfutdinov | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 7 | (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 2 |  (66) Fredrik Lindgren | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 1 |  (45) Greg Hancock | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 9 |  (17) Martin Vaculík | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 8 |  (69) Jason Doyle | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 5 | (110) Nicki Pedersen | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 11 |  (55) Matej Žagar | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 4 | (71) Maciej Janowski | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 15 | (23) Chris Holder | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 16 |  (225) Václav Milík Jr. | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 6 | (16) Daniel Kaczmarek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 10 | (59) Przemysław Pawlicki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 17 | (17) Igor Kopeć-Sobczyński | 0 | 0 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
Final Classification
| Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series |
| Full-time Grand Prix rider |
| Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | POL | CZE | DEN | SWE | GBR | SCA | PL2 | SVN | GER  | PL3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | (108) Tai Woffinden | 139 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 15 |
| | (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 129 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 15 |
| | (66) Fredrik Lindgren | 109 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 11 |
| 4 | (71) Maciej Janowski | 104 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
| 5 | (45) Greg Hancock | 102 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 9 |
| 6 | (222) Artem Laguta | 97 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | (69) Jason Doyle | 93 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 7 |
| 8 | (89) Emil Sayfutdinov | 89 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 |
| 9 | (692) Patryk Dudek | 84 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 16 | – | – |
| 10 | (55) Matej Žagar | 79 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 11 | – | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | (110) Nicki Pedersen | 74 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| 12 | (23) Chris Holder | 65 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| 13 | (54) Martin Vaculík | 52 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen | 36 | 4 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 12 | 10 |
| 15 | (59) Przemysław Pawlicki | 36 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | (111) Craig Cook | 30 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | – |
| 17 | (16) Vaclav Milik | 11 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| 18 | (16) Szymon Woźniak | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – |
| 19 | (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 7 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | (16) Andreas Jonsson | 7 | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | (16) Peter Ljung | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen | 4 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | (17) Oliver Berntzon | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | (18) Kevin Wölbert | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| 25 | (17) Maksym Drabik | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | (18) Bartosz Smektała | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | (16) Kai Huckenbeck | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| 28 | (16) Daniel Kaczmarek | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 29 | (17) Mikkel Michelsen | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | (16) Robert Lambert | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | (18) Joel Kling | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | (17) Martin Smolinski | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 33 | (18) Mikkel Bech Jensen | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 34 | (17) Daniel Bewley | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 35 | (16) Matic Ivačič | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – |
| 36 | (17) Nick Škorja | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – |
| 37 | (17) Igor Kopeć-Sobczyński | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | POL | CZE | DEN | SWE | GBR | SCA | PL2 | SVN | GER | PL3 |