Flag: | SVN |
2018 Aztorin Slovenian FIM Speedway Grand Prix | |
Date: | 7 September 2018 |
City: | Krško |
Event: | 8 of 10 |
Referee: | Artur Kusmierz |
Stadium: | Matija Gubec Stadium |
Capacity: | 12,000 |
Length: | 387.7 |
Name1: | Patryk Dudek |
Flag1: | POL |
Name2: | Jason Doyle |
Flag2: | AUS |
Name3: | Greg Hancock |
Flag3: | USA |
The 2018 Aztorin Slovenian FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the eighth race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 7 at the Matija Gubec Stadium in Krško, Slovenia.[1]
First reserve Niels-Kristian Iversen replaced the injured Matej Žagar. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Matic Ivačič as the wild card, and Nick Škorja and Denis Štojs both as Track Reserves.
The Grand Prix was won by Patryk Dudek, who beat defending world champion Jason Doyle, Greg Hancock and Fredrik Lindgren in the final.[2] It was the second Grand Prix win of Dudek's career. Overall leader Tai Woffinden finished 14th, scoring just five points, while his nearest challenger Bartosz Zmarzlik scored 12 points on the way to reaching the semi-finals. As a result, Zmarzlik closed the gap at the top of the world championship standings to just nine points.