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2012 FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualifying Meetings, Race off 1 (Denmark) - 30 June 2012 The riders entered for this event have been drawn to start in the following positions:

Ballot N° Rider FMN Country 1 MA 2 Mikkel B.Jensen DMU Denmark 3 Tomas Jonasson SVEMO Sweden 4 Ryan Fisher AMA USA 5 Przemyslaw Pawlicki PZM 6 Adrian Miedzinski PZM Poland 7 Dennis Andersson SVEMO Sweden 8 Niels-Kristian Iversen DMU Denmark 9 Grzegorz Walasek PZM Poland 10 Tsukanov Kiril FMU Ukraine 11 Michael Jepsen Jensen DMU Denmark 12 Renat Garfurov MFR Russia 13 Linus Sundstroem SVEMO Sweden 14 Patrick Hougaard DMU Denmark 15 Kevin Wölbert DMSB Germany 16 Tero Aarnio SML Finland 17 Reserve Timo Lahti SML Finland 18 Reserve Simon Gustavsson SVEMO Sweden

------About the FIM (www.fim-live.com) The FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) founded in 1904, is the governing body for motorcycle sport and the global advocate for motorcycling. The FIM is an independent association formed by 107 National Federations throughout the world. It is recognised as the sole competent authority in motorcycle sport by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Among its 50 FIM World Championships the main events are MotoGP, Superbike, Endurance, Motocross, Supercross, Trial, Enduro, Cross-Country Rallies and Speedway. Furthermore, the FIM is also active and involved in the following areas: public affairs, road safety, touring and protection of the environment. The FIM was the first international sports federation to impose an Environmental Code in 1994.

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2012 FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualifying Meetings, Race off 2 Lonigo (Italy) - 30 June 2012 The riders entered for this event have been drawn to start in the following positions:

Ballot N° Rider FMN Country 1 Ben Barker ACU Great Britain 2 László Szatmári MAMS Hungary 3 Sam Masters MA Australia 4 Grzegorz Zengota PZM Poland 5 DMSB Germany 6 Norbert Magosi MAMS Hungary 7 Antonio Lindbäck SVEMO Sweden 8 Mattia Carpanese FMI Italy 9 Piotr Protasiewicz PZM Poland 10 Aleksander Conda AMZS Slovenia 11 Peter Kildemand DMU Denmark 12 Hans Andersen DMU Denmark 13 Covatti Nicolas FMI Italy 14 Leon Madsen DMU Denmark 15 Daniel King ACU Great Britain 16 Matej Zagar AMZS Slovenia 17 Reserve Daniel Gappmaier OeAMTC Austria 18 Reserve CAMOD Argentina

------About the FIM (www.fim-live.com) The FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) founded in 1904, is the governing body for motorcycle sport and the global advocate for motorcycling. The FIM is an independent association formed by 107 National Federations throughout the world. It is recognised as the sole competent authority in motorcycle sport by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Among its 50 FIM World Championships the main events are MotoGP, Superbike, Endurance, Motocross, Supercross, Trial, Enduro, Cross-Country Rallies and Speedway. Furthermore, the FIM is also active and involved in the following areas: public affairs, road safety, touring and protection of the environment. The FIM was the first international sports federation to impose an Environmental Code in 1994.

11 ROUTE DE SUISSE TEL +41 22 950 95 00 CH – 1295 MIES FAX +41 22 950 95 01 [email protected] FOUNDED 1904 WWW.FIM-LIVE.COM

2012 FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualifying Meetings, Race off 3 Divisov (Czech Republic) - 30 June 2012 The riders entered for this event have been drawn to start in the following positions:

Ballot N° Rider FMN Country 1 Troy Batchelor MA Australia 2 Kenni Arendt Larsen DMU Denmark 3 Krzysztof Buczkowski PZM Poland 4 Peter Ljung SVEMO Sweden 5 Jurica Pavlic HMS Croatia 6 Chris Harris ACU Great Britain 7 Martin Vaculik SMF Slovakia 8 József Tabaka MAMS Hungary 9 Jonas Kylmäkorpi SML Finland 10 DMU Denmark 11 Janusz Kolodziej PZM Poland 12 Krysztof Kasprzak PZM Poland 13 Kenneth Hansen DMU Denmark 14 Andriy Karpov FMU Ukraine 15 Kjastas Puodzuks LaMSF Latvia 16 Aleš Dryml ACCR Czech Republic 17 Reserve Filip Sitera ACCR Czech Republic 18 Reserve Oliver Allen ACU Great Britain

------About the FIM (www.fim-live.com) The FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) founded in 1904, is the governing body for motorcycle sport and the global advocate for motorcycling. The FIM is an independent association formed by 107 National Federations throughout the world. It is recognised as the sole competent authority in motorcycle sport by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Among its 50 FIM World Championships the main events are MotoGP, Superbike, Endurance, Motocross, Supercross, Trial, Enduro, Cross-Country Rallies and Speedway. Furthermore, the FIM is also active and involved in the following areas: public affairs, road safety, touring and protection of the environment. The FIM was the first international sports federation to impose an Environmental Code in 1994.

11 ROUTE DE SUISSE TEL +41 22 950 95 00 CH – 1295 MIES FAX +41 22 950 95 01 [email protected] FOUNDED 1904 WWW.FIM-LIVE.COM