2014 Speedway Grand Prix of New Zealand

2014 Speedway Grand Prix of New Zealand
Venue	Western Springs Stadium
Location	Auckland (New Zealand)
Start date	5 April 2014
Competitors	16 (2 reserves)

The 2014 Speedway Grand Prix of New Zealand was the first round of the 2014 Speedway Grand Prix season (the world championship). It took place on 5 April at the Western Springs Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand.

It was the third time that the Speedway Grand Prix of New Zealand had been held.

The Grand Prix was by the German rider Martin Smolinski (his first career Grand Prix win).

Grand Prix result

Placing	Rider	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	SF1	SF2	Final	GP Pts
	(11) Martin Smolinski			2				3		3					x						2	10		2	3	15
	(8) Nicki Pedersen		3						3			3			3			3				15	2		2	19
	(13) Krzysztof Kasprzak				3	3							3		2					2		13		3	1	17
4	(12) Freddie Lindgren			1					2		3			1						3		10	3		0	13
5	(7) Chris Holder		2					2					2	3					1			10	1			11
6	(3) Kenneth Bjerre	3						1				2				3				1		10		1		11
7	(14) Jarosław Hampel				1		1					1		2							3	8	0			8
8	(15) Andreas Jonsson				2			0			2						1	2				7		0		7
9	(16) Tai Woffinden				0				1	2						2			2			7				7
10	(9) Greg Hancock			0		0						0					3		3			6				6
11	(6) Matej Žagar		0				3			1							2			0		6				6
12	(10) Niels Kristian Iversen			3			0						1			1		1				6				6
13	(2) Darcy Ward	2					2				x				1				ns			5				5
14	(5) Troy Batchelor		1			2					f					0					1	4				4
15	(1) Jason Bunyan	1				1				0				0				0				2				2
16	(4) Chris Harris	0							0				0				f				0	0				0
R1	(R1) Andrew Aldridge																		0			0	R1
R2	(R2) Grant Tregoning																					0	R2

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside