2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia
 2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia
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| 2015 Rietumu Bank Latvian FIM Speedway Grand Prix | |
| Information | |
| Date | 18 July 2015 |
| City |
Daugavpils
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| Event | 5 of 12 |
| Referee |
 Marek Wojaczek |
| Stadium details | |
| Stadium | Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs |
| Capacity | 7,500 |
| Length | 373 m (408 yd) |
| SGP Results | |
| Best Time | |
 Winner |
Maciej Janowski
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 Runner-up |
 Nicki Pedersen
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 3rd place |
 Troy Batchelor
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The 2015 Rietumu Bank Latvian FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on July 18 at the Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs in Daugavpils, Latvia.
First reserve Peter Kildemand replaced Jarosław Hampel, who had injured himself during the 2015 Speedway World Cup. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Kjasts Puodžuks as the wild card, and Andžejs Ļebedevs and Jevgeņijs Kostigovs both as Track Reserves.
The Grand Prix was won by Maciej Janowski, who beat Nicki Pedersen, Troy Batchelor and Chris Holder. After heavy rain, the meeting was abandoned after 20 heats, with each rider having ridden five times. The result stood, as per FIM rule 077.1.4.1., shown below. As a result, second placed Pedersen reduced the deficit to Tai Woffinden to just nine points in the race for the world title.
If a Grand Prix meeting is interrupted or suspended for any reason whatsoever,
the following rules will apply:
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
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