 Hi, thanks for joining us wherever you're watching around the world and a very special welcome to Eddie Had Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, the final round of the World Grand Pre-Series for season 2016 and what a season it has been. It's a year that has seen seven different winners in the World Championship thus far on. Join in commentary for this one by a legend of the sport, former Triple World Champion Jason Crump as the riders are now being introduced. Thanks very much, David. It's great to be here. You did look very quick on the bike yesterday, cutting some laps around here, Jason Crump. Yeah, and it was great fun and as I've said many times, there's the World Championship points. You can see Greg Hancock's lead there is considerable over Jason Doyle but even more so over Ty Wolfenden. And it would take an absolute disaster for Greg to lose tonight and an absolute perfect performance from either Ty or Bartosz Mazlik to steal the crown from him. So the veteran American certainly has one and three-quarter hands on the trophy already. We won't see the great American in action. There he is on screen until heat number four. The starters for heat number one, Slovenia's Matej Zegar will ride in red. Peter Kittleman from Denmark in blue from two, Ty Wolfenden will appear. Gate three, the white helmet color and Sweden's Andreas Jonsson will start on the outside. Of course there are 20 qualifying heats and then the two semi-files to be contested by the top eight qualifiers. And the all-important grand final to decide the QB insurance Australian FAM Speedway Grand Prix champion. Track road superbly in track. Many people believe this track last year was the finest temporary surface on the World Grand Prix series trail. Can't argue with that. And Olli Olsen and his hard-working crew have produced the goods again. Yeah, absolutely the track when I was on there. Nothing to complain about. A couple of little ripples but these guys are the best in the world so they'll be able to deal with that. He's going to make for some exciting racing tonight, that's for sure. Change of bikes for Andreas actually. He's just made a practice start on one bike and come back and changed already. So obviously not completely happy with how that bike felt. It was Matty Zegar. In his early 30s somewhat of a veteran now capable of anything on his night as regular followers of this series would be well aware. So Zegar lining up on the inside. Tremendous atmosphere at Melbourne's Eddie Had Stadium ahead of heat number one in the season finale. So here are the starters. For heat one, reiterating. Zegar in red the inside. Hilderman blue from gate number two. Great Britain's Ty Wolfendon white from three. And Sweden's Andreas Jonsson in yellow from gate number four. Four laps of fury about to unfold at Eddie Had. If you've just joined our coverage, I am David Tappen beside me. The legendary Jason Crump three times world champion for expert inside throughout the night. And the starters even in heat one. Come way. Greg Hancock watchful to see exactly what the track does during the commencement of hostilities. Jonsson so fast on his nights. Ty Wolfendon has had three pretty ordinary Grand Prix by his lofty standards heading into this season finale in Australia. Zegar closest to camera. The first race of the Australian Speedway Grand Prix. Not a lot of racing room on the first corner. A rider has gone down and that is the Dane. Peter Kittleman has hit the dirt after a hundred meters. Not the ideal way to start the night, that's for sure. But it was a it was nothing spectacular. That's just a bit of an over slide for Peter there. And here we go again in the replay. Ty Wolfendon made a fantastic start. Zegar and Kilderman off the. Oh, a tap from Zegar's rear end to Kilderman's front wheel there helped him on his way a little bit. So probably a little bit more to it. Here we go again. Yeah, clearly a tap from the inside. So just enough to make the bike over slide. But a fantastic start from Ty Wolfendon there off gate three. Not normally a place you would choose to be in race one, that's for sure. He's clearly across the riders on the inside and Andreas Jonsson had a go there on the outside. So that bodes well. He won guys being able to get out and use most of the track already. I might put out two at this event last year. There was only one race one from gate two the entire night. So it's proving to be slightly unlucky. Certainly Peter Kilderman would agree with that. Yeah, and again, gate two and three are normally not the favorite group positions, especially early on in the night. And I guess by the stats, not the place you wanted to be at Etihad Stadium at any point of the night last year. We have the restart a heat one in less than one minutes time. So we bring the four back to the start line, race restart. And once again, we recap the state of starters rather. Zagar Red, Kilderman Blue, Wolfendon White, Jonsson in yellow from the outside. And Ty do it again. You got away from the start brilliantly. When the tapes rose, first time of asking. Seconds away from this race restart. You look at the Dane. Zagar from Slovenia, red-helmet color. And Wolfendon has got an absolute flyer from gate number three. And the outgoing world champion takes the race lead in advance of the Slovenian Matta Zagar. Really giving Ty Wolfendon some hurry up there as they come off turn four and back down the main straight. Fantastic start from Ty again. He did it the first time from gate three and he's managed to pull it off again. But he doesn't look that quick on the track. It's maybe a little bit slicker at this stage than we thought. And the inside line's looking quick. Zagar's putting him under plenty of pressure around the inside. Andreas Jonsson not far away either. The top three only separated by about ten meters as they charge down the back straight. On lap number three, Wolfendon the race leader, Zagar, are flying plenty of pressure. He sneaks a lot closer there as they go across the start finish line. One lap to go here and Wolfendon is under siege. Will Zagar have a crack up high on the circuit? He probably isn't close enough. And the 2015 world champion, Ty Wolfendon takes the win in heat number one. Zagar second, Andreas Jonsson third and Kilderman out in the back, Jason. Kilderman completely missed the start again. Completely the opposite of the race winner. That man there, Ty Wolfendon, picture perfect on the start both times. And you have to say in that race, Matty Zagar looked very quick behind him. I was a little bit surprised. I thought Ty would have been able to stretch it a little bit. But as we saw, Zagar stuck with him the whole race and Jonsson was having a good go as well there. So good start to the night for Ty and a positive start for Zagar too. Three out, three points for Wolfendon, two to Zagar, Jonsson picking up the one and Kilderman. No points in his own right tonight after hitting the deck in the initial race start. We look at Ty Wolfendon in the pits. Very hard worker off the track is Ty. His work with charities has been well documented. He watches the game, Jason. Yeah, Ty was perfect off the start there. Absolutely perfect. To be able to make two starts in a row like that off start position three is very impressive. He's showing us his intent very early on. Matty Zagar crept around the curb here and actually generated a lot of speed right here. I actually thought he was going to have a go at Ty there. But you could see Ty's bike wasn't actually hooking up down the straight. He was drifting sideways for a long way down there. And that's not the way to make speed on a speedway bike. But no doubt words of wisdom coming from Peter Carlson. There'll be some changes to the machine, I'm sure, and searching for a little bit more speed for sure. He's a great man to have in your corner, isn't he? Peter Carlson, vastly experienced, right at the Grand Prix Series for a number of years. And as I alluded to earlier, still getting the job done in the British Elite League at age 47. So it's now time for heat number two. And we see here the young Australian left-hand side of your screen. The wild card wearing the famous number 16 race jacket. The current Australian champion, Brady Kurtz. There he is. What a moment for Brady. He's a bit nervous yesterday during practice, but hopefully we can see the best of him here. And we've also got our other rising Aussie, Chris Holderen. So there's the field. Janowski from Poland. Jepsen Jensen from Denmark. Chris Holder from Sydney, Australia. Brady Kurtz from Kaurra in country New South Wales. Chris Holder will be wanting to make a rip. A copy start like Ty Wolfen just did from Gate 3. That's for sure. Yeah, he'll be brimming with confidence after seeing what Ty Wolfen had achieved in the previous race. So here we are. Heat number two. Away. Holder started OK. You'll find the dane though. Jepsen Jensen got away best in the blue helmet. Colour. Janowski also quickly in the stride. He runs in second in the red helmet. Colour. Kurtz is on the inside of his compatriot, Chris Holder. And here comes Holder now, the 2012 World Champion. Oh, Freddie, the needle up on the inside in a second. Great move on Janowski. But the pole comes back at him. That's the Chris Holder we want to see. Chris has shown his intent from the first turn there. He put himself in a position and he's riding. This is the Chris Holder of all fantastic stuff. From Michael Jepsen Jensen. We didn't think position two was very good, but maybe it was just Kilderman. Jepsen Jensen's away and looking very, very fast. But Chris Holder has bought his way through to second place. The pace is a cracker out there. Last racing lap now in heat two. And Jepsen Jensen leads them comfortably really. Holder is giving it everything in second. As they sweep through the top turns for the final time. And the Jepsen Jensen from Denmark takes the race winner. Chris Holder in second. And Matt Cekianowski from Poland in third. Out the back was young Brady Kurtz, who has probably never ridden that fast in his life. Well, there was a bit of contact. Brady and Chris actually, I think, made a bit of contact off corner two there. But nice start from Michael Jepsen Jensen there. And a great race from Chris Holder. It's great. I'm so happy for Chris. He's put that together and that's a great start for him. Recapping them. Jepsen Jensen, Holder, Jenovsky. There's the day. He's done a good job over an extended period. And he's pumped, as you can see, delighted with that. Look at this start from Jepsen Jensen off two. Oh, perfect. Beautiful start. Chris actually had a bit of contact with him and he's gone past the corner there. Contact there again from Brady Kurtz. Chris overlocked a lot there. Ooh, actually, that was more than a bit of contact, wasn't it? That was serious contact and could have been nasty. Chris had a lot to do, didn't he? He did. He found himself in last position there into the third and fourth bend for the first time and managed to get around the outside of Brady. Very clever move. Cut back up the inside of Jenovsky into the corner and put himself in a great position to secure a good second place in race one. Showing plenty of aggression, the 2012 World Champion. Michael Jepsen Jensen on screen. He's looking pretty happy with things. Yeah, he's wrapped, as well he might be. So it is time for the third heat. We're in the first round of heats here and Melbourne's Eddie had stadium. And another crack field involved in the action here, including Australia's Sam Masters who gets yet another chance at Grand Prix level after a sensational season in Europe. He scored five points in this event last year, Masters. That's him on the left-hand side of screen. So it's Harris in red. Smarslick in blue. Heverson in white. Masters in yellow. Great Britain on the inside. Smarslick is right on screen so fast. And practice yesterday, he was scary to watch. Here's the form rider, in my opinion, Niels Christian Everson. This will be some race. Tapes in the air and we are away again. And Smarslick, the pole got a terrific start. Gate 2 is performing brilliantly tonight. Have a look at this on the extreme outside. Sam Masters, the awesome Aussie. He's winding up the horse power, having a big crack at the race leader. Niels Christian Everson is third. This is a terrific race as we forecast it would be. Masters looking up on the inside of Smarslick. Sam Masters didn't make the best of starts from Gate 4 there, but it was very, very clever on the first turn. Got a great run. Here comes Niels Christian Everson putting Sam under threat. Oh, he's got him up the inside. But Sam's turn back, he's having a go. No, not quite. Didn't quite manage it. So, Bartos Smarslick leads this field. Niels Christian Everson, block-flusting charge in the second place. Masters relegator to spot. And Great Britain's Chris Harris is out the back. You can see the gap between first and fourth. Bartos Smarslick, one of the world's quickest riders and the check and flag flies. That's not a surprise because as you said, he was fast in practice yesterday. Good effort by Sam Masters and a good ride by Niels Christian Everson there to overhaul him for a crucial second place. Smarslick has already been in seven Speedway Grand Prix finals in his young career. That's amazing. Three points to him, two Niels Christian Everson, one to Australia's Sam Masters and Great Britain's Chris Harris rounding out that four-rider fielder. The QBA Insurance Australian FIM Speedway Grand Prix from Melbourne's Indian Stadium. One more race to conclude the first round of heats. Bartos Smarslick there. He'd be feeling pretty happy with himself. That was a fantastic ride. And here we can take a look at the start again. Bartos made it a pretty fair start there. Had to get across Chris Harris, but have a look at Sam Masters here in the yellow. He's going for the big one right around the outside and it almost looked like it was going to pay off. From the reverse view there, you can see Bartos had a clear run into the corner. And here goes Sam round the outside. So yeah, Sam's in second place here. And he actually looked like he was having a good go up the inside of Bartos, but didn't quite manage to pull that off and lost a place to Niels. Lovely, super slow-mo shot of the pole in full flight. Beautiful pitches emanating from Indian Stadium. Good to have you with us wherever you're watching our coverage around the world. Fox Sports in Australia and many other countries around the globe live into Europe. Greg Hancock, there he is, leading the world championship on 134 points in advance of Doyle and Waffendon. And Greg comes to the tapes, you're looking at it now. If he wins this heat, he will have an unassailable lead and be crowned world champion for the fourth time. Yeah, Greg's got a thousand and one things going through his mind at the moment. It's a position that... It's a tough position to be in. You know, I've been there and there's nothing worse in these moments just before you come under starters orders. There's so many things running through your mind. I'm sure even with Greg's experience he'll be suffering a little bit at the moment for sure. Well said, Jason. So Hancock writes in, white from gate three, you look at him. The legend. It's a hot field again, Lindgren from Sweden on the inside, Lindback from Sweden out of gate two. Pavliki the pole on the outside in yellow. Away we go. Hancock got away beautifully. As he got to the front, indeed he has. He's a rider up high on the circuit. Pavliki and Pavliki the pole has the audacity to pass Greg Hancock on the outside. Side by side onto the main straightaway and also very quick is Sweden's Frederick Lindgren. What a race you need for. What a first turn from Pavliki. Here comes Greg. Greg's come up the inside of Pavliki there. That's the world championship. Greg Hancock at 46 years of age means business. Does he ever have Pavliki in second? He's not done with just yet. Lap three or four. And have a look at these two at the back. Lindgren and Lindback racing each other. A couple of Swedes working each other over. Yellow flag. One lap of it. He had stayed into the go-shape. Greg Hancock if he stays where he is, he will be the 2016 World Speedway Champion. The fourth time he has achieved such a milestone and off turn four. He's done it again. Greg Hancock is the world champion for the fourth time. And what a way to do it. He fought and put himself in a position there where he had to overtake Pavliki and look at him absolutely rapid for Greg. Thoroughly deserves it. Outstanding professional. What more can you say about the man? He's an absolute freak. For his age he is an extraordinary athlete. And he thoroughly deserves it. A nicer man you would never meet. Worked so hard on and off the track. One of the all-time greats. You say Greg, he is a nice guy. But there's one thing that Greg is. He's a hard but fair competitor. Greg's respected by almost every rider in the world because of the way he's conducted himself on and off the track. He was a pleasure to race against in my heyday. Greg and I fought hard for race wins and championships along the way and couldn't happen to a nicer guy. I know it seems, I suppose, strange celebrating the world championship after this four heat. But of course it's vital you keep watching. There are so many other things to unfold here tonight. Greg Hancock, the adulation from his crew and the fans. I wish he'd have a good time, Greg. He doesn't look happy. Oh, come on. They call him the grin that's his nickname. And right now can I tell you something? He's smiling like a carpet snake at a foul house. Yeah, look at that. The mechanics put a hell of a lot of effort in as well. And they deserve a lot of credit a lot for the work they do. He's a great leader. He's a great leader. And he's one of the first to win the championship and I don't think that's a sign that he's the way Greg is. Personally, I could never do it whenever I got the points to win the championship. I was quite happy to sit down in the pits and pretty much going right around. He's not the one to win the championship, but he's the one to win the championship. He's always got the points. He's a great leader. He's a great leader. right around, but we'll see what it does to Greg tonight, but again the way you looked in that race you wouldn't argue against him going through the car or certainly putting himself into the final in tonight's event. 202 grand pre-starts, over two and a half thousand points. There's the recap of heat number four for you, Hancock three points, Pavliki two and the points thus far in the event wins to Wolffenden, Hancock, Jepsen, Jetson and Smarsley. 87 grand pre-finals he has qualified for in his career, but 21 wins and his average in grand pre-competition 12.45, there is no one else even close in the current group of riders. Yeah Greg's been congratulated I think by everybody in the pits, but what a start from the veteran, meant business from the work go, put himself there, thought he was probably in the best part of the track, but young Piot Pavliki's gone around the outside of him and to show Greg's commitment to win this championship he fought back and he managed to overtake the young charger up the inside and the rest history that's his fourth world championship win done and dusted. That was his 430th heat win in grand pre-competition. 430, that's just staggering. I don't know where you're getting these stats from Dave but they're pretty impressive. Steve Branden does a great job compiling the stats, the grand pre-series and there's the jubilation rather behind the seats. Track being re-prepped ahead of the second round of heats. I'll put a bit of water on it you'll find it was a bit slick in parts. Let's go down to Steve Branden in the pits right now. Greg Hancock, job done. I think my voice is gone already. And mine. I've made it Tony Rickardson, Barry Briggs over Funden, Hans Nielsen who won the world championship four times, you're in that club now. Oh man, say no more. I'm gonna lose it. This is like incredible. Thank you everybody. Thank you sir. Listen I'm gonna let you get your thoughts and we'll catch you again later in the meeting. There is a race meeting on I'm sure you want to do well on that as well. Eric Gunderson we made a deal a few weeks back. I want to see you walk Betty and I got your helmet. Thank you sir congratulations. That's nice. Greg incredibly emotional more so than I've ever witnessed before. It shows how much this world championship means to him to be able to do it. I know we keep talking about his age. For him to be able to do it at his age is fantastic and you can clearly see the emotion involved in Greg winning what it means to him and a lovely gesture there with the words to Eric Gunderson. The final round of the 2016 world championship. The world championship that began in Slovenia back in April of this year and the world's top riders have traversed the globe in search of the Holy Grail the FIM Speedway World Championship. During all the celebrations there for Greg Hancock taking the world championship we've actually had a bit of track maintenance and they put a bit of water down so I'm I'm predicting we might have a bit of a slippery surface here for this one day but I think in a couple of races time I think the track will come become better but right now I think there's a little bit of water down interesting to see how it makes the track ride. Fablecki there he is on screen we saw how fast he is he took it right up to Greg Hancock in heat raise number four returning to action here right-hand side of screen shot of the considerable crowd at Etihad Stadium in the background of that wide shot. Here's Matt Cech, Yanofsky the pole terrific swashbuckling right up a lot of courage and of course was a finalist in this corresponding event last year. You look at the pole in the lead side of the other pole, Fablecki, heat race number five. So Fablecki in the red helmet color from gate one, Zeigar in blue from gate two, Yanofsky in white from three and Christian Everson the Dane in yellow from gate number four. It's going to be a very very tough run to the first corner here for Niels Christian Everson on gate four. But gate three has been performing brilliantly as has gate two. So on that base is Zeigar and of course Yanofsky would be looking for the tapes. Get the best of starts. We can see here Yanofsky the pole and his compatriot Fablecki on the outside. No in fact it's Niels Christian Everson my apologies. The Dane Niels Christian Everson goes to the front can he stay there is the big question. Well I was completely wrong about that but Niels went straight to the outside dirt line and got himself out of this slick and slimy inside line. Macek Yanofsky is putting him under a bit of pressure but can't quite get to the part of the track that he needs to be on. So one of the real form riders coming into this Grand Prix tonight in Melbourne Niels Christian Everson leads comfortably in heat number five. Yanofsky is in second about eight bike lengths behind the race leader and Fablecki in third and something's wrong with Zeigar's bike you think he is really struggling it for. You'd have to think so but a great corner by Piotr Fablecki to go around the outside of Macek Yanofsky. I don't know what Macek's doing down there on the inside it's not really the part of the track to be on at the moment that's for sure. I would think that he could be suffering from something mechanical as well. Yeah there wasn't a lot of traction down there. Niels Christian Everson found the traction and the fast way. A barnstorming charge to take the race lead after missing the gate. He came from the clouds and strapped around the outside to take the lead. So Christian Everson he picked up two points in his opening ride tonight now gets three points in his second. Fablecki second with two points one point two Yanofsky in third and Everson five for the meeting thus far as I've suggested. Fablecki with four points beside his name after two rides. I thought the outside grid was going to be a bit of a hindrance there for Niels. He didn't get the best of the best of starts from the word go but as we can see in the replay here he's gone pretty much with Yanofsky a little bit behind him but from this point on in the corner you can see he's on the darker drier dirt on the outside there and he just manages to generate enough speed to pull it across the front of Macek on the way into turn three and to be honest once Niels got in front he actually looked quick he was carrying a lot of speed building his momentum up as the race progressed Yanofsky started to pull himself closer and closer to the inside giving Fablecki the opportunity to repeat the sort of move that Niels pulled off earlier in the race. He'd raced number five on screen Niels Christian Everson in lead fine style it's an only 70th Grand Prix start he's had five wins in his career and here's the starters now in heat number six Linn back from Sweden Red Helmet color gate one Harris Great Britain blue gate two Kilderman Denmark white gate three Chris Holder yellow gate four Australia on the outside. I'm looking forward to see Chris Holder pull a similar sort of maneuver as Niels Christian Everson pulled there on the first turn he'd be actually rubbing his hands together having gate four I predicted wrong I didn't think it was going to work too well but it worked a treat so Chris is in the place to be at the moment let's just hope we see the same Chris Holder with the same amount of aggression as he carried in his first race. The 2012 world champion from Athens just south of Sydney multi Australian champion slowly but surely rediscovering his best for after some horrific injuries up to eight in his career after winning the championship. Away in heat number six Linn back got away well on the inside of the Red Helmet color Holder very aggressive oh gee there's some action in this race on the first lap let me tell you it is all going on Antiniot Antonio Linn back from Sweden is the race leader back on to the main straight and Chris Holder involved in an epic tussle for second. Chris didn't make a good getaway Linn back was away well from the inside Kilderman I don't know what he tried to do there on the first turn but he almost collected Chris Holder and Chris Harris Linn back out in front riding on the good line but here comes Chris Holder he's starting to generate some speed around the outside will he be able to pull Linn backs locked up there so here comes Chris now. Chris got a great run off turn two he closed the gap somewhat he happened to express in the pursuit of the Swede here across the start of his line Antiniot Linn back is the leader Holder looking for the big cut back he comes a bit closer as they head down the back straight Linn back still in charge Holder giving it everything he'll cut back again. The checkered flag is closed Chris Holder on the inside got them from the clouds to take the win a classic cut back off turn four. I tell you that was a great manoeuvre from Chris I didn't actually think there was gonna be enough grip on the inside line on the exit at turn four but Chris went in deep and turned the bike so hard got his wheels in line early and drag race Linn back to the line and beat him I would say by about half a wheel length in the end well maybe a bit more actually in the end. Fantastic ride by Chris you we spoke before the meeting David about his determination and I was so happy to see Chris ride the way he rode yesterday in practice and that form has carried over for today he's had tricky starting positions he's been off the outside a couple of times he's going to pull himself back to the inside starting grids and hopefully that can hold him in good stead for the rest of the night but it's so good to see Chris Holder racing aggressively again. Just saw a shot there of Shane Parker in the pits working with him of course Shane had a long and distinguished career racing in the UK so Holder three points and that takes his tally for the event thus far to five after two rides and the Australian very aggressive tonight great to see. Yeah absolutely. This is young brother. We can see from the start Chris wasn't away fantastically well but look at these guys on the inside they're all heading out Kilderman's cut back he catches a ruddy swings across the, whoa that's tight Chris actually was very very lucky you saw him coming there at this point at that point Chris was back in third. See it from the reverse view it'll be interesting to see there must be a little bit of a rut down there maybe on the inside but the boys are heading out Kilderman tried to not sure what he tried there really great. He tried to stay on when he nearly got thrown off that's what he tried to do. Well he did a good job in the end didn't he? Good he ever so he's having fantastic race the previous Smarsley red gate one Lindgren blue gate two Yeps and Jensen white gate three Warfenden yellow gate four oh stop it how good is the fielder? This will be an absolute screamer. Warfenden brilliant in his opening ride tonight of course Michael Jepsen Jensen won his opening ride tonight so did Bartos Smarsley. We've got three of our first rate first-time racer winners in this race and Freddie Lindgren thrown in for good measure. Can't wait look at that crowd at Etihad Stadium good to have your company wherever you're watching around the globe. Bartos Smarsley closest to the camera on the inside the best to begin again the pole he's under pressure though Jean is right as ducking and dive and slipping and sliding as they run down the back straight and Smarsley is very much under siege here as they exit turn number four. Great start from Bartos Smarsley they're very very clever and experienced first corner. Porte Wolffenden made a bit of a hasher to start there and didn't get himself into the right position. He pulled himself out a bit there I think with the grip but Bartos Smarsley is carrying on the way he looked in practice yesterday was absolutely lying. Smarsley has come into contact with a fence on the exit to just about every corner in this race so far such as his determination to chase the dirt up high on the circuit Lindgren is in second doing a good job. He traced number seven Jensen Jensen in third. Ty Wolffenden at the back and he's struggling to make any impression at the moment. Bartos Smarsley Jason Crump an emerging superstar in this sport off turn number four and takes a comfortable win in heat race number seven after a chaotic opening lap. A chaotic opening lap but a very very clever opening lap from that man there Smarsley. It was a very very experienced maneuver he pulled off on the first corner he knew he had to get out to that grip the dirt line and he managed to do it in a smooth and controlled way. Some people would suggest it didn't look that controlled. I thought it was perfectly controlled when you take into account what Kilderman did in the race before I thought he did a great job of it. Oh money. Money messing with you Jason. So six points for Smarsley hasn't dropped the point and he's only a couple of rides. Gee he's good isn't he? Look at that start he was right there on the inside Lindgren was in a good position. Ty Wolffenden actually picked up there okay and here we go. Smarsley's gone in tight pushed himself up to the dirt exactly where he needed to be. The guys on the inside actually got away pretty even. Clever corner he's just Bartos has just moved out enough he's not right out where Lindgren is too far. Ty's out in no man's land there. Just a great run. Very respectful young man Bartos Smarsley and as you said he's clipping the fence when you're 19-20 years old David that seems like fun and he's doing it for fun you can see that. Beautiful pitches Bartos Smarsley right down the lane. You're going to be reading and hearing a lot about this boy over the next 15 years. Now he'd hate to conclude the second round of qualifying heats. Next on the track Andreas Jonsson from Sweden will ride in red from gate one. Brady Kurtz the Australian wild card in blue from gate two. His compatriot Sam Masters from Newcastle the New South Wales Hunter Valley rides in white from three and the 2016 world champion for the fourth time in his career Greg Hancock California. Yellow helmet gate number four. You can see the watch Greg's mindset here in the first lap of this race. We'll certainly be able to see if he came here to win the world championship or if he came here to win the world championship out in the Speedway Grand Prix in Australia. I'm pretty sure I know the answer to that question. On the inside on Andreas Jonsson and we can see cutting back there on the inside of the Speedway Greg Hancock with the challenges on from young Greg Kurtz the Aussie he's gone to the front. The Australian champion will be in briefly. But the old master Greg Hancock has used all of his experience there and used the shortest way around the track to take the lead. Andreas Jonsson coming back at him on the outside now and Brady Kurtz a bit overzealous there and finds himself at the back. I think he's just trying a little bit too hard at the moment. But I think he's up front. I think you're right with Greg Hancock. I think he did come here to win two championships tonight. The World Speedway Championship. We'll see here how desperate he is on the last lap. He drives hard off Turn 4 on the inside of Andreas Jonsson the Speed. Looking really fast in this race. Hancock giving it to him on the inside. However, they're separated by a couple of leaders as they charge down the back straight the last time in this one. The speed is going to get the cash and takes the three points. Andreas Jonsson the victor. Greg Hancock in second. And Brady Kurtz stole third position off Sam Masters on the line there. So Brady earns himself a World Championship point. He took the lead there for about three seconds. He took the lead. It was a hectic first lap and Brady certainly put himself in there. But a little bit of inexperience here. The experience of Andreas and Greg showing. Jonsson the great ride. And earning himself three very vital points in the Australian FAM Speedway Grand Prix. Did a wonderful job. Had to fend off the challenge from Kurtz. And then of course Greg Hancock. It was a great ride by the Swede. There he is. Winner of Heat Race number eight. I mentioned earlier in our coverage the second most experienced rider in the field. Yeah, no surprise for Andreas to pop out and win a race. He's probably not done as much of that this year as he would have liked. But certainly one of those guys who when he gets fresh airy very rarely makes a mistake. Can I ask you, he's a rider that's been touted. Let's just watch this again then I'll come back and ask you. You can see Greg Hancock's not really anywhere there off the start. The Aussie boys have certainly headed out for the dirt. Sam Masters got a bit of a push there from Brady. But right here we've got those two on the inside. Brady Kurtz a fantastic move between the middle of the two of them. From this point here Sam Masters makes probably as good a start as you're going to make when you're lined up against next to Greg Hancock. A bit of contact there between Kurtz and Masters. Gone a bit too wide but watch Brady Kurtz here. He picks himself up. He straightens up here and all of a sudden you're coming to shot it. Oh, we just missed it. But there's Andreas and Greg going over the line for first and second and Brady Kurtz pipping Sam Masters for a point. The race winner there Andreas Jonsson has been touted many times throughout his career as a potential world champion. Lead race number nine. Thanks for joining us. Hope you're enjoying the action of the QBE Insurance. Australian FIM Speedway Grand Prix. We're now into the third round of qualifying heats. And this race promises to be an absolute cracker. So recapping the starters for you. Chris Holder, Australia Red Helvet Colour Gate one. Greg Hancock the United States of America Blue Gate two. Matej Zegar, Slovenia White Gate three. Bartos Marzlik, the unbeaten Bartos Marzlik from Poland in the Yellow Helvet Colour Gate number four. I guess we're going to really see how much Greg Hancock wants to win the Australian Grand Prix for a third time in this race. I think I can tell you how much that is David. But this is one of those races that you come across in Grand Prix Speedway that just blows you away I'm sure. Holder has been in terrific form tonight. Comes into his third ride having amassed a five point tally with a win on a second. There he is. He'd be quietly confident. Zegar had a disappointing second ride. He'll be looking to make amends. The pits are close up now at the start line. Holder, the Aussie closest to camera. Cut of gate two by the American Greg Hancock. He's Holder on the inside and also Zegar looking fairly quick on this occasion. Can you believe it? Marzlik is out in the back. I'll guarantee he doesn't stay there as I head down the main street the first time and wow what more can you say? Greg Hancock the leader. Greg made a fantastic start off gate two there and Chris was asleep a little bit but Marzlik was off gate four and he went nowhere. A good ride by Matej Zegar. He's shown hold of the front wheel a couple of times but there's no more words to describe Greg Hancock. We can see how much he wants to win. He's but he's gone out against two of his toughest competitors in this evening's event and he's dominated it from the work go. Amazing, amazing athlete. Yellow flag on display. One lap of the Indian venue to run. Chris Holder on the inside takes the lead for the American. Hancock finds back on the outside. It's Australia and America off turn number four and Holder does it again. Listen to the crowd at Indian Stadium. What a ride from Chris Holder the last second king. Greg Hancock like he had the race all wrapped up there. I I'm actually thinking that Hancock could have suffered a slight mechanical malfunction with something because he was he was away and gone and on the third lap on the first turn Chris Holder managed to really make a lot of distance on him. We could see Greg I think actually look around for a split second so it'd be interesting to find out if there was anything wrong there but a great ride from Chris Holder irrelevant to what happened with Greg. Chris looks look at him. He's he wants this tonight Tappy. You can see that. It would be some story if he can do it. Well he's giving us all heart. The way he's winning his races so late in the in the fall lap journey. My voice is about gone already. How many heats have we got to go? What's what's this start from Greg? Just perfect. The way easily away drift straight out to the fast line on the first turn. Checking where everybody is. He's on the grip. Wheels in line. The way he goes let's take a look at this here. Let's see what Greg does here. He's gone and he's online. Oh, he's a bit wide. Looks looks like something could be going on. Has a quick look over. Doesn't look like the normal body position to me for Greg Hancock right there. He has a bit of a go back at Chris but nothing major up the gap there. It's too big. It's too big a gap. I'm sure something's gone wrong there. I don't think Greg missed the line and right there at that point Chris's wheels in line and pulled away from Greg to take the win. Great effort. Great to see Chris Holder looking like that and happy with it with the way he's riding. He just appeared on the big screen. One of the many in this stadium. crowd went up again. Heat tenses. Sam Masters from Newcastle in New South Wales. Red gate one. Matt Check, Yanovsky, Poll and Blue gate two. Frederick Lindgren, Sweden, White gate three. Peter Kilderman, Denmark, Yellow gate four. Another cracker in prospect here. Sam will be disappointed with his previous ride. He'll be looking to make amends here. Yanovsky has been solid tonight as has Frederick Lindgren. We're yet to see the best of Peter Kilderman in this Grand Prix. I think it'd be fair to say we probably haven't seen the best of any of these four so it's a chance for one of them to shine. Heat 10, they're gone and Masters began okay over on the inside. The battle through the first turn is intense and Masters is passed on the outside by Yanovsky originally and now Kilderman also charging towards the front. This is a terrific race. They are three wide off turn number four. Can you see that? The race leader now in heat race number ten is Peter Kilderman from Denmark. Well the guys over in first and second on the first turn and now back in third and fourth there was bikes and bodies going everywhere there. Better contact between Lindgren and Yanovsky. Kilderman's out in front but to me he doesn't look that quick. Frederick Lindgren putting him under a lot of pressure on the inside. Mattrek Yanovsky back in third place doesn't look settled to me and Sam Masters just struggling a little bit at the moment. Let's see if Freddie Lindgren can get him wind up on Peter Kilderman around the outside. Last lap now Kilderman the leader. Yanovsky in all sorts of trouble there. Ken Lindgren really in inside the distance. It would appear not as he cuts back to the inside and the red and white flag of Denmark takes the winner. In heat ten so Peter Kilderman he needed that badly. So he's dug deep and found three vital points. Didn't make the best of starts Peter Kilderman there and got himself back into a decent position on the exit of the second band and took survived a couple of challenges from the other boys and managed to get the race win which as you said is vital for him at this stage of the meeting. So hold up. Still a top points man in the event. Last far eight beside his name. The top eight you can see in the QB Insurance. Australian FAM Speedway Grand Prix so far. Exactly what Kilderman needed. Let's watch the start. Here we go. Sam Masters and Matchek Yanovsky off the inside of of wrought out. Kilderman's cut back to the inside. Held everybody up and then there's all sorts of tangles up the back straight. Yanovsky into the lead. Kilderman round the outside of him. Lindgren up the inside of everybody again. Here we watch it. Yanovsky's gone probably a little bit too wide. Clever turn there from Peter Kilderman. At this point Yanovsky looks like he's about to take take the lead and go away with the race but Kilderman fought back on the outside and Lindgren fought up the inside. Bitter contact between those two. Lindgren actually nearly went from third to first there. Kilderman tonight he's 24th. Grand Prix start. Has won two GPs in his career. One would think there are many more ahead as we prepare for action now. In heat racer 11. The Australian champion Brady Kurtz red gate one. Nils Christian Everson from Denmark. Blue gate two. Ty Wolffenden great. Britain white gate three. And Sweden's Antonio Lindback. Yellow gate four. Tough line up here. Tough race for young Brady Kurtz and lining up next to Nils Christian Everson one of the four men of the meeting tonight. A win here for Nils or put him equal at the top of the points table with Chris Holder after three races. Stiff competition from Antonio Lindback and Ty Wolffenden. Oh no Brady Kurtz bike bike problem here for Brady Kurtz. I think he's I think he's I think he's broken a chain at the start line. That's an ace qualification for Brady. Disqualification for Brady. He's exceeded the two minute time allowance there as well. I just about bet you that his chains his chain snapped. There's no rear chain on the back wheel. An unusual place for that to happen at the starting line. One of those one of those crazy things that you wouldn't you wouldn't you would never ever expect that to happen. So Max Frick will come into the race as the first reserve the reigning world under 21 champion and I'm really happy that he gets a chance to ride here tonight. Current world under 21 champion. Max won that championship. What are we talking about? A month ago now. There's a chain. There's the offending chain. Very very unusual for that to happen to happen before the races even started. Barely under racing orders but but as you said a great opportunity great opportunity for Max Frick to take his first Grand Prix race. Something of a milestone here too folks. Max Frick is the 200th rider to race in a speedway Grand Prix world championship event. The 200th rider Max Frick tonight as he comes into this race by virtue of being first reserve following the demise of Brady Kurtz. Let's see how he goes. So here we go. Well this is a big opportunity for Max. Pretty local boy as well. Taffy he's from the Melbourne area and there he is taking his place in gate one. Not a bad starting position to have either in your first Grand Prix race. Say that again. The horns around the stadium blowing profusely Jason Trump. Yeah absolutely and so much so they'd give a pen and all the headache. Here we go. Max Frick. 0-11. Ty Wolfinett back out there. Neals Christian Everson has scored five points in the Grand Prix so far. Away now and Everson began well in the Blue Helmet Column but Wolfinett began better wearing the white helmet he charges down the back straight. Have a look at Antonio Lindback will you. The sweet on the inside letting it all hang out and making a real nuisance of himself. He shocks Neals Christian Everson up track. Great move there by Antonio Lindback with a fantastic start from Ty. Here comes Antonio. He's got some speed on Ty. So race leader. Great Britain's Ty Wolfinett. And here comes Everson. He's not out of it either. Lindback's throwing all the Canada Ty Wolfinett. Ty's making a couple of starts but doesn't look exceptionally quick on track to me. Lindback's going to have a go up the inside here and see what he can do. Ty's gone too wide. Lindback's through. He does a criss-holder and cuts me brilliantly now Wolfinett returns the favour superbly. And the 2015 World Champion in front albeit briefly as Lindback comes back on the inside. What a race here. Lindback on the line. Flag of the sweet takes it. Antonio Lindback what a ride. Takes the win. What a race. What a race to witness. We had three or four of five lead changes there. As I said earlier in the call Ty didn't look that quick to me. Who did say that? Lindback outstanding. Three points. Wolfinett two. Wonder Nils Christian Everson. Everson maybe a little disappointed with that. Max Frick by the way was fourth. There was so much going on up front we hardly mentioned him in the call but I'm sure he had a good time. Well he should have had a good time because what a hell of a race to watch from fourth position. Probably disappointed with the result but not a bad race to be involved in. Great ride by Antonio Lindback. Ty Wolfinett and I felt open the door for him a little bit. Ty made a fantastic start. Managed to get across the top and Nils there on the way into the first turn and from this plate this position it looks pretty fair but here comes Lindback. Exits well off turn two gets a run up the inside of Everson here. Nils tries to fight back on the outside possibly just not quite enough drive there. Fantastic turn. Antonio Lindback can do these sort of things on a motorbike. I've seen him do this sort of thing many times inside run up the straight. Ty Wolfinett glancing the fence to get himself into turn three. From here Ty I would have expected Ty to pull away but we can see here Lindback follows him into the corner into turn three. Turns the bike early, sets himself up. Ty's still on the outside probably gone over the off camber a little bit. Rides a tremendous turn here Ty puts his front wheel right over the wooden inner edge. Rides in the grip where no one's been but Lindback turns back and strengths himself up. Look at Ty drifting. Lindback's got his wheels in line and drives through on the inside. Ty again doesn't quite go as wide. He's inside his Ty mark but just a little bit too far with Lindback driving so hard just a little bit tighter on the corner than he was. And have a look at all that hair. How jealous am I? How jealous am I crappy? Well I used to have hair similar to that myself but not now. He's still going alright. You've got more product than Woolworths too. Pavliki in red from gate one. Jotson blue gate two. Harris white gate three. Jepsen Jetson. Yellow gate four. It's a tight race here we've got three riders on four points so any of these guys that win the race can put themselves right up into the top three scorers for this evening's event. Looks forward to this one with no little expectation. Pavliki on the inside. Jotson last start winner. Jepsen Jetson's winning. Oh no. Vietta Pavliki has broken the tapes. He will most certainly be excluded and he is filthy. Look at this from the start. Andreas actually creeped a bit. No distraction to Pavliki. He's looking the other way. He's just taken a chance there. You can see Andreas creeping a little bit and Pavliki just went straight through them. Tapes didn't move a millimetre and he's just had a crack. Poor old Chris Harris wore the ribbon around the neck there for a little while. This gives our second Australian track reserve Chris Holder's younger brother Jack the opportunity to grace the circuit. This is so so good isn't it? Young Jack Holder. Big brother Chris going there to give him a pat in the back and gm up a bit. The coolest speedway riders are going to come across these boys. Nothing seems to bother them. Don't tell me Chris is giving him a lend of a bike. No, doesn't look like it. The Holder brothers become the ninth successive brothers to race in the Speedway Grand Prix. Quite a quite an unbelievable statistic that. Trying to think of a few of the others. They would be the Dremel brothers from the Czech Republic, Alisson Lucas. They would be Nicky Pedersen and his brother Ronny. Who else would it be, Tappy? Too good to lead. I've got a headache such as the excitement here at Etihad. Whatever it is Chris Holder's looking at his brother giving him a thumbs up signal from the other side of the track. This is very cool. Jack Holder. A youngster with enormous potential. He also rode well in the World Under 21 Championship. Absolutely how proud are his parents going to be? They're here tonight. Big moment for the Holder family here. So Holder. Jack Holder. Jotson Harris and Jepsen Jetson. Holder getting a start because Pat Licky was excluded for braking. That says what a big moment for Chris Holder. Watching his young brother. Look at Jack. Looking to the gods. Help me sir. Help me. I bet Chris is more nervous now watching his brother than he is for himself. This is great. This is sporting theatre. And it's best for the inside. Another four laps of fury. Gated well. Jack Holder. The young Aussie goes to the front. You're kidding. Jack Holder race leader. Down the back straight away. The first time here come the challenges over. Chris Harris is grinding away on the inside in the yellow helmet color though Michael Jepsen Jetson has taken the lead but Jack Holder is giving it absolutely everything in second. Jack Holder went into that race with a plan and his plan was to ride right around the inside line on the first turn. Very, very clever keeping Andreas Jonson and Chris Harris behind him. Bit more experience to Michael Jepsen Jetson to get past him and here comes Andreas Jonson challenging him up the inside but he doesn't quite have the speed there. What a moment for the Holder family tonight. As we see young Jack still maintains second place on the racetrack. The leader is Michael Jepsen Jetson from Denmark. Young Holder doing a fantastic job in second. This is someone of the fairytale. The checkered flag is poised. Jepsen Jetson's going to win it and Jack Holder finishes in second. Remarkable effort by the young reserve of the crowd has gone nuts. What a ride for Jack Holder. He's a 201st Speedway Grand Prix rider and he's gone out in his first ever race and finished it in second place. Great effort for Jack Holder. Showed experience and poise on the first turn to be able to commit to the inside line and actually led the race onto the back straight. Great effort Jack. Yeah very heady ride by young Jack Holder. Two world championship points coming into the event as the reserve for that race. Well done. So Chris Holder still the top points man of the event so far at the completion of 12 hits. So things going along nicely for the day and Michael Jepsen Jetson now has seven points after his three rides. Have a look at the start. Jack Holder made a fantastic start from gate one and as I said he's committed to the inside line on the first turn. Right there he looks like he's in a really strong position. Jepsen Jetson cuts through the middle of Chris Harris and Andreas Jonsson straight to the dirt where he wanted to be. But young Jack Holder is clearly in front there just a little bit of experience and track knowledge because he hasn't been out yet. Showed, hugged the inside line. Jepsen Jetsons away but he did a fantastic job for four laps there to hold off Andreas Jonsson and Chris Harris. Your thoughts on the race track at the moment. Obviously they're doing some prep at the moment. It's gone quite slick in parts hasn't it? It's very slick on the inside. Well it looks very slick on the inside and I see where the riders are riding. They're actually not hitting where it looks like the deeper dirt or heavier dirt is at the moment. It seems to be more about maintaining your corner speed and not locking up and Michael Jepsen Jetson there. He's doing a good job of it. It's his sort of track. He opens the corner up well and keeps the bike running nicely. Okay we're hearing some news through. Let's try and make sense of this for you that Greg Hancock has been disqualified from the results in Heat 9. I think it's something to do with an FIM sporting code David. Is that what we're hearing? An FIM sanction. I don't. Yeah we'll have to get more information of that and an infringement and we'll broadcast the facts when we are more aware of them. But we can tell you Greg Hancock excluded from the results in Heat Race Number 9. Well this meeting has had everything so far. So that puts Greg back to five points for this event so far. So we're almost set for a start in Heat Number 13. Here's the starters now. Michael Jepsen Jetson, Denmark, Red Gate 1, Sam Masters, Australia, Blue Helmet, Colour Gate 2, Antonio Lindback outstanding in winning his previous race, White Helmet, Colour Gate 3, Matej Zegar from Slovenia, Yellow Helmet, Colour Gate Number 4, Lindback with the flowing dreadlocks. Backs away from the starting tapes. Some of the other riders including Chris and Jack Holder watching on for the pits. Look forward to this one. Jepsen Jetson having a pretty decent meeting. The Dane on the inside. Masters are we looking to make a statement of this race. He's been a tad disappointing inside. Masters not too shabby either. Lindback is down, but Swede is down. Midway between turns one and two. I can tell you he's moving around, has gone partially under the air fence over there. We saw there the Dane, Michael Jepsen Jetson the best to begin. Masters was quick and very much in the hunt, heading towards the back straight for the first time. We're able to take the replays very shortly to see what the outcome was of that. We are hearing Antonio's conscious. Here we go from the reverse view. Antonio's made a good start. Jepsen Jetson on the curb around the inside. Oh, Sam picked up a bit of a rut. No malice there at all. Just picked up a little bit. Antonio's on the outside. Unfortunately, typical first bend incident there. You don't want to be going to the air fence anytime, but you certainly don't want to be following your bike in there either. No, not at all. We can see from this angle. Sam's just picked up a little bit. Antonio's on the outside. It would be a very difficult decision for the referee to exclude anybody for that. They won't be all four back. Sam Masters got away well. Good entry to the turn from Jepsen Jetson. There you go. Just straightened up a little bit. Antonio runs out of room. Basically lays the bike down before he hits the fence, but he still went in with some force. Here's Antonio. Have a look at that hairdo. That's Antonio walking back. All four riders for the restart. Walking back with the race director, Phil Morris there. Maybe he wasn't too happy about a part of the track there because you could clearly see Sam picked up a little bit. Nothing intentional, as we've said. He manages to get Frederick Lindgren a big smile as he walks past Freddie. Slaps him on the back. I thought one of his strands of hair slapped Freddie in the eye. If that wasn't case, Freddie would get concussion. There you go. Sam Masters apologizing there. He knew he made a bit of a mistake. He just said, hey, buddy, it was a track, really, not me. We'll take you down now to Steve Brandon, our man in the pitch, Steve. Thanks, David. Yeah, I've just spoken to Phil Morris and this little interval here, and he's told me that the reason Greg Hancock was excluded by the FIM referee in Heat 9 was that he wasn't making a genuine attempt to race. Now, quite a tough call. It's hard to sort of look at it on a very fast racetrack with the speed that Chris Holder was got, but the reason for the exclusion was not making a genuine effort to race. Jason, we're maybe going to sit here again in a minute, guys, but Jason, we'll just have a chat about it. What's your take on it? I don't think any of these guys don't try to race, do they? Well, I'm a little bit surprised. I called it during the race. I thought Greg actually had a mechanical issue. I could clearly see that he slowed on the way into the first turn on the final lap, but Chris Holder's done nothing different than he's done in his previous two races. He's overtaken guys on the run into the finish line. Absolutely. I mean, to me, he's on the fast line. He's got the bike working well. I mean, Greg's well in front there, but it doesn't, to me, look like, I mean, Greg might have gone to sleep a little bit like he did in Horsons earlier in the season, but, you know, I think it's very tough call to say that someone's not making a genuine attempt to race when they're going as fast as these guys do. Yeah, Steve, I agree. I mean, I race myself and I know that every time I got on the bike, I rode with 100% commitment. You don't become a four-time world champion like Greg Hancock without giving 100% commitment. Not making a genuine attempt to race is a tough call. That's where it was just there. He's gone a little bit wider, but to me, it looked mechanical. I don't know. I've got to say, I am absolutely perplexed by that decision. I don't think that is a massive call to say to the world champion, we're going to take your points off because you didn't have a go. That is a massive call. I don't actually think I've come across that in my Speedway career. Maybe I'm wrong, I don't know, but I can't remember any instance like that. I am speechless. And that's a first. Wow. That's unprecedented. Heat 13. Jepsen Jensen. Masters limp back Zagar. Second time of asking. Looking forward to this one, but some real charters in this race. I'm interested to see how tight Jepsen Jensen is going to go into turn one because that time, I can see from our commentary position, his rear tyre mark is very, very close to the inner edge. He almost had his front tyre on the Etihad Stadium turf. And I think that there'd be, the groundsmen here would probably be pretty annoyed if he did do that. I'd love to hear what Greg Hancock's got to say about that. I want to have, yeah, me too. I'm very interested to hear what he says, but here we go for the restart of event 13. Jepsen Jensen got away, missed on the inside, limp back, not too shabby either. The sweet cuts back on the inside. Masters is in the mix as well. And charging on the outside is the Slovenian Matej Zagar, who now goes to the inside of the Dane Jepsen Jensen. Good speedway here for the Slovenian flyer. Matej Zagar is the leader. Jepsen Jensen is not done with. He grinds away on the inside and limp back isn't he fast? Limp back's fast, but the fastest man at the moment is Matej Zagar. Like we said before, you never know which one you're going to get. But Michael Jepsen Jensen put himself in the right position there, but just missed his exit marks on the second bend and allowed Zagar to get up with him. But he's having a fair crack at him here, but Zagar's riding a great line. He's covering Jepsen Jensen everywhere. Sensational speedway at any end stadium. Here's Limp back. Limp back to scan, and AV is a side by side down the back straightaway. Limp back's got the better of it. Well, Jepsen can't cut back on the inside. The second flag is out. Matej Zagar has taken the win. Three very valuable points to the Slovenian. Limp back. Determined ride. You'll find that he was second. A proverbial will nut in advance of Michael Jepsen Jensen. How was the action off the second turn there? I think we changed leaders a couple of times in that race, Tappi, before we done a lap. So three points to Matej Zagar. Gold for him. Limp back for second. You see the leaderboard, and we now have three riders equal on eight points. Limp back and Jensen have had four rides. Of course, Chris Holder only the three rides. But Matej Zagar now, what we tend to see with this guy, when he does this, he kicks on and goes on with it. As we saw there, Jepsen Jensen made a great start from the inside. He's headed straight out, but he's just not quite got the run he needed. Zagar's charged up the inside here. Let's watch him again from this angle. We'll see if he goes, yeah, not quite, but he's certainly gone from gate one to four and a half there on the exit of the turn, allowing Zagar and Zagar to get up the inside of him. They charged in here. Jepsen Jensen's going for the dirt, but at first race after a track break, not quite enough there, but couldn't quite pull him in. He made a bit of an error again there, Jepsen Jensen, and actually picked it up on the way out of the corner. At this point, Limp back looks out of it. It was for an enigmatic speedway, Jason. There's the winner. Okay, Zagar. Very good rider, as we know. Capable of absolutely anything on his night. And Zagar tonight contesting his 76th speedway Grand Prix. Here's the next race. Kilderman, Denmark, Pavliki, Poland, Kurtz, Australia. Another beauty prospect here, and of course, Smarslik on the outside and the yellow helmet color as well, just to spice things up a little more. We'll see what the Dame Peter Kilderman can do after a win last time out. You got three of the sports, undisputed, rising stars in this race. No question about that. Kilderman, a Grand Prix winner, Pavliki. Smarslik, can't wait for this. All right to the air. Kurtz moves slightly at the start. Let's see how transpires. Kilderman, the dain has gone to the front. Here come the challengers, Pavliki. He sweeps by on the outside. Also looking quick out there is Smarslik. He's in third. And the young Australian Brady, Kurtz is fourth, but not that far away from the leaner. This race is going to open up now. Good first lap there from Piotr Poplaki. Smarslik's building his speed up on the outside, third to second, and he's having a dive. Pavliki around the outside. Here he goes. Look at this. Smarslik swinding it on. Smarslik and Pavliki, the two poles. It's a slug fist as they head down the back straightaway. And Brady. Rathaus has gone to the front. And Brady Kurtz overtakes Peter Kilderman there, but he's run a little bit wide. Tremendous speedway. Last race of the lap now. Bartos Smarslik. Great maneuver by Brady Kurtz up the inside of Kilderman there. He's going to drift away again. No, just enough to keep Kilderman out. Great race. Great ride by Bartos Smarslik there. He is the most exciting young rider. I have seen him come on the scene for a long time. Yeah, for sure. Like on the first lap, there you have to think he was almost out of the race. He was a long way back and within two laps at outside line, building his speed up straight to the lead. You'll have every league club in the world trying to sign him. Smarslik, three points. Pavliki, two. Kurtz, one. Good ride, Brady. Kurtz, the Australian champion having a big crack there. Reminding you the rider he passed. Kilderman did win his previous heat. So Smarslik now the top boy in this meeting after four rides on 10 points. Hearing some news come through at the moment that Greg Hancock is not taking part in the rest of the meeting because of the FIM jury's decision with what happened in the incident before. So Max Brick. I'm sorry. But the decision is perplexing. And for Hancock to react the way he has. Well, I am lost for words. Well, there's obviously a reason for it, Tappy. And whatever the reason is, I'm sure there's plenty of discussion going on in the pits. And I'd like to actually have a word with Greg and hear what Greg has to say about it. But it does give Max Brick another opportunity to get out on track. So Max Brick, the Australian world under 21 champion, first reserve for the meeting, comes back in for his second ride tonight. He'll ride in red from Gate 1. Ty Wolfendon, the outgoing world champion. Blue from 2. His compatriot from Great Britain, Chris Harris White from 3. And Batcek Yanovski, who has looked quick tonight in patches, will ride in the yellow helmet color from Gate number 4. I'll tell you, you're going to be hearing a lot about this decision to take those points off Greg Hancock and his subsequent decision to send the rest of the event out. I've never seen or heard anything like it, Jason. Well, as I said, Tappy, we have to hear what the official word is on it before we can comment too much. But we can see, obviously, how strongly Greg Hancock feels about it. That's for sure. Here we are, 8.15. Young Brick on the inside. The bizarre stickers man just prevailing at Indian Stadium tonight. The rider from Gate 2, Ty Wolfendon, got a magnificent start and tears down the back straight. You can see Brick got into a spot of bother there. Me, Ty, and Batcek Yanovski has moved into second spot in front of the Australian. Ty Wolfendon in a race like this at the moment. Yanovski's not really on the pace. He would like to be. Ty's running away with this one. But it's still all action. And Max Frick's generating some speed here on the outside of Yanovski. And I'm thinking with a good run. Harris up the inside. Where did Chris Harris come from? Max Frick goes down. Max Frick down. The dive bomb from the bridge. Chris Harris doing a heck of a job in the second is compatriot Ty Wolfendon is. So far in front, he'll be contending with terminal boredom. Any tick of the clock. Yanovski second and third fairly intense between Harris and Yanovski. But Ty Wolfendon is going to cruise to victory carelessly in heat race number 15. A race that Greg Hancock should have been racing in. So Wolfendon three points. Yanovski will pick up the two. So Ty getting his second win of the Grand Prix. That moves him along to eight points. After four rides we'll recap them for you. Wolfendon, I'm sorry, was Harris that got second. I think I said Yanovski post-race. So Harris two points. Well done to him. And one to match Yanovski. I'm still in shock. Probably the easiest race win of the evening so far. Certainly for Ty Wolfendon. Looks pretty content with that. As we can see there in the start. Ty made a good start. Clever first turn in on the in on the curb. Smooth exit of the turn. But here's where the Frick picks up there. Oh, that's action down there. Frick picked up and glanced the fence. And here comes Harris up the inside on the last lap and Frick. I'm not sure what happened to Max here. Just overslid a little bit managed. Here comes Harris up the inside. Great move by Bomber there. Frick goes down at the back of the screen. Yanovski is still trying to fight back up the inside of Harris. Good job by Max to get off the track. Incredible and unprecedented situation here. Yep, so Wolfendon Beagle with Smarsling on 123 points and Doyle. So you've got three riders in contention for the silver medal at this juncture. So for Wolfendon and Smarsling, there's a whole lot to ride for. Have that back end of this meeting. And that man there, Chris Holder, is not too far behind them either. He has been remarkable tonight. Niels Christian Everson has been good too. Six points so far. Red helmet, Colour gate one. Chris Holder eight points. Blue gate two. Andreas Jonsson five points. White gate three. Frederick Lindgren, his compatriot. Four points so far in the event. Yellow helmet, Colour on the outside of the start. I still can't believe the FOM's decision to strip Greg Handcock of those points. Very important race here for Chris Holder to cement his position at the top of the scoreboard. Niels Christian Everson, we spoke to him just before and you could see the pressure that he was under. The tension was there. You could see it in his eyes when he said he needs the points. So the Dane, Everson on the inside. Estella field here. Chris Holder out of gate number two. And Chris is fighting for the race lead with Niels Christian Everson. There's nothing between them as they charge down the back straight the first time. The Aussie though, gains the advantage, heads back onto the main straight leading by one by Glenn. You can see in the White Helmet Colour, Andreas Jonsson, very fast to gain the swede. This is some races they go down the back straight. Great first turn by Chris Holder and Niels Christian Everson, locked together around the first bend. This race isn't over but Niels has got some speed behind Chris that's for sure. Chris is right in putting himself on the right part of the track. He's moved out a bit more now to give himself a bit of a gap but Niels is on the throttle and he's going to have a go up the inside here to see if he can get anything but Chris Holder. Chris Holder at the moment looks pretty quick. Doing a tremendous job the Australian looking for his third race win of the night. Niels Christian Everson got good drive off turn two but he won't be close enough and Chris Holder the 2012 world champion takes victory with a wheel stander. The crowd going berserk here at Etihad Stadium. Great ride Chris Holder. He is back to his best tonight. No doubt about it. This is the real Chris Holder. This is a real Chris Holder and you can see his confidence building with every lap he's doing tonight. So pleased for him to be racing and riding the way he is at the moment. Great effort from Chris Holder. It was a tight first turn. He had to put it all on the line there with his bike position. He had to try and get himself across the top of Niels Christian Everson and he managed to do it. It was a tight back straight and Chris held onto it. He charged into turn three and almost went too wide. So Chris Holder 11 points for the event thus far. Smarsling in second on 10 then two riders in fact three four riders on eight points. Tremendous Grand Prix and Chris Holder flexing his considerable muscle here tonight. He's just to me showing that bit of arrogance that we've seen. Straight to see. Look at that. That's tight. Everson's over the curve. Not much between them there. Chris is just in a drag race and just managed to pull it past Niels down the back straight. Great racing from those two. At this point here I thought Chris had gone a little bit too wide. Yeah and the other guys come back into it. But Chris was managed to be able to get himself back to the inside and start generating his speed again. Andreas Jonsson put Niels Christian Everson under a bit of pressure there on the second lap. But he managed to keep Andreas behind him and tried to chase down Chris Holder. But at the moment Chris is looking very very fast and very smooth. He's hitting all the right marks on the track at the moment and he finally made a start in that race. And that was the only chink in his armor so far as he hadn't made a start in that race. He made a great start off gate two. The moment of his building for the Anthony Express. Okay so the last round of qualifying heats coming your way at Melbourne's Eddie Hatch Stadium. And here are the starters in heat 17. Mate Zagar last start winner red gate one from Slovenia. The young Aussie Brady Kurtz blue gate two. The sweet Frederick Lindgren white gate three. And a great Britain's Chris Bomber Harris in the yellow helmet color from gate four. And when in this race for Zagar we'll guarantee him a semi-final position with everything so tight the point scores he needs a win here to guarantee himself that starting that starting position in the semi-final. It's a crucial race for the Slovenian. You're looking at Chris Harris. Frederick Lindgren. He has been fast tonight. Frederick look at this now. Eight for nine. 87 points they are equal on Christian Everson and Antonio Lindback reminding you you must finish in the top eight to automatically qualify for season 2017. Zagar closest to Canberra. Brady Kurtz beside him away. Zagar got a beauty from the inside. Oh Kurtz had a moment but managed to save it brilliantly. Chris Harris mean timer cuts back the great Britain rider and moved in a second briefly. Now he's been passed by the rider in the white helmet color Frederick Lindgren. And Lindgren now challenges Matt Zagar for the lead and takes it but Zagar finds back on the inside and the Slovenian re-assumes control. We don't know who's going to end up in front in this race. Zagar looks a bit more settled now but Lindgren's fast off the fourth turn. He generates a lot of speed there. And here he comes again. He's having another go off the inside. Zagar's picked up a bit. Here comes Lindgren. Lindgren had to shut the throttle off momentarily there approaching turn number three. Zagar across the start for his life. It's the yellow flag from Graham Stewart doing the flags here tonight in the area. Down the back straight charges Matt Zagar. He has a three bike length advantage over his nearest rival Frederick Lindgren. It was a dashing ride by the Swede but in the end not good enough. Matt Zagar a short of a semi-final berth now you would think. The three points very valuable in his quest for a top eight finish of the championship. He's just put himself right in with a great shot of that now with a race win there. It was a tough race. He had to earn his three points there. Freddie Lindgren didn't give it to him easily. It was a plenty of close contact. Zagar three points. Lindgren two points. Harris a fighting one point. Brady curts out the back. So what an event this is. Holder on 11 points. Marzlik and Zagar equal on 10 and then we've got four riders equal on eight points. Ah it doesn't get any better Jason Crump. No it doesn't get any better and we can take a look at the start again. Zagar wasn't away great but he wrote a very good first turn. Harris is cut right back to the inside there and looks like he's going to get a run and then all of a sudden Frederick Lindgren comes into the picture on the outside and cut back from the outside and actually managed to dive up the inside of Zagar there. But Zagar cleverly turned the bike back and straightened up on the exit of the second bend there. So tight racing but once Zagar got two laps under his belt and generated a bit of steam he was able to take it away from Lindgren. Tremendous slow-mo action from Idiat Stadium. As you said he had to work hard for it. He had to work very hard for it. Lindgren was putting him under plenty of pressure that's for sure but um there we can see the points as Zagar moves up to 89 in seventh place. You're not skiing eighth on 89. Lindgren ninth on 88. It's quite possible. Everson tenth on 87. There could be runoff season I couldn't there. We might get more than 23 heats. There could just be there could well be runoffs. That looks like young Jack Holder out in yellow in this race. Yep so Jack Holder gets it. His second crack replacing Greg Hancock who was scheduled to ride in this race in the yellow helmet color from four. So Everson it is in red from one. His countryman Kilderman in blue from two and the other Dane Michael Yepson Yetson will ride in the white helmet color from gate number three. Dane's in the lone Aussie. Jack Holder would bring the roof down if he managed to sneak out here and do something special. But as we said about Zagar in the last race a crucial race for Everson this time to get himself into the semis. Yeah Everson has the same pressure on his shoulders at Zagar. He was forced to soak up in the previous race. So the young Aussie on the extreme outside against the three days. His funny at the start with the taste blue. Everson away okay. Yepson Yetson away better. He goes to the front. Have a look at Jack Holder. He's in the mix having a big go here. Unfortunately too much of a go. He lost the front end as he approached third three and four. In the meantime it is Yepson Yetson the race leader as they head down the back straight. Jack Holder is up okay and moves his bike off the racing line. Great. So Everson is the leader in advance of Niels Christian Everson. Everson needs the points here and Kilderman is pretty much out of the event but giving him an easy time. Yepson Yetson out in front can't quite stretch on Everson to get away from him and Niels is now putting him under a bit of pressure for the race. But with a tremendous drive up the inside from Niels he's managed to ride a perfectly smooth line around the middle of the corner and right up the inside of Yepson Yetson. Brilliant speedway. Absolutely top shelf speedway. Niels Christian Everson. That was a huge ride from Niels under extreme pressure. They're well done to him. They were points he needed again. He needed those points to put himself back in contention for a top eight spot. So Zagar initially and now Niels Christian Everson rising to the occasion. It is all on the line for them tonight. That was a brilliant ride by Christian Everson. Calculating and controlled. Jars to take the lead. Three points. Yepsson Yetson with EG. What more have I got to do? Got a pretty decent race here and got pipped with a lap to go. Everson now equal with Chris Holder on 11 points. Three riders equal on Tim Jason and two riders on eight. It's tight at the top that's for sure. Jack Holder just walking back to the pits there. That was a really tough race for Niels because he first had to deal with Kilderman. He first had to deal with Kilderman's challenges from the inside. He had to deal with them and then he had to set out after Michael Yepsson Yetson and try and get the lead. He put himself in the middle of nowhere to be honest on the first turn Tappy. That was tied up the back straight between the three guys at the back. Jack Holder goes down there at the back of shot. We'll see Jack go down here. I think it's just a bit of an over slide. Oh maybe he had a mechanical. Actually I think Jack Holder might have broken a chain there. I actually think his chain might have snapped. But out front there Michael Yepsson Yetson. At this stage of the race he probably feels pretty comfortable but here comes Niels. Tremendous run off the corner. Drives up the inside of Yepsson Yetson there. Just holds a smooth line around the corner. Jack definitely a mechanical there for Jack Holder. You can see the bike lost power from the slide. Lost power straightened up and down he went. Well clicked up Jason Krum. Niels Christian Everson. 90 points in the championship. One point clear of Meadow Zegar. Macek Yanovsky. Wow. That is intense action in the middle of the pack. Absolutely Tappy. Well Frederick Lindgren's out of it because he's had his five rides. The pressure now moves to Macek Yanovsky in the last qualifying heat but we'll deal with race number 19 first. There are the starters on screen. Holder the Aussie comes from the outside. He's been able to stream together three consecutive wins in this Australian FAM Speedway Grand Prix tonight. Mark Webber. Former Formula One. Superstar and now a competitor in the World Endurance Championship. Speedway's got a common watch in line. Terrific start there. That was a jump start that one Tappy. He's been through the tapes once already Pavliki. He's on caution to the wind. He's got a way with it there but the referee pulls it back and all four riders back. He didn't touch the tapes that time. He tried to. Didn't manage it. Watch it from the replay. Clearly a jump start there from Pavliki. At that point there he would have been feeling pretty good but you can see here the rider in white. Piot Pavliki just just anticipated slightly the start. A bit halfway to the first corner. He was feeling pretty happy with himself until he saw the red lights come on. He's going to have to sit still because he's been through the tapes once already. He doesn't want to throw away another opportunity to race. Is it necessary for the riders to head back over to the other side of the stadium and get their clutches adjusted and so forth? It definitely is but you can see that they're probably just putting a bit of fuel in the. The Speedway clutch one starts all that takes Tappy. Whether it's a false start or not it only takes one start to put the clutch under extreme pressure. The heat that's generated in the clutch in that one go is enough to require it to be cooled down for 30 or 40 seconds. Expert comments from Tribble World Champion Jason Crump providing a terrific analysis tonight. This race here, Ty Wolfenden and Chris Holder. This is a bit of a head-to-head battle here. These boys are definitely going to be going for it. There's Mark offering a bit maybe Mark's offering a bit of advice to Pia Pavliki's brother there. Also a pretty handy rider Jamek Pavliki. Wolfenden masters Pavliki and Holder equal with Niels Christian Everson in the event on 11 points. Of course Niels has written his five-heat races. Holder has a race in hand. So we'll see what transpires here. The first corner has been no place for the faint of heart right throughout the Grand Prix and Pavliki again very quick from the middle of the race track. The challenge though coming on the inside from Ty Wolfenden. Chris Holder is third and has a fair bit of work to do in fact Sam Masters is third and Holder's fourth. Good first corner from Ty Wolfenden there. He used his experience to ride around the inside but Pavliki's not letting him get away and a tremendous battle in the back as well between Chris Holder and Sam Masters. Ty looks like he's committing himself to the inside of the race track at the moment. Pavliki's trying to generate a bit of speed. He's actually putting Ty under a bit of pressure. Wolfenden the leader. Pavliki in second and he is not done with yet giving every indication to pass his on if he gets the opportunity. One lap to go now and then he had stadium. Chris Holder is third. Ty Wolfenden down the back straight in the last time. Vietta Pavliki giving it everything in second looking for an outside slingshot. Chris Holder. Wolfenden's got it covered. Holder has blown up 50 meters from the line and was passed by Masters I think you'll find. Yeah I'll confirm that. Good ride Wolfenden in the meantime but Holder didn't need that. Chris Holder certainly didn't need that. Crawl luck there for him. 50 meters from home. Smoke just started bellowing from the back of Chris's bike. I don't know what's happened there. Well it has been a night of drama hasn't looked at it. It's cooking. Maybe he's maybe he's cooked a clutch. Plenty of spare components in the pits. Yeah plenty of spare components in the pits Tuffy. He'll be right. No points for Chris on that occasion however. Three points to Ty Wolfenden. Pavliki got two and Sam Masters an unlikely one point. Holder had a shot to peace his third position and there it is now so Wolfenden goes to the top of the board as well. We can see from the start here Ty makes a good start from the inside. Pavliki's there first and Ty rides right around the inside. Front wheel over the curb all the way. Bit of a pick up off the corner there. Great run up the inside of the back straight. Chris Holder didn't get anywhere near the start he wanted to get off gate four there. Probably not the starting position he wanted this time of the night. From that point there Pavliki looks like he's in a pretty good position but Ty generated a lot of speed on his exit of the corner. Chris Holder looking down. I actually think what I said about the clutches I think Chris Holder's burnt the clutch out. The first start of the race he might have suffered some sort of clutch issue and maybe he's just slipped the clutch a little bit a little bit too much and worn out at the end of the race. We just saw a recap of the top four in the championship. Well I called it a blown engine so clearly that might not have been the case. I can actually smell that Chris Holder had burnt that clutch out that is definite that's a clutch fire. Yanovsky you must have the biggest nose in the world. I can believe you can smell it. That's extraordinary Jason Trump. I'm so impressed. So Yanovsky will ride in red from gate number one, Antonio Lindback in blue from two, Bartos Slick in white from three and Andreas Jonsson in yellow for a fraught. Trumpy has fallen apart. Pull yourself together son. Underway, heat number 20. The last qualifying heat Yanovsky in the poll. Good start on the inside. Here come the challenges over and there are a number of them. Look at this three wide speedway as they exit turn number four. Sensational stuff. Antonio Lindback has gone to the lead. Smaslik is having a big crack. He switches lines, went from the outside to the inside and he draws level with Antonio Lindback. What about this for Speedway? Take a bow Bartos Slick. Lindback comes back up the inside. Smaslik's going to turn it back again and try and return the compliment and here he comes. No, Lindback can just pull past him. Smaslik's going to go for the big run around the outside now. The other two guys, Jonsson and Yanovsky, not too far away. What a fantastic race heat number 20. Lindback under siege from Bartos Smaslik. Smaslik, look at the inside on the outside. He cuts back now. The checkered flag is out. Smaslik and Lindback got there. Antonio Lindback, he's second win of the night. Great race. Absolutely unbelievable race. The loser there in that is Machak Yanovsky. He gets one point there. That's no semifinal tonight for Machak Yanovsky and that means no top eight spot for next year. Not good for him. How good is this sport? What a wonderful product it is. Lindback the winner in heat 20 in advance of Bartos Smaslik. Here we can see the start from Machak Yanovsky. Good start from Machak off the inside. Smaslik's gone straight to the outside. He knows where he wants to be. All of a sudden Lindback, Smaslik and Yanovsky are almost three wide into turn three. Lindback rides a great line to pull clear for a little bit but look at the effort from those three up the back straight. Not a lot of room left there. At this point Yanovsky's looking pretty good but all of a sudden Lindback finds out run. Smaslik gets a run. Lindback's out on the fence there. Smaslik does a tremendous cut back here to generate some speed up the inside. Oh, nearly contact there. At that point there Smaslik goes through on the inside but just a little bit too wide and allows Lindback to again cut back up the inside. These guys, they don't know where to go on the racetrack because if you go too tight somebody will generate the speed on the outside. If you don't get your exit of the corner right and get a run down the straight, the guy that's behind you does a better job. He's going to pass you. Perfectly articulated. The smell of Chris Holder's touch tappy is wafting through this whole stadium. It's unbelievable. It's definitely a clutch fire. I trust you. I trust you. Seriously, the comment about the big nose it was just a joke but there was a time I thought they could have a cigarette under the shower though. That second place to Bartos Smaslik puts him to the top of the leaderboard after our five qualifying heats. On 12 points, Tyre Wolffenden, Chris Holder, Niels Christian Everson and Antonio Lindback all equal on 11. Zegar and Michael Jepsen Jensen equal on 10 points. Incredible night of international speedway, world championship speedway. So the top eight, reiterating what I was just saying, Smaslik at the completion of his five rides on 12. The status quo applying to the remainder now. The 20 qualifying heats are concluded. 11 points Wolffenden, Holder, Lindback and Niels Christian Everson. What an event. Zegar, Jepsen Jensen, Pavliki just a little bit further back. I'm really interested to see what the riders are going to choose here for the gate stats. I don't think there's actually that bad a gate. Gate one might have won the right one and four actually but at this stage of the night four looks like it's gone off to me and I'm not so sure about gate one right now either because the guys off gate one they've got to commit so hard to the first turn. You've got to get there. You've got to be prepared to run into the corner with your front wheel over the curb and almost then straight line up to generate some more speed so you can exit the corner carrying a bit of momentum down the back straight. Definitely going to be some interesting semi finals coming up here and still top eight places to play for for a couple of the riders. So track prep won't be long before this is concluded and we'll be into the semi finals. We'll be heading down to Steve Brandon right now. Yes here we are. We're going to talk you through the draw now. So first choice in semi final one Bartolj Smarzlik is going to come forward now and make his pick eventually once he's spoken to Piotr Pavlicki. But Smarzlik first, Lindbach second, Zegar third and Michael Jepsen Jensen and this one to make the choices first. So Bartolj is now going to come forward and make his pick. I'm interested to see what he takes but he's going to go straight to the inside gate one in red. So Antonio Lindbach will be the next one to come forward. Maybe the race jacket gives it away but we'll see what Antonio is going to do. Let's see what he's going to take. All these choices. He's going to take gate three in white. So next to come forward be Matt Zegar another solid point scoring effort from him. 30 points to the last two Grand Prix and another 10 tonight so he's had a good finish to the season. He's going to come forward and go in gate two in blue and last but by no means least no choice but I hope he takes yellow because he's not going to have one at all if he doesn't take that but there he is. Michael Jepsen Jensen is going to be in gate four in yellow so just to recap semi final one we'll see Bartolj Smarzlik go out of gate one in red. Matt Zegar gate two in blue. Antonio Lindbach gate three in white and Michael Jepsen Jensen will be in gate four in yellow. So second choice now so Ty Wolfin is going to come forward now first pick in semi final two. He's going to make no surprise and he's going to go from gate one in red. Chris Holder who had a burnt out clutch in his last ride. He's coming forward now with his choice. Solid finish to the season as we can cap it off. Well a little confused these guys. They're a little tricky but gate two in blue for Chris. Niels Christian Everson all these guys forcing ways and looking for top eight finishes and automatic qualification for next year. He's going to go from gate four in yellow and Piotr Pablitski who's come in with eight points is the eighth place qualifier tonight and he is going to have gate three in white. So just to summarize the lineup for semi final two Ty Wolfin in red Chris Holder blue Piotr Pablitski white and Niels Christian Everson yellow. So difficult choices Jason. Yeah definitely Steve. The biggest surprise there for me is Niels Christian Everson taking choosing gate four ahead of gate three in the second semi. The rest were probably a little bit predictable. Maybe maybe Lynn back a little bit taking gate three rather than two but I guess he's thinking about the run on the way out of like the exit of the second turn rather than maybe the entry to the first turn. Semi final number one comes your way top two here to transfer through to the grand final tonight. It's impossible to predict anything with a degree of confidence such as the depth and the standard of racing we've seen in this event so far. So a wonderful field of rioters on the circuit now to do battle over four laps in semi final one. Now the starters in this race Bartosz Marzlik from Poland red from gate one Matej Zegar from Slovenia blue from gate two Antonio Lindback white Helmut Kuller from Sweden gate three and Denmark's Michael Jepsen Jensen in the yellow Helmut Kuller from gate number four. All very worthy candidates Lindback has really fired up hasn't he. He's looked fantastic tonight all four of these guys in this race I think I think we're in for a cracker because these are four of the guys that have ridden out of their skin Zegar trying to save his Grand Prix place. Marzlik's had a few podiums in the Grand Prix wants to win one outside of Poland Jepsen Jensen but they're young guys they're hungry the commitment's there for everybody to see. Not far away from the start Lenny on the line here look at Matej Zegar from Slovenia closest to camera is Bartosz Marzlik the pole. It's so good tonight the taste behind Marzlik away okay Zegar got the best start of the Slovenian charges to the race lead have a look at Antonio Lindback the sweet on the outside has found the fast way around Etihad Stadium and he goes to the front but the battle is on in earnest here Matej Zegar in second Marzdos Marzlik in third and Jepsen Jensen out the back what about this for Speedway. Marzlik up the inside into second place but Zegar's hit the dirt back past Marzlik on the outside these guys are racing for keeps here. Marzlik on the outside trying to generate some speed he's past Zegar again. Great racing Antonio Lindback is the leader Bartosz Marzlik in the second they will be moving through to the final if they stay there Zegar will give it everything inside the last lap but he's too far back Jepsen Jensen is a long way back in fourth and Antonio Lindback his first lap was electrifying that set up the winner he takes it through to the Australian Speedway Grand Prix Final. Bartosz Marzlik will join him by virtue of his second place here Matej Zegar will be very disappointed and Lindback's bike's broken down after the race that's not what you want before the final what a race Tappy what a race Marzlik again not great from the start generated his speed past Zegar lost the second place to Zegar passed him back again all behind that man out front Antonio Lindback he's come on strong he's he's looking very very quick yeah Lind there was a conservative start to the night for him Lindback he's opening ride he only got one point third and he's just gone bang bang and got better and better throughout the course of the Grand Prix and that's the way you want to do it because you want to make the big final and you want to win the big final at the end of the night how good was the first lap of that race that was one of the races of the night so far we can see from the start Zegar gets away gets over the top of Marzlik Lindback hasn't even bothered he's gone straight for the outside line first pass Marzlik then pass Zegar type first tight turn here Zegar's tried to push him out but that's where Antonio wanted to be and at this stage in the race you're thinking that those two are away but here comes Marzlik right around the outside of Zegar to tie up the crucial second spot and put himself into the final but a great ride from Lindback and you can see what it means to him that he's happy as look at him great job by the Swede so semi-final number two is next this promises to me every bit is good you can see there on the points Hancock's one at Marzlik 127 points in second Wolffenden in third on 126 points and of course Ty Wolffenden comes to the starting tapes now to contest semi-final number two he's joined by Chris Holder who will come out of gate two both equal on 11 points of the event as is Niels Christian Everson who will start from gate four I think the way it stands for Niels he needs he needs to make the final to over to to get himself a qualification squad of course Padlocki is the other rider here and he's been electric off the start at different times tonight but come on come on Chris Holder Wolffenden on the inside Holder get a great start oh no something's gone wrong with his bike hasn't red lights on anyway no I think I think Wolffenden jumped the start a little bit there it couldn't have been Padlocki again couldn't have been him again he's waiting to see the replays and see what happens but I'm definitely sure that somebody moved at the start here we go Wolffenden in red yeah little jump from Ty there probably just enough to disturb Chris actually because Chris is off gate two looking over the top of him let's look at it again here here we go yeah tiny movement from Ty just enough to put Chris Holder off so eagle eye crump strikes again and can smell a burnt clutch at 3000 paces as well no I don't smell any burnt clutches at the moment but I can see Chris has got his clutch being cooled so doesn't need that same thing to happen again that's for sure Ty Wolffenden showing how how edgy he is actually at this part of the night as well because for Ty to be a bit jumpy at the start pretty unusual Ty just getting some words of wisdom from Peter Carlson and now Wolffenden fires his bike up again and heads around to the start line Chris Holder the Australian is the first rider to make his way back grand final birth up the grabs for the first two home here Chris having a look at the state of the track there's the seventh eighth ninth tenth situation there we go that's how tight it is Niels needs one point to stay ahead of Matty Zagar otherwise there'll be a runoff if Everson's last in this race we have a runoff between Everson and Zagar for the last spot Wolffenden in red Holder in blue pad licky in white Niels Christian Everson the day in yellow from gate four wonderful sporting theatre under the big roof here at Etihad Stadium the business end of the night and the business end of the season of course second semi-final and God even start Wolffenden began well Holder okay that licky cuts back and moves into second Niels Christian Everson looking for racing room Wolffenden the leader here's Holder Chris Holder on the inside explodes out of the pack on the inside of Ty Wolffenden nothing between them Wolffenden across the start finish line the leader Holder desperately looking for grip up high on the track he saw what Lin back into the previous semi he's going to have a go up there too what a racing Jason go Chris Holder he's generating the speed on the outside he's overtaken Ty Wolffenden on the outside terrific ride by Chris Holder you can see he's got speed tonight you can see he means business Niels Christian Everson at the back racing for his Grand Prix future here he's cut back up the inside of Pavliki here should put himself should put himself in the third place but Pavliki's turned back and he's trying to get up the inside again yeah Pavliki's almost there Everson's raced in meantime Holder just turned four the final time he takes the winner in semi-final number two Wolffenden second Niels Christian Everson was third he got the one point he needed that puts Niels Christian Everson in the top eight automatic qualifying spot but what about the ride from Chris Holder generated his speed on the outside great to see I haven't seen Chris tell you what's happy I haven't seen Chris Holder ride like this for three years I agree I agree that is undeniable he is back the Appen Express the wheel stands me time on the track as you look at the the point score Holders Marslick Lindback all scoring 14 in the Grand Prix Wolffenden 13 this has been some event tonight and cannot wait for the final Chris Holder on screen winner of semi-final number two in sensational fashion Wolffenden looked good Chris had to produce something special and he did he sure did Ty got away from the start Chris actually lifted right at the last instant on the way into the turn probably made his decision for him he had no choice he just had to go great burst of speed from straight around the outside of two and put himself in an inside challenge for Ty Wolffenden from the for the league didn't get it all his own way there though he what a great run there from Chris have Licky and Evison at the back racing shoulder to shoulder for their point but Chris Holder their great run around the outside generating his speed and actually pulled away from Ty Wolffenden in the end of Boardswell for Chris Holder heading into the final that's for sure there's been so much to enjoy here tonight I know it's an it's a cliche it's had it all but it absolutely has well Greg Hancock has won the world championship we are yet to determine who it is that has won the Australian FAM Speedway Grand Prix let's head down to Steve Brandon okay thank you very much yeah we're ready for the draw I think we've got two of the two of the four protagonists so for Chris Holder and Antonio Lindbeck waiting Ty Wolffenden's got to come forward yet yeah I'll catch my breath myself but um what a meeting this has been so we've got him we've got Bartol Sparsley to arrive now so if you're happy I think we'll get these guys underway so we'll get Chris Chris Holder to come forward and make his pick for the final so Chris is going to make his gate choice for the final so Chris is making it a tough choice but he's going to have gate one in red so Antonio Lindbeck's the second man to choose tonight he's going to come forward he's got a white race second on he went from there went from there before he's going to do it again gate three in white for Antonio Bartol Sparsley is next he's coming forward and he's going to take gate two in blue Chris Holder sorry Ty Wolffenden's going to come forward and he is going to have yeah Ty you're going to have gate four in yellow you may not want it but you have no choice so just to recap the final of the 2016 QB Insurance Australian FIME Speedway Grand Prix we're going to see Chris Holder in red in gate one Bartol Sparsley in blue in gate two and Antonio Lindbeck in white in gate three and Ty Wolffenden in yellow in gate four I can't believe Sparsley's thinking about changing bikes before the final right now out on track he's surely not that's a big call unless he'd already made the decision to change one and he is now thinking I might go back on the original no no because that would be quite extraordinary a decision like that probably been done before I'm sure Thomas Goldin's probably done it before but he hasn't done it he's back on the back on the same bike and Chris Holders doing some work down there on gate one he needs a great start and it's hoping he can get it here we are the final is next at Etihad Stadium the grand final of the QB Insurance Australian FIME Speedway Grand Prix Australia's Chris Holder red helmet color gate one pollens Bartol Sparsley blue gate two Sweden's Antonio Lindbeck white gate three Great Britain's Ty Wolffenden yellow gate four a gripping night of international speedway it all comes down to this the Aussie first choice of starting gate by virtue we forgot to talk about one thing Tappy Ty Wolffenden and Bartol Sparsley racing for the silver medal as well yeah there's Chris Holder doesn't care about any of that Lindbeck doesn't care about any of that they want to win the grand three the other two guys he got medals on it here we are the final on the back straight away the Australian is the race leader but he's under heavy pressure as they head on to the main straight by Antonio Lindbeck Ty Wolffenden looking the guts as well on the inside Wolffenden moves into second spot Sparsley is out the back a great race between Antonio Lindbeck and Ty Wolffenden but Jason Chris Holder is the leader all I can say is just hang on to it Chris Holder and keep it going because it was a fantastic start a great first turn and Chris Holder just needs to win this Grand Prix tonight so we can see the best of Chris Holder in the next year or two Chris Holder across the start finish line one lap on the Indian Stadium to negotiate the second place Ryler has not given up the chase but Chris Holder what a night it has been as he heads off turn for a win to Australia as special as it gets in sport fairy tales do come through the hairs on the back of my neck is standing up I feel for Chris Holder I'm so so happy for the man he's what he's been through with the injuries he's had shown tremendous character to come back from that great ride the wind's been the wind's been on its way and I'm so pleased for him it's so good well done Chris Holder it's hard to find the words here yeah hey I am so pleased for Chris I've got a lump in my throat the size of a watermelon and I'm guessing that ties up the silver medal for the Ty Wolffenden and Bronzeberg Bartos Maaslik so Ty Wolffenden runner up in 2016 that has been confirmed so happy for Chris Holder it has been a long long time as we told you before the race 43 Grand Prix without a win on top of the world in 2012 then his world fell apart with very serious injuries that a lesser man would have considered quitting the sport and he admitted yesterday he did consider quitting the sport such as the severity of the foot injury he sustained and that is special incredible event so the final result in the finale of the Australian Grand Prix Holder three points Wolffenden two points then Bartos Maaslik officially placed third but Holder he's tally for the event 17 points Ty Wolffenden 15 Chris Holder doesn't want to leave the track it's soaking this up for everything that's worth I don't blame him yeah Jason Crump is very happy beside me ladies and gentlemen wherever you're watching around the world I just want to watch the replay of this start because Chris made a great start from gate one knew knew what his plan was into the corner tight straight up to the dirt at that point Wolffenden looked like he was in a good spot limb back was challenging up the inside perfect entry to turn three out on the dirt no mistakes working it working the bike all the way to the corner great to see Chris Holder feeling confident enough to to get into the turn like that from that point on he's actually he's actually been a couple of times the only rider during the races it didn't really look like he was going to get past awesome effort from him he got better Jason as the night went on as did Antonio Lindback yeah but Chris was supreme Chris was supreme and you know the first couple of races he you know he rode hard he rode hard for the points he didn't make particularly great starts but he was working on it he was trying to figure things out and built his momentum up as the night went on he knew that towards the end of the night if he was going to get into the main events that he needed to what that he needed to be making the starts and as I've said a hundred times I'm just so pleased for him that he was able to do that and put it all together he's this is going to be one of the most emotional victory podiums I think that we we've seen for a long long while that was his fifth Grand Prix victory in his career his 23rd final their money's worth them in some haven't they do hope you've enjoyed our coverage around the world it has been an unforgettable night absolutely top shelf racing once again underlying or underlining rather the spectacle the pure theater that is international speedway at the top level there is nothing else for mine and motorsport that comes close let's without any further ado hear from the winner here tonight Chris Holder Carter's 2012 far too long ago this pisses all over that mate this is this is awesome man I've been working my butt off to get to this back here and you know sometimes you're chasing your tail and don't think you're getting anywhere but that's so good I'll forgive you people I'll give you forgive you for those words but we spoke yesterday about a number that number that one your 43rd Grand Prix since that victory in Cardiff there's an omen in there oh you come and see me today and said you know this is your number 40 is your 43rd Grand Prix and that clicks up in my head maybe and he's here tonight floating around and you know I could cry but this is unreal and that's for you D-Divers just to finish the season on a high the winter break to regroup and come back strong in 2017 yeah man it's um yeah I've had you know the roughest few months that I don't want to talk about but you know this is a big nephew to that and just last question to be able to do it here in front of the family in Australia oh man they're everywhere they're hanging out the box out there I got some over the start line and um we'll be celebrating tonight that's for sure congratulations enjoying the national anthem great job I hope maxi's at home watching me buddy out for you too man yeah maxi chris's young son will recap the championship standings at the end of an enthralling 2016 FIM Speedway Grand Prix World Championship Greg Hancock the title holder 139 Ty Wolfenden securing second here tonight 130 points Bartosz-Smarzlik on the podium 128 Chris Holder just outside the top three 126 and Jason Doyle the end up Pavliki Antonio Lindback was the next man here's chris here's perspective that is exactly what he needed to re-establish himself at the top of his game we need to be upstanding Tappy for the Australian national anthem I am standing up on this short extra special it's been a long while for chris it's it's four years it's four years ago I was in the last Grand Prix one that's how long ago it was Ty Wolfenden securing the silver medal tonight of course in this final round of the championship Bartosz-Smarzlik Jason he's got some huge of a kid huge huge huge huge future for him and you know he can be very proud first year in the Grand Prix series as a full-time rider and third place bronze medal that's a that's a great effort it's actually a little bit scary how good he's going to be yeah you know the result's been there this year and I wish Bartosz all the best he's a great kid and you know but you know how it is in sport you have to back every result up with a with a better result next year the four kids fourth next year has been a bad year for him but his eyes are forward and he certainly wants to be progressing all the time but here's our man Chris Holder Australian Speedway Grand Prix winner 2016 I am so proud of Chris I'm I'm so happy for him you had a lump the size of a watermelon in your throat I don't know what I had I was crazy basketball bigger for him it's just so important he can now build on that and approach 2017 with more confidence than he's had for several years third place in the world championship in your debut season for Bartosz-Smarzlik what a great result well done well done young man well the presentations are going on Chris Holder's making his way over towards a crowd actually that's a good consistency from Ty Wolfenden well champion last year backing it up with a silver medal takes him doing a couple of years in a row on the podium not an easy not an easy thing to do that that's for sure great effort by Ty outstanding effort by Ty Wolfenden who who got a little bit lost the last few rounds leading into this didn't he can I say this Taffy yeah 2016 Speedway World Champion World Champion for the fourth time Mr Greg Hancock one of the one of the toughest but fairest competitors I ever raced against and again I'm so happy for Greg liked by everybody great ambassador for Speedway and pretty much a role model for all the younger fellas in the Speedway Grand Prix series he's a legend there's no other way of saying it no doubt about that congratulations to Greg Hancock has been so outstanding for so many years first came to Australia in 1995 as a part of the inaugural series 500 international Speedway Masters returned a couple of times thereafter and of course he won the inaugural staging of the Australian Grand Prix held in Sydney in 2002 then a 13 year break before the world's biggest circus returned down under with the staging of last year's event here at Enniad he won that too tonight just a bizarre set of circumstances involving him but no one in the world will begrudge him the moment he currently enjoys a nicer human being you would never meet great competitor as well fair but hard and here comes a champagne for the boys so Greg Hancock, Ty Wolfenden, Bartos Marzling, the top three in what has been an epic season bigger and better the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix series promises to be the number of key dates already announced likewise with the Monster Energy World Cup World Team Cup so I must look forward to 2016 World Speedway Champion for the fourth time