GP RESULT LOTTO WARSAW FIM SGP POLAND

Chris Holder moved in to pole position in the 2016 GP series despite missing out on a rostrum spot in round 2 staged at Warsaw, Poland.

Banking 12 points from the meeting that produced plenty of good speedway and drama, Holder has accumulated 26 points in the championship and now leads defending champion Tai Woffinden and three-time world title holder Greg Hancock by two points.

That duo took the top spots in Poland with Slovenian Matej Zagar - the declared winner of last year's round at this venue - picking up third place.

Holder started with a third place behind Woffinden and former Pirate Antonio Lindback - the latter producing some spectacular racing during the course of the meeting. But two wins from Holder pushed him into the list of front-runners and he looked set for a second place in his fourth ride behind 2015 Poole skipper Maciej Janowski but King's Lynn's Niels-Kristian Iversen had other ideas and passed Holder. He concluded his heats with a great start in heat 18 but a third victory was denied when wild card Patryk Dudek produced a good comeback to get by.

From his semi-final Holder nestled in behind Hancock as they eliminated Freddie Lindgren and Janowski but hopes of a title win quickly dissipated when he reared badly in the final allowing Woffinden, who had done extraordinarily well to pick his meeting up after a lull in performance, and Hancock to steal a march on him. A medal slipped from his grasp when Zagar stood firm after late pressure from Holder, but his second double figure GP has shot him to the top of the leaderboard.

Round 2 Scores: T.Woffinden 14 (3,3,1,0,2,2,3); G.Hancock 14 (3,1,0,3,2,3,2); M.Zagar 14 (3,3,3,1,0,3,1); C.Holder 12 (1,3,3,1,2,2,0); F.Lindgren 12 (3,1,2,3,3,0); M.Janowski 10 (1,3,2,3,0,1); A.Lindback 10 (2,0,3,3,1,1); B.Zmarzlik 10 (2,2,3,0,3,0); P.Dudek 8 (1,2,0,2,3,0); A.Jonsson 8 (2,1,1,2,2,0); P.Kildemand 6 (1,0,2,2,1,0); J.Doyle 5 (0,1,1,0,3,0); N.Iversen 4 (0,0,2,2,0,0); N.Pedersen 4 (2,2,0,0,0,0); P.Pawlicki 4 (0,2,0,1,1,0); C.Harris 3 (0,0,1,1,1,0)

 Championship Standings: C.Holder (26); G.Hancock (24); T.Woffinden (24); P.Kildemand (21); A.Lindback (20); M.Janowski (20); F.Lindgren (19); B.Zmarzlik (18); M.Zagar (18); J.Doyle (18); A.Jonsson (14); N.Pedersen (14); P.Pawlicki (12); N.Iversen (12); P.Dudek (8); C.Harris (6); N.Skorja (1); D.Stojs (1); M.Ivacic (0); ;