2010 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

The 2010 FIM British Speedway Grand Prix was the six race of the 2010 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 10 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Great Britain.[1]

United Kingdom 2010 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
2010 FIM British Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date10 July 2010
CityUnited Kingdom Cardiff
Event6 of 11 (128)
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Jury PresidentFinland Ilkaa Teromaa
Stadium details
StadiumMillennium Stadium
Length277 m (303 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Chris Holder
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upAustralia Jason Crump
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Jason Crump

The British Grand Prix was won by Australian Chris Holder, who beat World Champion Jason Crump, Pole Jarosław Hampel and Dane Hans Andersen in the Final. It was first ever Holder' GP winning.[2]

Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Scott Nicholls as Wild Card, and Ben Barker and Daniel King both as Track Reserves.[3] Injured Emil Sayfutdinov was replaced by second Qualified Substitutes Davey Watt.[4] The Draw was made on 9 July at 13:00 CEST by four-time World Champion Barry Briggs of New Zealand.[5]

(3)   Emil Sayfutdinov → (20)   Davey Watt

Heat details

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Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23
1 2   (12) Chris Holder 19 3 2 2 1 2 10 4 3 3
2 11   (1) Jason Crump 17 3 3 3 2 0 11 3 2 2
3 14   (13) Jarosław Hampel 17 3 3 2 3 1 12 2 3 1
4 12   (10) Hans N. Andersen 10 1 1 3 1 2 8 6 2 0
5 4   (2) Tomasz Gollob 12 1 3 2 3 3 12 1 R
6 10   (9) Fredrik Lindgren 10 2 1 3 3 0 9 5 1
7 1   (7) Rune Holta 8 2 2 0 0 3 7 7 1
8 3   (6) Nicki Pedersen 7 0 1 3 2 1 7 8 0
9 9   (8) Kenneth Bjerre 7 0 1 1 2 3 7 9
10 7   (4) Greg Hancock 7 3 0 1 2 1 7 10
11 13   (20) Davey Watt 6 0 3 0 3 F3x 6 11
12 6   (15) Tai Woffinden 6 0 0 2 1 3 6 12
13 15   (14) Chris Harris 6 2 2 0 0 2 6 13
14 5   (11) Magnus Zetterström 6 2 0 1 1 2 6 14
15 16   (16) Scott Nicholls 4 1 2 1 0 0 4 15
16 8   (5) Andreas Jonsson 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 16
17 17   (17) Ben Barker - - 17
18 18   (18) Daniel King - - 18
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21 22 23

e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell
ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify
Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals

gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Heat after heat

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  1. Holder, Holta, Gollob, Pedersen
  2. Hancock, Zetterström, Jonsson, Woffinden
  3. Crump, Lindgren, Andersen, Bjerre
  4. Hampel, Harris, Nicholls, Watt
  5. Watt, Holta, Bjerre, Zetterström
  6. Hampel, Holder, Lindgren, Woffinden
  7. Crump, Harris, Pedersen, Hancock
  8. Gollob, Nicholls, Andersen, Jonsson
  9. Crump, Woffinden, Nicholls, Holta
  10. Andersen, Holder, Zetterström, Harris
  11. Pedersen, Hampel, Bjerre, Jonsson
  12. Lindgren, Gollob, Hancock, Watt
  13. Hampel, Hancock, Andersen, Holta
  14. Watt, Crump, Holder, Jonsson
  15. Lindgren, Pedersen, Zetterström, Nicholls
  16. Gollob, Bjerre, Woffinden, Harris
  17. Holta, Harris, Jonsson, Lindgren
  18. Bjerre, Holder, Hancock, Nicholls
  19. Woffinden, Andersen, Pedersen, Watt (F3x)
  20. Gollob, Zetterström, Hampel, Crump
    Semi-Finals
  21. Holder, Andersen, Holta, Gollob (R)
  22. Hampel, Crump, Lindgren, Pedersen
    The Final
  23. Holder, Crump, Hampel, Andersen

The intermediate classification

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Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points EUR
 
SWE
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
POL
 
GBR
 
SCA
 
CRO
 
NOR
 
ITA
 
PL2
 
1   (13) Jarosław Hampel 92 18 6 16 20 15 17          
2   (2) Tomasz Gollob 90 6 16 17 15 24 12          
3   (1) Jason Crump 75 19 7 7 10 15 17          
4   (8) Kenneth Bjerre 66 10 20 12 13 4 7          
5   (12) Chris Holder 60 8 11 7 9 6 19          
6   (7) Rune Holta 56 10 6 7 6 19 8          
7   (10) Hans N. Andersen 56 8 7 9 13 9 10          
8   (6) Nicki Pedersen 51 9 8 14 5 8 7          
9   (5) Andreas Jonsson 48 5 12 13 13 3 2          
10   (9) Fredrik Lindgren 43 8 4 7 8 6 10          
11   (11) Magnus Zetterström 43 4 9 11 7 6 6          
12   (14) Chris Harris 42 8 6 4 13 5 6          
13   (4) Greg Hancock 41 4 14 7 3 6 7          
14   (15) Tai Woffinden 28 1 4 5 5 7 6          
15   (3) Emil Sayfutdinov 27 14 8 5          
16   (16) Janusz Kołodziej 12 12          
17   (16) Antonio Lindbäck 6 6          
18   (16) Adrian Miedziński 6 6          
19   (20) Davey Watt 6 6          
20   (19) Piotr Protasiewicz 5 0 5          
21   (16) Scott Nicholls 4 4          
22   (16) Matěj Kůs 3 3          
23   (16) Leon Madsen 3 3          
24   (17) Nicolai Klindt 1 1          
25   (17) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 0 0          
26   (17) Artur Mroczka 0 0          
27   (18) Zdeněk Simota 0 0          
Rider(s) not classified
  (17) Damian Baliński ns          
  (17) Simon Gustafsson ns          
  (17) Ben Barker ns          
  (18) Maciej Janowski ns ns          
  (18) Dennis Andersson ns          
  (18) Patrick Hougaard ns          
  (18) Daniel King ns          
Pos. Rider Points EUR
 
SWE
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
POL
 
GBR
 
SCA
 
CRO
 
NOR
 
ITA
 
PL2
 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Holder po raz pierwszy! Hampel na podium Grand Prix Wielkiej Brytanii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 10 July 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Gollob i Hampel powiększą przewagę? - zapowiedź GP Wielkiej Brytanii w Cardiff" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Watt's Cardiff bow". speedwayGP.com. 6 July 2010. Archived from the original on 9 July 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  5. ^ "GBR R7 Draw" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 9 July 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.