2011 Speedway Grand Prix

The 2011 Speedway Grand Prix was the 66th edition of the official World Championship[1][2] and the 17th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the eleventh series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company.[3][4] The series began on 30 April in Leszno and finished on 8 October in Gorzów.

2011 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates30 April — 8 October
Events11
Cities11
Countries7
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats239 (in 11 events)
Winners
Champion USA Greg Hancock
Runner-up SWE Andreas Jonsson
3rd place POL Jarosław Hampel

Forty-one-year-old American Greg Hancock won his second Speedway World Championship, 14 years after his first gold medal in 1997. The Swedish rider Andreas Jonsson won his first World Championship medal after finishing first in three events. Polish Jarosław Hampel won the bronze medal and made it his second medal in the Speedway Grand Prix era.

Qualification

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For the 2011 season there was 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.

2010 Grand Prix

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The top eight riders from the 2010 championship qualified as of right:

Grand Prix Challenge

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The top eight riders from the 2010 championship were joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.

Nominations

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The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2010 season.

Qualified Substitutes

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Calendar

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Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
1 30 April   Leszno , Poland
Smoczyk Stadium
  Nicki Pedersen   Tomasz Gollob   Emil Sayfutdinov   Jarosław Hampel results
2 14 May   Gothenburg , Sweden
Ullevi
  Chris Holder   Greg Hancock   Antonio Lindbäck   Janusz Kołodziej results
3 28 May   Prague , Czech Republic
Markéta Stadium
  Greg Hancock   Jarosław Hampel   Tomasz Gollob   Jason Crump results
4 11 June   Copenhagen , Denmark
Parken Stadium
  Tomasz Gollob   Jason Crump   Chris Holder   Greg Hancock results
5 25 June   Cardiff , Great Britain
Millennium Stadium
  Greg Hancock   Nicki Pedersen   Chris Holder   Emil Sayfutdinov results
6 30 July   Terenzano , Italy
Pista Olimpia Terenzano
  Andreas Jonsson   Greg Hancock   Antonio Lindbäck   Kenneth Bjerre results
7 13 August   Målilla , Sweden
G&B Stadium
  Jarosław Hampel   Andreas Jonsson   Kenneth Bjerre   Emil Sayfutdinov results
8 27 August   Toruń , Poland
MotoArena Toruń
  Andreas Jonsson   Jarosław Hampel   Darcy Ward   Antonio Lindbäck results
9 10 September   Vojens , Denmark
Speedway Center
  Greg Hancock   Jason Crump   Fredrik Lindgren   Chris Holder results
10 24 September   Goričan , Croatia
Stadium Milenium
  Andreas Jonsson   Chris Harris   Fredrik Lindgren   Greg Hancock results
11 8 October   Gorzów Wlkp. , Poland
Jancarz Stadium
  Greg Hancock   Nicki Pedersen   Emil Sayfutdinov   Tomasz Gollob results

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
 
GBR
 
ITA
 
SCA
 
POL
 
NOR
 
CRO
 
PL2
 
    (5) Greg Hancock 165 14 10 23 13 20 15 9 13 22 15 11
    (9) Andreas Jonsson 125 5 6 8 7 10 17 19 20 8 18 7
    (2) Jarosław Hampel 123 12 5 19 12 5 12 17 18 8 9 6
4   (3) Jason Crump 110 5 6 13 18 8 6 16 7 17 8 6
5   (1) Tomasz Gollob 106 18 6 17 20 7 5 3 12 5 5 8
6   (12) Emil Sayfutdinov 106 14 8 6 7 13 11 13 7 9 10 8
7   (7) Kenneth Bjerre 101 10 2 9 6 11 12 16 6 13 12 4
8   (8) Chris Holder 101 9 10 9 14 15 6 7 7 11 7 6
9   (11) Fredrik Lindgren 90 11 6 9 9 5 7 8 5 13 12 5
10   (10) Nicki Pedersen 89 17 4 9 7 16 3 3 6 10 4 10
11   (6) Chris Harris 74 7 4 3 7 6 6 10 0 5 19 7
12   (14) Antonio Lindbäck 72 1 9 6 5 3 17 7 12 6 3 3
13   (4) Rune Holta 53 9 1 7 6 1 5 4 8 3 9 0
14   (15) Janusz Kołodziej 50 8 9 1 3 7 10 1 2 4 5
15   (13) Artem Laguta 28 0 1 2 7 1 1 9 4 3
16   (16) Darcy Ward 22 15 7
17   (19) Magnus Zetterström 19 9 3 7
18   (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 17 8 9
19   (16) Matej Žagar 14 9 5
20   (16) Scott Nicholls 5 5
21   (16) Damian Baliński 4 4
22   (16) Matěj Kůs 3 3
23   (16) Bjarne Pedersen 3 3
24   (16) Mikkel B. Jensen 2 2
25   (17) Tai Woffinden 2 2
26   (17) Simon Gustafsson 1 1 ns
27   (18) Dennis Andersson 0 0
Rider(s) not classified
  (17) Patryk Dudek ns
  (18) Maciej Janowski ns
  (17) Lukáš Dryml ns
  (18) Zdeněk Simota ns
  (17) Michael Jepsen Jensen ns
  (18) Kenni Larsen ns
  (18) Ben Barker ns
  (17) Mattia Carpanese ns
  (18) Guglielmo Franchetti ns
  (18) Linus Sundström ns
  (17) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. ns
  (18) Emil Pulczyński ns
  (17) Michael Jepsen Jensen ns
  (18) Mikkel Michelsen ns
  (17) Dino Kovačić ns
  (18) Matija Duh ns
  (17) Bartosz Zmarzlik ns
  (18) Kamil Pulczyński ns
Pos. Rider Points EUR
 
SWE
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
ITA
 
SCA
 
POL
 
NOR
 
CRO
 
PL2
 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Wild cards revealed". speedwaygp.com. 19 October 2010. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  4. ^ "SGP/SWC Dates 2011". speedwaygp.com. 2010-10-22. Archived from the original on 2010-10-25. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
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