2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II

The FIM Gorzow Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the eleventh and final race of the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on October 8 at the Edward Jancarz Stadium in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland.[1][2]

Poland 2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II
FIM Gorzow Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date8 October 2011
CityPoland Gorzów Wielkopolski
Event11 of 11 (144)
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Stadium details
StadiumEdward Jancarz Stadium
SGP Results
Attendance17,000
Best TimeSweden Andreas Jonsson
60,98 secs (in Heat 5)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerUnited States Greg Hancock
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upDenmark Nicki Pedersen
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeRussia Nicki Pedersen

Riders edit

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Darcy Ward as Wild Card, and Bartosz Zmarzlik and Kamil Pulczyński both as Track Reserves.[3] The Draw was made on October 7.[4]

Results edit

It was second Grand Prix event (last time 2011 Swedish SGP) which was stopped before holding all heats (after Heat 16). According to "FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Regulations (2011 edition)", points scored before Heat 16 is approved as an event result.

If a Grand Prix meeting is interrupted or suspended for any reason whatsoever,

the following rules will apply:

1. (...)
2. If the meeting is interrupted before heat 20 is accomplished and the remaining heats cannot be completed, then the race points scored at the completion of heat 16 will determine the result.
3. (...)
— Speedway Grand Prix Regulation, Rule 077.1.4.1, FIM (page 7 and 8)[5]

Grand Prix was won by Greg Hancock who beat Nicki Pedersen, Emil Sayfutdinov and Tomasz Gollob.[6][7]

Heat details edit

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 8   (5) Greg Hancock 11 3 3 2 3 11 1
2 1   (10) Nicki Pedersen 10 3 2 3 2 10 2
3 15   (12) Emil Sayfutdinov 8 0 2 3 3 8 3
4 10   (1) Tomasz Gollob 8 1 2 3 2 8 4
5 12   (16) Darcy Ward 7 3 1 0 3 7 5
6 3   (6) Chris Harris 7 1 3 3 X 7 6
7 9   (9) Andreas Jonsson 7 2 3 0 2 7 7
8 5   (8) Chris Holder 6 2 0 1 3 6 8
9 16   (2) Jarosław Hampel 6 3 2 0 1 6 9
10 14   (3) Jason Crump 6 1 3 1 1 6 10
11 11   (11) Fredrik Lindgren 5 0 1 2 2 5 11
12 2   (15) Janusz Kołodziej 5 2 0 2 1 5 12
13 13   (7) Kenneth Bjerre 4 2 1 1 0 4 13
14 7   (13) Artem Laguta 3 1 0 2 0 3 14
15 6   (14) Antonio Lindbäck 3 0 1 1 1 3 15
16 4   (4) Rune Holta 0 X 0 X 0 0 16
17 17   (17) Bartosz Zmarzlik - - 17
18 18   (18) Kamil Pulczyński - - 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 edit

  1. (63,78) Pedersen, Kołodziej, Harris, Holta (X)
  2. (62,70) Hancock, Holder, Łaguta, Lindbäck
  3. (63,30) Ward, Jonsson, Gollob, Lindgren
  4. (62,06) Hampel, Bjerre, Crump, Sayfutdinov
  5. (60,98) Jonsson, Pedersen, Bjerre, Holder
  6. (63,50) Crump, Gollob, Lindbäck, Kołodziej
  7. (63,91) Harris, Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Łaguta
  8. (63,38) Hancock, Hampel, Ward, Holta
  9. (63,59) Pedersen, Lindgren, Lindbäck, Hampel
  10. (63,34) Sayfutdinov, Kołodziej, Holder, Ward
  11. (64,19) Harris, Hancock, Crump, Jonsson
  12. (64,43) Gollob, Łaguta, Bjerre, Holta (X)
  13. (64,25) Ward, Pedersen, Crump, Łaguta
  14. (63,81) Hancock, Lindgren, Kołodziej, Bjerre
  15. (65,81) Holder, Gollob, Hampel, Harris (X)
  16. (67,44) Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Lindbäck, Holta

The intermediate classification edit

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) Kenneth Arendt 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
 

References edit

  1. ^ "SGP/SWC Dates 2011". speedwaygp.com. 2010-10-22. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  2. ^ "Terminarze Mistrzostw Świata 2011" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2010-10-25. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  3. ^ "Ward z dziką kartą w Gorzowie!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 21 Sep 2011. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
  4. ^ "Lista startowa Grand Prix Polski w Gorzowie" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 7 Oct 2011. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
  5. ^ "SGP Regulation" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-06. Retrieved 9 Jun 2011.
  6. ^ "Greg Hancock zwyciężył w Gorzowie, Hampel z brązowym medalem IMŚ" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 8 Oct 2011. Retrieved 23 Feb 2013.
  7. ^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (88) 2011, page 56 ISSN 1429-3285

See also edit