2016 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia

The 2016 Stockholm FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the ninth race of the 2016 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 24 September at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.[1]

Sweden 2016 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia
2016 Stockholm FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date24 September 2016
CitySweden Stockholm
Event9 of 11
RefereeDenmark Jesper Steentoft
Stadium details
StadiumFriends Arena
Capacity34,000
Length272 m (297 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Jason Doyle
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upAustralia Chris Holder
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeSweden Fredrik Lindgren

Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jacob Thorssell as the wild card, and Peter Ljung and Linus Sundström both as Track Reserves. Second series reserve Michael Jepsen Jensen replaced the injured Nicki Pedersen, while Kim Nilsson replaced the injured Andreas Jonsson.

Results

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The Grand Prix was won by Jason Doyle, who beat Chris Holder, Fredrik Lindgren and Matej Žagar in the final. It was Doyle's third successive Grand Prix win and, as a result, he took the lead in the world championship standings. Former series leader Greg Hancock, who was eliminated in the semi-finals, was five points back in second place with defending world champion Tai Woffinden in third.[2]

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
  14   (69) Jason Doyle 19 2 3 3 2 3 13 1 3 3
  6   (23) Chris Holder 13 1 0 3 3 2 9 7 2 2
  5   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 14 3 2 2 2 2 11 5 2 1
4 13   (55) Matej Žagar 15 3 3 3 2 1 12 2 3 0
5 7   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 12 2 1 2 3 3 11 4 1
6 3   (108) Tai Woffinden 11 2 2 1 3 3 11 3 0
7 15   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 10 1 3 1 2 3 10 6 0
8 12   (45) Greg Hancock 9 3 1 3 1 0 8 8 1
9 1   (71) Maciej Janowski 8 3 1 2 0 2 8 9
10 8   (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 7 0 3 0 3 1 7 10
11 9   (25) Peter Kildemand 6 1 2 0 1 2 6 11
12 2   (17) Kim Nilsson 5 1 2 0 1 1 5 12
13 4   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 5 0 2 1 0 2 5 13
14 10   (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 4 2 1 0 1 0 4 14
15 16   (16) Jacob Thorssell 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 15
16 11   (37) Chris Harris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
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

The intermediate classification

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[3]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points SVN
 
POL
 
DEN
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
PL2
 
GER
 
SCA
 
PL3
 
AUS
 
    (69) Jason Doyle 123 13 5 7 17 12 17 16 17 19
    (45) Greg Hancock 118 10 14 14 18 10 17 11 15 9
    (108) Tai Woffinden 107 10 14 15 9 15 8 15 10 11
4   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 100 8 10 7 13 13 10 14 13 12
5   (23) Chris Holder 98 14 12 13 5 6 12 15 8 13
6   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 81 8 4 5 6 14 13 10 11 10
7   (71) Maciej Janowski 80 10 10 16 5 11 12 6 2 8
8   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 74 10 10 10 5 18 7 4 6 4
9   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 73 7 12 2 11 2 8 11 6 14
10   (55) Matej Žagar 64 4 14 8 5 8 3 4 3 15
11   (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 64 8 4 7 11 3 8 5 11 7
12   (25) Peter Kildemand 62 15 6 7 6 4 9 3 6 6
13   (3) Nicki Pedersen 62 10 4 10 8 5 6 12 7
14   (100) Andreas Jonsson 39 6 8 8 6 9 2 0
15   (37) Chris Harris 33 3 3 4 10 1 2 4 6 0
16   (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 11 7 4
17   (16) Patryk Dudek 8 8
18   (16) Martin Smolinski 8 8
19   (16) Danny King 7 7
20   (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 7
21   (16) Anders Thomsen 5 5
22   (17) Kim Nilsson 5 5
22   (16) Peter Ljung 4 4
23   (16) Václav Milík Jr. 3 3
24   (17) Tobias Kroner 2 2
25   (16) Denis Štojs 1 1
26   (17) Nick Škorja 1 1
27   (17) Daniel Kaczmarek 1 1
28   (16) Jacob Thorsell 1 1
29   (18) Matic Ivačič 0 0
Pos. Rider Points SVN
 
POL
 
DEN
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
PL2
 
GER
 
SCA
 
PL3
 
AUS
 

References

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  1. ^ "Stockholm Grand Prix Event Info". SGP. 30 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Stockholm Grand Prix Result". SGP. 30 May 2023.
  3. ^ "2016 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP. 30 May 2023.

See also

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