2011 Speedway Grand Prix
2011 Speedway Grand Prix | |
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Season details | |
Dates | 30 April — 8 October |
Events | 11 |
Cities | 11 |
Countries | 7 |
Riders | 15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves |
Heats | 239 (in 11 events) |
Winners | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
3rd place | ![]() |
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.
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
[edit]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
[edit]The top eight riders from the 2010 championship qualified as of right:
(1) Tomasz Gollob
(2) Jarosław Hampel
(3) Jason Crump
(4) Rune Holta
(5) Greg Hancock
(6) Chris Harris
(7) Kenneth Bjerre
(8) Chris Holder
Grand Prix Challenge
[edit]The top eight riders from the 2010 championship were joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.
(13) Artem Laguta
(14) Antonio Lindbäck
(11) Fredrik Lindgren
Nominations
[edit]The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2010 season.
(9) Andreas Jonsson
(10) Nicki Pedersen
(12) Emil Sayfutdinov
(15) Janusz Kołodziej
Qualified Substitutes
[edit](19) Magnus Zetterström
(20) Thomas H. Jonasson
(21) Niels Kristian Iversen
(22) Andriej Karpov
(23) Grigory Laguta
(24) Simon Stead
Calendar
[edit]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 ![]() |
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165 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 11 |
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125 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 7 |
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123 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
4 | ![]() |
110 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 6 |
5 | ![]() |
106 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
6 | ![]() |
106 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
7 | ![]() |
101 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 4 |
8 | ![]() |
101 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 |
9 | ![]() |
90 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 5 |
10 | ![]() |
89 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 10 |
11 | ![]() |
74 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 7 |
12 | ![]() |
72 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
13 | ![]() |
53 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
14 | ![]() |
50 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | 5 |
15 | ![]() |
28 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
16 | ![]() |
22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | – | – | 7 |
17 | ![]() |
19 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 3 | – | 7 | – | – | – |
18 | ![]() |
17 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – |
19 | ![]() |
14 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | 5 | – |
20 | ![]() |
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21 | ![]() |
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22 | ![]() |
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Pos. | Rider | Points | EUR ![]() |
SWE ![]() |
CZE ![]() |
DEN ![]() |
GBR ![]() |
ITA ![]() |
SCA ![]() |
POL ![]() |
NOR ![]() |
CRO ![]() |
PL2 ![]() |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Wild cards revealed". speedwaygp.com. 19 October 2010. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ^ "SGP/SWC Dates 2011". speedwaygp.com. 2010-10-22. Archived from the original on 2010-10-25. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
External links
[edit]Speedway World Championship | ||
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Speedway Grand Prix (SGP) | ||
See also |
Motorcycle speedway events in 2011 season | ||||||||
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