2011 Speedway Grand Prix
| 2011 Speedway Grand Prix | |
|---|---|
| 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 | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Greg Hancock |
| Runner-up | File:Flag of Sweden.svg SWE Andreas Jonsson |
| 3rd place | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL Jarosław Hampel |
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 | edit source]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 | edit source]The top eight riders from the 2010 championship qualified as of right:
- Poland (1) Tomasz Gollob
- Poland (2) Jarosław Hampel
(3) Jason Crump- Poland (4) Rune Holta
- United States (5) Greg Hancock
- United Kingdom (6) Chris Harris
(7) Kenneth Bjerre- (8) Chris Holder
Grand Prix Challenge
[edit | edit source]The top eight riders from the 2010 championship were joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.
- Russia (13) Artem Laguta
- Sweden (14) Antonio Lindbäck
- Sweden (11) Fredrik Lindgren
Nominations
[edit | edit source]The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2010 season.
- Sweden (9) Andreas Jonsson
- (10) Nicki Pedersen
- Russia (12) Emil Sayfutdinov
- Poland (15) Janusz Kołodziej
Qualified Substitutes
[edit | edit source]- Sweden (19) Magnus Zetterström
- Sweden (20) Thomas H. Jonasson
- (21) Niels Kristian Iversen
- Ukraine (22) Andriej Karpov
- Russia (23) Grigory Laguta
- United Kingdom (24) Simon Stead
Calendar
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Classification
[edit | edit source]| Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series |
| Full-time Grand Prix rider |
| Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | EUR Poland |
SWE Sweden |
CZE  |
DEN |
GBR United Kingdom |
ITA Italy |
SCA Sweden |
POL Poland |
NOR |
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PL2 Poland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | United States (5) Greg Hancock | 165 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 11 |
| Silver | Sweden (9) Andreas Jonsson | 125 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 7 |
| Bronze | Poland (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 | Poland (1) Tomasz Gollob | 106 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | Russia (12) Emil Sayfutdinov | 106 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| 7 | (7) Kenneth Bjerre
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101 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 4 |
| 8 | (8) Chris Holder
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101 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 |
| 9 | Sweden (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 | United Kingdom (6) Chris Harris | 74 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 7 |
| 12 | Sweden (14) Antonio Lindbäck | 72 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Poland (4) Rune Holta | 53 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 14 | Poland (15) Janusz Kołodziej | 50 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 15 | Russia (13) Artem Laguta | 28 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| 16 | (16) Darcy Ward
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22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | – | – | 7 |
| 17 | Sweden (19) Magnus Zetterström | 19 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 3 | – | 7 | – | – | – |
| 18 | Sweden (16) Thomas H. Jonasson | 17 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | 5 | – |
| 20 | United Kingdom (16) Scott Nicholls | 5 | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Poland (16) Damian Baliński | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | (16) Matěj Kůs
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3 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | (16) Bjarne Pedersen
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3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| 24 | (16) Mikkel B. Jensen
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2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | United Kingdom (17) Tai Woffinden | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | Sweden (17) Simon Gustafsson | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | Sweden (18) Dennis Andersson | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rider(s) not classified | |||||||||||||
| Poland (17) Patryk Dudek | — | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Poland (18) Maciej Janowski | — | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (17) Lukáš Dryml
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— | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (18) Zdeněk Simota
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— | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (17) Michael Jepsen Jensen
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— | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (18) Kenni Larsen
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— | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| United Kingdom (18) Ben Barker | — | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Italy (17) Mattia Carpanese | — | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Italy (18) Guglielmo Franchetti | — | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Sweden (18) Linus Sundström | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | |
| Poland (17) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | |
| Poland (18) Emil Pulczyński | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | |
| (17) Michael Jepsen Jensen
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— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | |
| (18) Mikkel Michelsen
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— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | |
| Error creating thumbnail: (17) Dino Kovačić | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | |
| Slovenia (18) Matija Duh | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | |
| Poland (17) Bartosz Zmarzlik | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | |
| Poland (18) Kamil Pulczyński | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | EUR Poland |
SWE Sweden |
CZE |
DEN |
GBR United Kingdom |
ITA Italy |
SCA Sweden |
POL Poland |
NOR |
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PL2 Poland |
See also
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