2016 Speedway Grand Prix
| 2016 Speedway Grand Prix | |
|---|---|
| Season details | |
| Dates | April 30 — October 22 |
| Events | 11 |
| Riders | 15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves |
| Heats | 253 (in 11 events) |
| Winners | |
| Champion | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Greg Hancock |
| Runner-up | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR Tai Woffinden |
| 3rd place | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL Bartosz Zmarzlik |
The 2016 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 22nd season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 71st FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the sixteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. Tai Woffinden was the defending champion from 2015.[1][2]
Greg Hancock won the title, the fourth of his career. He won the series by nine points from 2015 champion Woffinden, who finished second ahead of debutant Bartosz Zmarzlik. Jason Doyle was leading the series with two rounds to go, but suffered an injury in his first heat during the penultimate round in Poland and was unable to complete the season. He eventually finished fifth, behind Australian compatriot and 2012 world champion Chris Holder, who won his home Grand Prix in Melbourne (his first SGP win since 2012) to move in fourth in the standings.
The title lifted Hancock to sixth on the all-time list, joining Ivan Mauger and Tony Rickardsson (6 each), Ove Fundin (5) and Barry Briggs and Hans Nielsen (4 each) as riders to win at least four individual world championships.
Qualification
[edit | edit source]For the 2016 season there were 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.
The top eight riders from the 2015 championship qualified automatically. Those riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.
The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2015 season.[3]
Qualified riders
[edit | edit source]| # | Riders | 2015 place | GP Ch place | Appearance | Previous appearances in series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 108 | United Kingdom Tai Woffinden | 1 | — | 5th | 2010, 2011, 2013–2015 |
| 45 | United States Greg Hancock | 2 | — | 22nd | 1995–2015 |
| 3 | Denmark Nicki Pedersen | 3 | — | 16th | 2000, 2001–2015 |
| 88 | Denmark Niels Kristian Iversen | 4 | — | 6th | 2004–2005, 2006, 2008, 2009–2010, 2013–2015 |
| 69 | Australia Jason Doyle | 5 | — | 2nd | 2015 |
| 55 | Slovenia Matej Žagar | 6 | — | 6th | 2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–2015 |
| 71 | Poland Maciej Janowski | 7 | — | 2nd | 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015 |
| 23 | Australia Chris Holder | 8 | — | 7th | 2010–2015 |
| 95 | Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik | 18 | 1 | 1st | 2012–2015 |
| 777 | Poland Piotr Pawlicki Jr. | 19 | 2 | 1st | 2015 |
| 37 | United Kingdom Chris Harris | 13 | 3 | 10th | 2003, 2007–2012, 2013, 2014–2015 |
| 25 | Denmark Peter Kildemand | 9 | 5 | 1st | 2012–2015 |
| 100 | Sweden Andreas Jonsson | 10 | — | 15th | 2001, 2002–2015 |
| 33 | Poland Jarosław Hampel | 16 | — | 11th | 2000–2002, 2004–2007, 2008–2009, 2010–2015 |
| 85 | Sweden Antonio Lindbäck | 17 | 15 | 7th | 2004, 2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2011–2013, 2015 |
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Qualified substitutes
[edit | edit source]The following riders were nominated as substitutes:
| # | Riders | 2015 place | GP Ch place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Sweden Fredrik Lindgren | — | 4 |
| 52 | Denmark Michael Jepsen Jensen | 11 | — |
| 21 | Czech Republic Václav Milík | 26 | 6 |
Fredrik Lindgren replaced the injured Jarosław Hampel for the first six rounds. Hampel then officially withdrew from the competition on 22 August 2016,[4] promoting Lindgren to a full-time place in the series.
Calendar
[edit | edit source]The 2016 season consisted of 11 events, one less than the 2015 series.[5]
Final 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 | SVN Slovenia |
POL Poland |
DEN Denmark |
CZE Czech Republic |
GBR United Kingdom |
SWE Sweden |
PL2 Poland |
GER Germany |
SCA Sweden |
PL3 Poland |
AUS Australia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | United States (45) Greg Hancock (C) | 139 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 5 |
| Silver | United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden | 130 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 15 |
| Bronze | Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 128 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 |
| 4 | Australia (23) Chris Holder | 126 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 17 |
| 5 | Australia (69) Jason Doyle | 123 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 0 | – |
| 6 | Poland (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. | 99 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| 7 | Sweden (85) Antonio Lindbäck | 93 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | Denmark (88) Niels Kristian Iversen | 91 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 12 |
| 9 | Poland (71) Maciej Janowski | 90 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| 10 | Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar | 90 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 11 |
| 11 | Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren | 88 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 6 |
| 12 | Denmark (25) Peter Kildemand | 68 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | Denmark (3) Nicki Pedersen | 62 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 7 | – | – | – |
| 14 | Sweden (100) Andreas Jonsson | 53 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 7 |
| 15 | United Kingdom (37) Chris Harris | 40 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | Denmark (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 4 | 10 | 10 |
| 17 | Poland (16) Patryk Dudek | 8 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Germany (16) Martin Smolinski | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – |
| 17 | Poland (16) Paweł Przedpełski | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – |
| 20 | United Kingdom (16) Danny King | 7 | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Poland (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Denmark (16) Anders Thomsen | 5 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Sweden (17) Kim Nilsson | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – |
| 24 | Sweden (16) Peter Ljung | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | Czech Republic (16) Václav Milík Jr. | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | Germany (17) Tobias Kroner | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| 26 | Australia (16) Sam Masters | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 26 | Australia (17) Brady Kurtz | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 26 | Australia (19) Jack Holder | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 26 | Slovenia (17) Nick Škorja | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Slovenia (16) Denis Štojs | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Poland (17) Daniel Kaczmarek | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Sweden (16) Jacob Thorssell | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 30 | Poland (17) Kacper Woryna | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 35 | Slovenia (18) Matic Ivačič | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 35 | Poland (18) Oskar Bober | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 35 | Australia (18) Max Fricke | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | SVN Slovenia |
POL Poland |
DEN Denmark |
CZE Czech Republic |
GBR United Kingdom |
SWE Sweden |
PL2 Poland |
GER Germany |
SCA Sweden |
PL3 Poland |
AUS Australia |
See also
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