2010 FIM Long Track World Championship

2010 Individual Long Track World Championship 2009 2011 The 2010 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 2010 and 40th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship season. Champion was determined in six finals between 30 May and 19 September 2010. 2010 FIM Conference Meeting FIM-live.com 2010-03-05 http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Communiques_de_presse/2010_FIM_Conference_Meetings_-_2010_updated_calendars_&_2011_provisional_calendars.pdf 2010-03-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20120406173854/http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Communiques_de_presse/2010_FIM_Conference_Meetings_-_2010_updated_calendars_%26_2011_provisional_calendars.pdf 2012-04-06 dead The Championship was won by Joonas Kylmäkorpi, who won three of six Grand Prix event and scoring 140 points. Kylmäkorpi beat Theo Pijper (120 pts) and Richard Speiser (103 pts). Top seven riders get qualify to the Grand Prix' next season, and next eight riders qualify to the Long Track Challenge. The defending World Champion, Gerd Riss crashed at Final Three and he did not participate at next events (after Final Two he was second placed, losing three points to Kylmäkorpi). Riders There will be seventeen permanent riders: top seven placed riders from the 2009 Individual Long Track World Championship, top seven riders from the Long Track Challenge three riders nominated by the CCP for all Final Meetings. One Wild Card and two Track Reserve riders will be nominated by organising national federation In case of the absence of one or more riders in the final meetings, the first available Qualified Substitute rider or riders will be elevated for that meeting, and take the place(s) of the relevant missing rider(s). The list of Qualified Substitute riders was published by the CCP before the season according to Long Track Challenge last year. A starting position draw for each final meeting will be balloted by the CCP. 2009 Championship (1) GER GER Gerd Riss (2) FRA FRA Stephane Tresarrieu (3) NED NED Dirk Fabriek (4) GER GER Matthias Kröger (5) GBR GBR Glen Phillips (6) FRA FRA Theo Pijper (Dutch, starting with French licency) (7) FIN FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi Long Track Challenge (8) GER GER Stephan Katt (9) GER GER Herbert Rudolph (10) ITA ITA Alessandro Milanese withdraw and was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes rider GER GER Jan Pape (11) GER GER Jorg Tebbe (12) GER GER Richard Speiser (13) GER GER Enrico Janoschka (14) FRA FRA Mathieu Tresarrieu Nominations (15) CZE CZE Richard Wolff (16) NED NED Jannick de Jong (17) GBR GBR Andrew Appleton Wild cards and track reserves Final One in Pfarrkirchen, Germany (18) GER GER Martin Smolinski (19) GER GER Bernd Diener (20) GER GER Marcel Dachs Final Two in Saint-Macaire, France (18) FRA FRA Jérôme Lespinase (19) FRA FRA Maxime Mazeau (20) FRA FRA Philippe Ostyn Final Three in Marmande, France (18) FRA FRA Jérôme Lespinase (19) FRA FRA Philippe Ostyn (20) FRA FRA Gabriel Dubernard Final Four in Eenrum, Netherlands (18) NED NED Mark Stiekema (19) NED NED Jeffrey Woortman (20) NED NED Sjoerd Rozenberg Final Five in Vechta, Germany (18) GER GER Daniel Rath (19) GER GER Martin Smolinski (20) GER GER Marcel Dachs Final Six in Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic (18) CZE CZE Josef Franc (19) CZE CZE Michael Hádek (20) CZE CZE Zdenek Schneiderwind Qualified Substitutes (21) FRA FRA Jerome Lespinasse (22) UKR UKR Vladimir Trofimiv (23) FIN FIN Rene Lehtinen (24) NED NED Mark Stiekema (25) ITA ITA Massimo Mora (26) FRA FRA Maxime Mazeau Grand Prix Format The riders' starting position draw will be balloted before each Final Meeting by the CCP. Each Qualifying Round, Semi-Final, Long Track Challenge or Final Round must be organised in 15 heats with 6 riders in each heat (heats will consist of 4 laps). Heats 1 to 12 are called Qualifying Heats and must be conducted according to the following schedule of heats (like in a table) After heat 12, there will be an intermediate classification from the 1st to the 20th place according to the total race points each rider has scored during the Qualifying heats. The 12 top-scoring riders from the Qualifying heats will qualify for the Semi-Finals: Semi-final one (heat 13): 1st, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th and 12th in the intermediate classification, Semi-final two (heat 14): 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th and 11th in the intermediate classification. Riders' gate positions for each Semi-Final (Heats 13 and 14) will be chosen by the riders, in the order determined by their position in the Classification after qualifying heats. The 6 top-scoring riders from the second intermediate classification after the Qualifying Heats and Semi-finals will qualify for the Final (Heat 15). Riders' gate positions for the Final heat (Heat 15) will be chosen by the riders. The draw order shall be determined by the second intermediate classification (after the Qualifying and Semi-Final Heats). If a rider cannot take part in a Semi-Final or Final heat for which he has already qualified, he will automatically be considered placed in the last position of the heat and will be not replaced by a following rider in the Intermediate Classification list. Results The total points scored by each rider from the Qualifying heats, Semi-final and Final heats (Heats 1–15) in a Final Meeting will be credited as World Championship points in the overall championship and the Intermediate World Championship Classification will be according to these credited points. The total race points scored by each rider during the whole event (Heats 1–15) will determine the final classification for the Final Meeting. Positions 1 to 6 in the Final Meeting Classification will be according to the result of the final heat (Heat 15) irrespective of the total race points scored. 2010 Individual Long Track World Championship finals #DateVenueWinnersRunner-up3rd place 1May 30 GER PfarrkirchenGER Stephan Katt (29 pts)FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi (24 pts)GER Jörg Tebbe (19 pts) 2June 12 FRA Saint-MacaireFIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi (29 pts)GER Gerd Riss (26 pts)FRA Theo Pijper (23 pts) 3July 13 FRA MarmandeFIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi (28 pts)NED Jannick de Jong (26 pts)FRA Theo Pijper (20 pts) 4August 22 NED EenrumGBR Andrew Appleton (29 pts)FRA Theo Pijper (25 pts)FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi (24 pts) 5September 11 GER VechtaFIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi (27 pts)FRA Mathieu Tresarrieu (26 pts)GER Richard Speiser (25 pts) 6September 19 CZE Mariánské LázněGER Stephan Katt (27 pts)GBR Andrew Appleton (24 pts)GER Herbert Rudolph (27 pts) Classification The FIM Long Track World Champion will be the rider having collected the most points at the end of the Long Track World Championship Final Meeting series. In case of riders tied on World Championship points in the Intermediate Classification, the better placed rider in the last Final Meeting will be considered the better placed rider. In case of riders involved in a tie on the Final Overall World Championship Classification, the following will apply: Run-off for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Run-off for 7th place, which is the last qualifying place for the following year's Final rounds. For all other placing, the better placed rider in the last Final meeting will be considered the better placed rider. Pos. Rider PointsGER FRA FRA NED GER CZEQ P1 FIN 7 Joonas Kylmäkorpi b 24 a 29 a 28 c 24 a 27 f 8 Q P2 FRA 6 Theo Pijper d 21 c 23 c 20 b 25 d 19 e 12 Q P3 GER 12 Richard Speiser e 12 d 24 d 22 e 13 c 25 f 7 Q 4 GBR 17 Andrew Appleton e 12 e 12 f 7 a 29 d 18 b 24 Q 5 GER 8 Stephan Katt a 29 f 0 e 11 d 17 e 15 a 27 Q 6 FRA 14 Mathieu Tresarrieu e 10 e 9 e 15 d 20 b 26 e 11 Q 7 GER 11 Jörg Tebbe c 19 e 14 f 4 e 14 e 10 d 20 P 8 GER 4 Matthias Kröger d 18 d 16 e 16 f 6 f 7 e 12 P 9 NED 16 Jannick de Jong e 8 e 9 b 26 e 12 e 10 f 5 P 10 GBR 5 Glen Phillips f 3 e 11 e 9 e 11 e 13 d 15 P 11 GER 13 Enrico Janoschka f 6 f 5 e 13 d 18 f 7 e 12 P 12 GER 9 Herbert Rudolph f 5 f 2 e 8 f 6 e 10 c 27 P 13 GER 1 Gerd Riss d 24 b 26 f 3 x x x w 14 FRA 18)(21 Jérôme Lespinase x d 15 d 17 e 9 f 2 e 9 w 15 NED 3 Dirk Fabriek e 8 f 6 d 16 f 5 f 3 e 8 w 16 GER 18)(19 Martin Smolinski f 4 x x x d 19 x w 17 FRA 2 Stephane Tresarrieu f 5 e 12 f 2 f 3 x x w 18 CZE 18 Josef Franc x x x x x d 19 w 19 GER 10 Jan Pape e 10 f 1 f 2 f 2 n f 2 w 20 CZE 15 Richard Wolff f 1 f 6 f 0 f 1 f 3 f 3 w 21 GER 18 Daniel Rath x x x x e 10 x w 22 NED 18)(24 Mark Stiekema x x x e 8 f 1 x w 23 FRA 20 Gabriel Dubernard x x f 4 x x x w 24 FRA 19)(20 Philippe Ostyn x f 1 f 2 x x x w 25 FRA 19 Maxime Mazeau x f 3 x x x x w 26 GER 19 Dernd Diener f 3 x x x x x w 27 UKR 22 Vladimir Trofimov x x x x x f 2 w 28 CZE 19 Michael Hádek x x x x x f 2 w 29 NED 19 Jeffrey Woortman x x x f 1 x x w 30 CZE 20 Zdenek Schneiderwind x x x x x f 0 w 31 GER 20 Marcel Dachs n x x x f 0 x w 32 NED 20 Sjoerd Rozenberg x x x f 0 x x See also 2010 Team Long Track World Championship 2010 Speedway Grand Prix References 2010 World Category:Speedway competitions in the Czech Republic Category:Speedway competitions in France Category:Speedway competitions in Germany Category:Speedway competitions in the Netherlands Category:2010 in Dutch motorsport Category:2010 in German motorsport Category:2010 in French motorsport Category:2010 in Czech sport Category:2010 in Norwegian sport