2016 Speedway Grand Prix

22nd season of the Speedway Grand Prix x 2016 April 30 — October 22 11 15 1 2 253 11 USA Greg Hancock GBR Tai Woffinden 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.https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX British Speedway 10 July 2021https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/6933/world-champions Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 10 July 2021 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 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.http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/4566/sgp-2016-wild-cards-revealed https://web.archive.org/web/20151101122546/http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/4566/sgp-2016-wild-cards-revealed usurped November 1, 2015 2016 SGP Wildcards SGP Qualified riders # Riders 2015 place GP Ch place Appearance Previous appearances in series108GBR Tai Woffinden 1 — 5th 2010, 2011, 2013–201545USA Greg Hancock 2 — 22nd 1995–20153DEN Nicki Pedersen 3 — 16th 2000, 2001–201588DEN Niels Kristian Iversen 4 — 6th 2004–2005, 2006, 2008, 2009–2010, 2013–201569AUS Jason Doyle 5 — 2nd 201555SVN Matej Žagar 6 — 6th 2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–201571POL Maciej Janowski 7 — 2nd 2008, 2012, 2014, 201523AUS Chris Holder 8 — 7th 2010–201595POL Bartosz Zmarzlik 18 1 1st 2012–2015777POL Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 19 2 1st 201537GBR Chris Harris 13 3 10th 2003, 2007–2012, 2013, 2014–201525DEN Peter Kildemand 9 5 1st 2012–2015100SWE Andreas Jonsson 10 — 15th 2001, 2002–201533POL Jarosław Hampel 16 — 11th 2000–2002, 2004–2007, 2008–2009, 2010–201585SWE Antonio Lindbäck 17 15 7th 2004, 2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2011–2013, 2015 Qualified substitutes The following riders were nominated as substitutes: # Riders 2015 place GP Ch place66 SWE Fredrik Lindgren — 452 DEN Michael Jepsen Jensen 11 —21 CZE 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,http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/5149/hampel-withdraws-from-sgp-2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160825075429/http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/5149/hampel-withdraws-from-sgp-2016 usurped August 25, 2016 Hampel withdraws from SGP 2016 SGP promoting Lindgren to a full-time place in the series. Calendar The 2016 season consisted of 11 events, one less than the 2015 series.http://www.speedwaygp.com/calendar https://web.archive.org/web/20110503062756/http://speedwaygp.com/calendar usurped May 3, 2011 2016 FIM Speedway World Championship calendar SGP 2016 SVN 1 April 30 Matija Gubec Stadium Krško DEN Peter Kildemand AUS Jason Doyle AUS Chris Holder GBR Tai Woffinden 2016 POL 2 May 14 Stadion Narodowy Warsaw GBR Tai Woffinden USA Greg Hancock SVN Matej Žagar AUS Chris Holder 2016 DEN 3 June 11 CASA Arena Horsens POL Maciej Janowski AUS Chris Holder GBR Tai Woffinden DEN Nicki Pedersen 2016 CZE 4 June 25 Markéta Stadium Prague AUS Jason Doyle USA Greg Hancock GBR Chris Harris DEN Niels Kristian Iversen 2016 GBR 5 July 9 Principality Stadium Cardiff SWE Antonio Lindbäck GBR Tai Woffinden POL Bartosz Zmarzlik USA Greg Hancock 2016 SWE 6 August 14 G&B Stadium Målilla USA Greg Hancock AUS Jason Doyle POL Piotr Pawlicki Jr. AUS Chris Holder 2016 PL2 7 August 27 Edward Jancarz Stadium Gorzów AUS Jason Doyle GBR Tai Woffinden AUS Chris Holder POL Bartosz Zmarzlik 2016 GER 8 September 10 Bergring Arena Teterow AUS Jason Doyle POL Bartosz Zmarzlik USA Greg Hancock DEN Niels Kristian Iversen 2016 SCA 9 September 24 Friends Arena Stockholm AUS Jason Doyle AUS Chris Holder SWE Fredrik Lindgren SLO Matej Žagar 2016 PL3 10 October 1 Rose Motoarena Toruń DEN Niels Kristian Iversen USA Greg Hancock POL Bartosz Zmarzlik SLO Matej Žagar 2016 AUS 11 October 22 Etihad Stadium Melbourne AUS Chris Holder GBR Tai Woffinden POL Bartosz Zmarzlik SWE Antonio Lindbäck Final Classification http://www.speedwaygp.com/standings?36 https://web.archive.org/web/20160502065427/http://www.speedwaygp.com/standings?36 usurped May 2, 2016 2016 FIM Speedway World Championship standings SGP 2016 SVN POL DEN CZE GBR SWE PL2 GER SCA PL3 AUS Q P1 USA 45 Greg Hancock (C) e 10 b 14 e 14 b 18 d 10 a 17 e 11 c 15 e 9 b 16 f 5 Q P2 GBR 108 Tai Woffinden d 10 a 14 c 15 e 9 b 15 f 8 b 15 e 10 e 11 f 8 b 15 Q P3 POL 95 Bartosz Zmarzlik f 8 e 10 f 7 e 13 c 13 e 10 d 14 b 13 e 12 c 13 c 15 Q 4 AUS 23 Chris Holder c 14 d 12 b 13 f 5 f 6 d 12 c 15 e 8 b 13 e 11 a 17 Q 5 AUS 69 Jason Doyle b 13 f 5 f 7 a 17 e 12 b 17 a 16 a 17 a 19 f 0 x Q 6 POL 777 Piotr Pawlicki Jr. f 8 f 4 f 5 f 6 e 14 c 13 e 10 e 11 e 10 e 10 e 8 Q 7 SWE 85 Antonio Lindbäck e 10 e 10 e 10 f 5 a 18 f 7 f 4 f 6 f 4 f 5 d 14 Q 8 DEN 88 Niels Kristian Iversen f 8 f 4 f 7 d 11 f 3 e 8 f 5 d 11 f 7 a 15 e 12 P 9 POL 71 Maciej Janowski e 10 e 10 a 16 f 5 e 11 e 12 f 6 f 2 f 8 f 5 f 5 P 10 SVN 55 Matej Žagar f 4 c 14 e 8 f 5 f 8 f 3 f 4 f 3 d 15 d 15 e 11 P 11 SWE 66 Fredrik Lindgren f 7 e 12 f 2 e 11 f 2 f 8 e 11 f 6 c 14 e 9 f 6 P 12 DEN 25 Peter Kildemand a 15 f 6 f 7 f 6 f 4 e 9 f 3 f 6 f 6 f 2 f 4 P 13 DEN 3 Nicki Pedersen e 10 f 4 d 10 e 8 f 5 f 6 e 12 f 7 x x x P 14 SWE 100 Andreas Jonsson f 6 f 8 e 8 f 6 e 9 f 2 f 0 x x f 7 f 7 P 15 GBR 37 Chris Harris f 3 f 3 f 4 c 10 f 1 f 2 f 4 f 6 f 0 f 3 f 4 R 16 DEN 52 Michael Jepsen Jensen x x x x x x x f 7 f 4 e 10 e 10 R 17 POL 16 Patryk Dudek x f 8 x x x x x x x x x R 17 GER 16 Martin Smolinski x x x x x x x e 8 x x x R 17 POL 16 Paweł Przedpełski x x x x x x x x x f 8 x R 20 GBR 16 Danny King x x x x f 7 x x x x x x R 20 POL 16 Krzysztof Kasprzak x x x x x x f 7 x x x x R 22 DEN 16 Anders Thomsen x x f 5 x x x x x x x x R 22 SWE 17 Kim Nilsson x x x x x x x x f 5 x x R 24 SWE 16 Peter Ljung x x x x x f 4 x x x x x R 25 CZE 16 Václav Milík Jr. x x x f 3 x x x x x x x R 26 GER 17 Tobias Kroner x x x x x x x f 2 x x x R 26 AUS 16 Sam Masters x x x x x x x x x x f 2 R 26 AUS 17 Brady Kurtz x x x x x x x x x x f 2 R 26 AUS 19 Jack Holder x x x x x x x x x x f 2 R 26 SVN 17 Nick Škorja f 1 x x f 1 x x x x x x x R 30 SVN 16 Denis Štojs f 1 x x x x x x x x x x R 30 POL 17 Daniel Kaczmarek x x x x x x f 1 x x x x R 30 SWE 16 Jacob Thorssell x x x x x x x x f 1 x x R 30 POL 17 Kacper Woryna x x x x x x x x x f 1 x R 35 SVN 18 Matic Ivačič f 0 x x x x x x x x x x R 35 POL 18 Oskar Bober x x x x x x x x x f 0 x R 35 AUS 18 Max Fricke x x x x x x x x x x f 0 See also 2016 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship 2017 Speedway Grand Prix References External links SpeedwayGP.com – Speedway World Championships 2016 Grand Prix