2006 Speedway Grand Prix

World speedway competition June 2024 June 2024 2006 April 22 - September 23 10 10 8 15 1 2 230 AUS Jason Crump USA Greg Hancock DNK Nicki Pedersen The 2006 Speedway Grand Prix was the 61st edition of the official World Championshiphttps://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 and the 12th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion.https://www.crash.net/speedway/news/102105/1/2006-sgp-series-now-over-ten-rounds 2006 SGP series now over ten rounds Crash.net 8 December 2005 15 June 2024http://www.speedwayplus.com/cs_gp2006.shtml Grand Prix Preview 2006 Speedway Plus 16 June 2024 Event format The format remained the same as 2005 with 16 riders taking part in each Grand Prix and over the course of 20 heats each rider will race against every other rider once. The top 8 scorers advance to a semi-final and from each semi-final the 1st and 2nd placed riders will advance to the GP final. All riders apart from the qualifiers for the final carry forward the points earned in the first 20 heats over the course of the season. The riders placing in the final receive points as follows: 1st place = 25 points 2nd place = 20 points 3rd place = 18 points 4th place = 16 points Qualification for Grand Prix For the 2006 season, there were 15 permanent riders, to be joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card. The top 8 riders from the 2005 championship qualified as of right. They were, in 2005 championship order: SWE Tony Rickardsson (retired part way through the season and replaced by DEN Hans Andersen) AUS Jason Crump AUS Leigh Adams DEN Nicki Pedersen USA Greg Hancock DEN Bjarne Pedersen POL Tomasz Gollob SWE Andreas Jonsson They were joined by 7 riders named by the organisers of the series, who are: (in alphabetical order) POL Jarosław Hampel DEN Niels Kristian Iversen SWE Antonio Lindback GBR Scott Nicholls POL Piotr Protasiewicz GBR Lee Richardson SVN Matej Zagar Calendar 2006 SVN 1 22 April Matija Gubec Stadium Krško DEN Nicki Pedersen AUS Jason Crump POL Tomasz Gollob SWE Tony Rickardsson 2006 EUR 2 6 May Olympic Stadium Wrocław AUS Jason Crump USA Greg Hancock SVN Matej Žagar POL Jarosław Hampel 2006 SWE 3 20 May Smedstadion Eskilstuna AUS Jason Crump USA Greg Hancock POL Tomasz Gollob DEN Nicki Pedersen 2006 GBR 4 3 June Millennium Stadium Cardiff AUS Jason Crump SWE Andreas Jonsson POL Jarosław Hampel USA Greg Hancock 2006 DEN 5 24 June Parken Stadium Copenhagen DEN Hans N. Andersen AUS Jason Crump DEN Bjarne Pedersen SWE Antonio Lindbäck 2006 ITA 6 29 July Santa Marina Stadium Lonigo AUS Jason Crump GBR Scott Nicholls DEN Hans N. Andersen AUS Leigh Adams 2006 SCA 7 12 August G&B Stadium Målilla SWE Andreas Jonsson DEN Hans N. Andersen AUS Leigh Adams AUS Jason Crump 2006 CZE 8 26 August Markéta Stadium Prague DEN Hans N. Andersen SVN Matej Žagar SWE Antonio Lindbäck POL Jarosław Hampel 2006 LAT 9 9 September Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs Daugavpils USA Greg Hancock SWE Antonio Lindbäck DEN Nicki Pedersen SWE Andreas Jonsson 2006 POL 10 23 September Polonia Stadium Bydgoszcz DEN Nicki Pedersen USA Greg Hancock POL Tomasz Gollob POL Wiesław Jaguś results: https://archive.today/20070801212439/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m2074 Slovenia • https://archive.today/20070930155639/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m2133 Europe • https://archive.today/20070930155614/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m2311 Sweden • https://archive.today/20070930155746/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgp/a6245 Great Britain • https://archive.today/20060901091235/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m2477 Danmark • https://archive.today/20070801212439/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m2619 Italy • Scandinavia • https://archive.today/20060901091132/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m2744 Czech Republic • Latvia • https://archive.today/20070930155403/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m2844 Poland Final standings 2006 SVN EUR SWE GBR DEN ITA SCA CZE LAT POL Q P1 AUS 2 Jason Crump b 20 a 25 a 25 a 25 b 20 a 25 d 16 e 14 e 11 e 7 Q P2 USA 5 Greg Hancock f 5 b 20 b 20 d 16 e 13 e 9 e 12 f 4 a 25 b 20 Q P3 DNK 4 Nicki Pedersen a 25 e 14 d 16 f 4 f 6 e 9 e 11 f 6 c 18 a 25 Q 4 SWE 8 Andreas Jonsson f 8 f 5 e 10 b 20 f 7 f 9 a 25 f 7 d 16 e 12 Q 5 AUS 3 Leigh Adams e 10 e 7 e 11 f 6 e 12 d 16 c 18 e 12 e 8 f 6 W 6 DNK 16) (19 Hans Andersen x x x x a 25 c 18 b 20 a 25 f 4 e 9 Q 7 SVN 13 Matej Žagar e 9 c 18 f 4 e 9 f 4 e 10 f 4 b 20 e 11 e 8 Q 8 POL 7 Tomasz Gollob c 18 e 9 c 18 f 7 f 3 f 7 f 4 f 6 f 4 c 18 Q 9 POL 11 Jarosław Hampel f 4 d 16 e 8 c 18 f 2 f 4 e 10 d 16 f 7 f 6 P 10 SWE 10 Antonio Lindbäck e 9 f 2 f 6 f 8 d 16 f 4 f 3 c 18 b 20 f 3 P 11 GBR 9 Scott Nicholls e 9 e 9 f 5 e 8 e 8 b 20 f 8 x e 9 f 7 P 12 DNK 6 Bjarne Pedersen f 5 f 6 e 7 e 12 c 18 e 10 e 8 f 2 f 7 f 7 P 13 DNK 15 Niels Kristian Iversen f 2 f 6 f 4 f 5 f 8 f 5 f 6 e 8 f 4 f 3 P 14 SWE 1 Tony Rickardsson d 16 f 6 f 4 e 10 f 5 x x x x x P 15 GBR 12 Lee Richardson f 8 f 4 f 0 f 5 e 9 f 4 f 4 f 3 f 0 f 2 W 16 POL 14 Piotr Protasiewicz f 1 f 3 f 3 f 3 f 1 f 3 f 4 f 5 f 4 f 4 W 17 POL 16 Wiesław Jaguś x x x x x x x x x d 16 W 18 AUS 20 Ryan Sullivan x x x x x x f 1 e 9 x x W 19 SWE 16) (17 Fredrik Lindgren x x f 7 x x x n x x x W 20 POL 16 Krzysztof Kasprzak x f 6 x x x x x x x x W 21 LVA 16 Kasts Poudzuks x x x x x x x x f 4 x W 22 CZE 17 Luboš Tomíček, Jr. x x x x x x x f 4 x x W 23 SLO 16 Matej Ferjan f 3 x x x x x x x x x W 24 GBR 16 Simon Stead x x x f 3 x x x x x x W 25 CZE 16 Adrian Rymel x x x x x x x f 2 x x W 26 DNK 17 Charlie Gjedde x x x x f 1 x x x x x W 27 DNK 18 Kenneth Bjerre x x x x f 1 x x x x x W 28 ITA 16 Mattia Carpanese x x x x x f 0 x x x x W 29 POL 17 Janusz Kołodziej x f 0 x x x x x x x n W 30 SWE 17) (18 Jonas Davidsson x x f 0 x x x n x x x W 31 ITA 17 Daniele Tessari x x x x x f 0 x x x x W 32 RUS 17 Grigory Laguta x x x x x x x x f 0 x W 33 CZE 18 Zdeněk Simota x x x x x x x f 0 x x W 34 LVA 18 Andrejs Koroļevs x x x x x x x x f 0 x R SVN 17 Izak Šantej - ns - - - - - - - - - R GBR 17 Edward Kennett - - - - ns - - - - - - R SVN 18 Jernej Kolenko - ns - - - - - - - - - R POL 18 Tomasz Gapiński - - ns - - - - - - - - R SWE 18 Eric Andersson - - - ns - - - - - - - R GBR 18 Ben Wilson - - - - ns - - - - - - R ITA 18 Simone Terenzani - - - - - - ns - - - - R POL 18 Karol Ząbik - - - - - - - - - - ns thumb|100px|right|Jason Crump - World Champion 2006 References External links List of results from Official Speedway GP site 2006 World I