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2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
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SWE 2011 FIM Meridian Lifts Swedish Speedway Grand Prix 14 May 2011 Gothenburg 2 of 11 (135) Wojciech Grodzki POL Jörgen L Jensen DEN Ullevi 400 13,304 SWE 71,4 Antonio Lindbäck 2 Chris Holder AUS Greg Hancock USA Antonio Lindbäck SWE
The 2011 FIM Meridian Lifts Swedish Speedway Grand Prix was the second race of the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 14 May at the Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.SGP/SWC Dates 2011 speedwaygp.com 22 Nov 2010 http://speedwaygp.com/en/newsdetail/a2102 26 Nov 2011 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20101025082158/http://speedwaygp.com/en/newsdetail/a2102 2010-10-25 Supplementary Regulations FIM-live.com http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Manifestations/Supplementary_Regulations_%28SR%29_Gothenburg_2011.pdf 17 Mar 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120527143208/http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Manifestations/Supplementary_Regulations_(SR)_Gothenburg_2011.pdf 27 May 2012 dead
Riders
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Thomas H. Jonasson as Wild Card, and Simon Gustafsson and Dennis Andersson both as Track Reserves. Thomas H. Jonasson z dziką kartą Polish SportoweFakty.pl 3 May 2011 http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2011/05/03/thomas-h-jonasson-z-dzika-karta/ 4 May 2011 The Draw was made on 13 May by stadium manager. Gothenburg Draw speedwaygp.com 13 May 2011 http://speedwaygp.com/news/article/225/gothenburg-draw https://web.archive.org/web/20110915004829/http://speedwaygp.com/news/article/225/gothenburg-draw usurped September 15, 2011 13 May 2011 Gothenburg Ballot pzm.pl 13 May 2011 http://www.pzm.pl/userfiles/2011-pliki/zuzel/GPGeteborgBallot.pdf 9 Jun 2011
Results
It was first Grand Prix event which was stopped before holding all heats (after Heat 16). According to "FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Regulations (2011 edition)", points scored before Heat 16 are approved as event results.
If a Grand Prix meeting is interrupted or suspended for any reason whatsoever,
the following rules will apply:
1. (...)
2. If the meeting is interrupted before heat 20 is accomplished and the remaining heats cannot be completed, then the race points scored at the completion of heat 16 will determine the result.
3. (...) Speedway Grand Prix Regulation, Rule 077.1.4.1 FIM (page 7 and 8) SGP Regulation FIM-live.com http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Codes_et_reglements/GPSpeedway_en.pdf 9 Jun 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120606150523/http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Codes_et_reglements/GPSpeedway_en.pdf 2012-06-06 dead
Grand Prix was won by Chris Holder (10 points), who beat Greg Hancock (10), Antonio Lindbäck (9) and Janusz Kołodziej (9). Hancock and the defending World Champion Tomasz Gollob becoming Championship co-leader. Goeteborg SGP Result PZM.pl http://www.pzm.pl/userfiles/2011-pliki/zuzel/Goeteborg_Result.pdf 9 Jun 2011 Chris Holder najlepszy w deszczowym Grand Prix Szwecji Polish SportoweFakty.pl 14 May 2011 http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2011/05/14/chris-holder-najlepszy-w-deszczowym-grand-prix-szwecji/ 9 Jun 2011 Świat Żużla, No 4 (88) 2011, page 54 1429-3285
Heat details
14 1 AUS 8 Chris Holder 2 3 3 2
9 2 USA 5 Greg Hancock 3 2 2 3
4 3 SWE 14 Antonio Lindbäck 3 3 3 F
6 4 POL 15 Janusz Kołodziej 2 2 3 2
2 5 RUS 12 Emil Sayfutdinov 1 1 3 3
11 6 SWE 16 Thomas H. Jonasson 1 3 2 2
5 7 AUS 3 Jason Crump 3 3 F -
3 8 SWE 9 Andreas Jonsson 0 2 1 3
7 9 POL 1 Tomasz Gollob 1 0 2 3
13 10 SWE 11 Fredrik Lindgren 3 1 1 1
15 11 POL 2 Jarosław Hampel 1 1 2 1
10 12 DEN 10 Nicki Pedersen 2 0 R 2
16 13 GBR 6 Chris Harris 0 2 1 1
1 14 DEN 7 Kenneth Bjerre 2 F 0 M/-
8 15 POL 4 Rune Holta 0 1 0 0
12 16 RUS 13 Artem Laguta X 0 1 0
17 SWE 17 Simon Gustafsson y 1
18 SWE 18 Dennis Andersson y 0
Heat after heat
(71,4) Lindbäck, Bjerre, Sajfutdinow, Jonsson
(72,0) Crump, Kołodziej, Gollob, Holta
(71,5) Hancock, Pedersen, Jonasson, Laguta (X/2x)
(72,7) Lindgren, Holder, Hampel, Harris
(71,9) Crump, Hancock, Lindgren, Bjerre (F4)
(72,4) Holder, Kołodziej, Sajfutdinow, Pedersen
(73,0) Jonasson, Jonsson, Hampel, Gollob
(72,2) Lindbäck, Harris, Holta, Laguta
(74,0) Kołodziej, Jonasson, Harris, Bjerre
(72,4) Sajfutdinow, Hampel, Laguta, Crump (Fx)
(72,5) Holder, Hancock, Jonsson, Holta
(72,7) Lindbäck, Gollob, Lindgren, Pedersen (R4)
(73,7) Gollob, Holder, Gustafsson, Laguta (Bjerre - M)
(73,9) Sajfutdinow, Jonasson, Lindgren, Holta
(74,7) Jonsson, Pedersen, Harris, Andersson (Crump - ns)
(74,5) Hancock, Kołodziej, Hampel, Lindbäck (F3)
The intermediate classification
2011 EUR SWE CZE DEN GBR ITA SCA POL Nor CRO PL2 q 1 POL 1 Tomasz Gollob
b 18 f 6 i i i i i i i i i
q 2 USA 5 Greg Hancock
e 14 b 10 i i i i i i i i i
q 3 RUS 12 Emil Sayfutdinov
c 14 e 8 i i i i i i i i i
q 4 DEN 10 Nicki Pedersen
a 17 f 4 i i i i i i i i i
q 5 AUS 8 Chris Holder
f 9 a 10 i i i i i i i i i
q 6 POL 2 Jarosław Hampel
d 12 f 5 i i i i i i i i i
q 7 SWE 11 Fredrik Lindgren
e 11 f 6 i i i i i i i i i
q 8 POL 15 Janusz Kołodziej
f 8 d 9 i i i i i i i i i
p 9 DEN 7 Kenneth Bjerre
e 10 f 2 i i i i i i i i i
p 10 AUS 3 Jason Crump
f 5 e 6 i i i i i i i i i
p 11 GBR 6 Chris Harris
f 7 f 4 i i i i i i i i i
p 12 SWE 9 Andreas Jonsson
f 5 e 6 i i i i i i i i i
p 13 POL 4 Rune Holta
e 9 f 1 i i i i i i i i i
p 14 SWE 14 Antonio Lindbäck
f 1 c 9 i i i i i i i i i
w 15 SWE 16 Thomas H. Jonasson
x e 8 i i i i i i i i i
w 14 POL 16 Damian Baliński
f 4 x i i i i i i i i i
p 16 RUS 13 Artem Laguta
f 0 f 1 i i i i i i i i i
w 17 SWE 17 Simon Gustafsson
x r 1 i i i i i i i i i
w 18 SWE 18 Dennis Andersson
x r 0 i i i i i i i i i w POL 17 Patryk Dudek
n x i i i i i i i i i
w POL 18 Maciej Janowski
n x i i i i i i i i i
See also
motorcycle speedway
References
Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
Sweden
2011
Category:2010s in Gothenburg
Category:Sports competitions in Gothenburg