2011 Speedway Grand Prix

17th season of the Speedway Grand Prix x 2011 30 April — 8 October 11 11 7 15 1 2 239 USA Greg Hancock SWE Andreas Jonsson POL Jarosław Hampel The 2011 Speedway Grand Prix was the 66th edition of the official World Championshiphttps://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX British Speedway 10 July 2021 9 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182851/https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex livehttps://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/6933/world-champions Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 10 July 2021 10 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210710194213/https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/6933/world-champions live and the 17th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the eleventh series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company.Wild cards revealed speedwaygp.com 2010-10-19 http://speedwaygp.com/en/newsdetail/a2077 2010-10-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20101022050009/http://speedwaygp.com/en/newsdetail/a2077 22 October 2010 usurped dmy-all SGP/SWC Dates 2011 speedwaygp.com 2010-10-22 http://speedwaygp.com/en/newsdetail/a2102 https://web.archive.org/web/20101025082158/http://speedwaygp.com/en/newsdetail/a2102 usurped 2010-10-25 2010-10-22 The series began on 30 April in Leszno and finished on 8 October in Gorzów. Forty-one-year-old American Greg Hancock won his second Speedway World Championship, 14 years after his first gold medal in 1997. The Swedish rider Andreas Jonsson won his first World Championship medal after finishing first in three events. Polish Jarosław Hampel won the bronze medal and made it his second medal in the Speedway Grand Prix era. Qualification For the 2011 season there was 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves. 2010 Grand Prix 2010 Speedway Grand Prix The top eight riders from the 2010 championship qualified as of right: POL (1) Tomasz Gollob POL (2) Jarosław Hampel AUS (3) Jason Crump POL (4) Rune Holta USA (5) Greg Hancock GBR (6) Chris Harris DEN (7) Kenneth Bjerre AUS (8) Chris Holder Grand Prix Challenge 2011 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification The top eight riders from the 2010 championship were joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge. RUS (13) Artem Laguta SWE (14) Antonio Lindbäck SWE (11) Fredrik Lindgren Nominations The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2010 season. SWE (9) Andreas Jonsson DEN (10) Nicki Pedersen RUS (12) Emil Sayfutdinov POL (15) Janusz Kołodziej Qualified Substitutes SWE (19) Magnus Zetterström SWE (20) Thomas H. Jonasson DEN (21) Niels Kristian Iversen UKR (22) Andriej Karpov RUS (23) Grigory Laguta GBR (24) Simon Stead Calendar 2011 EUR 1 30 April Smoczyk Stadium Leszno DEN Nicki Pedersen POL Tomasz Gollob RUS Emil Sayfutdinov POL Jarosław Hampel 2011 SWE 2 14 May Ullevi Gothenburg AUS Chris Holder USA Greg Hancock SWE Antonio Lindbäck POL Janusz Kołodziej 2011 CZE 3 28 May Markéta Stadium Prague USA Greg Hancock POL Jarosław Hampel POL Tomasz Gollob AUS Jason Crump 2011 DEN 4 11 June Parken Stadium Copenhagen POL Tomasz Gollob AUS Jason Crump AUS Chris Holder USA Greg Hancock 2011 GBR 5 25 June Millennium Stadium Cardiff USA Greg Hancock DEN Nicki Pedersen AUS Chris Holder RUS Emil Sayfutdinov 2011 ITA 6 30 July Pista Olimpia Terenzano Terenzano SWE Andreas Jonsson USA Greg Hancock SWE Antonio Lindbäck DEN Kenneth Bjerre 2011 SCA 7 13 August G&B Stadium Målilla POL Jarosław Hampel SWE Andreas Jonsson DEN Kenneth Bjerre RUS Emil Sayfutdinov 2011 POL 8 27 August MotoArena Toruń Toruń SWE Andreas Jonsson POL Jarosław Hampel AUS Darcy Ward SWE Antonio Lindbäck 2011 Nor 9 10 September Speedway Center Vojens USA Greg Hancock AUS Jason Crump SWE Fredrik Lindgren AUS Chris Holder 2011 CRO 10 24 September Stadium Milenium Goričan SWE Andreas Jonsson GBR Chris Harris SWE Fredrik Lindgren USA Greg Hancock 2011 PL2 11 8 October Jancarz Stadium Gorzów Wlkp. USA Greg Hancock DEN Nicki Pedersen RUS Emil Sayfutdinov POL Tomasz Gollob Classification 2011 EUR SWE CZE DEN GBR ITA SCA POL Nor CRO PL2 Q P1 USA 5 Greg Hancock e 14 b 10 a 23 d 13 a 20 b 15 e 9 e 13 a 22 d 15 a 11 Q P2 SWE 9 Andreas Jonsson f 5 e 6 f 8 f 7 e 10 a 17 b 19 a 20 f 8 a 18 e 7 Q P3 POL 2 Jarosław Hampel d 12 f 5 b 19 e 12 f 5 e 12 a 17 b 18 f 8 e 9 f 6 Q 4 AUS 3 Jason Crump f 5 e 6 d 13 b 18 e 8 f 6 e 16 f 7 b 17 f 8 e 6 Q 5 POL 1 Tomasz Gollob b 18 f 6 c 17 a 20 f 7 f 5 f 3 e 12 f 5 f 5 d 8 Q 6 RUS 12 Emil Sayfutdinov c 14 e 8 f 6 f 7 d 13 e 11 d 13 f 7 e 9 e 10 c 8 Q 7 DEN 7 Kenneth Bjerre e 10 f 2 e 9 f 6 e 11 d 12 c 16 f 6 d 13 e 12 f 4 Q 8 AUS 8 Chris Holder f 9 a 10 e 9 c 14 c 15 f 6 f 7 f 7 e 11 f 7 f 6 P 9 SWE 11 Fredrik Lindgren e 11 f 6 e 9 e 9 f 5 f 7 f 8 f 5 c 13 c 12 f 5 P 10 DEN 10 Nicki Pedersen a 17 f 4 e 9 e 7 b 16 f 3 f 3 f 6 e 10 f 4 b 10 P 11 GBR 6 Chris Harris f 7 f 4 f 3 e 7 f 6 f 6 e 10 f 0 f 5 b 19 e 7 P 12 SWE 14 Antonio Lindbäck f 1 c 9 f 6 f 5 f 3 c 17 f 7 d 12 f 6 f 3 f 3 P 13 POL 4 Rune Holta e 9 f 1 f 7 f 6 f 1 f 5 f 4 e 8 f 3 e 9 f 0 P 14 POL 15 Janusz Kołodziej f 8 d 9 f 1 f 3 f 7 e 10 f 1 x f 2 f 4 f 5 P 15 RUS 13 Artem Laguta f 0 f 1 f 2 f 7 x x f 1 f 1 e 9 f 4 f 3 w 16 AUS 16 Darcy Ward x x x x x x x c 15 x x e 7 w 17 SWE 19 Magnus Zetterström x x x x e 9 f 3 x e 7 x x x w 18 SWE 16 Thomas H. Jonasson x e 8 x x x x e 9 x x x x w 19 SVN 16 Matej Žagar x x x x x e 9 x x x f 5 x w 20 GBR 16 Scott Nicholls x x x x f 5 x x x x x x w 21 POL 16 Damian Baliński f 4 x x x x x x x x x x w 22 CZE 16 Matěj Kůs x x f 3 x x x x x x x x w 23 DEN 16 Bjarne Pedersen x x x x x x x x f 3 x x w 24 DEN 16 Mikkel B. Jensen x x x f 2 x x x x x x x w 25 GBR 17 Tai Woffinden x x x x r 2 x x x x x x w 26 SWE 17 Simon Gustafsson x r 1 x x x x n x x x x w 27 SWE 18 Dennis Andersson x r 0 x x x x x x x x x w POL 17 Patryk Dudek n x x x x x x x x x x w POL 18 Maciej Janowski n x x x x x x x x x x w CZE 17 Lukáš Dryml x x n x x x x x x x x w CZE 18 Zdeněk Simota x x n x x x x x x x x w DEN 17 Michael Jepsen Jensen x x x n x x x x x x x w DEN 18 Kenni Larsen x x x n x x x x x x x w GBR 18 Ben Barker x x x x n x x x x x x w ITA 17 Mattia Carpanese x x x x x n x x x x x w ITA 18 Guglielmo Franchetti x x x x x n x x x x x w SWE 18 Linus Sundström x x x x x x n x x x x w POL 17 Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. x x x x x x x n x x x w POL 18 Emil Pulczyński x x x x x x x n x x x w DEN 17 Michael Jepsen Jensen x x x x x x x x n x x w DEN 18 Mikkel Michelsen x x x x x x x x n x x w CRO 17 Dino Kovačić x x x x x x x x x n x w SVN 18 Matija Duh x x x x x x x x x n x w POL 17 Bartosz Zmarzlik x x x x x x x x x x n w POL 18 Kamil Pulczyński x x x x x x x x x x n See also 2011 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship References External links SpeedwayWorld.tv - SGP news 2011 World Individual