2006 Speedway Grand Prix
World speedway competition
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The 2006 Speedway Grand Prix was the 61st edition of the official World Championship[1][2] and the 12th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion.[3][4]
| 2006 Speedway Grand Prix | |
|---|---|
| Season details | |
| Dates | April 22 - September 23 |
| Events | 10 |
| Cities | 10 |
| Countries | 8 |
| Riders | 15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves |
| Heats | 230 (in 10 events) |
| Winners | |
| Champion |  AUS Jason Crump |
| Runner-up |  USA Greg Hancock |
| 3rd place |  DNK Nicki Pedersen |
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:
Tony Rickardsson (retired part way through the season and replaced by 
Hans Andersen)
Jason Crump- Leigh Adams
- Nicki Pedersen
Greg Hancock- Bjarne Pedersen
Tomasz Gollob- Andreas Jonsson
They were joined by 7 riders named by the organisers of the series, who are: (in alphabetical order)
- Jarosław Hampel
- Niels Kristian Iversen
- Antonio Lindback
Scott Nicholls- Piotr Protasiewicz
- Lee Richardson
Matej Zagar
Calendar
results: Slovenia • Europe • Sweden • Great Britain • Danmark • Italy • Scandinavia • Czech Republic • Latvia • Poland
Final standings
| Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series |
| Full-time Grand Prix rider |
| Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | SVN  | EUR  | SWE  | GBR  | DEN | ITA  | SCA | CZE  | LAT  | POL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
(2) Jason Crump
|
188 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 7 |
 |
(5) Greg Hancock
|
144 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 25 | 20 |
 |
(4) Nicki Pedersen
|
134 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 25 |
| 4 | (8) Andreas Jonsson
|
119 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 16 | 12 |
| 5 | (3) Leigh Adams
|
106 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 6 |
| 6 | (16) (19) Hans Andersen
|
101 | – | – | – | – | 25 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | (13) Matej Žagar
|
97 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 8 |
| 8 | (7) Tomasz Gollob
|
94 | 18 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | (11) Jarosław Hampel
|
91 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 6 |
| 10 | (10) Antonio Lindbäck
|
89 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 3 |
| 11 | (9) Scott Nicholls
|
83 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 8 | – | 9 | 7 |
| 12 | (6) Bjarne Pedersen
|
82 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 13 | (15) Niels Kristian Iversen
|
51 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| 14 | (1) Tony Rickardsson
|
41 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | (12) Lee Richardson
|
39 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | (14) Piotr Protasiewicz
|
31 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 17 | (16) Wiesław Jaguś
|
16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 |
| 18 | (20) Ryan Sullivan
|
10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 9 | – | – |
| 19 | (16) (17) Fredrik Lindgren
|
7 | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – |
| 20 | (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak
|
6 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | (16) Kasts Poudzuks
|
4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – |
| 22 | (17) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.
|
4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – |
| 23 | (16) Matej Ferjan
|
3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | (16) Simon Stead
|
3 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | (16) Adrian Rymel
|
2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| 26 | (17) Charlie Gjedde
|
1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | (18) Kenneth Bjerre
|
1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | (16) Mattia Carpanese
|
0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| 29 | (17) Janusz Kołodziej
|
0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns |
| 30 | (17) (18) Jonas Davidsson
|
0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – |
| 31 | (17) Daniele Tessari
|
0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| 32 |  (17) Grigory Laguta
|
0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 33 | (18) Zdeněk Simota
|
0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – |
| 34 | (18) Andrejs Koroļevs
|
0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| Rider(s) not classified | ||||||||||||
| (17) Izak Šantej |
- | ns | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| (17) Edward Kennett |
- | - | - | - | ns | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| (18) Jernej Kolenko |
- | ns | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| (18) Tomasz Gapiński |
- | - | ns | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| (18) Eric Andersson |
- | - | - | ns | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| (18) Ben Wilson |
- | - | - | - | ns | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| (18) Simone Terenzani |
- | - | - | - | - | - | ns | - | - | - | - | |
| (18) Karol Ząbik |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ns | |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | SVN | EUR | SWE | GBR | DEN | ITA | SCA | CZE | LAT | POL |
