2011 Speedway Grand Prix
17th season of the Speedway Grand Prix
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The 2011 Speedway Grand Prix was the 66th edition of the official World Championship[1][2] 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.[3][4] The series began on 30 April in Leszno and finished on 8 October in Gorzów.
| 2011 Speedway Grand Prix | |
|---|---|
| Season details | |
| Dates | 30 April — 8 October |
| Events | 11 |
| Cities | 11 |
| Countries | 7 |
| Riders | 15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves |
| Heats | 239 (in 11 events) |
| Winners | |
| Champion |  USA Greg Hancock |
| Runner-up |  SWE Andreas Jonsson |
| 3rd place |  POL Jarosław Hampel |
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
The top eight riders from the 2010 championship qualified as of right:
(1) Tomasz Gollob- (2) Jarosław Hampel
(3) Jason Crump- (4) Rune Holta
(5) Greg Hancock
(6) Chris Harris
(7) Kenneth Bjerre- (8) Chris Holder
Grand Prix Challenge
The top eight riders from the 2010 championship were joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.
(13) Artem Laguta
(14) Antonio Lindbäck- (11) Fredrik Lindgren
Nominations
The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2010 season.
- (9) Andreas Jonsson
- (10) Nicki Pedersen
- (12) Emil Sayfutdinov
- (15) Janusz Kołodziej
Qualified Substitutes
- (19) Magnus Zetterström
- (20) Thomas H. Jonasson
- (21) Niels Kristian Iversen
(22) Andriej Karpov- (23) Grigory Laguta
- (24) Simon Stead
Calendar
Classification
| Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series |
| Full-time Grand Prix rider |
| Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | EUR | SWE | CZE  | DEN  | GBR  | ITA  | SCA | POL | NOR | CRO  | PL2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
(5) Greg Hancock
|
165 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 11 |
 |
(9) Andreas Jonsson
|
125 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 7 |
 |
(2) Jarosław Hampel
|
123 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| 4 |  (3) Jason Crump
|
110 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 6 |
| 5 | (1) Tomasz Gollob
|
106 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 |  (12) Emil Sayfutdinov
|
106 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| 7 | (7) Kenneth Bjerre
|
101 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 4 |
| 8 | (8) Chris Holder
|
101 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 |
| 9 | (11) Fredrik Lindgren
|
90 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 5 |
| 10 | (10) Nicki Pedersen
|
89 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | (6) Chris Harris
|
74 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 7 |
| 12 | (14) Antonio Lindbäck
|
72 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | (4) Rune Holta
|
53 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 14 | (15) Janusz Kołodziej
|
50 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 15 | (13) Artem Laguta
|
28 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| 16 | (16) Darcy Ward
|
22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | – | – | 7 |
| 17 | (19) Magnus Zetterström
|
19 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 3 | – | 7 | – | – | – |
| 18 | (16) Thomas H. Jonasson
|
17 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – |
| 19 |  (16) Matej Žagar
|
14 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | 5 | – |
| 20 | (16) Scott Nicholls
|
5 | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | (16) Damian Baliński
|
4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | (16) Matěj Kůs
|
3 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | (16) Bjarne Pedersen
|
3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| 24 | (16) Mikkel B. Jensen
|
2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | (17) Tai Woffinden
|
2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | (17) Simon Gustafsson
|
1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | (18) Dennis Andersson
|
0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rider(s) not classified | |||||||||||||
| (17) Patryk Dudek
|
— | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (18) Maciej Janowski
|
— | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (17) Lukáš Dryml
|
— | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (18) Zdeněk Simota
|
— | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (17) Michael Jepsen Jensen
|
— | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (18) Kenni Larsen
|
— | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (18) Ben Barker
|
— | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (17) Mattia Carpanese
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— | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (18) Guglielmo Franchetti
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— | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | |
| (18) Linus Sundström |
— | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | |
| (17) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr.
|
— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | |
| (18) Emil Pulczyński
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— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | |
| (17) Michael Jepsen Jensen
|
— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | |
| (18) Mikkel Michelsen
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— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | |
| (17) Dino Kovačić
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— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | |
| (18) Matija Duh
|
— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | |
| (17) Bartosz Zmarzlik
|
— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | |
| (18) Kamil Pulczyński
|
— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | EUR | SWE | CZE | DEN | GBR | ITA | SCA | POL | NOR | CRO | PL2 |