2010 Speedway Grand Prix

2010 Speedway Grand Prix
2010 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates	April 24 – October 9
Events	11
Cities	11
Countries	7
Riders	15 permanents ; 1 wild card(s); 2 track reserves
Heats	253 (in 11 events)
Winners
Champion	POL Tomasz Gollob
Runner-up	POL Jarosław Hampel
3rd place	AUS Jason Crump
	← 2009 ; Speedway Grand Prix ; 2011 → ;

Last updated January 29, 2023

The 2010 Speedway Grand Prix was the 65th edition of the official World Championship^[1]^[2] and the 16th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the tenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. The series began on 24 April in Leszno and finished on 9 October in Bydgoszcz.^[3]

The only rider to win more than one round, Tomasz Gollob claimed his first Speedway Grand Prix title after over a decade in the sport. Jarosław Hampel completed a Polish 1–2, claiming his first SGP win in Denmark ahead of Gollob. Reigning champion Jason Crump finished third in the standings; the tenth successive season in which Crump finished in the top three places.

Qualification

For the 2010 season there was 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.

2009 Grand Prix

The top eight riders from the 2009 championship qualified as of right:

Grand Prix Challenge

The top eight riders from the 2009 championship were joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.

Nominations

The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2009 season. Riders were nominated after the season ended on October 13, 2009.^[4]^[5]

(9) Fredrik Lindgren (9th placed in 2009 Grand Prix and 4th in Grand Prix Challenge)
(10) Hans N. Andersen (10th placed in 2009 Grand Prix)
(14) Chris Harris (14th placed in 2009 Grand Prix and 5th in Grand Prix Challenge)
(15) Tai Woffinden

Qualified Substitutes

Calendar

Round	Date	City and venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd placed	4th placed	Results
1	April 24	Leszno , Poland Alfred Smoczyk Stadium	Jason Crump	Jarosław Hampel	Emil Sayfutdinov	Janusz Kołodziej	results
2	May 8	Gothenburg , Sweden Ullevi	Kenneth Bjerre	Tomasz Gollob	Andreas Jonsson	Greg Hancock	results
3	May 22	Prague , Czech Republic Markéta Stadium	Tomasz Gollob	Nicki Pedersen	Jarosław Hampel	Magnus Zetterström	results
4	June 5	Copenhagen , Denmark Parken Stadium	Jarosław Hampel	Tomasz Gollob	Chris Harris	Hans N. Andersen	results
5	June 19	Toruń , Poland MotoArena Toruń	Tomasz Gollob	Rune Holta	Jarosław Hampel	Jason Crump	results
6	July 10	Cardiff , Great Britain Millennium Stadium	Chris Holder	Jason Crump	Jarosław Hampel	Hans N. Andersen	results
7	August 14	Målilla , Sweden G&B Stadium	Rune Holta	Jason Crump	Tomasz Gollob	Fredrik Lindgren	results
8	~~August 28~~ August 29	Goričan , Croatia Stadium Milenium	Greg Hancock	Chris Harris	Jason Crump	Fredrik Lindgren	results
9	September 11	Vojens , Denmark Speedway Center	Tomasz Gollob	Kenneth Bjerre	Jason Crump	Nicki Pedersen	results
10	September 25	Terenzano , Italy Pista Olimpia Terenzano	Tomasz Gollob	Chris Harris	Greg Hancock	Nicki Pedersen	results
11	October 9	Bydgoszcz , Poland Polonia Stadium	Andreas Jonsson	Chris Harris	Janusz Kołodziej	Rune Holta	results

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	POL	GBR	SCA	CRO	NOR	ITA	PL2
	(2) Tomasz Gollob	166	6	16	17	15	24	12	17	10	24	22	3
	(13) Jarosław Hampel	137	18	6	16	20	15	17	10	8	11	10	6
	(1) Jason Crump	135	19	7	7	10	15	17	15	17	15	7	6
4	(7) Rune Holta	109	10	6	7	6	19	8	20	6	6	9	12
5	(4) Greg Hancock	107	4	14	7	3	6	7	12	22	6	14	12
6	(14) Chris Harris	107	8	6	4	13	5	6	9	21	4	18	13
7	(8) Kenneth Bjerre	106	10	20	12	13	4	7	9	6	17	4	4
8	(12) Chris Holder	96	8	11	7	9	6	19	6	7	10	7	6
9	(5) Andreas Jonsson	95	5	12	13	13	3	2	7	6	9	8	17
10	(6) Nicki Pedersen	91	9	8	14	5	8	7	0	4	12	11	13
11	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	87	8	4	7	8	6	10	11	11	5	6	11
12	(10) Hans N. Andersen	86	8	7	9	13	9	10	5	3	7	8	7
13	(11) Magnus Zetterström	74	4	9	11	7	6	6	3	6	8	7	7
14	(15) Tai Woffinden	49	1	4	5	5	7	6	3	6	2	6	4
15	(3) Emil Sayfutdinov	33	14	8	5	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–
16	(16) Janusz Kołodziej	26	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14
17	(20) Davey Watt	19	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	6	1	6	–
18	(19) Piotr Protasiewicz	13	–	–	–	0	5	–	–	–	–	–	8
19	(16) Thomas H. Jonasson	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	–	–	–
20	(16) Antonio Lindbäck	6	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
21	(16) Adrian Miedziński	6	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–
22	(16) Niels Kristian Iversen	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–
23	(16) Jurica Pavlic	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–
24	(16) Scott Nicholls	4	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–
25	(16) Matěj Kůs	3	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
26	(16) Leon Madsen	3	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
27	(18) Ludvig Lindgren	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
28	(16) Mattia Carpanese	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
29	(17) Nicolai Klindt	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–
30	(17)(18) Artur Mroczka	1	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	1
31	(17) Linus Sundström	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
32	(17) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
33	(17) Matija Duh	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–
34	(17) Przemysław Pawlicki	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
35	(18) Zdeněk Simota	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rider(s) not classified
	(17) Damian Baliński	—	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(17) Simon Gustafsson	—	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(17) Ben Barker	—	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–
	(17) Mattia Cavicchioli	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–
	(18) Maciej Janowski	—	ns	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Dennis Andersson	—	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Patrick Hougaard	—	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–
	(18) Daniel King	—	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) József Tabaka	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–
	(18) Andrea Maida	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	EUR	SWE	CZE	DEN	POL	GBR	SCA	CRO	NOR	ITA	PL2

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References

↑ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
↑ "Terminarz SGP 2010 zatwierdzony – będzie runda w Gorican!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-10-25. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
↑ "2010 SGP Wild Cards Announced". SpeedwayGP.com. 2009-11-13. Archived from the original on 2009-11-16. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
↑ "Przyznano dzikie karty na sezon 2010!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-11-13. Archived from the original on 15 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-13.

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[1] "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[2] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[3] "Terminarz SGP 2010 zatwierdzony – będzie runda w Gorican!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-10-25. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-25.

[4] "2010 SGP Wild Cards Announced". SpeedwayGP.com. 2009-11-13. Archived from the original on 2009-11-16. Retrieved 2009-11-13.

[5] "Przyznano dzikie karty na sezon 2010!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-11-13. Archived from the original on 15 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-13.

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