2011 Speedway Grand Prix

2011 Speedway Grand Prix
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
	← 2010 ; Speedway Grand Prix ; 2012 → ;

Last updated March 18, 2024

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.

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:

Grand Prix Challenge

The top eight riders from the 2010 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 2010 season.

Qualified Substitutes

Calendar

Round	Date	City and venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd placed	4th placed	Results
1	30 April	Leszno , Poland Smoczyk Stadium	Nicki Pedersen	Tomasz Gollob	Emil Sayfutdinov	Jarosław Hampel	results
2	14 May	Gothenburg , Sweden Ullevi	Chris Holder	Greg Hancock	Antonio Lindbäck	Janusz Kołodziej	results
3	28 May	Prague , Czech Republic Markéta Stadium	Greg Hancock	Jarosław Hampel	Tomasz Gollob	Jason Crump	results
4	11 June	Copenhagen , Denmark Parken Stadium	Tomasz Gollob	Jason Crump	Chris Holder	Greg Hancock	results
5	25 June	Cardiff , Great Britain Millennium Stadium	Greg Hancock	Nicki Pedersen	Chris Holder	Emil Sayfutdinov	results
6	30 July	Terenzano , Italy Pista Olimpia Terenzano	Andreas Jonsson	Greg Hancock	Antonio Lindbäck	Kenneth Bjerre	results
7	13 August	Målilla , Sweden G&B Stadium	Jarosław Hampel	Andreas Jonsson	Kenneth Bjerre	Emil Sayfutdinov	results
8	27 August	Toruń , Poland MotoArena Toruń	Andreas Jonsson	Jarosław Hampel	Darcy Ward	Antonio Lindbäck	results
9	10 September	Vojens , Denmark Speedway Center	Greg Hancock	Jason Crump	Fredrik Lindgren	Chris Holder	results
10	24 September	Goričan , Croatia Stadium Milenium	Andreas Jonsson	Chris Harris	Fredrik Lindgren	Greg Hancock	results
11	8 October	Gorzów Wlkp. , Poland Jancarz Stadium	Greg Hancock	Nicki Pedersen	Emil Sayfutdinov	Tomasz Gollob	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	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	—	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Guglielmo Franchetti	—	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Linus Sundström	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–
	(17) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr.	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–
	(18) Emil Pulczyński	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–
	(17) Michael Jepsen Jensen	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–
	(18) Mikkel Michelsen	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–
	(17) Dino Kovačić	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	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

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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.
↑ "Wild cards revealed". speedwaygp.com. 19 October 2010. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
↑ "SGP/SWC Dates 2011". speedwaygp.com. 2010-10-22. Archived from the original on 2010-10-25. Retrieved 2010-10-22.

External links

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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] "Wild cards revealed". speedwaygp.com. 19 October 2010. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.

[4] "SGP/SWC Dates 2011". speedwaygp.com. 2010-10-22. Archived from the original on 2010-10-25. Retrieved 2010-10-22.

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