2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Croatia

2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Croatia
FIM Nice Croatian Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	24 September 2011
City	Donji Kraljevec (Goričan)
Event	10 of 11 (143)
Referee	Craig Ackroyd
Jury President	Ikka Teromaa
Stadium details
Stadium	Stadium Milenium
Length	305 m (334 yd)
SGP Results
Attendance	6,000
Best Time	Kenneth Bjerre 59,84 secs (in Heat 8)
Winner	Andreas Jonsson
Runner-up	Chris Harris
3rd place	Chris Harris

The 2011 FIM Nice Croatian Speedway World Championship Grand Prix was the tenth race of the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 24 at the Stadium Milenium in Donji Kraljevec, Croatia. ^{[1] [2]}

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Matej Žagar as Wild Card, and Dino Kovačić and Matija Duh both as Track Reserves. ^[3] The Draw was made on September 23. ^[4]

Results

Grand Prix was won by Andreas Jonsson who beat Chris Harris, Fredrik Lindgren and Greg Hancock in the final. ^{[5] [6]}

After the event, championship leader Greg Hancock has more than 24 points over second Andreas Jonsson and becoming 2011 World Champion. Hancock is the oldest World Champion in history, beating Ivan Mauger. Between first and last champion title was 14 years; former the longest period was 11 years (Mauger 1968–1979). ^[7]

Heat details

Placing	Draw	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21	22	23
1	1	(9) Andreas Jonsson	18	3				1				F				3				2				9	6	3		3
2	13	(6) Chris Harris	19				3	3							3		2					2		13	1	2		2
3	14	(11) Fredrik Lindgren	12				2		1					3		2							0	8	8		2	1
4	11	(5) Greg Hancock	15			3				2		3					3						1	12	2		3	0
5	8	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	12		2						3			2			1			3				11	3		1
6	6	(12) Emil Sayfutdinov	10		3				3			1							3			0		10	4	0
7	5	(2) Jarosław Hampel	9		1			0					3					3					2	9	5		0
8	4	(4) Rune Holta	9	0							2				1				2				3	8	7	1
9	16	(3) Jason Crump	8				1				0	2						2			3			8	9
10	9	(8) Chris Holder	7			1		2						1					1		2			7	10
11	15	(1) Tomasz Gollob	5				0			3			1						0	1				5	11
12	7	(16) Matej Žagar	5		0					1					2	1					1			5	12
13	12	(15) Janusz Kołodziej	4			0					1		0			0						3		4	13
14	10	(13) Artem Laguta	4			2			2						0			0		0				4	14
15	2	(10) Nicki Pedersen	4	2					Fx				2				0				0			4	15
16	3	(14) Antonio Lindbäck	3	1						0				0				1				1		3	16
17	17	(17) Dino Kovačić	-																					-	17
18	18	(18) Matija Duh	-																					-	18
Placing	Draw	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21	22	23

e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell
ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify
Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals

gate A – inside

gate B

gate C

gate D – outside

Heat after heat

1. (60,92) Jonsson, Pedersen, Lindbäck, Holta
2. (60,17) Sayfutdinov, Bjerre, Hampel, Žagar
3. (60,39) Hancock, Laguta, Holder, Kołodziej
4. (60,32) Harris, Lindgren, Crump, Gollob
5. (60,98) Harris, Holder, Jonsson, Hampel
6. (60,84) Sayfutdinov, Laguta, Lindgren, Pedersen (Fx)
7. (60,81) Gollob, Hancock, Žagar, Lindbäck
8. (59,84) Bjerre, Holta, Kołodziej, Crump
9. (60,65) Hancock, Crump, Sayfutdinov, Jonsson (F)
10. (60,03) Hampel, Pedersen, Gollob, Kołodzej
11. (60,34) Lindgren, Bjerre, Holder, Lindbäck
12. (60,98) Harris, Žagar, Holta, Laguta
13. (61,26) Jonsson, Lindgren, Žagar, Kołodziej
14. (61,15) Hancock, Harris, Bjerre, Pedersen
15. (60,25) Hampel, Crump, Lindbäck, Laguta
16. (60,98) Sayfutdinov, Holta, Holder, Gollob
17. (61,78) Bjerre, Jonsson, Gollob, Laguta
18. (61,81) Crump, Holder, Žagar, Pedersen
19. (62,02) Kołodziej, Harris, Lindbäck, Sayfutdinov
20. (61,42) Holta, Hampel, Hancock, Lindgren

    Semi-finals:

21. (61,09) Jonsson, Harris, Holta, Sayfutdinov
22. (61,68) Hancock, Lindgren, Bjerre, Hampel

    the Final:

23. (61,65) Jonsson (6 points), Harris (4), Lindgren (2), Hancock (0)

The intermediate 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	154	14	10	23	13	20	15	9	13	22	15
2	(9) Andreas Jonsson	118	5	6	8	7	10	17	19	20	8	18
3	(2) Jarosław Hampel	117	12	5	19	12	5	12	17	18	8	9
4	(3) Jason Crump	104	5	6	13	18	8	6	16	7	17	8
5	(1) Tomasz Gollob	98	18	6	17	20	7	5	3	12	5	5
6	(12) Emil Sayfutdinov	98	14	8	6	7	13	11	13	7	9	10
7	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	97	10	2	9	6	11	12	16	6	13	12
8	(8) Chris Holder	95	9	10	9	14	15	6	7	7	11	7
9	(11) Fredrik Lindgren	85	11	6	9	9	5	7	8	5	13	12
10	(10) Nicki Pedersen	79	17	4	9	7	16	3	3	6	10	4
11	(14) Antonio Lindbäck	69	1	9	6	5	3	17	7	12	6	3
12	(6) Chris Harris	67	7	4	3	7	6	6	10	0	5	19
13	(4) Rune Holta	53	9	1	7	6	1	5	4	8	3	9
14	(15) Janusz Kołodziej	45	8	9	1	3	7	10	1	–	2	4
15	(13) Artem Laguta	25	0	1	2	7	–	–	1	1	9	4
16	(19) Magnus Zetterström	19	–	–	–	–	9	3	–	7	–	–
17	(16) Thomas H. Jonasson	17	–	8	–	–	–	–	9	–	–	–
18	(16) Darcy Ward	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	–	–
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) Kenneth Arendt 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
Pos.	Rider	Points	EUR	SWE	CZE	DEN	GBR	ITA	SCA	POL	NOR	CRO	PL2

See also

• motorcycle speedway

References

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2. "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
3. "Zagar z dziką kartą w Gorican!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 15 Sep 2011. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
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