2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
	FIM Doodson British Speedway Grand Prix;
Information
Date	25 June 2011
City	Cardiff
Event	5 of 11 (138)
Referee	Wojciech Grodzki
Jury President	Armando Castagna
Stadium details
Stadium	Millennium Stadium
Length	277 m (303 yd)
SGP Results
Attendance	43,640
Best Time	Chris Holder ; 55,3 secs (in Heat 22)
Winner	Greg Hancock
Runner-up	Nicki Pedersen
3rd place	Nicki Pedersen

Last updated September 10, 2019

The 2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, also known as the 2011 FIM Doodson British Speedway Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth race of the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 25 June at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Great Britain.^[1]^[2]

The 2011 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 17th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 66th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the eleventh series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. The series began on 30 April in Leszno and finished on 8 October in Gorzów.

The Millennium Stadium, is the national stadium of Wales. Located in Cardiff, it is the home of the Wales national rugby union team and has also held Wales national football team games. Initially built to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup, it has gone on to host many other large-scale events, such as the Tsunami Relief Cardiff concert, the Super Special Stage of Wales Rally Great Britain, the Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain and various concerts. It also hosted six FA Cup finals and several other high-profile football fixtures while Wembley Stadium was being redeveloped.

Cardiff Capital and largest city of Wales

Cardiff is the capital of Wales and its largest city. The eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom, it is Wales's chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural institutions and Welsh media, and the seat of the National Assembly for Wales. At the 2011 census, the unitary authority area population was estimated to be 346,090, and the wider urban area 479,000. Cardiff is a significant tourist centre and the most popular visitor destination in Wales with 21.3 million visitors in 2017. In 2011, Cardiff was ranked sixth in the world in National Geographic's alternative tourist destinations.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Scott Nicholls as Wild Card, and Tai Woffinden and Ben Barker both as Track Reserves. Because Artem Laguta did not have a valid visa, he could not enter into the United Kingdom. He was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Magnus Zetterström of Sweden.^[3] Another Russian rider, Emil Sayfutdinov, has Polish citizenship also. The Draw was made on 24 June by the Jury President, Armando Castagna.^[4]^[5]

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a sovereign country located off the north-western coast of the European mainland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom that shares a land border with another sovereign state, the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south and the Celtic Sea to the south-west, giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea separates Great Britain and Ireland. The United Kingdom's 242,500 square kilometres (93,600 sq mi) were home to an estimated 66.0 million inhabitants in 2017.

(13)

Artem Laguta → (19)

Magnus Zetterström

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Greg Hancock who beat Nicki Pedersen, Chris Holder and Emil Sayfutdinov in the final. Hancock becoming World Championship leader.^[6]^[7]^[8]

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	8	(5) Greg Hancock	20		2						3			1			3			3				12	1	2		3
2	11	(10) Nicki Pedersen	16			3				2		3					2						T/-	10	5		2	2
3	14	(8) Chris Holder	15				0		1					3		3							3	10	3		3	1
4	10	(12) Emil Sayfutdinov	13			0			2						3			3		2				10	4	3		Fx
5	6	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	11		1				3			2							3			2		11	2		T
6	16	(9) Andreas Jonsson	10				2				2	1						1			3			9	6	1
7	3	(19) Magnus Zetterström	9	2						3				0				2				1		8	8		1
8	4	(3) Jason Crump	8	3							0				2				2				1	8	7	0
9	9	(15) Janusz Kołodziej	7			2		3						2					0		0			7	9
10	7	(1) Tomasz Gollob	7		3					0					1	1					2			7	10
11	2	(6) Chris Harris	6	1					0				3				1				1			6	11
12	12	(2) Jarosław Hampel	5			1					1		R			0						3		5	12
13	1	(16) Scott Nicholls	5	0				2				0				2				1				5	13
14	15	(11) Fredrik Lindgren	5				1			1			2						1	X				5	14
15	13	(14) Antonio Lindbäck	3				3	0							0		0					0		3	15
16	17	(17) Tai Woffinden	2																				2	2	16
17	5	(4) Rune Holta	1		0			1					Fx					0					0	1	17
18	18	(18) Ben Barker	-																					-	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

(56,2) Crump, Zetterström, Harris, Nicholls
(56,0) Gollob, Hancock, Bjerre, Holta
(56,1) Pedersen, Kołodziej, Hampel, Sayfutdinov
(56,7) Lindbäck, Jonsson, Lindgren, Holder
(56,3) Kołodziej, Nicholls, Holta, Lindbäck
(56,0) Bjerre, Sayfutdinov, Holder, Harris
(56,9) Zetterström, Pedersen, Lindgren, Gollob
(56,6) Hancock, Jonsson, Hampel, Crump
(56,2) Pedersen, Bjerre, Jonsson, Nicholls
(57,0) Harris, Lindgren, Holta (Fx), Hampel (X)
(56,1) Holder, Kołodziej, Hancock, Zetterström
(56,7) Sayfutdinov, Crump, Gollob, Lindbäck
(55,6) Holder, Nicholls, Gollob, Hampel
(56,3) Hancock, Pedersen, Harris, Lindbäck
(56,3) Sayfutdinov, Zetterström, Jonsson, Holta
(56,7) Bjerre, Crump, Lindgren, Kołodziej
(56,0) Hancock, Sayfutdinov, Nicholls, Lindgren (X)
(56,8) Jonsson, Gollob, Harris, Kołodziej
(56,0) Hampel, Bjerre, Zetterström, Lindbäck
(56,4) Holder, Woffinden, Crump, Holta (Pedersen - R)
Semi-Finals:
(55,6) Sayfutdinov, Hancock, Jonsson, Crump
(55,3) Holder, Pedersen, Zetterström, Bjerre (R)
the Final:
(55,8) Hancock, Pedersen, Holder, Sayfutdinov (Fx)

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
1	(5) Greg Hancock	80	14	10	23	13	20
2	(1) Tomasz Gollob	68	18	6	17	20	7
3	(8) Chris Holder	57	9	10	9	14	15
4	(2) Jarosław Hampel	53	12	5	19	12	5
5	(10) Nicki Pedersen	53	17	4	9	7	16
6	(3) Jason Crump	50	5	6	13	18	8
7	(12) Emil Sayfutdinov	48	14	8	6	7	13
8	(11) Fredrik Lindgren	40	11	6	9	9	5
9	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	38	10	2	9	6	11
10	(9) Andreas Jonsson	36	5	6	8	7	10
11	(15) Janusz Kołodziej	28	8	9	1	3	7
12	(6) Chris Harris	27	7	4	3	7	6
13	(4) Rune Holta	24	9	1	7	6	1
13	(14) Antonio Lindbäck	24	1	9	6	5	3
15	(13) Artem Laguta	10	0	1	2	7	–
16	(19) Magnus Zetterström	9	–	–	–	–	9
17	(16) Thomas H. Jonasson	8	–	8	–	–	–
18	(16) Scott Nicholls	5	–	–	–	–	5
19	(16) Damian Baliński	4	4	–	–	–	–
20	(16) Matěj Kůs	3	–	–	3	–	–
21	(16) Mikkel B. Jensen	2	–	–	–	2	–
22	(17) Tai Woffinden	2	–	–	–	–	2
23	(17) Simon Gustafsson	1	–	1	–	–	–
24	(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
Pos.	Rider	Points	EUR	SWE	CZE	DEN	GBR	ITA	SCA	POL	NOR	CRO	PL2

References

↑ "SGP/SWC Dates 2011". speedwaygp.com. 22 Oct 2010. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 26 Oct 2010.
↑ "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
↑ "Magnus Zetterstroem: Marzę o zwycięstwie w Cardiff" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 22 Jun 2011. Retrieved 28 Jul 2011.
↑ "Draw". speedwaygp.com. 24 Jun 2011. Retrieved 28 Jul 2011.
↑ "Lista startowa Grand Prix Wielkiej Brytanii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 24 Jun 2011. Retrieved 28 Jul 2011.
↑ "Cardiff SGP Result" (PDF). PZM.pl. 27 Jun 2011. Retrieved 28 Jul 2011.
↑ "Greg Hancock zwyciężył w Cardiff, nieudany występ Polaków" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 25 Jun 2011. Retrieved 28 Jul 2011.
↑ Świat Żużla, No 4 (88) 2011, page 55 ISSN 1429-3285

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