2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy

2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy
2011 FIM Nice Italian Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	30 July 2011
City	Terenzano
Event	6 of 11 (139)
Referee	Frank Ziegler
Jury President	Christer Bergstrom
Stadium details
Stadium	Pista Olimpia Terenzano
Length	400 m (440 yd)
SGP Results
Attendance	3,000
Best Time	Jarosław Hampel 72,25 secs (in Heat 6)
Winner	Andreas Jonsson
Runner-up	Greg Hancock
3rd place	Antonio Lindback

The 2011 FIM Nice Italian Speedway Grand Prix was the sixth race of the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 30 July at the Pista Olimpia Terenzano stadium in Terenzano, Italy. ^{[1] [2]}

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Matej Žagar as Wild Card, and Mattia Carpanese and Guglielmo Franchetti both as Track Reserves. ^[3] Injury Artem Laguta was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Magnus Zetterström. ^[4] The Draw was made on 29 July at 13:00 CEST. ^{[5] [6]}

(13) Artem Laguta → (19) Magnus Zetterström

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Andreas Jonsson, who beat World Championship leader Greg Hancock, Antonio Lindbäck and Kenneth Bjerre in the final. ^{[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	13	(9) Andreas Jonsson	17				3	2							1		2					1		9	7	2		3
2	7	(5) Greg Hancock	15		1					0					3	3					1			8	8		3	2
3	9	(14) Antonio Lindbäck	17			2		3						1					3		3			12	1	3		1
4	2	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	12	0					2				3				3				2			10	3		2	0
5	10	(2) Jarosław Hampel	12			3			3						2			0		3				11	2		1
6	3	(12) Emil Sayfutdinov	11	1						2				3				1				3		10	4	1
7	5	(15) Janusz Kołodziej	10		3			1					2					2					2	10	5		0
8	4	(16) Matej Žagar	9	3							3				0				2				1	9	6	0
9	14	(11) Fredrik Lindgren	7				2		0					R4		2							3	7	9
10	16	(3) Jason Crump	6				0				0	3						3			0			6	10
11	11	(6) Chris Harris	6			1				3		1					1						0	6	11
12	8	(8) Chris Holder	6		2						2			2			0			0				6	12
13	6	(1) Tomasz Gollob	5		0				1			2							0			2		5	13
14	15	(4) Rune Holta	5				1			1			0						1	2				5	14
15	1	(19) Magnus Zetterström	3	2				0				0				0				1				3	15
16	12	(10) Nicki Pedersen	3			0					1		1			1						0		3	16
17	17	(17) Mattia Carpanese	-																					-	17
18	18	(18) Guglielmo Franchetti	-																					-	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. (74,56) Žagar, Zetterström, Sayfutdinov, Bjerre
2. (73,38) Kołodziej, Holder, Hancock, Gollob
3. (73,31) Hampel, Lindbäck, Harris, Pedersen
4. (73,31) Jonsson, Lindgren, Holta, Crump
5. (72,60) Lindbäck, Jonsson, Kołodziej, Zetterström
6. (72,25) Hampel, Bjerre, Gollob, Lindgren
7. (72,57) Harris, Sayfutdinov, Holta, Hancock
8. (74,06) Žagar, Holder, Pedersen, Crump
9. (72,81) Crump, Gollob, Harris, Zetterström
10. (73,00) Bjerre, Kołodziej, Pedersen, Holta
11. (73,41) Sayfutdinov, Holder, Lindbäck, Lindgren (R4)
12. (73,88) Hancock, Hampel, Jonsson, Žagar
13. (73,43) Hancock, Lindgren, Pedersen, Zetterström
14. (73,28) Bjerre, Jonsson, Harris, Holder
15. (74,00) Crump, Kołodziej, Sayfutdinov, Hampel
16. (74,66) Lindbäck, Žagar, Holta, Gollob
17. (74,53) Hampel, Holta, Zetterström, Holder
18. (74,75) Lindbäck, Bjerre, Hancock, Crump
19. (75,22) Sayfutdinov, Gollob, Jonsson, Pedersen
20. (75,12) Lindgren, Kołodziej, Žagar, Harris

    Semi-Finals:

21. (74,35) Lindbaeck, Jonsson, Sayfutdinov, Žagar
22. (74,81) Hancock, Bjerre, Hampel, Kołodziej

    the Final:

23. (75,44) Jonsson (6 points), Hancock (4), Lindbaeck (2), Bjerre (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
1	(5) Greg Hancock	95	14	10	23	13	20	15
2	(1) Tomasz Gollob	73	18	6	17	20	7	5
3	(2) Jarosław Hampel	65	12	5	19	12	5	12
4	(8) Chris Holder	63	9	10	9	14	15	6
5	(12) Emil Sayfutdinov	59	14	8	6	7	13	11
6	(3) Jason Crump	56	5	6	13	18	8	6
7	(10) Nicki Pedersen	56	17	4	9	7	16	3
8	(9) Andreas Jonsson	53	5	6	8	7	10	17
9	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	50	10	2	9	6	11	12
10	(11) Fredrik Lindgren	47	11	6	9	9	5	7
11	(14) Antonio Lindbäck	41	1	9	6	5	3	17
12	(15) Janusz Kołodziej	38	8	9	1	3	7	10
13	(6) Chris Harris	33	7	4	3	7	6	6
14	(4) Rune Holta	29	9	1	7	6	1	5
15	(19) Magnus Zetterström	12	–	–	–	–	9	3
16	(13) Artem Laguta	10	0	1	2	7	–	–
17	(16) Matej Žagar	9	–	–	–	–	–	9
18	(16) Thomas H. Jonasson	8	–	8	–	–	–	–
19	(16) Scott Nicholls	5	–	–	–	–	5	–
20	(16) Damian Baliński	4	4	–	–	–	–	–
21	(16) Matěj Kůs	3	–	–	3	–	–	–
22	(16) Mikkel B. Jensen	2	–	–	–	2	–	–
23	(17) Tai Woffinden	2	–	–	–	–	2	–
24	(17) Simon Gustafsson	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
25	(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
Pos.	Rider	Points	EUR	SWE	CZE	DEN	GBR	ITA	SCA	POL	NOR	CRO	PL2

References

1. "SGP/SWC Dates 2011". speedwaygp.com. 2010-10-22. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
2. "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 11 Apr 2011.
3. "Matej Zagar z dziką kartą" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 12 Jul 2011. Retrieved 28 Jul 2011.
4. "Zetterstroem pojedzie w Grand Prix Włoch" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 26 Jul 2011. Retrieved 28 Jul 2011.
5. "Lista startowa Grand Prix Włoch" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 29 Jul 2011. Retrieved 29 Jul 2011.
6. "Terenzano Draw" (PDF). pzm.pl. 29 Jul 2011. Retrieved 31 Jul 2011.
7. "Andreas Jonsson zwycięzcą Grand Prix Włoch" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 30 Jul 2011. Retrieved 28 Jul 2011.
8. Świat Żużla, No 4 (88) 2011, page 55 ISSN   1429-3285

See also

• motorcycle speedway