2016 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia

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Flag of Sweden.svg 2016 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia
2016 Stockholm FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date24 September 2016
City Flag of Sweden.svg Stockholm
Event9 of 11
Referee Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Steentoft
Stadium details
Stadium Friends Arena
Capacity34,000
Length272 m (297 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
Gold medal icon.svg Winner Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Doyle
Silver medal icon.svg Runner-up Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Holder
Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd place Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren

The 2016 Stockholm FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the ninth race of the 2016 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 24 September at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. [1]

Contents

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jacob Thorssell as the wild card, and Peter Ljung and Linus Sundström both as Track Reserves. Second series reserve Michael Jepsen Jensen replaced the injured Nicki Pedersen, while Kim Nilsson replaced the injured Andreas Jonsson.

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Jason Doyle, who beat Chris Holder, Fredrik Lindgren and Matej Žagar in the final. It was Doyle's third successive Grand Prix win and, as a result, he took the lead in the world championship standings. Former series leader Greg Hancock, who was eliminated in the semi-finals, was five points back in second place with defending world champion Tai Woffinden in third. [2]

Heat details

PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos212223
Gold medal icon.svg 14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (69) Jason Doyle 192332313133
Silver medal icon.svg 6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (23) Chris Holder 13103329722
Bronze medal icon.svg 5 Flag of Sweden.svg (66) Fredrik Lindgren 143222211521
413 Flag of Slovenia.svg (55) Matej Žagar 153332112230
57 Flag of Poland.svg (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 12212331141
63 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (108) Tai Woffinden 11221331130
715 Flag of Poland.svg (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 10131231060
812 Flag of the United States.svg (45) Greg Hancock 931310881
91 Flag of Poland.svg (71) Maciej Janowski 83120289
108 Flag of Denmark.svg (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 703031710
119 Flag of Denmark.svg (25) Peter Kildemand 612012611
122 Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Kim Nilsson 512011512
134 Flag of Sweden.svg (85) Antonio Lindbäck 502102513
1410 Flag of Denmark.svg (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 421010414
1516 Flag of Sweden.svg (16) Jacob Thorssell 100100115
1611 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (37) Chris Harris 000000016
PlacingDrawRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos212223

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 – insidegate Bgate Cgate D – outside

The intermediate classification

[3]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos.RiderPoints SVN
Flag of Slovenia.svg
POL
Flag of Poland.svg
DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg
CZE
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SWE
Flag of Sweden.svg
PL2
Flag of Poland.svg
GER
Flag of Germany.svg
SCA
Flag of Sweden.svg
PL3
Flag of Poland.svg
AUS
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg (69) Jason Doyle 1231357171217161719
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg (45) Greg Hancock 11810141418101711159
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (108) Tai Woffinden 1071014159158151011
4 Flag of Poland.svg (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 1008107131310141312
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (23) Chris Holder 98141213561215813
6 Flag of Poland.svg (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 8184561413101110
7 Flag of Poland.svg (71) Maciej Janowski 8010101651112628
8 Flag of Sweden.svg (85) Antonio Lindbäck 741010105187464
9 Flag of Sweden.svg (66) Fredrik Lindgren 737122112811614
10 Flag of Slovenia.svg (55) Matej Žagar 6441485834315
11 Flag of Denmark.svg (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 6484711385117
12 Flag of Denmark.svg (25) Peter Kildemand 621567649366
13 Flag of Denmark.svg (3) Nicki Pedersen 6210410856127
14 Flag of Sweden.svg (100) Andreas Jonsson 396886920
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (37) Chris Harris 333341012460
16 Flag of Denmark.svg (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 1174
17 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Patryk Dudek 88
18 Flag of Germany.svg (16) Martin Smolinski 88
19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (16) Danny King 77
20 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 77
21 Flag of Denmark.svg (16) Anders Thomsen 55
22 Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Kim Nilsson 55
22 Flag of Sweden.svg (16) Peter Ljung 44
23 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (16) Václav Milík Jr. 33
24 Flag of Germany.svg (17) Tobias Kroner 22
25 Flag of Slovenia.svg (16) Denis Štojs 11
26 Flag of Slovenia.svg (17) Nick Škorja 11
27 Flag of Poland.svg (17) Daniel Kaczmarek 11
28 Flag of Sweden.svg (16) Jacob Thorsell 11
29 Flag of Slovenia.svg (18) Matic Ivačič 00
Pos. RiderPoints SVN
Flag of Slovenia.svg
POL
Flag of Poland.svg
DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg
CZE
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SWE
Flag of Sweden.svg
PL2
Flag of Poland.svg
GER
Flag of Germany.svg
SCA
Flag of Sweden.svg
PL3
Flag of Poland.svg
AUS
Flag of Australia (converted).svg

References

  1. "Stockholm Grand Prix Event Info". SGP. 30 May 2023. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015.
  2. "Stockholm Grand Prix Result". SGP. 30 May 2023. Archived from the original on September 16, 2016.
  3. "2016 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP. 30 May 2023. Archived from the original on May 2, 2016.

See also