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2011 Speedway Grand Prix

{{Short description|17th season of the Speedway Grand Prix}}

{{Infobox SGP Season|x

|Year =2011

|Name =

|Image =

|Dates =30 April — 8 October

|Events =11

|Cities =11

|Country=7

|per=15 |wc=1 |tr=2

|Heats =239

|HeatsE =

|P1f=USA |P1 = Greg Hancock

|P2f=SWE |P2 = Andreas Jonsson

|P3f=POL |P3 = Jarosław Hampel

}}

The 2011 Speedway Grand Prix was the 66th edition of the official World Championship{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex|title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182851/https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/6933/world-champions|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=10 July 2021|archive-date=10 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710194213/https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/6933/world-champions|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |title=Wild cards revealed |publisher=speedwaygp.com |date=2010-10-19 |url=http://speedwaygp.com/en/newsdetail/a2077 |access-date=2010-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022050009/http://speedwaygp.com/en/newsdetail/a2077 |archive-date=22 October 2010 |url-status=usurped |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web|title=SGP/SWC Dates 2011 |publisher=speedwaygp.com |date=2010-10-22 |url=http://speedwaygp.com/en/newsdetail/a2102 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025082158/http://speedwaygp.com/en/newsdetail/a2102 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2010-10-25 |access-date=2010-10-22 }} 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 =

{{main|2010 Speedway Grand Prix}}

The top eight riders from the 2010 championship qualified as of right:

= Grand Prix Challenge =

{{main|2011 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification}}

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

{{SGP Calendar|rounds=

{{SGP Calendar/r|2011|EUR|1|30 April|Smoczyk Stadium |Leszno |DEN |Nicki Pedersen |POL |Tomasz Gollob |RUS |Emil Sayfutdinov |POL |Jarosław Hampel }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2011|SWE|2|14 May|Ullevi |Gothenburg |AUS |Chris Holder |USA |Greg Hancock |SWE |Antonio Lindbäck |POL |Janusz Kołodziej }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2011|CZE|3|28 May|Markéta Stadium|Prague |USA |Greg Hancock |POL |Jarosław Hampel |POL |Tomasz Gollob |AUS |Jason Crump }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2011|DEN|4|11 June|Parken Stadium |Copenhagen |POL |Tomasz Gollob |AUS |Jason Crump |AUS |Chris Holder |USA |Greg Hancock }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2011|GBR|5|25 June|Millennium Stadium |Cardiff |USA |Greg Hancock |DEN |Nicki Pedersen |AUS |Chris Holder |RUS |Emil Sayfutdinov }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2011|ITA|6|30 July|Pista Olimpia Terenzano |Terenzano |SWE |Andreas Jonsson |USA |Greg Hancock |SWE |Antonio Lindbäck |DEN |Kenneth Bjerre }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2011|SCA|7|13 August|G&B Stadium |Målilla |POL |Jarosław Hampel |SWE |Andreas Jonsson |DEN |Kenneth Bjerre |RUS |Emil Sayfutdinov }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2011|POL|8|27 August|MotoArena Toruń |Toruń |SWE |Andreas Jonsson |POL |Jarosław Hampel |AUS |Darcy Ward |SWE |Antonio Lindbäck }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2011|Nor|9|10 September|Speedway Center |Vojens |USA |Greg Hancock |AUS |Jason Crump |SWE |Fredrik Lindgren |AUS |Chris Holder }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2011|CRO|10|24 September|Stadium Milenium |Goričan |SWE |Andreas Jonsson |GBR |Chris Harris |SWE |Fredrik Lindgren |USA |Greg Hancock }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2011|PL2|11|8 October|Jancarz Stadium |Gorzów Wlkp. |USA |Greg Hancock |DEN |Nicki Pedersen |RUS |Emil Sayfutdinov |POL |Tomasz Gollob }}

}}

Classification

{{SGP Table|2011|EUR|SWE|CZE|DEN|GBR|ITA|SCA|POL|Nor|CRO|PL2|RIDERS=

{{SGP Table/r|Q|P1|USA|5| Greg Hancock

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|P2|SWE|9| Andreas Jonsson

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|P3|POL|2| Jarosław Hampel

|d|12|f|5|b|19|e|12|f|5|e|12|a|17|b|18|f|8|e|9|f|6}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|4|AUS|3| Jason Crump

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|5|POL|1| Tomasz Gollob

|b|18|f|6|c|17|a|20|f|7|f|5|f|3|e|12|f|5|f|5|d|8}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|6|RUS|12| Emil Sayfutdinov

|c|14|e|8|f|6|f|7|d|13|e|11|d|13|f|7|e|9|e|10|c|8}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|7|DEN|7| Kenneth Bjerre

|e|10|f|2|e|9|f|6|e|11|d|12|c|16|f|6|d|13|e|12|f|4}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|8|AUS|8| Chris Holder

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{{SGP Table/r|P|9|SWE|11| Fredrik Lindgren

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{{SGP Table/r|P|10|DEN|10| Nicki Pedersen

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{{SGP Table/r|P|11|GBR|6| Chris Harris

|f|7|f|4|f|3|e|7|f|6|f|6|e|10|f|0|f|5|b|19|e|7}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|12|SWE|14| Antonio Lindbäck

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{{SGP Table/r|P|13|POL|4| Rune Holta

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{{SGP Table/r|P|14|POL|15| Janusz Kołodziej

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{{SGP Table/r|P|15|RUS|13| Artem Laguta

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{{SGP Table/r|w|16|AUS|16| Darcy Ward

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{{SGP Table/r|w|17|SWE|19| Magnus Zetterström

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{{SGP Table/r|w|18|SWE|16| Thomas H. Jonasson

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{{SGP Table/r|w|19|SVN|16| Matej Žagar

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{{SGP Table/r|w|20|GBR|16| Scott Nicholls

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{{SGP Table/r|w|21|POL|16| Damian Baliński

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{{SGP Table/r|w|22|CZE|16| Matěj Kůs

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{{SGP Table/r|w|23|DEN|16| Bjarne Pedersen

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{{SGP Table/r|w|24|DEN|16| Mikkel B. Jensen

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{{SGP Table/r|w|25|GBR|17| Tai Woffinden

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{{SGP Table/r|w|26|SWE|17| Simon Gustafsson

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{{SGP Table/r|w|27|SWE|18| Dennis Andersson

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{{SGP Table/r|w||POL|17| Patryk Dudek

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{{SGP Table/r|w||POL|18| Maciej Janowski

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{{SGP Table/r|w||CZE|17| Lukáš Dryml

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{{SGP Table/r|w||CZE|18| Zdeněk Simota

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{{SGP Table/r|w||DEN|17| Michael Jepsen Jensen

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{{SGP Table/r|w||DEN|18| Kenni Larsen

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{{SGP Table/r|w||GBR|18| Ben Barker

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{{SGP Table/r|w||ITA|17| Mattia Carpanese

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{{SGP Table/r|w||ITA|18| Guglielmo Franchetti

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{{SGP Table/r|w||SWE|18| Linus Sundström

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{{SGP Table/r|w||POL|17| Piotr Pawlicki, Jr.

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{{SGP Table/r|w||POL|18| Emil Pulczyński

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{{SGP Table/r|w||DEN|17| Michael Jepsen Jensen

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{{SGP Table/r|w||DEN|18| Mikkel Michelsen

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{{SGP Table/r|w||CRO|17| Dino Kovačić

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{{SGP Table/r|w||SVN|18| Matija Duh

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{{SGP Table/r|w||POL|17| Bartosz Zmarzlik

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{{SGP Table/r|w||POL|18| Kamil Pulczyński

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See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070203093546/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/ SpeedwayWorld.tv - SGP news]

{{Speedway Grand Prix seasons}}

{{Motorcycle speedway in 2011}}

2011

World Individual