2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

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Sweden 2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
2011 FIM Meridian Lifts Swedish Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date 14 May 2011
City Sweden Gothenburg
Event 2 of 11 (135)
Referee Poland Wojciech Grodzki
Jury President Denmark Jörgen L Jensen
Stadium details
Stadium Ullevi
Length 400 m
SGP Results
Attendance 13,304
Best Time Sweden Antonio Lindbäck
71,4 secs (in Heat 2)
Winner Australia Chris Holder
Runner-up United States Greg Hancock
3rd place Sweden Antonio Lindbäck

The 2011 FIM Meridian Lifts Swedish Speedway Grand Prix was the second race of the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 14 at the Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.[1][2]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Thomas H. Jonasson as Wild Card, and Simon Gustafsson and Dennis Andersson both as Track Reserves.[3] The Draw was made on May 13 by stadium manager.[4][5]

Results

It was first Grand Prix event which was stopped before hold all heats (after Heat 16). According to "FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Regulations (2011 edition)", points scored before Heat 16 is approved as a event results.

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If a Grand Prix meeting is interrupted or suspended for any reason whatsoever,

the following rules will apply:

1. (...)
2. If the meeting is interrupted before heat 20 is accomplished and the remaining heats cannot be completed, then the race points scored at the completion of heat 16 will determine the result.
3. (...)
— Speedway Grand Prix Regulation, Rule 077.1.4.1, FIM (page 7 and 8)[6]

Grand Prix was won by Chris Holder (10 points), who beat Greg Hancock (10), Antonio Lindbäck (9) and Janusz Kołodziej (9). Hancock and the defending World Champion Tomasz Gollob becoming Championship co-leader.[7][8][9]

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 14 Australia (8) Chris Holder 10 2 3 3 2 10 1
2 9 United States (5) Greg Hancock 10 3 2 2 3 10 2
3 4 Sweden (14) Antonio Lindbäck 9 3 3 3 F 9 3
4 6 Poland (15) Janusz Kołodziej 9 2 2 3 2 9 4
5 2 Russia (12) Emil Sayfutdinov 8 1 1 3 3 8 5
6 11 Sweden (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 8 1 3 2 2 8 6
7 5 Australia (3) Jason Crump 6 3 3 F - 6 7
8 3 Sweden (9) Andreas Jonsson 6 0 2 1 3 6 8
9 7 Poland (1) Tomasz Gollob 6 1 0 2 3 6 9
10 13 Sweden (11) Fredrik Lindgren 6 3 1 1 1 6 10
11 15 Poland (2) Jarosław Hampel 5 1 1 2 1 5 11
12 10 Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen 4 2 0 R 2 4 12
13 16 United Kingdom (6) Chris Harris 4 0 2 1 1 4 13
14 1 Denmark (7) Kenneth Bjerre 2 2 F 0 M/- 2 14
15 8 Poland (4) Rune Holta 1 0 1 0 0 1 15
16 12 Russia (13) Artem Laguta 1 X 0 1 0 1 16
17 17 Sweden (17) Simon Gustafsson 1 1 1 17
18 18 Sweden (18) Dennis Andersson 0 0 0 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. (71,4) Lindbäck, Bjerre, Sajfutdinow, Jonsson
  2. (72,0) Crump, Kołodziej, Gollob, Holta
  3. (71,5) Hancock, Pedersen, Jonasson, Laguta (X/2x)
  4. (72,7) Lindgren, Holder, Hampel, Harris
  5. (71,9) Crump, Hancock, Lindgren, Bjerre (F4)
  6. (72,4) Holder, Kołodziej, Sajfutdinow, Pedersen
  7. (73,0) Jonasson, Jonsson, Hampel, Gollob
  8. (72,2) Lindbäck, Harris, Holta, Laguta
  9. (74,0) Kołodziej, Jonasson, Harris, Bjerre
  10. (72,4) Sajfutdinow, Hampel, Laguta, Crump (Fx)
  11. (72,5) Holder, Hancock, Jonsson, Holta
  12. (72,7) Lindbäck, Gollob, Lindgren, Pedersen (R4)
  13. (73,7) Gollob, Holder, Gustafsson, Laguta (Bjerre - M)
  14. (73,9) Sajfutdinow, Jonasson, Lindgren, Holta
  15. (74,7) Jonsson, Pedersen, Harris, Andersson (Crump - ns)
  16. (74,5) Hancock, Kołodziej, Hampel, Lindbäck (F3)

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
Poland
SWE
Sweden
CZE
Czech Republic
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
ITA
Italy
SCA
Sweden
POL
Poland
NOR
Denmark
CRO
Croatia
PL2
Poland
1 Poland (1) Tomasz Gollob 24 18 6                  
2 United States (5) Greg Hancock 24 14 10                  
3 Russia (12) Emil Sayfutdinov 22 14 8                  
4 Denmark (10) Nicki Pedersen 21 17 4                  
5 Australia (8) Chris Holder 19 9 10                  
6 Poland (2) Jarosław Hampel 17 12 5                  
7 Sweden (11) Fredrik Lindgren 17 11 6                  
8 Poland (15) Janusz Kołodziej 17 8 9                  
9 Denmark (7) Kenneth Bjerre 12 10 2                  
10 Australia (3) Jason Crump 11 5 6                  
11 United Kingdom (6) Chris Harris 11 7 4                  
12 Sweden (9) Andreas Jonsson 11 5 6                  
13 Poland (4) Rune Holta 10 9 1                  
14 Sweden (14) Antonio Lindbäck 10 1 9                  
15 Sweden (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 8 8                  
14 Poland (16) Damian Baliński 4 4                  
16 Russia (13) Artem Laguta 1 0 1                  
17 Sweden (17) Simon Gustafsson 1 1                  
18 Sweden (18) Dennis Andersson 0 0                  
Rider(s) not classified
Poland (17) Patryk Dudek ns                  
Poland (18) Maciej Janowski ns                  
Pos. Rider Points EUR
Poland
SWE
Sweden
CZE
Czech Republic
DEN
Denmark
GBR
United Kingdom
ITA
Italy
SCA
Sweden
POL
Poland
NOR
Denmark
CRO
Croatia
PL2
Poland

See also

References

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