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2006 Speedway Grand Prix

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2006 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
DatesApril 22 - September 23
Events10
Cities10
Countries8
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats230 (in 10 events)
Winners
Champion AUS Jason Crump
Runner-up USA Greg Hancock
3rd place DNK Nicki Pedersen

The 2006 Speedway Grand Prix was the 61st edition of the official World Championship[1][2] and the 12th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion.[3][4]

Event format

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The format remained the same as 2005 with 16 riders taking part in each Grand Prix and over the course of 20 heats each rider will race against every other rider once. The top 8 scorers advance to a semi-final and from each semi-final the 1st and 2nd placed riders will advance to the GP final. All riders apart from the qualifiers for the final carry forward the points earned in the first 20 heats over the course of the season. The riders placing in the final receive points as follows:

  • 1st place = 25 points
  • 2nd place = 20 points
  • 3rd place = 18 points
  • 4th place = 16 points

Qualification for Grand Prix

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For the 2006 season, there were 15 permanent riders, to be joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card. The top 8 riders from the 2005 championship qualified as of right. They were, in 2005 championship order:

  • Sweden Tony Rickardsson (retired part way through the season and replaced by Denmark Hans Andersen)
  • Australia Jason Crump
  • Australia Leigh Adams
  • Denmark Nicki Pedersen
  • United States Greg Hancock
  • Denmark Bjarne Pedersen
  • Poland Tomasz Gollob
  • Sweden Andreas Jonsson

They were joined by 7 riders named by the organisers of the series, who are: (in alphabetical order)

  • Poland Jarosław Hampel
  • Denmark Niels Kristian Iversen
  • Sweden Antonio Lindback
  • United Kingdom Scott Nicholls
  • Poland Piotr Protasiewicz
  • United Kingdom Lee Richardson
  • Slovenia Matej Zagar

Calendar

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Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
1 22 April Slovenia Krško, Slovenia
Matija Gubec Stadium
Denmark Nicki Pedersen Australia Jason Crump Poland Tomasz Gollob Sweden Tony Rickardsson results
2 6 May Poland Wrocław, Poland
Olympic Stadium
Australia Jason Crump United States Greg Hancock Slovenia Matej Žagar Poland Jarosław Hampel results
3 20 May Sweden Eskilstuna, Sweden
Smedstadion
Australia Jason Crump United States Greg Hancock Poland Tomasz Gollob Denmark Nicki Pedersen results
4 3 June United Kingdom Cardiff, Great Britain
Millennium Stadium
Australia Jason Crump Sweden Andreas Jonsson Poland Jarosław Hampel United States Greg Hancock results
5 24 June Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark
Parken Stadium
Denmark Hans N. Andersen Australia Jason Crump Denmark Bjarne Pedersen Sweden Antonio Lindbäck results
6 29 July Italy Lonigo, Italy
Santa Marina Stadium
Australia Jason Crump United Kingdom Scott Nicholls Denmark Hans N. Andersen Australia Leigh Adams results
7 12 August Sweden Målilla, Sweden
G&B Stadium
Sweden Andreas Jonsson Denmark Hans N. Andersen Australia Leigh Adams Australia Jason Crump results
8 26 August Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
Markéta Stadium
Denmark Hans N. Andersen Slovenia Matej Žagar Sweden Antonio Lindbäck Poland Jarosław Hampel results
9 9 September Latvia Daugavpils, Latvia
Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs
United States Greg Hancock Sweden Antonio Lindbäck Denmark Nicki Pedersen Sweden Andreas Jonsson results
10 23 September Poland Bydgoszcz, Poland
Polonia Stadium
Denmark Nicki Pedersen United States Greg Hancock Poland Tomasz Gollob Poland Wiesław Jaguś results

results: SloveniaEuropeSwedenGreat BritainDanmarkItalyScandinaviaCzech RepublicLatviaPoland

Final standings

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Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points SVN
Slovenia
EUR
Poland
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
DEN
Denmark
ITA
Italy
SCA
Sweden
CZE
Czech Republic
LAT
Latvia
POL
Poland
Gold Australia (2) Jason Crump 188 20 25 25 25 20 25 16 14 11 7
Silver United States (5) Greg Hancock 144 5 20 20 16 13 9 12 4 25 20
Bronze Denmark (4) Nicki Pedersen 134 25 14 16 4 6 9 11 6 18 25
4 Sweden (8) Andreas Jonsson 119 8 5 10 20 7 9 25 7 16 12
5 Australia (3) Leigh Adams 106 10 7 11 6 12 16 18 12 8 6
6 Denmark (16) (19) Hans Andersen 101 25 18 20 25 4 9
7 Slovenia (13) Matej Žagar 97 9 18 4 9 4 10 4 20 11 8
8 Poland (7) Tomasz Gollob 94 18 9 18 7 3 7 4 6 4 18
9 Poland (11) Jarosław Hampel 91 4 16 8 18 2 4 10 16 7 6
10 Sweden (10) Antonio Lindbäck 89 9 2 6 8 16 4 3 18 20 3
11 United Kingdom (9) Scott Nicholls 83 9 9 5 8 8 20 8 9 7
12 Denmark (6) Bjarne Pedersen 82 5 6 7 12 18 10 8 2 7 7
13 Denmark (15) Niels Kristian Iversen 51 2 6 4 5 8 5 6 8 4 3
14 Sweden (1) Tony Rickardsson 41 16 6 4 10 5
15 United Kingdom (12) Lee Richardson 39 8 4 0 5 9 4 4 3 0 2
16 Poland (14) Piotr Protasiewicz 31 1 3 3 3 1 3 4 5 4 4
17 Poland (16) Wiesław Jaguś 16 16
18 Australia (20) Ryan Sullivan 10 1 9
19 Sweden (16) (17) Fredrik Lindgren 7 7 ns
20 Poland (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 6 6
21 Latvia (16) Kasts Poudzuks 4 4
22 Czech Republic (17) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 4 4
23 Slovenia (16) Matej Ferjan 3 3
24 United Kingdom (16) Simon Stead 3 3
25 Czech Republic (16) Adrian Rymel 2 2
26 Denmark (17) Charlie Gjedde 1 1
27 Denmark (18) Kenneth Bjerre 1 1
28 Italy (16) Mattia Carpanese 0 0
29 Poland (17) Janusz Kołodziej 0 0 ns
30 Sweden (17) (18) Jonas Davidsson 0 0 ns
31 Italy (17) Daniele Tessari 0 0
32 Russia (17) Grigory Laguta 0 0
33 Czech Republic (18) Zdeněk Simota 0 0
34 Latvia (18) Andrejs Koroļevs 0 0
Rider(s) not classified
Slovenia (17) Izak Šantej - ns - - - - - - - - -
United Kingdom (17) Edward Kennett - - - - ns - - - - - -
Slovenia (18) Jernej Kolenko - ns - - - - - - - - -
Poland (18) Tomasz Gapiński - - ns - - - - - - - -
Sweden (18) Eric Andersson - - - ns - - - - - - -
United Kingdom (18) Ben Wilson - - - - ns - - - - - -
Italy (18) Simone Terenzani - - - - - - ns - - - -
Poland (18) Karol Ząbik - - - - - - - - - - ns
Pos. Rider Points SVN
Slovenia
EUR
Poland
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
DEN
Denmark
ITA
Italy
SCA
Sweden
CZE
Czech Republic
LAT
Latvia
POL
Poland
Jason Crump - World Champion 2006

References

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  1. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "2006 SGP series now over ten rounds". Crash.net. 8 December 2005. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Grand Prix Preview 2006". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
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