2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

The 2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, also known as the 2011 FIM Doodson British Speedway Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth race of the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 25 June at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Great Britain.[1][2]

2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
FIM Doodson British Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	25 June 2011
City	Cardiff
Event	5 of 11 (138)
Referee	Wojciech Grodzki
Jury President	Armando Castagna
Stadium details
Stadium	Millennium Stadium
Length	277 m (303 yd)
SGP Results
Attendance	43,640
Best Time	Chris Holder 55,3 secs (in Heat 22)
Winner	Greg Hancock
Runner-up	Nicki Pedersen
3rd place	Nicki Pedersen

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Scott Nicholls as Wild Card, and Tai Woffinden and Ben Barker both as Track Reserves. Because Artem Laguta did not have a valid visa, he could not enter into the United Kingdom. He was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Magnus Zetterström of Sweden.[3] Another Russian rider, Emil Sayfutdinov, has Polish citizenship also. The Draw was made on 24 June by the Jury President, Armando Castagna.[4][5]

(13) Artem Laguta → (19) Magnus Zetterström

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Greg Hancock who beat Nicki Pedersen, Chris Holder and Emil Sayfutdinov in the final. Hancock becoming World Championship leader.[6][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	8	(5) Greg Hancock	20		2						3			1			3			3				12	1	2		3
2	11	(10) Nicki Pedersen	16			3				2		3					2						T/-	10	5		2	2
3	14	(8) Chris Holder	15				0		1					3		3							3	10	3		3	1
4	10	(12) Emil Sayfutdinov	13			0			2						3			3		2				10	4	3		Fx
5	6	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	11		1				3			2							3			2		11	2		T
6	16	(9) Andreas Jonsson	10				2				2	1						1			3			9	6	1
7	3	(19) Magnus Zetterström	9	2						3				0				2				1		8	8		1
8	4	(3) Jason Crump	8	3							0				2				2				1	8	7	0
9	9	(15) Janusz Kołodziej	7			2		3						2					0		0			7	9
10	7	(1) Tomasz Gollob	7		3					0					1	1					2			7	10
11	2	(6) Chris Harris	6	1					0				3				1				1			6	11
12	12	(2) Jarosław Hampel	5			1					1		R			0						3		5	12
13	1	(16) Scott Nicholls	5	0				2				0				2				1				5	13
14	15	(11) Fredrik Lindgren	5				1			1			2						1	X				5	14
15	13	(14) Antonio Lindbäck	3				3	0							0		0					0		3	15
16	17	(17) Tai Woffinden	2																				2	2	16
17	5	(4) Rune Holta	1		0			1					Fx					0					0	1	17
18	18	(18) Ben Barker	-																					-	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. (56,2) Crump, Zetterström, Harris, Nicholls
2. (56,0) Gollob, Hancock, Bjerre, Holta
3. (56,1) Pedersen, Kołodziej, Hampel, Sayfutdinov
4. (56,7) Lindbäck, Jonsson, Lindgren, Holder
5. (56,3) Kołodziej, Nicholls, Holta, Lindbäck
6. (56,0) Bjerre, Sayfutdinov, Holder, Harris
7. (56,9) Zetterström, Pedersen, Lindgren, Gollob
8. (56,6) Hancock, Jonsson, Hampel, Crump
9. (56,2) Pedersen, Bjerre, Jonsson, Nicholls
10. (57,0) Harris, Lindgren, Holta (Fx), Hampel (X)
11. (56,1) Holder, Kołodziej, Hancock, Zetterström
12. (56,7) Sayfutdinov, Crump, Gollob, Lindbäck
13. (55,6) Holder, Nicholls, Gollob, Hampel
14. (56,3) Hancock, Pedersen, Harris, Lindbäck
15. (56,3) Sayfutdinov, Zetterström, Jonsson, Holta
16. (56,7) Bjerre, Crump, Lindgren, Kołodziej
17. (56,0) Hancock, Sayfutdinov, Nicholls, Lindgren (X)
18. (56,8) Jonsson, Gollob, Harris, Kołodziej
19. (56,0) Hampel, Bjerre, Zetterström, Lindbäck
20. (56,4) Holder, Woffinden, Crump, Holta (Pedersen - R)

    Semi-Finals:

21. (55,6) Sayfutdinov, Hancock, Jonsson, Crump
22. (55,3) Holder, Pedersen, Zetterström, Bjerre (R)

    the Final:

23. (55,8) Hancock, Pedersen, Holder, Sayfutdinov (Fx)

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	80	14	10	23	13	20
2	(1) Tomasz Gollob	68	18	6	17	20	7
3	(8) Chris Holder	57	9	10	9	14	15
4	(2) Jarosław Hampel	53	12	5	19	12	5
5	(10) Nicki Pedersen	53	17	4	9	7	16
6	(3) Jason Crump	50	5	6	13	18	8
7	(12) Emil Sayfutdinov	48	14	8	6	7	13
8	(11) Fredrik Lindgren	40	11	6	9	9	5
9	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	38	10	2	9	6	11
10	(9) Andreas Jonsson	36	5	6	8	7	10
11	(15) Janusz Kołodziej	28	8	9	1	3	7
12	(6) Chris Harris	27	7	4	3	7	6
13	(4) Rune Holta	24	9	1	7	6	1
13	(14) Antonio Lindbäck	24	1	9	6	5	3
15	(13) Artem Laguta	10	0	1	2	7	–
16	(19) Magnus Zetterström	9	–	–	–	–	9
17	(16) Thomas H. Jonasson	8	–	8	–	–	–
18	(16) Scott Nicholls	5	–	–	–	–	5
19	(16) Damian Baliński	4	4	–	–	–	–
20	(16) Matěj Kůs	3	–	–	3	–	–
21	(16) Mikkel B. Jensen	2	–	–	–	2	–
22	(17) Tai Woffinden	2	–	–	–	–	2
23	(17) Simon Gustafsson	1	–	1	–	–	–
24	(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
Pos.	Rider	Points	EUR	SWE	CZE	DEN	GBR	ITA	SCA	POL	NOR	CRO	PL2

References

1. "SGP/SWC Dates 2011". speedwaygp.com. 22 Oct 2010. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 26 Oct 2010.
2. "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
3. "Magnus Zetterstroem: Marzę o zwycięstwie w Cardiff" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 22 Jun 2011. Retrieved 28 Jul 2011.
4. "Draw". speedwaygp.com. 24 Jun 2011. Retrieved 28 Jul 2011.
5. "Lista startowa Grand Prix Wielkiej Brytanii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 24 Jun 2011. Retrieved 28 Jul 2011.
6. "Cardiff SGP Result" (PDF). PZM.pl. 27 Jun 2011. Retrieved 28 Jul 2011.
7. "Greg Hancock zwyciężył w Cardiff, nieudany występ Polaków" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 25 Jun 2011. Retrieved 28 Jul 2011.
8. Świat Żużla, No 4 (88) 2011, page 55 ISSN 1429-3285

See also

• motorcycle speedway