1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy

The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy was the second race of the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 1 June in the Santa Marina Stadium in Lonigo, Italy[1][2] It was the first Italian SGP and was won by Danish rider Hans Nielsen. It was the second win of his career.

1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy
Information
Date1 June 1996
City Lonigo
Event2 of 6 (8)
RefereeGraham Brodie
Stadium details
StadiumSanta Marina Stadium
Length387 m (423 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner Hans Nielsen
Runner-up Billy Hamill
3rd place Billy Hamill

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Stefano Alfonso as Wild Card.

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 24
1 1 (1) Hans Nielsen 25 2 2 3 1 3 11 4 3
2 9 (5) Billy Hamill 20 1 3 3 3 3 13 1 2
3 14 (2) Tony Rickardsson 18 3 3 0 3 2 11 3 1
4 5 (11) Tommy Knudsen 16 3 1 3 3 3 13 2 F
5 4 (14) Gary Havelock 14 1 2 3 2 1 9 7 3
6 8 (4) Greg Hancock 13 2 3 2 3 F 10 5 2
7 3 (17) Craig Boyce 12 3 1 1 1 3 9 6 1
8 15 (18) Andy Smith 11 2 2 1 0 2 7 8 0
9 10 (7) Chris Louis 9 2 2 2 0 1 7 9 3
10 7 (10) Marvyn Cox 8 0 3 1 2 0 6 10 2
11 6 (13) Joe Screen 7 1 1 2 1 1 6 12 1
12 12 (16) Stefano Alfonso 6 3 1 2 0 0 6 11 0
13 11 (8) Henrik Gustafsson 4 0 E 1 2 0 3 15 3
14 16 (12) Peter Karlsson 3 0 E 0 2 2 4 13 2
15 13 (6) Mark Loram 2 1 X 0 1 2 4 14 1
16 2 (3) Sam Ermolenko 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 0
17 17 (9) Leigh Adams - 17
18 18 (15) Jason Crump - 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 24
Heat 21 (Final D): Riders placed 13th to 16th
Heat 22 (Final C): Riders placed 9th to 12th
Heat 23 (Final B): Riders placed 5th to 8th
Heat 24 (Final A): Riders placed 1st to 4th
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

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 POL
ITA
GER
SWE
GBR
DEN
1 (1) Hans Nielsen 43 1825    
2 (11) Tommy Knudsen 41 2516    
3 (2) Tony Rickardsson 38 2018    
4 (5) Billy Hamill 36 1620    
5 (14) Gary Havelock 27 1314    
6 (4) Greg Hancock 25 1213    
7 (8) Henrik Gustafsson 18 144    
8 (7) Chris Louis 17 89    
9 (10) Marvyn Cox 12 48    
10 (17) Craig Boyce 12 ns12    
11 (16) Tomasz Gollob 11 11    
12 (18) Andy Smith 11 ns11    
13 (3) Sam Ermolenko 10 91    
14 (12) Peter Karlsson 10 73    
15 (13) Joe Screen 10 37    
16 (6) Mark Loram 8 62    
17 (16) Stefano Alfonso 6 6    
18 (9) Leigh Adams 2 2ns    
19 (15) Jason Crump 1 1ns    
Pos. Rider Points POL
ITA
GER
SWE
GBR
DEN

See also

References

  1. speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-20. Archived 2009-05-12.
  2. world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-20. Archived 2009-05-11.
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