2006 Speedway Grand Prix

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]

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

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:

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

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

  •   Jarosław Hampel
  •   Niels Kristian Iversen
  •   Antonio Lindback
  •   Scott Nicholls
  •   Piotr Protasiewicz
  •   Lee Richardson
  •   Matej Zagar

Calendar

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Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
1 22 April   Krško, Slovenia
Matija Gubec Stadium
  Nicki Pedersen   Jason Crump   Tomasz Gollob   Tony Rickardsson results
2 6 May   Wrocław, Poland
Olympic Stadium
  Jason Crump   Greg Hancock   Matej Žagar   Jarosław Hampel results
3 20 May   Eskilstuna, Sweden
Smedstadion
  Jason Crump   Greg Hancock   Tomasz Gollob   Nicki Pedersen results
4 3 June   Cardiff, Great Britain
Millennium Stadium
  Jason Crump   Andreas Jonsson   Jarosław Hampel   Greg Hancock results
5 24 June   Copenhagen, Denmark
Parken Stadium
  Hans N. Andersen   Jason Crump   Bjarne Pedersen   Antonio Lindbäck results
6 29 July   Lonigo, Italy
Santa Marina Stadium
  Jason Crump   Scott Nicholls   Hans N. Andersen   Leigh Adams results
7 12 August   Målilla, Sweden
G&B Stadium
  Andreas Jonsson   Hans N. Andersen   Leigh Adams   Jason Crump results
8 26 August   Prague, Czech Republic
Markéta Stadium
  Hans N. Andersen   Matej Žagar   Antonio Lindbäck   Jarosław Hampel results
9 9 September   Daugavpils, Latvia
Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs
  Greg Hancock   Antonio Lindbäck   Nicki Pedersen   Andreas Jonsson results
10 23 September   Bydgoszcz, Poland
Polonia Stadium
  Nicki Pedersen   Greg Hancock   Tomasz Gollob   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
 
EUR
 
SWE
 
GBR
 
DEN
 
ITA
 
SCA
 
CZE
 
LAT
 
POL
 
    (2) Jason Crump 188 20 25 25 25 20 25 16 14 11 7
    (5) Greg Hancock 144 5 20 20 16 13 9 12 4 25 20
    (4) Nicki Pedersen 134 25 14 16 4 6 9 11 6 18 25
4   (8) Andreas Jonsson 119 8 5 10 20 7 9 25 7 16 12
5   (3) Leigh Adams 106 10 7 11 6 12 16 18 12 8 6
6   (16) (19) Hans Andersen 101 25 18 20 25 4 9
7   (13) Matej Žagar 97 9 18 4 9 4 10 4 20 11 8
8   (7) Tomasz Gollob 94 18 9 18 7 3 7 4 6 4 18
9   (11) Jarosław Hampel 91 4 16 8 18 2 4 10 16 7 6
10   (10) Antonio Lindbäck 89 9 2 6 8 16 4 3 18 20 3
11   (9) Scott Nicholls 83 9 9 5 8 8 20 8 9 7
12   (6) Bjarne Pedersen 82 5 6 7 12 18 10 8 2 7 7
13   (15) Niels Kristian Iversen 51 2 6 4 5 8 5 6 8 4 3
14   (1) Tony Rickardsson 41 16 6 4 10 5
15   (12) Lee Richardson 39 8 4 0 5 9 4 4 3 0 2
16   (14) Piotr Protasiewicz 31 1 3 3 3 1 3 4 5 4 4
17   (16) Wiesław Jaguś 16 16
18   (20) Ryan Sullivan 10 1 9
19   (16) (17) Fredrik Lindgren 7 7 ns
20   (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 6 6
21   (16) Kasts Poudzuks 4 4
22   (17) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 4 4
23   (16) Matej Ferjan 3 3
24   (16) Simon Stead 3 3
25   (16) Adrian Rymel 2 2
26   (17) Charlie Gjedde 1 1
27   (18) Kenneth Bjerre 1 1
28   (16) Mattia Carpanese 0 0
29   (17) Janusz Kołodziej 0 0 ns
30   (17) (18) Jonas Davidsson 0 0 ns
31   (17) Daniele Tessari 0 0
32   (17) Grigory Laguta 0 0
33   (18) Zdeněk Simota 0 0
34   (18) Andrejs Koroļevs 0 0
Rider(s) not classified
  (17) Izak Šantej - ns - - - - - - - - -
  (17) Edward Kennett - - - - ns - - - - - -
  (18) Jernej Kolenko - ns - - - - - - - - -
  (18) Tomasz Gapiński - - ns - - - - - - - -
  (18) Eric Andersson - - - ns - - - - - - -
  (18) Ben Wilson - - - - ns - - - - - -
  (18) Simone Terenzani - - - - - - ns - - - -
  (18) Karol Ząbik - - - - - - - - - - ns
Pos. Rider Points SVN
 
EUR
 
SWE
 
GBR
 
DEN
 
ITA
 
SCA
 
CZE
 
LAT
 
POL
 
 
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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