2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark

The 2011 FIM Dansk Metal Danish Speedway Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 11 June at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1][2]

Denmark 2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
FIM Dansk Metal Danish Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date11 June 2011
CityDenmark Copenhagen
Event4 of 11 (137)
RefereeSweden Krister Gardell
Jury PresidentUnited Kingdom Anthony Steele
Stadium details
StadiumParken Stadium
Length275 m (301 yd)
SGP Results
Attendance18,000
Best TimeRussia Artem Laguta
56,09 secs (in Heat 2)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerPoland Tomasz Gollob
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upAustralia Jason Crump
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeAustralia Jason Crump

Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Mikkel B. Jensen as Wild Card, and Michael Jepsen Jensen and Kenneth Arendt Larsen as Track Reserves.[3] The Draw was made on 10 June by Per Stig Møller, Culture Minister of Denmark and Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark in the Cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen I.[4][5]

Wild card Jensen became the youngest rider ever ride in the SGP event. The former youngest was Pole Maciej Janowski.[3]

Results

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The Grand Prix was won by World Champion Tomasz Gollob, who beat Jason Crump, Chris Holder and Greg Hancock. Gollob became the World Championship leader.[6][7][8]

Heat details

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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   (1) Tomasz Gollob 20 2 0 3 3 3 11 2 3 3
2 11   (3) Jason Crump 18 2 3 3 2 2 12 1 2 2
3 1   (8) Chris Holder 16 2 3 2 1 2 10 5 2 2
4 10   (5) Greg Hancock 13 3 1 1 2 3 10 4 3 0
5 2   (2) Jarosław Hampel 12 1 2 2 3 3 11 3 1
6 15   (11) Fredrik Lindgren 9 1 2 3 1 1 8 6 1
7 16   (6) Chris Harris 7 0 3 Fx 3 1 7 7 0
8 6   (10) Nicki Pedersen 7 1 3 Fx 3 Fx 7 8 0
9 8   (13) Artem Laguta 7 3 2 2 0 0 7 9
10 13   (9) Andreas Jonsson 7 3 1 Fx 1 2 7 10
11 7   (12) Emil Sayfutdinov 7 0 1 2 2 2 7 11
12 4   (4) Rune Holta 6 0 1 3 2 0 6 12
13 5   (7) Kenneth Bjerre 6 2 2 1 0 1 6 13
14 3   (14) Antonio Lindbäck 5 3 0 0 1 1 5 14
15 12   (15) Janusz Kołodziej 3 R 0 0 0 3 3 15
16 9   (16) Mikkel B. Jensen 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 16
17 17   (17) Michael Jepsen Jensen - - 17
18 18   (18) Kenneth Arendt Larsen - - 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

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  1. (56,94) Lindbäck, Holder, Hampel, Holta
  2. (56,09) Łaguta, Bjerre, Pedersen, Sayfutdinov
  3. (56,43) Hancock, Crump, Jensen, Kołodziej (R)
  4. (56,53) Jonsson, Gollob, Lindgren, Harris
  5. (57,22) Holder, Bjerre, Jonsson, Jensen
  6. (56,94) Pedersen, Hampel, Hancock, Gollob
  7. (56,37) Crump, Lindgren, Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck
  8. (57,09) Harris, Łaguta, Holta, Kołodziej
  9. (57,19) Crump, Holder, Pedersen (Fx), Harris (Fx)
  10. (56,97) Lindgren, Hampel, Bjerre, Kołodziej
  11. (57,22) Gollob, Łaguta, Jensen, Lindbäck
  12. (57,25) Holta, Sayfutdinov, Hancock, Jonsson (Fx)
  13. (56,21) Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Holder, Kołodziej
  14. (56,41) Hampel, Crump, Jonsson, Łaguta
  15. (57,07) Harris, Hancock, Lindbäck, Bjerre
  16. (56,81) Pedersen, Holta, Lindgren, Jensen
  17. (57,32) Hancock, Holder, Lindgren, Łaguta
  18. (57,57) Hampel, Sayfutdinov, Harris, Jensen
  19. (57,65) Kołodziej, Jonsson, Lindbäck, Pedersen (Fx)
  20. (57,37) Gollob, Crump, Bjerre, Holta
    Semi-Finals:
  21. (56,87) Hancock, Crump, Lindgren, Harris
  22. (56,28) Gollob, Holder, Hampel, Pedersen
    the Final:
  23. (56,50) Gollob (6 points), Crump (4), Holder (2), Hancock (0)

The intermediate classification

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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 EUR
 
SWE
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
ITA
 
SCA
 
POL
 
NOR
 
CRO
 
PL2
 
1   (1) Tomasz Gollob 61 18 6 17 20              
2   (5) Greg Hancock 60 14 10 23 13              
3   (2) Jarosław Hampel 48 12 5 19 12              
4   (3) Jason Crump 42 5 6 13 18              
5   (8) Chris Holder 42 9 10 9 14              
6   (10) Nicki Pedersen 37 17 4 9 7              
7   (11) Fredrik Lindgren 35 11 6 9 9              
8   (12) Emil Sayfutdinov 35 14 8 6 7              
9   (7) Kenneth Bjerre 27 10 2 9 6              
10   (9) Andreas Jonsson 26 5 6 8 7              
11   (4) Rune Holta 23 9 1 7 6              
12   (6) Chris Harris 21 7 4 3 7              
13   (14) Antonio Lindbäck 21 1 9 6 5              
14   (15) Janusz Kołodziej 21 8 9 1 3              
15   (13) Artem Laguta 10 0 1 2 7              
16   (16) Thomas H. Jonasson 8 8              
17   (16) Damian Baliński 4 4              
18   (16) Matěj Kůs 3 3              
19   (16) Mikkel B. Jensen 2 2              
20   (17) Simon Gustafsson 1 1              
21   (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              
Pos. Rider Points EUR
 
SWE
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
GBR
 
ITA
 
SCA
 
POL
 
NOR
 
CRO
 
PL2
 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SGP/SWC Dates 2011". speedwaygp.com. 22 Nov 2010. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved 26 Nov 2010.
  2. ^ "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 19 Apr 2011.
  3. ^ a b "16-latek pojedzie z dziką kartą w Grand Prix Danii!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Draw". speedwaygp.com. 10 Jun 2011. Retrieved 28 Jul 2011.
  5. ^ "Copenhagen Ballot" (PDF). pzm.pl. 10 Jun 2011. Retrieved 10 Jun 2011.
  6. ^ "Kopenhaga SGP Result" (PDF). PZM.pl. 13 Jun 2011. Retrieved 28 Jul 2011.
  7. ^ "Gollob najlepszy w Kopenhadze! Polak ponownie liderem cyklu!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 11 Jun 2011. Retrieved 28 Jul 2011.
  8. ^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (88) 2011, pages 54-55 ISSN 1429-3285