2016 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

The 2016 Swedish FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the sixth race of the 2016 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 14 August at the G&B Arena in Målilla, Sweden, after the initial scheduled staging on 13 August was cancelled due to the weather.[1]

Sweden 2016 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
2016 Swedish FIM Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date14 August 2016
CitySweden Målilla
Event6 of 11
RefereePoland Artur Kusmierz
Stadium details
StadiumG&B Arena
Capacity15,000
Length305 m (334 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time
(in Heat 4)
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerUnited States Greg Hancock
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upAustralia Jason Doyle
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Piotr Pawlicki Jr.

Riders

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For the sixth successive Grand Prix first reserve Fredrik Lindgren replaced Jarosław Hampel, who had injured himself during the 2015 Speedway World Cup and was not fit to compete. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Peter Ljung as the wild card, and Jacob Thorssell and Kim Nilsson both as Track Reserves.

Results

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The Grand Prix was won by Greg Hancock, who beat Jason Doyle, Piotr Pawlicki Jr. and Chris Holder in the final. As a result, Hancock stretched his lead in the world championship standings to 12 points, with Doyle now sitting joint-second with defending world champion Tai Woffinden, who failed to make the semi-finals.[2]

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   (45) Greg Hancock 17 3 2 1 2 3 11 3 3 3
  13   (69) Jason Doyle 17 2 3 3 3 1 12 1 3 2
  16   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 13 1 3 0 3 3 10 4 2 1
4 8   (23) Chris Holder 12 2 2 3 2 1 10 5 2 0
5 6   (71) Maciej Janowski 12 3 3 3 2 0 11 2 1
6 14   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 10 3 2 2 1 1 9 6 1
7 10   (25) Peter Kildemand 9 3 1 1 2 2 9 7 0
8 5   (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 8 0 1 3 1 3 8 8 0
9 12   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 8 2 1 2 0 3 8 9
10 11   (108) Tai Woffinden 8 0 3 2 1 2 8 10
11 9   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 7 1 0 1 3 2 7 11
12 7   (3) Nicki Pedersen 6 1 0 2 3 0 6 12
13 2   (16) Peter Ljung 4 2 0 1 0 1 4 13
14 3   (55) Matej Žagar 3 0 1 0 0 2 3 14
15 15   (37) Chris Harris 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 15
16 4   (100) Andreas Jonsson 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 16
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

The intermediate classification

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[3]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points SVN
 
POL
 
DEN
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
PL2
 
GER
 
SCA
 
PL3
 
AUS
 
    (45) Greg Hancock 83 10 14 14 18 10 17
    (69) Jason Doyle 71 13 5 7 17 12 17
    (108) Tai Woffinden 71 10 14 15 9 15 8
4   (71) Maciej Janowski 64 10 10 16 5 11 12
5   (23) Chris Holder 62 14 12 13 5 6 12
6   (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 61 8 10 7 13 13 10
7   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 60 10 10 10 5 18 7
8   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 50 8 4 5 6 14 13
9   (25) Peter Kildemand 47 15 6 7 6 4 9
10   (3) Nicki Pedersen 43 10 4 10 8 5 6
11   (55) Matej Žagar 42 4 14 8 5 8 3
12   (66) Fredrik Lindgren 42 7 12 2 11 2 8
13   (88) Niels Kristian Iversen 41 8 4 7 11 3 8
14   (100) Andreas Jonsson 39 6 8 8 6 9 2
15   (37) Chris Harris 23 3 3 4 10 1 2
16   (16) Patryk Dudek 8 8
17   (16) Danny King 7 7
18   (16) Anders Thomsen 5 5
19   (16) Peter Ljung 4 4
20   (16) Václav Milík Jr. 3 3
21   (18) Denis Štojs 1 1
22   (19) Nick Škorja 1 1
23   (20) Matic Ivačič 0 0
Pos. Rider Points SVN
 
POL
 
DEN
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
SWE
 
PL2
 
GER
 
SCA
 
PL3
 
AUS
 

References

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  1. ^ "Swedish Grand Prix Event Info". SGP.
  2. ^ "Swedish Grand Prix Result". SGP.
  3. ^ "2016 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

See also

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