2016 Speedway Grand Prix

2016 Speedway Grand Prix
2016 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates	April 30 — October 22
Events	11
Riders	15 permanents ; 1 wild card(s); 2 track reserves
Heats	276 (in 12 events)
	← 2015; Speedway Grand Prix; 2017 →;

The 2016 Speedway Grand Prix season is the 22nd season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and will decide the 71st FIM Speedway World Championship. It is the sixteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. Tai Woffinden is the defending champion from 2015.

Qualification

For the 2016 season there are be 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.

The top eight riders from the 2015 championship qualified automatically. Those riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.

The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2015 season.^[1]

Qualified riders

#	Riders	2015 place	GP Ch place	Appearance	Previous appearances in series
108	Tai Woffinden	1	—	5th	2010, 2011, 2013–2015
45	Greg Hancock	2	—	22nd	1995–2015
3	Nicki Pedersen	3	—	16th	2000, 2001–2015
88	Niels Kristian Iversen	4	—	6th	2004–2005, 2006, 2008, 2009–2010, 2013–2015
69	Jason Doyle	5	—	2nd	2015
55	Matej Žagar	6	—	6th	2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–2015
71	Maciej Janowski	7	—	2nd	2008, 2012, 2014, 2015
23	Chris Holder	8	—	7th	2010–2015
95	Bartosz Zmarzlik	18	1	1st	2012-2015
777	Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	19	2	1st	2015
37	Chris Harris	13	3	10th	2003, 2007–2012, 2013, 2014-2015
25	Peter Kildemand	9	5	1st	2012-2015
100	Andreas Jonsson	10	—	15th	2001, 2002–2015
33	Jarosław Hampel	16	—	11th	2000–2002, 2004–2007, 2008–2009, 2010–2015
85	Antonio Lindbäck	17	15	7th	2004, 2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2011–2013, 2015

Qualified substitutes

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

#	Riders	2015 place	GP Ch place
66	Fredrik Lindgren	—	4
52	Michael Jepsen Jensen	11	—
21	Václav Milík	26	6

Fredrik Lindgren replaced the injured Jarosław Hampel for the first six rounds. Hampel then officially withdrew from the competition on 22 August 2016,^[2] promoting Lindgren to a full-time place in the series.

Calendar

The 2016 season consists of 11 events, one less than the 2015 series.^[3]

Round	Date	City and venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd placed	4th placed	Results
1	April 30	Krško , Slowenien Matija Gubec Stadium	Peter Kildemand	Jason Doyle	Chris Holder	Tai Woffinden	results
2	May 14	Warsaw , Polen Stadion Narodowy	Tai Woffinden	Greg Hancock	Matej Žagar	Chris Holder	results
3	June 11	Horsens , Dänemark CASA Arena	Maciej Janowski	Chris Holder	Tai Woffinden	Nicki Pedersen	results
4	June 25	Prague , Tschechische Republik Markéta Stadium	Jason Doyle	Greg Hancock	Chris Harris	Niels Kristian Iversen	results
5	July 9	Cardiff , Great Britain Principality Stadium	Antonio Lindbäck	Tai Woffinden	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Greg Hancock	results
6	August 14	Målilla , Schweden G&B Stadium	Greg Hancock	Jason Doyle	Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	Chris Holder	results
7	August 27	Gorzów , Polen Edward Jancarz Stadium	Jason Doyle	Tai Woffinden	Chris Holder	Bartosz Zmarzlik	results
8	September 10	Teterow , Deutschland Bergring Arena	Jason Doyle	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Greg Hancock	Niels Kristian Iversen	results
9	September 24	Stockholm , Schweden Friends Arena	Jason Doyle	Chris Holder	Fredrik Lindgren	Matej Žagar	results
10	October 1	Toruń , Polen Rose Motoarena	Niels Kristian Iversen	Greg Hancock	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Matej Žagar	results
11	October 22	Melbourne , Australien Etihad Stadium					results

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	SVN	POL	DEN	CZE	GBR	SWE	PL2	GER	SCA	PL3	AUS
	(45) Greg Hancock	134	10	14	14	18	10	17	11	15	9	16
	(69) Jason Doyle	123	13	5	7	17	12	17	16	17	19	0
	(108) Tai Woffinden	115	10	14	15	9	15	8	15	10	11	8
4	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	113	8	10	7	13	13	10	14	13	12	13
5	(23) Chris Holder	109	14	12	13	5	6	12	15	8	13	11
6	(71) Maciej Janowski	85	10	10	16	5	11	12	6	2	8	5
7	(777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	91	8	4	5	6	14	13	10	11	10	10
8	(85) Antonio Lindbäck	79	10	10	10	5	18	7	4	6	4	5
9	(3) Nicki Pedersen	62	10	4	10	8	5	6	12	7	-	-	-
10	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	82	7	12	2	11	2	8	11	6	14	9
11	(88) Niels Kristian Iversen	79	8	4	7	11	3	8	5	11	7	15
12	(25) Peter Kildemand	64	15	6	7	6	4	9	3	6	6	2
13	(55) Matej Žagar	79	4	14	8	5	8	3	4	3	15	15
14	(100) Andreas Jonsson	46	6	8	8	6	9	2	0	-	-	7
15	(37) Chris Harris	36	3	3	4	10	1	2	4	6	0	3
16	(16) Patryk Dudek	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17	(16) Martin Smolinski	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-
18	(52) Michael Jepsen Jensen	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	10
19	(16) Pawel Przedpelski	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-
19	(16) Danny King	7	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	(16) Krzysztof Kasprzak	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-
21	(16) Anders Thomsen	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22	(17) Kim Nilsson	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
22	(16) Peter Ljung	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
23	(16) Václav Milík Jr.	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
24	(17) Tobias Kroner	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
25	(16) Denis Štojs	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
26	(17) Nick Škorja	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
27	(17) Daniel Kaczmarek	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
8	(16) Jacob Thorsell	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
28	(18) Matic Ivačič	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pos.	Rider	Points	SVN	POL	DEN	CZE	GBR	SWE	PL2	GER	SCA	PL3	AUS

References

^ "2016 SGP Wildcards". SGP.
^ "Hampel withdraws from SGP 2016". SGP.
^ "2016 FIM Speedway World Championship calendar". SGP.
^ "2016 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

External links

SpeedwayGP.com – Speedway World Championships

[1] "2016 SGP Wildcards". SGP.

[2] "Hampel withdraws from SGP 2016". SGP.

[3] "2016 FIM Speedway World Championship calendar". SGP.

[4] "2016 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

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