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 |
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.
Contents
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, 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 |
Calendar
The 2016 season consists of 11 events, one less than the 2015 series.[2]
| Round | Date | City and venue | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd placed | 4th placed | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 30 | Krško , Slovenia Matija Gubec Stadium |
Peter Kildemand |
Jason Doyle |
Chris Holder |
Tai Woffinden |
results |
| 2 | May 14 | Warsaw , Poland Stadion Narodowy |
Tai Woffinden |
Greg Hancock |
Matej Žagar |
Chris Holder |
results |
| 3 | June 11 | Horsens , Denmark CASA Arena |
results | ||||
| 4 | June 25 | Prague , Czech Republic Markéta Stadium |
results | ||||
| 5 | July 9 | Cardiff , Great Britain Principality Stadium |
results | ||||
| 6 | August 13 | Målilla , Sweden G&B Stadium |
results | ||||
| 7 | August 27 | Gorzów , Poland Edward Jancarz Stadium |
results | ||||
| 8 | September 10 |  Teterow , GermanyBergring Arena |
results | ||||
| 9 | September 24 | Stockholm , Sweden Friends Arena |
results | ||||
| 10 | October 1 | Toruń , Poland Rose Motoarena |
results | ||||
| 11 | October 22 | Melbourne , Australia Etihad Stadium |
results |
Classification
| 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 Template:Country data PL3 |
AUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
(23) Chris Holder |
26 | 14 | 12 | |||||||||
 |
(108) Tai Woffinden |
24 | 10 | 14 | |||||||||
 |
(45) Greg Hancock |
24 | 10 | 14 | |||||||||
| 4 | (25) Peter Kildemand |
21 | 15 | 6 | |||||||||
| 5 | (71) Maciej Janowski |
20 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||
| 6 | (85) Antonio Lindbäck |
20 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||
| 7 | (66) Fredrik Lindgren |
19 | 7 | 12 | |||||||||
| 8 | (55) Matej Žagar |
18 | 4 | 14 | |||||||||
| 9 | (69) Jason Doyle |
18 | 13 | 5 | |||||||||
| 10 | (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik |
18 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||
| 11 | (3) Nicki Pedersen |
14 | 10 | 4 | |||||||||
| 12 | (100) Andreas Jonsson |
14 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||
| 13 | (88) Niels Kristian Iversen |
12 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||
| 14 | (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. |
12 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||
| 15 | (16) Patryk Dudek |
8 | – | 8 | |||||||||
| 16 | (37) Chris Harris |
6 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 17 | (16) Denis Štojs |
1 | 1 | – | |||||||||
| 18 | (17) Nick Škorja |
1 | 1 | – | |||||||||
| 19 | (18) Matic Ivačič |
0 | 0 | – | |||||||||
| Pos. | Rider | Points | SVN |
POL |
DEN |
CZE |
GBR |
SWE |
PL2 |
GER |
SCA |
PL3 Template:Country data PL3 |
AUS |
See also
| Speedway World Championship |
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| Speedway Grand Prix (SGP) | ||
| See also | ||
