2006 Speedway Grand Prix

2006 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates	April 22 - September 23
Events	10 in 10 cities in 8 countries
Riders	15 permanents, 1 wild card(s), 2 track reserves
Heats	230 (in 10 events)
Champion	AUS Jason Crump
Runner-up	USA Greg Hancock
3rd place	DNK Nicki Pedersen

The 2006 Speedway Grand Prix season is the twelfth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and is used to determine the Speedway World Champion.

Event format

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

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

Event Schedule and Winners

Jason Crump - World Champion 2006

	Date	Grand Prix of	Stadium	City	Winner
1	April 22	Slovenia	Matije Gubca Stadium	Krško	Nicki Pedersen	result
2	May 6	Europe	Olimpic Stadium	Wrocław	Jason Crump	result
3	May 20	Sweden	Smedstadium	Eskilstuna	Jason Crump	result
4	June 3	Great Britain	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Jason Crump	result
5	June 24	Denmark	Parken Stadium	Copenhagen	Hans Nørgaard Andersen	result
6	July 29	Italy	Santa Marina Stadium	Lonigo	Jason Crump	result
7	August 12	Scandinavia	G&B Stadium	Målilla	Andreas Jonsson	result
8	August 26	Czech Republic	Marketa Stadium	Prague	Hans Nørgaard Andersen	result
9	September 9	Latvia	Spidveja Centrs	Daugavpils	Greg Hancock	result
10	September 23	Poland	Polonia Stadium	Bydgoszcz	Nicki Pedersen	result

results: Slovenia • Europe • Sweden • Great Britain • Danmark • Italy • Scandinavia • Czech Republic • Latvia • Poland

Final standings

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
1	(2) Jason Crump	188	20	25	25	25	20	25	16	14	11	7
2	(5) Greg Hancock	144	5	20	20	16	13	9	12	4	25	20
3	(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	-
	(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

External links

• List of results from Official Speedway GP site