2006 Speedway Grand Prix

2006 Speedway Grand Prix

1st Jason Crump 2nd Greg Hancock 3rd Nicki Pedersen 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. For the 2006 season, there were 15 permanent riders, they were joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card. The top 8 riders from the 2005 championship qualified as of right. Tony Rickardsson (retired part way through the season and replaced by Denmark 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 Jarosław Hampel Niels Kristian Iversen Antonio Lindback Scott Nicholls Piotr Protasiewicz Lee Richardson Matej Zagar Wild Cards Wiesław Jaguś Fredrik Lindgren Krzysztof Kasprzak Matej Ferjan Simon Stead Mattia Carpanese Bohumil Brhel Hans Andersen 22/04/2006 Slovenia Krško 06/05/2006 Poland Wrocław 20/05/2006 Sweden Eskilstuna 03/06/2006 United Kingdom Cardiff 24/06/2006 Denmark Copenhagen 29/06/2006 Italy Lonigo 12/06/2006 Sweden Målilla 26/08/2006 Czech Republic Prague 09/09/2006 Latvia Daugavpils 23/09/2006 Poland Bydgoszcz P Permanent riders W Wild Cards Q Qualifiers for the 2006 Grand Prix R reserves I replaced injured rider # replaced retired rider

SLO EUR SWE GB DEN ITA SCA CZR LAT POL 1 Jason Crump Australia P Q 20 25 25 25 20 25 16 14 11 7 188 2 Greg Hancock USA P Q 5 20 20 16 13 9 12 4 25 20 144 3 Nicki Pedersen Denmark P Q 25 14 16 4 6 9 11 6 18 25 134 4 Andreas Jonsson Sweden P Q 8 5 10 20 7 9 25 7 16 12 119 5 Leigh Adams Australia P Q 10 7 11 6 12 16 18 12 8 6 106 6 Hans Andersen Denmark # W Q - - - - 25 18 20 25 4 9 101 7 Matej Žagar Slovenia P Q 9 18 4 9 4 10 4 20 11 8 97 8 Tomasz Gollob Poland P Q 18 9 18 7 3 7 4 6 4 18 94 9 Jarosław Hampel Poland P Q 4 16 8 18 2 4 10 16 7 6 91 10 Antonio Lindbäck Sweden P 9 2 6 8 16 4 3 18 20 3 89 11 Scott Nicholls Great Britain P 9 9 5 8 8 20 8 Inj 9 7 83 12 Bjarne Pedersen Denmark P 5 6 7 12 18 10 8 2 7 7 82 13 Niels Kristian Iversen Denmark P 2 6 4 5 8 5 6 8 4 3 51 14 Tony Rickardsson Sweden P 16 6 4 10 5 - - - - - 41 15 Lee Richardson Great Britain P 8 4 0 5 9 4 4 3 0 2 39 16 Piotr Protasiewicz Poland P 1 3 3 3 1 3 4 5 4 4 31 17 Wiesław Jaguś Poland W - - - - - - - - - 16 16 18 Ryan Sullivan Australia # I - - - - - - 1 9 - - 10 19 Fredrik Lindgren Sweden W R - - 7 - - - ns - - - 7 20 Krzysztof Kasprzak Poland W - 6 - - - - - - - - 6 21 Kasts Poudzuks Latvia R - - - - - - - - 4 - 4 22 Luboš Tomíček, Jr. Czech Republic R - - - - - - - 4 - - 4 23 Matej Ferjan Slovenia W 3 - - - - - - - - - 3 24 Simon Stead Great Britain W - - - 3 - - - - - - 3 25 Adrian Rymel Czech Republic W - - - - - - - 2 - - 2 26 Charlie Gjedde Denmark R - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 27 Kenneth Bjerre Denmark R - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 28 Mattia Carpanese Italy W - - - - - 0 - - - - 0 29 Janusz Kołodziej Poland R - 0 - - - - - - - ns 0 30 Jonas Davidsson Sweden R - - 0 - - - ns - - - 0 31 Daniele Tessari Italy R - - - - - 0 - - - - 0 32 Grigory Laguta Russia R - - - - - - - - 0 - 0 33 Zdeněk Simota Czech Republic R - - - - - - - 0 - - 0 34 Andrejs Koroļevs Latvia R - - - - - - - - 0 - 0 Bohumil Brhel Czech Republic W Inj Izak Šantej Slovenia R ns - - - - - - - - - - Edward Kennett Great Britain R - - - ns - - - - - - - Jernej Kolenko Slovenia R ns - - - - - - - - - - Tomasz Gapiński Poland R - ns - - - - - - - - - Eric Andersson Sweden R - - ns - - - - - - - - Ben Wilson Great Britain R - - - ns - - - - - - - Simone Terenzani Italy R - - - - - ns - - - - - Karol Ząbik Poland R - - - - - - - - - ns -

22/04/2006 Slovenia Krško Nicki Pedersen 25 Jason Crump 20 Tomasz Gollob18 Tony Rickardsson 16 Leigh Adams 10 Matej Žagar 9 Antonio Lindbäck 9 Scott Nicholls 9 Andreas Jonsson 8 Lee Richardson 8 Greg Hancock 5 Bjarne Pedersen 5 Jarosław Hampel 4 Matej Ferjan 3 Niels Kristian Iversen 2 Piotr Protasiewicz 1 Izak Šantej dnr Jernej Kolenko dnr 06/05/2006 Poland Wrocław Jason Crump 25 Greg Hancock 20 Matej Žagar 18 Jarosław Hampel 16 Nicki Pedersen 14 Tomasz Gollob 9 Scott Nicholls 9 Leigh Adams 7 Krzysztof Kasprzak 6 Tony Rickardsson 6 Bjarne Pedersen 6 Niels Kristian Iversen 6 Andreas Jonsson 5 Lee Richardson 4 Piotr Protasiewicz 3 Antonio Lindbäck 2 Janusz Kołodziej 0 Tomasz Gapiński dnr 20/05/2006 Sweden Eskilstuna Jason Crump 25 Greg Hancock 20 Tomasz Gollob 18 Nicki Pedersen 16 Leigh Adams 11 Andreas Jonsson 10 Jarosław Hampel 8 Fredrik Lindgren 7 Bjarne Pedersen 7 Antonio Lindbäck 6 Scott Nicholls 5 Matej Žagar 4 Tony Rickardsson 4 Niels Kristian Iversen 4 Piotr Protasiewicz 3 Jonas Davidsson 0 Lee Richardson 0 Eric Andersson dnr 03/06/2006 United Kingdom Cardiff Jason Crump 25 Andreas Jonsson 20 Jarosław Hampel 18 Greg Hancock 16 Bjarne Pedersen 12 Tony Rickardsson 10 Matej Žagar 9 Antonio Lindbäck 8 Scott Nicholls 8 Tomasz Gollob 7 Leigh Adams 6 Niels Kristian Iversen 5 Lee Richardson 5 Nicki Pedersen 4 Simon Stead 3 Piotr Protasiewicz 3 Edward Kennett dnr Ben Wilson dnr 24/06/2006 Denmark Copenhagen Hans Andersen 25 Jason Crump 20 Bjarne Pedersen 18 Antonio Lindbäck 16 Greg Hancock 13 Leigh Adams 12 Lee Richardson 9 Scott Nicholls 8 Niels Kristian Iversen 8 Andreas Jonsson 7 Nicki Pedersen 6 Tony Rickardsson 5 Matej Žagar 4 Tomasz Gollob 3 Jarosław Hampel 2 Charlie Gjedde 1 Kenneth Bjerre 1 Piotr Protasiewicz 1 29/06/2006 Italy Lonigo Jason Crump 25 Scott Nicholls 20 Hans Andersen 18 Leigh Adams 16 Bjarne Pedersen 10 Matej Žagar 10 Greg Hancock 9 Andreas Jonsson 9 Nicki Pedersen 9 Tomasz Gollob 7 Niels Kristian Iversen 5 Antonio Lindbäck 4 Lee Richardson 4 Jarosław Hampel 4 Piotr Protasiewicz 3 Mattia Carpanese 0 Daniele Tessari 0 Simone Terenzani 12/06/2006 Sweden Målilla Andreas Jonsson 25 Hans Andersen 20 Leigh Adams 18 Jason Crump 16 Greg Hancock 12 Nicki Pedersen 11 Jarosław Hampel 10 Scott Nicholls 8 Bjarne Pedersen 8 Niels Kristian Iversen 6 Matej Žagar 4 Tomasz Gollob 4 Lee Richardson 4 Piotr Protasiewicz 4 Antonio Lindbäck 3 Ryan Sullivan 1 Fredrik Lindgren Jonas Davidsson 26/08/2006 Czech Republic Prague Hans Andersen 25 Matej Žagar 20 Antonio Lindbäck 18 Jarosław Hampel 16 Jason Crump 14 Leigh Adams 12 Ryan Sullivan 9 Niels Kristian Iversen 8 Andreas Jonsson 7 Nicki Pedersen 6 Tomasz Gollob 6 Piotr Protasiewicz 5 Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 4 Greg Hancock 4 Lee Richardson 3 Adrian Rymel 2 Bjarne Pedersen 2 Zdeněk Simota 0 09/09/2006 Latvia Daugavpils Greg Hancock 25 Antonio Lindbäck 20 Nicki Pedersen 18 Andreas Jonsson 16 Matej Žagar 11 Jason Crump 11 Scott Nicholls 9 Leigh Adams 8 Jarosław Hampel 7 Bjarne Pedersen 7 Kasts Poudzuks 4 Hans Andersen 4 Niels Kristian Iversen 4 Tomasz Gollob 4 Piotr Protasiewicz 4 Grigory Laguta 0 Andrejs Koroļevs 0 Lee Richardson 0 23/09/2006 Poland Bydgoszcz Nicki Pedersen 25 Greg Hancock 20 Tomasz Gollob 18 Wiesław Jaguś 16 Andreas Jonsson 12 Hans Andersen 9 Matej Žagar 8 Jason Crump 7 Scott Nicholls 7 Bjarne Pedersen 7 Leigh Adams 6 Jarosław Hampel 6 Piotr Protasiewicz 4 Antonio Lindbäck 3 Niels Kristian Iversen 3 Lee Richardson 2 Karol Ząbik dnr Janusz Kołodziej dnr