2016 Speedway Grand Prix

2016 Speedway Grand Prix
1st Greg Hancock
2nd Tai Woffinden
3rd Bartosz Zmarzlik

The 2016 season there was 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 three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge. Since the winner of the Grand Prix Challenge, Matej Žagar, had already qualified following his fifth position in the 2014 championship, fourth-placed Maciej Janowski qualified. The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2014 season.
The top 8 riders from the 2015 Grand Prix Championshipqualified as of right.
Tai Woffinden, Greg Hancock, Nicki Pedersen, Niels Kristian Iversen, Jason Doyle, Matej Žagar, Maciej Janowski & Chris Holder
They were joined by 3 riders who qualified via the 2015 Grand Prix Challenge
Bartosz Zmarzlik, Piotr Pawlicki & Chris Harris
Nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International
Peter Kildemand, Andreas Jonsson, Jarosław Hampel & Antonio Lindbäck
Jaroslaw Hampel was injured and was replaced by Fredrik Lindgren for the first 6 GP's He then withdrew from the series and Lindgren replaced him permantly.
Nicki Pedersen was injured for the final 3 GP's and was replaced by Michael Jepsen Jensen.
Jason Doyle missed the last GP due to Injury and was replaced by first track reserve Sam Masters.
Tai Woffinden, Greg Hancock, Bartosz Zmarzlik
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round 01 30/04/2016 Slovenia Krško,Slovenia Matija Gubec Stadium FIM FIM2 You Tube
round 02 14/05/2016 Poland Stadion Narodowy Warsaw, Poland FIM FIM2 You Tube
round 03 11/06/2016 Denmark Horsens, Denmark CASA Arena FIM FIM2 You Tube
round 04 25/06/2016 Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic Marketa Stadium FIM FIM2 You Tube
round 05 09/07/2016 Great Britain Cardiff, Great Britain Principality Stadium FIM FIM2 You Tube
round 06 14/08/2016 Sweden Målilla,Sweden G&B Stadium FIM FIM2 You Tube
round 07 27/08/2016 Poland Gorzow, Poland Edward Jancarz Stadium FIM FIM2 You Tube
round 08 10/09/2016 Germany Teterow, Germany Bergring Arena FIM FIM2 You Tube
round 09 24/09/2016 Sweden Stockholm, Sweden Friends Arena FIM FIM2 You Tube
round 10 01/10/2016 Poland Torun, Poland Rose Motoarena FIM FIM2 You Tube
round 11 22/10/2016 Australia Melbourne, Australia Etihad Stadium FIM FIM2 You Tube
Permanent Wild Card Qualifiers for 2017 Reserves Substitute
Slovenia Poland Denmark Czech Republic Great Britain Sweden Poland Germany Sweden Poland Australia
# SLO POL DEN CZE GB SWE POL GER SWE POL AUS Tot
1 Greg Hancock USA P Q 10 14 14 18 10 17 11 15 9 16 5 139
2 Tai Woffinden Great Britain P Q 10 14 15 9 15 8 15 10 11 8 15 130
3 Bartosz Zmarzlik Poland P Q 8 10 7 13 13 10 14 13 12 13 15 128
4 Chris Holder Australia P Q 14 12 13 5 6 12 15 8 13 11 17 126
5 Jason Doyle Australia P Q 13 5 7 17 12 17 16 17 19 0 inj 123
6 Piotr Pawlicki Slovenia P Q 8 4 5 6 14 13 10 11 10 10 8 99
7 Antonio Lindback Sweden P Q 10 10 10 5 18 7 4 6 4 5 14 93
8 Niels-Kristian Iversen Denmark P Q 8 4 7 11 3 8 5 11 7 15 12 91
9 Maciej Janowski Poland P 10 10 16 5 11 12 6 2 8 5 5 90
10 Matej Zagar Slovenia P 4 14 8 5 8 3 4 3 15 15 11 90
11 Fredrik Lindgren Sweden P 7 12 2 11 2 8 11 6 14 9 6 88
12 Peter Kildemand Denmark P 15 6 7 6 4 9 3 6 6 2 4 68
13 Nicki Pedersen Denmark P 10 4 10 8 5 6 12 7 inj inj inj 62
14 Andreas Jonsson Sweden P 6 8 8 6 9 2 0 inj inj 7 7 53
15 Chris Harris Great Britain P 3 3 4 10 1 2 4 6 0 3 4 40
16 Michael Jepsen Jensen Denmark - - - - - - -
7
4
10
10
31
17 Patryk Dudek Slovenia -
8
- - - - - - - - - 8
17 Martin Smolinski Germany - - - - - - -
8
- - - 8
17 Paweł Przedpełski Poland -
dnr
- - - -
dnr
- -
8
- 8
20 Daniel King Great Britain - - - -
7
- - - - - - 7
20 Krzysztof Kasprzak Poland - - - - - -
7
- - - - 7
22 Anders Thomsen Denmark - -
5
- - - - - - - - 5
22 Kim Nilsson Sweden - - - - -
dnr
- -
5
- - 5
24 Peter Ljung Sweden - - - - -
4
- -
dnr
- - 4
25 Vaclav Milik Czech Republic - - -
3
- - - - - - - 3
26 Tobias Kroner Germany - - - - - - -
2
- - - 2
26 Sam Masters Australia - - - - - - - - - -
2
2
26 Brady Kurtz Australia - - - - - - - - - -
2
2
26 Jack Holder Australia - - - - - - - - - -
2
2
30 Denis Stojs Slovenia
1
- - - - - - - - - - 1
30 Nick Škorja Slovenia
1
- - - - - - - - - - 1
30 Daniel Kaczmarek Poland - - - - - -
1
- - - - 1
30 Jacob Thorssell Sweden - - - - -
dnr
- -
1
- - 1
30 Kacper Woryna Poland - - - - - - - - -
1
- 1
35 Matic Ivačič Slovenia
dnr
- - - - - - - - - - 0
35 Oskar Bober Poland - - - - - - - - -
0
- 0
35 Max Fricke Australia - - - - - - - - - -
0
0
Maksym Drabik Poland -
dnr
- - - - - - - - -
Paweł Przedpełski Poland -
dnr
- - - -
dnr
- - - -
Mikkel Bech Denmark - -
dnr
- - - - - - - -
Mikkel Michelsen Denmark - -
dnr
- - - - - - - -
Josef Franc Czech Republic - - -
dnr
- - - - - - -
Eduard Krčmář Czech Republic - - -
dnr
- - - - - - -
Robert Lambert Great Britain - - - -
dnr
- - - - - -
Stevie Worrall Great Britain - - - -
dnr
- - - - - -
Kai Huckenbeck Germany - - - - - - -
dnr
- - -
Linus Sundstrom Sweden - - - - - - - -
dnr
- -
Jarosław Hampel Poland INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ withdrew from series