2006 Speedway Grand Prix

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 flagicon|SWE (retired part way through the season and replaced by Hans Andersen flagicon|DEN)
* Jason Crump flagicon|AUS
* Leigh Adams flagicon|AUS
* Nicki Pedersen flagicon|DEN
* Greg Hancock flagicon|USA
* Bjarne Pedersen flagicon|DEN
* Tomasz Gollob flagicon|POL
* Andreas Jonsson flagicon|SWE

They were joined by 7 riders named by the organisers of the series, who are:- (in alphabetical order)

* Jarosław Hampel flagicon|POL
* Niels Kristian Iversen flagicon|DEN
* Antonio Lindback flagicon|SWE
* Scott Nicholls flagicon|GBR
* Piotr Protasiewicz flagicon|POL
* Lee Richardson flagicon|GBR
* Matej Zagar flagicon|SVN

Event Schedule and Winners

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results: [http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m2074 Slovenia] • [http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m2133 Europe] • [http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m2311 Sweden] • [http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgp/a6245 Great Britain] • [http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m2477 Danmark] • [http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m2619 Italy] • [http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m2721 Scandinavia] • [http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m2744 Czech Republic] • [http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m2810 Latvia] • [http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m2844 Poland]

Final Championship standings

SGP Table|SVN|EUR|SWE|GBR|DEN|ITA|SCA|CZE|LVA|POL|RIDERS=SGP Table/rider|Q|1 |AUS |2| Jason Crump |188
20|25|25|25|20|25|16|14|11| 7SGP Table/rider|Q|2 |USA |5| Greg Hancock |144
5|20|20|16|13| 9|12| 4|25|20SGP Table/rider|Q|3 |DNK |4| Nicki Pedersen |134
25|14|16| 4| 6| 9|11| 6|18|25SGP Table/rider|Q|4 |SWE |8| Andreas Jonsson |119
8| 5|10|20| 7| 9|25| 7|16|12SGP Table/rider|Q|5 |AUS |3| Leigh Adams |106
10| 7|11| 6|12|16|18|12| 8| 6SGP Table/rider|W|6 |DNK |16) (19| Hans Andersen |101
-| -| -| -|25|18|20|25| 4| 9SGP Table/rider|Q|7 |SVN |13| Matej Žagar |97
9|18| 4| 9| 4|10| 4|20|11| 8SGP Table/rider|Q|8 |POL |7| Tomasz Gollob |94
18| 9|18| 7| 3| 7| 4| 6| 4|18SGP Table/rider|Q|9 |POL |11| Jarosław Hampel |91
4|16| 8|18| 2| 4|10|16| 7| 6SGP Table/rider|P|10|SWE |10| Antonio Lindbäck |89
9| 2| 6| 8|16| 4| 3|18|20| 3SGP Table/rider|P|11|GBR |9| Scott Nicholls |83
9| 9| 5| 8| 8|20| 8| -| 9| 7SGP Table/rider|P|12|DNK |6| Bjarne Pedersen |82
5| 6| 7|12|18|10| 8| 2| 7| 7SGP Table/rider|P|13|DNK |15| Niels Kristian Iversen |51
2| 6| 4| 5| 8| 5| 6| 8| 4| 3SGP Table/rider|P|14|SWE |1| Tony Rickardsson |41
16| 6| 4|10| 5| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|P|15|GBR |12| Lee Richardson |39
8| 4| 0| 5| 9| 4| 4| 3| 0| 2SGP Table/rider|W|16|POL |14| Piotr Protasiewicz |31
1| 3| 3| 3| 1| 3| 4| 5| 4| 4SGP Table/rider|W|17|POL |16| Wiesław Jaguś |16
-| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -|16SGP Table/rider|W|18|AUS |20| Ryan Sullivan |10
-| -| -| -| -| -| 1| 9| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|19|SWE |16) (17| Fredrik Lindgren |7
-| -| 7| -| -| -|ns| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|20|POL |16| Krzysztof Kasprzak |6
-| 6| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|21|LVA |16| Kasts Poudzuks |4
-| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| 4| -SGP Table/rider|W|22|CZE |17| Luboš Tomíček, Jr. |4
-| -| -| -| -| -| -| 4| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|23|SVN |16| Matej Ferjan |3
3| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|24|GBR |16| Simon Stead |3
-| -| -| 3| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|25|CZE |16| Adrian Rymel |2
-| -| -| -| -| -| -| 2| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|26|DNK |17| Charlie Gjedde |1
-| -| -| -| 1| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|27|DNK |18| Kenneth Bjerre |1
-| -| -| -| 1| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|28|ITA |16| Mattia Carpanese |0
-| -| -| -| -| 0| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|29|POL |17| Janusz Kołodziej |0
-| 0| -| -| -| -| -| -| -|nsSGP Table/rider|W|30|SWE |17) (18| Jonas Davidsson |0
-| -| 0| -| -| -|ns| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|31|ITA |17| Daniele Tessari |0
-| -| -| -| -| 0| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|32|LVA |17| Grigory Laguta |0
-| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| 0| -SGP Table/rider|W|33|CZE |18| Zdeněk Simota |0
-| -| -| -| -| -| -| 0| -| -SGP Table/rider|W|34|LVA |18| Andrejs Korolovs |0
-| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| 0| -SGP Table/rider|R| |SVN |17| Izak Šantej |-
ns| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|R| |GBR |17| Edward Kennett |-
-| -| -|ns| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|R| |SVN |18| Jernej Kolenko |-
ns| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|R| |POL |18| Tomasz Gapiński |-
-|ns| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|R| |SWE |18| Eric Andersson |-
-| -|ns| -| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|R| |GBR |18| Ben Wilson |-
-| -| -|ns| -| -| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|R| |ITA |18| Simone Terenzani |-
-| -| -| -| -|ns| -| -| -| -SGP Table/rider|R| |POL |18| Karol Ząbik |-
-| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -|ns

External links

* [http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgp/a4446 List of results from Official Speedway GP site]