2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

2011 FIM Meridian Lifts Swedish Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date| 14 May 2011
City|  Gothenburg
Event| 2 of 11 (135)
Referee|  Wojciech Grodzki
Jury President|  Jörgen L Jensen
Stadium details
Stadium| Ullevi
Length| 400 m (440 yd)
SGP Results
Attendance| 13,304
Best Time|  Antonio Lindbäck
71,4 secs (in Heat 2)
Winner|  Chris Holder
Runner-up|  Greg Hancock
3rd place|  Antonio Lindbäck

The 2011 FIM Meridian Lifts Swedish Speedway Grand Prix was the second race of the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 14 at the Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.[1][2]

## Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Thomas H. Jonasson as Wild Card, and Simon Gustafsson and Dennis Andersson both as Track Reserves.[3] The Draw was made on May 13 by stadium manager.[4][5]

## Results

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It was first Grand Prix event which was stopped before holding all heats (after Heat 16). According to "FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Regulations (2011 edition)", points scored before Heat 16 are approved as event results.

> If a Grand Prix meeting is interrupted or suspended for any reason whatsoever,

> the following rules will apply:

>     1\. (...)
>     2\. If the meeting is interrupted before heat 20 is accomplished and the remaining heats cannot be completed, then the race points scored at the completion of heat 16 will determine the result.
>     3\. (...)

> — Speedway Grand Prix Regulation, Rule 077.1.4.1, FIM (page 7 and 8)[6]

Grand Prix was won by Chris Holder (10 points), who beat Greg Hancock (10), Antonio Lindbäck (9) and Janusz Kołodziej (9). Hancock and the defending World Champion Tomasz Gollob becoming Championship co-leader.[7][8][9]

### Heat details

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Placing  | Draw  | Rider  | Total  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 15  | 16  | 17  | 18  | 19  | 20  | Pts  | Pos  | 21  | 22  | 23

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1  | 14 |  (8) Chris Holder | 10  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10  | 1 |  |  |
2  | 9 |  (5) Greg Hancock | 10  |  |  | 3  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 10  | 2 |  |  |
3  | 4 |  (14) Antonio Lindbäck | 9  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | F  |  |  |  |  | 9  | 3 |  |  |
4  | 6 |  (15) Janusz Kołodziej | 9  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 9  | 4 |  |  |
5  | 2 |  (12) Emil Sayfutdinov | 8  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8  | 5 |  |  |
6  | 11 |  (16) Thomas H. Jonasson | 8  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 3  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8  | 6 |  |  |
7  | 5 |  (3) Jason Crump | 6  |  | 3  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | F  |  |  |  |  | \-  |  |  |  |  |  | 6  | 7 |  |  |
8  | 3 |  (9) Andreas Jonsson | 6  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  | 6  | 8 |  |  |
9  | 7 |  (1) Tomasz Gollob | 6  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6  | 9 |  |  |
10  | 13 |  (11) Fredrik Lindgren | 6  |  |  |  | 3  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6  | 10 |  |  |
11  | 15 |  (2) Jarosław Hampel | 5  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  | 5  | 11 |  |  |
12  | 10 |  (10) Nicki Pedersen | 4  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | R  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  | 12 |  |  |
13  | 16 |  (6) Chris Harris | 4  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | 2  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  | 13 |  |  |
14  | 1 |  (7) Kenneth Bjerre | 2  | 2  |  |  |  | F  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  | M/-  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 14 |  |  |
15  | 8 |  (4) Rune Holta | 1  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 15 |  |  |
16  | 12 |  (13) Artem Laguta | 1  |  |  | X  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  | 1  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 16 |  |  |
17  | 17 |  (17) Simon Gustafsson | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 17 |  |  |
18  | 18 |  (18) Dennis Andersson | 0  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 18 |  |  |
Placing  | Draw  | Rider  | Total  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 15  | 16  | 17  | 18  | 19  | 20  | Pts  | Pos  | 21  | 22  | 23

e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell
ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify
Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals

gate A – inside  | gate B  | gate C  | gate D – outside

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### Heat after heat

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1. (71,4) Lindbäck, Bjerre, Sajfutdinow, Jonsson
2. (72,0) Crump, Kołodziej, Gollob, Holta
3. (71,5) Hancock, Pedersen, Jonasson, Laguta (X/2x)
4. (72,7) Lindgren, Holder, Hampel, Harris
5. (71,9) Crump, Hancock, Lindgren, Bjerre (F4)
6. (72,4) Holder, Kołodziej, Sajfutdinow, Pedersen
7. (73,0) Jonasson, Jonsson, Hampel, Gollob
8. (72,2) Lindbäck, Harris, Holta, Laguta
9. (74,0) Kołodziej, Jonasson, Harris, Bjerre
10. (72,4) Sajfutdinow, Hampel, Laguta, Crump (Fx)
11. (72,5) Holder, Hancock, Jonsson, Holta
12. (72,7) Lindbäck, Gollob, Lindgren, Pedersen (R4)
13. (73,7) Gollob, Holder, Gustafsson, Laguta (Bjerre - M)
14. (73,9) Sajfutdinow, Jonasson, Lindgren, Holta
15. (74,7) Jonsson, Pedersen, Harris, Andersson (Crump - ns)
16. (74,5) Hancock, Kołodziej, Hampel, Lindbäck (F3)

## The intermediate classification

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Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series

Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos.  | Rider  | Points  | EUR
| SWE
| CZE
| DEN
| GBR
| ITA
| SCA
| POL
| NOR
| CRO
| PL2

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1  |  (1) Tomasz Gollob | 24  | 18 | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2  |  (5) Greg Hancock | 24  | 14 | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
3  |  (12) Emil Sayfutdinov | 22  | 14 | 8 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4  |  (10) Nicki Pedersen | 21  | 17 | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
5  |  (8) Chris Holder | 19  | 9 | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
6  |  (2) Jarosław Hampel | 17  | 12 | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
7  |  (11) Fredrik Lindgren | 17  | 11 | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
8  |  (15) Janusz Kołodziej | 17  | 8 | 9 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
9  |  (7) Kenneth Bjerre | 12  | 10 | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
10  |  (3) Jason Crump | 11  | 5 | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
11  |  (6) Chris Harris | 11  | 7 | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
12  |  (9) Andreas Jonsson | 11  | 5 | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
13  |  (4) Rune Holta | 10  | 9 | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
14  |  (14) Antonio Lindbäck | 10  | 1 | 9 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
15  |  (16) Thomas H. Jonasson | 8  | – | 8 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
14  |  (16) Damian Baliński | 4  | 4 | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
16  |  (13) Artem Laguta | 1  | 0 | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
17  |  (17) Simon Gustafsson | 1  | – | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
18  |  (18) Dennis Andersson | 0  | – | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Rider(s) not classified
|  (17) Patryk Dudek | —  | ns | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  (18) Maciej Janowski | —  | ns | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pos. | Rider  | Points  | EUR
| SWE
| CZE
| DEN
| GBR
| ITA
| SCA
| POL
| NOR
| CRO
| PL2

## See also

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* motorcycle speedway

## References

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1. ^ "SGP/SWC Dates 2011". speedwaygp.com. 22 Nov 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-10-25. Retrieved 26 Nov 2011.
2. ^ "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 17 Mar 2011.
3. ^ "Thomas H. Jonasson z dziką kartą" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
4. ^ "Gothenburg Draw". speedwaygp.com. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
5. ^ "Gothenburg Ballot" (PDF). pzm.pl. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 9 Jun 2011.
6. ^ "SGP Regulation" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-06. Retrieved 9 Jun 2011.
7. ^ "Goeteborg SGP Result" (PDF). PZM.pl. Retrieved 9 Jun 2011.
8. ^ "Chris Holder najlepszy w deszczowym Grand Prix Szwecji" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 9 Jun 2011.
9. ^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (88) 2011, page 54 ISSN 1429-3285

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