2006 Speedway Grand Prix

The 2006 Speedway Grand Prix season is the 12th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and is used to determine the Speedway World Champion.

2006 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
DatesApril 22 - September 23
Events10
Cities10
Countries8
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats230 (in 10 events)
Winners
Champion AUS Jason Crump
Runner-up USA Greg Hancock
3rd place DNK Nicki Pedersen

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

Calendar

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
1 April 22 Krško , Slovenia
Matije Gubca Stadium
Nicki Pedersen Jason Crump Tomasz Gollob Tony Rickardsson results
2 May 6 Wrocław , Poland
Olympic Stadium
Jason Crump Greg Hancock Matej Žagar Jarosław Hampel results
3 May 20 Eskilstuna , Sweden
Smedstadium
Jason Crump Greg Hancock Tomasz Gollob Nicki Pedersen results
4 June 3 Cardiff , Great Britain
Millennium Stadium
Jason Crump Andreas Jonsson Jarosław Hampel Greg Hancock results
5 June 24 Copenhagen , Denmark
Parken Stadium
Hans N. Andersen Jason Crump Bjarne Pedersen Antonio Lindbäck results
6 July 29 Lonigo , Italy
Santa Marina Stadium
Jason Crump Scott Nicholls Hans N. Andersen Leigh Adams results
7 August 12 Målilla , Sweden
G&B Stadium
Andreas Jonsson Hans N. Andersen Leigh Adams Jason Crump results
8 August 26 Prague , Czech Republic
Marketa Stadium
Hans N. Andersen Matej Žagar Antonio Lindbäck Jarosław Hampel results
9 September 9 Daugavpils , Latvia
Spidveja Centrs
Greg Hancock Antonio Lindbäck Nicki Pedersen Andreas Jonsson results
10 September 23 Bydgoszcz , Poland
Polonia Stadium
Nicki Pedersen Greg Hancock Tomasz Gollob Wiesław Jaguś results

results: SloveniaEuropeSwedenGreat BritainDanmarkItalyScandinaviaCzech RepublicLatviaPoland

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
(2) Jason Crump 188 2025252520251614117
(5) Greg Hancock 144 52020161391242520
(4) Nicki Pedersen 134 2514164691161825
4 (8) Andreas Jonsson 119 851020792571612
5 (3) Leigh Adams 106 1071161216181286
6 (16) (19) Hans Andersen 101 2518202549
7 (13) Matej Žagar 97 91849410420118
8 (7) Tomasz Gollob 94 1891873746418
9 (11) Jarosław Hampel 91 41681824101676
10 (10) Antonio Lindbäck 89 9268164318203
11 (9) Scott Nicholls 83 9958820897
12 (6) Bjarne Pedersen 82 5671218108277
13 (15) Niels Kristian Iversen 51 2645856843
14 (1) Tony Rickardsson 41 1664105
15 (12) Lee Richardson 39 8405944302
16 (14) Piotr Protasiewicz 31 1333134544
17 (16) Wiesław Jaguś 16 16
18 (20) Ryan Sullivan 10 19
19 (16) (17) Fredrik Lindgren 7 7ns
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 0ns
30 (17) (18) Jonas Davidsson 0 0ns
31 (17) Daniele Tessari 0 0
32 (17) Grigory Laguta 0 0
33 (18) Zdeněk Simota 0 0
34 (18) Andrejs Koroļevs 0 0
Rider(s) not classified
(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
Jason Crump - World Champion 2006
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