2006 Speedway Grand Prix | |
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Season details | |
Dates | April 22 - September 23 |
Events | 10 |
Cities | 10 |
Countries | 8 |
Riders | 15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves |
Heats | 230 (in 10 events) |
Winners | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
3rd place | ![]() |
The 2006 Speedway Grand Prix was the 61st edition of the official World Championship[1][2] and the 12th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion.[3][4]
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
results: Slovenia • Europe • Sweden • Great Britain • Danmark • Italy • Scandinavia • Czech Republic • Latvia • Poland
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 ![]() |
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188 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 7 |
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144 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 25 | 20 |
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134 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 25 |
4 | ![]() |
119 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 16 | 12 |
5 | ![]() |
106 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 6 |
6 | ![]() |
101 | – | – | – | – | 25 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 4 | 9 |
7 | ![]() |
97 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 8 |
8 | ![]() |
94 | 18 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
9 | ![]() |
91 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 6 |
10 | ![]() |
89 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 3 |
11 | ![]() |
83 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 8 | – | 9 | 7 |
12 | ![]() |
82 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
13 | ![]() |
51 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
14 | ![]() |
41 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
15 | ![]() |
39 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
16 | ![]() |
31 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
17 | ![]() |
16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 |
18 | ![]() |
10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 9 | – | – |
19 | ![]() |
7 | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – |
20 | ![]() |
6 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
21 | ![]() |
4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – |
22 | ![]() |
4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – |
23 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
24 | ![]() |
3 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
25 | ![]() |
2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
26 | ![]() |
1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
27 | ![]() |
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28 | ![]() |
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29 | ![]() |
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30 | ![]() |
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33 | ![]() |
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34 | ![]() |
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Pos. | Rider | Points | SVN ![]() |
EUR ![]() |
SWE ![]() |
GBR ![]() |
DEN ![]() |
ITA ![]() |
SCA ![]() |
CZE ![]() |
LAT ![]() |
POL ![]() |
References
- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "2006 SGP series now over ten rounds". Crash.net. 8 December 2005. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "Grand Prix Preview 2006". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 16 June 2024.