2006 Speedway Grand Prix

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:

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

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

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

Calendar

results: Slovenia • Europe • Sweden • Great Britain • Danmark • Italy • Scandinavia • Czech Republic • Latvia • Poland

Final standings

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References

References

1. "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX".
2. "Speedway riders, history and results".
3. (8 December 2005). "2006 SGP series now over ten rounds".
4. "Grand Prix Preview 2006".