The 2011 FIM Nice Italian Speedway Grand Prix was the sixth race of the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix

2011 Speedway Grand Prix

The 2011 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 17th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 66th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the eleventh series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company...

 season. It was take place on July 30 at the Pista Olimpia stadium in Terenzano, Italy

Italy

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Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Matej Žagar as Wild Card, and Mattia Carpanese and Guglielmo Franchetti both as Track Reserves. Injury Artem Laguta was repleced by first Qualified Substitutes, Magnus Zetterström. The Draw was made on July 29 at 13:00 CEST.

(13)   Artem Laguta

Artem Laguta

Artem Laguta is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider and member of the Russia national team.His brother Grigory is speedway rider also.He will ride in the Speedway Grand Prix 2011.- World Championships :...

 → (19)   Magnus Zetterström

Magnus Zetterström

Hans Magnus Zetterström is an international motorcycle speedway rider who rides for the Poole Pirates in the British Elite League. Zetterström became European Champion in 2002 and won the Premier League Riders Championship in 2006...

Results

The Grand Prix was won by Andreas Jonsson, who beat World Championship leader Greg Hancock, Antonio Lindbäck and Kenneth Bjerre in the final.

Heat details

Heat after heat

1. Žagar, Zetterström, Sayfutdinov, Bjerre
2. Kołodziej, Holder, Hancock, Gollob
3. Hampel, Lindbäck, Harris, Pedersen
4. Jonsson, Lindgren, Holta, Crump
5. Lindbäck, Jonsson, Kołodziej, Zetterström
6. Hampel, Bjerre, Gollob, Lindgren
7. Harris, Sayfutdinov, Holta, Hancock
8. Žagar, Holder, Pedersen, Crump
9. Crump, Gollob, Harris, Zetterström
10. Bjerre, Kołodziej, Pedersen, Holta
11. Sayfutdinov, Holder, Lindbäck, Lindgren (R4)
12. Hancock, Hampel, Jonsson, Žagar
13. Hancock, Lindgren, Pedersen, Zetterström
14. Bjerre, Jonsson, Harris, Holder
15. Crump, Kołodziej, Sayfutdinov, Hampel
16. Lindbäck, Žagar, Holta, Gollob
17. Hampel, Holta, Zetterström, Holder
18. Lindbäck, Bjerre, Hancock, Crump
19. Sayfutdinov, Gollob, Jonsson, Pedersen
20. Lindgren, Kołodziej, Žagar, Harris

    Semi-Finals:

21. Lindbaeck, Jonsson, Sayfutdinov, Žagar
22. Hancock, Bjerre, Hampel, Kołodziej

    the Final:

23. Jonsson (6 points), Hancock (4), Lindbaeck (2), Bjerre (0)

The intermediate classification

See also

• motorcycle speedway
  Motorcycle speedway
  Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...