The 2011 FIM Nice Croatian Speedway World Championship Grand Prix was the tenth race of the
2011 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 24 at the
Stadium Milenium
The Stadium Milenium or Speedway Stadion Milenium is a 7,500-capacity multi-use stadium between Donji Kraljevec and Goričan
Goričan ( hu, Muracsány) is a municipalities of Croatia, municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia.
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Donji Kraljevec
Donji Kraljevec ( hu, Murakirály) is a village and municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia.
Geography and demographics
In the 2011 census, the municipality had a population of 4,659. Of the entire population, a total of 4,578 people (98.3%) i ...
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Croatia
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Riders
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Matej Žagar as Wild Card, and Dino Kovačić and Matija Duh both as Track Reserves. The Draw was made on September 23.
Results
Grand Prix was won by Andreas Jonsson who beat Chris Harris, Fredrik Lindgren and Greg Hancock in the final.
After the event, championship leader Greg Hancock has more than 24 points over second Andreas Jonsson and becoming 2011 World Champion. Hancock is the oldest World Champion in history, beating
Ivan Mauger
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. Between first and last champion title was 14 years; former the longest period was 11 years (Mauger 1968-1979).
Heat details
Heat after heat
# (60,92) Jonsson, Pedersen, Lindbäck, Holta
# (60,17) Sayfutdinov, Bjerre, Hampel, Žagar
# (60,39) Hancock, Laguta, Holder, Kołodziej
# (60,32) Harris, Lindgren, Crump, Gollob
# (60,98) Harris, Holder, Jonsson, Hampel
# (60,84) Sayfutdinov, Laguta, Lindgren, Pedersen (Fx)
# (60,81) Gollob, Hancock, Žagar, Lindbäck
# (59,84) Bjerre, Holta, Kołodziej, Crump
# (60,65) Hancock, Crump, Sayfutdinov, Jonsson (F)
# (60,03) Hampel, Pedersen, Gollob, Kołodzej
# (60,34) Lindgren, Bjerre, Holder, Lindbäck
# (60,98) Harris, Žagar, Holta, Laguta
# (61,26) Jonsson, Lindgren, Žagar, Kołodziej
# (61,15) Hancock, Harris, Bjerre, Pedersen
# (60,25) Hampel, Crump, Lindbäck, Laguta
# (60,98) Sayfutdinov, Holta, Holder, Gollob
# (61,78) Bjerre, Jonsson, Gollob, Laguta
# (61,81) Crump, Holder, Žagar, Pedersen
# (62,02) Kołodziej, Harris, Lindbäck, Sayfutdinov
# (61,42) Holta, Hampel, Hancock, Lindgren
#: Semi-finals:
# (61,09) Jonsson, Harris, Holta, Sayfutdinov
# (61,68) Hancock, Lindgren, Bjerre, Hampel
#: the Final:
# (61,65) Jonsson (6 points), Harris (4), Lindgren (2), Hancock (0)
The intermediate classification
See also
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motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...
References
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Croatia
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Speedway Grand Prix
Speedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone motorcycle speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion. The series started in 1995 replacing the previous format of a single event final. The first win ...
2011
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