2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe

The 2011 FIM Fogo European Speedway Grand Prix was the first race of the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on April 30 at the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland.^[1][2]

2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe
FIM Fogo European Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	30 April 2011
City	Leszno
Event	1 of 11 (134)
Referee	Craig Ackroyd
Jury President	Christer Bergstrom
Stadium details
Stadium	Alfred Smoczyk Stadium
Length	330 m (360 yd)
SGP Results
Attendance	15,000
Best Time	Emil Sayfutdinov 60,91 secs (in Heat 3)
Winner	Nicki Pedersen
Runner-up	Tomasz Gollob
3rd place	Tomasz Gollob

It was fourth SGP event held in Leszno. Grand Prix was won by Dane Nicki Pedersen who beat defending World Champion Pole Tomasz Gollob, Russian Emil Sayfutdinov and Vice-Champion Jarosław Hampel from Poland. Gollob, scoring 18 points, becoming Championship leader.^[3][4][5]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Damian Baliński as Wild Card, and Patryk Dudek and Maciej Janowski both as Track Reserves.^[6] The Draw was made on April 29 by Tomasz Malepszy, President (=Mayor) of Leszno.^[7] Hampel, Kołodziej and Baliński are ridding for Unia Leszno in the 2011 Speedway Ekstraliga.

Heat details

Placing	Draw	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21	22	23
1	6	(10) Nicki Pedersen	17		1				2			3							2			1		9	8		2	3
2	2	(1) Tomasz Gollob	18	3					Fx				3				2				3			11	2		3	2
3	10	(12) Emil Sayfutdinov	14			3			3						2			1		1				10	4	2		1
4	11	(2) Jarosław Hampel	12			1				1		1					3						3	9	6	3		0
5	9	(5) Greg Hancock	14			2		3						3					3		2			13	1	1
6	3	(11) Fredrik Lindgren	11	1						3				2				2				3		11	3		Fx
7	12	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	10			Fx					3		1			3						2		9	5		1
8	8	(4) Rune Holta	9		2						2			1			1			3				9	7	0
9	1	(8) Chris Holder	9	2				1				2				2				2				9	9
10	5	(15) Janusz Kołodziej	8		3			0					2					3					Fx	8	10
11	4	(6) Chris Harris	7	0							1				3				1				2	7	11
12	13	(3) Jason Crump	5				3	2							0		0					0		5	12
13	7	(9) Andreas Jonsson	5		0					2					1	1					1			5	13
14	14	(16) Damian Baliński	4				2		1					0		Fx							1	4	14
15	15	(14) Antonio Lindbäck	1				1			0			0						0	0				1	15
16	16	(13) Artem Laguta	0				0				0	0						0			0			0	16
17	17	(17) Patryk Dudek	-																					-	17
18	18	(18) Maciej Janowski	-																					-	18
Placing	Draw	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21	22	23

e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell
ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify
Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals

gate A – inside

gate B

gate C

gate D – outside

Heat after heat

1. (61,65) Gollob, Holder, Lindgren, Harris
2. (61,50 or 61,60) Kołodziej, Holta, Pedersen, Jonsson
3. (60,91) Sayfutdinov, Hancock, Hampel, Bjerre (Fx)
4. (61,45) Crump, Baliński, Lindbäck, Laguta
5. (61,03) Hancock, Crump, Holder, Kołodziej
6. (61,44) Sayfutdinov, Pedersen, Baliński, Gollob (Fx)
7. (61,09) Lindgren, Jonsson, Hampel, Lindbäck
8. (61,91) Bjerre, Holta, Harris, Laguta
9. (61,65) Pedersen, Holder, Hampel, Laguta
10. (61,85) Gollob, Kołodziej, Bjerre, Lindbäck
11. (61,88) Hancock, Lindgren, Holta, Baliński
12. (62,49) Harris, Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Crump
13. (62,51) Bjerre, Holder, Jonsson, Baliński (Fx)
14. (61,87) Hampel, Gollob, Holta, Crump
15. (62,42) Kołodziej, Lindgren, Sayfutdinov, Laguta
16. (62,43) Hancock, Pedersen, Harris, Lindbäck
17. (62,55) Holta, Holder, Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck
18. (62,23) Gollob, Hancock, Jonsson, Laguta
19. (63,16) Lindgren, Bjerre, Pedersen, Crump
20. (63,27) Hampel, Harris, Baliński, Kołodziej (Fx)

    Semi-Finals:

21. (62,78) Hampel, Sayfutdinov, Hancock, Holta
22. (62,58) Gollob, Pedersen, Bjerre, Lindgren (Fx)

    the Final:

23. (63,07) Pedersen, Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Hampel

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series

Full-time Grand Prix rider

Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve

Pos.	Rider	Points	EUR	SWE	CZE	DEN	GBR	ITA	SCA	POL	NOR	CRO	PL2
1	(1) Tomasz Gollob	18	18
2	(10) Nicki Pedersen	17	17
3	(5) Greg Hancock	14	14
4	(12) Emil Sayfutdinov	14	14
5	(2) Jarosław Hampel	12	12
6	(11) Fredrik Lindgren	11	11
7	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	10	10
8	(4) Rune Holta	9	9
9	(8) Chris Holder	9	9
10	(15) Janusz Kołodziej	8	8
11	(6) Chris Harris	7	7
12	(3) Jason Crump	5	5
13	(9) Andreas Jonsson	5	5
14	(16) Damian Baliński	4	4
15	(14) Antonio Lindbäck	1	1
16	(13) Artem Laguta	0	0
Rider(s) not classified
	(17) Patryk Dudek	—	ns
	(18) Maciej Janowski	—	ns
Pos.	Rider	Points	EUR	SWE	CZE	DEN	GBR	ITA	SCA	POL	NOR	CRO	PL2

See also

• motorcycle speedway

References

1. . speedwaygp.com. 2010-10-22. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
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5. Świat Żużla, No 4 (88) 2011, page 54 ISSN 1429-3285
6. "Baliński z dziką kartą w Lesznie!" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 10 Apr 2011. Retrieved 10 Apr 2011.
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