1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy

The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy was the second race of the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 1 June in the Santa Marina Stadium in Lonigo, Italy^[1][2] It was the first Italian SGP and was won by Danish rider Hans Nielsen. It was the second win of his career.

1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy
Information
Date	1 June 1996
City	Lonigo
Event	2 of 6 (8)
Referee	Graham Brodie
Stadium details
Stadium	Santa Marina Stadium
Length	387 m (423 yd)
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Hans Nielsen
Runner-up	Billy Hamill
3rd place	Tony Rickardsson

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Stefano Alfonso as Wild Card.

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	24
1	1	(1) Hans Nielsen	25	2				2				3				1				3				11	4				3
2	9	(5) Billy Hamill	20			1		3						3					3		3			13	1				2
3	14	(2) Tony Rickardsson	18				3		3					0		3							2	11	3				1
4	5	(11) Tommy Knudsen	16		3			1					3					3					3	13	2				F
5	4	(14) Gary Havelock	14	1							2				3				2				1	9	7			3
6	8	(4) Greg Hancock	13		2						3			2			3			F				10	5			2
7	3	(17) Craig Boyce	12	3						1				1				1				3		9	6			1
8	15	(18) Andy Smith	11				2			2			1						0	2				7	8			0
9	10	(7) Chris Louis	9			2			2						2			0		1				7	9		3
10	7	(10) Marvyn Cox	8		0					3					1	2					0			6	10		2
11	6	(13) Joe Screen	7		1				1			2							1			1		6	12		1
12	12	(16) Stefano Alfonso	6			3					1		2			0						0		6	11		0
13	11	(8) Henrik Gustafsson	4			0				E		1					2						0	3	15	3
14	16	(12) Peter Karlsson	3				0				E	0						2			2			4	13	2
15	13	(6) Mark Loram	2				1	X							0		1					2		4	14	1
16	2	(3) Sam Ermolenko	1	0					0				0				0				1			1	16	0
17	17	(9) Leigh Adams	–																					-	17
18	18	(15) Jason Crump	–																					-	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	24

Heat 21 (Final D): Riders placed 13th to 16th Heat 22 (Final C): Riders placed 9th to 12th

Heat 23 (Final B): Riders placed 5th to 8th Heat 24 (Final A): Riders placed 1st to 4th

gate A – inside

gate B

gate C

gate D – outside

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	POL	ITA	GER	SWE	GBR	DEN
1	(1) Hans Nielsen	43	18	25
2	(11) Tommy Knudsen	41	25	16
3	(2) Tony Rickardsson	38	20	18
4	(5) Billy Hamill	36	16	20
5	(14) Gary Havelock	27	13	14
6	(4) Greg Hancock	25	12	13
7	(8) Henrik Gustafsson	18	14	4
8	(7) Chris Louis	17	8	9
9	(10) Marvyn Cox	12	4	8
10	(17) Craig Boyce	12	ns	12
11	(16) Tomasz Gollob	11	11	–
12	(18) Andy Smith	11	ns	11
13	(3) Sam Ermolenko	10	9	1
14	(12) Peter Karlsson	10	7	3
15	(13) Joe Screen	10	3	7
16	(6) Mark Loram	8	6	2
17	(16) Stefano Alfonso	6	–	6
18	(9) Leigh Adams	2	2	ns
19	(15) Jason Crump	1	1	ns
Pos.	Rider	Points	POL	ITA	GER	SWE	GBR	DEN

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders