2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark

The 2011 FIM Dansk Metal Danish Speedway Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 11 June at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark.^[1][2]

2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
FIM Dansk Metal Danish Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	11 June 2011
City	Copenhagen
Event	4 of 11 (137)
Referee	Krister Gardell
Jury President	Anthony Steele
Stadium details
Stadium	Parken Stadium
Length	275 m (301 yd)
SGP Results
Attendance	18,000
Best Time	Artem Laguta 56,09 secs (in Heat 2)
Winner	Tomasz Gollob
Runner-up	Jason Crump
3rd place	Chris Holder

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Mikkel B. Jensen as Wild Card, and Michael Jepsen Jensen and Kenneth Arendt Larsen as Track Reserves.^[3] The Draw was made on 10 June by Per Stig Møller, Culture Minister of Denmark and Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark in the Cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen I.^[4][5]

Wild card Jensen became the youngest rider ever ride in the SGP event. The former youngest was Pole Maciej Janowski.^[3]

Results

The Grand Prix was won by World Champion Tomasz Gollob, who beat Jason Crump, Chris Holder and Greg Hancock. Gollob became the World Championship leader.^[6][7][8]

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	14	(1) Tomasz Gollob	20				2		0					3		3							3	11	2		3	3
2	11	(3) Jason Crump	18			2				3		3					2						2	12	1	2		2
3	1	(8) Chris Holder	14	2				3				2				1				2				10	5		2	1
4	10	(5) Greg Hancock	13			3			1						1			2		3				10	4	3		0
5	2	(2) Jarosław Hampel	12	1					2				2				3				3			11	3		1
6	15	(11) Fredrik Lindgren	9				1			2			3						1	1				8	6	1
7	16	(6) Chris Harris	7				0				3	Fx						3			1			7	7	0
8	6	(10) Nicki Pedersen	7		1				3			Fx							3			Fx		7	8		0
9	8	(13) Artem Laguta	7		3						2			2			0			0				7	9
10	13	(9) Andreas Jonsson	7				3	1							Fx		1					2		7	10
11	7	(12) Emil Sayfutdinov	7		0					1					2	2					2			7	11
12	4	(4) Rune Holta	6	0							1				3				2				0	6	12
13	5	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	6		2			2					1					0					1	6	13
14	3	(14) Antonio Lindbäck	5	3						0				0				1				1		5	14
15	12	(15) Janusz Kołodziej	3			R					0		0			0						3		3	15
16	9	(16) Mikkel B. Jensen	2			1		0						1					0		0			2	16
17	17	(17) Michael Jepsen Jensen	-																					-	17
18	18	(18) Kenneth Arendt Larsen	-																					-	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. (56,94) Lindbäck, Holder, Hampel, Holta
2. (56,09) Łaguta, Bjerre, Pedersen, Sayfutdinov
3. (56,43) Hancock, Crump, Jensen, Kołodziej (R)
4. (56,53) Jonsson, Gollob, Lindgren, Harris
5. (57,22) Holder, Bjerre, Jonsson, Jensen
6. (56,94) Pedersen, Hampel, Hancock, Gollob
7. (56,37) Crump, Lindgren, Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck
8. (57,09) Harris, Łaguta, Holta, Kołodziej
9. (57,19) Crump, Holder, Pedersen (Fx), Harris (Fx)
10. (56,97) Lindgren, Hampel, Bjerre, Kołodziej
11. (57,22) Gollob, Łaguta, Jensen, Lindbäck
12. (57,25) Holta, Sayfutdinov, Hancock, Jonsson (Fx)
13. (56,21) Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Holder, Kołodziej
14. (56,41) Hampel, Crump, Jonsson, Łaguta
15. (57,07) Harris, Hancock, Lindbäck, Bjerre
16. (56,81) Pedersen, Holta, Lindgren, Jensen
17. (57,32) Hancock, Holder, Lindgren, Łaguta
18. (57,57) Hampel, Sayfutdinov, Harris, Jensen
19. (57,65) Kołodziej, Jonsson, Lindbäck, Pedersen (Fx)
20. (57,37) Gollob, Crump, Bjerre, Holta

    Semi-Finals:

21. (56,87) Hancock, Crump, Lindgren, Harris
22. (56,28) Gollob, Holder, Hampel, Pedersen

    the Final:

23. (56,50) Gollob (6 points), Crump (4), Holder (2), Hancock (0)

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	61	18	6	17	20
2	(5) Greg Hancock	60	14	10	23	13
3	(2) Jarosław Hampel	48	12	5	19	12
4	(3) Jason Crump	42	5	6	13	18
5	(8) Chris Holder	42	9	10	9	14
6	(10) Nicki Pedersen	37	17	4	9	7
7	(11) Fredrik Lindgren	35	11	6	9	9
8	(12) Emil Sayfutdinov	35	14	8	6	7
9	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	27	10	2	9	6
10	(9) Andreas Jonsson	26	5	6	8	7
11	(4) Rune Holta	23	9	1	7	6
12	(6) Chris Harris	21	7	4	3	7
13	(14) Antonio Lindbäck	21	1	9	6	5
14	(15) Janusz Kołodziej	21	8	9	1	3
15	(13) Artem Laguta	10	0	1	2	7
16	(16) Thomas H. Jonasson	8	–	8	–	–
17	(16) Damian Baliński	4	4	–	–	–
18	(16) Matěj Kůs	3	–	–	3	–
19	(16) Mikkel B. Jensen	2	–	–	–	2
20	(17) Simon Gustafsson	1	–	1	–	–
21	(18) Dennis Andersson	0	–	0	–	–
Rider(s) not classified
	(17) Patryk Dudek	—	ns	–	–	–
	(18) Maciej Janowski	—	ns	–	–	–
	(17) Lukáš Dryml	—	–	–	ns	–
	(18) Zdeněk Simota	—	–	–	ns	–
	(17) Michael Jepsen Jensen	—	–	–	–	ns
	(18) Kenneth Arendt Larsen	—	–	–	–	ns
Pos.	Rider	Points	EUR	SWE	CZE	DEN	GBR	ITA	SCA	POL	NOR	CRO	PL2

See also

• motorcycle speedway