1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy

Italy 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy
Information
Date1 June 1996
CityItaly Lonigo
Event2 of 6 (8)
RefereeGraham Brodie
Stadium details
StadiumSanta Marina Stadium
Length387 m (423 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerDenmark Hans Nielsen
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upUnited States Billy Hamill
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeSweden Tony Rickardsson

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.

Starting positions draw

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

Heat details

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

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Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
ITA
Italy
GER
Germany
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
DEN
Denmark
1 Denmark (1) Hans Nielsen 43 18 25        
2 Denmark (11) Tommy Knudsen 41 25 16        
3 Sweden (2) Tony Rickardsson 38 20 18        
4 United States (5) Billy Hamill 36 16 20        
5 United Kingdom (14) Gary Havelock 27 13 14        
6 United States (4) Greg Hancock 25 12 13        
7 Sweden (8) Henrik Gustafsson 18 14 4        
8 United Kingdom (7) Chris Louis 17 8 9        
9 United Kingdom (10) Marvyn Cox 12 4 8        
10 Australia (17) Craig Boyce 12 ns 12        
11 Poland (16) Tomasz Gollob 11 11        
12 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 11 ns 11        
13 United States (3) Sam Ermolenko 10 9 1        
14 Sweden (12) Peter Karlsson 10 7 3        
15 United Kingdom (13) Joe Screen 10 3 7        
16 United Kingdom (6) Mark Loram 8 6 2        
17 Italy (16) Stefano Alfonso 6 6        
18 Australia (9) Leigh Adams 2 2 ns        
19 Australia (15) Jason Crump 1 1 ns        
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
ITA
Italy
GER
Germany
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
DEN
Denmark

See also

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References

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  1. ^ speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-20. 2009-05-12.
  2. ^ world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-20. Archived 2009-05-11.
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