2006 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

2006 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
VenueMillennium Stadium
LocationCardiff, (Wales)
Start date3 June 2006
Competitors16 (2 reserves)
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The 2006 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fourth round of the 2006 Speedway Grand Prix season (the world championship). It took place on 3 June 2006 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.[1][2][3]

It was the 12th time that the Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain had been held.

The Grand Prix was by the Australian rider Jason Crump (his 15th career Grand Prix win).[4][5]

Grand Prix result

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Placing Rider 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts SF1 SF2 Final GP Pts
1 Australia (15) Jason Crump 3 1 3 1 3 11 3 3 25
2 Sweden (6) Andreas Jonsson 0 2 3 3 1 9 2 2 20
3 Poland (9) Jarosław Hampel 3 3 f 0 2 8 2 1 18
4 United States (8) Greg Hancock 2 3 2 3 2 12 3 x 16
5 Denmark (4) Bjarne Pedersen 3 2 2 2 3 12 1 12
6 Sweden (3) Tony Rickardsson 2 3 3 2 0 10 1 10
7 Slovenia (12) Matej Žagar 2 1 1 3 2 9 f 9
8 England (7) Scott Nicholls 1 0 3 1 3 8 0 8
9 Sweden (10) Antonio Lindbäck 0 3 1 3 1 8 8
10 Poland (1) Tomasz Gollob 1 2 2 2 0 7 7
11 Australia (5) Leigh Adams 3 0 2 f 1 6 6
12 Denmark (13) Niels Kristian Iversen 1 1 0 0 3 5 5
13 England (11) Lee Richardson 1 2 1 1 0 5 5
14 Denmark (14) Nicki Pedersen e 1 1 0 2 4 4
15 Poland (16) Piotr Protasiewicz 2 0 0 1 0 3 3
16 England (2) Simon Stead 0 0 0 2 1 3 3
R1 England (R1) Edward Kennett 0 R1
R2 England (R2) Ben Wilson 0 R2

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

References

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  1. ^ "2006 GP: Danish date and wild cards announced". Crash.net. 24 October 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  2. ^ "World individual final - Rider index". British Speedway. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  3. ^ "2006 results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Sports Round up: Australian Crump leaves them standing in Cardiff". The Times. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  5. ^ "ARCHIVE: The 2006 British GP FIM Speedway Grand Prix". YouTube. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2024.