1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fifth race of the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 31 August in the London Stadium in London, Great Britain[1][2] It was the second Swedish SGP and was won by Australian rider Jason Crump, being the first win of his career.

United Kingdom 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
Information
Date31 August 1996
CityUnited Kingdom London
Event5 of 6 (11)
RefereeDenmark Jørgen Jensen
Stadium details
StadiumLondon Stadium
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerAustralia Jason Crump
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upDenmark Hans Nielsen
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeUnited States Billy Hamill

Starting positions draw edit

injury   (14) Gary Havelock was replaced

Heat details edit

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 14   (15) Jason Crump 25 2 2 2 1 3 10 3 3
2 9   (1) Hans Nielsen 20 3 1 3 2 3 12 1 2
3 2   (5) Billy Hamill 18 3 1 2 2 2 10 4 1
4 6   (4) Greg Hancock 16 1 3 3 1 3 11 2 0
5 15   (19) Tomasz Gollob 14 0 0 3 3 3 9 5 3
6 5   (12) Peter Karlsson 13 3 3 0 3 T 9 6 2
7 12   (6) Mark Loram 12 2 2 1 2 2 9 7 1
8 13   (8) Henrik Gustafsson 11 3 E 3 1 1 8 8 0
9 7   (3) Sam Ermolenko 9 2 1 1 3 1 8 10 3
10 4   (13) Joe Screen 8 1 3 2 0 2 8 9 2
11 1   (2) Tony Rickardsson 7 2 2 1 0 2 7 11 1
12 3   (7) Chris Louis 6 0 3 0 2 0 5 12 0
13 8   (17) Craig Boyce 4 0 0 1 3 X 4 14 3
14 10   (9) Leigh Adams 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 16 2
15 11   (18) Andy Smith 2 0 2 2 0 1 5 13 1
16 16   (11) Tommy Knudsen 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 15 X
17 17   (10) Marvyn Cox - 17
18 18   (20) Jan Stæchmann - 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 edit

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 97 18 25 25 9 20  
2   (5) Billy Hamill 88 16 20 9 25 18  
3   (2) Tony Rickardsson 75 20 18 16 14 7  
4   (4) Greg Hancock 70 12 13 13 16 16  
5   (8) Henrik Gustafsson 67 14 4 18 20 11  
6   (12) Peter Karlsson 50 7 3 20 7 13  
7   (7) Chris Louis 45 8 9 14 8 6  
8   (16) Tomasz Gollob 43 11 ns 18 14  
9   (11) Tommy Knudsen 42 25 16 1  
10   (15) Jason Crump 39 1 ns 7 6 25  
11   (6) Mark Loram 38 6 2 6 12 12  
12   (3) Sam Ermolenko 36 9 1 4 13 9  
13   (13) Joe Screen 31 3 7 11 2 8  
14   (14) Gary Havelock 27 13 14  
15   (9) Leigh Adams 24 2 ns 8 11 3  
16   (17) Craig Boyce 22 ns 12 2 4 4  
17   (18) Andy Smith 19 ns 11 3 3 2  
18   (10) Marvyn Cox 14 4 8 1 1 ns  
19   (16) Gerd Riss 12 12  
20   (16) Stefano Alfonso 6 6  
Rider(s) not classified
  (20) Jan Stæchmann ns ns  
  (21) Mikael Karlsson ns  
Pos. Rider Points POL
 
ITA
 
GER
 
SWE
 
GBR
 
DEN
 

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-22. 2009-05-12.
  2. ^ world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-22. Archived 2009-05-11.

External links edit