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.

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

Starting positions draw edit

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

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 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 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 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 edit

References edit

  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.

External links edit