2016 Speedway Under-21 World Championship

The 2016 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 40th edition of the FIM World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships.[1][2]

World Under-21 Championship
Max Fricke
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It was staged over three rounds, at King's Lynn, Pardubice and Gdańsk.[3]

The championship was won by triple Australian Under-21 Champion Max Fricke who become Australia's fifth Under-21 World Champion. Fricke's consistent run over the series in which he finished 3rd in the first two rounds and 2nd in the final round saw him score 46 points. Finishing in second place was Polish rider Krystian Pieszczek with 40 points while British rider Robert Lambert defeated Australia's Jack Holder (the younger brother of 2012 World Champion Chris Holder) in a run-off in the final round in Poland to claim 3rd place after both riders finished the series on 37 points.[4][5][6]

Final series

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No. Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
1 18 June   King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn   Krystian Pieszczek   Robert Lambert   Max Fricke
2 16 September   Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice   Dimitri Bergé   Patrick Hansen   Max Fricke
3 October 2   Zbigniew Podlecki Stadium, Gdańsk   Viktor Kulakov   Max Fricke   Erik Riss

Classification

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The meeting classification was according to the points scored during the meeting, with the total points scored by each rider during each meeting credited as World Championship points. The FIM Speedway Under 21 World Champion was the rider who collected most World Championship points at the end of the series. In case of a tie between one or more riders in the final overall classification, a run-off decided the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. For all other placings, the better-placed rider in the last meeting was the better placed rider.

Pos. Rider Points      
    Max Fricke 46 12 18 16
    Krystian Pieszczek 40 20 9 11
    Robert Lambert 37 19 11 7
4   Jack Holder 37 13 12 12
5   Dimitri Bergé 35 6 19 10
6   Patrick Hansen 35 6 14 15
7   Viktor Kulakov 27 6 6 15
8   Erik Riss 27 10 6 11
9   Paweł Przedpełski 26 6 11 9
10   Josh Bates 23 12 5 6
11   Eduard Krčmář 19 6 6 7
12   Adam Ellis 17 5 5 7
13   Bartosz Smektała 16 7 6 3
14   Mikkel B. Andersen 9 2 5 2
15   Joel Andersson 9 5 4
16   Kenny Wennerstam 4 4
17   Dominik Kossakowski 3 3
18   Zach Wajtknecht 1 1
19   Nathan Greaves 1 1
20   Patrik Mikel 1 1
21   Max Clegg 0 0
22   Ondrej Smetana 0 0
23   Josef Novák 0 0
24   Kacper Woryna 0 0
25   Oskar Bober 0 0
26   Maksym Drabik 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ "World Under 21 Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  3. ^ "2016 FIM Speedway Under 21 World Championship Calendar". FIM. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  4. ^ 2016 FIM Speedway U21 World Championship Final Classification
  5. ^ "Speedway Junioren Weltmeisterschaft (U-21)". Speedway Yesterday. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  6. ^ "World U21 winners". Speedweek. Retrieved 14 March 2024.