2011 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2011 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualification were a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the three riders who qualified for the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix. The top eight riders finishing the 2010 Grand Prix series automatically qualified for 2011. The final round of qualification – the Grand Prix Challenge – took place on 21 August 2010, in Vojens, Denmark.

Artem Laguta and Antonio Lindbäck finished in the top two positions, and thus automatically qualified for the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix season. The third spot was decided in a three-way run-off, with Fredrik Lindgren defeating Janusz Kołodziej and Magnus Zetterström.

Qualifying rounds Round One 12 June 2010 Fjelsted, Region of Southern Denmark Fjelsted Speedway Center (Length: 300 m) Referee: J. Lawrence Jury President: I. Teromaa References Change: Draw 12. Kenny Ingalls → Reserve 17

Pos. Rider Points Details1 (13) Krzysztof Kasprzak 13 (2,3,3,2,3)2 (2) Leon Madsen 11+3 (2,3,1,3,2)3 (8) Nicolai Klindt 11+2 (3,3,3,1,1)4 (9) Thomas H. Jonasson 10 (1,1,2,3,3)5 (16) Niels Kristian Iversen 10 (3,2,1,3,1)6 (7) Jonas Davidsson 9 (1,3,2,3,0)7 (3) Tai Woffinden 9 (3,1,1,2,2)8 (15) Kauko Nieminen 8 (1,2,2,0,3)9 (11) Fredrik Lindgren 7+3 (2,F,2,0,3)10 (6) Ryan Fisher 7+2 (2,1,3,1,0)11 (10) Edward Kennett 7+1 (3,2,1,1,0)12 (1) Kyle Legault 7+X (1,2,0,2,2)13 (4) Renat Gafurov 5 (X,1,0,2,2)14 (17) Claus Vissing 4 (0,0,3,X,1)15 (14) Tobias Kroner 2 (0,0,0,1,1)16 (5) Rune Sola 0 (0,0,0,0,0)— (18) Michael Jepsen Jensen — — Round Two 12 June 2010 Terenzano, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Pista “Olimpia” - Terenzano (Length: 400 m) Referee: Frank Ziegler Jury President: Noel Anthony References

Pos. Rider Points Details1 (9) Simon Stead 12 (2,3,1,3,3)2 (8) Martin Smolinski 11+3 (2,3,2,2,2)3 (13) Rory Schlein 11+2 (3,1,3,3,1)4 (5) Cory Gathercole 11+1 (3,0,3,2,3)5 (1) Christian Hefenbrock 11+0 (3,2,1,2,3)6 (11) Lee Richardson 10 (3,3,2,0,2)7 (16) Grzegorz Zengota 10 (1,2,3,3,1)8 (12) Guglielmo Franchetti 9 (1,0,2,3,3)9 (2) Emiliano Sanchez 8+3 (2,2,1,1,2)10 (14) Martin Vaculík 8+N (2,3,3,0,N)11 (7) Marco Gregnanin 6 (1,2,2,1,0)12 (6) Felipe Covatti 5 (0,1,0,2,2)13 (3) Théo Di Palma 3 (1,1,0,1,0)14 (4) Mattia Cavicchioli 3 (0,1,1,1,-)15 (15) Lucas Allende 1 (0,0,0,0,1)16 (18) Jonathan Seren 1 (0,1)17 (17) Andrea Baroni 0 (0,0)18 (10) Manuel Hauzinger 0 (0,X,-,-,-) Reserve 17 rode in Heats 12 and 17 Reserve 18 rode in Heat 15 and 20 Round Three 12 June 2010 Miskolc, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Speedway Arena (Length: 367 m) Referee: Mick Bates Jury President: Andrzej Grodzki References Changes: Draw 4. → Draw 13. →

Pos. Rider Points Details1 (15) Janusz Kołodziej 12+3 (3,2,3,3,1)2 (1) Aleš Dryml, Jr. 12+2 (3,2,1,3,3)3 (16) Lukáš Dryml 11 (F,2,3,3,3)4 (11) Magnus Zetterström 10 (3,3,X,3,1)5 (7) Mads Korneliussen 9 (3,1,3,2,0)6 (3) Troy Batchelor 9 (1,0,3,2,3)7 (8) Adrian Miedziński 9 (0,3,2,2,2)8 (9) Daniel Nermark 8 (1,3,1,2,2)9 (14) Matej Ferjan 8 (2,3,0,0,3)10 (12) Darcy Ward 7+3 (2,1,2,1,1)11 (6) József Tabaka 7+2 (1,2,2,T/-,2)12 (5) Morten Risager 6 (2,1,0,1,2)13 (2) Aleksander Čonda 6 (2,1,1,1,1)14 (13) Tomáš Suchánek 3 (1,0,2,0,0)15 (4) Samo Kukovica 1 (F,0,1,0,0)16 (17) Norbert Magosi 1 (1)17 (10) Matic Voldrih 0 (0,0,0,0,0) Round Four 12 June 2010 Balakovo, Saratov Oblast Stadium “Trud” (Length: 380 m) Referee: Marek Wojaczek Jury President: Boris Kotnjek References Changes: Draw 2. → Draw 8. → Draw 10. → Draw 15. → Draw 11. Krzysztof Buczkowski → Reserve 17

Pos. Rider Points Details1 (3) Grigory Laguta 15 (3,3,3,3,3)2 (10) Artem Laguta 13 (3,3,3,1,3)3 (9) Denis Gizatullin 12+3 (2,3,1,3,3)4 (8) Tomasz Jędrzejak 12+2 (3,2,2,3,2)5 (4) Grzegorz Walasek 12+N (2,3,2,2,3)6 (16) Andriy Karpov 10 (3,1,3,2,1)7 (12) Roman Povazhny 8 (R,0,3,3,2)8 (2) Andrey Kudryashov 7 (1,F,2,2,2)9 (14) Jevgēņijs Karavackis 6+3 (2,2,0,2,X)10 (5) Jan Jaroš 6+2 (2,1,1,R,2)11 (6) Vjačeslavs Giruckis 5 (0,1,2,1,1)12 (17) Denis Nosov 4 (T/-,1,1,1,1)13 (15) Kiril Tcukanov 3 (1,2,0,0,0)14 (13) Filip Šitera 3 (R,2,1,R,-)15 (7) Vladimir Dubinin 2 (1,0,0,1,0)16 (1) Tobias Busch 1 (0,0,0,0,1)17 (18) Vladimir Borodulin 1 (1,0) Round Five 12 June 2010 Goričan, Međimurje County Stadium Milenium (Length: 305 m) Referee: Pavel Vana Jury President: Janos Nadasdi References Changes: → Draw 17. →

Pos. Rider Points Details1 (12) Chris Harris 14+3 (3,3,2,3,3)2 (14) Matej Žagar 14+2 (3,3,3,2,3)3 (5) Jurica Pavlic 13 (3,3,3,3,1)4 (13) Rafał Dobrucki 11 (2,2,3,2,2)5 (2) David Ruud 10 (1,2,1,3,3)6 (9) Tomasz Gapiński 10 (2,1,2,3,2)7 (8) Patrick Hougaard 8 (2,2,1,0,3)8 (7) Kevin Wölbert 8 (1,3,2,1,1)9 (11) Antonio Lindbäck 8 (1,2,2,1,2)10 (6) Matěj Kůs 6 (0,0,3,2,1)11 (1) Kenni Arendt Larsen 5 (3,0,0,0,2)12 (10) Josef Franc 4 (0,1,0,2,1)13 (16) Ales Kraljic 4 (1,1,1,1,0)14 (3) Martin Málek 3 (2,1,0,0,0)15 (4) Matija Duh 2 (0,0,1,1,0)16 (15) Renato Cvetko 0 (0,0,0,0,0)— (17) Remih Aljoša — —

Race-offs

Race-off One 3 July 2010 Ostrów Wielkopolski, Greater Poland Voivodeship Municipal Stadium (Length: 372 m) Referee: Craig Ackroyd Jury President: Janos Nadasdi References Change: Draw 9. Emiliano Sanchez → Reserve 17

Pos. Rider Points Details1 (2) Antonio Lindbäck 12+3 (3,0,3,3,3)2 (7) Thomas H. Jonasson 12+2 (3,3,1,3,2)3 (3) Magnus Zetterström 11+3 (1,2,2,3,3)4 (6) Grzegorz Walasek 11+2 (2,2,2,3,2)5 (10) Sebastian Ułamek * 11+1 (1,3,3,1,3)6 (12) Roman Povazhny 10 (3,3,1,2,1)7 (13) Rafał Dobrucki 9 (3,2,2,2,0)8 (16) Troy Bachelor 9 (1,2,3,2,1)9 (15) Matej Žagar 8 (2,0,2,2,2)10 (14) Rory Schlein 6 (0,1,1,1,3)11 (8) Patrick Hougaard 4 (0,0,3,0,1)12 (5) Daniel Nermark 4 (1,3,0,F,-)13 (17) Darcy Ward 4 (2,1,0,1,0)14 (11) Tai Woffinden 4 (0,1,0,1,2)15 (1) Krzysztof Kasprzak 3 (2,0,1,0,M)16 (4) Lee Richardson 1 (0,1,0,-,-)17 (18) Matej Kůs 0 (0,R) Race-off Two 3 July 2010 Lonigo, Veneto Pista Santa Marina (Length: 334 m) Referee: Marek Wojaczek Jury President: Christian Bouin References Change: Draw 18. Kennett moved to Race-off Three → Gregnanin Draw 17. Martin Vaculík → None

Pos. Rider Points Details1 (13) Chris Harris 15 (3,3,3,3,3)2 (12) Fredrik Lindgren 12 (2,3,3,2,2)3 (4) Leon Madsen 11+3 (2,1,2,3,3)4 (8) Niels Kristian Iversen 11+2 (2,2,3,1,3)5 (10) Simon Stead 9+3 (3,3,0,3,Fx)6 (5) Lukáš Dryml 9+2 (3,0,2,2,2)7 (7) Jurica Pavlic 9+1 (0,2,1,3,3)8 (2) Grzegorz Zengota 8 (3,0,1,2,2)9 (11) Aleš Dryml, Jr. 6 (1,3,1,0,1)10 (16) Tomasz Jędrzejak 6 (2,0,2,1,1)11 (1) Guglielmo Franchetti 5 (1,1,3,0,Fx)12 (9) Andrey Kudryashov 5 (F,2,1,2,0)13 (6) Cory Gathercole 5 (1,2,X,1,1)14 (14) Christian Hefenbrock 5 (1,1,2,1,0)15 (18) Marco Gregnanin 3 (1,0,0,2)16 (3) Mattia Carpanese * 0 (0,0,0,0,0)17 (15) David Ruud 0 (Fx,-,-,-,-) Race-off Three 3 July 2010 Tolyatti, Samara Oblast Anatoly Stepanov Stadium (Length: 353 m) Referee: J. Steentoft Jury President: B. Kotnjek References Changes: Draw 3. Mads Korneliussen → (18) Jan Jaroš → None Draw 6. Nicolai Klindt → Edward Kennett → Vlasov Draw 11. injury Jonas Davidsson → Kyle Legault → (17) Gafurov Draw 17. Ryan Fisher → Gafurov Draw 4. Kevin Wölbert → R.Ivanov Draw 8. Kauko Nieminen → Sayfutdinov Draw 9. Martin Smolinski → Darkin Draw 10. Matej Ferjan → Biezczastnow

Pos. Rider Points Details1 (14) Tomasz Gapiński 15 (3,3,3,3,3)2 (15) Grigory Laguta 13 (2,3,2,3,3)3 (5) Andrey Karpov 12+3 (3,3,3,3,Fx)4 (13) Janusz Kołodziej 12+2 (1,2,3,3,3)5 (12) Artem Laguta 11 (3,3,1,2,2)6 (1) Adrian Miedziński 9 (2,1,3,1,2)7 (2) Denis Gizatullin 8 (3,R,0,2,3)8 (11) Renat Gafurov 8 (2,2,1,1,2)9 (6) Simon Vlasov 7 (1,2,2,1,1)10 (9) Sergey Darkin 6 (Fx,0,2,2,2)11 (10) Oleg Biezczastnow 6 (1,1,1,2,1)12 (4) Roman Ivanov 5 (1,2,2,0,X)13 (7) Daniil Ivanov * 4 (2,1,0,R,1)14 (8) Denis Saifutdinov 1 (R,1,X,N,N)15 (16) Jevgēņijs Karavackis 0 (R,N,N,N,N)Ułamek, Carpanese and Ivanov was seeded in the Race-Offs.

Grand Prix Challenge 21 August 2010 Vojens, Region of Southern Denmark Vojens Speedway Center (Length: 300 m) Referee: Craig Ackroyd Jury President: Andrzej Grodzki References

See also 2011 Speedway Grand Prix

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