1996 Speedway Grand Prix
1996 Speedway Grand Prix | |
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Season details | |
Dates | May 18 - September 21 |
Events | 6 |
Cities | 6 |
Countries | 6 |
Riders | 17 permanents 1 wild card(s) |
Heats | 144 (in 6 events) |
Winners | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
3rd place | ![]() |
The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix was the 51st edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3] It was the second season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and was used to determine the Speedway World Champion.
The world title was won by Billy Hamill; it was his first and only World Champion title.[4][5] Defending champion Hans Nielsen was set to win his fifth world crown with a nine point lead going into the last of the six events at Vojens. However Hamill won the event gaining 25 points and Nielsen only managed 14 points leaving the Dane two points behind the American in the final standings.[6]
Event format[]
During 1996 the initial SGP scoring system used in 1995 remained in place. Each rider raced every other in the meeting with the top 4 qualifying for a final - the points for all other riders determined their finishing position in the meeting and therefore their championship Grand Prix points. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with the reminder scoring 14, 13, 12, 11, 9, 8, 7, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Qualification for Grand Prix[]
The 1996 season had 17 permanent riders and one wild card at each event. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below.
Calendar[]
Round | Date | City and venue | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd placed | 4th placed | Results |
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1 | May 18 | ![]() Olympic Stadium |
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2 | June 14 | ![]() |
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3 | July 6 | ![]() |
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4 | August 10 | ![]() |
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5 | August 31 | ![]() London Stadium |
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6 | September 21 | ![]() Speedway Center |
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Final standings[]
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 ![]() |
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113 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 25 | 18 | 25 |
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111 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 20 | 14 |
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88 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 18 |
4 | ![]() |
86 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 11 |
5 | ![]() |
80 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 13 |
6 | ![]() |
62 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 12 |
7 | ![]() |
58 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 20 |
8 | ![]() |
54 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
9 | ![]() |
52 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 16 |
10 | ![]() |
45 | 1 | ns | 7 | 6 | 25 | 6 |
11 | ![]() |
44 | 25 | 16 | – | – | 1 | 2 |
12 | ![]() |
43 | 11 | – | ns | 18 | 14 | ns |
13 | ![]() |
38 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
14 | ![]() |
30 | ns | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
15 | ![]() |
28 | 2 | ns | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 |
16 | ![]() |
27 | 13 | 14 | – | – | – | – |
17 | ![]() |
19 | ns | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ns |
18 | ![]() |
15 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | ns | 1 |
19 | ![]() |
12 | – | – | 12 | – | – | – |
20 | ![]() |
6 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – |
21 | ![]() |
3 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
Rider(s) not classified | ||||||||
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— | – | – | – | ns | ns | – | |
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Pos. | Rider | Points | POL ![]() |
ITA ![]() |
GER ![]() |
SWE ![]() |
GBR ![]() |
DEN ![]() |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-23. Archived 2009-05-12.
- ^ world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-123. Archived 2009-05-11.
- ^ "Sportsdesk". Reading Evening Post. 23 September 1996. Retrieved 11 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
External links[]
- 1996 Speedway Grand Prix
- Speedway Grand Prix seasons
- 1996 in speedway