1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany was the third race of the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 9 July in the Rottalstadion in Pocking, Germany[1][2] It was second German SGP and was won by Danish rider Hans Nielsen. It was the third win of his career.

Germany 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
Information
Date9 July 1996
CityGermany Pocking
Event3 of 6 (9)
RefereeNorway Roy Otto
Stadium details
StadiumRottalstadion
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerDenmark Hans Nielsen
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upSweden Peter Karlsson
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeSweden Henrik Gustafsson

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Gerd Riss as Wild Card who started in German SPG last season.

Draw 5. Denmark (11) Tommy KnudsenUnited Kingdom (13) Joe Screen
Draw 9. United Kingdom (14) Gary HavelockUnited States (4) Greg Hancock
Draw 17. track reservePoland (19) Tomasz Gollob
Draw 18. track reserve → Emply

Heat details

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 15 Denmark (1) Hans Nielsen 25 3 3 3 3 2 14 2 3
2 12 Sweden (12) Peter Karlsson 20 2 2 2 3 3 12 3 2
3 13 Sweden (8) Henrik Gustafsson 18 2 2 3 3 2 12 4 1
4 8 Sweden (2) Tony Rickardsson 16 3 3 3 2 3 14 1 0
5 7 United Kingdom (7) Chris Louis 14 2 1 2 2 3 10 6 3
6 9 United States (4) Greg Hancock 13 3 3 0 2 3 11 5 2
7 14 Germany (16) Gerd Riss 12 0 3 1 1 2 7 7 1
8 5 United Kingdom (13) Joe Screen 11 1 0 0 2 3 6 8 0
9 2 United States (5) Billy Hamill 9 2 1 1 1 1 6 12 3
10 1 Australia (9) Leigh Adams 8 3 1 2 0 0 6 9 2
11 6 Australia (15) Jason Crump 7 0 2 3 E 1 6 10 1
12 10 United Kingdom (6) Mark Loram 6 1 0 1 3 1 6 11 0
13 3 United States (3) Sam Ermolenko 4 1 0 2 X E 3 14 3
14 11 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 3 0 2 0 0 1 3 13 2
15 16 Australia (17) Craig Boyce 2 1 1 1 X 0 3 15 1
16 4 United Kingdom (10) Marvyn Cox 1 0 0 0 1 E 1 16 0
17 17 Poland (19) Tomasz Gollob - 17
18 None -
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

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
ITA
Italy
GER
Germany
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
DEN
Denmark
1 Denmark (1) Hans Nielsen 68 182525   
2 Sweden (2) Tony Rickardsson 54 201816   
3 United States (5) Billy Hamill 45 16209   
4 Denmark (11) Tommy Knudsen 41 2516   
5 United States (4) Greg Hancock 38 121313   
6 Sweden (8) Henrik Gustafsson 36 14418   
7 Sweden (12) Peter Karlsson 30 7320   
8 United Kingdom (7) Chris Louis 31 8914   
9 United Kingdom (14) Gary Havelock 27 1314   
10 United Kingdom (13) Joe Screen 21 3711   
11 United States (3) Sam Ermolenko 14 914   
12 United Kingdom (6) Mark Loram 14 626   
13 Australia (17) Craig Boyce 14 ns122   
14 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 14 ns113   
15 United Kingdom (10) Marvyn Cox 13 481   
16 Germany (16) Gerd Riss 12 12   
17 Poland (16) Tomasz Gollob 11 11ns   
18 Australia (9) Leigh Adams 10 2ns8   
19 Australia (15) Jason Crump 8 1ns7   
20 Italy (16) Stefano Alfonso 6 6   
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
ITA
Italy
GER
Germany
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
DEN
Denmark

See also

References

  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.
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