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

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

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 1 Denmark (1) Hans Nielsen 25 2 2 3 1 3 11 4 3
2 9 United States (5) Billy Hamill 20 1 3 3 3 3 13 1 2
3 14 Sweden (2) Tony Rickardsson 18 3 3 0 3 2 11 3 1
4 5 Denmark (11) Tommy Knudsen 16 3 1 3 3 3 13 2 F
5 4 United Kingdom (14) Gary Havelock 14 1 2 3 2 1 9 7 3
6 8 United States (4) Greg Hancock 13 2 3 2 3 F 10 5 2
7 3 Australia (17) Craig Boyce 12 3 1 1 1 3 9 6 1
8 15 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 11 2 2 1 0 2 7 8 0
9 10 United Kingdom (7) Chris Louis 9 2 2 2 0 1 7 9 3
10 7 United Kingdom (10) Marvyn Cox 8 0 3 1 2 0 6 10 2
11 6 United Kingdom (13) Joe Screen 7 1 1 2 1 1 6 12 1
12 12 Italy (16) Stefano Alfonso 6 3 1 2 0 0 6 11 0
13 11 Sweden (8) Henrik Gustafsson 4 0 E 1 2 0 3 15 3
14 16 Sweden (12) Peter Karlsson 3 0 E 0 2 2 4 13 2
15 13 United Kingdom (6) Mark Loram 2 1 X 0 1 2 4 14 1
16 2 United States (3) Sam Ermolenko 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 0
17 17 Australia (9) Leigh Adams - 17
18 18 Australia (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

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 43 1825    
2 Denmark (11) Tommy Knudsen 41 2516    
3 Sweden (2) Tony Rickardsson 38 2018    
4 United States (5) Billy Hamill 36 1620    
5 United Kingdom (14) Gary Havelock 27 1314    
6 United States (4) Greg Hancock 25 1213    
7 Sweden (8) Henrik Gustafsson 18 144    
8 United Kingdom (7) Chris Louis 17 89    
9 United Kingdom (10) Marvyn Cox 12 48    
10 Australia (17) Craig Boyce 12 ns12    
11 Poland (16) Tomasz Gollob 11 11    
12 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 11 ns11    
13 United States (3) Sam Ermolenko 10 91    
14 Sweden (12) Peter Karlsson 10 73    
15 United Kingdom (13) Joe Screen 10 37    
16 United Kingdom (6) Mark Loram 8 62    
17 Italy (16) Stefano Alfonso 6 6    
18 Australia (9) Leigh Adams 2 2ns    
19 Australia (15) Jason Crump 1 1ns    
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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