Speedway Grand Prix
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Speedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion.
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[edit] Event format
The format for a Speedway Grand Prix has remained the same since 2005. Sixteen riders take part in each Grand Prix and over the course of twenty heats each rider will race against every other rider once. The top eight scorers advance to a semi-final and from each semi-final the 1st and 2nd placed riders will advance to the GP final. All riders apart from the qualifiers for the final carry forward the points earned in the first twenty heats over the course of the season. The riders placing in the final receive points as follows:-
- 1st place = 25 points
- 2nd place = 20 points
- 3rd place = 18 points
- 4th place = 16 points
[edit] Qualification for Grand Prix
The same 15 riders form the basis of the Grand Prix line up throughout the course of the season, barring injuries. A 16th rider, known as the "wild card", who will normally be a leading rider from the country in which the Grand Prix is being held. The Wild Card can win the Grand Prix like any other rider, and their World Championship points count the same as the 15 permanent riders, although this has only happened on three occasions by Mark Loram, Martin Dugard and most recently Hans Andersen at the 2006 Danish Grand Prix.
The 15 permanent Grand Prix riders have been decided by various methods. For the 2006 season, the top 8 riders from the 2005 championship qualified as of right and were added to by 7 riders chosen by the organisers of the series.
[edit] Speedway Grand Prix seasons
1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006
