1999 Speedway Grand Prix
| 1999 Speedway Grand Prix | |
| Season details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | May 8 – September 25 |
| Events | 6 in 6 cities in 5 countries |
| Riders | 22 permanents, 2 wild card(s) |
| Heats | 144 (in 6 events) |
| Champion |   SWE Tony Rickardsson |
| Runner-up |   POL Tomasz Gollob |
| 3rd place |   DEN Hans Nielsen |
The 1999 Speedway Grand Prix season was the fifth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and was used to determine the Speedway World Champion.
Event format
The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes. The eight best would be directly qualified for the "Main Event", while the sixteen others would be knocked out if they finished out of the top two in 4-man heats on two occasions – while they would go through if they finished inside the top two on two occasions. This resulted in 10 heats, where eight proceeded to the Main Event, where exactly the same system was applied to give eight riders to a semi-final.
The semi-finals were then two heats of four, where the top two qualified for a final and the last two going towards the consolation final. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with 5th to 8th scoring 15, 14, 12 and 10 point, and after that 8, 8, 7, 7, etc. Places after 8th place were awarded according to the time a rider was knocked out and, secondly, according to position in the last heat he rode in.
Qualification for Grand Prix
The 1999 season had 22 permanent riders and two wild cards 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 8 |  Prague , Czech Republic Markéta Stadium |
Tomasz Gollob |
 Greg Hancock |
 Jason Crump |
Jimmy Nilsen |
results |
| 2 | June 4 | Linköping , Sweden Motorstadium |
 Mark Loram |
Jimmy Nilsen |
Tony Rickardsson |
Leigh Adams |
results |
| 3 | July 3 | Wrocław , Poland Olympic Stadium |
Tomasz Gollob |
Jimmy Nilsen |
Stefan Dannö |
Tony Rickardsson |
results |
| 4 | July 31 | Coventry , Great Britain Brandon Stadium |
Tony Rickardsson |
Chris Louis |
Greg Hancock |
Hans Nielsen |
results |
| 5 | August 28 | Bydgoszcz , Poland Polonia Stadium |
Hans Nielsen |
Tony Rickardsson |
Ryan Sullivan |
Mark Loram |
results |
| 6 | September 25 | Vojens , Denmark Speedway Center |
Tony Rickardsson |
Mark Loram |
Hans Nielsen |
Joe Screen |
results |
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 | CZE | SWE | POL | GBR | PL2 | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
(1) Tony Rickardsson |
111 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 25 | 20 | 25 |
| |
(3) Tomasz Gollob |
98 | 25 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 8 |
| |
(4) Hans Nielsen |
76 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 18 |
| 4 | (2) Jimmy Nilsen |
73 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | (23)(25) Mark Loram |
71 | – | 25 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 20 |
| 6 | (19) Joe Screen |
68 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | (13) Leigh Adams |
67 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| 8 | (8) Jason Crump |
66 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 6 |
| 9 | (6) Greg Hancock |
62 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 6 |
| 10 | (7) Ryan Sullivan |
55 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 7 |
| 11 | (17) Stefan Dannö |
52 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 12 | (5) Chris Louis |
50 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | (10) Peter Karlsson |
45 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 14 | (18) Mikael Karlsson |
45 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 12 |
| 15 | (11) Antonín Kasper, Jr. |
39 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | (9) Brian Karger |
36 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 17 | (15) Henrik Gustafsson |
35 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 7 |
| 18 | (22) Billy Hamill |
35 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 19 | (20) John Jørgensen |
32 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 20 | (16) Andy Smith |
22 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | (21) Robert Dados |
20 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 22 | (14) Brian Andersen |
12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | (23) Jacek Gollob |
12 | – | – | – | – | 12 | – |
| 24 | (12) Marian Jirout |
8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 |
| 25 | (24) Rafał Dobrucki |
8 | – | – | 8 | – | – | – |
| 26 | (24) Sebastian Ułamek |
4 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | (24) Scott Nicholls |
3 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| 28 | (24) Jesper B. Jensen |
3 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 29 | (23) Antonín Šváb, Jr. |
2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | (24) Piotr Protasiewicz |
2 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | CZE | SWE | POL | GBR | PL2 | DEN |
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