1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

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

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.

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 Knudsen → United Kingdom (13) Joe Screen
Draw 9. United Kingdom (14) Gary Havelock → United States (4) Greg Hancock
Draw 17. track reserve → Poland (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 18 25 25      
2 Sweden (2) Tony Rickardsson 54 20 18 16      
3 United States (5) Billy Hamill 45 16 20 9      
4 Denmark (11) Tommy Knudsen 41 25 16 –      
5 United States (4) Greg Hancock 38 12 13 13      
6 Sweden (8) Henrik Gustafsson 36 14 4 18      
7 Sweden (12) Peter Karlsson 30 7 3 20      
8 United Kingdom (7) Chris Louis 31 8 9 14      
9 United Kingdom (14) Gary Havelock 27 13 14 –      
10 United Kingdom (13) Joe Screen 21 3 7 11      
11 United States (3) Sam Ermolenko 14 9 1 4      
12 United Kingdom (6) Mark Loram 14 6 2 6      
13 Australia (17) Craig Boyce 14 ns 12 2      
14 United Kingdom (18) Andy Smith 14 ns 11 3      
15 United Kingdom (10) Marvyn Cox 13 4 8 1      
16 Germany (16) Gerd Riss 12 – – 12      
17 Poland (16) Tomasz Gollob 11 11 – ns      
18 Australia (9) Leigh Adams 10 2 ns 8      
19 Australia (15) Jason Crump 8 1 ns 7      
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.