title: 2006 Speedway Grand Prix
text: # 2006 Speedway Grand Prix
  
  The 2006 Speedway Grand Prix was the 61st edition of the official World Championship and the 12th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion.
  
  ## Event format
  
  The format remained the same as 2005 with 16 riders taking part in each Grand Prix and over the course of 20 heats each rider will race against every other rider once. The top 8 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 20 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
  
  ## Qualification for Grand Prix
  
  For the 2006 season, there were 15 permanent riders, to be joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card. The top 8 riders from the 2005 championship qualified as of right. They were, in 2005 championship order:
  
  * Tony Rickardsson (retired part way through the season and replaced by Hans Andersen)
  * Jason Crump
  * Leigh Adams
  * Nicki Pedersen
  * Greg Hancock
  * Bjarne Pedersen
  * Tomasz Gollob
  * Andreas Jonsson
  
  They were joined by 7 riders named by the organisers of the series, who are: (in alphabetical order)
  
  * Jarosław Hampel
  * Niels Kristian Iversen
  * Antonio Lindback
  * Scott Nicholls
  * Piotr Protasiewicz
  * Lee Richardson
  * Matej Zagar
  
  ## Calendar
  
  | Round | Date | City and venue | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd placed | 4th placed | Results |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | April 22 | Krško , Slovenia Matija Gubec Stadium | Nicki Pedersen | Jason Crump | Tomasz Gollob | Tony Rickardsson | results |
  | 2 | May 6 | Wrocław , Poland Olympic Stadium | Jason Crump | Greg Hancock | Matej Žagar | Jarosław Hampel | results |
  | 3 | May 20 | Eskilstuna , Sweden Smedstadion | Jason Crump | Greg Hancock | Tomasz Gollob | Nicki Pedersen | results |
  | 4 | June 3 | Cardiff , Great Britain Millennium Stadium | Jason Crump | Andreas Jonsson | Jarosław Hampel | Greg Hancock | results |
  | 5 | June 24 | Copenhagen , Denmark Parken Stadium | Hans N. Andersen | Jason Crump | Bjarne Pedersen | Antonio Lindbäck | results |
  | 6 | July 29 | Lonigo , Italy Santa Marina Stadium | Jason Crump | Scott Nicholls | Hans N. Andersen | Leigh Adams | results |
  | 7 | August 12 | Målilla , Sweden G&B Stadium | Andreas Jonsson | Hans N. Andersen | Leigh Adams | Jason Crump | results |
  | 8 | August 26 | Prague , Czech Republic Markéta Stadium | Hans N. Andersen | Matej Žagar | Antonio Lindbäck | Jarosław Hampel | results |
  | 9 | September 9 | Daugavpils , Latvia Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs | Greg Hancock | Antonio Lindbäck | Nicki Pedersen | Andreas Jonsson | results |
  | 10 | September 23 | Bydgoszcz , Poland Polonia Stadium | Nicki Pedersen | Greg Hancock | Tomasz Gollob | Wiesław Jaguś | results |
  
  results: Slovenia • Europe • Sweden • Great Britain • Danmark • Italy • Scandinavia • Czech Republic • Latvia • Poland
  
  ## 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 | SVN | EUR | SWE | GBR | DEN | ITA | SCA | CZE | LAT | POL |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | (2) Jason Crump | 188 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 7 |
  | | (5) Greg Hancock | 144 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 25 | 20 |
  | | (4) Nicki Pedersen | 134 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 25 |
  | 4 | (8) Andreas Jonsson | 119 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 16 | 12 |
  | 5 | (3) Leigh Adams | 106 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 6 |
  | 6 | (16) (19) Hans Andersen | 101 | – | – | – | – | 25 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 4 | 9 |
  | 7 | (13) Matej Žagar | 97 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 8 |
  | 8 | (7) Tomasz Gollob | 94 | 18 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
  | 9 | (11) Jarosław Hampel | 91 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 6 |
  | 10 | (10) Antonio Lindbäck | 89 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 3 |
  | 11 | (9) Scott Nicholls | 83 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 8 | – | 9 | 7 |
  | 12 | (6) Bjarne Pedersen | 82 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
  | 13 | (15) Niels Kristian Iversen | 51 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
  | 14 | (1) Tony Rickardsson | 41 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
  | 15 | (12) Lee Richardson | 39 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
  | 16 | (14) Piotr Protasiewicz | 31 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
  | 17 | (16) Wiesław Jaguś | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 |
  | 18 | (20) Ryan Sullivan | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 9 | – | – |
  | 19 | (16) (17) Fredrik Lindgren | 7 | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – |
  | 20 | (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 6 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
  | 21 | (16) Kasts Poudzuks | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – |
  | 22 | (17) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – |
  | 23 | (16) Matej Ferjan | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
  | 24 | (16) Simon Stead | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
  | 25 | (16) Adrian Rymel | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
  | 26 | (17) Charlie Gjedde | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
  | 27 | (18) Kenneth Bjerre | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
  | 28 | (16) Mattia Carpanese | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – |
  | 29 | (17) Janusz Kołodziej | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns |
  | 30 | (17) (18) Jonas Davidsson | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – |
  | 31 | (17) Daniele Tessari | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – |
  | 32 | (17) Grigory Laguta | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
  | 33 | (18) Zdeněk Simota | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – |
  | 34 | (18) Andrejs Koroļevs | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
  | Rider(s) not classified |||||||||||||
  | | (17) Izak Šantej | - | ns | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | (17) Edward Kennett | - | - | - | - | ns | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | (18) Jernej Kolenko | - | ns | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | (18) Tomasz Gapiński | - | - | ns | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | (18) Eric Andersson | - | - | - | ns | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | (18) Ben Wilson | - | - | - | - | ns | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | (18) Simone Terenzani | - | - | - | - | - | - | ns | - | - | - | - |
  | | (18) Karol Ząbik | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ns |
  | Pos. | Rider | Points | SVN | EUR | SWE | GBR | DEN | ITA | SCA | CZE | LAT | POL |
  