# 2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

The 2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, also known as the 2011 FIM Doodson British Speedway Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth race of the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 25 June at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Great Britain.

## Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Scott Nicholls as Wild Card, and Tai Woffinden and Ben Barker both as Track Reserves. Because Artem Laguta did not have a valid visa, he could not enter into the United Kingdom. He was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Magnus Zetterström of Sweden. Another Russian rider, Emil Sayfutdinov, has Polish citizenship also. The Draw was made on 24 June by the Jury President, Armando Castagna.
    (13) Artem Laguta → (19) Magnus Zetterström

## Results

The Grand Prix was won by Greg Hancock who beat Nicki Pedersen, Chris Holder and Emil Sayfutdinov in the final. Hancock becoming World Championship leader.

### 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 |
| 1 | 8 | (5) Greg Hancock | 20 | | 2 | | | | | | 3 | | | 1 | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | 12 | 1 | 2 | | 3 |
| 2 | 11 | (10) Nicki Pedersen | 16 | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | 3 | | | | | 2 | | | | | | T/- | 10 | 5 | | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 14 | (8) Chris Holder | 15 | | | | 0 | | 1 | | | | | 3 | | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | 10 | 3 | | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 10 | (12) Emil Sayfutdinov | 13 | | | 0 | | | 2 | | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | 2 | | | | 10 | 4 | 3 | | Fx |
| 5 | 6 | (7) Kenneth Bjerre | 11 | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | 2 | | 11 | 2 | | T | |
| 6 | 16 | (9) Andreas Jonsson | 10 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | | 9 | 6 | 1 | | |
| 7 | 3 | (19) Magnus Zetterström | 9 | 2 | | | | | | 3 | | | | 0 | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | 8 | 8 | | 1 | |
| 8 | 4 | (3) Jason Crump | 8 | 3 | | | | | | | 0 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | | |
| 9 | 9 | (15) Janusz Kołodziej | 7 | | | 2 | | 3 | | | | | | 2 | | | | | 0 | | 0 | | | 7 | 9 | | | |
| 10 | 7 | (1) Tomasz Gollob | 7 | | 3 | | | | | 0 | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 | | | 7 | 10 | | | |
| 11 | 2 | (6) Chris Harris | 6 | 1 | | | | | 0 | | | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 6 | 11 | | | |
| 12 | 12 | (2) Jarosław Hampel | 5 | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | R | | | 0 | | | | | | 3 | | 5 | 12 | | | |
| 13 | 1 | (16) Scott Nicholls | 5 | 0 | | | | 2 | | | | 0 | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | 5 | 13 | | | |
| 14 | 15 | (11) Fredrik Lindgren | 5 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | | 1 | X | | | | 5 | 14 | | | |
| 15 | 13 | (14) Antonio Lindbäck | 3 | | | | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | 0 | | 0 | | | | | 0 | | 3 | 15 | | | |
| 16 | 17 | (17) Tai Woffinden | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 16 | | | |
| 17 | 5 | (4) Rune Holta | 1 | | 0 | | | 1 | | | | | Fx | | | | | 0 | | | | | 0 | 1 | 17 | | | |
| 18 | 18 | (18) Ben Barker | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - | 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 |
e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats) Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats) Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals
| gate A – inside | gate B | gate C | gate D – outside |

### Heat after heat

* (56,2) Crump, Zetterström, Harris, Nicholls
* (56,0) Gollob, Hancock, Bjerre, Holta
* (56,1) Pedersen, Kołodziej, Hampel, Sayfutdinov
* (56,7) Lindbäck, Jonsson, Lindgren, Holder
* (56,3) Kołodziej, Nicholls, Holta, Lindbäck
* (56,0) Bjerre, Sayfutdinov, Holder, Harris
* (56,9) Zetterström, Pedersen, Lindgren, Gollob
* (56,6) Hancock, Jonsson, Hampel, Crump
* (56,2) Pedersen, Bjerre, Jonsson, Nicholls
* (57,0) Harris, Lindgren, Holta (Fx), Hampel (X)
* (56,1) Holder, Kołodziej, Hancock, Zetterström
* (56,7) Sayfutdinov, Crump, Gollob, Lindbäck
* (55,6) Holder, Nicholls, Gollob, Hampel
* (56,3) Hancock, Pedersen, Harris, Lindbäck
* (56,3) Sayfutdinov, Zetterström, Jonsson, Holta
* (56,7) Bjerre, Crump, Lindgren, Kołodziej
* (56,0) Hancock, Sayfutdinov, Nicholls, Lindgren (X)
* (56,8) Jonsson, Gollob, Harris, Kołodziej
* (56,0) Hampel, Bjerre, Zetterström, Lindbäck
* (56,4) Holder, Woffinden, Crump, Holta (Pedersen - R)
    Semi-Finals:
* (55,6) Sayfutdinov, Hancock, Jonsson, Crump
* (55,3) Holder, Pedersen, Zetterström, Bjerre (R)
    the Final:
* (55,8) Hancock, Pedersen, Holder, Sayfutdinov (Fx)

## 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 | EUR | SWE | CZE | DEN | GBR | ITA | SCA | POL | NOR | CRO | PL2 |
| 1 | (5) Greg Hancock | 80 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 20 | | | | | | |
| 2 | (1) Tomasz Gollob | 68 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | | | | | | |
| 3 | (8) Chris Holder | 57 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 15 | | | | | | |
| 4 | (2) Jarosław Hampel | 53 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 5 | | | | | | |
| 5 | (10) Nicki Pedersen | 53 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 16 | | | | | | |
| 6 | (3) Jason Crump | 50 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 8 | | | | | | |
| 7 | (12) Emil Sayfutdinov | 48 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 13 | | | | | | |
| 8 | (11) Fredrik Lindgren | 40 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | | | | | | |
| 9 | (7) Kenneth Bjerre | 38 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | | | | | | |
| 10 | (9) Andreas Jonsson | 36 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | | | | | | |
| 11 | (15) Janusz Kołodziej | 28 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | |
| 12 | (6) Chris Harris | 27 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 13 | (4) Rune Holta | 24 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 13 | (14) Antonio Lindbäck | 24 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 15 | (13) Artem Laguta | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | – | | | | | | |
| 16 | (19) Magnus Zetterström | 9 | – | – | – | – | 9 | | | | | | |
| 17 | (16) Thomas H. Jonasson | 8 | – | 8 | – | – | – | | | | | | |
| 18 | (16) Scott Nicholls | 5 | – | – | – | – | 5 | | | | | | |
| 19 | (16) Damian Baliński | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | | | | | | |
| 20 | (16) Matěj Kůs | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | – | | | | | | |
| 21 | (16) Mikkel B. Jensen | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | | | | | | |
| 22 | (17) Tai Woffinden | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | | | | | | |
| 23 | (17) Simon Gustafsson | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | | | | | | |
| 24 | (18) Dennis Andersson | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | | | | | | |
| Rider(s) not classified ||||||||||||||
| | (17) Patryk Dudek | — | ns | – | – | – | – | | | | | | |
| | (18) Maciej Janowski | — | ns | – | – | – | – | | | | | | |
| | (17) Lukáš Dryml | — | – | – | ns | – | – | | | | | | |
| | (18) Zdeněk Simota | — | – | – | ns | – | – | | | | | | |
| | (17) Michael Jepsen Jensen | — | – | – | – | ns | – | | | | | | |
| | (18) Kenneth Arendt Larsen | — | – | – | – | ns | – | | | | | | |
| | (18) Ben Barker | — | – | – | – | – | ns | | | | | | |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | EUR | SWE | CZE | DEN | GBR | ITA | SCA | POL | NOR | CRO | PL2 |