# 2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy

The 2011 FIM Nice Italian Speedway Grand Prix was the sixth race of the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 30 July at the Pista Olimpia Terenzano stadium in Terenzano, Italy.

## Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Matej Žagar as Wild Card, and Mattia Carpanese and Guglielmo Franchetti both as Track Reserves. Injury Artem Laguta was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Magnus Zetterström. The Draw was made on 29 July at 13:00 CEST.
    (13) Artem Laguta → (19) Magnus Zetterström

## Results

The Grand Prix was won by Andreas Jonsson, who beat World Championship leader Greg Hancock, Antonio Lindbäck and Kenneth Bjerre in the final.

### 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 | 13 | (9) Andreas Jonsson | 17 | | | | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | | 2 | | | | | 1 | | 9 | 7 | 2 | | 3 |
| 2 | 7 | (5) Greg Hancock | 15 | | 1 | | | | | 0 | | | | | 3 | 3 | | | | | 1 | | | 8 | 8 | | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | 9 | (14) Antonio Lindbäck | 17 | | | 2 | | 3 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 3 | | 3 | | | 12 | 1 | 3 | | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | (7) Kenneth Bjerre | 12 | 0 | | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | 10 | 3 | | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | (2) Jarosław Hampel | 12 | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | | | 2 | | | 0 | | 3 | | | | 11 | 2 | | 1 | |
| 6 | 3 | (12) Emil Sayfutdinov | 11 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | 10 | 4 | 1 | | |
| 7 | 5 | (15) Janusz Kołodziej | 10 | | 3 | | | 1 | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | 10 | 5 | | 0 | |
| 8 | 4 | (16) Matej Žagar | 9 | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | 0 | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | | |
| 9 | 14 | (11) Fredrik Lindgren | 7 | | | | 2 | | 0 | | | | | R4 | | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | 7 | 9 | | | |
| 10 | 16 | (3) Jason Crump | 6 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | | 0 | | | 6 | 10 | | | |
| 11 | 11 | (6) Chris Harris | 6 | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 0 | 6 | 11 | | | |
| 12 | 8 | (8) Chris Holder | 6 | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | | 6 | 12 | | | |
| 13 | 6 | (1) Tomasz Gollob | 5 | | 0 | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | | | 0 | | | 2 | | 5 | 13 | | | |
| 14 | 15 | (4) Rune Holta | 5 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 0 | | | | | | 1 | 2 | | | | 5 | 14 | | | |
| 15 | 1 | (19) Magnus Zetterström | 3 | 2 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | 15 | | | |
| 16 | 12 | (10) Nicki Pedersen | 3 | | | 0 | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | 0 | | 3 | 16 | | | |
| 17 | 17 | (17) Mattia Carpanese | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - | 17 | | | |
| 18 | 18 | (18) Guglielmo Franchetti | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - | 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

* (74,56) Žagar, Zetterström, Sayfutdinov, Bjerre
* (73,38) Kołodziej, Holder, Hancock, Gollob
* (73,31) Hampel, Lindbäck, Harris, Pedersen
* (73,31) Jonsson, Lindgren, Holta, Crump
* (72,60) Lindbäck, Jonsson, Kołodziej, Zetterström
* (72,25) Hampel, Bjerre, Gollob, Lindgren
* (72,57) Harris, Sayfutdinov, Holta, Hancock
* (74,06) Žagar, Holder, Pedersen, Crump
* (72,81) Crump, Gollob, Harris, Zetterström
* (73,00) Bjerre, Kołodziej, Pedersen, Holta
* (73,41) Sayfutdinov, Holder, Lindbäck, Lindgren (R4)
* (73,88) Hancock, Hampel, Jonsson, Žagar
* (73,43) Hancock, Lindgren, Pedersen, Zetterström
* (73,28) Bjerre, Jonsson, Harris, Holder
* (74,00) Crump, Kołodziej, Sayfutdinov, Hampel
* (74,66) Lindbäck, Žagar, Holta, Gollob
* (74,53) Hampel, Holta, Zetterström, Holder
* (74,75) Lindbäck, Bjerre, Hancock, Crump
* (75,22) Sayfutdinov, Gollob, Jonsson, Pedersen
* (75,12) Lindgren, Kołodziej, Žagar, Harris
    Semi-Finals:
* (74,35) Lindbaeck, Jonsson, Sayfutdinov, Žagar
* (74,81) Hancock, Bjerre, Hampel, Kołodziej
    the Final:
* (75,44) Jonsson (6 points), Hancock (4), Lindbaeck (2), Bjerre (0)

## 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 | 95 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 15 | | | | | |
| 2 | (1) Tomasz Gollob | 73 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 5 | | | | | |
| 3 | (2) Jarosław Hampel | 65 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 12 | | | | | |
| 4 | (8) Chris Holder | 63 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5 | (12) Emil Sayfutdinov | 59 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 11 | | | | | |
| 6 | (3) Jason Crump | 56 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 6 | | | | | |
| 7 | (10) Nicki Pedersen | 56 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 3 | | | | | |
| 8 | (9) Andreas Jonsson | 53 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 17 | | | | | |
| 9 | (7) Kenneth Bjerre | 50 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 12 | | | | | |
| 10 | (11) Fredrik Lindgren | 47 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 | | | | | |
| 11 | (14) Antonio Lindbäck | 41 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | | | | | |
| 12 | (15) Janusz Kołodziej | 38 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | | | | | |
| 13 | (6) Chris Harris | 33 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 14 | (4) Rune Holta | 29 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | | | | | |
| 15 | (19) Magnus Zetterström | 12 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 3 | | | | | |
| 16 | (13) Artem Laguta | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | – | – | | | | | |
| 17 | (16) Matej Žagar | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | | | | | |
| 18 | (16) Thomas H. Jonasson | 8 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | | | | | |
| 19 | (16) Scott Nicholls | 5 | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | | | | | |
| 20 | (16) Damian Baliński | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | | | | | |
| 21 | (16) Matěj Kůs | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | | | | | |
| 22 | (16) Mikkel B. Jensen | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | | | | | |
| 23 | (17) Tai Woffinden | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | | | | | |
| 24 | (17) Simon Gustafsson | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | | | | | |
| 25 | (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 | – | | | | | |
| | (17) Mattia Carpanese | — | – | – | – | – | – | ns | | | | | |
| | (18) Guglielmo Franchetti | — | – | – | – | – | – | ns | | | | | |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | EUR | SWE | CZE | DEN | GBR | ITA | SCA | POL | NOR | CRO | PL2 |