# 2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark

The 2011 FIM Dansk Metal Danish Speedway Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 11 June at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark.

## Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Mikkel B. Jensen as Wild Card, and Michael Jepsen Jensen and Kenneth Arendt Larsen as Track Reserves. The Draw was made on 10 June by Per Stig Møller, Culture Minister of Denmark and Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark in the Cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen I.
Wild card Jensen became the youngest rider ever ride in the SGP event. The former youngest was Pole Maciej Janowski.

## Results

The Grand Prix was won by World Champion Tomasz Gollob, who beat Jason Crump, Chris Holder and Greg Hancock. Gollob became the 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 | 14 | (1) Tomasz Gollob | 20 | | | | 2 | | 0 | | | | | 3 | | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | 11 | 2 | | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 11 | (3) Jason Crump | 18 | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | 3 | | | | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | (8) Chris Holder | 16 | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 10 | 5 | | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 10 | (5) Greg Hancock | 13 | | | 3 | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | 3 | | | | 10 | 4 | 3 | | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | (2) Jarosław Hampel | 12 | 1 | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | | 11 | 3 | | 1 | |
| 6 | 15 | (11) Fredrik Lindgren | 9 | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | 3 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | 8 | 6 | 1 | | |
| 7 | 16 | (6) Chris Harris | 7 | | | | 0 | | | | 3 | Fx | | | | | | 3 | | | 1 | | | 7 | 7 | 0 | | |
| 8 | 6 | (10) Nicki Pedersen | 7 | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | Fx | | | | | | | 3 | | | Fx | | 7 | 8 | | 0 | |
| 9 | 8 | (13) Artem Laguta | 7 | | 3 | | | | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | | 7 | 9 | | | |
| 10 | 13 | (9) Andreas Jonsson | 7 | | | | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | Fx | | 1 | | | | | 2 | | 7 | 10 | | | |
| 11 | 7 | (12) Emil Sayfutdinov | 7 | | 0 | | | | | 1 | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | | | 2 | | | 7 | 11 | | | |
| 12 | 4 | (4) Rune Holta | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | 0 | 6 | 12 | | | |
| 13 | 5 | (7) Kenneth Bjerre | 6 | | 2 | | | 2 | | | | | 1 | | | | | 0 | | | | | 1 | 6 | 13 | | | |
| 14 | 3 | (14) Antonio Lindbäck | 5 | 3 | | | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 5 | 14 | | | |
| 15 | 12 | (15) Janusz Kołodziej | 3 | | | R | | | | | 0 | | 0 | | | 0 | | | | | | 3 | | 3 | 15 | | | |
| 16 | 9 | (16) Mikkel B. Jensen | 2 | | | 1 | | 0 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 0 | | 0 | | | 2 | 16 | | | |
| 17 | 17 | (17) Michael Jepsen Jensen | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - | 17 | | | |
| 18 | 18 | (18) Kenneth Arendt Larsen | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - | 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

* (56,94) Lindbäck, Holder, Hampel, Holta
* (56,09) Łaguta, Bjerre, Pedersen, Sayfutdinov
* (56,43) Hancock, Crump, Jensen, Kołodziej (R)
* (56,53) Jonsson, Gollob, Lindgren, Harris
* (57,22) Holder, Bjerre, Jonsson, Jensen
* (56,94) Pedersen, Hampel, Hancock, Gollob
* (56,37) Crump, Lindgren, Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck
* (57,09) Harris, Łaguta, Holta, Kołodziej
* (57,19) Crump, Holder, Pedersen (Fx), Harris (Fx)
* (56,97) Lindgren, Hampel, Bjerre, Kołodziej
* (57,22) Gollob, Łaguta, Jensen, Lindbäck
* (57,25) Holta, Sayfutdinov, Hancock, Jonsson (Fx)
* (56,21) Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Holder, Kołodziej
* (56,41) Hampel, Crump, Jonsson, Łaguta
* (57,07) Harris, Hancock, Lindbäck, Bjerre
* (56,81) Pedersen, Holta, Lindgren, Jensen
* (57,32) Hancock, Holder, Lindgren, Łaguta
* (57,57) Hampel, Sayfutdinov, Harris, Jensen
* (57,65) Kołodziej, Jonsson, Lindbäck, Pedersen (Fx)
* (57,37) Gollob, Crump, Bjerre, Holta
    Semi-Finals:
* (56,87) Hancock, Crump, Lindgren, Harris
* (56,28) Gollob, Holder, Hampel, Pedersen
    the Final:
* (56,50) Gollob (6 points), Crump (4), Holder (2), Hancock (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 | (1) Tomasz Gollob | 61 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 20 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | (5) Greg Hancock | 60 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 13 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | (2) Jarosław Hampel | 48 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 12 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | (3) Jason Crump | 42 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | (8) Chris Holder | 42 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 14 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | (10) Nicki Pedersen | 37 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | (11) Fredrik Lindgren | 35 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | (12) Emil Sayfutdinov | 35 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | (7) Kenneth Bjerre | 27 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 10 | (9) Andreas Jonsson | 26 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | (4) Rune Holta | 23 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | (6) Chris Harris | 21 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | (14) Antonio Lindbäck | 21 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 14 | (15) Janusz Kołodziej | 21 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 15 | (13) Artem Laguta | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 16 | (16) Thomas H. Jonasson | 8 | – | 8 | – | – | | | | | | | |
| 17 | (16) Damian Baliński | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | | | | | | | |
| 18 | (16) Matěj Kůs | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | | | | | | | |
| 19 | (16) Mikkel B. Jensen | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 20 | (17) Simon Gustafsson | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | | | | | | | |
| 21 | (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 | | | | | | | |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | EUR | SWE | CZE | DEN | GBR | ITA | SCA | POL | NOR | CRO | PL2 |