1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy

1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy
Information
Date	1 June 1996
City	Lonigo
Event	2 of 6 (8)
Referee	Graham Brodie
Stadium details
Stadium	Santa Marina Stadium
Length	387 m (423 yd)
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Hans Nielsen
Runner-up	Billy Hamill
3rd place	Tony Rickardsson

The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy was the second race of the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 1 June in the Santa Marina Stadium in Lonigo, Italy^[1][2] It was the first Italian SGP and was won by Danish rider Hans Nielsen. It was the second win of his career.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Stefano Alfonso as Wild Card.

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	1	(1) Hans Nielsen	25	2				2				3				1				3				11	4				3
2	9	(5) Billy Hamill	20			1		3						3					3		3			13	1				2
3	14	(2) Tony Rickardsson	18				3		3					0		3							2	11	3				1
4	5	(11) Tommy Knudsen	16		3			1					3					3					3	13	2				F
5	4	(14) Gary Havelock	14	1							2				3				2				1	9	7			3
6	8	(4) Greg Hancock	13		2						3			2			3			F				10	5			2
7	3	(17) Craig Boyce	12	3						1				1				1				3		9	6			1
8	15	(18) Andy Smith	11				2			2			1						0	2				7	8			0
9	10	(7) Chris Louis	9			2			2						2			0		1				7	9		3
10	7	(10) Marvyn Cox	8		0					3					1	2					0			6	10		2
11	6	(13) Joe Screen	7		1				1			2							1			1		6	12		1
12	12	(16) Stefano Alfonso	6			3					1		2			0						0		6	11		0
13	11	(8) Henrik Gustafsson	4			0				E		1					2						0	3	15	3
14	16	(12) Peter Karlsson	3				0				E	0						2			2			4	13	2
15	13	(6) Mark Loram	2				1	X							0		1					2		4	14	1
16	2	(3) Sam Ermolenko	1	0					0				0				0				1			1	16	0
17	17	(9) Leigh Adams	–																					-	17
18	18	(15) Jason Crump	–																					-	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	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	ITA	GER	SWE	GBR	DEN
1	(1) Hans Nielsen	43	18	25
2	(11) Tommy Knudsen	41	25	16
3	(2) Tony Rickardsson	38	20	18
4	(5) Billy Hamill	36	16	20
5	(14) Gary Havelock	27	13	14
6	(4) Greg Hancock	25	12	13
7	(8) Henrik Gustafsson	18	14	4
8	(7) Chris Louis	17	8	9
9	(10) Marvyn Cox	12	4	8
10	(17) Craig Boyce	12	ns	12
11	(16) Tomasz Gollob	11	11	–
12	(18) Andy Smith	11	ns	11
13	(3) Sam Ermolenko	10	9	1
14	(12) Peter Karlsson	10	7	3
15	(13) Joe Screen	10	3	7
16	(6) Mark Loram	8	6	2
17	(16) Stefano Alfonso	6	–	6
18	(9) Leigh Adams	2	2	ns
19	(15) Jason Crump	1	1	ns
Pos.	Rider	Points	POL	ITA	GER	SWE	GBR	DEN

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders

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.

External links

• FIM-live.com
• SpeedwayWorld.tv