Speedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion. A speedway race Speedway is a form of motorcycle racing which takes place on dirt (shale) short tracks. ... The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world. ...

Event format

The format for a Speedway Grand Prix has remained the same since 2005. 16 riders take 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

The same 15 riders form the basis of the Grand Prix line up throughout the course of the season, barring injuries. A 16th rider, known as the "wild card", who will normally be a leading rider from the country in which the Grand Prix is being held. The Wild Card can win the Grand Prix like any other rider, and their World Championship points count the same as the 15 permanent riders.

The 15 permanent Grand Prix riders have been decided by various methods. For the 2006 season, the top 8 riders from the 2005 championship qualified as of right and were added to by 7 riders chosen by the organisers of the series.

2006 event schedule

• April 22 - Krsko, Slovenia - results
• May 6 - Wroclaw, Poland - European GP - results
• May 20 - Eskilstuna, Sweden
• June 3 - Cardiff, Great Britain
• June 24 - Copenhagen, Denmark
• July 29 - Lonigo, Italy
• August 12 - Malilla, Sweden
• August 26 - Prague, Czech Republic
• September 9 - Daugavpils, Latvia
• September 23 - Bydgoszcz, Poland

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External links

• Official Speedway GP site