2011 Speedway Grand Prix

2011 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates30 April — 8 October
Events11
Cities11
Countries7
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats239 (in 11 events)
Winners
Champion USA Greg Hancock
Runner-up SWE Andreas Jonsson
3rd place POL Jarosław Hampel

The 2011 Speedway Grand Prix was the 66th edition of the official World Championship[1][2] and the 17th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the eleventh series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company.[3][4] The series began on 30 April in Leszno and finished on 8 October in Gorzów.

Forty-one-year-old American Greg Hancock won his second Speedway World Championship, 14 years after his first gold medal in 1997. The Swedish rider Andreas Jonsson won his first World Championship medal after finishing first in three events. Polish Jarosław Hampel won the bronze medal and made it his second medal in the Speedway Grand Prix era.

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  3. ^ "Wild cards revealed". speedwaygp.com. 19 October 2010. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  4. ^ "SGP/SWC Dates 2011". speedwaygp.com. 2010-10-22. Archived from the original on 2010-10-25. Retrieved 2010-10-22.