2010 Speedway Grand Prix
2010 Speedway Grand Prix | |
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Season details | |
Dates | April 24 - October 9 |
Events | 11 |
Riders | 15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves |
Heats | (in 11 events) |
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The 2010 Speedway Grand Prix season will be the 16th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and will decide the 65th FIM Speedway World Championship. It is the fourth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company.
Qualification
For the 2010 season, there will be 15 permanent riders, to be joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.
2009 Grand Prix
The top eight riders from the 2009 championship qualified as of right:
Grand Prix Challenge
The top eight riders from the 2009 championship will be joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.
Nominations
The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2009 season. Riders will be nominated after the season ended on October or November 2009. There are potential candidates:
- 2009 Grand Prix permanent riders
- Antonio Lindbäck (3rd and 6th placed in two 2009 events)
- Niels Kristian Iversen (4th, 8th and 16th placed in three 2009 events)
- Matej Žagar (10th placed in one 2009 event)
- Piotr Protasiewicz (2009 World Cup Winner)
- Lee Richardson
- Davey Watt
- Jurica Pavlic
- Tai Woffinden
- Morten Risager
- Jonas Davidsson
- Renat Gafurov
- Lukas Dryml
- Martin Smolinski
- Wieslaw Jagus
- Grigory Laguta
- Simon Stead
- Troy Batchelor
- Damian Balinski
- Nikola Pigac
- Rene Bach
- Izak Santej
Calendar
- April 24
- May 8
- May 29
- June 12
- June 26
- July 31
- August 14
- August 28
- September 11
- September 25
- October 9[1]
At SpeedwayGP.com:
- May 8 - Swedish SGP in Gothenburg
- June 5 - Danish SGP in Copenhagen
- June 19 - Unknow name SGP in Toruń
- July 10 - British SGP in Cardiff
See also
References
- ^ "Kalendarze Mistrzostw Świata na żużlu na rok 2010" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2009-03-04.