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2005 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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2005 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
VenueMillennium Stadium
LocationCardiff, (Wales)
Start date11 June 2005
Competitors16 (2 reserves)
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The 2005 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fourth round of the 2005 Speedway Grand Prix season (the world championship). It took place on 11 June 2005 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.[1][2][3][4]

It was the 11th time that the Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain had been held.

The Grand Prix was by the Swedish rider Tony Rickardsson (his 17th career Grand Prix win and third of the 2005 campaign).[5]

Grand Prix result

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Placing Rider 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts SF1 SF2 Final GP Pts
1 Sweden (12) Tony Rickardsson 3 3 2 2 2 12 2 3 25
2 Poland (1) Jarosław Hampel 3 1 3 3 2 12 3 2 20
3 Denmark (3) Bjarne Pedersen 1 2 3 2 0 8 3 1 18
4 Denmark (6) Hans Andersen 2 3 1 3 1 10 2 0 16
5 Sweden (13) Andreas Jonsson 3 2 3 1 3 12 0 12
6 England (5) Scott Nicholls 3 f 1 3 2 9 f 9
7 Poland (10) Tomasz Gollob 2 1 2 0 3 8 1 8
8 Sweden (7) Antonio Lindbäck t 3 1 1 3 8 1 8
9 Australia (16) Leigh Adams 1 1 2 1 2 7 7
10 Poland (4) Tomasz Chrzanowski 0 2 0 2 3 7 7
11 Denmark (9) Nicki Pedersen 1 3 1 x 1 6 6
12 United States (15) Greg Hancock 2 t 3 1 0 6 6
13 England (14) Lee Richardson 0 2 2 0 1 5 5
14 Australia (2) Jason Crump 2 0 f 2 0 4 4
15 England (11) David Norris 0 1 0 3 0 4 4
16 Australia (8) Ryan Sullivan 1 0 0 ns ns 1 1
R1 England (R1) Edward Kennett 0 1 1 R1
R2 England (R2) Simon Stead 0 0 0 R2

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

References

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  1. ^ "Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix –Speedway World Cup" (PDF). FIM. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  2. ^ "World individual final - Rider index". British Speedway. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  3. ^ "World Championship roll of honour". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  4. ^ "A Year in Summary : 2005". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  5. ^ "ARCHIVE: The 2005 British GP FIM Speedway Grand Prix". YouTube. Retrieved 23 June 2024.