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2005 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy
VenueSanta Marina Stadium
LocationLonigo, (Italy)
Start date9 September 2005
Competitors16 (2 reserves)
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The 2005 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy (sponsored by Fiat vans) was the ninth and final round of the 2005 Speedway Grand Prix season (the world championship). It took place on 9 September 2005 at the Santa Marina Stadium in Lonigo, (Italy).

It was the second time that the Speedway Grand Prix of Italy had been held but the first since 1996.

The Grand Prix was by the Swedish rider Tony Rickardsson (his 20th and last career Grand Prix win) and sixth of the 2005 season.

Grand Prix result

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 (14) Tony Rickardsson 3 3 3 3 3 15 3 3 25
2 Australia (15) Jason Crump 2 3 3 1 3 12 3 2 20
3 United States (10) Greg Hancock 3 1 1 2 1 8 2 1 18
4 Australia (9) Leigh Adams 1 2 2 3 3 11 2 0 16
5 Sweden (1) Andreas Jonsson 1 3 2 2 2 10 f 10
6 Denmark (6) Bjarne Pedersen 1 2 3 2 2 10 0 10
7 Denmark (7) Hans Andersen 2 2 2 1 1 8 1 8
8 England (13) Scott Nicholls e x 3 3 0 6 1 6
9 England (5) Lee Richardson 0 1 2 1 2 6 6
10 Poland (8) Tomasz Chrzanowski 3 2 1 0 0 6 6
11 Denmark (4) Nicki Pedersen 2 3 0 0 x 5 5
12 Sweden (16) Antonio Lindbäck 1 0 1 3 t 5 5
13 Sweden (3) Stefan Andersson 3 1 0 0 1 5 5
14 Slovenia (11) Matej Žagar 2 f 0 2 1 5 5
15 Poland (2) Tomasz Gollob 0 0 1 1 2 4 4
16 Russia (12) Roman Povazhny 0 1 0 0 3 4 4
R1 Italy (R1) Daniele Tessari 0 0 R1
R2 Italy (R2) Simone Terenzani 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

  1. "Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix –Speedway World Cup" (PDF). FIM. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  2. "World individual final - Rider index". British Speedway. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  3. "World Championship roll of honour". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  4. "A Year in Summary : 2005". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
List of Speedway Grands Prix
2025 championship Grand Prix events:
  • * – two events as British SGP
  • ** – three events as Polish SGP
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Past championship Grand Prix events:
Speedway Grand Prix events in Italy
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