2005 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe

2005 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Wrocław, (Poland)
Start date	30 April 2005
Competitors	16 (2 reserves)

The 2005 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe was the first round of the 2005 Speedway Grand Prix season (the world championship). It took place on 30 April 2005 at the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland.

It was the fifth time that the Speedway Grand Prix of Europe had been held.

The Grand Prix was by the Swedish rider Tony Rickardsson (his 15th career Grand Prix win).

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
	(15) Tony Rickardsson				3			3			3						3	3				15	3		3	25
	(2) Leigh Adams	1					3				2				2				1			9	2		2	20
	(9) Jason Crump			3		3						0					2		3			11		3	1	18
4	(13) Antonio Lindbäck				2	2							3		0					1		8		2	0	16
5	(11) Greg Hancock			2				2		3					1						3	11		0		11
6	(8) Nicki Pedersen		3						2			2			3			0				10		1		10
7	(4) Jarosław Hampel	3							3				2				0				2	10	1			10
8	(12) Andreas Jonsson			0					1		1			3						3		8	0			8
9	(1) Ryan Sullivan	2				1				1				1				2				7				7
10	(5) Scott Nicholls		2			0					0					3					1	6				6
11	(3) Tomasz Gollob	0						0				3				1				2		6				6
12	(14) Lee Richardson				1		1					1		2							0	5				5
13	(10) Tomasz Chrzanowski			1			2						0			0		1				4				4
14	(7) Krzysztof Kasprzak		0					1					1	0					2			4				4
15	(6) Bjarne Pedersen		1				0			2							1			0		4				4
16	(16) Hans Andersen				0				0	0						2			0			2				2
R1	(R1) Janusz Kołodziej																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Adrian Miedziński																					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