Crump and Holder struggle in Italy

The Aussie pair finished well down the table in the latest world speedway round, won by Swede Andreas Jonsson

Australian speedway stars Jason Crump and Chris Holder have both failed to qualify for semi-final action at round six of the 2011 Speedway World Championship in Terenzano, Italy on Saturday, July 30.

The pair scored 6pts each to be banished from proceedings after the preliminary heats, with the final eventually won by Swede Andreas Jonsson ahead of world championship leader Greg Hancock, Antonio Lindback and Kenneth Bjerre.

“Practice on Friday went well and my bikes were set-up well for the conditions, but come Saturday it was a completely different surface and it caught me out,” Crump said. “I needed a good result here and while Gollob, Pedersen, Holder and co all had miserable nights too, American Greg Hancock pulled another good meeting out of the hat and is clearly leading the world championship now and will be hard to catch.

“The task ahead of me is tough for the remainder of the series and I need to get some decent results to get back to the top. The next round is in Sweden at Malilla, and I have had good results there in the past so I am hoping I can get it all together.”

Meanwhile, it was all smiles for Jonsson, and he said: “It is really important for me and the goal of my career is to be world champion one day. This is one step in the right direction.

“But it’s no good if you win one grand prix and come last in 10, so I have to get it more consistent -- definitely. My goal for this year is to focus and try to reach the finals. If you do that, you score enough points to stay in the higher positions.”

Jonsson is unlikely to make a push for the world title this term, as the American, Hancock, extended his title lead to 22pts over reigning world champion Tomasz Gollob.

Gollob arrived at Terenzano as red-hot favourite after dropping just 3pts from a possible 48 during his past two visits, but his love affair with the circuit ended in heartbreak as he also exited the meeting before the semi-finals.

The next round is in Sweden on Saturday, August 13.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (AFTER SIX ROUNDS): 1 Greg Hancock 95, 2 Tomasz Gollob 73, 3 Jaroslaw Hampel 65, 4 Chris Holder 63, 5 Emil Sayfutdinov 59, 6 Jason Crump 56, 7 Nicki Pedersen 56, 8 Andreas Jonsson 53, 9 Kenneth Bjerre 50, 10 Freddie Lindgren 47, 11 Antonio Lindback 41, 12 Janusz Kolodziej 38, 13 Chris Harris 33, 14 Rune Holta 29, 15 Magnus Zetterstrom 12, 16 Artem Laguta 10, 17 Matej Zagar 9, 18 Thomas H Jonasson 8, 19 Scott Nicholls 5, 20 Damian Balinski 4, 21 Matej Kus 3, 22 Mikkel B Jensen 2, 23 Tai Woffinden 2, 24 Simon Gustafsson 1.

FIM NICE ITALIAN SGP POINTS: 1 Andreas Jonsson 17, 2 Greg Hancock 15, 3 Antonio Lindback 17, 4 Kenneth Bjerre 12, 5 Jaroslaw Hampel 12, 6 Emil Sayfutdinov 11, 7 Janusz Kolodziej 10, 8 Matej Zagar 9, 9 Freddie Lindgren 7, 10 Jason Crump 6, 11 Chris Harris 6, 12 Chris Holder 6, 13 Tomasz Gollob 5, 14 Rune Holta 5, 15 Magnus Zetterstrom 3, 16 Nicki Pedersen 3, 17 Mattia Carpanese DNR, 18 Guglielmo Franchetti DNR.

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