The2010 Individual Long Track World Championship was the2010 and 40th edition of theFIMspeedwayIndividual Long Track World Championship season. Champion was determined in six finals between 30 May and 19 September 2010.[1]
The Championship was won byJoonas Kylmäkorpi, who won three of six Grand Prix event and scoring 140 points. Kylmäkorpi beatTheo Pijper (120 pts) andRichard Speiser (103 pts). Top seven riders get qualify to theGrand Prix' next season, and next eight riders qualify to theLong Track Challenge. The defending World Champion,Gerd Riss crashed at Final Three and he did not participate at next events (after Final Two he was second placed, losing three points to Kylmäkorpi).
There will be seventeen permanent riders:
OneWild Card and twoTrack Reserve riders will be nominated by organising national federation
In case of the absence of one or more riders in the final meetings, the first available Qualified Substitute rider or riders will be elevated for that meeting, and take the place(s) of the relevant missing rider(s). The list of Qualified Substitute riders was published by the CCP before the season according to Long Track Challenge last year.
A starting position draw for each final meeting will be balloted by the CCP.
GERGerd Riss
FRAStephane Tresarrieu
NEDDirk Fabriek GERMatthias Kröger
GBRGlen Phillips FRATheo Pijper(Dutch, starting with French licency)
FINJoonas Kylmäkorpi GERStephan Katt GERHerbert Rudolph
ITAAlessandro Milanese withdraw and was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes rider GERJan Pape GERJorg Tebbe GERRichard Speiser GEREnrico Janoschka FRAMathieu Tresarrieu
CZERichard Wolff NEDJannick de Jong GBRAndrew Appleton GERMartin Smolinski GERBernd Diener GERMarcel Dachs FRAJérôme Lespinase FRAMaxime Mazeau FRAPhilippe Ostyn FRAJérôme Lespinase FRAPhilippe Ostyn FRAGabriel Dubernard NEDMark Stiekema NEDJeffrey Woortman NEDSjoerd Rozenberg GERDaniel Rath GERMartin Smolinski GERMarcel Dachs CZEJosef Franc CZEMichael Hádek CZEZdenek Schneiderwind FRAJerome Lespinasse
UKRVladimir Trofimiv FINRene Lehtinen NEDMark Stiekema ITAMassimo Mora FRAMaxime Mazeau| Race format | ||||||
| Gate | A (inside) | B | C | D | E | F (outside) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat No | Riders starting No | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 3 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 4 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 5 |
| 8 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 4 |
| 10 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 11 |
| 12 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 3 |
The riders' starting position draw will be balloted before each Final Meeting by the CCP.
Each Qualifying Round, Semi-Final, Long Track Challenge or Final Round must be organised in 15 heats with 6 riders in each heat (heats will consist of 4 laps). Heats 1 to 12 are called Qualifying Heats and must be conducted according to the following schedule of heats (like in a table)
After heat 12, there will be an intermediate classification from the 1st to the 20th place according to the total race points each rider has scored during the Qualifying heats. The 12 top-scoring riders from the Qualifying heats will qualify for the Semi-Finals:
Riders' gate positions for each Semi-Final (Heats 13 and 14) will be chosen by the riders, in the order determined by their position in the Classification after qualifying heats.
The 6 top-scoring riders from the second intermediate classification after the Qualifying Heats and Semi-finals will qualify for the Final (Heat 15). Riders' gate positions for the Final heat (Heat 15) will be chosen by the riders. The draw order shall be determined by the second intermediate classification (after the Qualifying and Semi-Final Heats).
If a rider cannot take part in a Semi-Final or Final heat for which he has already qualified, he will automatically be considered placed in the last position of the heat and will be not replaced by a following rider in the Intermediate Classification list.
The total points scored by each rider from the Qualifying heats, Semi-final and Final heats (Heats 1–15) in a Final Meeting will be credited as World Championship points in the overall championship and the Intermediate World Championship Classification will be according to these credited points.
The total race points scored by each rider during the whole event (Heats 1–15) will determine the final classification for the Final Meeting. Positions 1 to 6 in the Final Meeting Classification will be according to the result of the final heat (Heat 15) irrespective of the total race points scored.
| # | Date | Venue | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 30 | Pfarrkirchen | Stephan Katt (29 pts) | Joonas Kylmäkorpi (24 pts) | Jörg Tebbe (19 pts) |
| 2 | June 12 | Saint-Macaire | Joonas Kylmäkorpi (29 pts) | Gerd Riss (26 pts) | Theo Pijper (23 pts) |
| 3 | July 13 | Marmande | Joonas Kylmäkorpi (28 pts) | Jannick de Jong (26 pts) | Theo Pijper (20 pts) |
| 4 | August 22 | Eenrum | Andrew Appleton (29 pts) | Theo Pijper (25 pts) | Joonas Kylmäkorpi (24 pts) |
| 5 | September 11 | Vechta | Joonas Kylmäkorpi (27 pts) | Mathieu Tresarrieu (26 pts) | Richard Speiser (25 pts) |
| 6 | September 19 | Mariánské Lázně | Stephan Katt (27 pts) | Andrew Appleton (24 pts) | Herbert Rudolph (27 pts) |
The FIM Long Track World Champion will be the rider having collected the most points at the end of the Long Track World Championship Final Meeting series.
In case of riders tied on World Championship points in the Intermediate Classification, the better placed rider in the last Final Meeting will be considered the better placed rider.
In case of riders involved in a tie on the Final Overall World Championship Classification, the following will apply:
| Pos. | Rider | Points | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | (7)Joonas Kylmäkorpi | 140 | 24 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 27 | 8 |
 | (6)Theo Pijper | 120 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 19 | 12 |
 | (12)Richard Speiser | 103 | 12 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 25 | 7 |
| 4 | (17)Andrew Appleton | 102 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 29 | 18 | 24 |
| 5 | (8)Stephan Katt | 99 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 27 |
| 6 | (14)Mathieu Tresarrieu | 91 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 26 | 11 |
| 7 | (11)Jörg Tebbe | 81 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 20 |
| 8 | (4)Matthias Kröger | 75 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| 9 | (16)Jannick de Jong | 70 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 5 |
| 10 | (5)Glen Phillips | 62 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 |
| 11 | (13)Enrico Janoschka | 61 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 12 |
| 12 | (9)Herbert Rudolph | 58 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 27 |
| 13 | (1)Gerd Riss | 53 | 24 | 26 | 3 | – | – | – |
| 14 | (18)(21)Jérôme Lespinase | 52 | – | 15 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 9 |
| 15 | (3)Dirk Fabriek | 46 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 16 | (18)(19)Martin Smolinski | 23 | 4 | – | – | – | 19 | – |
| 17 | (2)Stephane Tresarrieu | 22 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 3 | – | – |
| 18 | (18)Josef Franc | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | 19 |
| 19 | (10)Jan Pape | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ns | 2 |
| 20 | (15)Richard Wolff | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | (18)Daniel Rath | 10 | – | – | – | – | 10 | – |
| 22 | (18)(24)Mark Stiekema | 9 | – | – | – | 8 | 1 | – |
| 23 | (20)Gabriel Dubernard | 4 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| 24 | (19)(20)Philippe Ostyn | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 25 | (19)Maxime Mazeau | 3 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | (19)Dernd Diener | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | (22)Vladimir Trofimov | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 28 | (19)Michael Hádek | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 29 | (19)Jeffrey Woortman | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 30 | (20)Zdenek Schneiderwind | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| 31 | (20)Marcel Dachs | 0 | ns | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 32 | (20)Sjoerd Rozenberg | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – |
Long Track World Championship | ||
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| National teams | ||