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2001 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2001 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 12 riders that would qualify for the 2001 Speedway Grand Prix[1] to join the other 10 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix.[2]

2001 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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The format was similar to the previous year, in that 2 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 10 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.

Peter Karlsson won the GP Challenge.[3]

Format edit

  • First Round - 6 riders from Sweden, 5 from Denmark, 3 from Norway, 2 from Finland to Scandinavian Final
  • First Round - 27 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals
  • First Round - 8 riders from British Final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 2 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 1 rider from New Zealand Final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 3 riders from United States Final to Overseas Final
  • Second Round - 8 riders from Scandinavian Final to Intercontinental Final
  • Second Round - 8 riders from Overseas Final to Intercontinental Final
  • Second Round - 16 riders from Continental semi-finals to Continental Final
  • Third Round - 11 riders from positions 11-21 from the 2000 Grand Prix, World U21 champion & host rider to GP Challenge
  • Third Round - 1 rider from the Continental Final to 2001 Grand Prix and 4 to GP Challenge
  • Third Round - 1 rider from the Intercontinental Final to 2001 Grand Prix and 7 to GP Challenge
  • Final Round - 10 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2001 Grand Prix

First round edit

Continental quarter finals edit

Second round edit

Overseas Final edit

Main article: 2000 Overseas Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final edit

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

(18 June 2000   Elgane)
Pos Rider Points
1   Rune Holta 13
2   Lars Gunnestad 13
3   Nicki Pedersen 12
4   Stefan Andersson 11
5   Niklas Klingberg 10
6   John Jørgensen 9
7   Peter Nahlin 9
8   Bjarne Pedersen 9
9   Jesper B Jensen 9
10   Kai Laukkanen 7
11   Andreas Jonsson 6
12   Claes Ivarsson 4
13   Ronni Pedersen 3
14   Peter Ingvar Karlsson 3
15   Tomi Reima 1
16   Björn G Hansen 1

Continental semi finals edit

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final, Armando Castagna seeded to final

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1   Piotr Protasiewicz 11
2   Sebastian Ulamek 10
3   Krzysztof Jabłoński 10
4   Antonín Šváb Jr. 8
5   Adam Skórnicki 7
6   Zoltán Adorján 6
7   Izak Šantej 6
8   Nikolaj Kokins 6
9   Adrian Rymel 6
10   Sergej Darkin 5
11   Mirko Wolter 5
12   Sergej Eroshin 5
13   Zlatko Krznaric 4
14   Tomáš Topinka 4
15   Andrea Maida 2
16   Michal Makovský 1
17   Sándor Tihanyi 0

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1   Matej Ferjan 12
2   Robert Barth 11
3   Piotr Świst 11
4   Róbert Nagy 11
5   Grzegorz Walasek 11
6   Bohumil Brhel 9
7   Joachim Kugelmann 9
8   Tomasz Bajerski 9
9   Alessandro Dalla Valle 7
10   Tomas Sustersic 6
11   Roman Povazhny 6
12   Rafał Okoniewski 6
13   Lukáš Dryml 6
14   Aleš Dryml Jr. 3
15   Armando Castagna 3
16   László Szatmári 0
17   Pavel Ondrašík 0
18   Steffen Mell 0

Third round edit

Intercontinental Final edit

Main article: 2000 Intercontinental Final

1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 7 riders to GP Challenge

Continental Final edit

  • 1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 4 riders to GP Challenge
  • 9 July 2000   Lonigo
Pos. Rider Points
1   Matej Ferjan 14
2   Piotr Protasiewicz 14
3   Piotr Świst 13
4   Sebastian Ułamek 11
5   Grzegorz Walasek 10
6   Krzysztof Jabłoński 10
7   Adam Skórnicki 8
8   Bohumil Brhel 7
9   Armando Castagna 7
10   Tomasz Bajerski 5
11   Róbert Nagy 5
12   Antonín Šváb Jr. 4
13   Izak Šantej 4
14   Robert Barth 3
15   Joachim Kugelmann 3
16   Zoltán Adorján 2

Final Round edit

GP Challenge edit

10 riders to 2001 Grand Prix

Pos. Rider pre-event main-event sf Final
1   Peter Karlsson x 2, 2 3 3
2   Carl Stonehewer x 0, 3, 3 3 2
3   Nicki Pedersen 1, 3, 3 3 2 1
4   Rune Holta 3, 0, 2 1, 2, 3, 2 2 0
5   Mikael Karlsson x 3, 3 1 x
6   Piotr Protasiewicz 2, 0, 3 3, 1, 2 1 x
7   Jimmy Nilsen x 2, 2 0 x
8   Joe Screen x 0, 2, 3 0 x
9   Brian Andersen 3, 3 3, 1, 1 x x
10   Andy Smith 3, 2 2, 0, 1 x x
11   Henrik Gustafsson x 2, 0, 0 x x
12   Grzegorz Walasek 2, 3 1, 3, 0 x x
13   Antonín Kasper Jr. x 0, 1 x x
14   Rafał Dobrucki x 1, 1 x x
15   Sebastian Ułamek 2, 2 0 x x
16   Gary Havelock 1, 3, 2 1, 0 x x
17   Piotr Świst 3, 1, 1 x x x
18   Steve Johnston 0, 2, 1 x x x
19   Brian Karger 2, 1, 0 x x x
20   John Jørgensen 0, 2, 0 x x x
21   Jesper B Jensen 0, 1 x x x
22   Andreas Jonsson 0, 1 x x x
23   Jason Lyons 1, 0 x x x
24   Robert Barth 1, 0 x x x

References edit

  1. ^ "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. ^ "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Speedway: Cheetahs duo get through GP qualifying". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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