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2002 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2002 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 2002 Speedway Grand Prix[1] to join the other 10 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 2001 Speedway Grand Prix.[2]

2002 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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The format changed significantly, in that only 6 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.[3] The other six places would go to riders seeded through - Rune Holta, Matej Ferjan, Andreas Jonsson, Grzegorz Walasek, Sebastian Ułamek and Krzysztof Cegielski.

Greg Hancock won the GP Challenge.[4]

Format edit

  • First Round - 5 riders from Sweden, 5 from Denmark, 3 from Norway, 3 from Finland to Scandinavian Final
  • First Round - 32 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals
  • First Round - 6 riders from British Final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 5 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 1 rider from Canadian Final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 4 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 - 9 riders (outside the top 10) from the 2001 Grand Prix & World U21 champion to GP Challenge
  • Third Round - 5 riders from the Continental Final to GP Challenge
  • Third Round - 9 riders from the Intercontinental Final to GP Challenge
  • Final Round - 6 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2002 Grand Prix

First round edit

Continental quarter finals edit

Second round edit

Overseas Final edit

Main article: 2001 Overseas Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final edit

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

(17 June 2001   Pori)
Pos Rider Points
1   Kai Laukkanen 15
2   Andreas Jonsson 12
3   Stefan Andersson 11
4   Lars Gunnestad 10
5   Hans Clausen 10
6   Niklas Karlsson 10
7   Jesper B Jensen 9
8   Kauko Nieminen 9
9   Bjarne Pedersen 8
10   Charlie Gjedde 7
11   Björn G Hansen 5
12   Stefan Ekberg 5
13   Freddie Eriksson 3
14   Joonas Kylmäkorpi 3
15   Claus Kristensen 2
16   Roy Håland 1

Continental semi finals edit

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1   Wiesław Jaguś 12
2   Bohumil Brhel 12
3   Michal Makovský 12
4   Alessandro Dalla Valle 11
5   Damian Baliński 10
6   Zlatko Krznaric 10
7   Andrea Maida 10
8   Robert Kościecha 9
9   Aleš Dryml Jr. 8
10   Attila Stefáni 6
11   Joachim Kugelmann 5
12   Krzysztof Jabłoński 5
13   Matej Žagar 4
14   László Szatmári 3
15   Norbert Magosi 3
16   Walter Nebel 0
17   Adrian Rymel 0
18   Jernej Kolenko 0

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1   Sebastian Ułamek 15
2   Tomasz Bajerski 11
3   Róbert Nagy 11
4   Jacek Rempala 9
5   Armando Castagna 9
6   Andrej Korolew 9
7   Marián Jirout 9
8   Antonín Kasper Jr. 8
9   Sergej Darkin 8
10   Robbie Kessler 6
11   Sándor Tihanyi 5
12   Eduard Shaihullin 5
13   Izak Šantej 4
14   Jacek Krzyżaniak 4
15   Thomas Stadler 3
16   Steffen Mell 2
17   Pavel Ondrašík 2

Third round edit

  • 9 riders (outside the top 10) from the 2001 Grand Prix & World U21 champion to GP Challenge

Intercontinental Final edit

Main article: 2001 Intercontinental Final

9 riders to GP Challenge

Continental Final edit

  • 5 riders to GP Challenge
  • 12 August 2001   Gdańsk
Pos. Rider Points
1   Sebastian Ułamek 13
2   Bohumil Brhel 12
3   Wiesław Jaguś 12
4   Antonín Kasper Jr. 11
5   Damian Baliński 11
6   Tomasz Bajerski 10
7   Andrej Korolew 10
8   Jacek Rempala 8
9   Róbert Nagy 7
10   Armando Castagna 6
11   Robert Kościecha 6
12   Zlatko Krznaric 6
13   Marián Jirout 4
14   Andrea Maida 3
15   Michal Makovský 1
16   Alessandro Dalla Valle 0

Final Round edit

GP Challenge edit

6 riders to 2002 Grand Prix

Pos. Rider pre-event main-event sf Final
1   Greg Hancock x 2, 3 2 3
2   Nicki Pedersen x 1, 3, 3 2 2
3   Scott Nicholls 0, 3, 3 3, 2 3 1
4   Lukáš Dryml 3, 2 0, 3, 3 3 0
5   Carl Stonehewer x 2, 1, 2 1 x
6   Andy Smith x 3, 3 1 x
7   Peter Karlsson x 2, 2, 0 x
8   Piotr Protasiewicz x 0, 2, 2 0 x
9   Chris Louis 2, 1, 3 3, 0, 1 x x
10   Andreas Jonsson 1, 2, 2 2, 0, 1 x x
11   Sebastian Ułamek 3, 1, 2 3, 1, 0 x x
12   Sam Ermolenko 3, 3 1, 2, 0 x x
13   Brian Andersen x 1, 1 x x
14   Matej Ferjan x 1, 1 x x
15   Bohumil Brhel 2, 3 0, 0 x x
16   Stefan Andersson 3, 2 0, 0 x x
17   Jason Lyons 1, 3, 1 x x x
18   Damian Baliński 2, 0, 1 x x x
19   Kai Laukkanen 2, 0, 0 x x x
20   Gary Havelock 0, 2, 0 x x x
21   Wiesław Jaguś 0, 1 x x x
22   Lars Gunnestad 1, 1 x x x
23   Sean Wilson 1, 0 x x x
24   Antonín Kasper Jr. 0, 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. ^ "Grand Prix Challenge preview". Crash. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Grand Prix Challenge - Hancock back to form". Crash. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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