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2023 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2023 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge (held in 2022) was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the three riders that qualified for the 2023 Speedway Grand Prix. The series consisted of four qualifying rounds at Abensberg, Debrecen, Žarnovica and Nagyhalász and the Grand Prix Challenge at Glasgow.[1] Preliminary national qualification events included the 2021 American Final,[2] the Polish Golden Helmet[3] and the DMU qualifier.[4][5]

Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
Dates6 Jun to 20 Aug 2022
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The three riders that qualified for the 2023 series were Kim Nilsson, Jack Holder and Max Fricke. Dan Bewley finished second in the Grand Prix Challenge, but he already qualified due to making the top six in the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix series.

In the final Anders Thomsen broke his leg in heat 14 but would later be selected as a permanent rider for the 2023 Speedway Grand Prix.[6]

Qualifying rounds edit

Round One edit

Pos. Rider Points Details
1   Anders Thomsen 13+3 (2,3,3,3,2)
2   Kai Huckenbeck 13+2 (3,2,2,3,3)
3   Max Fricke 12 (3,2,1,3,3)
4   Kim Nilsson 11+3 (1,3,3,1,3)
5   Chris Holder 11+2 (2,3,2,2,2)
6   Patryk Dudek 10 (1,3,1,2,3)
7   Mathieu Trésarrieu 8 (1,2,3,1,1)
8   Norick Blödorn 8 (2,1,2,1,2)
9   Valentin Grobauer 7 (3,0,0,3,1)
10   Dany Gappmaier 6 (3,0,0,2,1)
11   Jesse Mustonen 6 (2,1,3,0,0)
12   Petr Chlupáč 6 (0,2,2,0,2)
13   Broc Nicol 5 (0,1,1,2,1)
14   Adam Ellis 3 (1,1,1,0,D)
15   Glenn Moi 1 (0,0,0,1,0)
16   George Congreve 0 (0,0,0,0,0)
  Sandro Wasserman DNR

Round Two edit

Pos. Rider Points Details
1   Jack Holder 15 (3,3,3,3,3)
2   Szymon Woźniak 13 (3,2,3,3,2)
3   Andžejs Ļebedevs 12 (2,3,2,2,3)
4   Rohan Tungate 11+3 (2,2,3,1,3)
5   Michael Jepsen Jensen 11+2 (3,2,1,3,2)
6   Bartosz Smektała 9 (3,3,0,0,3)
7   Erik Riss 8 (2,1,2,3,D)
8   Hynek Štichauer 8 (2,1,2,2,1)
9   Oļegs Mihailovs 8 (1,1,2,2,2)
10   Frederik Jakobsen 7 (0,3,1,2,1)
11   Thomas H. Jonasson 5 (1,0,3,D,1)
12   Anže Grmek 4 (1,0,1,0,2)
13   Steven Goret 4 (1,2,W,1,0)
14   Roland Kovacs 4 (0,1,1,1,1)
15   Norbert Magosi 1 (0,0,0,1,0)
16   Andrei Popa 0 (0,0,0,0,0)
17   Miran Praznik 0 (-,-,0,-,-)
  Sándor Kónya DNR

Round Three edit

Pos. Rider Points Details
1   Martin Vaculík 14 (3,3,3,3,2)
2   Dan Bewley 13+3 (2,2,3,3,3)
3   Robert Lambert 13+2 (3,1,3,3,3)
4   Rasmus Jensen 12 (3,2,3,1,3)
5   Peter Ljung 11 (1,3,2,2,3)
6   Luke Becker 10 (2,3,2,2,1)
7   Dimitri Bergé 9 (1,2,2,2,2)
8   Jan Kvěch 7 (1,3,2,D,1)
9   Jacob Thorssell 7 (2,1,1,1,2)
10   Eduard Krčmář 6 (3,0,1,1,1)
11   Matic Ivačič 5 (0,1,1,3,0)
12   Daniił Kołodinski 5 (1,2,0,0,2)
13   Tero Aarnio 3 (2,D,0,0,1)
14   Max Ruml 2 (0,0,0,2,0)
15   Daniele Tessari 2 (0,1,0,1,0)
16   Erik Bachhuber 1 (0,0,1,0,0)
  Jakub Valković DNR
  Patrik Buri DNR

Round Four edit

Pos. Rider Points Details
1   Dominik Kubera 13+3 (3,3,1,3,3)
2   Oliver Berntzon 13+2 (2,3,2,3,3)
3   David Bellego 12+3 (2,2,3,3,2)
4   Václav Milík 12+2 (3,2,3,2,2)
5   Brady Kurtz 11 (3,3,2,3,0)
6   Patrick Hansen 10 (2,2,1,2,3)
7   Nick Škorja 9 (3,1,3,1,1)
8   Chris Harris 8 (0,3,1,2,2)
9   Marko Levishyn 8 (1,2,2,W,3)
10   Jevgeņijs Kostigovs 7 (1,1,3,0,2)
11   Michele Paco Castagna 7 (2,1,2,1,1)
12   Lukas Fienhage 4 (1,0,0,2,1)
13   Coty Garcia 3 (0,W,1,1,1)
14   Cristian Zubillaga 2 (1,0,0,1,0)
15   Dennis Fazekas 1 (T,1,0,0,0)
16   Márk Bárány 0 (0,0,0,0,0)
17   Richard Fuzesi 1 (0,-,-,-,-)

2022 Speedway Grand Prix Challenge edit

Grand Prix Challenge edit

Pos. Rider Points Details
1   Kim Nilsson 13+3 (2,3,2,3,3)
2   Dan Bewley 13+2 (3,2,3,2,3)
3   Jack Holder 12+3 (3,3,2,3,1)
4   Max Fricke 12+2 (2,2,3,2,3)
5   Robert Lambert 10 (3,1,3,3,0)
6   Rasmus Jensen 10 (1,3,3,1,2)
7   Michael Jepsen Jensen 9 (0,1,2,3,3)
8   Rohan Tungate 7 (1,3,1,2,0)
9   Andžejs Ļebedevs 7 (2,2,0,1,2)
10   Anders Thomsen 5 (3,D,2,W,-)
11   Connor Bailey 5 (1,1,1,0,2)
12   Drew Kemp 5 (1,1,0,2,1)
13   Chris Holder 4 (2,2,W,-,-)
14   David Bellego 3 (0,0,1,1,1)
15   Dominik Kubera 3 (1,0,1,0,1)
16   Szymon Woźniak 2 (0,W,0,D,2)
17   Václav Milík 0 (W,-,-,-,-)
DNR   Oliver Berntzon
  • Chris Holder and Michael Jepsen Jensen replaced the injured Martin Vaculík and Kai Huckenbeck.
  • Max Fricke qualified in fourth as Dan Bewley finished in the top six in the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix series.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2022 Grand Prix Qualification schedule". FIM.
  2. ^ "2021 Perris Raceway Speedway Race Results".
  3. ^ sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/relacja/132160/final-zlotego-kasku-w-opolu
  4. ^ "Dansk speedway i verdensklasse d. 14 april". 8 April 2022.
  5. ^ "FIM GP Challenge". Speedway Star. 20 August 2022. pp. 38–39.
  6. ^ "Ill be back - unlucky Anders". Speedway Star pages 4-5. 27 August 2022.
  7. ^ "2022 Abensberg qualifier". FIM Speedway.
  8. ^ "2022 Debrecen qualifier". FIM Speedway.
  9. ^ "2022 Žarnovica qualifier". FIM Speedway.
  10. ^ "2022 Nagyhalász qualifier". FIM Speedway.
  11. ^ "2022 Grand Prix Challenge". FIM Speedway.
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