1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 16 riders that qualified for the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix[1] to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix.[2]

There was a late change to the qualifying when the Grand Prix increased to 24 permanent riders. Therefore 4 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 9 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge (originally just 4).[3] The final 3 GP places would go to wildcards.

Piotr Protasiewicz won the GP Challenge.

Format

  • First Round - 5 riders each from Sweden & Denmark, 3 riders each from Finland & Norway to Scandinavian Final
  • First Round - 32 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals
  • First Round - 8 riders from British final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 4 riders from Australian/New Zealand 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 - 7 riders from positions 9-15 from the 1997 Grand Prix to GP Challenge
  • Third Round - 2 riders from the Continental Final to 1998 Grand Prix and 4 to GP Challenge
  • Third Round - 2 riders from the Intercontinental Final to 1998 Grand Prix and 5 to GP Challenge
  • Final Round - 9 riders from the GP Challenge to the 1998 Grand Prix

First round

Continental quarter finals

Second round

Overseas Final

Main article: 1997 Overseas Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final

8 riders to Intercontinental final

(7 Jun 1997 Hyvinkää)
Pos Rider Points
1 Peter Nahlin 12
2 Jesper B Jensen 12
3 Stefan Dannö 11
4 Kai Laukkanen 10
5 Ronni Pedersen 10
6 John Jørgensen 10
7 Frede Schött 10
8 Stefan Andersson 9
9 Rune Holta 8
10 Niklas Klingberg 8
11 Hans Clausen 6
12 Lars Gunnestad 5
13 Niklas Karlsson 3
14 Marko Hyyryläinen 2
15 Kenneth Borgenhaug 2
16 Jonas Kylmäkorpi 1

Continental semi finals

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1 Robert Sawina 14
2 Antonín Kasper Jr. 12
3 Piotr Świst 12
4 Andreas Bössner 10
5 Zoltán Adorján 10
6 Robbie Kessler 10
7 Armando Castagna 10
8 Andrea Maida 8
9 Zdenek Schneiderwind 8
10 Izak Šantej 7
11 Matej Ferjan 5
12 Alessandro Dalla Valle 4
13 Norbert Magosi 4
14 Nikolaj Manev 2
15 Christophe Dubernard 2
16 Gerhard Lekse 2

SF2

Pos. Rider Points
1 Jacek Gollob 14
2 Bohumil Brhel 12
3 Tomáš Topinka 11
4 Roman Povazhny 10
5 Jacek Krzyżaniak 10
6 Rinat Mardanshin 10
7 Robert Barth 9
8 Sebastian Ułamek 9
9 Sergej Darki 9
10 Dariusz Śledź 7
11 Gerd Riss 7
12 Václav Milík Sr. 5
13 Michal Makovský 4
14 Vladimir Trofimov 2
15 Björn Danielczik 1
16 Igor Marko 0
17 Jaroslav Gavenda (R) 0

Third round

Intercontinental Final

Main article: 1997 Intercontinental Final

2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 5 riders to GP Challenge

Continental Final

  • 2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 4 riders to GP Challenge
  • 26 July 1997 Lonigo
Pos. Rider Points
1 Armando Castagna 13
2 Zoltán Adorján 12
3 Tomáš Topinka 12
4 Sebastian Ułamek 10
5 Piotr Świst 9
6 Jacek Krzyżaniak 8
7 Antonín Kasper Jr. 8
8 Roman Povazhny 8
9 Jacek Gollob 8
10 Rinat Mardanshin 6
11 Bohumil Brhel 6
12 Andrea Maida 5
13 Robbie Kessler 5
14 Robert Sawina 5
15 Andreas Bössner 4
16 Zdenek Schneiderwind 1
17 Sergej Darkin 0

Final Round

GP Challenge

4 riders (changed to 9) to 1998 Grand Prix

Pos. Rider Points
1 Piotr Protasiewicz 14
2 Stefan Dannö 13
3 Leigh Adams 12
4 Craig Boyce 11
5 Andy Smith 9
6 Chris Louis 8
7 Henrik Gustafsson 7
8 Peter Karlsson 7
9 Sebastian Ułamek 7
10 Sam Ermolenko 7
11 Jacek Krzyżaniak 6
12 Tomáš Topinka 5
13 Piotr Świst 5
14 Joe Screen 4
15 Kelvin Tatum 2
16 Sławomir Drabik 1
17 Ronni Pedersen 1

References

  1. ^ "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. ^ "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Loram Alone". Cambridge Daily News. 6 October 1997. Retrieved 6 January 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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