2002 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

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]

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

  • 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

Continental quarter finals

Second round

Overseas Final

Main article: 2001 Overseas Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final

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

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

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

Intercontinental Final

Main article: 2001 Intercontinental Final

9 riders to GP Challenge

Continental Final

  • 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

GP Challenge

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

  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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