2005 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2005 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 2 riders that would qualify for the 2005 Speedway Grand Prix to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 2004 Speedway Grand Prix and 6 seeded riders.^[1]

The system introduced the previous year, that of four quarter finals and two semi-finals was retained but due to the main Grand Prix being reduced from 24 riders to 16 only 2 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.^[2]

Antonio Lindbäck won the GP Challenge.^[3]

Format

First Round (64 riders qualifying from respective national championships)
Quarter finals – 32 riders to semi-finals
Semi-finals – 16 riders to GP Challenge
Final Round – 2 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2005 Grand Prix

Quarter-finals

32 riders to semi-finals

QF (8 May 2004 ITA Terenzano)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Wiesław Jaguś	10+3+3
2	Sebastian Ułamek	15+3+2
3	Niels Kristian Iversen	13+2+1
4	David Norris	9+2+0
5	Stuart Robson	9+1
6	Ronni Pedersen	8+1
7	Lukáš Dryml	10+0
8	Aleš Dryml Jr.	9+0
9	Simone Terenzani	6
10	Jernej Kolenko	5
11	Krzysztof Słaboń	5
12	Tommy Reima	5
13	Kai Laukkanen	4
14	Christian Hefenbrock	2
15	Mirko Wolter	2
16	Paolo Salvatelli	1

QF (9 May 2004 POL Zielona Góra)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Jarosław Hampel	12+2+3
2	Antonio Lindbäck	9+3+2
3	Janusz Kołodziej	11+2+1
4	Stefan Andersson	10+3+0
5	Hans Andersen	12+1
6	Sergej Darkin	10+1
7	Jacek Rempala	12+0
8	Damian Baliński	8+0
9	Mark Lemon	8
10	Renat Gafurov	8
11	Leigh Lanham	7
12	Henning Bager	6
13	Chris Harris	3
14	Kjasts Puodžuks	2
15	Rune Sola	2
16	Mike Bjerk	0

QF (9 May 2004 SVN Krško)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Matej Žagar	15+2+3
2	Niklas Klingberg	11+3+2
3	David Ruud	11+3+1
4	Theo Pijper	7+2+0
5	Matej Ferjan	11+1
6	Chris Neath	11+1
7	Izak Šantej	11+0
8	Peter Ljung	10+0
9	Ryan Fisher	7
10	Denis Stoys	6
11	Henrik Møller	5
12	Oliver Allen	3
13	Primož Legan	2
14	Ivan Vargek	2
15	Thomas Stange	2
16	Brian Lyngsö	1
17	Christoph Martin	1

QF (22 May 2004 CZE Slaný)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Antonín Šváb Jr.	9+3+3
2	Tomasz Chrzanowski	14+3+2
3	Stefan Dannö	11+2+1
4	László Szatmári	8+2+0
5	Mathias Schultz	12+1
6	Josef Franc	9+1
7	Craig Watson	13+0
8	Tomáš Topinka	9+0
9	Sławomir Drabik	8
10	Fritz Wallner	8
11	Joachim Kugelmann	6
12	Niklas Aspgren	4
13	Pavel Ondrašík	3
14	Manuel Hauzinger	1
15	Zsolt Bencze	1
16	Eddie Turksema	0
17	Tomáš Suchánek	0

Semi-finals

16 riders from to GP Challenge

SF

5 June 2004 ITA Lonigo

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Wiesław Jaguś	13
2	Hans Andersen	12
3	Antonio Lindbäck	12
4	Tomasz Chrzanowski	11
5	Niels Kristian Iversen	11
6	Marcin Rempala	10
7	Bohumil Brhel	9
8	Roman Povazhny	7
9	Stuart Robson	7
10	Jacek Rempala	7
11	László Szatmári	6
12	Andrea Maida	5
13	Izak Šantej	3
14	David Ruud	3
15	Chris Neath	3
16	Josef Franc	1

SF

20 June 2004 BEL Heusden-Zolder

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Peter Karlsson	11+2+3
2	Sebastian Ułamek	12+3+2
3	Ronni Pedersen	8+2+1
4	Damian Baliński	10+3+0
5	Kenneth Bjerre	10+1
6	David Norris	9+1
7	Craig Watson	12+0
8	Stefan Andersson	8+0
9	Niklas Klingberg	8
10	David Howe	7
11	Stefan Dannö	7
12	Matej Ferjan	6
13	Lukáš Dryml	5
14	Janusz Kołodziej	5
15	NED Theo Pijper	2
16	Mathias Schultz	0

Final Round

Hans Andersen was extremely unlucky not to seal a place in the Grand Prix after topping the event with 14 points and then suffering an engine failure in the final.

GP Challenge

2 riders to 2005 Grand Prix

14 August 2004 DEN Vojens

Pos.	Rider	Total	Points	semi-final	final
1	Antonio Lindbäck	12	2, 3, 3, 2, 2	3	3
2	Tomasz Chrzanowski	10	1, 2, 1, 3, 2	3	2
3	Kenneth Bjerre	7	3, 0, 1, 0, 3	2	1
4	Hans Andersen	14	3, 2, 3, 3, 3	2	ef
5	Stefan Andersson	8	0, 2, 2, 1, 3	1	-
6	Peter Karlsson	9	3, f, 0, 3, 3	1	-
7	Roman Povazhny	10	3, 3, 2, x, 2	exc	-
8	Damian Baliński	10	2, 1, 3, 2, 2	ef	-
9	David Norris	7	2, 1, 3, exc, 1	-	-
10	Marcin Rempała	7	0, 3, 1, 2, 1	-	-
11	Bohumil Brhel	7	1, 1, 2, 3, 0	-	-
12	Niels Kristian Iversen	6	1, 3, 0, 1, 1	-	-
13	Niklas Klingberg	6	0, 2, 1, 2, 1	-	-
14	Wiesław Jaguś	4	2, exc, 2, 0, ef	-	-
15	Ronni Pedersen	3	1, 1, 0, 1, 0	-	-
16	Craig Watson	0	0, 0, ef, -, –	-	-

References

^ "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995–2013 Speedway Grand Prix – Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ "Craig Watson 2005 hopes". US Motorsport. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ "2004 Grand Prix Challenge". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[1] "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995–2013 Speedway Grand Prix – Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[2] "Craig Watson 2005 hopes". US Motorsport. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[3] "2004 Grand Prix Challenge". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

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