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]
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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
- 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
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Second round
Overseas Final
8 riders to Intercontinental Final
Scandinavian Final
8 riders to Intercontinental Final
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| 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
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Third round
- 9 riders (outside the top 10) from the 2001 Grand Prix & World U21 champion to GP Challenge
Intercontinental Final
9 riders to GP Challenge
Continental Final
- 5 riders to GP Challenge
- 12 August 2001 Gdańsk
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
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| 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
- 13 October 2001 Krško
| Pos. | Rider | pre-event | main-event | sf | Final |
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| 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
- "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- "Grand Prix Challenge preview". Crash. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- "Grand Prix Challenge - Hancock back to form". Crash. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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