2001 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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The 2001 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 2001 Speedway Grand Prix[1] to join the other 10 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix.[2] The format was similar to the previous year, in that 2 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 10 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge. Peter Karlsson won the GP Challenge.[3]
Format
- First Round - 6 riders from Sweden, 5 from Denmark, 3 from Norway, 2 from Finland to Scandinavian Final
- First Round - 27 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals
- First Round - 8 riders from British Final to Overseas Final
- First Round - 2 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final
- First Round - 1 rider from New Zealand Final to Overseas Final
- First Round - 3 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 - 11 riders from positions 11-21 from the 2000 Grand Prix, World U21 champion & host rider to GP Challenge
- Third Round - 1 rider from the Continental Final to 2001 Grand Prix and 4 to GP Challenge
- Third Round - 1 rider from the Intercontinental Final to 2001 Grand Prix and 7 to GP Challenge
- Final Round - 10 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2001 Grand Prix
First round
Continental quarter finals
Second round
Overseas Final
8 riders to Intercontinental Final
8 riders to Intercontinental Final
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Pos | Rider | Points | |||
1 | Norway Rune Holta | 13 | |||
2 | Norway Lars Gunnestad | 13 | |||
3 | Denmark Nicki Pedersen | 12 | |||
4 | Sweden Stefan Andersson | 11 | |||
5 | Sweden Niklas Klingberg | 10 | |||
6 | Denmark John Jørgensen | 9 | |||
7 | Sweden Peter Nahlin | 9 | |||
8 | Denmark Bjarne Pedersen | 9 | |||
9 | Denmark Jesper B Jensen | 9 | |||
10 | Finland Kai Laukkanen | 7 | |||
11 | Sweden Andreas Jonsson | 6 | |||
12 | Sweden Claes Ivarsson | 4 | |||
13 | Denmark Ronni Pedersen | 3 | |||
14 | Sweden Peter Ingvar Karlsson | 3 | |||
15 | Finland Tomi Reima | 1 | |||
16 | Norway Björn G Hansen | 1 |
Continental semi finals
Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final, Armando Castagna seeded to final
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Third round
- 11 riders from positions 11-21 from the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix, World U21 champion & host rider to GP Challenge
Intercontinental Final
1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 7 riders to GP Challenge
Continental Final
Pos. | Rider | Points |
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1 | Slovenia Matej Ferjan | 14 |
2 | Poland Piotr Protasiewicz | 14 |
3 | Poland Piotr Świst | 13 |
4 | Poland Sebastian Ułamek | 11 |
5 | Poland Grzegorz Walasek | 10 |
6 | Poland Krzysztof Jabłoński | 10 |
7 | Poland Adam Skórnicki | 8 |
8 | Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel | 7 |
9 | Italy Armando Castagna | 7 |
10 | Poland Tomasz Bajerski | 5 |
11 | Hungary Róbert Nagy | 5 |
12 | Czech Republic Antonín Šváb Jr. | 4 |
13 | Slovenia Izak Šantej | 4 |
14 | Germany Robert Barth | 3 |
15 | Germany Joachim Kugelmann | 3 |
16 | Hungary Zoltán Adorján | 2 |
Final Round
GP Challenge
10 riders to 2001 Grand Prix
Pos. | Rider | pre-event | main-event | sf | Final |
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1 | Sweden Peter Karlsson | x | 2, 2 | 3 | 3 |
2 | England Carl Stonehewer | x | 0, 3, 3 | 3 | 2 |
3 | Denmark Nicki Pedersen | 1, 3, 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
4 | Norway Rune Holta | 3, 0, 2 | 1, 2, 3, 2 | 2 | 0 |
5 | Sweden Mikael Karlsson | x | 3, 3 | 1 | x |
6 | Poland Piotr Protasiewicz | 2, 0, 3 | 3, 1, 2 | 1 | x |
7 | Sweden Jimmy Nilsen | x | 2, 2 | 0 | x |
8 | England Joe Screen | x | 0, 2, 3 | 0 | x |
9 | Denmark Brian Andersen | 3, 3 | 3, 1, 1 | x | x |
10 | England Andy Smith | 3, 2 | 2, 0, 1 | x | x |
11 | Sweden Henrik Gustafsson | x | 2, 0, 0 | x | x |
12 | Poland Grzegorz Walasek | 2, 3 | 1, 3, 0 | x | x |
13 | Czech Republic Antonín Kasper Jr. | x | 0, 1 | x | x |
14 | Poland Rafał Dobrucki | x | 1, 1 | x | x |
15 | Poland Sebastian Ułamek | 2, 2 | 0 | x | x |
16 | England Gary Havelock | 1, 3, 2 | 1, 0 | x | x |
17 | Poland Piotr Świst | 3, 1, 1 | x | x | x |
18 | Australia Steve Johnston | 0, 2, 1 | x | x | x |
19 | Denmark Brian Karger | 2, 1, 0 | x | x | x |
20 | Denmark John Jørgensen | 0, 2, 0 | x | x | x |
21 | Denmark Jesper B Jensen | 0, 1 | x | x | x |
22 | Sweden Andreas Jonsson | 0, 1 | x | x | x |
23 | Australia Jason Lyons | 1, 0 | x | x | x |
24 | Germany Robert Barth | 1, 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.
- ↑ "Speedway: Cheetahs duo get through GP qualifying". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 7 January 2023.