2001 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification Explained

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

QF (30 Apr Terenzano)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		13+
2		13+
3	Andrea Maida	12
4		11
5		9
6		9
7	Bohumil Brhel	8
8	Lukáš Dryml	7
9		7
10		7
11		7
12		6
13		3
14		3
15		2
16		2
17		1

QF (14 May Pfaffenhofen)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		15
2		13
3	Grzegorz Walasek	12
4		11
5		11
6		9
7	Nikolaj Kokins	8
8	Antonín Šváb Jr.	8
9		7
10		7
11		6
12		5
13		5
14		2
15		1
16		0
17		0
18		0

QF (14 May Krško)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		15
2		12
3	Armando Castagna	10
4		10
5		9
6		9
7	Adrian Rymel	9
8	Tomas Sustersic	8
9		8
10		8
11		7
12		5
13		4
14		4
15		1
16		1

Second round

Overseas Final

See main article: 2000 Overseas Final. 8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

(18 June 2000 Elgane)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		13
2		13
3	Nicki Pedersen	12
4		11
5		10
6		9
7	Peter Nahlin	9
8	Bjarne Pedersen	9
9		9
10		7
11		6
12		4
13		3
14		3
15		1
16		1

Continental semi finals

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final, Armando Castagna seeded to final

width=50% valign=top	SF 22 June 2000 Gdańsk width=25px Pos. width=180px Rider width=40px Points 1 11 2 10 3 Krzysztof Jabłoński 10 4 8 5 7 6 6 7 Izak Šantej 6 8 Nikolaj Kokins 6 9 6 10 5 11 5 12 5 13 4 14 4 15 2 16 1 17 0	width=50% valign=top	SF 22 June 2000 Olching width=25px Pos. width=180px Rider width=40px Points 1 12 2 11 3 Piotr Świst 11 4 11 5 11 6 9 7 Joachim Kugelmann 9 8 Tomasz Bajerski 9 9 7 10 6 11 6 12 6 13 6 14 3 15 3 16 0 17 0 18 0
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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

See main article: 2000 Intercontinental Final. 1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 7 riders to GP Challenge

Continental Final

• 1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 4 riders to GP Challenge
• 9 July 2000 Lonigo

width=25px	Pos.	width=180px	Rider	width=40px	Points
1		14
2		14
3	Piotr Świst	13
4		11
5		10
6		10
7	Adam Skórnicki	8
8	Bohumil Brhel	7
9		7
10		5
11		5
12		4
13		4
14		3
15		3
16		2

Final Round

GP Challenge

10 riders to 2001 Grand Prix

• 8 October 2000 Abensberg

width=25px	Pos.	width=180px	Rider	width=100px	pre-event	width=80px	main-event	width=20px	sf	width=20px	Final
1		x	2, 2	3	3
2	Carl Stonehewer	x	0, 3, 3	3	2
3		1, 3, 3	3	2	1
4		3, 0, 2	1, 2, 3, 2	2	0
5		x	3, 3	1	x
6		2, 0, 3	3, 1, 2	1	x
7		x	2, 2	0	x
8		x	0, 2, 3	0	x
9		3, 3	3, 1, 1	x	x
10			3, 2	2, 0, 1	x	x
11		x	2, 0, 0	x	x
12		2, 3	1, 3, 0	x	x
13		x	0, 1	x	x
14		x	1, 1	x	x
15		2, 2	0	x	x
16		1, 3, 2	1, 0	x	x
17		3, 1, 1	x	x	x
18		0, 2, 1	x	x	x
19		2, 1, 0	x	x	x
20		0, 2, 0	x	x	x
21		0, 1	x	x	x
22		0, 1	x	x	x
23		1, 0	x	x	x
24		1, 0	x	x	x

Notes and References

1. Web site: Individual Championship . Speedway.org . 7 January 2023.
2. Web site: HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications . Speedway History . 7 January 2023.
3. Web site: Speedway: Cheetahs duo get through GP qualifying . Oxford Mail . 7 January 2023.