2001 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification Explained
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
See main article: 2000 Overseas Final. 8 riders to Intercontinental Final
Scandinavian Final
8 riders to Intercontinental Final
Continental semi finals
Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final, Armando Castagna seeded to final
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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 | |
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Third round
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
Final Round
GP Challenge
10 riders to 2001 Grand Prix
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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 |
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6 | | 2, 0, 3 | 3, 1, 2 | 1 | x |
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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 |
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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
- Web site: Individual Championship . Speedway.org . 7 January 2023.
- Web site: HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications . Speedway History . 7 January 2023.
- Web site: Speedway: Cheetahs duo get through GP qualifying . Oxford Mail . 7 January 2023.