2002 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification Explained

2002 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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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]

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

QF (28 Apr Lonigo)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		15
2		14
3	Andrea Maida	12
4		10
5		8
6		8
7	Pavel Ondrašík	8
8	Sergej Darkin	8
9		7
10		6
11		6
12		5
13		5
14		3
15		2
16		1
17		1

QF (1 May Debrecen)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		14
2		14
3	Tomasz Bajerski	13
4		13
5		10
6		9
7	Attila Stefáni	9
8	Matej Žagar	8
9		8
10		6
11		5
12		4
13	Christian Miotello	3
14		2
15		1
16		1
17		0

QF (12 May Krško)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		14
2		12+3
3	Václav Milík Sr.	12+2
4		11
5		10
6		10
7	Jacek Rempala	10
8	Jacek Krzyżaniak	10
9		9
10		5
11		5
12		4
13		4
14		1
15		1
16		1
17		1
18		1

QF (26 May Pocking)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		14
2		13+3
3	Bohumil Brhel	13+2
4		11
5		10
6		10
7	Eduard Shaihullin	8
8	Joachim Kugelmann	7
9	Norbert Magosi	7
10		7
11		6
12		6
13		3
14		3
15		1
16		1

Second round

Overseas Final

See main article: 2001 Overseas Final. 8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

(17 June 2001 Pori)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		15
2		12
3	Stefan Andersson	11
4		10
5		10
6		10
7	Jesper B Jensen	9
8	Kauko Nieminen	9
9		8
10		7
11		5
12		5
13		3
14		3
15		2
16		1

Continental semi finals

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final

width=50% valign=top	SF 16 June 2001 Terenzano width=25px Pos. width=180px Rider width=40px Points 1 12 2 12 3 Michal Makovský 12 4 11 5 10 6 10 7 Andrea Maida 10 8 Robert Kościecha 9 9 8 10 6 11 5 12 5 13 4 14 3 15 Norbert Magosi 3 16 0 17 0 18 0	width=50% valign=top	SF 16 June 2001 Mšeno width=25px Pos. width=180px Rider width=40px Points 1 15 2 11 3 Róbert Nagy 11 4 9 5 9 6 9 7 Marián Jirout 9 8 Antonín Kasper Jr. 8 9 8 10 6 11 5 12 5 13 4 14 4 15 3 16 2 17 2
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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

See main article: 2001 Intercontinental Final. 9 riders to GP Challenge

Continental Final

• 5 riders to GP Challenge
• 12 August 2001 Gdańsk

width=25px	Pos.	width=180px	Rider	width=40px	Points
1		13
2		12
3	Wiesław Jaguś	12
4		11
5		11
6		10
7	Andrej Korolew	10
8	Jacek Rempala	8
9		7
10		6
11		6
12		6
13		4
14		3
15		1
16		0

Final Round

GP Challenge

6 riders to 2002 Grand Prix

• 13 October 2001 Krško

width=25px	Pos.	width=180px	Rider	width=100px	pre-event	width=80px	main-event	width=20px	sf	width=20px	Final
1		x	2, 3	2	3
2	Nicki Pedersen	x	1, 3, 3	2	2
3		0, 3, 3	3, 2	3	1
4		3, 2	0, 3, 3	3	0
5		x	2, 1, 2	1	x
6		x	3, 3	1	x
7		x	2, 2,	0	x
8		x	0, 2, 2	0	x
9		2, 1, 3	3, 0, 1	x	x
10		1, 2, 2	2, 0, 1	x	x
11		3, 1, 2	3, 1, 0	x	x
12		3, 3	1, 2, 0	x	x
13		x	1, 1	x	x
14		x	1, 1	x	x
15		2, 3	0, 0	x	x
16		3, 2	0, 0	x	x
17		1, 3, 1	x	x	x
18		2, 0, 1	x	x	x
19		2, 0, 0	x	x	x
20		0, 2, 0	x	x	x
21		0, 1	x	x	x
22		1, 1	x	x	x
23		1, 0	x	x	x
24		0, 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: Grand Prix Challenge preview . Crash . 7 January 2023.
4. Web site: Grand Prix Challenge - Hancock back to form . Crash . 7 January 2023.