2004 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification Explained

2004 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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The 2004 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 6 riders that would qualify for the 2004 Speedway Grand Prix^[1] to join the other 16 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 2003 Speedway Grand Prix.^[2]

The system introduced the previous year, that of four quarter finals and two semi finals was retained and only 6 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.

Piotr Protasiewicz won the GP Challenge.^[3]

Format

• First Round (64 riders qualifying from respective national championships)
• Quarter finals - 32 riders to semi finals
• Semi finals - 16 riders to GP Challenge
• Final Round - 6 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2004 Grand Prix

Quarter finals

32 riders to semi finals (Andrea Maida & Jarosław Hampel seeded to sf)

QF (26 April 2003 Lonigo)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		13
2		13
3	Ryan Fisher	11
4		11
5		11
6		10
7	Theo Pijper	10
8	Matej Žagar	10
9		7
10		6
11		6
12		4
13		4
14		3
15	Christian Miotello	1
16		0

QF (1 May 2003 Debrecen)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		13
2		13
3	Jesper B. Jensen	12
4		11
5		11
6		10
7	Sergej Darkin	9
8	Jacek Rempala	8
9		8
10		8
11		5
12	Norbert Magosi	4
13		4
14		3
15		1
16		0

QF (3 May 2003 Elgane)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		13
2		12
3	David Ruud	12
4		11
5		10
6		9
7	Hans Andersen	9
8	Peter Ingvar Karlsson	9
9		9
10		8
11		8
12		4
13		3
14		2
15		1
16		0

QF (8 June 2003 Heusden-Zolder)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		12
2		12
3	Aleš Dryml Jr.	11
4		11
5		11
6		10
7	Roman Povazhny	8
8	Simon Stead	8
9		7
10		7
11		6
12		6
13		5
14		3
15		2
16		0

Semi finals

16 riders from to GP Challenge

width=50% valign=top	SF 21 June 2003 Terenzano width=25px Pos. width=180px Rider width=40px Points 1 13 2 13 3 Billy Janniro 12 4 10 5 9 6 9 7 Theo Pijper 8 8 Charlie Gjedde 8 9 7 10 6 11 6 12 László Szatmári (R) 4 13 4 14 4 15 3 16 3 17 0	width=50% valign=top	SF 22 June 2003 Rybnik width=25px Pos. width=180px Rider width=40px Points 1 12 2 12 3 Bjarne Pedersen 12 4 11 5 10 6 10 7 Kai Laukkanen 10 8 Sebastian Ułamek 8 9 7 10 6 11 5 12 5 13 4 14 Simon Stead (R) 3 15 2 16 1 17 2 18 Brent Werner (R) 1
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Final Round

GP Challenge

6 riders to 2004 Grand Prix

• 17 August 2003 Poole

width=25px	Pos.	width=180px	Rider	width=20px	Total	width=120px	Points
1		14	2, 3, 3, 3, 3
2		13	3, 3, 2, 2, 3
3		12	2, 2, 2, 3, 3
4		11	3, 3, 1, 2, 2
5		10	exc, 3, 3, 3, 1
6		9	1, ef, 3, 3, 2
7		7	3, 2, 0, 1, 1
8	Simon Stead (R)	6	1, 0, 3, 2, exc
9		6	3, 0, 1, 1, 1
10		6	2, 2, 1, 1, 0
11		5	exc, 1, 0, 1, 3
12		5	0, 1, 0, 2, 2
13		5	2, 2, 1, 0, x
14	Matej Žagar (R)	5	1, -, 2, x, 2
15		4	1, 1, 2, f, exc
16		1	0, 0, 0, 0, 1
17		0	ef, -, -, -, -
18		-	dns+^[4]

+broke his leg and was unable to compete further

Notes and References

1. Web site: Individual Championship . Speedway.org . 8 January 2023.
2. Web site: HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications . Speedway History . 8 January 2023.
3. Web site: Speedway Star Cover Men . WWOS backup . 8 January 2023.
4. Web site: DRYML BOYS PLAY PART IN 2003 TITLE SUCCESS . Poole Speedway . 11 February 2023.