2002 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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]
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
Second round
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
Third round
9 riders (outside the top 10) from the 2001 Grand Prix & World U21 champion to GP Challenge
Intercontinental Final
9 riders to GP Challenge
Continental Final
5 riders to GP Challenge
12 August 2001 Gdańsk
Final Round
GP Challenge
6 riders to 2002 Grand Prix
Pos.
Rider
pre-event
main-event
sf
Final
1
Greg Hancock
x
2, 3
2
3
2
Nicki Pedersen
x
1, 3, 3
2
2
3
Scott Nicholls
0, 3, 3
3, 2
3
1
4
Lukáš Dryml
3, 2
0, 3, 3
3
0
5
Carl Stonehewer
x
2, 1, 2
1
x
6
Andy Smith
x
3, 3
1
x
7
Peter Karlsson
x
2, 2,
0
x
8
Piotr Protasiewicz
x
0, 2, 2
0
x
9
Chris Louis
2, 1, 3
3, 0, 1
x
x
10
Andreas Jonsson
1, 2, 2
2, 0, 1
x
x
11
Sebastian Ułamek
3, 1, 2
3, 1, 0
x
x
12
Sam Ermolenko
3, 3
1, 2, 0
x
x
13
Brian Andersen
x
1, 1
x
x
14
Matej Ferjan
x
1, 1
x
x
15
Bohumil Brhel
2, 3
0, 0
x
x
16
Stefan Andersson
3, 2
0, 0
x
x
17
Jason Lyons
1, 3, 1
x
x
x
18
Damian Baliński
2, 0, 1
x
x
x
19
Kai Laukkanen
2, 0, 0
x
x
x
20
Gary Havelock
0, 2, 0
x
x
x
21
Wiesław Jaguś
0, 1
x
x
x
22
Lars Gunnestad
1, 1
x
x
x
23
Sean Wilson
1, 0
x
x
x
24
Antonín Kasper Jr.
0, 0
x
x
x
References
Speedway Grand Prix Qualification