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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

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  • 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

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Continental quarter finals

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Second round

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Overseas Final

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8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final

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8 riders to Intercontinental Final

(17 June 2001 Finland Pori)
Pos Rider Points
1 Finland Kai Laukkanen 15
2 Sweden Andreas Jonsson 12
3 Sweden Stefan Andersson 11
4 Norway Lars Gunnestad 10
5 Denmark Hans Clausen 10
6 Sweden Niklas Karlsson 10
7 Denmark Jesper B Jensen 9
8 Finland Kauko Nieminen 9
9 Denmark Bjarne Pedersen 8
10 Denmark Charlie Gjedde 7
11 Norway Björn G Hansen 5
12 Sweden Stefan Ekberg 5
13 Sweden Freddie Eriksson 3
14 Finland Joonas Kylmäkorpi 3
15 Denmark Claus Kristensen 2
16 Norway Roy Håland 1

Continental semi finals

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Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1 Poland Wiesław Jaguś 12
2 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 12
3 Czech Republic Michal Makovský 12
4 Italy Alessandro Dalla Valle 11
5 Poland Damian Baliński 10
6 Croatia Zlatko Krznaric 10
7 Italy Andrea Maida 10
8 Poland Robert Kościecha 9
9 Italy Aleš Dryml Jr. 8
10 Hungary Attila Stefáni 6
11 Germany Joachim Kugelmann 5
12 Poland Krzysztof Jabłoński 5
13 Slovenia Matej Žagar 4
14 Hungary László Szatmári 3
15 Hungary Norbert Magosi 3
16 Austria Walter Nebel 0
17 Czech Republic Adrian Rymel 0
18 Slovenia Jernej Kolenko 0

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1 Poland Sebastian Ułamek 15
2 Poland Tomasz Bajerski 11
3 Hungary Róbert Nagy 11
4 Poland Jacek Rempala 9
5 Italy Armando Castagna 9
6 Latvia Andrej Korolew 9
7 Czech Republic Marián Jirout 9
8 Czech Republic Antonín Kasper Jr. 8
9 Russia Sergej Darkin 8
10 Germany Robbie Kessler 6
11 Hungary Sándor Tihanyi 5
12 Russia Eduard Shaihullin 5
13 Slovenia Izak Šantej 4
14 Poland Jacek Krzyżaniak 4
15 Austria Thomas Stadler 3
16 Germany Steffen Mell 2
17 Czech Republic Pavel Ondrašík 2

Third round

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  • 9 riders (outside the top 10) from the 2001 Grand Prix & World U21 champion to GP Challenge

Intercontinental Final

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9 riders to GP Challenge

Continental Final

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  • 5 riders to GP Challenge
  • 12 August 2001 Poland Gdańsk
Pos. Rider Points
1 Poland Sebastian Ułamek 13
2 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 12
3 Poland Wiesław Jaguś 12
4 Czech Republic Antonín Kasper Jr. 11
5 Poland Damian Baliński 11
6 Poland Tomasz Bajerski 10
7 Latvia Andrej Korolew 10
8 Poland Jacek Rempala 8
9 Hungary Róbert Nagy 7
10 Italy Armando Castagna 6
11 Poland Robert Kościecha 6
12 Croatia Zlatko Krznaric 6
13 Czech Republic Marián Jirout 4
14 Italy Andrea Maida 3
15 Czech Republic Michal Makovský 1
16 Italy Alessandro Dalla Valle 0

Final Round

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GP Challenge

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6 riders to 2002 Grand Prix

Pos. Rider pre-event main-event sf Final
1 United States Greg Hancock x 2, 3 2 3
2 Denmark Nicki Pedersen x 1, 3, 3 2 2
3 England Scott Nicholls 0, 3, 3 3, 2 3 1
4 Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml 3, 2 0, 3, 3 3 0
5 England Carl Stonehewer x 2, 1, 2 1 x
6 England Andy Smith x 3, 3 1 x
7 Sweden Peter Karlsson x 2, 2, 0 x
8 Poland Piotr Protasiewicz x 0, 2, 2 0 x
9 England Chris Louis 2, 1, 3 3, 0, 1 x x
10 Sweden Andreas Jonsson 1, 2, 2 2, 0, 1 x x
11 Poland Sebastian Ułamek 3, 1, 2 3, 1, 0 x x
12 United States Sam Ermolenko 3, 3 1, 2, 0 x x
13 Denmark Brian Andersen x 1, 1 x x
14 Slovenia Matej Ferjan x 1, 1 x x
15 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 2, 3 0, 0 x x
16 Sweden Stefan Andersson 3, 2 0, 0 x x
17 Australia Jason Lyons 1, 3, 1 x x x
18 Poland Damian Baliński 2, 0, 1 x x x
19 Finland Kai Laukkanen 2, 0, 0 x x x
20 England Gary Havelock 0, 2, 0 x x x
21 Poland Wiesław Jaguś 0, 1 x x x
22 Norway Lars Gunnestad 1, 1 x x x
23 England Sean Wilson 1, 0 x x x
24 Czech Republic Antonín Kasper Jr. 0, 0 x x x

References

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  1. ^ "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. ^ "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Grand Prix Challenge preview". Crash. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Grand Prix Challenge - Hancock back to form". Crash. Retrieved 7 January 2023.