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]

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)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Krzysztof Jabłoński	15
2	Armando Castagna	14
3	Andrea Maida	12
4	Mirko Wolter	10
5	Alessandro Dalla Valle	8
6	László Szatmári	8
7	Pavel Ondrašík	8
8	Sergej Darkin	8
9	Steffen Mell	7
10	Jernej Kolenko	6
11	Manuel Hautzinger	6
12	Piotr Dym	5
13	Francesco Ulian	5
14	Oleg Kurguskin	3
15	Igor Borisenko	2
16	Igor Epifanov	1
17	Simone Tadiello	1

QF (1 May Debrecen)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Marián Jirout	14
2	Robert Kościecha	14
3	Tomasz Bajerski	13
4	Sándor Tihanyi	13
5	Andrej Korolev	10
6	Walter Nebel	9
7	Attila Stefáni	9
8	Matej Žagar	8
9	Thomas Stadler	8
10	Sandor Fekete	6
11	Alexander Biznya	5
12	Josef Koren	4
13	Christian Miotello	3
14	Soni Francovig	2
15	Uilke Kooistra	1
16	Eddie Turksema	1
17	Csaba Hell	0

QF (12 May Krško)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Aleš Dryml Jr.	14
2	Sebastian Ułamek	12+3
3	Václav Milík Sr.	12+2
4	Lukáš Dryml	11
5	Zlatko Krznaric	10
6	Izak Šantej	10
7	Jacek Rempala	10
8	Jacek Krzyżaniak	10
9	Michal Makovský	9
10	Björn Danielczyk	5
11	Adrian Rymel	5
12	Stéphane Trésarrieu	4
13	Stephan Katt	4
14	Christophe Dubernard	1
15	Fabrice Ostyn	1
16	Stanko Glava	1
17	Primoz Klenovsek	1
18	Thomas Cyril	1

QF (26 May Pocking)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Wiesław Jaguś	14
2	Antonín Kasper Jr.	13+3
3	Bohumil Brhel	13+2
4	Róbert Nagy	11
5	Robbie Kessler	10
6	Damian Baliński	10
7	Eduard Shajkhoulin	8
8	Joachim Kugelmann	7
9	Norbert Magosi	7
10	Mathias Kröger	7
11	Rene Aas	6
12	Rinat Mardanshin	6
13	Josef Franc	3
14	Richard Wolff	3
15	Radek Smolik	1
16	Dennis Popovic	1

Second round

Overseas Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

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

Continental semi finals

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final

SF

16 June 2001 Terenzano

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

SF

16 June 2001 Mšeno

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

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

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Sebastian Ułamek	13
2	Bohumil Brhel	12
3	Wiesław Jaguś	12
4	Antonín Kasper Jr.	11
5	Damian Baliński	11
6	Tomasz Bajerski	10
7	Andrej Korolew	10
8	Jacek Rempala	8
9	Róbert Nagy	7
10	Armando Castagna	6
11	Robert Kościecha	6
12	Zlatko Krznaric	6
13	Marián Jirout	4
14	Andrea Maida	3
15	Michal Makovský	1
16	Alessandro Dalla Valle	0

Final Round

GP Challenge

6 riders to 2002 Grand Prix

13 October 2001 Krško

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

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

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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.