2005 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2005 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 2 riders that would qualify for the 2005 Speedway Grand Prix to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 2004 Speedway Grand Prix and 6 seeded riders.[1]

The system introduced the previous year, that of four quarter finals and two semi-finals was retained but due to the main Grand Prix being reduced from 24 riders to 16 only 2 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.[2]

Antonio Lindbäck 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 – 2 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2005 Grand Prix

Quarter-finals

32 riders to semi-finals

QF (8 May 2004 ITA Terenzano)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	POL Wiesław Jaguś	10+3+3
2	POL Sebastian Ułamek	15+3+2
3	DEN Niels Kristian Iversen	13+2+1
4	ENG David Norris	9+2+0
5	ENG Stuart Robson	9+1
6	DEN Ronni Pedersen	8+1
7	CZE Lukáš Dryml	10+0
8	CZE Aleš Dryml Jr.	9+0
9	ITA Simone Terenzani	6
10	SVN Jerna Kolenko	5
11	POL Krzysztof Słaboń	5
12	FIN Tommy Reima	5
13	FIN Kai Laukkanen	4
14	GER Christian Hefenbrock	2
15	GER Mirko Wolter	2
16	ITA Paolo Salvatelli	1

QF (9 May 2004 POL Zielona Góra)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	POL Jarosław Hampel	12+2+3
2	SWE Antonio Lindbäck	9+3+2
3	POL Janusz Kołodziej	11+2+1
4	SWE Stefan Andersson	10+3+0
5	DEN Hans Andersen	12+1
6	RUS Sergej Darkin	10+1
7	POL Jacek Rempala	12+0
8	POL Damian Baliński	8+0
9	AUS Mark Lemon	8
10	RUS Renat Gafurov	8
11	ENG Leigh Lanham	7
12	DEN Henning Bager	6
13	ENG Chris Harris	3
14	LAT Kjasts Puodžuks	2
15	NOR Rune Sola	2
16	NOR Mike Bjerk	0

QF (9 May 2004 SVN Krško)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	SVN Matej Žagar	15+2+3
2	SWE Niklas Klingberg	11+3+2
3	SWE David Ruud	11+3+1
4	NED Theo Pijper	7+2+0
5	SVN Matej Ferjan	11+1
6	ENG Chris Neath	11+1
7	SVN Izak Šantej	11+0
8	SWE Peter Ljung	10+0
9	USA Ryan Fisher	7
10	SVN Denis Stoys	6
11	DEN Henrik Møller	5
12	ENG Oliver Allen	3
13	SVN Primož Legan	2
14	CRO Ivan Vargek	2
15	GER Thomas Stange	2
16	DEN Brian Lyngsö	1
17	FRA Christoph Martin	1

QF (22 May 2004 CZE Slaný)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	CZE Antonín Šváb Jr.	9+3+3
2	POL Tomasz Chrzanowski	14+3+2
3	SWE Stefan Dannö	11+2+1
4	HUN László Szatmári	8+2+0
5	GER Mathias Schultz	12+1
6	CZE Josef Franc	9+1
7	AUS Craig Watson	13+0
8	CZE Tomáš Topinka	9+0
9	POL Sławomir Drabik	8
10	AUT Fritz Wallner	8
11	GER Joachim Kugelmann	6
12	SWE Niklas Aspgren	4
13	CZE Pavel Ondrašík	3
14	AUT Manuel Hauzinger	1
15	HUN Zsolt Bencze	1
16	NED Eddie Turksema	0
17	CZE Tomáš Suchánek	0

Semi-finals

16 riders from to GP Challenge

SF

5 June 2004 ITA Lonigo

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	POL Wiesław Jaguś	13
2	DEN Hans Andersen	12
3	SWE Antonio Lindbäck	12
4	POL Tomasz Chrzanowski	11
5	DEN Niels Kristian Iversen	11
6	POL Marcin Rempala	10
7	CZE Bohumil Brhel	9
8	RUS Roman Povazhny	7
9	ENG Stuart Robson	7
10	POL Jacek Rempala	7
11	HUN László Szatmári	6
12	ITA Andrea Maida	5
13	SVN Izak Šantej	3
14	SWE David Ruud	3
15	ENG Chris Neath	3
16	CZE Josef Franc	1

SF

20 June 2004 BEL Heusden-Zolder

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	SWE Peter Karlsson	11+2+3
2	POL Sebastian Ułamek	12+3+2
3	DEN Ronni Pedersen	8+2+1
4	POL Damian Baliński	10+3+0
5	DEN Kenneth Bjerre	10+1
6	ENG David Norris	9+1
7	AUS Craig Watson	12+0
8	SWE Stefan Andersson	8+0
9	SWE Niklas Klingberg	8
10	ENG David Howe	7
11	SWE Stefan Dannö	7
12	SVN Matej Ferjan	6
13	CZE Lukáš Dryml	5
14	POL Janusz Kołodziej	5
15	NED Theo Pijper	2
16	GER Mathias Schultz	0

Final Round

Hans Andersen was extremely unlucky not to seal a place in the Grand Prix after topping the event with 14 points and then suffering an engine failure in the final.

GP Challenge

2 riders to 2005 Grand Prix

14 August 2004 DEN Vojens

Pos.	Rider	Total	Points	semi-final	final
1	SWE Antonio Lindbäck	12	2, 3, 3, 2, 2	3	3
2	POL Tomasz Chrzanowski	10	1, 2, 1, 3, 2	3	2
3	DEN Kenneth Bjerre	7	3, 0, 1, 0, 3	2	1
4	DEN Hans Andersen	14	3, 2, 3, 3, 3	2	ef
5	SWE Stefan Andersson	8	0, 2, 2, 1, 3	1	-
6	SWE Peter Karlsson	9	3, f, 0, 3, 3	1	-
7	RUS Roman Povazhny	10	3, 3, 2, x, 2	exc	-
8	POL Damian Baliński	10	2, 1, 3, 2, 2	ef	-
9	ENG David Norris	7	2, 1, 3, exc, 1	-	-
10	POL Marcin Rempała	7	0, 3, 1, 2, 1	-	-
11	CZE Bohumil Brhel	7	1, 1, 2, 3, 0	-	-
12	DEN Niels Kristian Iversen	6	1, 3, 0, 1, 1	-	-
13	SWE Niklas Klingberg	6	0, 2, 1, 2, 1	-	-
14	POL Wiesław Jaguś	4	2, exc, 2, 0, ef	-	-
15	DEN Ronni Pedersen	3	1, 1, 0, 1, 0	-	-
16	AUS Craig Watson	0	0, 0, ef, -, –	-	-

References

"HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995–2013 Speedway Grand Prix – Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
"Craig Watson 2005 hopes". US Motorsport. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
"2004 Grand Prix Challenge". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

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[1] "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995–2013 Speedway Grand Prix – Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[2] "Craig Watson 2005 hopes". US Motorsport. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[3] "2004 Grand Prix Challenge". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 8 January 2023.