2001 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

2001 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2001 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 2001 Speedway Grand Prix to join the other 10 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix.

The format was similar to the previous year, in that 2 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 10 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.

Peter Karlsson won the GP Challenge.

Format

• First Round - 6 riders from Sweden, 5 from Denmark, 3 from Norway, 2 from Finland to Scandinavian Final
• First Round - 27 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals
• First Round - 8 riders from British Final to Overseas Final
• First Round - 2 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final
• First Round - 1 rider from New Zealand Final to Overseas Final
• First Round - 3 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 - 11 riders from positions 11-21 from the 2000 Grand Prix, World U21 champion & host rider to GP Challenge
• Third Round - 1 rider from the Continental Final to 2001 Grand Prix and 4 to GP Challenge
• Third Round - 1 rider from the Intercontinental Final to 2001 Grand Prix and 7 to GP Challenge
• Final Round - 10 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2001 Grand Prix

First round

Continental quarter finals

QF (30 Apr Terenzano)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Rafał Okoniewski	13+
2	Adam Skórnicki	13+
3	Andrea Maida	12
4	Zlatko Krznaric	11
5	Alessandro Dalla Valle	9
6	Zoltán Adorján	9
7	Bohumil Brhel	8
8	Lukáš Dryml	7
9	Simone Terenzani	7
10	Aleš Dryml Jr.	7
11	László Szatmári	7
12	Rinat Mardanshin	6
13	Tolgat Galeev	3
14	Simone Tadiello	3
15	Stéphane Trésarrieu	2
16	Sebastien Trésarrieu	2
17	Eduard Shajkoulin	1

QF (14 May Pfaffenhofen)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Piotr Protasiewicz	15
2	Joachim Kugelmann	13
3	Grzegorz Walasek	12
4	Róbert Nagy	11
5	Sergej Darkin	11
6	Mirko Wolter	9
7	Nikolaj Kokins	8
8	Antonín Šváb Jr.	8
9	Sergej Eroschin	7
10	Michal Makovský	7
11	Steffen Mell	6
12	Toni Pilotto	5
13	Attila Stefáni	5
14	Vladimir Voronkovs	2
15	Erik Eijbergen	1
16	Uilke Kooistra	0
17	Stefan Bachhuber	0
18	Herbert Rudolph	0

QF (14 May Krško)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Matej Ferjan	15
2	Robert Sawina	12
3	Armando Castagna	10
4	Tomasz Bajerski	10
5	Izak Šantej	9
6	Piotr Świst	9
7	Adrian Rymel	9
8	Tomas Sustersic	8
9	Tomáš Topinka	8
10	Marián Jirout	8
11	Pavel Ondrašík	7
12	Stefano Alfonso	5
13	Thomas Stadler	4
14	Emiliano Sanchez	4
15	Vladimir Trofimov	1
16	Volodymyr Kolodij	1

Second round

Overseas Final

Main article: 2000 Overseas Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

(18 June 2000 Elgane)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Rune Holta	13
2	Lars Gunnestad	13
3	Nicki Pedersen	12
4	Stefan Andersson	11
5	Niklas Klingberg	10
6	John Jørgensen	9
7	Peter Nahlin	9
8	Bjarne Pedersen	9
9	Jesper B Jensen	9
10	Kai Laukkanen	7
11	Andreas Jonsson	6
12	Claes Ivarsson	4
13	Ronni Pedersen	3
14	Peter Ingvar Karlsson	3
15	Tomi Reima	1
16	Björn G Hansen	1

Continental semi finals

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final, Armando Castagna seeded to final

SF 22 June 2000 Gdańsk Pos. Rider Points 1 Piotr Protasiewicz 11 2 Sebastian Ulamek 10 3 Krzysztof Jabłoński 10 4 Antonín Šváb Jr. 8 5 Adam Skórnicki 7 6 Zoltán Adorján 6 7 Izak Šantej 6 8 Nikolaj Kokins 6 9 Adrian Rymel 6 10 Sergej Darkin 5 11 Mirko Wolter 5 12 Sergej Eroshin 5 13 Zlatko Krznaric 4 14 Tomáš Topinka 4 15 Andrea Maida 2 16 Michal Makovský 1 17 Sándor Tihanyi 0

SF 22 June 2000 Olching Pos. Rider Points 1 Matej Ferjan 12 2 Robert Barth 11 3 Piotr Świst 11 4 Róbert Nagy 11 5 Grzegorz Walasek 11 6 Bohumil Brhel 9 7 Joachim Kugelmann 9 8 Tomasz Bajerski 9 9 Alessandro Dalla Valle 7 10 Tomas Sustersic 6 11 Roman Povazhny 6 12 Rafał Okoniewski 6 13 Lukáš Dryml 6 14 Aleš Dryml Jr. 3 15 Armando Castagna 3 16 László Szatmári 0 17 Pavel Ondrašík 0 18 Steffen Mell 0

Third round

• 11 riders from positions 11-21 from the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix, World U21 champion & host rider to GP Challenge

Intercontinental Final

Main article: 2000 Intercontinental Final

1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 7 riders to GP Challenge

Continental Final

• 1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 4 riders to GP Challenge
• 9 July 2000 Lonigo

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Matej Ferjan	14
2	Piotr Protasiewicz	14
3	Piotr Świst	13
4	Sebastian Ułamek	11
5	Grzegorz Walasek	10
6	Krzysztof Jabłoński	10
7	Adam Skórnicki	8
8	Bohumil Brhel	7
9	Armando Castagna	7
10	Tomasz Bajerski	5
11	Róbert Nagy	5
12	Antonín Šváb Jr.	4
13	Izak Šantej	4
14	Robert Barth	3
15	Joachim Kugelmann	3
16	Zoltán Adorján	2

Final Round

GP Challenge

10 riders to 2001 Grand Prix

• 8 October 2000 Abensberg

Pos.	Rider	pre-event	main-event	sf	Final
1	Peter Karlsson	x	2, 2	3	3
2	Carl Stonehewer	x	0, 3, 3	3	2
3	Nicki Pedersen	1, 3, 3	3	2	1
4	Rune Holta	3, 0, 2	1, 2, 3, 2	2	0
5	Mikael Karlsson	x	3, 3	1	x
6	Piotr Protasiewicz	2, 0, 3	3, 1, 2	1	x
7	Jimmy Nilsen	x	2, 2	0	x
8	Joe Screen	x	0, 2, 3	0	x
9	Brian Andersen	3, 3	3, 1, 1	x	x
10	Andy Smith	3, 2	2, 0, 1	x	x
11	Henrik Gustafsson	x	2, 0, 0	x	x
12	Grzegorz Walasek	2, 3	1, 3, 0	x	x
13	Antonín Kasper Jr.	x	0, 1	x	x
14	Rafał Dobrucki	x	1, 1	x	x
15	Sebastian Ułamek	2, 2	0	x	x
16	Gary Havelock	1, 3, 2	1, 0	x	x
17	Piotr Świst	3, 1, 1	x	x	x
18	Steve Johnston	0, 2, 1	x	x	x
19	Brian Karger	2, 1, 0	x	x	x
20	John Jørgensen	0, 2, 0	x	x	x
21	Jesper B Jensen	0, 1	x	x	x
22	Andreas Jonsson	0, 1	x	x	x
23	Jason Lyons	1, 0	x	x	x
24	Robert Barth	1, 0	x	x	x