2005 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

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2005 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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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 Poland Wiesław Jaguś 10+3+3
2 Poland Sebastian Ułamek 15+3+2
3 Denmark Niels Kristian Iversen 13+2+1
4 England David Norris 9+2+0
5 England Stuart Robson 9+1
6 Denmark Ronni Pedersen 8+1
7 Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml 10+0
8 Czech Republic Aleš Dryml Jr. 9+0
9 Italy Simone Terenzani 6
10 Slovenia Jernej Kolenko 5
11 Poland Krzysztof Słaboń 5
12 Finland Tommy Reima 5
13 Finland Kai Laukkanen 4
14 Germany Christian Hefenbrock 2
15 Germany Mirko Wolter 2
16 Italy Paolo Salvatelli 1
QF (9 May 2004  POL Zielona Góra)
Pos Rider Points
1 Poland Jarosław Hampel 12+2+3
2 Sweden Antonio Lindbäck 9+3+2
3 Poland Janusz Kołodziej 11+2+1
4 Sweden Stefan Andersson 10+3+0
5 Denmark Hans Andersen 12+1
6 Russia Sergej Darkin 10+1
7 Poland Jacek Rempala 12+0
8 Poland Damian Baliński 8+0
9 Australia Mark Lemon 8
10 Russia Renat Gafurov 8
11 England Leigh Lanham 7
12 Denmark Henning Bager 6
13 England Chris Harris 3
14 Latvia Kjasts Puodžuks 2
15 Norway Rune Sola 2
16 Norway Mike Bjerk 0
QF (9 May 2004  SVN Krško)
Pos Rider Points
1 Slovenia Matej Žagar 15+2+3
2 Sweden Niklas Klingberg 11+3+2
3 Sweden David Ruud 11+3+1
4 Netherlands Theo Pijper 7+2+0
5 Slovenia Matej Ferjan 11+1
6 England Chris Neath 11+1
7 Slovenia Izak Šantej 11+0
8 Sweden Peter Ljung 10+0
9 United States Ryan Fisher 7
10 Slovenia Denis Stoys 6
11 Denmark Henrik Møller 5
12 England Oliver Allen 3
13 Slovenia Primož Legan 2
14 Croatia Ivan Vargek 2
15 Germany Thomas Stange 2
16 Denmark Brian Lyngsö 1
17 France Christoph Martin 1
QF (22 May 2004  CZE Slaný)
Pos Rider Points
1 Czech Republic Antonín Šváb Jr. 9+3+3
2 Poland Tomasz Chrzanowski 14+3+2
3 Sweden Stefan Dannö 11+2+1
4 Hungary László Szatmári 8+2+0
5 Germany Mathias Schultz 12+1
6 Czech Republic Josef Franc 9+1
7 Australia Craig Watson 13+0
8 Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka 9+0
9 Poland Sławomir Drabik 8
10 Austria Fritz Wallner 8
11 Germany Joachim Kugelmann 6
12 Sweden Niklas Aspgren 4
13 Czech Republic Pavel Ondrašík 3
14 Austria Manuel Hauzinger 1
15 Hungary Zsolt Bencze 1
16 Netherlands Eddie Turksema 0
17 Czech Republic Tomáš Suchánek 0

Semi-finals

16 riders from to GP Challenge

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1 Poland Wiesław Jaguś 13
2 Denmark Hans Andersen 12
3 Sweden Antonio Lindbäck 12
4 Poland Tomasz Chrzanowski 11
5 Denmark Niels Kristian Iversen 11
6 Poland Marcin Rempala 10
7 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 9
8 Russia Roman Povazhny 7
9 England Stuart Robson 7
10 Poland Jacek Rempala 7
11 Hungary László Szatmári 6
12 Italy Andrea Maida 5
13 Slovenia Izak Šantej 3
14 Sweden David Ruud 3
15 England Chris Neath 3
16 Czech Republic Josef Franc 1

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1 Sweden Peter Karlsson 11+2+3
2 Poland Sebastian Ułamek 12+3+2
3 Denmark Ronni Pedersen 8+2+1
4 Poland Damian Baliński 10+3+0
5 Denmark Kenneth Bjerre 10+1
6 England David Norris 9+1
7 Australia Craig Watson 12+0
8 Sweden Stefan Andersson 8+0
9 Sweden Niklas Klingberg 8
10 England David Howe 7
11 Sweden Stefan Dannö 7
12 Slovenia Matej Ferjan 6
13 Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml 5
14 Poland Janusz Kołodziej 5
15  NED Theo Pijper 2
16 Germany 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

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

References

  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.