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

The format changed significantly, in that only 6 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge. 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.

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

Second round

Overseas Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Continental semi finals

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final

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

Final Round

GP Challenge

6 riders to 2002 Grand Prix

References