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
QF (28 Apr Lonigo)PosRider Points 1 Krzysztof Jabłoński 152 Armando Castagna 143 Andrea Maida124 Mirko Wolter 105 Alessandro Dalla Valle 86 László Szatmári 87 Pavel Ondrašík88 Sergej Darkin89 Steffen Mell 710 Jernej Kolenko 611 Manuel Hautzinger 612 Piotr Dym 513 Francesco Ulian 514 Oleg Kurguskin 315 Igor Borisenko 216 Igor Epifanov 117 Simone Tadiello 1
QF (1 May Debrecen)PosRider Points 1 Marián Jirout 142 Robert Kościecha 143 Tomasz Bajerski134 Sándor Tihanyi 135 Andrej Korolev 106 Walter Nebel 97 Attila Stefáni98 Matej Žagar89 Thomas Stadler 810 Sandor Fekete 611 Alexander Biznya 512 Josef Koren 413 Christian Miotello 314 Soni Francovig 215 Uilke Kooistra 116 Eddie Turksema 117 Csaba Hell 0
QF (12 May Krško)PosRider Points 1 Aleš Dryml Jr. 142 Sebastian Ułamek 12+33 Václav Milík Sr.12+24 Lukáš Dryml 115 Zlatko Krznaric 106 Izak Šantej 107 Jacek Rempala108 Jacek Krzyżaniak109 Michal Makovský 910 Björn Danielczyk 511 Adrian Rymel 512 Stéphane Trésarrieu 413 Stephan Katt 414 Christophe Dubernard 115 Fabrice Ostyn 116 Stanko Glava 117 Primoz Klenovsek 118 Thomas Cyril 1
QF (26 May Pocking)PosRider Points 1 Wiesław Jaguś 142 Antonín Kasper Jr. 13+33 Bohumil Brhel13+24 Róbert Nagy 115 Robbie Kessler 106 Damian Baliński 107 Eduard Shaihullin88 Joachim Kugelmann79 Norbert Magosi 710 Matthias Kröger 711 Rene Aas 612 Rinat Mardanshin 613 Josef Franc 314 Richard Wolff 315 Radek Smolik 116 Dennis Popovic 1
Second round Overseas Final 8 riders to Intercontinental Final
Scandinavian Final 8 riders to Intercontinental Final (17 June 2001 Pori)PosRider Points 1 Kai Laukkanen 152 Andreas Jonsson 123 Stefan Andersson114 Lars Gunnestad 105 Hans Clausen 106 Niklas Karlsson 107 Jesper B Jensen98 Kauko Nieminen99 Bjarne Pedersen 810 Charlie Gjedde 711 Björn G Hansen 512 Stefan Ekberg 513 Freddie Eriksson 314 Joonas Kylmäkorpi 315 Claus Kristensen 216 Roy Håland 1
Continental semi finals Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final SF 16 June 2001 Terenzano Pos.RiderPoints1 Wiesław Jaguś 122 Bohumil Brhel 123 Michal Makovský124 Alessandro Dalla Valle 115 Damian Baliński 106 Zlatko Krznaric 107 Andrea Maida108 Robert Kościecha99 Aleš Dryml Jr. 810 Attila Stefáni 611 Joachim Kugelmann 512 Krzysztof Jabłoński 513 Matej Žagar 414 László Szatmári 315 Norbert Magosi 316 Walter Nebel 017 Adrian Rymel 018 Jernej Kolenko 0SF 16 June 2001 Mšeno Pos.RiderPoints1 Sebastian Ułamek 152 Tomasz Bajerski 113 Róbert Nagy114 Jacek Rempala 95 Armando Castagna 96 Andrej Korolew 97 Marián Jirout98 Antonín Kasper Jr.89 Sergej Darkin 810 Robbie Kessler 611 Sándor Tihanyi 512 Eduard Shaihullin 513 Izak Šantej 414 Jacek Krzyżaniak 415 Thomas Stadler 316 Steffen Mell 217 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.RiderPoints1 Sebastian Ułamek 132 Bohumil Brhel 123 Wiesław Jaguś124 Antonín Kasper Jr. 115 Damian Baliński 116 Tomasz Bajerski 107 Andrej Korolew108 Jacek Rempala89 Róbert Nagy 710 Armando Castagna 611 Robert Kościecha 612 Zlatko Krznaric 613 Marián Jirout 414 Andrea Maida 315 Michal Makovský 116 Alessandro Dalla Valle 0
Final Round GP Challenge 6 riders to 2002 Grand Prix 13 October 2001 Krško Pos.Riderpre-eventmain-eventsfFinal1 Greg Hancock x2, 3232 Nicki Pedersen x1, 3, 32 23 Scott Nicholls 0, 3, 33, 2314 Lukáš Dryml 3, 20, 3, 3305 Carl Stonehewer x2, 1, 2 1x6 Andy Smith x3, 31x7 Peter Karlsson x2, 2, 0x8 Piotr Protasiewicz x0, 2, 2 0x9 Chris Louis 2, 1, 33, 0, 1xx 10 Andreas Jonsson 1, 2, 22, 0, 1xx11 Sebastian Ułamek 3, 1, 23, 1, 0xx12 Sam Ermolenko 3, 31, 2, 0xx 13 Brian Andersen x1, 1x x14 Matej Ferjan x1, 1xx 15 Bohumil Brhel 2, 30, 0xx16 Stefan Andersson 3, 20, 0xx 17 Jason Lyons 1, 3, 1xxx18 Damian Baliński 2, 0, 1xxx19 Kai Laukkanen 2, 0, 0xxx20 Gary Havelock 0, 2, 0xxx21 Wiesław Jaguś 0, 1xxx22 Lars Gunnestad 1, 1xxx23 Sean Wilson 1, 0xxx24 Antonín Kasper Jr. 0, 0xxx
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