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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]

2005 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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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 edit

  • 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 edit

32 riders to semi-finals

Semi-finals edit

16 riders from to GP Challenge

SF

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

SF

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

Final Round edit

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 edit

2 riders to 2005 Grand Prix

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

References edit

  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.
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