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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 Italy Terenzano) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Rider | Points | |||
| 1 | Wiesław Jaguś | 10+3+3 | |||
| 2 | Sebastian Ułamek | 15+3+2 | |||
| 3 | Niels Kristian Iversen | 13+2+1 | |||
| 4 | David Norris | 9+2+0 | |||
| 5 | Stuart Robson | 9+1 | |||
| 6 | Ronni Pedersen | 8+1 | |||
| 7 | Lukáš Dryml | 10+0 | |||
| 8 | Aleš Dryml Jr. | 9+0 | |||
| 9 | Simone Terenzani | 6 | |||
| 10 | Jernej Kolenko | 5 | |||
| 11 | Krzysztof Słaboń | 5 | |||
| 12 | Tommy Reima | 5 | |||
| 13 | Kai Laukkanen | 4 | |||
| 14 | Christian Hefenbrock | 2 | |||
| 15 | Mirko Wolter | 2 | |||
| 16 | Paolo Salvatelli | 1 | |||
| QF (9 May 2004 Poland Zielona Góra) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Rider | Points | |||
| 1 | Jarosław Hampel | 12+2+3 | |||
| 2 | Antonio Lindbäck | 9+3+2 | |||
| 3 | Janusz Kołodziej | 11+2+1 | |||
| 4 | Stefan Andersson | 10+3+0 | |||
| 5 | Hans Andersen | 12+1 | |||
| 6 | Sergej Darkin | 10+1 | |||
| 7 | Jacek Rempala | 12+0 | |||
| 8 | Damian Baliński | 8+0 | |||
| 9 | Mark Lemon | 8 | |||
| 10 | Renat Gafurov | 8 | |||
| 11 | Leigh Lanham | 7 | |||
| 12 | Henning Bager | 6 | |||
| 13 | Chris Harris | 3 | |||
| 14 | Kjasts Puodžuks | 2 | |||
| 15 | Rune Sola | 2 | |||
| 16 | Mike Bjerk | 0 | |||
| QF (9 May 2004 Slovenia Krško) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Rider | Points | |||
| 1 | Matej Žagar | 15+2+3 | |||
| 2 | Niklas Klingberg | 11+3+2 | |||
| 3 | David Ruud | 11+3+1 | |||
| 4 | Theo Pijper | 7+2+0 | |||
| 5 | Matej Ferjan | 11+1 | |||
| 6 | Chris Neath | 11+1 | |||
| 7 | Izak Šantej | 11+0 | |||
| 8 | Peter Ljung | 10+0 | |||
| 9 | Ryan Fisher | 7 | |||
| 10 | Denis Stoys | 6 | |||
| 11 | Henrik Møller | 5 | |||
| 12 | Oliver Allen | 3 | |||
| 13 | Primož Legan | 2 | |||
| 14 | Ivan Vargek | 2 | |||
| 15 | Thomas Stange | 2 | |||
| 16 | Brian Lyngsö | 1 | |||
| 17 | Christoph Martin | 1 | |||
| QF (22 May 2004 Czech Republic Slaný) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Rider | Points | |||
| 1 | Antonín Šváb Jr. | 9+3+3 | |||
| 2 | Tomasz Chrzanowski | 14+3+2 | |||
| 3 | Stefan Dannö | 11+2+1 | |||
| 4 | László Szatmári | 8+2+0 | |||
| 5 | Mathias Schultz | 12+1 | |||
| 6 | Josef Franc | 9+1 | |||
| 7 | Craig Watson | 13+0 | |||
| 8 | Tomáš Topinka | 9+0 | |||
| 9 | Sławomir Drabik | 8 | |||
| 10 | Fritz Wallner | 8 | |||
| 11 | Joachim Kugelmann | 6 | |||
| 12 | Niklas Aspgren | 4 | |||
| 13 | Pavel Ondrašík | 3 | |||
| 14 | Manuel Hauzinger | 1 | |||
| 15 | Zsolt Bencze | 1 | |||
| 16 | Eddie Turksema | 0 | |||
| 17 | Tomáš Suchánek | 0 | |||
Semi-finals
16 riders from to GP Challenge
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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 | 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
- ^ "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995–2013 Speedway Grand Prix – Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ "Craig Watson 2005 hopes". US Motorsport. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ "2004 Grand Prix Challenge". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 8 January 2023.