The 2001 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 2001 Speedway Grand Prix to join the other 10 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix.

The format was similar to the previous year, in that 2 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 10 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.

Peter Karlsson won the GP Challenge.

Format First Round - 6 riders from Sweden, 5 from Denmark, 3 from Norway, 2 from Finland to Scandinavian Final First Round - 27 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals First Round - 8 riders from British Final to Overseas Final First Round - 2 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final First Round - 1 rider from New Zealand Final to Overseas Final First Round - 3 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 - 11 riders from positions 11-21 from the 2000 Grand Prix, World U21 champion & host rider to GP Challenge Third Round - 1 rider from the Continental Final to 2001 Grand Prix and 4 to GP Challenge Third Round - 1 rider from the Intercontinental Final to 2001 Grand Prix and 7 to GP Challenge Final Round - 10 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2001 Grand Prix

First round Continental quarter finals

QF (30 Apr Terenzano)PosRider Points 1 Rafał Okoniewski 13+2 Adam Skórnicki 13+ 3 Andrea Maida124 Zlatko Krznaric 115 Alessandro Dalla Valle 96 Zoltán Adorján 97 Bohumil Brhel88 Lukáš Dryml79 Simone Terenzani 710 Aleš Dryml Jr. 711 László Szatmári 712 Rinat Mardanshin 613 Tolgat Galeev 314 Simone Tadiello 315 Stéphane Trésarrieu 216 Sebastien Trésarrieu 217 Eduard Shajkoulin 1

QF (14 May Pfaffenhofen)PosRider Points 1 Piotr Protasiewicz 152 Joachim Kugelmann 133 Grzegorz Walasek124 Róbert Nagy 115 Sergej Darkin 116 Mirko Wolter 97 Nikolaj Kokins88 Antonín Šváb Jr.89 Sergej Eroschin 710 Michal Makovský 711 Steffen Mell 612 Toni Pilotto 513 Attila Stefáni 514 Vladimir Voronkovs 215 Erik Eijbergen 116 Uilke Kooistra 017 Stefan Bachhuber 018 Herbert Rudolph 0

QF (14 May Krško) PosRider Points 1 Matej Ferjan 152 Robert Sawina 123 Armando Castagna104 Tomasz Bajerski 105 Izak Šantej 96 Piotr Świst 97 Adrian Rymel98 Tomas Sustersic89 Tomáš Topinka 810 Marián Jirout 811 Pavel Ondrašík 712 Stefano Alfonso 513 Thomas Stadler 414 Emiliano Sanchez 415 Vladimir Trofimov 116 Volodymyr Kolodij 1

Second round Overseas Final 8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final 8 riders to Intercontinental Final (18 June 2000 Elgane)PosRider Points 1 Rune Holta 132 Lars Gunnestad 133 Nicki Pedersen124 Stefan Andersson 115 Niklas Klingberg 106 John Jørgensen 97 Peter Nahlin98 Bjarne Pedersen99 Jesper B Jensen 910 Kai Laukkanen 711 Andreas Jonsson 612 Claes Ivarsson 413 Ronni Pedersen 314 Peter Ingvar Karlsson 315 Tomi Reima 116 Björn G Hansen 1

Continental semi finals Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final, Armando Castagna seeded to final SF 22 June 2000 Gdańsk Pos.RiderPoints1 Piotr Protasiewicz 112 Sebastian Ulamek 103 Krzysztof Jabłoński104 Antonín Šváb Jr. 85 Adam Skórnicki 76 Zoltán Adorján 67 Izak Šantej68 Nikolaj Kokins69 Adrian Rymel 610 Sergej Darkin 511 Mirko Wolter 512 Sergej Eroshin 513 Zlatko Krznaric 414 Tomáš Topinka 415 Andrea Maida 216 Michal Makovský 117 Sándor Tihanyi 0SF 22 June 2000 Olching Pos.RiderPoints1 Matej Ferjan 122 Robert Barth 113 Piotr Świst114 Róbert Nagy 115 Grzegorz Walasek 116 Bohumil Brhel 97 Joachim Kugelmann98 Tomasz Bajerski99 Alessandro Dalla Valle 710 Tomas Sustersic 611 Roman Povazhny 612 Rafał Okoniewski 613 Lukáš Dryml 614 Aleš Dryml Jr. 315 Armando Castagna 316 László Szatmári 017 Pavel Ondrašík 018 Steffen Mell 0

Third round 11 riders from positions 11-21 from the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix, World U21 champion & host rider to GP Challenge

Intercontinental Final 1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 7 riders to GP Challenge

Continental Final 1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 4 riders to GP Challenge 9 July 2000 Lonigo Pos.RiderPoints1 Matej Ferjan 142 Piotr Protasiewicz 143 Piotr Świst134 Sebastian Ułamek 115 Grzegorz Walasek 106 Krzysztof Jabłoński 107 Adam Skórnicki88 Bohumil Brhel79 Armando Castagna 710 Tomasz Bajerski 511 Róbert Nagy 512 Antonín Šváb Jr. 413 Izak Šantej 414 Robert Barth 315 Joachim Kugelmann 316 Zoltán Adorján 2

Final Round GP Challenge 10 riders to 2001 Grand Prix 8 October 2000 Abensberg Pos.Riderpre-eventmain-eventsfFinal1 Peter Karlsson x2, 2332 Carl Stonehewerx0, 3, 3323 Nicki Pedersen 1, 3, 33214 Rune Holta 3, 0, 21, 2, 3, 2205 Mikael Karlsson x3, 31x6 Piotr Protasiewicz 2, 0, 33, 1, 21x7 Jimmy Nilsen x2, 20x8 Joe Screen x0, 2, 30x9 Brian Andersen 3, 33, 1, 1xx10 Andy Smith 3, 22, 0, 1xx11 Henrik Gustafsson x2, 0, 0xx12 Grzegorz Walasek 2, 31, 3, 0xx13 Antonín Kasper Jr. x0, 1xx14 Rafał Dobrucki x1, 1xx15 Sebastian Ułamek 2, 20xx16 Gary Havelock 1, 3, 21, 0xx17 Piotr Świst 3, 1, 1xxx18 Steve Johnston 0, 2, 1xxx19 Brian Karger 2, 1, 0xxx20 John Jørgensen 0, 2, 0xxx21 Jesper B Jensen 0, 1xxx22 Andreas Jonsson 0, 1xxx23 Jason Lyons 1, 0xxx24 Robert Barth 1, 0xxx

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