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.

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.

Antonio Lindbäck won the GP Challenge.

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 Terenzano)PosRider Points 1 Wiesław Jaguś 10+3+32 Sebastian Ułamek 15+3+23 Niels Kristian Iversen13+2+14 David Norris 9+2+05 Stuart Robson 9+16 Ronni Pedersen 8+17 Lukáš Dryml10+0 8 Aleš Dryml Jr.9+09 Simone Terenzani 610 Jernej Kolenko 511 Krzysztof Słaboń 512 Tommy Reima 513 Kai Laukkanen 414 Christian Hefenbrock 215 Mirko Wolter 216 Paolo Salvatelli 1

QF (9 May 2004 Zielona Góra)PosRider Points 1 Jarosław Hampel 12+2+32 Antonio Lindbäck 9+3+23 Janusz Kołodziej11+2+14 Stefan Andersson 10+3+05 Hans Andersen 12+16 Sergej Darkin 10+17 Jacek Rempala12+08 Damian Baliński8+09 Mark Lemon 810 Renat Gafurov 811 Leigh Lanham 712 Henning Bager 613 Chris Harris 314 Kjasts Puodžuks 215 Rune Sola 216 Mike Bjerk 0

QF (9 May 2004 Krško)PosRider Points 1 Matej Žagar 15+2+32 Niklas Klingberg 11+3+23 David Ruud11+3+14 Theo Pijper 7+2+05 Matej Ferjan 11+16 Chris Neath 11+17 Izak Šantej11+08 Peter Ljung 10+09 Ryan Fisher 710 Denis Stoys 611 Henrik Møller 512 Oliver Allen 313 Primož Legan 214 Ivan Vargek 215 Thomas Stange 216 Brian Lyngsö 117 Christoph Martin 1

QF (22 May 2004 Slaný)PosRider Points 1 Antonín Šváb Jr. 9+3+32 Tomasz Chrzanowski 14+3+23 Stefan Dannö11+2+14 László Szatmári 8+2+05 Mathias Schultz 12+16 Josef Franc 9+17 Craig Watson13+08 Tomáš Topinka9+09 Sławomir Drabik 810 Fritz Wallner 811 Joachim Kugelmann 612 Niklas Aspgren 413 Pavel Ondrašík 314 Manuel Hauzinger 115 Zsolt Bencze 116 Eddie Turksema 017 Tomáš Suchánek 0

Semi-finals 16 riders from to GP Challenge SF 5 June 2004 Lonigo Pos.RiderPoints1 Wiesław Jaguś 132 Hans Andersen 123 Antonio Lindbäck124 Tomasz Chrzanowski 115 Niels Kristian Iversen 116 Marcin Rempala 107 Bohumil Brhel98 Roman Povazhny79 Stuart Robson 710 Jacek Rempala 711 László Szatmári 612 Andrea Maida 513 Izak Šantej 314 David Ruud 315 Chris Neath 316 Josef Franc 1SF 20 June 2004 Heusden-Zolder Pos.RiderPoints1 Peter Karlsson 11+2+32 Sebastian Ułamek 12+3+23 Ronni Pedersen8+2+14 Damian Baliński 10+3+05 Kenneth Bjerre 10+16 David Norris 9+17 Craig Watson12+08 Stefan Andersson8+09 Niklas Klingberg 810 David Howe 711 Stefan Dannö 712 Matej Ferjan 613 Lukáš Dryml 514 Janusz Kołodziej 515 Theo Pijper 216 Mathias Schultz 0

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 14 August 2004 Vojens Pos.RiderTotalPointssemi-finalfinal1 Antonio Lindbäck 122, 3, 3, 2, 2332 Tomasz Chrzanowski 101, 2, 1, 3, 2 323 Kenneth Bjerre 73, 0, 1, 0, 3214 Hans Andersen 143, 2, 3, 3, 32ef5 Stefan Andersson 80, 2, 2, 1, 31- 6 Peter Karlsson 9 3, f, 0, 3, 31-7 Roman Povazhny 103, 3, 2, x, 2exc-8 Damian Baliński 102, 1, 3, 2, 2ef-9 David Norris 72, 1, 3, exc, 1--10 Marcin Rempała 70, 3, 1, 2, 1--11 Bohumil Brhel 71, 1, 2, 3, 0--12 Niels Kristian Iversen 61, 3, 0, 1, 1--13 Niklas Klingberg 60, 2, 1, 2, 1--14 Wiesław Jaguś 42, exc, 2, 0, ef--15 Ronni Pedersen 31, 1, 0, 1, 0--16 Craig Watson 00, 0, ef, -, – --

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