2001 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2001 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
Information
Date9 June 2001
City Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cardiff
Event2 of 6 (38)
Referee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Steele
Stadium details
Stadium Millennium Stadium
Length3,877 m (4,240 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Nilsen
58,33 secs 
Gold medal icon.svg Winner Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rickardsson
Silver medal icon.svg Runner-up Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump
Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd place Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Gollob

The 2001 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the second race of the 2001 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 9 June in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales [1]

Contents

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Martin Dugard and Scott Nicholls as Wild Card. Injured Joe Screen and Peter Karlsson were replaced by Henrik Gustafsson and Grzegorz Walasek.

1.Flag of Poland.svg  POL (7) Tomasz Gollob
2.Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN (13) Nicki Pedersen
3.Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE (3) Tony Rickardsson
4.Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE (11) Peter KarlssonFlag of Poland.svg  POL (26) Grzegorz Walasek
5.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS (8) Todd Wiltshire
6.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS (6) Leigh Adams
7.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS (9) Ryan Sullivan
8.Flag of the United States.svg  USA (5) Greg Hancock
9.Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN (19) Brian Andersen
10.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR (12) Carl Stonehewer
11.Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN (22) Matej Ferjan
12.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR (1) Mark Loram
13.Flag of the United States.svg  USA (2) Billy Hamill
14.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS (4) Jason Crump
15.Flag of Poland.svg  POL (16) Piotr Protasiewicz
16.Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE (21) Niklas Klingberg
17.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR (10) Chris Louis
18.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR (20) Andy Smith
19.Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE (15) Mikael Karlsson
20.Flag of Norway.svg  NOR (14) Rune Holta
21.Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE (17) Jimmy Nilsen
22.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR (18) Joe ScreenFlag of Sweden.svg  SWE (25) Henrik Gustafsson
23.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR (23) Martin Dugard
24.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR (24) Scott Nicholls

Heat details

PlacingDrawRiderTotalPre-Main EventMain EventFinal Event
Round 1Round 2Round 1Round 21/2CFF
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13 Flag of Sweden.svg (3) Tony Rickardsson 251221
214 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (4) Jason Crump 201124R212
31 Flag of Poland.svg (7) Tomasz Gollob 181113
416 Flag of Sweden.svg (21) Niklas Klingberg 1632242124
57 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (9) Ryan Sullivan 1542131
65 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (8) Todd Wiltshire 14124X2
721 Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Jimmy Nilsen 12111143
84 Flag of Poland.svg (26) Grzegorz Walasek 1024F234
912 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (1) Mark Loram 82223Fx3
106 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (6) Leigh Adams 8313
112 Flag of Denmark.svg (13) Nicki Pedersen 7234
1211 Flag of Slovenia.svg (22) Matej Ferjan 7411414
138 Flag of the United States.svg (5) Greg Hancock 633
1415 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Piotr Protasiewicz 632233
1510 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (12) Carl Stonehewer 514X134
169 Flag of Denmark.svg (19) Brian Andersen 52244
PlacingDrawRiderTotal123456789101112131415161718192021222324
1723 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (23) Martin Dugard 424R3
1824 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (24) Scott Nicholls 413R
1913 Flag of the United States.svg (2) Billy Hamill 34X14X
2022 Flag of Sweden.svg (25) Henrik Gustafsson 3234
2120 Flag of Norway.svg (14) Rune Holta 233
2219 Flag of Sweden.svg (15) Mikael Karlsson 233
2317 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (10) Chris Louis 144
2418 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (20) Andy Smith 144
Heats 1-10: Pre-Main Event
1-4: First round
5-6: Last chance for second round
7-8: Second round
9-10: Last chance Main Event
Heats 11-20: Main Event
11-14: First round
15-16: Last chance for second round
17-18: Second round
19-20: Last chance for Semi-Finals
Heats 21-24: Final Event
21-22: Semi-Finals
23: Consolation Final
24: The Big Final
gate A – insidegate Bgate Cgate D – outside

Standings

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos.RiderPoints GER
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GBR
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DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg
CZE
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POL
Flag of Poland.svg
SWE
Flag of Sweden.svg
1 Flag of Poland.svg (7) Tomasz Gollob 432518    
2 Flag of Sweden.svg (3) Tony Rickardsson 411625    
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (8) Todd Wiltshire 281414    
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (4) Jason Crump 25520    
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (9) Ryan Sullivan 251015    
6 Flag of Denmark.svg (13) Nicki Pedersen 25187    
7 Flag of Sweden.svg (25) Henrik Gustafsson 23203    
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (6) Leigh Adams 20128    
9 Flag of Sweden.svg (21) Niklas Klingberg 20416    
10 Flag of Sweden.svg (11) Peter Karlsson 1515    
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (1) Mark Loram 1468    
12 Flag of the United States.svg (5) Greg Hancock 1486    
13 Flag of Slovenia.svg (22) Matej Ferjan 1477    
14 Flag of Sweden.svg (17) Jimmy Nilsen 13112    
15 Flag of Denmark.svg (19) Brian Andersen 1385    
16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (12) Carl Stonehewer 1275    
17 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Piotr Protasiewicz 1046    
18 Flag of Poland.svg (26) Grzegorz Walasek 1010    
19 Flag of the United States.svg (2) Billy Hamill 853    
20 Flag of Germany.svg (23) Robert Barth 66     
21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (10) Chris Louis 431    
22 Flag of Sweden.svg (15) Mikael Karlsson 422    
23 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (20) Andy Smith 431    
24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (23) Martin Dugard 44    
25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (24) Scott Nicholls 44    
27 Flag of Norway.svg (14) Rune Holta 312    
26 Flag of Germany.svg (24) Mirko Wolter 22     
Rider(s) not classified
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (18) Joe Screen     
Pos. RiderPoints GER
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GBR
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DEN
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CZE
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POL
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SWE
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References

  1. world.speedway.org Archived 2001-05-12 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 2009-12-04.