2005 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

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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]

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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

Quarter-finals

32 riders to semi-finals

Semi-finals

16 riders from to GP Challenge

SF

Pos.RiderPoints
1Flag of Poland.svg POL Wiesław Jaguś 13
2Flag of Denmark.svg DEN Hans Andersen 12
3Flag of Sweden.svg SWE Antonio Lindbäck 12
4Flag of Poland.svg POL Tomasz Chrzanowski 11
5Flag of Denmark.svg DEN Niels Kristian Iversen 11
6Flag of Poland.svg POL Marcin Rempala 10
7Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE Bohumil Brhel 9
8Flag of Russia.svg RUS Roman Povazhny 7
9Flag of England.svg ENG Stuart Robson 7
10Flag of Poland.svg POL Jacek Rempala 7
11Flag of Hungary.svg HUN László Szatmári 6
12Flag of Italy.svg ITA Andrea Maida 5
13Flag of Slovenia.svg SVN Izak Šantej 3
14Flag of Sweden.svg SWE David Ruud 3
15Flag of England.svg ENG Chris Neath 3
16Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE Josef Franc 1

SF

Pos.RiderPoints
1Flag of Sweden.svg SWE Peter Karlsson 11+2+3
2Flag of Poland.svg POL Sebastian Ułamek 12+3+2
3Flag of Denmark.svg DEN Ronni Pedersen 8+2+1
4Flag of Poland.svg POL Damian Baliński 10+3+0
5Flag of Denmark.svg DEN Kenneth Bjerre 10+1
6Flag of England.svg ENG David Norris 9+1
7Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Craig Watson 12+0
8Flag of Sweden.svg SWE Stefan Andersson 8+0
9Flag of Sweden.svg SWE Niklas Klingberg 8
10Flag of England.svg ENG David Howe 7
11Flag of Sweden.svg SWE Stefan Dannö 7
12Flag of Slovenia.svg SVN Matej Ferjan 6
13Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE Lukáš Dryml 5
14Flag of Poland.svg POL Janusz Kołodziej 5
15Flag of the Netherlands.svg NED Theo Pijper 2
16Flag of Germany.svg GER 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

Pos.RiderTotalPointssemi-finalfinal
1Flag of Sweden.svg SWE Antonio Lindbäck 122, 3, 3, 2, 233
2Flag of Poland.svg POL Tomasz Chrzanowski 101, 2, 1, 3, 232
3Flag of Denmark.svg DEN Kenneth Bjerre 73, 0, 1, 0, 321
4Flag of Denmark.svg DEN Hans Andersen 143, 2, 3, 3, 32ef
5Flag of Sweden.svg SWE Stefan Andersson 80, 2, 2, 1, 31-
6Flag of Sweden.svg SWE Peter Karlsson 93, f, 0, 3, 31-
7Flag of Russia.svg RUS Roman Povazhny 103, 3, 2, x, 2exc-
8Flag of Poland.svg POL Damian Baliński 102, 1, 3, 2, 2ef-
9Flag of England.svg ENG David Norris 72, 1, 3, exc, 1--
10Flag of Poland.svg POL Marcin Rempała 70, 3, 1, 2, 1--
11Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE Bohumil Brhel 71, 1, 2, 3, 0--
12Flag of Denmark.svg DEN Niels Kristian Iversen 61, 3, 0, 1, 1--
13Flag of Sweden.svg SWE Niklas Klingberg 60, 2, 1, 2, 1--
14Flag of Poland.svg POL Wiesław Jaguś 42, exc, 2, 0, ef--
15Flag of Denmark.svg DEN Ronni Pedersen 31, 1, 0, 1, 0--
16Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Craig Watson 00, 0, ef, -, –--

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References

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