2023 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

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Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
Dates6 Jun to 20 Aug 2022
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The 2023 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge (held in 2022) was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the three riders that qualified for the 2023 Speedway Grand Prix. The series consisted of four qualifying rounds at Abensberg, Debrecen, Žarnovica and Nagyhalász and the Grand Prix Challenge at Glasgow. [1] Preliminary national qualification events included the 2021 American Final, [2] the Polish Golden Helmet [3] and the DMU qualifier. [4] [5]

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The three riders that qualified for the 2023 series were Kim Nilsson, Jack Holder and Max Fricke. Dan Bewley finished second in the Grand Prix Challenge, but he already qualified due to making the top six in the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix series.

In the final Anders Thomsen broke his leg in heat 14 but would later be selected as a permanent rider for the 2023 Speedway Grand Prix. [6]

Qualifying rounds

Round One

Pos.RiderPointsDetails
1 Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Thomsen 13+3(2,3,3,3,2)
2 Flag of Germany.svg Kai Huckenbeck 13+2(3,2,2,3,3)
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Fricke 12(3,2,1,3,3)
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Kim Nilsson 11+3(1,3,3,1,3)
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Holder 11+2(2,3,2,2,2)
6 Flag of Poland.svg Patryk Dudek 10(1,3,1,2,3)
7 Flag of France.svg Mathieu Trésarrieu 8(1,2,3,1,1)
8 Flag of Germany.svg Norick Blödorn 8(2,1,2,1,2)
9 Flag of Germany.svg Valentin Grobauer 7(3,0,0,3,1)
10 Flag of Austria.svg Dany Gappmaier 6(3,0,0,2,1)
11 Flag of Finland.svg Jesse Mustonen 6(2,1,3,0,0)
12 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Chlupáč 6(0,2,2,0,2)
13 Flag of the United States.svg Broc Nicol 5(0,1,1,2,1)
14 Flag of England.svg Adam Ellis 3(1,1,1,0,D)
15 Flag of Norway.svg Glenn Moi 1(0,0,0,1,0)
16 Flag of New Zealand.svg George Congreve 0(0,0,0,0,0)
Flag of Germany.svg Sandro Wasserman DNR

Round Two

Pos.RiderPointsDetails
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Holder 15(3,3,3,3,3)
2 Flag of Poland.svg Szymon Woźniak 13(3,2,3,3,2)
3 Flag of Latvia.svg Andžejs Ļebedevs 12(2,3,2,2,3)
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rohan Tungate 11+3(2,2,3,1,3)
5 Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Jepsen Jensen 11+2(3,2,1,3,2)
6 Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Smektała 9(3,3,0,0,3)
7 Flag of Germany.svg Erik Riss 8(2,1,2,3,D)
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Hynek Štichauer8(2,1,2,2,1)
9 Flag of Latvia.svg Oļegs Mihailovs 8(1,1,2,2,2)
10 Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Jakobsen 7(0,3,1,2,1)
11 Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas H. Jonasson 5(1,0,3,D,1)
12 Flag of Slovenia.svg Anže Grmek 4(1,0,1,0,2)
13 Flag of France.svg Steven Goret 4(1,2,W,1,0)
14 Flag of Hungary.svg Roland Kovacs 4(0,1,1,1,1)
15 Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Magosi1(0,0,0,1,0)
16 Flag of Romania.svg Andrei Popa 0(0,0,0,0,0)
17 Flag of Slovenia.svg Miran Praznik 0(-,-,0,-,-)
Flag of Hungary.svg Sándor Kónya DNR

Round Three

Pos.RiderPointsDetails
1 Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Vaculík 14(3,3,3,3,2)
2 Flag of England.svg Dan Bewley 13+3(2,2,3,3,3)
3 Flag of England.svg Robert Lambert 13+2(3,1,3,3,3)
4 Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Jensen 12(3,2,3,1,3)
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Ljung 11(1,3,2,2,3)
6 Flag of the United States.svg Luke Becker 10(2,3,2,2,1)
7 Flag of France.svg Dimitri Bergé 9(1,2,2,2,2)
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Kvěch 7(1,3,2,D,1)
9 Flag of Sweden.svg Jacob Thorssell 7(2,1,1,1,2)
10 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eduard Krčmář 6(3,0,1,1,1)
11 Flag of Slovenia.svg Matic Ivačič 5(0,1,1,3,0)
12 Flag of Latvia.svg Daniił Kołodinski 5(1,2,0,0,2)
13 Flag of Finland.svg Tero Aarnio 3(2,D,0,0,1)
14 Flag of the United States.svg Max Ruml 2(0,0,0,2,0)
15 Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Tessari 2(0,1,0,1,0)
16 Flag of Germany.svg Erik Bachhuber 1(0,0,1,0,0)
Flag of Slovakia.svg Jakub Valković DNR
Flag of Slovakia.svg Patrik Buri DNR

Round Four

Pos.RiderPointsDetails
1 Flag of Poland.svg Dominik Kubera 13+3(3,3,1,3,3)
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Oliver Berntzon 13+2(2,3,2,3,3)
3 Flag of France.svg David Bellego 12+3(2,2,3,3,2)
4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Milík 12+2(3,2,3,2,2)
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brady Kurtz 11(3,3,2,3,0)
6 Flag of Denmark.svg Patrick Hansen 10(2,2,1,2,3)
7 Flag of Slovenia.svg Nick Škorja 9(3,1,3,1,1)
8 Flag of England.svg Chris Harris 8(0,3,1,2,2)
9 Flag of Ukraine.svg Marko Levishyn 8(1,2,2,W,3)
10 Flag of Latvia.svg Jevgeņijs Kostigovs 7(1,1,3,0,2)
11 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Paco Castagna 7(2,1,2,1,1)
12 Flag of Germany.svg Lukas Fienhage 4(1,0,0,2,1)
13 Flag of Argentina.svg Coty Garcia 3(0,W,1,1,1)
14 Flag of Argentina.svg Cristian Zubillaga 2(1,0,0,1,0)
15 Flag of Hungary.svg Dennis Fazekas 1(T,1,0,0,0)
16 Flag of Hungary.svg Márk Bárány 0(0,0,0,0,0)
17 Flag of Hungary.svg Richard Fuzesi 1(0,-,-,-,-)

2022 Speedway Grand Prix Challenge

Grand Prix Challenge

Pos.RiderPointsDetails
1 Flag of Sweden.svg Kim Nilsson 13+3(2,3,2,3,3)
2 Flag of England.svg Dan Bewley 13+2(3,2,3,2,3)
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Holder 12+3(3,3,2,3,1)
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Fricke 12+2(2,2,3,2,3)
5 Flag of England.svg Robert Lambert 10(3,1,3,3,0)
6 Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Jensen 10(1,3,3,1,2)
7 Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Jepsen Jensen 9(0,1,2,3,3)
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rohan Tungate 7(1,3,1,2,0)
9 Flag of Latvia.svg Andžejs Ļebedevs 7(2,2,0,1,2)
10 Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Thomsen 5(3,D,2,W,-)
11 Flag of England.svg Connor Bailey 5(1,1,1,0,2)
12 Flag of England.svg Drew Kemp 5(1,1,0,2,1)
13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Holder 4(2,2,W,-,-)
14 Flag of France.svg David Bellego 3(0,0,1,1,1)
15 Flag of Poland.svg Dominik Kubera 3(1,0,1,0,1)
16 Flag of Poland.svg Szymon Woźniak 2(0,W,0,D,2)
17 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Milík 0(W,-,-,-,-)
DNR Flag of Sweden.svg Oliver Berntzon

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