Speedway Grand Prix Challenge
Current season2027 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
Sportmotorcycle speedway
Founded1995
ChampionDominik Kubera

The Speedway Grand Prix Challenge or Speedway Grand Prix Qualification is an annual speedway qualifying tournament to determine the qualifiers for the Speedway Grand Prix, which is the World Championship of speedway.[1]

History

From 1995 the Individual World Championship was replaced by the Grand Prix system. The 17 qualifiers for the 1995 Grand Prix were the top 10 from the 1994 World final, 5 seeds and 2 wildcards.[2]

From 1996, the leading riders from each Grand Prix series would automatically qualifying for the following year's event. The remaining places would be filled by the leading riders in the Challenge event and qualifiers from both the Continental Speedway Final and Intercontinental Final.[3] However, the latter two finals would come to end in 2000 and 2001 respectively.

Format and winners

YearFormatWinnerOther qualifiers
19968 to qualifyLeigh Adams[4]Marvyn Cox, Peter Karlsson, Tommy Knudsen, Joe Screen, Gary Havelock, Craig Boyce, Andy Smith
19974 to qualifySimon Wigg[5][6]Leigh Adams, Mikael Karlsson, Andy Smith
19984 to qualifyPiotr Protasiewicz[7]Stefan Dannö, Leigh Adams, Craig Boyce
19998 to qualifyLeigh Adams[8]Brian Andersen, Henrik Gustafsson, Andy Smith, Stefan Dannö, Mikael Karlsson, Joe Screen, John Jørgensen
200010 to qualifyBilly Hamill[9]Mikael Karlsson, Carl Stonehewer, Brian Karger, Henrik Gustafsson, Mark Loram, Andy Smith, Antonín Kasper Jr., Peter Karlsson, Brian Andersen
200110 to qualifyPeter Karlsson[10]Carl Stonehewer, Nicki Pedersen, Rune Holta, Mikael Karlsson, Piotr Protasiewicz, Jimmy Nilsen, Joe Screen, Brian Andersen, Andy Smith
20026 to qualifyGreg Hancock[11]Nicki Pedersen, Scott Nicholls, Lukáš Dryml, Carl Stonehewer, Andy Smith
20036 to qualifyLee Richardson[12]Bohumil Brhel, Piotr Protasiewicz, Lukáš Dryml, Bjarne Pedersen, Tomasz Bajerski
20046 to qualifyPiotr Protasiewicz[13]Bohumil Brhel, Bjarne Pedersen, Kai Laukkanen, Aleš Dryml Jr., Jesper B Jensen
20052 to qualifyAntonio Lindbäck[14]Tomasz Chrzanowski
2006No qualifying
20073 to qualifyWiesław Jaguś[15]Rune Holta, Hans Andersen
20083 to qualifyNiels Kristian IversenLukáš Dryml, Bjarne Pedersen
20093 to qualifyKenneth BjerreGrzegorz Walasek, Sebastian Ułamek
20103 to qualifyMagnus ZetterströmChris Holder, Jarosław Hampel
20113 to qualifyArtem LagutaAntonio Lindbäck, Fredrik Lindgren
20123 to qualifyAntonio LindbäckBjarne Pedersen, Piotr Protasiewicz
20133 to qualifyKrzysztof KasprzakMatej Žagar, Niels-Kristian Iversen
20143 to qualifyNiels-Kristian Iversen+Krzysztof Kasprzak, Kenneth Bjerre, Martin Smolinski
20153 to qualifyMatej Žagar+Jason Doyle, Chris Harris, Maciej Janowski
20163 to qualifyBartosz ZmarzlikPiotr Pawlicki Jr., Chris Harris
20173 to qualifyPatryk DudekMartin Vaculík, Fredrik Lindgren
20183 to qualifyPrzemysław PawlickiArtem Laguta, Craig Cook
20193 to qualifyJanusz KołodziejNiels-Kristian Iversen, Antonio Lindbäck
20203 to qualifyMatej ŽagarNiels-Kristian Iversen, Max Fricke
20213 to qualifyMatej ŽagarOliver Berntzon, Krzysztof Kasprzak
20223 to qualifyPaweł PrzedpełskiMax Fricke, Patryk Dudek
20233 to qualifyKim NilssonJack Holder, Max Fricke
20243 to qualifyJason DoyleMartin Vaculik+, Szymon Woźniak, Jan Kvěch
20254 to qualify[16]Brady KurtzAnders Thomsen, Dominik Kubera, Max Fricke
20264 to qualifyDominik KuberaKacper Woryna, Leon Madsen, Andžejs Ļebedevs+, Michael Jepsen Jensen
20274 to qualify

+ Already qualified for the Grand Prix series

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rules". FIM. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Unfancied Swede gets a taste of big night". Birmingham Daily Post. 22 August 1994. Retrieved 5 January 2023. – via British Newspaper Archive
  3. ^ "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  4. ^ "1995 Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  5. ^ "1996 Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Karlsson wins GP berth". Birmingham Daily Post. 7 October 1996. Retrieved 20 January 2023. – via British Newspaper Archive
  7. ^ "1997 Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  8. ^ "1998 Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  9. ^ "1999 Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  10. ^ "2000 Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  11. ^ "2001 Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  12. ^ "2002 Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  13. ^ "2003 Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  14. ^ "2004". Speedway Info. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  15. ^ "2006". Speedway Info. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  16. ^ "Four 2025 Speedway GP Places on the line at FIM SGP Challenge". FIM. Retrieved 26 January 2024.