2003 Speedway Grand Prix
2003 Speedway Grand Prix | |
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Season details | |
Dates | 17 May - 4 October |
Events | 9 |
Cities | 9 |
Countries | 7 |
Riders | 22 permanents 2 wild card(s) |
Heats | 225 + 3 canceled (in 9 events) |
Winners | |
Champion | DEN Nicki Pedersen |
Runner-up | AUS Jason Crump |
3rd place | SWE Tony Rickardsson |
The 2003 Speedway Grand Prix was the 58th edition of the official World Championship[1] [2] [3] and the ninth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion. The world title was won by Nicki Pedersen of Denmark.[4]
Event format
[edit ]The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes. The eight best would be directly qualified for the "Main Event", while the sixteen others would be knocked out if they finished out of the top two in 4-man heats on two occasions - while they would go through if they finished inside the top two on two occasions. This resulted in 10 heats, where eight proceeded to the Main Event, where exactly the same system was applied to give eight riders to a semi-final.
The semi-finals were then two heats of four, where the top two qualified for a final - there was no consolation final. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with 5th and 6th place getting 13, 7th and 8th 11, and after that 8, 8, 7, 7, etc. Places after 8th place were awarded according to the time a rider was knocked out and, secondly, according to position in the last heat he rode in.
Qualification for Grand Prix
[edit ]The 2003 season had 22 permanent riders and two wild cards at each event. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below.
2003 event schedule and winners
[edit ]Calendar
Date | Grand Prix | Venue | Winner | Result |
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17 May | Europe Europe | Stadion Śląski, Chorzów | Tony Rickardsson Sweden | 2003 European GP [5] |
31 May | Sweden Sweden | Stadion Brovalla, Avesta | Ryan Sullivan Australia | 2003 Swedish GP [6] |
14 June | United Kingdom Great Britain | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | Nicki Pedersen Denmark | 2003 British GP [7] |
28 June | Denmark Denmark | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen | Jason Crump Australia | 2003 Danish GP [8] |
12 July | Slovenia Slovenia | Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško | Leigh Adams Australia | 2003 Slovenian GP [9] |
30 August | Kalmar Union Scandinavia | Ullevi, Gothenburg | Ryan Sullivan Australia | 2003 Scandinavian GP [10] |
6 September | Czech Republic Czech Republic | Markéta Stadium, Prague | Jason Crump Australia | 2003 Czech Republic GP [11] |
20 September | Poland Poland | Polonia Stadium, Bydgoszcz | Tomasz Gollob Poland | 2003 Polish GP [12] |
4 October | Norway Norway | Vikingskipet, Hamar | Greg Hancock United States | 2003 Norwegian GP [13] |
Final 2003 standings
Pos | Rider | Total | EUR | SWE | GBR | DEN | SVN | SCA | CZE | POL | NOR |
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1 | Denmark Nicki Pedersen | 152 | 20 | 8 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
2 | Australia Jason Crump | 144 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 20 | 11 |
3 | Sweden Tony Rickardsson | 127 | 25 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 6 |
4 | Australia Leigh Adams | 126 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
5 | United States Greg Hancock | 121 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 25 |
6 | Poland Tomasz Gollob | 111 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 11 |
7 | England Scott Nicholls | 102 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 13 |
8 | Norway /Poland Rune Holta | 98 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 13 |
9 | Australia Ryan Sullivan | 94 | 6 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
10 | Sweden Andreas Jonsson | 76 | - | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 16 |
11 | Poland Piotr Protasiewicz | 63 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 5 |
12 | Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml | 58 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
13 | Sweden Mikael Max | 52 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
14 | Denmark Bjarne Pedersen | 51 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | - | 3 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
15 | Poland Tomasz Bajerski | 51 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
16 | England Lee Richardson | 45 | 7 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 8 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
17 | Denmark Hans Andersen | 41 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | 6 | 6 |
18 | England Mark Loram | 32 | 5 | - | - | - | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
19 | Australia Todd Wiltshire | 30 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
20 | Australia Jason Lyons | 29 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
21 | Sweden Peter Karlsson | 28 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | - | 2 | 4 | 2 |
22 | Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
23 | Denmark Ronni Pedersen | 23 | - | 4 | 6 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 8 |
24 | Poland Krzysztof Cegielski | 15 | 8 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
25 | Poland Jarosław Hampel | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - |
26 | Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - |
27 | England David Howe | 8 | - | - | 2 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - |
28 | Sweden Peter Ljung | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - |
29 | Russia Roman Povazhny | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
30 | Slovenia Matej Žagar | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - |
31 | Norway Lars Gunnestad | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
32 | Sweden David Ruud | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
33 | Denmark Charlie Gjedde | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
34 | Poland Sebastian Ułamek | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
35 | Slovenia Izak Šantej | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - |
36 | Czech Republic Aleš Dryml, Jr. | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - |
37 | Poland Rafał Kurmański | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
38 | England Simon Stead | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
39 | Poland Robert Dados | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
40 | Finland Joonas Kylmäkorpi | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
41 | Poland Rafał Szombierski | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
42 | Hungary Sándor Tihanyi | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
43 | Denmark Jesper B. Jensen | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
44 | Sweden Magnus Zetterström | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
45 | Czech Republic Josef Franc | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
46 | England Chris Harris | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
47 | Slovenia Denis Štojs | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
External links
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Grand Prix of Norway - Nicki is new world champ". Crash.net. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.