2004 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2004 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 6 riders that would qualify for the 2004 Speedway Grand Prix to join the other 16 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 2003 Speedway Grand Prix.

2004 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The system introduced the previous year, that of four quarter finals and two semi finals was retained and only 6 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.

Piotr Protasiewicz won the GP Challenge.

Format

• First Round (64 riders qualifying from respective national championships)
• Quarter finals - 32 riders to semi finals
• Semi finals - 16 riders to GP Challenge
• Final Round - 6 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2004 Grand Prix

Quarter finals

32 riders to semi finals (Andrea Maida & Jarosław Hampel seeded to sf)

QF (26 April 2003 Lonigo)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Lee Richardson	13
2	Billy Janniro	13
3	Ryan Fisher	11
4	Tomáš Topinka	11
5	Piotr Protasiewicz	11
6	Sebastian Ułamek	10
7	Theo Pijper	10
8	Matej Žagar	10
9	Sebastien Trésarrieu	7
10	Joachim Kügelmann	6
11	Mirko Wolter	6
12	Scott Smith	4
13	Jernej Kolenko	4
14	Simone Terenzani	3
15	Christian Miotello	1
16	Marko Vlah	0

QF (1 May 2003 Debrecen)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Peter Karlsson	13
2	Rafał Dobrucki	13
3	Jesper B. Jensen	12
4	Attila Stefáni	11
5	David Howe	11
6	Sándor Tihanyi	10
7	Sergej Darkin	9
8	Jacek Rempala	8
9	László Szatmári	8
10	Oleg Kurguskin	8
11	Josef Franc	5
12	Norbert Magosi	4
13	Ronni Pedersen	4
14	Izak Šantej	3
15	Manuel Hauzinger	1
16	Tomáš Suchánek	0

QF (3 May 2003 Elgane)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Grzegorz Walasek	13
2	Bjarne Pedersen	12
3	David Ruud	12
4	Charlie Gjedde	11
5	Stefan Andersson	10
6	Kai Laukkanen	9
7	Hans Andersen	9
8	Peter Ingvar Karlsson	9
9	Brent Werner	9
10	Chris Harris	8
11	Björn Hansen	8
12	Oliver Allen	4
13	Sam Taylor	3
14	Mikke Bjerk	2
15	Carl Johan Raugstad	1
16	Remi Ueland	0

QF (8 June 2003 Heusden-Zolder)
Pos	Rider	Points
1	Lukáš Dryml	12
2	Bohumil Brhel	12
3	Aleš Dryml Jr.	11
4	Chris Slabon	11
5	Peter Ljung	11
6	Joonas Kylmäkorpi	10
7	Roman Povazhny	8
8	Simon Stead	8
9	Kenneth Bjerre	7
10	Mathias Schultz	7
11	Mark Lemon	6
12	Magnus Zetterström	6
13	Craig Watson	5
14	Leigh Lanham	3
15	Henk Bos	2
16	Warren Meier	0

Semi finals

16 riders from to GP Challenge

SF 21 June 2003 Terenzano Pos. Rider Points 1 Peter Karlsson 13 2 David Howe 13 3 Billy Janniro 12 4 Aleš Dryml Jr. 10 5 Piotr Protasiewicz 9 6 Tomáš Topinka 9 7 Theo Pijper 8 8 Charlie Gjedde 8 9 Matej Žagar 7 10 Chris Slabon 6 11 Peter Ljung 6 12 László Szatmári (R) 4 13 Grzegorz Walasek 4 14 Jacek Rempala 4 15 David Ruud 3 16 Andrea Maida 3 17 Sándor Tihanyi 0

SF 22 June 2003 Rybnik Pos. Rider Points 1 Roman Povazhny 12 2 Jesper B. Jensen 12 3 Bjarne Pedersen 12 4 Bohumil Brhel 11 5 Rafał Dobrucki 10 6 Lukáš Dryml 10 7 Kai Laukkanen 10 8 Sebastian Ułamek 8 9 Joonas Kylmäkorpi 7 10 Sergej Darkin 6 11 Peter Ingvar Karlsson 5 12 Jarosław Hampel 5 13 Attila Stefáni 4 14 Simon Stead (R) 3 15 Ryan Fisher 2 16 Lee Richardson 1 17 Stefan Andersson 2 18 Brent Werner (R) 1

Final Round

GP Challenge

6 riders to 2004 Grand Prix

• 17 August 2003 Poole

Pos.	Rider	Total	Points
1	Piotr Protasiewicz	14	2, 3, 3, 3, 3
2	Bohumil Brhel	13	3, 3, 2, 2, 3
3	Bjarne Pedersen	12	2, 2, 2, 3, 3
4	Kai Laukkanen	11	3, 3, 1, 2, 2
5	Aleš Dryml Jr.	10	exc, 3, 3, 3, 1
6	Jesper B. Jensen	9	1, ef, 3, 3, 2
7	Joonas Kylmäkorpi	7	3, 2, 0, 1, 1
8	Simon Stead (R)	6	1, 0, 3, 2, exc
9	Rafał Dobrucki	6	3, 0, 1, 1, 1
10	Billy Janniro	6	2, 2, 1, 1, 0
11	Roman Povazhny	5	exc, 1, 0, 1, 3
12	Charlie Gjedde	5	0, 1, 0, 2, 2
13	Tomáš Topinka	5	2, 2, 1, 0, x
14	Matej Žagar (R)	5	1, -, 2, x, 2
15	Sebastian Ułamek	4	1, 1, 2, f, exc
16	Theo Pijper	1	0, 0, 0, 0, 1
17	Peter Karlsson	0	ef, -, -, -, -
18	Lukáš Dryml	-	dns+

+broke his leg and was unable to compete further