# 2003 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2003 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 2003 Speedway Grand Prix to join the other 16 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 2002 Speedway Grand Prix.
Only 6 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge once again but there was a major change in the lead up to the GP Challenge with a new qualifying format of 4 quarter finals and 2 semi finals. The Intercontinental Final, Continental Final, Overseas Final and Scandinavian Finals were all scrapped.
Lee Richardson won the GP Challenge.

## Format

* First Round (7 riders from Poland to quarter final, 6 from Sweden & Great Britain, 5 from Denmark & Czech Republic, 4 from Australia & Germany, 3 riders from United States, Hungary, Italy, Russia & Slovenia, 2 from Norway, Finland, Latvia, 1 rider each from Austria, Canada, Croatia, France, Netherlands and Ukraine)
* Quarter finals - 32 riders to semi finals
* Semi finals - 16 riders to GP Challenge
* Final Round - 6 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2003 Grand Prix

## Quarter finals

32 riders to semi finals
QF (27 April 2002 Lonigo) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Peter Karlsson | 14 |
| 2 | Piotr Protasiewicz | 13 |
| 3 | Robert Dados | 12 |
| 4 | Ryan Fisher | 12 |
| 5 | Steve Johnston | 11 |
| 6 | David Howe | 11 |
| 7 | Lukáš Dryml | 9 |
| 8 | Róbert Nagy | 7 |
| 9 | Andrea Maida | 6 |
| 10 | Josef Franc | 5 |
| 11 | Simon Stead | 4 |
| 12 | Eduard Shaihullin | 4 |
| 13 | Christian Miotello (R) | 4 |
| 14 | Jörg Pingel | 4 |
| 15 | Simone Terenzani | 2 |
| 16 | Alessandro Milanese (R) | 0 |
| 17 | Stéphane Trésarrieu | 0 |
| 17 | Sandor Lakatos | 0 |
QF (12 May 2002 Pfaffenhofen) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Hans Andersen | 12 |
| 2 | Bjarne Pedersen | 12 |
| 3 | Roman Povazhny | 11 |
| 4 | Sergej Darkin | 9 |
| 5 | Dean Barker | 8 |
| 6 | Bohumil Brhel | 8 |
| 7 | Rafał Okoniewski | 8 |
| 8 | Paul Hurry | 8 |
| 9 | Joachim Kugelmann | 8 |
| 10 | Zlato Krznaric | 8 |
| 11 | Matthias Kröger | 7 |
| 12 | Tomáš Topinka | 7 |
| 13 | Björn G Hansen | 5 |
| 14 | Mirko Wolter | 5 |
| 15 | Manuel Hauzinger | 2 |
| 16 | Herbert Rudolph (R) | 1 |
| 17 | Jim Groen | 0 |
QF (18 May 2002 Ljubljana) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Charlie Gjedde | 14 |
| 2 | Tomasz Bajerski | 12 |
| 3 | Attila Stefáni | 10 |
| 4 | Matej Žagar | 10 |
| 5 | Craig Watson | 10 |
| 6 | Aleš Dryml Jr. | 10 |
| 7 | Peter I Karlsson | 9 |
| 8 | Brent Werner | 8 |
| 9 | Jarosław Hampel | 7 |
| 10 | Anders Henriksson | 6 |
| 11 | Izak Šantej | 5 |
| 12 | Mark Lemon | 5 |
| 13 | Niels Kristian Iversen | 5 |
| 14 | Norbert Magosi | 3 |
| 15 | Chris Slabon | 3 |
| 16 | Joonas Kylmäkorpi | 2 |
QF (24 May 2002 Vetlanda) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Lee Richardson | 11 |
| 2 | Stefan Dannö | 10 |
| 3 | Jason Lyons | 9 |
| 4 | Kai Laukkanen | 9 |
| 5 | Andrzej Huszcza | 9 |
| 6 | Henrik Gustafsson | 7 |
| 7 | Ronni Pedersen | 7 |
| 8 | Lars Gunnestad | 7 |
| 9 | Billy Janniro | 6 |
| 10 | Danny Bird | 6 |
| 11 | Jernej Kolenko | 5 |
| 12 | Jacek Rempala | 3 |
| 13 | Niklas Karlsson (R) | 3 |
| 14 | Nikolai Kokin | 3 |
| 15 | Andrzej Korolew | 1 |
| 16 | Alexander Liatosinskij | 0 |
| 17 | Stefan Andersson | 0 |
| 18 | Freddie Eriksson (R) | 0 |

## Semi finals

16 riders from to GP Challenge
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Bohumil Brhel | 14 |
| 2 | Lukáš Dryml | 12 |
| 3 | Lee Richardson | 11 |
| 4 | Peter Karlsson | 11 |
| 5 | Ronni Pedersen | 9 |
| 6 | Tomasz Bajerski | 9 |
| 7 | Rafał Okoniewski | 8 |
| 8 | David Howe | 8 |
| 9 | Robert Dados | 7 |
| 10 | Kai Laukkanen | 6 |
| 11 | Andrea Maida (R) | 6 |
| 12 | Paul Hurry | 4 |
| 13 | Brent Werner (R) | 4 |
| 14 | Róbert Nagy | 3 |
| 15 | Attila Stefáni | 3 |
| 16 | Matej Žagar | 2 |
| 17 | Stefan Dannö | 2 |
| 18 | Antonín Šváb Jr. | 1 |
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Jason Lyons | 12 |
| 2 | Bjarne Pedersen | 12 |
| 3 | Piotr Protasiewicz | 12 |
| 4 | Andrzej Huszcza | 10 |
| 5 | Dean Barker | 8 |
| 6 | Hans Andersen | 7 |
| 7 | Roman Povazhny | 7 |
| 8 | Steve Johnston | 7 |
| 9 | Peter Ingvar Karlsson | 7 |
| 10 | Lars Gunnestad | 6 |
| 11 | Craig Watson | 6 |
| 12 | Sergej Darkin | 6 |
| 13 | Ryan Fisher | 6 |
| 14 | Aleš Dryml Jr. | 5 |
| 15 | Charlie Gjedde | 5 |
| 16 | Henrik Gustafsson | 4 |

## Final Round
### GP Challenge

6 riders to 2003 Grand Prix
* 25 August 2002 Piła
| Pos. | Rider | Total | Points |
| 1 | Lee Richardson | 14 | 3, 2, 3, 3, 3 |
| 2 | Bohumil Brhel | 12 | 3, 3, 3, 0, 3 |
| 3 | Piotr Protasiewicz | 11 | 0, 3, 3, 2, 3 |
| 4 | Lukáš Dryml | 11 | 3, 2, 2, 3, 1 |
| 5 | Bjarne Pedersen | 11 | 3, 1, 3, 2, 2 |
| 6 | Tomasz Bajerski | 11 | 2, 1, 2, 3, 3 |
| 7 | Jason Lyons | 10 | 2, 2, 1, 3, 2 |
| 8 | Hans Andersen | 9 | 2, 3, 0, 2, 2 |
| 9 | Ronni Pedersen | 9 | 0, 3, 2, ex, 0 |
| 10 | Peter Karlsson | 5 | 2, 1, 2, ex, 1 |
| 11 | David Howe | 4 | 0, 2, 1, 0, 0, 3 |
| 12 | Robert Dados (R) | 4 | -, -, 1, 2, 1 |
| 13 | Roman Povazhny | 4 | 1, ef, 1, 1, 1 |
| 14 | Andrzej Huszcza | 3 | ex, 0, 1, 2, 0 |
| 15 | Steve Johnston | 2 | 1, 0, 0, 1, ef |
| 16 | Rafał Okoniewski | 2 | 1, 1, 0, -, - |
| 17 | Dean Barker | 1 | 1, 0, 0, 0, - |
race off for 3rd place - Protasiewicz, Dryml, B Pedersen, Bajerski