2010 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2010 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualification were a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the three riders who qualified for the 2010 Speedway Grand Prix. The top eight riders finishing the 2009 Grand Prix series automatically qualified for 2010. The final round of qualification – the Grand Prix Challenge – took place on 18 September 2009, in Coventry, England. The Grand Prix Challenge was won by Magnus Zetterström who finished ahead of Chris Holder and former Grand Prix rider Jarosław Hampel. All three riders qualified for the 2010 Grand Prix.

Calendar

Date Venue Winner Qualifying Rounds (quarter-finals) June 6 Lonigo Sebastian Ułamek result June 7 Divišov Grzegorz Walasek result June 27 St.Johann/Pg. Aleš Dryml, Jr. result June 13 Pocking Davey Watt result June 27 Goričan Jurica Pavlic result Semi-Finals July 4 Motala Kenneth Bjerre result July 4 Daugavpils Jurica Pavlic result Grand Prix Challenge September 18 Coventry Magnus Zetterström result

Domestic Qualifications Deutscher Motor Sport Bund nominated five riders and two track reserve in February 2009. Avto-Moto Zveza Slovenije nominated three riders in March 2009.

Czech Republic Autoklub of the Czech Republic nominated six riders in October 2008: Lukáš Dryml, Aleš Dryml, Jr., Luboš Tomíček, Jr., Adrian Rymel, Matěj Kůs and Filip Šitera. A last rider, who will be started in SGP Qualification will be nominated in 2009.

Poland The top three riders from 2008 Golden Helmet Final qualified for Grand Prix Qualification (Damian Baliński, Jarosław Hampel and Adrian Miedziński). Four riders will be qualified after Domestic Final. Last rider and one reserve will be nominated by Main Commission of Speedway Sport. Two Polish 2009 Speedway Grand Prix permanent (Rune Holta and Grzegorz Walasek will be started in Domestic Final. Tomasz Gollob (#3) and Sebastian Ułamek (#14) will be not started.

(Final of Domestic Qualification to Individual World Championship Grand Prix) 7 April 2009 (18:00) Gdańsk Referee: Andrzej Terlecki Beat Time: 63.26 - Piotr Protasiewicz (heat 3) Qualify: 4 and 1 + 1R by Main Commission of Speedway Sport

Pos. Rider Points Details1 (9) Piotr Protasiewicz 14 (3,3,3,3,2)2 (16) Grzegorz Walasek #13 13 (3,3,3,1,3)3 (6) Janusz Kołodziej 12 (3,3,1,2,3)4 (10) Krzysztof Kasprzak 11+3 (2,1,3,3,2)5 (2) Piotr Świderski 11+2 (3,2,3,2,1)6 (3) Rune Holta #8 10 (1,3,2,2,2)7 (8) Tomasz Chrzanowski 6 (2,1,0,0,3)8 (4) Krzysztof Buczkowski 6 (2,0,0,1,3)9 (7) Tomasz Gapiński 6 (1,2,2,1,0)10 (12) Rafał Okoniewski 6 (1,2,2,0,1)11 (11) Daniel Jeleniewski 5 (0,0,2,3,0)12 (13) Adrian Gomólski 5 (2,1,1,1,0)13 (1) Adam Skórnicki 4 (0,0,0,3,1)14 (5) Tomasz Jędrzejak 4 (0,2,e,0,2)15 (14) Rafał Dobrucki 4 (0,e,1,2,1)16 (15) Karol Ząbik 3 (1,1,1,0,0) (17) Grzegorz Zengota - - (18) Robert Miśkowiak - -

Qualifying rounds Lonigo Qualifying Round 1 June 6, 2009 (21:00) Lonigo, Santa Marina Stadium (Length: 334 m) Referee: Frank Ziegler Jury President: Christer Bergstrøm

Pos. Rider Points Details1 (7) Sebastian Ułamek #14 13(1,3,3,3,3)2 (14) Jesper B. Monberg 12+3(1,3,3,2,3)3 (6) Bjarne Pedersen 12+2(2,1,3,3,3)4 (12) Kauko Nieminen 11(3,2,3,1,2)5 (10) Thomas H. Jonasson 10+3(2,2,2,2,2)6 (4) Rory Schlein 10+2(3,3,0,2,2)7 (5) Tai Woffinden 10+1(3,1,2,3,1)8 (13) Troy Batchelor 9(2,2,1,3,1)9 (1) Denis Gizatullin 8(F,3,2,0,3)10 (15) Roman Povazhny 6(3,2,1,F,E)11 (3) Maks Gregorič 5(2,1,2,F,0)12 (16) Chris Kerr 4(0,1,0,1,2)13 (2) Guglielmo Franchetti 4(1,0,0,2,1)14 (11) Mattia Tadiello 3(1,0,1,1,0)15 (8) Mattia Carpanese 2(0,0,1,0,1)16 (17) Alessandro Novello 1(1)17 (9) Ryan Fisher 0(X,0,0)18 (18) Andrea Baroni 0(0) Divišov Qualifying Round 2 June 7, 2009 (15:00) Divišov, Stadion AK Divišov v AČR (Length: 350 m) Referee: Brian Svendsen Jury President: Anthony Noel

Pos. Rider Points Details1 (16) Grzegorz Walasek #1315(3,3,3,3,3)2 (12) Piotr Protasiewicz 13+3(3,1,3,3,3)3 (8) Kenneth Bjerre #12 13+2(3,2,3,3,2)4 (1) Martin Vaculík 12(3,3,2,1,3)5 (14) Renat Gafurov 11(2,2,2,2,3)6 (5) Lukáš Dryml 10(2,2,2,2,2)7 (15) Joonas Kylmäkorpi 8(1,3,1,2,1)8 (9) Hynek Štichauer 7(0,1,1,3,2)9 (11) Mads Korneliussen 7(2,1,1,2,1)10 (10) Artem Laguta 6(1,3,0,1,1)11 (3) Josef Franc 6(2,2,E,0,2)12 (4) Vladimir Dubinin 4(0,0,3,1,0)13 (17) Jan Jaros 3(2,1)14 (2) Richard Wolff 3(1,E,0,1,1)15 (7) Vjačeslavs Giruckis 2(1,0,1,0,0)16 (6) Denis Štojs 1(0,1,0,0,R)17 (13) Luboš Tomíček 0(E,F)18 (18) Michael Hádek 0(F) St.Johann/Pg. Qualifying Round 3 June 27, 2009 (19:15) Sankt Johann im Pongau, Speedwaybahn (Length: 380 m) Referee: Jesper Steentoft Jury President: Andrej Grodzki Allocation: Christian Hefenbrock Tobias Kroner

Pos. Rider Points Details1 (9) Aleš Dryml 14(3,3,2,3,3)2 (2) Christian Hefenbrock 13+3(3,2,3,3,2)3 (16) Patrick Hougaard 13+2(3,3,3,3,1)4 (8) Adrian Miedziński 12(3,2,3,2,2)5 (13) Morten Risager 10(1,2,3,1,3)6 (5) Leon Madsen 10(2,1,2,2,3)7 (14) Tobias Kroner 9(2,3,1,2,1)8 (3) James Wright 8(2,3,0,1,2)9 (10) Manuel Hauzinger 7(1,1,2,0,3)10 (4) Izak Šantej 7(1,1,1,2,2)11 (12) Daniel King 6(2,0,1,3,0)12 (6) Fritz Wallner 5(1,E,2,1,1)13 (15) Manuel Novotny 2(0,2,F,0,F)14 (1) Henk Bos 2(0,0,0,1,1)15 (11) Theo Pijper 2(0,1,1,0,0)16 (7) Henry van der Steen 0(0,0,0,0,0)– (17) Hans Peter Kulterer ––– (18) Dany Gappmaier –– Pocking Qualifying Round 4 12 April, 2009 (14:00 CEST) Pocking, Rottalstadion Pocking (Length: 396.2 m) Referee: Andrey Savin Jury President: Christian Bouin Qualify: 6 Changes: (2) Theo Pijper → Tresarrieu (18) Thomas Stange → Busch

Pos. Rider Points Details1 (10) Davey Watt 13+3 (3,3,3,3,1)2 (1) Jarosław Hampel 13+2 (3,3,1,3,3)3 (15) Antonio Lindbäck 12+3 (1,3,3,3,2)4 (3) Fredrik Lindgren #10 12+2 (2,2,3,2,3)5 (11) Chris Harris #11 11 (1,1,3,3,3)6 (4) Martin Smolinski 10+3 (1,3,2,2,2)7 (12) Damian Baliński 10+F (2,2,2,2,2)8 (16) Matěj Kůs 8 (3,1,0,1,3)9 (6) Niels Kristian Iversen 7 (3,1,2,F,1)10 (9) Kasts Podžuks 5 (0,2,0,1,2)11 (14) Edward Kennett 5 (2,2,1,0,d)12 (8) Richard Speiser 4 (1,0,2,1,0)13 (7) Filip Šitera 4 (2,0,1,1,F)14 (2) Mathieu Tresarrieu 3 (0,0,1,2,E)15 (13) Max Dilger 1 (0,1,0,0,0)16 (5) Marco Gregnanin 1 (0,E,0,0,1)– (17) Frank Facher – –– (18) Tobias Busch – – Goričan Qualifying Round 5 June 27, 2009 (19:30) Goričan, Stadium Millenium (Length: 305 m) Referee: Istvan Darago Jury President: Christian Bouin Qualify: 6 + 1R

Pos. Rider Points Details1 (11) Jurica Pavlic 15(3,3,3,3,3)2 (10) Piotr Świderski 12(1,2,3,3,3)3 (3) Chris Holder 11+3(2,2,3,2,2)4 (12) Matej Zagar 11+2(2,X,3,3,3)5 (14) Jonas Davidsson 11+1(3,3,2,1,2)6 (8) Matej Ferjan 11+DNS(3,3,1,2,2)7 (9) Andriy Karpov 9(0,3,0,3,3)8 (7) Krzysztof Kasprzak 8(1,1,2,2,2)9 (2) Janusz Kołodziej 7(3,T,2,1,1)10 (6) Simon Vlasov 6(2,1,1,1,1)11 (15) Lewis Bridger 5(2,0,1,2,0)12 (16) Adrian Rymel 5(1,1,2,1,0)13 (1) David Ruud 4(1,2,X,0,1)14 (4) Marko Vlah 3(0,2,0,0,1)15 (17) Renato Cvetko 1(0,1,0,0,0)16 (13) Norbert Magosi 1(0,E,1,0,F)17 (18) Nikola Pigac 0(0)– (5) Lee Richardson – –

Semi-finals

Motala

Semi-Final 1 4 July 2009 (16:00 UTV+2) Motala, Lastpartner Arena (Length: 291 m) Referee: Pavel Vana Jury President: Anthony Noel Qualify: 8 + 1 reserve Changes: No. 9 Sebastian Ułamek (injured) replaced by track reserve Tai Woffinden

Pos. Rider Points Details1 (4) Kenneth Bjerre #12 14 (3,2,3,3,3)2 (16) Grzegorz Walasek #13 13 (3,3,1,3,3)3 (14) Jonas Davidsson 10+3 (1,3,3,3,0)4 (11) Kauko Nieminen 10+2 (1,3,3,1,2)5 (15) Chris Harris #9 9 (2,2,1,2,2)6 (2) Lukáš Dryml 9 (1,0,3,3,2)7 (5) Magnus Zetterström 8 (3,1,2,1,1)8 (12) Davey Watt 8 (3,0,0,2,3)9 (3) Antonio Lindbäck 7 (2,1,0,2,2)10 (13) Renat Gafurov 6 (0,3,1,2,0)11 (10) Morten Risager 6 (2,1,0,0,3)12 (9) Tai Woffinden 5 (0,2,2,1,Fx)13 (8) Matej Žagar 5 (2,1,1,Fx,1)14 (6) Piotr Świderski 4 (1,2,0,0,1)15 (1) Jesper B. Monberg 3 (0,0,2,1,0)16 (7) Christian Hefenbrock 3 (0,0,2,0,1) - (17) Joonas Kylmäkorpi - - - (18) Matěj Kůs - -

Daugavpils Semi-Final 2 4 July 2009 (15:00 UTC +3) Daugavpils, Latvijas Spidveja Centrs (Length: 373 metres) Referee: Mick Bates Jury President: Boris Kotnjek Times: Heat 3: 67.6 - Bogdanovs (new track record) Heat 6: 66.9 - Pavlic (new track record) Changes: No. 4 Thomas H. Jonasson replaced by track reserve Andriy Karpov No. 1 Leon Madsen replaced by track reserve Tobias Kroner No. 2 Patrick Hougaard replaced by James Wright

Pos. Rider Points Details1 (14) Jurica Pavlic 12+3 (1,3,3,3,2)2 (11) Jarosław Hampel 12+2 (0,3,3,3,3)3 (12) Fredrik Lindgren #10 11+3 (2,2,3,2,2)4 (10) Maksims Bogdanovs 11+2 (3,2,1,2,3)5 (15) Chris Holder 10 (3,1,2,3,1)6 (9) Adrian Miedziński 10 (1,2,2,2,3)7 (5) Piotr Protasiewicz 9 (2,3,1,3,E)8 (13) Martin Smolinski 8 (2,1,3,2,0)9 (1) Tobias Kroner 7 (3,0,1,1,2)10 (3) Aleš Dryml, Jr. 6 (2,0,0,1,3)11 (8) Bjarne Pedersen 6 (3,1,1,1,0)12 (7) Rory Schlein 5 (0,2,2,0,1)13 (6) Martin Vaculík 5 (1,0,2,1,1)14 (4) Andriy Karpov 4 (0,3,0,0,1)15 (2) James Wright 4 (1,1,0,0,2)16 (16) Matej Ferjan 0 (0,X,-,-,-)17 (17) Ķasts Poudžuks 0 (X,0)18 (18) Vjačeslavs Giruckis 0 (0)

Grand Prix Challenge Grand Prix Challenge 18 September 2009 (20:00 UTC+1) Coventry Referee: Christian Froschauer Jury President: Ilkka Teromaa Qualify to the 2010 Speedway Grand Prix: top three Changes: (18) Tobias Kroner → A.Dryml, Jr. → Risager (17) Antonio Lindbäck → A.Dryml, Jr.

See also Speedway Grand Prix

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