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.
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)PosRider Points 1 Lee Richardson 132 Billy Janniro 133 Ryan Fisher114 Tomáš Topinka 115 Piotr Protasiewicz 116 Sebastian Ułamek 107 Theo Pijper108 Matej Žagar109 Sebastien Trésarrieu 710 Joachim Kügelmann 611 Mirko Wolter 612 Scott Smith 413 Jernej Kolenko 414 Simone Terenzani 315 Christian Miotello 116 Marko Vlah 0
QF (1 May 2003 Debrecen)PosRider Points 1 Peter Karlsson 132 Rafał Dobrucki 133 Jesper B. Jensen124 Attila Stefáni 115 David Howe 116 Sándor Tihanyi 107 Sergej Darkin98 Jacek Rempala89 László Szatmári 810 Oleg Kurguskin 811 Josef Franc 512 Norbert Magosi 413 Ronni Pedersen 414 Izak Šantej 315 Manuel Hauzinger 116 Tomáš Suchánek 0
QF (3 May 2003 Elgane)PosRider Points 1 Grzegorz Walasek 132 Bjarne Pedersen 123 David Ruud124 Charlie Gjedde 115 Stefan Andersson 106 Kai Laukkanen 97 Hans Andersen98 Peter Ingvar Karlsson99 Brent Werner 910 Chris Harris 811 Björn Hansen 812 Oliver Allen 413 Sam Taylor 314 Mikke Bjerk 215 Carl Johan Raugstad 116 Remi Ueland 0
QF (8 June 2003 Heusden-Zolder)PosRider Points 1 Lukáš Dryml 122 Bohumil Brhel 123 Aleš Dryml Jr.114 Chris Slabon 115 Peter Ljung 116 Joonas Kylmäkorpi 107 Roman Povazhny88 Simon Stead89 Kenneth Bjerre 710 Mathias Schultz 711 Mark Lemon 612 Magnus Zetterström 613 Craig Watson 514 Leigh Lanham 315 Henk Bos 216 Warren Meier 0
Semi finals 16 riders from to GP Challenge SF 21 June 2003 Terenzano Pos.RiderPoints1 Peter Karlsson 132 David Howe 133 Billy Janniro124 Aleš Dryml Jr. 105 Piotr Protasiewicz 96 Tomáš Topinka 97 Theo Pijper88 Charlie Gjedde89 Matej Žagar 710 Chris Slabon 611 Peter Ljung 612 László Szatmári (R) 413 Grzegorz Walasek 414 Jacek Rempala 415 David Ruud 316 Andrea Maida 317 Sándor Tihanyi 0SF 22 June 2003 Rybnik Pos.RiderPoints1 Roman Povazhny 122 Jesper B. Jensen 123 Bjarne Pedersen124 Bohumil Brhel 115 Rafał Dobrucki 106 Lukáš Dryml 107 Kai Laukkanen108 Sebastian Ułamek89 Joonas Kylmäkorpi 710 Sergej Darkin 611 Peter Ingvar Karlsson 512 Jarosław Hampel 513 Attila Stefáni 414 Simon Stead (R) 315 Ryan Fisher 216 Lee Richardson 117 Stefan Andersson 218 Brent Werner (R)1
Final Round GP Challenge 6 riders to 2004 Grand Prix 17 August 2003 Poole Pos.RiderTotalPoints1 Piotr Protasiewicz 142, 3, 3, 3, 3 2 Bohumil Brhel 133, 3, 2, 2, 33 Bjarne Pedersen 122, 2, 2, 3, 34 Kai Laukkanen 113, 3, 1, 2, 25 Aleš Dryml Jr. 10exc, 3, 3, 3, 16 Jesper B. Jensen 91, ef, 3, 3, 2 7 Joonas Kylmäkorpi 73, 2, 0, 1, 18 Simon Stead (R) 61, 0, 3, 2, exc9 Rafał Dobrucki 63, 0, 1, 1, 110 Billy Janniro 62, 2, 1, 1, 011 Roman Povazhny 5exc, 1, 0, 1, 312 Charlie Gjedde 50, 1, 0, 2, 213 Tomáš Topinka 52, 2, 1, 0, x14 Matej Žagar (R) 51, -, 2, x, 215 Sebastian Ułamek 41, 1, 2, f, exc16 Theo Pijper 10, 0, 0, 0, 117 Peter Karlsson 0ef, -, -, -, - 18 Lukáš Dryml -dns+ +broke his leg and was unable to compete further
References