2010 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification Explained

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	width=160px	Winner	width=40px
Qualifying Rounds (quarter-finals)
June 6		Sebastian Ułamek	result
June 7		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.^[1] Avto-Moto Zveza Slovenije nominated three riders in March 2009.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.

• Polish: Finał krajowych eliminacji do GP IMŚ
  (Final of Domestic Qualification to Individual World Championship Grand Prix)^[4]
• 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

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=40px	Points	width=70px	Details
1		14	(3,3,3,3,2)
2	(16) Grzegorz Walasek #13	13	(3,3,3,1,3)
3		12	(3,3,1,2,3)
4		11+3	(2,1,3,3,2)
5		11+2	(3,2,3,2,1)
6	(3) Rune Holta #8	10	(1,3,2,2,2)
7		6	(2,1,0,0,3)
8		6	(2,0,0,1,3)
9		6	(1,2,2,1,0)
10		6	(1,2,2,0,1)
11		5	(0,0,2,3,0)
12		5	(2,1,1,1,0)
13		4	(0,0,0,3,1)
14		4	(0,2,e,0,2)
15		4	(0,e,1,2,1)
16		3	(1,1,1,0,0)
		-	-
		-	-

Qualifying rounds

width=50% valign=top	Lonigo Qualifying Round 1[5] [6] [7] June 6, 2009 (21:00) Lonigo, Santa Marina Stadium (Length: 334 m) Referee: Frank Ziegler Jury President: Christer Bergstrøm width=25px Pos. width=200px Rider width=40px Points width=70px Details 1 (7) Sebastian Ułamek #14 13 (1,3,3,3,3) 2 12+3 (1,3,3,2,3) 3 12+2 (2,1,3,3,3) 4 11 (3,2,3,1,2) 5 10+3 (2,2,2,2,2) 6 10+2 (3,3,0,2,2) 7 align=left 10+1 (3,1,2,3,1) 8 9 (2,2,1,3,1) 9 8 (F,3,2,0,3) 10 6 (3,2,1,F,E) 11 5 (2,1,2,F,0) 12 4 (0,1,0,1,2) 13 4 (1,0,0,2,1) 14 3 (1,0,1,1,0) 15 2 (0,0,1,0,1) 16 1 (1) 17 0 (X,0,0) 18 0 (0)	width=50% valign=top	Divišov Qualifying Round 2[8] [9] June 7, 2009 (15:00) Divišov, Stadion AK Divišov v AČR (Length: 350 m) Referee: Brian Svendsen Jury President: Anthony Noel width=25px Pos. width=200px Rider width=40px Points width=70px Details 1 (16) Grzegorz Walasek #13 15 (3,3,3,3,3) 2 13+3 (3,1,3,3,3) 3 (8) Kenneth Bjerre #12 13+2 (3,2,3,3,2) 4 12 (3,3,2,1,3) 5 11 (2,2,2,2,3) 6 10 (2,2,2,2,2) 7 8 (1,3,1,2,1) 8 (9) Hynek Štichauer 7 (0,1,1,3,2) 9 7 (2,1,1,2,1) 10 6 (1,3,0,1,1) 11 6 (2,2,E,0,2) 12 4 (0,0,3,1,0) 13 3 (2,1) 14 3 (1,E,0,1,1) 15 align=left 2 (1,0,1,0,0) 16 1 (0,1,0,0,R) 17 0 (E,F) 18 0 (F)
valign=top	St.Johann/Pg. Qualifying Round 3[10] [11] [12] 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 width=25px Pos. width=200px Rider width=40px Points width=70px Details 1 14 (3,3,2,3,3) 2 13+3 (3,2,3,3,2) 3 13+2 (3,3,3,3,1) 4 12 (3,2,3,2,2) 5 10 (1,2,3,1,3) 6 10 (2,1,2,2,3) 7 align=left 9 (2,3,1,2,1) 8 align=left 8 (2,3,0,1,2) 9 7 (1,1,2,0,3) 10 7 (1,1,1,2,2) 11 6 (2,0,1,3,0) 12 5 (1,E,2,1,1) 13 2 (0,2,F,0,F) 14 2 (0,0,0,1,1) 15 2 (0,1,1,0,0) 16 0 (0,0,0,0,0) – – – – – –	valign=top	Pocking Qualifying Round 4[13] [14] [15] [16] 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 width=25px Pos. width=200px Rider width=40px Points width=70px Details 1 13+3 (3,3,3,3,1) 2 13+2 (3,3,1,3,3) 3 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 10+3 (1,3,2,2,2) 7 10+F (2,2,2,2,2) 8 align=left 8 (3,1,0,1,3) 9 7 (3,1,2,F,1) 10 align=left 5 (0,2,0,1,2) 11 5 (2,2,1,0,d) 12 4 (1,0,2,1,0) 13 4 (2,0,1,1,F) 14 3 (0,0,1,2,E) 15 1 (0,1,0,0,0) 16 1 (0,E,0,0,1) – – – – – –
valign=top	Goričan Qualifying Round 5[17] [18] [19] June 27, 2009 (19:30) Goričan, Stadium Millenium (Length: 305 m) Referee: Istvan Darago Jury President: Christian Bouin Qualify: 6 + 1R width=25px Pos. width=200px Rider width=40px Points width=70px Details 1 15 (3,3,3,3,3) 2 12 (1,2,3,3,3) 3 11+3 (2,2,3,2,2) 4 11+2 (2,X,3,3,3) 5 11+1 (3,3,2,1,2) 6 11+DNS (3,3,1,2,2) 7 align=left 9 (0,3,0,3,3) 8 8 (1,1,2,2,2) 9 7 (3,T,2,1,1) 10 6 (2,1,1,1,1) 11 5 (2,0,1,2,0) 12 5 (1,1,2,1,0) 13 4 (1,2,X,0,1) 14 3 (0,2,0,0,1) 15 1 (0,1,0,0,0) 16 (13) Norbert Magosi 1 (0,E,1,0,F) 17 0 (0) – – –	valign=top

Semi-finals

Motala

• Semi-Final 1^{[20] [21] [22]}
• 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

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=40px	Points	width=70px	Details
1	(4) Kenneth Bjerre #12	14	(3,2,3,3,3)
2	(16) Grzegorz Walasek #13	13	(3,3,1,3,3)
3		10+3	(1,3,3,3,0)
4		10+2	(1,3,3,1,2)
5	(15) Chris Harris #9	9	(2,2,1,2,2)
6		9	(1,0,3,3,2)
7		8	(3,1,2,1,1)
8		8	(3,0,0,2,3)
	9		7	(2,1,0,2,2)
10		6	(0,3,1,2,0)
11	align=left		6	(2,1,0,0,3)
12		5	(0,2,2,1,Fx)
13		5	(2,1,1,Fx,1)
14		4	(1,2,0,0,1)
15		3	(0,0,2,1,0)
16		3	(0,0,2,0,1)
-		-	-
-		-	-

Daugavpils

• Semi-Final 2^{[23] [24] [25]}
• 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

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=40px	Points	width=70px	Details
1		12+3	(1,3,3,3,2)
2		12+2	(0,3,3,3,3)
3	(12) Fredrik Lindgren #10	11+3	(2,2,3,2,2)
4		11+2	(3,2,1,2,3)
5		10	(3,1,2,3,1)
6		10	(1,2,2,2,3)
7		9	(2,3,1,3,E)
8		8	(2,1,3,2,0)
9		7	(3,0,1,1,2)
10		6	(2,0,0,1,3)
11		6	(3,1,1,1,0)
12		5	(0,2,2,0,1)
13		5	(1,0,2,1,1)
14		4	(0,3,0,0,1)
15		4	(1,1,0,0,2)
16		0	(0,X,-,-,-)
17		0	(X,0)
18		0	(0)

Grand Prix Challenge

• Grand Prix Challenge^{[26] [27] [28]}
• 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.^[29] → Risager^[30]

(17) Antonio Lindbäck → A.Dryml, Jr.^[30]

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Zagar, Santej i Stojs powalczą o Grand Prix 2010 . Polish . SportoweFakty.pl . 2009-03-16 . 2009-03-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090415194200/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/03/16/zagar-santej-i-stojs-powalcza-o-grand-prix-2010/. 15 April 2009 . live.
3. Web site: Czeskie nominacje . Polish . SportoweFakty.pl . 2008-10-31 . 2008-10-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081103063148/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/10/31/czeskie-nominacje/. 3 November 2008 . live.
4. Web site: Wyniki - Final eliminacji (Gdansk) . . Polish . . 2009-04-08 . 2009-04-08 .
5. Web site: Supplementary Regulations QR1 . . FIM-live.com . 2009-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324192320/http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Manifestations/SRs_Speedway_Lonigo_50101_approved.pdf . 2012-03-24 . dead .
6. Web site: Ballot Lonigo II. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 2009. 2009-06-05. PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324192337/http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Manifestations/Ballot_Lonigo_II.pdf. 2012-03-24. dead.
7. Web site: Ułamek wygrał w Lonigo. SportoweFakty.pl. 2009. 2009-06-07. Polish.
8. Web site: Supplementary Regulations QR2 . . FIM-live.com . 2009-04-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324192343/http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Manifestations/501_2_Divisov_7_6_Approved.pdf . 2012-03-24 . dead .
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15. Web site: Ballot Pocking QR4 (2) . . fim-live.com . 2009-04-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324192423/http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Manifestations/Ballot_Pocking_II.pdf . 2012-03-24 . dead .
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17. Web site: Supplementary Regulations QR5 . PDF . . 2009-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324192432/http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Manifestations/Supplemetary_regulations_SGP_qualifier_27.6_approved.pdf . 2012-03-24 . dead .
18. Web site: Ballot Gorican I. PDF. 2009. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 2009-06-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324192439/http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Manifestations/Ballot_Gorican_I.pdf. 2012-03-24. dead.
19. Web site: Pavlic najlepszy w Gorican, awans Świderskiego . Polish . SportoweFakty.pl . 2009-04-12 . 2009-06-29 .
20. Web site: Supplementary Regulations SF1 (II) . . fim-live.com . 2009-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324192527/http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Manifestations/Supplementary_Regulations_Motala_2009_approved_II.pdf . 2012-03-24 . dead .
21. Web site: Ballot Motala II . . fim-live.com . 2009-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324192542/http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Manifestations/Ballot_Motala_II.pdf . 2012-03-24 . dead .
22. Web site: Bjerre najlepszy w Motali, awans Walaska . Polish . SportoweFakty.pl . 2009-07-04 . 2009-07-04 .
23. Web site: Supplementary Regulations SF2 . . fim-live.com . 2009-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324192551/http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Manifestations/SRS_WCh-Semi-Final-09.pdf . 2012-03-24 . dead .
24. Web site: Ballot Daugavpils II . . fim-live.com . 2009-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324192559/http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Manifestations/Ballot_Daugavpils_II.pdf . 2012-03-24 . dead .
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26. Web site: Lista startowa Grand Prix Challenge . Polish . SportoweFakty.pl . 2009-08-12 . 2009-08-12 .
27. Web site: Supplementary Regulations Final . . fim-live.com . 2009-09-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324192607/http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Manifestations/SGP_Challenge_SR_s_final.pdf . 2012-03-24 . dead .
28. Web site: Zetterstroem wygrał GP Challenge, awans Hampela! . Polish . SportoweFakty.pl . 2009-09-19 . 2009-09-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091006232009/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/09/19/zetterstroem-wygral-gp-challenge-awans-hampela/. 6 October 2009 . live.
29. Web site: Ballot Coventry II . . fim-live.com . 2009-09-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324192615/http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Manifestations/Ballot_Coventry_II.pdf . 2012-03-24 . dead .
30. Web site: Ballot Coventry III . . fim-live.com . 2009-09-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324192622/http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Manifestations/Ballot_Coventry_III.pdf . 2012-03-24 . dead .