2018 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification Explained

The 2018 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualification was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings that were used to determine the three riders that qualified for the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix. The series consisted of four qualifying rounds at Esbjerg, Žarnovica, Lonigo and Abensberg, two semi-finals at Olching and Terenzano and the Grand Prix Challenge at Togliatti.^[1] The three riders that qualified were Przemysław Pawlicki, Artem Laguta and Craig Cook.

Qualifying rounds

width=50% valign=top	Round One 6 May 2017 Esbjerg[2] width=25px Pos. width=180px Rider width=40px Points width=70px Details 1 12 (3,3,2,3,1) 2 11+3 (3,1,2,2,3) 3 11+2 (0,3,2,3,3) 4 11+1 (2,3,3,1,2) 5 10 (3,2,3,2,0) 6 10 (2,2,3,1,2) 7 9+3 (2,3,1,0,3) 8 9+2 (2,1,0,3,3) 9 9+1 (3,2,1,2,1) 10 6 (1,2,1,1,1) 11 5 (-,-,3,0,2) 12 5 (0,1,1,3,0) 13 5 (1,0,2,0,2) 14 3 (1,0,0,1,1) 15 2 (0,0,0,2,0) 16 2 (1,1,0,0,0) 17 0 (0,D,-,-,-) DNS	width=50% valign=top	Round Two 6 May 2017 Žarnovica[3] width=25px Pos. width=180px Rider width=40px Points width=70px Details 1 14 (3,3,3,3,2) 2 13 (3,2,3,2,3) 3 11+3 (2,3,1,2,3) 4 11+2 (3,2,2,3,1) 5 11+1 (2,3,2,2,2) 6 10+3 (1,1,3,2,3) 7 10+2 (3,2,1,1,3) 8 10+1 (0,3,2,3,2) 9 7 (1,0,3,1,2) 10 7 (2,1,2,1,1) 11 5 (2,1,1,D,1) 12 Norbert Magosi 4 (0,0,1,3,0) 13 3 (1,1,0,0,1) 14 2 (0,2,0,0,0) 15 1 (0,0,0,1,0) 16 1 (1,0,0,0,0) DNS DNS
valign=top	Round Three 7 May 2017 Lonigo[4] width=25px Pos. width=180px Rider width=40px Points width=70px Details 1 14 (3,2,3,3,3) 2 13+3 (3,3,3,3,1) 3 13+2 (3,3,3,1,3) 4 12 (3,2,2,2,3) 5 12 (2,3,2,3,2) 6 10 (2,2,3,0,3) 7 9 (W,3,2,2,2) 8 7 (0,1,1,3,2) 9 7 (1,2,2,2,W) 10 6 (2,0,1,1,2) 11 5 (1,1,0,2,1) 12 4 (1,1,1,0,1) 13 3 (2,1,0,U,0) 14 2 (0,0,1,1,0) 15 1 (1,0,U,U,U) 16 1 (0,0,0,0,1) DNS	width=50% valign=top	Round Four 5 June 2017 Abensberg[5] width=25px Pos. width=180px Rider width=40px Points width=70px Details 1 13 (3,2,2,3,3) 2 12 (1,3,3,2,3) 3 11+3 (3,3,1,2,2) 4 11+2 (1,3,3,2,3) 5 10 (2,3,2,1,2) 6 10 (2,1,2,3,2) 7 9+3 (D,1,3,2,3) 8 9+2 (2,2,1,3,1) 9 9+0 (3,2,0,1,3) 10 7 (1,2,0,3,1) 11 6 (3,W,1,1,1) 12 5 (2,1,2,W,W) 13 4 (W,0,3,T,1) 14 3 (1,1,1,0,0) 15 1 (0,0,0,1,0) 16 0 (0,0,W,-,-) 17 0 (-,-,-,0,0) 18 0 (-,-,-D,-)

2017 Speedway Grand Prix Challenge

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Grand Prix Challenge 19 August 2017 Togliatti[8] Laguta and Jepsen Jensen were nominated as wildcards. Dudek finished third, but as he qualified for the 2018 Grand Prix series by virtue of finishing in the top 8 in the 2017 Grand Prix standings, the 4th place rider, Cook, was awarded a GP place. width=25px Pos. width=180px Rider width=40px Points width=70px Details 1 13+3 (3,3,1,3,3) 2 13+W (2,3,2,3,3) 3 12 (1,2,3,3,3) 4 11 (0,3,3,2,3) 5 9 (3,2,0,2,2) 6 9 (1,1,3,2,2) 7 8 (3,2,2,1,0) 8 6 (0,3,1,0,2) 9 6 (1,2,0,3,D) 10 6 (1,0,3,1,1) 11 6 (2,1,0,2,1) 12 6 (2,0,2,1,1) 13 5 (3,0,1,1,0) 14 5 (2,1,2,0,0) 15 2 (-,-,0,0,2) 16 2 (0,0,1,0,1) 17 1 (1,D,-,-,-)

See also

• 2018 Speedway Grand Prix

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 Grand Prix Qualification schedule. FIM.
2. Web site: 2017 Esbjerg qualifier. Sportowe Fakty (in Polish).
3. Web site: 2017 Žarnovica qualifier. Sportowe Fakty (in Polish).
4. Web site: 2017 Lonigo qualifier. Sportowe Fakty (in Polish).
5. Web site: 2017 Abensberg qualifier. Sportowe Fakty (in Polish).
6. Web site: 2017 Olching qualifier. Sportowe Fakty (In Polish).
7. Web site: 2017 Terenzano qualifier. Sportowe Fakty (In Polish).
8. Web site: 2017 Grand Prix Challenge. Sportowe Fakty (In Polish).