2001 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

United Kingdom 2001 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
Information
Date9 June 2001
CityUnited Kingdom Cardiff
Event2 of 6 (38)
RefereeAnthony Steele
Stadium details
StadiumMillennium Stadium
Length3,877 m (4,240 yd)
SGP Results
Best TimeSweden Jimmy Nilsen
58,33 secs 
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerSweden Tony Rickardsson
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upAustralia Jason Crump
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placePoland Tomasz Gollob

The 2001 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the second race of the 2001 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 9 June in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales[1][2][3][4][5]

The Grand Prix was won by the Swedish rider Tony Rickardsson (his 7th career Grand Prix win).[6]

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Martin Dugard and Scott Nicholls as Wild Card. Injured Joe Screen and Peter Karlsson were replaced by Henrik Gustafsson and Grzegorz Walasek.

1.  POL (7) Tomasz Gollob
2.  DEN (13) Nicki Pedersen
3.  SWE (3) Tony Rickardsson
4.  SWE (11) Peter Karlsson →  POL (26) Grzegorz Walasek
5.  AUS (8) Todd Wiltshire
6.  AUS (6) Leigh Adams
7.  AUS (9) Ryan Sullivan
8.  USA (5) Greg Hancock
9.  DEN (19) Brian Andersen
10.  GBR (12) Carl Stonehewer
11.  SVN (22) Matej Ferjan
12.  GBR (1) Mark Loram
13.  USA (2) Billy Hamill
14.  AUS (4) Jason Crump
15.  POL (16) Piotr Protasiewicz
16.  SWE (21) Niklas Klingberg
17.  GBR (10) Chris Louis
18.  GBR (20) Andy Smith
19.  SWE (15) Mikael Karlsson
20.  NOR (14) Rune Holta
21.  SWE (17) Jimmy Nilsen
22.  GBR (18) Joe Screen →  SWE (25) Henrik Gustafsson
23.  GBR (23) Martin Dugard
24.  GBR (24) Scott Nicholls

Heat details

Placing Draw Rider Total Pre-Main Event Main Event Final Event
Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Round 2 1/2 CF F
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1 3 Sweden (3) Tony Rickardsson 25 1 2 2 1
2 14 Australia (4) Jason Crump 20 1 1 2 4R 2 1 2
3 1 Poland (7) Tomasz Gollob 18 1 1 1 3
4 16 Sweden (21) Niklas Klingberg 16 3 2 2 4 2 1 2 4
5 7 Australia (9) Ryan Sullivan 15 4 2 1 3 1
6 5 Australia (8) Todd Wiltshire 14 1 2 4X 2
7 21 Sweden (17) Jimmy Nilsen 12 1 1 1 1 4 3
8 4 Poland (26) Grzegorz Walasek 10 2 4F 2 3 4
9 12 United Kingdom (1) Mark Loram 8 2 2 2 3Fx 3
10 6 Australia (6) Leigh Adams 8 3 1 3
11 2 Denmark (13) Nicki Pedersen 7 2 3 4
12 11 Slovenia (22) Matej Ferjan 7 4 1 1 4 1 4
13 8 United States (5) Greg Hancock 6 3 3
14 15 Poland (16) Piotr Protasiewicz 6 3 2 2 3 3
15 10 United Kingdom (12) Carl Stonehewer 5 1 4X 1 3 4
16 9 Denmark (19) Brian Andersen 5 2 2 4 4
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
17 23 United Kingdom (23) Martin Dugard 4 2 4R 3
18 24 United Kingdom (24) Scott Nicholls 4 1 3 R
19 13 United States (2) Billy Hamill 3 4X 1 4X
20 22 Sweden (25) Henrik Gustafsson 3 2 3 4
21 20 Norway (14) Rune Holta 2 3 3
22 19 Sweden (15) Mikael Karlsson 2 3 3
23 17 United Kingdom (10) Chris Louis 1 4 4
24 18 United Kingdom (20) Andy Smith 1 4 4
Heats 1-10: Pre-Main Event
1-4: First round
5-6: Last chance for second round
7-8: Second round
9-10: Last chance Main Event
 Heats 11-20: Main Event
11-14: First round
15-16: Last chance for second round
17-18: Second round
19-20: Last chance for Semi-Finals
 Heats 21-24: Final Event
21-22: Semi-Finals
23: Consolation Final
24: The Big Final
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Standings

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points GER
Germany		 GBR
United Kingdom		 DEN
Denmark		 CZE
Czech Republic		 POL
Poland		 SWE
Sweden
1 Poland (7) Tomasz Gollob 43 25 18        
2 Sweden (3) Tony Rickardsson 41 16 25        
3 Australia (8) Todd Wiltshire 28 14 14        
4 Australia (4) Jason Crump 25 5 20        
5 Australia (9) Ryan Sullivan 25 10 15        
6 Denmark (13) Nicki Pedersen 25 18 7        
7 Sweden (25) Henrik Gustafsson 23 20 3        
8 Australia (6) Leigh Adams 20 12 8        
9 Sweden (21) Niklas Klingberg 20 4 16        
10 Sweden (11) Peter Karlsson 15 15 –        
11 United Kingdom (1) Mark Loram 14 6 8        
12 United States (5) Greg Hancock 14 8 6        
13 Slovenia (22) Matej Ferjan 14 7 7        
14 Sweden (17) Jimmy Nilsen 13 1 12        
15 Denmark (19) Brian Andersen 13 8 5        
16 United Kingdom (12) Carl Stonehewer 12 7 5        
17 Poland (16) Piotr Protasiewicz 10 4 6        
18 Poland (26) Grzegorz Walasek 10 – 10        
19 United States (2) Billy Hamill 8 5 3        
20 Germany (23) Robert Barth 6 6          
21 United Kingdom (10) Chris Louis 4 3 1        
22 Sweden (15) Mikael Karlsson 4 2 2        
23 United Kingdom (20) Andy Smith 4 3 1        
24 United Kingdom (23) Martin Dugard 4 – 4        
25 United Kingdom (24) Scott Nicholls 4 – 4        
27 Norway (14) Rune Holta 3 1 2        
26 Germany (24) Mirko Wolter 2 2          
Rider(s) not classified
United Kingdom (18) Joe Screen — – –        
Pos. Rider Points GER
Germany		 GBR
United Kingdom		 DEN
Denmark		 CZE
Czech Republic		 POL
Poland		 SWE
Sweden

See also

References

  1. ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2001-05-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-12-04.
  2. ^ "World individual final - Rider index". British Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  3. ^ "World Championship roll of honour". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  4. ^ "2001 Speedway Grand Prix". Speedway Grand Prix DK. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Speedway Grand Prix and World Cup Dates Confirmed". Sportcal. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Cardiff rocks with the revs and roar of speedway's revival". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 July 2024.