The Speedway Grand Prix Challenge or Speedway Grand Prix Qualification is an annual speedway qualifying tournament to determine the qualifiers for the Speedway Grand Prix, which is the World Championship of speedway.

History

From 1995 the Individual World Championship was replaced by the Grand Prix system. The 17 qualifiers for the 1995 Grand Prix were the top 10 from the 1994 World final, 5 seeds and 2 wildcards.

From 1996, the leading riders from each Grand Prix series would automatically qualifying for the following year's event. The remaining places would be filled by the leading riders in the Challenge event and qualifiers from both the Continental Speedway Final and Intercontinental Final. However, the latter two finals would come to end in 2000 and 2001 respectively.

Format and winners

YearFormatWinnerOther qualifiers
19968 to qualifyAustralia Leigh AdamsEngland Marvyn Cox, Sweden Peter Karlsson, Denmark Tommy Knudsen, England Joe Screen, England Gary Havelock, Australia Craig Boyce, England Andy Smith
19974 to qualifyEngland Simon WiggAustralia Leigh Adams, Sweden Mikael Karlsson, England Andy Smith
19984 to qualifyPoland Piotr ProtasiewiczSweden Stefan Dannö, Australia Leigh Adams, Australia Craig Boyce
19998 to qualifyAustralia Leigh AdamsDenmark Brian Andersen, Sweden Henrik Gustafsson, England Andy Smith, Sweden Stefan Dannö, Sweden Mikael Karlsson, England Joe Screen, Denmark John Jørgensen
200010 to qualifyUnited States Billy HamillSweden Mikael Karlsson, England Carl Stonehewer, Denmark Brian Karger, Sweden Henrik Gustafsson, England Mark Loram, England Andy Smith, Czech Republic Antonín Kasper Jr., Sweden Peter Karlsson, Denmark Brian Andersen
200110 to qualifySweden Peter KarlssonEngland Carl Stonehewer, Denmark Nicki Pedersen, Norway Rune Holta, Sweden Mikael Karlsson, Poland Piotr Protasiewicz, Sweden Jimmy Nilsen, England Joe Screen, Denmark Brian Andersen, England Andy Smith
20026 to qualifyUnited States Greg HancockDenmark Nicki Pedersen, England Scott Nicholls, Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml, England Carl Stonehewer, England Andy Smith
20036 to qualifyEngland Lee RichardsonCzech Republic Bohumil Brhel, Poland Piotr Protasiewicz, Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml, Denmark Bjarne Pedersen, Poland Tomasz Bajerski
20046 to qualifyPoland Piotr ProtasiewiczCzech Republic Bohumil Brhel, Denmark Bjarne Pedersen, Finland Kai Laukkanen, Czech Republic Aleš Dryml Jr., Denmark Jesper B Jensen
20052 to qualifySweden Antonio LindbäckPoland Tomasz Chrzanowski
2006No qualifying
20073 to qualifyPoland Wiesław JaguśNorway Rune Holta, Denmark Hans Andersen
20083 to qualifyDenmark Niels Kristian IversenCzech Republic Lukáš Dryml, Denmark Bjarne Pedersen
20093 to qualifyDenmark Kenneth BjerrePoland Grzegorz Walasek, Poland Sebastian Ułamek
20103 to qualifySweden Magnus ZetterströmAustralia Chris Holder, Poland Jarosław Hampel
20113 to qualifyRussia Artem LagutaSweden Antonio Lindbäck, Sweden Fredrik Lindgren
20123 to qualifySweden Antonio LindbäckDenmark Bjarne Pedersen, Poland Piotr Protasiewicz
20133 to qualifyPoland Krzysztof KasprzakSlovenia Matej Žagar, Denmark Niels-Kristian Iversen
20143 to qualifyDenmark Niels-Kristian Iversen+Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak, Denmark Kenneth Bjerre, Germany Martin Smolinski
20153 to qualifySlovenia Matej Žagar+Australia Jason Doyle, England Chris Harris, Poland Maciej Janowski
20163 to qualifyPoland Bartosz ZmarzlikPoland Piotr Pawlicki Jr., England Chris Harris
20173 to qualifyPoland Patryk DudekSlovakia Martin Vaculík, Sweden Fredrik Lindgren
20183 to qualifyPoland Przemysław PawlickiRussia Artem Laguta, England Craig Cook
20193 to qualifyPoland Janusz KołodziejDenmark Niels-Kristian Iversen, Sweden Antonio Lindbäck
20203 to qualifySlovenia Matej ŽagarDenmark Niels-Kristian Iversen, Australia Max Fricke
20213 to qualifySlovenia Matej ŽagarSweden Oliver Berntzon, Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak
20223 to qualifyPoland Paweł PrzedpełskiAustralia Max Fricke, Poland Patryk Dudek
20233 to qualifySweden Kim NilssonAustralia Jack Holder, Australia Max Fricke
20243 to qualifyAustralia Jason DoyleSlovakia Martin Vaculik+, Poland Szymon Woźniak, Czech Republic Jan Kvěch
20254 to qualifyAustralia Brady KurtzDenmark Anders Thomsen, Poland Dominik Kubera, Australia Max Fricke
20264 to qualifyPoland Dominik KuberaPoland Kacper Woryna, Denmark Leon Madsen, Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs+, Denmark Michael Jepsen Jensen
20274 to qualifyUnited Kingdom Robert LambertAustralia Rohan Tungate, Poland Kacper Woryna, Sweden Kim Nilsson

+ Already qualified for the Grand Prix series

See also