2010 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

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	Winner
Qualifying Rounds (Quarter-Finals)
June 6	Lonigo	Sebastian Ułamek	result
June 7	Divišov	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.

• 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

Qualifying Rounds

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 Pos. Rider Points Details 1 (7) Sebastian Ułamek #14 13 (1,3,3,3,3) 2 (14) Jesper B. Monberg 12+3 (1,3,3,2,3) 3 (6) Bjarne Pedersen 12+2 (2,1,3,3,3) 4 (12) Kauko Nieminen 11 (3,2,3,1,2) 5 (10) Thomas H. Jonasson 10+3 (2,2,2,2,2) 6 (4) Rory Schlein 10+2 (3,3,0,2,2) 7 (5) Tai Woffinden 10+1 (3,1,2,3,1) 8 (13) Troy Batchelor 9 (2,2,1,3,1) 9 (1) Denis Gizatullin 8 (F,3,2,0,3) 10 (15) Roman Povazhny 6 (3,2,1,F,E) 11 (3) Maks Gregorič 5 (2,1,2,F,0) 12 (16) Chris Kerr 4 (0,1,0,1,2) 13 (2) Guglielmo Franchetti 4 (1,0,0,2,1) 14 (11) Mattia Tadiello 3 (1,0,1,1,0) 15 (8) Mattia Carpanese 2 (0,0,1,0,1) 16 (17) Alessandro Novello 1 (1) 17 (9) Ryan Fisher 0 (X,0,0) 18 (18) Andrea Baroni 0 (0)	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 Pos. Rider Points Details 1 (16) Grzegorz Walasek #13 15 (3,3,3,3,3) 2 (12) Piotr Protasiewicz 13+3 (3,1,3,3,3) 3 (8) Kenneth Bjerre #12 13+2 (3,2,3,3,2) 4 (1) Martin Vaculík 12 (3,3,2,1,3) 5 (14) Renat Gafurov 11 (2,2,2,2,3) 6 (5) Lukáš Dryml 10 (2,2,2,2,2) 7 (15) Joonas Kylmäkorpi 8 (1,3,1,2,1) 8 (9) Hynek Štichauer 7 (0,1,1,3,2) 9 (11) Mads Korneliussen 7 (2,1,1,2,1) 10 (10) Artem Laguta 6 (1,3,0,1,1) 11 (3) Josef Franc 6 (2,2,E,0,2) 12 (4) Vladimir Dubinin 4 (0,0,3,1,0) 13 (17) Jan Jaros 3 (2,1) 14 (2) Richard Wolff 3 (1,E,0,1,1) 15 (7) Vjačeslavs Giruckis 2 (1,0,1,0,0) 16 (6) Denis Štojs 1 (0,1,0,0,R) 17 (13) Luboš Tomíček 0 (E,F) 18 (18) Michael Hádek 0 (F)
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 Pos. Rider Points Details 1 (9) Aleš Dryml 14 (3,3,2,3,3) 2 (2) Christian Hefenbrock 13+3 (3,2,3,3,2) 3 (16) Patrick Hougaard 13+2 (3,3,3,3,1) 4 (8) Adrian Miedziński 12 (3,2,3,2,2) 5 (13) Morten Risager 10 (1,2,3,1,3) 6 (5) Leon Madsen 10 (2,1,2,2,3) 7 (14) Tobias Kroner 9 (2,3,1,2,1) 8 (3) James Wright 8 (2,3,0,1,2) 9 (10) Manuel Hauzinger 7 (1,1,2,0,3) 10 (4) Izak Šantej 7 (1,1,1,2,2) 11 (12) Daniel King 6 (2,0,1,3,0) 12 (6) Fritz Wallner 5 (1,E,2,1,1) 13 (15) Manuel Novotny 2 (0,2,F,0,F) 14 (1) Henk Bos 2 (0,0,0,1,1) 15 (11) Theo Pijper 2 (0,1,1,0,0) 16 (7) Henry van der Steen 0 (0,0,0,0,0) – (17) Hans Peter Kulterer – – – (18) Daniel Gappmaier – –	Pocking Qualifying Round 4[13][14][15][16] 12 April, 2009 (14:00 CEST)  GER 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 Pos. Rider Points Details 1 (10) Davey Watt 13+3 (3,3,3,3,1) 2 (1) Jarosław Hampel 13+2 (3,3,1,3,3) 3 (15) Antonio Lindbäck 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 (4) Martin Smolinski 10+3 (1,3,2,2,2) 7 (12) Damian Baliński 10+F (2,2,2,2,2) 8 (16) Matěj Kůs 8 (3,1,0,1,3) 9 (6) Niels Kristian Iversen 7 (3,1,2,F,1) 10 (9) Kasts Podžuks 5 (0,2,0,1,2) 11 (14) Edward Kennett 5 (2,2,1,0,d) 12 (8) Richard Speiser 4 (1,0,2,1,0) 13 (7) Filip Šitera 4 (2,0,1,1,F) 14 (2) Mathieu Tresarrieu 3 (0,0,1,2,E) 15 (13) Max Dilger 1 (0,1,0,0,0) 16 (5) Marco Gregnanin 1 (0,E,0,0,1) – (17) Frank Facher – – – (18) Tobias Busch – –
Goričan Qualifying Round 5[17][18][19] June 27, 2009 (19:30) Goričan, Stadium Milenium (Length: 305 m) Referee: Istvan Darago Jury President: Christian Bouin Qualify: 6 + 1R Pos. Rider Points Details 1 (11) Jurica Pavlic 15 (3,3,3,3,3) 2 (10) Piotr Świderski 12 (1,2,3,3,3) 3 (3) Chris Holder 11+3 (2,2,3,2,2) 4 (12) Matej Zagar 11+2 (2,X,3,3,3) 5 (14) Jonas Davidsson 11+1 (3,3,2,1,2) 6 (8) Matej Ferjan 11+DNS (3,3,1,2,2) 7 (9) Andriy Karpov 9 (0,3,0,3,3) 8 (7) Krzysztof Kasprzak 8 (1,1,2,2,2) 9 (2) Janusz Kołodziej 7 (3,T,2,1,1) 10 (6) Simon Vlasov 6 (2,1,1,1,1) 11 (15) Lewis Bridger 5 (2,0,1,2,0) 12 (16) Adrian Rymel 5 (1,1,2,1,0) 13 (1) David Ruud 4 (1,2,X,0,1) 14 (4) Marko Vlah 3 (0,2,0,0,1) 15 (17) Renato Cvetko 1 (0,1,0,0,0) 16 (13) Norbert Magosi 1 (0,E,1,0,F) 17 (18) Nikola Pigac 0 (0) – (5) Lee Richardson – –

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 Pos. Rider Points Details 1 (4) Kenneth Bjerre #12 14 (3,2,3,3,3) 2 (16) Grzegorz Walasek #13 13 (3,3,1,3,3) 3 (14) Jonas Davidsson 10+3 (1,3,3,3,0) 4 (11) Kauko Nieminen 10+2 (1,3,3,1,2) 5 (15) Chris Harris #9 9 (2,2,1,2,2) 6 (2) Lukáš Dryml 9 (1,0,3,3,2) 7 (5) Magnus Zetterström 8 (3,1,2,1,1) 8 (12) Davey Watt 8 (3,0,0,2,3) 9 (3) Antonio Lindbäck 7 (2,1,0,2,2) 10 (13) Renat Gafurov 6 (0,3,1,2,0) 11 (10) Morten Risager 6 (2,1,0,0,3) 12 (9) Tai Woffinden 5 (0,2,2,1,Fx) 13 (8) Matej Žagar 5 (2,1,1,Fx,1) 14 (6) Piotr Świderski 4 (1,2,0,0,1) 15 (1) Jesper B. Monberg 3 (0,0,2,1,0) 16 (7) Christian Hefenbrock 3 (0,0,2,0,1) - (17) Joonas Kylmäkorpi - - - (18) Matěj Kůs - -

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 Madson replaced by track reserve Tobias Kroner No. 2 Patrick Hougaard replaced by James Wright Pos. Rider Points Details 1 (14) Jurica Pavlic 12+3 (1,3,3,3,2) 2 (11) Jarosław Hampel 12+2 (0,3,3,3,3) 3 (12) Fredrik Lindgren #10 11+3 (2,2,3,2,2) 4 (10) Maksims Bogdanovs 11+2 (3,2,1,2,3) 5 (15) Chris Holder 10 (3,1,2,3,1) 6 (9) Adrian Miedziński 10 (1,2,2,2,3) 7 (5) Piotr Protasiewicz 9 (2,3,1,3,E) 8 (13) Martin Smolinski 8 (2,1,3,2,0) 9 (1) Tobias Kroner 7 (3,0,1,1,2) 10 (3) Aleš Dryml, Jr. 6 (2,0,0,1,3) 11 (8) Bjarne Pedersen 6 (3,1,1,1,0) 12 (7) Rory Schlein 5 (0,2,2,0,1) 13 (6) Martin Vaculík 5 (1,0,2,1,1) 14 (4) Andriy Karpov 4 (0,3,0,0,1) 15 (2) James Wright 4 (1,1,0,0,2) 16 (16) Matej Ferjan 0 (0,X,-,-,-) 17 (17) Ķasts Poudžuks 0 (X,0) 18 (18) Vjačeslavs Giruckis 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]

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
1	(10) Magnus Zetterström	14			3			2						3			3		3				14	1	3
2	(1) Chris Holder	14	3				3				3				3				2				14	2	2
3	(2) Jarosław Hampel	13	2					3				3				2				3			13	Q3
4	(13) Fredrik Lindgren #10	12				3	2							1		3					3		12	4
5	(4) Chris Harris #9	10	0							2				2				3				3	10	5
6	(7) Piotr Protasiewicz	10		3					3					Fx	2					2			10	6
7	(14) Davey Watt	6				1		1					3		1							0	6	7
8	(12) Martin Smolinski	6			1					1		2			0						2		6	8
9	(9) Kenneth Bjerre #12	6			0		1						2					2		1			6	9
10	(15) Adrian Miedziński	6				2			2			1						1	R				6	10
11	(8) Grzegorz Walasek #13	4		0						3			1			-			-				4	11
12	(5) Lukáš Dryml	4		2			0					0					X					2	4	12
13	(6) Jonas Davidsson	3		1				0			2							0			0		3	13
14	(11) Jurica Pavlic	3			2				0		0					0						1	3	14
15	(16) Maksims Bogdanovs	3				0				Fx	1						2			0			3	15
16	(3) Kauko Nieminen	3	1						1				0				X				1		3	16
17	(17) Aleš Dryml, Jr.	1														1							1	17
18	(18) Morten Risager	1																	1				1	18
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix
• 2010 Speedway Grand Prix

References

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2. ↑ "Zagar, Santej i Stojs powalczą o Grand Prix 2010" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-03-16. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-16. 
3. ↑ "Czeskie nominacje" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-10-31. Archived from the original on 3 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-31. 
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5. ↑ "Supplementary Regulations QR1" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 
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13. ↑ "Supplementary Regulations QR4" (PDF). fim-live.com. Retrieved 2009-03-08. 
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15. ↑ "Ballot Pocking QR4 (2)" (PDF). fim-live.com. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 
16. ↑ "Watt wygrał w Pocking, awans Hampela, Baliński za burtą" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-04-12. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-12. 
17. ↑ "Supplementary Regulations QR5" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. Retrieved 2009-04-30. 
18. ↑ "Ballot Gorican I" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-16. 
19. ↑ "Pavlic najlepszy w Gorican, awans Świderskiego" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-04-12. Retrieved 2009-06-29. 
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21. ↑ "Ballot Motala II" (PDF). fim-live.com. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 
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24. ↑ "Ballot Daugavpils II" (PDF). fim-live.com. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 
25. ↑ "Rekordowy Pavlic - relacja z półfinału elim. do GP w Daugavpils" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2009-07-05. 
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29. ↑ "Ballot Coventry II" (PDF). fim-live.com. Retrieved 2009-09-14. 
30. 1 2 "Ballot Coventry III" (PDF). fim-live.com. Retrieved 2009-09-18.