2001 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

**2001 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain**
2001 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
Information
Date	9 June 2001
City	Cardiff
Event	2 of 6 (38)
Referee	Anthony Steele
Stadium details
Stadium	Millennium Stadium
Length	3,877 m (4,240 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time	Jimmy Nilsen; 58,33 secs
Winner	Tony Rickardsson
Runner-up	Jason Crump
3rd place	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	(3) Tony Rickardsson	25													1				2					2		1
2	14	(4) Jason Crump	20			1				1				2							4R	2			1		2
3	1	(7) Tomasz Gollob	18											1						1				1			3
4	16	(21) Niklas Klingberg	16	3				2					2	4					2			1		2			4
5	7	(9) Ryan Sullivan	15												4			2					1		3	1
6	5	(8) Todd Wiltshire	14														1				2			4X		2
7	21	(17) Jimmy Nilsen	12				1				1				1						1				4	3
8	4	(26) Grzegorz Walasek	10														2			4F			2	3		4
9	12	(1) Mark Loram	8				2			2						2					3Fx		3
10	6	(6) Leigh Adams	8													3		1				3
11	2	(13) Nicki Pedersen	7												2					3		4
12	11	(22) Matej Ferjan	7			4			1				1			4			1				4
13	8	(5) Greg Hancock	6											3				3
14	15	(16) Piotr Protasiewicz	6		3				2			2			3				3
15	10	(12) Carl Stonehewer	5		1						4X	1					3		4
16	9	(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	(23) Martin Dugard	4		2					4R			3
18	24	(24) Scott Nicholls	4	1						3		3R
19	13	(2) Billy Hamill	3				4X	1				4X
20	22	(25) Henrik Gustafsson	3			2					3		4
21	20	(14) Rune Holta	2				3		3
22	19	(15) Mikael Karlsson	2			3		3
23	17	(10) Chris Louis	1	4					4
24	18	(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	GBR	DEN	CZE	POL	SWE
1	(7) Tomasz Gollob	43	25	18
2	(3) Tony Rickardsson	41	16	25
3	(8) Todd Wiltshire	28	14	14
4	(4) Jason Crump	25	5	20
5	(9) Ryan Sullivan	25	10	15
6	(13) Nicki Pedersen	25	18	7
7	(25) Henrik Gustafsson	23	20	3
8	(6) Leigh Adams	20	12	8
9	(21) Niklas Klingberg	20	4	16
10	(11) Peter Karlsson	15	15	–
11	(1) Mark Loram	14	6	8
12	(5) Greg Hancock	14	8	6
13	(22) Matej Ferjan	14	7	7
14	(17) Jimmy Nilsen	13	1	12
15	(19) Brian Andersen	13	8	5
16	(12) Carl Stonehewer	12	7	5
17	(16) Piotr Protasiewicz	10	4	6
18	(26) Grzegorz Walasek	10	–	10
19	(2) Billy Hamill	8	5	3
20	(23) Robert Barth	6	6
21	(10) Chris Louis	4	3	1
22	(15) Mikael Karlsson	4	2	2
23	(20) Andy Smith	4	3	1
24	(23) Martin Dugard	4	–	4
25	(24) Scott Nicholls	4	–	4
27	(14) Rune Holta	3	1	2
26	(24) Mirko Wolter	2	2
Rider(s) not classified
	(18) Joe Screen	—	–	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	GER	GBR	DEN	CZE	POL	SWE

References

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

External links

FIM-live.com
SpeedwayWorld.tv

[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.