2001 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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]

2001 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
Information
Date9 June 2001
City Cardiff
Event2 of 6 (38)
Referee Anthony Steele
Stadium details
StadiumMillennium Stadium
Length3,877 m (4,240 yd)
SGP Results
Best Time Jimmy Nilsen
58,33 secs 
Winner Tony Rickardsson
Runner-up Jason Crump
3rd place Jason Crump

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 R
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 2518    
2 (3) Tony Rickardsson 41 1625    
3 (8) Todd Wiltshire 28 1414    
4 (4) Jason Crump 25 520    
5 (9) Ryan Sullivan 25 1015    
6 (13) Nicki Pedersen 25 187    
7 (25) Henrik Gustafsson 23 203    
8 (6) Leigh Adams 20 128    
9 (21) Niklas Klingberg 20 416    
10 (11) Peter Karlsson 15 15–    
11 (1) Mark Loram 14 68    
12 (5) Greg Hancock 14 86    
13 (22) Matej Ferjan 14 77    
14 (17) Jimmy Nilsen 13 112    
15 (19) Brian Andersen 13 85    
16 (12) Carl Stonehewer 12 75    
17 (16) Piotr Protasiewicz 10 46    
18 (26) Grzegorz Walasek 10 –10    
19 (2) Billy Hamill 8 53    
20 (23) Robert Barth 6 6     
21 (10) Chris Louis 4 31    
22 (15) Mikael Karlsson 4 22    
23 (20) Andy Smith 4 31    
24 (23) Martin Dugard 4 –4    
25 (24) Scott Nicholls 4 –4    
27 (14) Rune Holta 3 12    
26 (24) Mirko Wolter 2 2     
Rider(s) not classified
(18) Joe Screen — ––    
Pos. Rider Points GER
GBR
DEN
CZE
POL
SWE

See also

References
  1. world.speedway.org Archived 2001-05-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-12-04.
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