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2003 Speedway Grand Prix

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2003 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates17 May - 4 October
Events9
Cities9
Countries7
Riders22 permanents
2 wild card(s)
Heats225 + 3 canceled (in 9 events)
Winners
Champion DEN Nicki Pedersen
Runner-up AUS Jason Crump
3rd place SWE Tony Rickardsson

The 2003 Speedway Grand Prix was the 58th edition of the official World Championship[1][2][3] and the ninth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion. The world title was won by Nicki Pedersen of Denmark.[4]

Event format

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The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes. The eight best would be directly qualified for the "Main Event", while the sixteen others would be knocked out if they finished out of the top two in 4-man heats on two occasions - while they would go through if they finished inside the top two on two occasions. This resulted in 10 heats, where eight proceeded to the Main Event, where exactly the same system was applied to give eight riders to a semi-final.

The semi-finals were then two heats of four, where the top two qualified for a final - there was no consolation final. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with 5th and 6th place getting 13, 7th and 8th 11, and after that 8, 8, 7, 7, etc. Places after 8th place were awarded according to the time a rider was knocked out and, secondly, according to position in the last heat he rode in.

Qualification for Grand Prix

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Main article: 2003 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2003 season had 22 permanent riders and two wild cards at each event. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below.

2003 event schedule and winners

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Calendar

Date Grand Prix Venue Winner Result
17 May EuropeEurope Stadion Śląski, Chorzów Tony Rickardsson Sweden 2003 European GP[5]
31 May SwedenSweden Stadion Brovalla, Avesta Ryan Sullivan Australia 2003 Swedish GP[6]
14 June United Kingdom Great Britain Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Nicki Pedersen Denmark 2003 British GP[7]
28 June DenmarkDenmark Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Jason Crump Australia 2003 Danish GP[8]
12 July SloveniaSlovenia Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško Leigh Adams Australia 2003 Slovenian GP[9]
30 August Kalmar UnionScandinavia Ullevi, Gothenburg Ryan Sullivan Australia 2003 Scandinavian GP[10]
6 September Czech RepublicCzech Republic Markéta Stadium, Prague Jason Crump Australia 2003 Czech Republic GP[11]
20 September PolandPoland Polonia Stadium, Bydgoszcz Tomasz Gollob Poland 2003 Polish GP[12]
4 October NorwayNorway Vikingskipet, Hamar Greg Hancock United States 2003 Norwegian GP[13]

Final 2003 standings

Pos Rider Total EUR SWE GBR DEN SVN SCA CZE POL NOR
1 Denmark Nicki Pedersen 152 20 8 25 16 20 7 18 18 20
2 Australia Jason Crump 144 11 5 20 25 11 16 25 20 11
3 Sweden Tony Rickardsson 127 25 13 18 20 13 6 20 6 6
4 Australia Leigh Adams 126 11 18 13 11 25 18 11 11 8
5 United States Greg Hancock 121 8 16 16 18 11 13 6 8 25
6 Poland Tomasz Gollob 111 16 8 3 13 16 11 8 25 11
7 England Scott Nicholls 102 6 2 13 11 18 20 6 13 13
8 Norway/Poland Rune Holta 98 13 11 11 13 8 5 16 8 13
9 Australia Ryan Sullivan 94 6 25 7 8 8 25 5 3 7
10 Sweden Andreas Jonsson 76 - 2 11 7 7 13 13 7 16
11 Poland Piotr Protasiewicz 63 13 6 8 6 2 3 4 16 5
12 Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml 58 18 20 8 7 5 - - - -
13 Sweden Mikael Max 52 7 13 5 1 3 8 7 5 3
14 Denmark Bjarne Pedersen 51 2 7 4 5 - 3 8 4 18
15 Poland Tomasz Bajerski 51 4 11 7 6 13 5 2 1 2
16 England Lee Richardson 45 7 1 4 - - 8 7 11 7
17 Denmark Hans Andersen 41 3 4 - - - 11 11 6 6
18 England Mark Loram 32 5 - - - 7 4 4 7 5
19 Australia Todd Wiltshire 30 2 5 5 2 1 6 3 3 3
20 Australia Jason Lyons 29 1 6 2 8 3 2 1 2 4
21 Sweden Peter Karlsson 28 1 3 6 4 6 - 2 4 2
22 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 26 5 3 1 5 - 1 5 5 1
23 Denmark Ronni Pedersen 23 - 4 6 3 - 1 - 1 8
24 Poland Krzysztof Cegielski 15 8 7 - - - - - - -
25 Poland Jarosław Hampel 13 - - - - - - - 13 -
26 Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka 13 - - - - - - 13 - -
27 England David Howe 8 - - 2 - 6 - - - -
28 Sweden Peter Ljung 7 - - - - - 7 - - -
29 Russia Roman Povazhny 6 - - - 2 4 - - - -
30 Slovenia Matej Žagar 5 - - - - 5 - - - -
31 Norway Lars Gunnestad 4 - - - - - - - - 4
32 Sweden David Ruud 4 - - - - - 4 - - -
33 Denmark Charlie Gjedde 4 - - - 4 - - - - -
34 Poland Sebastian Ułamek 4 4 - - - - - - - -
35 Slovenia Izak Šantej 4 - - - - 4 - - - -
36 Czech Republic Aleš Dryml, Jr. 3 - - - - - - 3 - -
37 Poland Rafał Kurmański 3 3 - - - - - - - -
38 England Simon Stead 3 - - 3 - - - - - -
39 Poland Robert Dados 3 - - - 3 - - - - -
40 Finland Joonas Kylmäkorpi 3 - - - - - 2 - - 1
41 Poland Rafał Szombierski 2 - - - - - - - 2 -
42 Hungary Sándor Tihanyi 2 - - - - 2 - - - -
43 Denmark Jesper B. Jensen 1 - - - 1 - - - - -
44 Sweden Magnus Zetterström 1 - 1 - - - - - - -
45 Czech Republic Josef Franc 1 - - - - - - 1 - -
46 England Chris Harris 1 - - 1 - - - - - -
47 Slovenia Denis Štojs 1 - - - - 1 - - - -
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References

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  1. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Grand Prix of Norway - Nicki is new world champ". Crash.net. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
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  8. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
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  13. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
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