2003 Speedway Grand Prix

World speedway championship season

2003 Speedway Grand Prix

Season details
Dates| 17 May - 4 October
Events| 9
Cities| 9
Countries| 7
Riders| 22 permanents
2 wild card(s)
Heats| 225 + 3 canceled (in 9 events)
Winners
Champion|  DEN Nicki Pedersen
Runner-up|  AUS Jason Crump
3rd place|  SWE Tony Rickardsson

* ← 2002
* Speedway Grand Prix
* 2004 →

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

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17 May  | Europe | Stadion Śląski, Chorzów  | Tony Rickardsson  | 2003 European GP[5]
31 May  | Sweden | Stadion Brovalla, Avesta  | Ryan Sullivan  | 2003 Swedish GP[6]
14 June  |  Great Britain | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff  | Nicki Pedersen  | 2003 British GP[7]
28 June  | Denmark | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen  | Jason Crump  | 2003 Danish GP[8]
12 July  | Slovenia | Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško  | Leigh Adams  | 2003 Slovenian GP[9]
30 August  | Scandinavia | Ullevi, Gothenburg  | Ryan Sullivan  | 2003 Scandinavian GP[10]
6 September  | Czech Republic | Markéta Stadium, Prague  | Jason Crump  | 2003 Czech Republic GP[11]
20 September  | Poland | Polonia Stadium, Bydgoszcz  | Tomasz Gollob  | 2003 Polish GP[12]
4 October  | Norway | Vikingskipet, Hamar  | Greg Hancock  | 2003 Norwegian GP[13]

Final 2003 standings

Pos  | Rider  | Total  | EUR | SWE | GBR | DEN | SVN | SCA | CZE | POL | NOR

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1  |  Nicki Pedersen | 152 | 20 | 8 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 20
2  |  Jason Crump | 144 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 20 | 11
3  |  Tony Rickardsson | 127 | 25 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 6
4  |  Leigh Adams | 126 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 8
5  |  Greg Hancock | 121 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 25
6  |  Tomasz Gollob | 111 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 11
7  |  Scott Nicholls | 102 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 13
8  | / Rune Holta | 98 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 13
9  |  Ryan Sullivan | 94 | 6 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 7
10  |  Andreas Jonsson | 76 | - | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 16
11  |  Piotr Protasiewicz | 63 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 5
12  |  Lukáš Dryml | 58 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | \-
13  |  Mikael Max | 52 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3
14  |  Bjarne Pedersen | 51 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | - | 3 | 8 | 4 | 18
15  |  Tomasz Bajerski | 51 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2
16  |  Lee Richardson | 45 | 7 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 8 | 7 | 11 | 7
17  |  Hans Andersen | 41 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | 6 | 6
18  |  Mark Loram | 32 | 5 | - | - | - | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5
19  |  Todd Wiltshire | 30 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3
20  |  Jason Lyons | 29 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4
21  |  Peter Karlsson | 28 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | - | 2 | 4 | 2
22  |  Bohumil Brhel | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1
23  |  Ronni Pedersen | 23 | - | 4 | 6 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 8
24  |  Krzysztof Cegielski | 15 | 8 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | \-
25  |  Jarosław Hampel | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | \-
26  |  Tomáš Topinka | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | \-
27  |  David Howe | 8 | - | - | 2 | - | 6 | - | - | - | \-
28  |  Peter Ljung | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | \-
29  |  Roman Povazhny | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | \-
30  |  Matej Žagar | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | \-
31  |  Lars Gunnestad | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4
32  |  David Ruud | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | \-
33  |  Charlie Gjedde | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | \-
34  |  Sebastian Ułamek | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | \-
35  |  Izak Šantej | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | \-
36  |  Aleš Dryml, Jr. | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | \-
37  |  Rafał Kurmański | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | \-
38  |  Simon Stead | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | \-
39  |  Robert Dados | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | \-
40  |  Joonas Kylmäkorpi | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1
41  |  Rafał Szombierski | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | \-
42  |  Sándor Tihanyi | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | \-
43  |  Jesper B. Jensen | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | \-
44  |  Magnus Zetterström | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | \-
45  |  Josef Franc | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | \-
46  |  Chris Harris | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | \-
47  |  Denis Štojs | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | \-

## External links

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* List of results from Official Speedway GP site

## 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.
6. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
7. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
8. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
9. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
10. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
11. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
12. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
13. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

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