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2003 Speedway Grand Prix

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]

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

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  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
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 - - - -
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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.
  9. ^ "Grand Prix result". Speedway World. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
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  11. ^ "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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