2001 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

2001 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
Information
Date	5 May 2001
City	Berlin
Event	1 of 6 (37)
Referee	Anthony Steele
Stadium details
Stadium	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Tomasz Gollob
Runner-up	Henrik Gustafsson
3rd place	Nicki Pedersen

The 2001 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany was the first race of the 2001 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 5 May 2001 in the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in Berlin, Germany.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Robert Barth and Mirko Wolter as Wild Card. Injured Joe Screen was replaced by Henrik Gustafsson.

1.	GBR (1) Mark Loram
2.	USA (2) Billy Hamill
3.	SWE (3) Tony Rickardsson
4.	AUS (4) Jason Crump
5.	USA (5) Greg Hancock
6.	AUS (6) Leigh Adams
7.	POL (7) Tomasz Gollob
8.	AUS (8) Todd Wiltshire
9.	AUS (9) Ryan Sullivan
10.	GBR (10) Chris Louis
11.	SWE (11) Peter Karlsson
12.	GBR (12) Carl Stonehewer
13.	DEN (13) Nicki Pedersen
14.	NOR (14) Rune Holta
15.	SWE (15) Mikael Karlsson
16.	POL (16) Piotr Protasiewicz
17.	SWE (17) Jimmy Nilsen
18.	GBR (18) Joe Screen →  SWE (25) Henrik Gustafsson
19.	DEN (19) Brian Andersen
20.	GBR (20) Andy Smith
21.	SWE (21) Niklas Klingberg
22.	SVN (22) Matej Ferjan
23.	GER (23) Robert Barth
24.	GER (24) Mirko Wolter

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	7	(7) Tomasz Gollob	25												4R			1				1		2			1
2	18	(25) Henrik Gustafsson	20		1						1				1						1				2		2
3	13	(13) Nicki Pedersen	18				2			1				1						2					1		3
4	3	(3) Tony Rickardsson	16													4X			1				2	1			4
5	11	(11) Peter Karlsson	15			2					2						2			1				3		1
6	8	(8) Todd Wiltshire	14											2							2			4		2
7	6	(6) Leigh Adams	12													1				3		2			3	3
8	9	(9) Ryan Sullivan	10	1						2						3		2					1		4	4
9	5	(5) Greg Hancock	8														3		2			3
10	19	(19) Brian Andersen	8			1				3		1					1				3		3
11	12	(12) Carl Stonehewer	7				3		2			2			2					4			4F
12	22	(22) Matej Ferjan	7			4			1				1			2					4	4
13	1	(1) Mark Loram	6											3				3
14	23	(23) Robert Barth	6		4			2					2	4					3
15	2	(2) Billy Hamill	5												3				4F
16	4	(4) Jason Crump	5														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	16	(16) Piotr Protasiewicz	4	2							4	3
18	21	(21) Niklas Klingberg	4				1				3		3
19	10	(10) Chris Louis	3		2					4			4
20	20	(20) Andy Smith	3				4	1				4
21	15	(15) Mikael Karlsson	2		3				3
22	24	(24) Mirko Wolter	2	3				3
23	14	(14) Rune Holta	1			3		4R
24	17	(17) Jimmy Nilsen	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	25	25
2	(25) Henrik Gustafsson	20	20
3	(13) Nicki Pedersen	18	18
4	(3) Tony Rickardsson	16	16
5	(11) Peter Karlsson	15	15
6	(8) Todd Wiltshire	14	14
7	(6) Leigh Adams	12	12
8	(9) Ryan Sullivan	10	10
9	(5) Greg Hancock	8	8
10	(19) Brian Andersen	8	8
11	(12) Carl Stonehewer	7	7
12	(22) Matej Ferjan	7	7
13	(1) Mark Loram	6	6
14	(23) Robert Barth	6	6
15	(2) Billy Hamill	5	5
16	(4) Jason Crump	5	5
17	(16) Piotr Protasiewicz	4	4
18	(21) Niklas Klingberg	4	4
19	(10) Chris Louis	3	3
20	(20) Andy Smith	3	3
21	(15) Mikael Karlsson	2	2
22	(24) Mirko Wolter	2	2
23	(14) Rune Holta	1	1
24	(17) Jimmy Nilsen	1	1
Rider(s) not classified
	(18) Joe Screen	—	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	GER	GBR	DEN	CZE	POL	SWE

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders

References

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.

External links

• FIM-live.com
• SpeedwayWorld.tv