2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe

2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe
Venue	Stadion Śląski
Location	Chorzów, (Poland)
Start date	14 September 2002
Competitors	24

The 2002 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe was the eighth round of the 2002 Speedway Grand Prix season (the world championship). It took place on 14 September 2002 at the Stadion Śląski in Chorzów, Poland.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

It was the second time that the Speedway Grand Prix of Europe had been held.

The Grand Prix was by the Danish rider Nicki Pedersen (his maiden career Grand Prix win).

Grand Prix result

Pos.	Rider	1	2	3	4	5	6	SF1	SF2	Final	GP Points
1	Nicki Pedersen	2	3	2	2				2	3	25
2	Jason Crump	3	3	1	3			2		2	20
3	Mikael Karlsson	1	2	3					3	1	18
4	Tony Rickardsson	3	2	3				3		0	16
5	Scott Nicholls	1	2	2	3	2		1			13
6	Krzysztof Cegielski	3	1	3	3	0	3		1		13
7	Ryan Sullivan	2	0	3	2				0		11
8	Leigh Adams	1	1	3	2			0			11
9	Billy Hamill	2	3	1	2	1					8
10	Lukáš Dryml	0	2	0	1						8
11	Rune Holta	0	3	0	0						7
12	Mark Loram	2	2	1	2	1					7
13	Greg Hancock	2	1	1							6
14	Niklas Klingberg	3	0	2	0	1					6
15	Tomasz Gollob	2	2	0	0						5
16	Sebastian Ułamek	3	1	3	0	0					5
17	Jarosław Hampel	0	3	1							4
18	Lee Richardson	1	2								4
19	Andreas Jonsson	0	3	0							3
20	Peter Karlsson	3	0	0							3
21	Todd Wiltshire	0	1								2
22	Andy Smith	0	1								2
23	Matej Ferjan	1	0								1
24	Piotr Protasiewicz	1	0								1

Heat by heat

• Heat 1 Klingberg, Pedersen, Richardson, Jonsson
• Heat 2 Cegielski, Gollob, Protasiewicz, Hampel
• Heat 3 Ulamek, Loram, Ferjan, Wiltshire
• Heat 4 P Karlsson, Hamill, Nicholls, Smith
• Heat 5 Hampel, Richardson, Smith, Ferjan
• Heat 6 Jonsson, Nicholls, Wiltshire, Protasiewicz
• Heat 7 Hamill, Gollob, Ulamek, Klingberg
• Heat 8 Pedersen, Loram, Cegielski, P Karlsson (EF)
• Heat 9 Crump, Hancock, Adams, Holta
• Heat 10 Rickardsson, Sullivan, M Karlsson, Dryml
• Heat 11 Ulamek, Nicholls, Hampel, P Karlsson
• Heat 12 Cegielski, Klingberg, Richardson (FX), Jonsson (FX)
• Heat 13 Crump, Dryml, Hamill, Klingberg
• Heat 14 Nicholls, Pedersen, Adams, Sullivan
• Heat 15 Cegielski, M Karlsson, Hancock, Gollob (EF)
• Heat 16 Holta, Rickardsson, Loram, Ulamek
• Heat 17 Sullivan, Hamill, Hancock, Ulamek
• Heat 18 Adams, Loram, Klingberg, Gollob (FR)
• Heat 19 Rickardsson, Pedersen, Crump, Cegielski
• Heat 20 M Karlsson, Nicholls, Holta (FX)], Dryml (FX)
• Heat 21 Crump, Sullivan, Dryml, Loram
• Heat 22 Cegielski, Adams, Hamill, Holta
• Semi Finals
• Heat 23 Rickardsson, Crump, Nicholls, Adams
• Heat 24 M Karlsson, Pedersen, Cegielski, Sullivan (FX)
• Finals
• Heat 25 Pedersen, Crump, M Karlsson, Rickardsson

References

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3. "A Year in Summary : 2002". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
4. "2002 Grand Prix riding line up confirmed". Crash.net. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
5. "Speedway Grand Prix". Speedway Grand Prix DK. Retrieved 11 July 2024.