2001 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

Speedway race in Cardiff, Wales July 2024 July 2024 GBR 9 June 2001 Cardiff 2 of 6 (38) Anthony Steele Millennium Stadium 387,7 SWE 58,33 Jimmy Nilsen Tony Rickardsson SWE Jason Crump AUS Tomasz Gollob POL The 2001 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the second race of the 2001 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 9 June in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Walesworld.speedway.org https://web.archive.org/web/20010512233850/http://world.speedway.org/2001/wc/i/1.sdf 2001-05-12 . Retrieved on 2009-12-04.https://www.speedwaygbarchive.co.uk/worldfinalindex World individual final - Rider index British Speedway 12 July 2024https://www.fimspeedway.com/history-of-speedway/roll-of-honour World Championship roll of honour FIM Speedway 12 July 2024https://speedway-grandprix.dk/saeson/2001-grand-prix/ 2001 Speedway Grand Prix Speedway Grand Prix DK 12 July 2024https://www.sportcal.com/pressreleases/speedway-grand-prix-and-world-cup-dates-confirmed/ Speedway Grand Prix and World Cup Dates Confirmed Sportcal 12 July 2024 The Grand Prix was won by the Swedish rider Tony Rickardsson (his 7th career Grand Prix win).https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2001/jun/11/motorcycling.comment Cardiff rocks with the revs and roar of speedway's revival The Guardian 12 July 2024 Starting positions draw The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Martin Dugard and Scott Nicholls as Wild Card. Injured Joe Screen and Peter Karlsson were replaced by Henrik Gustafsson and Grzegorz Walasek. POL 7 Tomasz Gollob DEN 13 Nicki Pedersen SWE 3 Tony Rickardsson SWE 11 Peter Karlsson POL 26 Grzegorz Walasek AUS 8 Todd Wiltshire AUS 6 Leigh Adams AUS 9 Ryan Sullivan USA 5 Greg Hancock DEN 19 Brian Andersen GBR 12 Carl Stonehewer SVN 22 Matej Ferjan GBR 1 Mark Loram USA 2 Billy Hamill AUS 4 Jason Crump POL 16 Piotr Protasiewicz SWE 21 Niklas Klingberg GBR 10 Chris Louis GBR 20 Andy Smith SWE 15 Mikael Karlsson NOR 14 Rune Holta SWE 17 Jimmy Nilsen GBR 18 Joe Screen SWE 25 Henrik Gustafsson GBR 23 Martin Dugard GBR 24 Scott Nicholls Heat details 3 1 SWE 3 Tony Rickardsson 1 2 b 2 r 1 14 2 AUS 4 Jason Crump 1 1 2 4 R 2 y 1 y 2 1 3 POL 7 Tomasz Gollob 1 1 r 1 b 3 16 4 SWE 21 Niklas Klingberg 3 2 2 4 2 1 w 2 w 4 7 5 AUS 9 Ryan Sullivan 4 2 1 w 3 r 1 5 6 AUS 8 Todd Wiltshire 1 2 b 4 X y 2 21 7 SWE 17 Jimmy Nilsen 1 1 1 1 r 4 w 3 4 8 POL 26 Grzegorz Walasek 2 4 F 2 y 3 b 4 12 9 GBR 1 Mark Loram 2 2 2 3 Fx 3 6 10 AUS 6 Leigh Adams 3 1 3 2 11 DEN 13 Nicki Pedersen 2 3 4 11 12 SVN 22 Matej Ferjan 4 1 1 4 1 4 8 13 USA 5 Greg Hancock 3 3 15 14 POL 16 Piotr Protasiewicz 3 2 2 3 3 10 15 GBR 12 Carl Stonehewer 1 4 X 1 3 4 9 16 DEN 19 Brian Andersen 2 2 4 4 23 17 GBR 23 Martin Dugard 2 4 R 3 24 18 GBR 24 Scott Nicholls 1 3 3 3R 13 19 USA 2 Billy Hamill 4 X 1 4 X 22 20 SWE 25 Henrik Gustafsson 2 3 4 20 21 NOR 14 Rune Holta 3 3 19 22 SWE 15 Mikael Karlsson 3 3 17 23 GBR 10 Chris Louis 4 4 18 24 GBR 20 Andy Smith 4 4 Standings 2001 GER GBR DEN CZE POL SWE q 1 POL 7 Tomasz Gollob a 25 c 18 i i i i q 2 SWE 3 Tony Rickardsson d 16 a 25 i i i i q 3 AUS 8 Todd Wiltshire e 14 e 14 i i i i q 4 AUS 4 Jason Crump f 5 b 20 i i i i q 5 AUS 9 Ryan Sullivan e 10 e 15 i i i i q 6 DEN 13 Nicki Pedersen c 18 f 7 i i i i w 7 SWE 25 Henrik Gustafsson b 20 f 3 i i i i q 8 AUS 6 Leigh Adams e 12 f 8 i i i i q 9 SWE 21 Niklas Klingberg f 4 d 16 i i i i q 10 SWE 11 Peter Karlsson e 15 x i i i i q 11 GBR 1 Mark Loram f 6 f 8 i i i i p 12 USA 5 Greg Hancock f 8 f 6 i i i i p 13 SVN 22 Matej Ferjan f 7 f 7 i i i i p 14 SWE 17 Jimmy Nilsen f 1 e 12 i i i i p 15 DEN 19 Brian Andersen f 8 f 5 i i i i p 16 GBR 12 Carl Stonehewer f 7 f 5 i i i i p 17 POL 16 Piotr Protasiewicz f 4 f 6 i i i i w 18 POL 26 Grzegorz Walasek x e 10 i i i i p 19 USA 2 Billy Hamill f 5 f 3 i i i i w 20 GER 23 Robert Barth f 6 i i i i i p 21 GBR 10 Chris Louis f 3 f 1 i i i i p 22 SWE 15 Mikael Karlsson f 2 f 2 i i i i p 23 GBR 20 Andy Smith f 3 f 1 i i i i w 24 GBR 23 Martin Dugard x f 4 i i i i w 25 GBR 24 Scott Nicholls x f 4 i i i i p 27 NOR 14 Rune Holta f 1 f 2 i i i i w 26 GER 24 Mirko Wolter f 2 i i i i i p GBR 18 Joe Screen x x i i i i See also Speedway Grand Prix List of Speedway Grand Prix riders References External links FIM-live.com SpeedwayWorld.tv Great Britain 2001 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain 2001 Category:2001 in British motorsport Category:2001 in Welsh sport Category:2000s in Cardiff Category:June 2001 sports events in the United Kingdom