The 2001 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 12 riders that would qualify for the 2001 Speedway Grand Prix^[1] to join the other 10 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix.^[2]

The format was similar to the previous year, in that 2 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 10 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.

Peter Karlsson won the GP Challenge.^[3]

• First Round - 6 riders from Sweden, 5 from Denmark, 3 from Norway, 2 from Finland to Scandinavian Final
• First Round - 27 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals
• First Round - 8 riders from British Final to Overseas Final
• First Round - 2 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final
• First Round - 1 rider from New Zealand Final to Overseas Final
• First Round - 3 riders from United States Final to Overseas Final
• Second Round - 8 riders from Scandinavian Final to Intercontinental Final
• Second Round - 8 riders from Overseas Final to Intercontinental Final
• Second Round - 16 riders from Continental semi-finals to Continental Final
• Third Round - 11 riders from positions 11-21 from the 2000 Grand Prix, World U21 champion & host rider to GP Challenge
• Third Round - 1 rider from the Continental Final to 2001 Grand Prix and 4 to GP Challenge
• Third Round - 1 rider from the Intercontinental Final to 2001 Grand Prix and 7 to GP Challenge
• Final Round - 10 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2001 Grand Prix

• 11 riders from positions 11-21 from the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix, World U21 champion & host rider to GP Challenge

Continental Final

• 1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 4 riders to GP Challenge
• 9 July 2000 Lonigo

More information Pos., Rider ...

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Matej Ferjan	14
2	Piotr Protasiewicz	14
3	Piotr Świst	13
4	Sebastian Ułamek	11
5	Grzegorz Walasek	10
6	Krzysztof Jabłoński	10
7	Adam Skórnicki	8
8	Bohumil Brhel	7
9	Armando Castagna	7
10	Tomasz Bajerski	5
11	Róbert Nagy	5
12	Antonín Šváb Jr.	4
13	Izak Šantej	4
14	Robert Barth	3
15	Joachim Kugelmann	3
16	Zoltán Adorján	2

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