Event Format
The format was changed for GP 2005 with 16 riders (instead of 24) taking part in each Grand Prix event, and over the course of 20 heats each rider will start in 5 heats and race against every other rider once (which is the classical round-robin formula of the individual tournament). The top 8 scorers advance to two semi-final heats, and the 1st and 2nd riders from each semi-final advance to the GP final heat. All riders apart from the qualifiers for the final carry forward the points earned in the round-robin round over the course of the season. The riders in the final receive points (for the whole tournament, irrespective of how many points they actually earned) as follows:
- 1st place = 25 points
- 2nd place = 20 points
- 3rd place = 18 points
- 4th place = 16 points
This formula was basically identical to that in effect during the 1995-1997 GP editions, the difference being such that then all the 16 riders after the 20 heat round-robin round started in one additional heat (those from places 13-16 after round-robin in 21st, 9-12 in 22nd, 5-8 in 23rd, 1-4 in 24th being the Great Final), and all 16 received a constant amount of points for a given place in a tournament (irrespective of how many points they actually earned).
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