2018 Speedway Grand Prix

Summary

The 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 24th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 73rd FIM Speedway World Championship.[1][2] It was the eighteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company.

2018 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
DatesMay 12 – October 6
Events10
Cities10
Countries7
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats230 (in 10 events)
Winners
Champion GBR Tai Woffinden
Runner-up POL Bartosz Zmarzlik
3rd place SWE Fredrik Lindgren

The world title was won by Tai Woffinden, who finished 10 points ahead of Bartosz Zmarzlik in second with Fredrik Lindgren taking the bronze medal. It was Woffinden's third world title, following his wins in 2013 and 2015, making him the most successful British rider in history. Defending champion Jason Doyle finished the season in seventh place.

Qualification edit

For the 2018 season there were 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.

The top eight riders from the 2017 championship qualified automatically. Those riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.

The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2017 season.[3]

Qualified riders edit

# Riders 2017 place GP Ch place Appearance Previous appearances in series
69   Jason Doyle 1 4th 2015–2017
692   Patryk Dudek 2 3 2nd 2016, 2017
108   Tai Woffinden 3 7th 2010, 2011, 2013–2017
71   Maciej Janowski 4 4th 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2017
95   Bartosz Zmarzlik 5 3rd 2012–2015, 2016–2017
89   Emil Sayfutdinov 6 7th 2009–2013, 2017
55   Matej Žagar 7 12 8th 2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–2017
66   Fredrik Lindgren 8 9th 2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017
54   Martin Vaculík 9 17 3rd 2012, 2013, 2017
23   Chris Holder 10 9th 2010–2017
45   Greg Hancock 14 24th 1995–2017
110   Nicki Pedersen 20 18th 2000, 2001–2017
59   Przemysław Pawlicki 29 1 1st 2010, 2012, 2017
222   Artem Laguta 2 2nd 2011
111   Craig Cook 32 4 1st 2013–2015, 2017

Qualified substitutes edit

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

# Riders 2017 place GP Ch place
88   Niels Kristian Iversen 15
225   Václav Milík Jr. 16 8
53   Linus Sundström 32
133   Maksym Drabik
46   Max Fricke 18

Calendar edit

The 2018 season consisted of 10 events, two less than the 2017 series.[4]

Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
1 May 12   Warsaw , Poland
Stadion Narodowy
  Tai Woffinden   Maciej Janowski   Fredrik Lindgren   Artem Laguta results
2 May 26   Prague , Czech Republic
Markéta Stadium
  Fredrik Lindgren   Patryk Dudek   Emil Sayfutdinov   Tai Woffinden results
3 June 30   Horsens , Denmark
CASA Arena
  Tai Woffinden   Artem Laguta   Greg Hancock   Jason Doyle results
4 July 7   Hallstavik , Sweden
HZ Bygg Arena
  Maciej Janowski   Fredrik Lindgren   Bartosz Zmarzlik   Tai Woffinden results
5 July 21   Cardiff , Great Britain
Principality Stadium
  Bartosz Zmarzlik   Tai Woffinden   Maciej Janowski   Greg Hancock results
6 August 11   Målilla , Sweden
G&B Arena
  Nicki Pedersen   Matej Žagar   Fredrik Lindgren   Martin Vaculík results
7 August 25   Gorzow , Poland
Edward Jancarz Stadium
  Martin Vaculík   Bartosz Zmarzlik   Tai Woffinden   Patryk Dudek results
8 September 8   Krsko , Slovenia
Stadion Matije Gubca
  Patryk Dudek   Jason Doyle   Greg Hancock   Fredrik Lindgren results
9 September 22   Teterow , Germany
Bergring Arena
  Tai Woffinden   Jason Doyle   Bartosz Zmarzlik   Greg Hancock results
10 October 6   Torun , Poland
Rose Motoarena
  Tai Woffinden   Artem Laguta   Emil Sayfutdinov   Niels-Kristian Iversen results

Final Classification edit

[5]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points POL
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
SWE
 
GBR
 
SCA
 
PL2
 
SVN
 
GER
 
PL3
 
    (108) Tai Woffinden (C) 139 15 16 18 16 16 10 12 5 16 15
    (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 129 9 4 10 13 19 14 18 12 15 15
    (66) Fredrik Lindgren 109 16 16 7 15 7 13 2 13 9 11
4   (71) Maciej Janowski 104 13 11 5 18 12 11 9 10 9 6
5   (45) Greg Hancock 102 8 7 16 10 12 3 10 15 12 9
6   (222) Artem Laguta 97 13 8 12 8 6 6 13 7 4 20
7   (69) Jason Doyle 93 5 9 12 9 5 4 9 17 16 7
8   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 89 8 15 11 14 8 6 3 5 8 11
9   (692) Patryk Dudek 84 10 14 6 6 10 10 12 16
10   (55) Matej Žagar 79 9 7 5 7 6 16 11 12 6
11   (110) Nicki Pedersen 74 2 8 12 3 6 15 6 7 8 7
12   (23) Chris Holder 65 10 5 9 7 7 5 0 10 7 5
13   (54) Martin Vaculík 52 3 1 3 10 18 9 0 8
14   (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 36 4 5 5 12 10
15   (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 36 3 5 5 1 10 3 3 2 3 1
16   (111) Craig Cook 30 2 2 2 3 9 3 4 5 0
17   (16) Vaclav Milik 11 6 5
18   (16) Szymon Woźniak 8 8
19   (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 7
20   (16) Andreas Jonsson 7 7
21   (16) Peter Ljung 5 5
22   (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 4 4
23   (17) Oliver Berntzon 3 3
24   (18) Kevin Wölbert 3 3
25   (17) Maksym Drabik 2 2
26   (18) Bartosz Smektała 2 2
27   (16) Kai Huckenbeck 2 2
28   (16) Daniel Kaczmarek 2 2
29   (17) Mikkel Michelsen 1 1
30   (16) Robert Lambert 1 1
31   (18) Joel Kling 1 1
32   (17) Martin Smolinski 1 1
33   (18) Mikkel Bech Jensen 0 0
34   (17) Dan Bewley 0 0
35   (16) Matic Ivačič 0 0
36   (17) Nick Škorja 0 0
37   (17) Igor Kopeć-Sobczyński 0 0
Pos. Rider Points POL
 
CZE
 
DEN
 
SWE
 
GBR
 
SCA
 
PL2
 
SVN
 
GER
 
PL3
 

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "2018 SGP Wildcards". SGP.
  4. ^ "2018 FIM Speedway World Championship calendar". SGP.
  5. ^ "2018 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

External links edit

  • SpeedwayGP.com – Speedway World Championships