2023 Speedway Grand Prix
| 2023 Speedway Grand Prix | |
|---|---|
| Season details | |
| Dates | 29 April – 30 September |
| Events | 10 |
| Cities | 10 |
| Countries | 8 |
| Riders | 15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves |
| Heats | 230 (in 10 events) |
| Winners | |
| Champion | POL Bartosz Zmarzlik |
| Runner-up | SWE Fredrik Lindgren |
| 3rd place | SVK Martin Vaculík |
The 2023 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 29th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 78th FIM Speedway World Championship.[1] It was the second series promoted by Discovery Sports Events.
Bartosz Zmarzlik was the defending champion, having won the 2022 title.
Zmarzlik successfully retained the title, winning a fourth championship, despite being disqualified from round nine in Denmark. He beat Fredrik Lindgren by eight points, with Martin Vaculík securing the bronze medal. During the championships, Zmarzlik secured four Grand Prix wins after the Latvian Grand Prix, which equalled the 22 career Grand Prix wins of fellow Pole Tomasz Gollob.[2] He then went on to win a fifth Grand Prix, which equalled the all-time record of 23 held by Jason Crump.[3]
Qualification
[edit ]For the 2023 season there were 15 permanent riders, who were joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.
The top six riders from the 2022 championship qualified automatically.[4] These riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.
The final six riders were nominated by the SGP Commission.[5]
Qualified riders
[edit ]| # | Riders | 2022 place | GP Ch place | Appearance | Previous appearances in series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 | Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik | 1 | — | 8th | 2012–2015, 2016–2022 |
| 30 | Denmark Leon Madsen | 2 | — | 5th | 2010, 2013, 2019–2022 |
| 71 | Poland Maciej Janowski | 3 | — | 9th | 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2022 |
| 66 | Sweden Fredrik Lindgren | 4 | — | 14th | 2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017–2022 |
| 505 | United Kingdom Robert Lambert | 5 | 5 | 3rd | 2015, 2018–2019, 2021–2022 |
| 99 | United Kingdom Dan Bewley | 6 | 2 | 2nd | 2018, 2022 |
| 692 | Poland Patryk Dudek | 7 | — | 6th | 2016, 2017–2020, 2022 |
| 108 | United Kingdom Tai Woffinden | 8 | — | 12th | 2010, 2011, 2013–2022 |
| 54 | Slovakia Martin Vaculík | 9 | — | 8th | 2012, 2013, 2017–2022 |
| 69 | Australia Jason Doyle | 10 | — | 9th | 2015–2022 |
| 155 | Denmark Mikkel Michelsen | 11 | — | 3rd | 2015, 2018–2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| 105 | Denmark Anders Thomsen | 14 | 10 | 3rd | 2016, 2020, 2021–2022 |
| 233 | Sweden Kim Nilsson | — | 1 | 1st | 2012–2014, 2016–2017 |
| 25 | Australia Jack Holder | 12 | 3 | 2nd | 2016, 2020, 2022 |
| 46 | Australia Max Fricke | 13 | 4 | 4th | 2016–2017, 2019, 2020–2022 |
Qualified substitutes
[edit ]The following riders were nominated as substitutes:
| # | Riders | 2022 place | GP Ch place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs | 16 | 9 |
| 201 | Czech Republic Jan Kvěch | 27 | — |
| 744 | Germany Kai Huckenbeck | 20 | — |
| 22 | United States Luke Becker | — | — |
| TBC | France Dimitri Bergé | — | — |
| TBC | Finland Timi Salonen | — | — |
| TBC | Ukraine Marko Levishyn | — | — |
Calendar
[edit ]The 2023 season consisted of 10 events.
Final classification
[edit ]| Pos. | Rider | Points | CRO Croatia |
POL Poland |
CZE Czech Republic |
GER Germany |
PL2 Poland |
SWE Sweden |
LAT Latvia |
GBR United Kingdom |
DEN Denmark |
PL3 Poland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 158 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 20 | 16 | – | 20 |
| Silver | Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren | 150 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 18 |
| Bronze | Slovakia (54) Martin Vaculík | 125 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 12 |
| 4 | Australia (25) Jack Holder | 123 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 10 | – | 18 | 16 | 10 |
| 5 | Denmark (30) Leon Madsen | 111 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 16 |
| 6 | United Kingdom (505) Robert Lambert | 108 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 11 |
| 7 | United Kingdom (99) Dan Bewley | 104 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 6 |
| 8 | Australia (69) Jason Doyle | 96 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Australia (46) Max Fricke | 83 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Poland (692) Patryk Dudek | 76 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 11 | United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden | 64 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 4 | – | – |
| 12 | Denmark (155) Mikkel Michelsen | 56 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| 13 | Sweden (233) Kim Nilsson | 44 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 2 | – | 3 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| 14 | Poland (71) Maciej Janowski | 43 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | – | – |
| 15 | Denmark (105) Anders Thomsen | 36 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – |
| 16 | Latvia (29) Andžejs Ļebedevs | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| 17 | Germany (744) Kai Huckenbeck | 11 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 5 |
| 18 | Denmark (17) Mads Hansen | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – |
| 19 | Sweden (16) Jacob Thorssell | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Denmark (16) Rasmus Jensen | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – |
| 21 | Poland (17) Bartłomiej Kowalski | 4 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Poland (16) Dominik Kubera | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 23 | Denmark (18) Benjamin Basso | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| 24 | Latvia (16) Francis Gusts | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| 25 | United States (22) Luke Becker | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 26 | Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | Czech Republic (16) Václav Milík | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | Poland (16) Szymon Woźniak | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 29 | Latvia (18) Ernest Matjuszonok | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 30 | United Kingdom (16) Steve Worrall | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 31 | Slovenia (17) Nick Škorja | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | Latvia (17) Ričards Ansviesulis | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – |
| 33 | United Kingdom (17) Anders Rowe | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – |
| 34 | United Kingdom (18) Jason Edwards | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – |
| 35 | Czech Republic (201) Jan Kvěch | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | CRO Croatia |
POL Poland |
CZE Czech Republic |
GER Germany |
PL2 Poland |
SWE Sweden |
LAT Latvia |
GBR United Kingdom |
DEN Denmark |
PL3 Poland |
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "POLISH HERO ZMARZLIK EQUALS IDOL GOLLOB'S TALLY OF 22 SPEEDWAY GP WINS IN RIGA". FIM. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "BARTOSZ ZMARZLIK WINS 2023 SGP CHAMPIONSHIP WITH VICTORY IN TORUN, FREDRIK LINDGREN FINISHES SECOND". Eurosport. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ "2022 FIM Speedway World Championship results". SGP.
- ^ "2023 FIM Speedway World Championship line-up complete". SGP.
- ^ "2023 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.
