2020 Speedway Grand Prix

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2020 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
DatesAugust 28 - October 3
Events8
Cities4
Countries2
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats184 (in 8 events)
Winners
ChampionFlag of Poland.svg  POL Bartosz Zmarzlik
Runner-upFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Tai Woffinden
3rd placeFlag of Sweden.svg  SWE Fredrik Lindgren

The 2020 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 26th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 75th FIM Speedway World Championship. [1] [2] It was the 20th series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company

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A new points system was introduced with overall positions deciding the number of championship points a rider scored from a Grand Prix (GP), and points scored in each individual heat used to determine a rider's progress in a GP.

The series was dominated by Polish venues with six of the eight races held in Poland. [3] Bartosz Zmarzlik was the defending champion, having won the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix series, and he successfully retained his title in 2020 by winning four of the eight rounds. Former three-time champion Tai Woffinden finished second after winning a run-off with Fredrik Lindgren. Maciej Janowski, Leon Madsen and Jason Doyle completed the top six, thus earning places in the 2021 series.

Qualification

For the 2020 season there were 15 permanent riders, who were joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.

The top eight riders from the 2019 championship qualified automatically. [4] These 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 2019 season. [5]

Qualified riders

#Riders 2019 placeGP Ch placeAppearancePrevious appearances in series
95 Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Zmarzlik 15th2012–2015, 2016–2019
30 Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen 22nd2013, 2019
89 Flag of Russia.svg Emil Sayfutdinov 39th2009–2013, 2017–2019
66 Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren 411th2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017–2019
54 Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Vaculík 545th2012, 2013, 2017–2019
71 Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Janowski 66th2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2019
69 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Doyle 76th2015–2019
692 Flag of Poland.svg Patryk Dudek 84th2016, 2017–2019
55 Flag of Slovenia.svg Matej Žagar 9110th2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–2019
88 Flag of Denmark.svg Niels-Kristian Iversen 1029th2004–2005, 2006, 2008, 2009–2010, 2013–2017, 2018, 2019
46 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Fricke 1631st2016-2017, 2019
222 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Laguta 114th2011, 2018–2019
85 Flag of Sweden.svg Antonio Lindbäck 1210th2004, 2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2011–2013, 2015, 2016–2017, 2019
108 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tai Woffinden 139th2010, 2011, 2013–2019
155 Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Michelsen17141st2015, 2018–2019

Michelsen was handed a spot after initial wildcard pick Greg Hancock announced his retirement from the sport and first reserve Martin Smolinski withdrew due to injury. [6]

Qualified substitutes

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

#Riders 2019 placeGP Ch place
115 Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Smektała 18
105 Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Thomsen 5
20 Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Aspgren 6
96 Flag of France.svg Dimitri Bergé

Calendar

The 2020 season originally consisted of 10 events, the same number as in 2019. [7] The Slovenian round had been replaced by a new round in Russia. The British Grand Prix was originally scheduled to be held on July 18, but was cancelled on June 1. The first round in Warsaw was postponed to August 28, the Czech Grand Prix was postponed to September 19 & the German Grand Prix was postponed to a unknown date, all due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The rounds in Hallstavik and Målilla were cancelled on June 18. [8] On July 29 a final revised calendar was published by the organisers of the series, with a total of 8 rounds; 6 in Poland and 2 in the Czech Republic.

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
1August 28 Flag of Poland.svg Wrocław, Poland
Olympic Stadium
Flag of Russia.svg Artem Laguta Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Janowski Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tai Woffinden results
2August 29 Flag of Poland.svg Wrocław, Poland
Olympic Stadium
Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Janowski Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tai Woffinden Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Zmarzlik Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren results
3September 11 Flag of Poland.svg Gorzów, Poland
Edward Jancarz Stadium
Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Zmarzlik Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Doyle Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen results
4September 12 Flag of Poland.svg Gorzów, Poland
Edward Jancarz Stadium
Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Doyle Flag of Russia.svg Emil Sayfutdinov results
5September 18 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague, Czech Republic
Markéta Stadium
Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Zmarzlik Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tai Woffinden Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Vaculík Flag of Russia.svg Emil Sayfutdinov results
6September 19 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague, Czech Republic
Markéta Stadium
Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Zmarzlik Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tai Woffinden Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Doyle Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren results
7October 2 Flag of Poland.svg Toruń, Poland
Rose Motoarena
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Fricke Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Janowski Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tai Woffinden Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Zmarzlik results
8October 3 Flag of Poland.svg Toruń, Poland
Rose Motoarena
Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Zmarzlik Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Janowski Flag of Russia.svg Artem Laguta Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren results

Final Classification

[9]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos.RiderPoints POL
Flag of Poland.svg
PL2
Flag of Poland.svg
PL3
Flag of Poland.svg
PL4
Flag of Poland.svg
CZE
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
CZ2
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
PL5
Flag of Poland.svg
PL6
Flag of Poland.svg
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Poland.svg (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik (C)1331116201220201420
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (108) Tai Woffinden 1171418111018181612
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg (66) Fredrik Lindgren 1171614162012141114
4 Flag of Poland.svg (71) Maciej Janowski 1071820109591818
5 Flag of Denmark.svg (30) Leon Madsen 891261418911910
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (69) Jason Doyle 876218161116711
7 Flag of Russia.svg (222) Artem Laguta 84201285105816
8 Flag of Russia.svg (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 811057141410129
9 Flag of Slovakia.svg (54) Martin Vaculík 789312111612105
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (46) Max Fricke 642104888204
11 Flag of Slovenia.svg (55) Matej Žagar 4684963763
12 Flag of Poland.svg (692) Patryk Dudek 3958217646
13 Flag of Denmark.svg (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 32311644211
" Flag of Denmark.svg (155) Mikkel Michelsen 3247526332
15 Flag of Sweden.svg (85) Antonio Lindbäck 2211132428
16 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Gleb Chugunov 1679
17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (16) Jack Holder 1257
18 Flag of Denmark.svg (16) Anders Thomsen 1037
19 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (17) Eduard Krčmář 110
" Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (16) Václav Milík 101
21 Flag of Poland.svg (17) Rafał Karczmarz 000
" Flag of Poland.svg (18) Wiktor Jasiński 00
" Flag of Poland.svg (18) Przemysław Liszka 00
" Flag of Poland.svg (17) Michał Curzytek 00
" Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (18) Jan Kvěch 00
Pos. RiderPoints POL
Flag of Poland.svg
PL2
Flag of Poland.svg
PL3
Flag of Poland.svg
PL4
Flag of Poland.svg
CZE
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
CZ2
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
PL5
Flag of Poland.svg
PL6
Flag of Poland.svg

See also

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