2023 SGP2

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The 2023 SGP2 series was the 47th edition of the FIM Individual Under-21 World Championship. It was staged as the SGP2 class of the FIM Speedway Grand Prix series after rights holders Discovery Sports Events took over promotional rights of the competition in 2022. [1] [2]

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The three qualifying rounds were staged at Krsko, Pardubice and Vojens on 20 May. Four qualifiers from each qualifying heat progressed to the main event. [3] Three wildcards were chosen for the main event, in addition to the 12 qualifiers; they were Mathias Pollestad, Anže Grmek and Petr Chlupáč. [4]

Poland's Mateusz Cierniak won the title for the second season running, becoming only the fourth rider to win multiple Under-21 World Championship titles after Emil Sayfutdinov, Darcy Ward and Maksym Drabik. Damian Ratajczak took second with Bartłomiej Kowalski completing an all-Polish podium.

Qualifying

The 2023 season consisted of three qualifying events. Emil Breum, Keynan Rew and Esben Hjerrild won the qualifying rounds. [5] [6]

In addition to the 12 qualifiers, Anže Grmek, Mathias Pollestad and Petr Chlupáč were named as series wildcards. [7]

Main event

The 2023 season consisted of three rounds.

RoundDateVenueWinner
12 June Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Markéta Stadium, Prague Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Cierniak
223 June Flag of Poland.svg Edward Jancarz Stadium, Gorzów Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Cierniak
315 September Flag of Denmark.svg Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens Flag of Poland.svg Damian Ratajczak

Final Classification

[8]

Pos.RiderPoints Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Flag of Poland.svg Flag of Denmark.svg
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Poland.svg (842) Mateusz Cierniak 4920209
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Poland.svg (523) Damian Ratajczak 4516920
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Poland.svg (302) Bartłomiej Kowalski 42181212
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (27) Keynan Rew 41121811
5 Flag of Sweden.svg (43) Casper Henriksson 3311418
6 Flag of Norway.svg (999) Mathias Pollestad 291487
7 Flag of Sweden.svg (243) Philip Hellström Bängs 2771010
8 Flag of Denmark.svg (118) Emil Breum 2610160
9 Flag of Germany.svg (33) Norick Blödorn 216114
10 Flag of Latvia.svg (140) Francis Gusts 20614
11 Flag of Denmark.svg (63) Nicolai Heiselberg 18558
12 Flag of Denmark.svg (17) William Drejer 1616
13 Flag of Denmark.svg (94) Esben Hjerrild 13841
14 Flag of Sweden.svg (118) Gustav Grahn 12111
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (111) Anders Rowe 99
16 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (44) Petr Chlupáč 8323
17 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Oskar Paluch 77
18 Flag of Slovenia.svg (226) Anže Grmek 7232
19 Flag of Denmark.svg (18) Bastian Pedersen 66
20 Flag of Denmark.svg (16) Jesper Knudsen 55
21 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (16) Daniel Klíma 44
22 Flag of Ukraine.svg (785) Nazar Parnitskyi 00

See also

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