2023 Speedway Grand Prix

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2023 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates29 April – 30 September
Events10
Cities10
Countries8
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats230 (in 10 events)
Winners
ChampionFlag of Poland.svg  POL Bartosz Zmarzlik
Runner-upFlag of Sweden.svg  SWE Fredrik Lindgren
3rd placeFlag of Slovakia.svg  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.

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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

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

#Riders 2022 placeGP Ch placeAppearancePrevious appearances in series
95 Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Zmarzlik 1—8th2012–2015, 2016–2022
30 Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen 2—5th2010, 2013, 2019–2022
71 Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Janowski 3—9th2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2022
66 Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren 4—14th2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017–2022
505 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Lambert 553rd2015, 2018–2019, 2021–2022
99 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Bewley 622nd2018, 2022
692 Flag of Poland.svg Patryk Dudek 7—6th2016, 2017–2020, 2022
108 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tai Woffinden 8—12th2010, 2011, 2013–2022
54 Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Vaculík 9—8th2012, 2013, 2017–2022
69 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Doyle 10—9th2015–2022
155 Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Michelsen 11—3rd2015, 2018–2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
105 Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Thomsen 14103rd2016, 2020, 2021–2022
233 Flag of Sweden.svg Kim Nilsson —11st2012–2014, 2016–2017
25 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Holder 1232nd2016, 2020, 2022
46 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Fricke 1344th2016–2017, 2019, 2020–2022

Qualified substitutes

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

#Riders 2022 placeGP Ch place
29 Flag of Latvia.svg Andžejs Ļebedevs 169
201 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Kvěch 27—
744 Flag of Germany.svg Kai Huckenbeck 20—
22 Flag of the United States.svg Luke Becker ——
TBC Flag of France.svg Dimitri Bergé ——
TBC Flag of Finland.svg Timi Salonen ——
TBC Flag of Ukraine.svg Marko Levishyn ——

Calendar

The 2023 season consisted of 10 events.

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
129 April Flag of Croatia.svg Goričan, Croatia
Stadium Milenium 		Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Zmarzlik Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Lambert Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Doyle results
213 May Flag of Poland.svg Warsaw, Poland
Stadion Narodowy 		Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Holder Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Zmarzlik Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Doyle results
33 June Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague, Czech Republic
Markéta Stadium 		Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Vaculík Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Holder Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Zmarzlik results
410 June Flag of Germany.svg Teterow, Germany
Bergring Arena 		Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Zmarzlik Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Doyle Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Holder Flag of Sweden.svg Kim Nilsson results
524 June Flag of Poland.svg Gorzów, Poland
Edward Jancarz Stadium 		Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Zmarzlik Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Doyle results
615 July Flag of Sweden.svg Målilla, Sweden
Skrotfrag Arena 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Bewley Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Vaculík Flag of Poland.svg Patryk Dudek Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren results
712 August Flag of Latvia.svg Riga, Latvia
Biķernieki Riga Stadium 		Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Zmarzlik Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Vaculík Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tai Woffinden results
82 September Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cardiff, Great Britain
Principality Stadium 		Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Vaculík Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Holder Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Zmarzlik Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren results
916 September Flag of Denmark.svg Vojens, Denmark
Vojens Speedway Center 		Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Holder Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Lambert results
1030 September Flag of Poland.svg Toruń, Poland
Rose Motoarena 		Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Zmarzlik Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen Flag of Poland.svg Patryk Dudek results

Final classification

[6]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos.RiderPoints CRO
Flag of Croatia.svg 		POL
Flag of Poland.svg 		CZE
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 		GER
Flag of Germany.svg 		PL2
Flag of Poland.svg 		SWE
Flag of Sweden.svg 		LAT
Flag of Latvia.svg 		GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 		DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg 		PL3
Flag of Poland.svg
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Poland.svg (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 1582016142020122016–20
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg (66) Fredrik Lindgren 1501620115161418141818
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Slovakia.svg (54) Martin Vaculík 1259122073181620812
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (25) Jack Holder 12381816161110–181610
5 Flag of Denmark.svg (30) Leon Madsen 1114818121831022016
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (505) Robert Lambert 1081859101298121411
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (99) Dan Bewley 104101012982098126
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (69) Jason Doyle 96141481814112618
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (46) Max Fricke 837116371111999
10 Flag of Poland.svg (692) Patryk Dudek 7661106516410414
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (108) Tai Woffinden 641293895144––
12 Flag of Denmark.svg (155) Mikkel Michelsen 56116524455113
13 Flag of Sweden.svg (233) Kim Nilsson 44222142–31171
14 Flag of Poland.svg (71) Maciej Janowski 43377410273––
15 Flag of Denmark.svg (105) Anders Thomsen 3653411670–––
16 Flag of Latvia.svg (29) Andžejs Ļebedevs 30–––––86727
17 Flag of Germany.svg (744) Kai Huckenbeck 11–––1––––55
18 Flag of Denmark.svg (17) Mads Hansen 10––––––––10–
19 Flag of Sweden.svg (16) Jacob Thorssell 6–––––6––––
20 Flag of Denmark.svg (16) Rasmus Jensen 6––––––––6–
21 Flag of Poland.svg (17) Bartłomiej Kowalski 4–4––––––––
22 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Dominik Kubera 4–––––––––4
23 Flag of Denmark.svg (18) Benjamin Basso 3––––––––3–
24 Flag of Latvia.svg (16) Francis Gusts 2––––––2–––
25 Flag of the United States.svg (22) Luke Becker 2–––––––––2
26 Flag of Slovenia.svg (16) Matej Žagar 11–––––––––
27 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (16) Václav Milík 1––1–––––––
28 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Szymon Woźniak 1––––1–––––
29 Flag of Latvia.svg (18) Ernest Matjuszonok 1––––––1–––
30 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (16) Steve Worrall 1–––––––1––
31 Flag of Slovenia.svg (17) Nick Škorja 00–––––––––
32 Flag of Latvia.svg (17) Ričards Ansviesulis 0––––––0–––
33 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (17) Anders Rowe 0–––––––0––
34 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (18) Jason Edwards 0–––––––0––
35 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (201) Jan Kvěch 0––––––––0–
Pos. RiderPoints CRO
Flag of Croatia.svg 		POL
Flag of Poland.svg 		CZE
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 		GER
Flag of Germany.svg 		PL2
Flag of Poland.svg 		SWE
Flag of Sweden.svg 		LAT
Flag of Latvia.svg 		GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 		DEN
Flag of Denmark.svg 		PL3
Flag of Poland.svg

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References

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  2. ↑ "POLISH HERO ZMARZLIK EQUALS IDOL GOLLOB'S TALLY OF 22 SPEEDWAY GP WINS IN RIGA". FIM. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "BARTOSZ ZMARZLIK WINS 2023 SGP CHAMPIONSHIP WITH VICTORY IN TORUN, FREDRIK LINDGREN FINISHES SECOND". Eurosport. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "2022 FIM Speedway World Championship results". SGP.
  5. ↑ "2023 FIM Speedway World Championship line-up complete". SGP.
  6. ↑ "2023 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.
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