2023 Speedway Grand Prix | |
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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 | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
3rd place | ![]() |
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]
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]
# | Riders | 2022 place | GP Ch place | Appearance | Previous appearances in series |
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95 | ![]() | 1 | — | 8th | 2012–2015, 2016–2022 |
30 | ![]() | 2 | — | 5th | 2010, 2013, 2019–2022 |
71 | ![]() | 3 | — | 9th | 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2022 |
66 | ![]() | 4 | — | 14th | 2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017–2022 |
505 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 3rd | 2015, 2018–2019, 2021–2022 |
99 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 2nd | 2018, 2022 |
692 | ![]() | 7 | — | 6th | 2016, 2017–2020, 2022 |
108 | ![]() | 8 | — | 12th | 2010, 2011, 2013–2022 |
54 | ![]() | 9 | — | 8th | 2012, 2013, 2017–2022 |
69 | ![]() | 10 | — | 9th | 2015–2022 |
155 | ![]() | 11 | — | 3rd | 2015, 2018–2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
105 | ![]() | 14 | 10 | 3rd | 2016, 2020, 2021–2022 |
233 | ![]() | — | 1 | 1st | 2012–2014, 2016–2017 |
25 | ![]() | 12 | 3 | 2nd | 2016, 2020, 2022 |
46 | ![]() | 13 | 4 | 4th | 2016–2017, 2019, 2020–2022 |
The following riders were nominated as substitutes:
# | Riders | 2022 place | GP Ch place |
---|---|---|---|
29 | ![]() | 16 | 9 |
201 | ![]() | 27 | — |
744 | ![]() | 20 | — |
22 | ![]() | — | — |
TBC | ![]() | — | — |
TBC | ![]() | — | — |
TBC | ![]() | — | — |
The 2023 season consisted of 10 events.
Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series |
Full-time Grand Prix rider |
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve |
Pos. | Rider | Points | CRO ![]() | POL ![]() | CZE ![]() | GER ![]() | PL2 ![]() | SWE ![]() | LAT ![]() | GBR ![]() | DEN ![]() | PL3 ![]() |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | 158 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 20 | 16 | – | 20 |
![]() | ![]() | 150 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 18 |
![]() | ![]() | 125 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 12 |
4 | ![]() | 123 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 10 | – | 18 | 16 | 10 |
5 | ![]() | 111 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 16 |
6 | ![]() | 108 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 11 |
7 | ![]() | 104 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 6 |
8 | ![]() | 96 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
9 | ![]() | 83 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
10 | ![]() | 76 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
11 | ![]() | 64 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 4 | – | – |
12 | ![]() | 56 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
13 | ![]() | 44 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 2 | – | 3 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
14 | ![]() | 43 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | – | – |
15 | ![]() | 36 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – |
16 | ![]() | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
17 | ![]() | 11 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 5 |
18 | ![]() | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – |
19 | ![]() | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – |
20 | ![]() | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – |
21 | ![]() | 4 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
22 | ![]() | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
23 | ![]() | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
24 | ![]() | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
25 | ![]() | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
26 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
27 | ![]() | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
28 | ![]() | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
29 | ![]() | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
30 | ![]() | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
31 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
32 | ![]() | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – |
33 | ![]() | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – |
34 | ![]() | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – |
35 | ![]() | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
Pos. | Rider | Points | CRO ![]() | POL ![]() | CZE ![]() | GER ![]() | PL2 ![]() | SWE ![]() | LAT ![]() | GBR ![]() | DEN ![]() | PL3 ![]() |
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