2024 Speedway Grand Prix

2024 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates	27 April – 28 September
Events	11
Cities	11
Countries	8
Riders	15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves
Heats	253 (in 11 events)
Winners
Champion	POL Bartosz Zmarzlik
Runner-up	GBR Robert Lambert
3rd place	SWE Fredrik Lindgren
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The 2024 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 30th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 79th FIM Speedway World Championship. ^[1] It was the third series promoted by Discovery Sports Events. A new sprint race was introduced at selected Grand Prix during the qualifying session, with the fastest rider in each qualifying session progressing to a single race for extra points. The idea behind the sprint race was similar to that brought into the Formula One, whereby the qualifying sessions were given more importance. ^[2]

Bartosz Zmarzlik successfully defended the title, which was his third in a row and a fifth overall. Robert Lambert took second place with Fredrik Lindgren in third.

Summary

Jack Holder won the opening round, which was the first Grand Prix win of his career. ^[3] After Jason Doyle won round two, Mikkel Michelsen won his maiden Grand Prix by claiming the German Grand Prix. ^[4] Doyle was later ruled out for four months after suffering a torn rotator cuff and tendon damage after a crash at Ipswich, ending his hopes of a second world title. ^[5]

By winning the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, Zmarzlik broke Jason Crump's all-time record of 23 Grand Prix wins, although ten of them were won on home soil, whereas Crump's were all outside of Australia. ^[6]

Qualification

For the 2024 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 2023 championship qualified automatically. These riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge and the 2023 Speedway European Championship winner. The final five riders were nominated by the SGP Commission. ^[1]

Qualified riders

#	Riders	2023 place	GP Ch place	Permanent rider appearance	Previous appearances in series
95	Bartosz Zmarzlik	1	—	9th	2012–2015, 2016–2023
66	Fredrik Lindgren	2	—	15th	2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017–2023
54	Martin Vaculík	3	2	9th	2012, 2013, 2017–2023
25	Jack Holder	4	—	3rd	2016, 2020, 2022–2023
30	Leon Madsen	5	—	6th	2010, 2013, 2019–2023
505	Robert Lambert	6	4	4th	2015, 2018–2019, 2021–2023
99	Dan Bewley	7	—	3rd	2018, 2022–2023
69	Jason Doyle	8	1	10th	2015–2023
108	Tai Woffinden	11	—	13th	2010, 2011, 2013–2023
155	Mikkel Michelsen	12	—	4th	2015, 2018–2019, 2020, 2021, 2022–2023
29	Andžejs Ļebedevs	16	7	1st	2013–2014, 2022–2023
744	Kai Huckenbeck	17	—	1st	2017–2019, 2022–2023
415	Dominik Kubera	=21	—	1st	2021, 2023
48	Szymon Woźniak	=26	3	1st	2018, 2022–2023
201	Jan Kvěch	=31	5	1st	2020–2023

Qualified substitutes

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

#	Riders	2023 place	GP Ch place
46	Max Fricke	9	—
71	Maciej Janowski	14	—
233	Kim Nilsson	13	—
67	Rasmus Jensen	=19	—
22	Luke Becker	=24	8
96	Dimitri Bergé	—	10
842	Mateusz Cierniak	—	—

Calendar

The 2024 season consisted of 11 events. ^[7]

Round	Date	City and venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd placed	4th placed	Results
1	27 April	Donji Kraljevec, Croatia Stadium Milenium	Jack Holder	Jason Doyle	Fredrik Lindgren	Bartosz Zmarzlik	results
2	11 May	Warsaw, Poland Stadion Narodowy	Jason Doyle	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Robert Lambert	Martin Vaculík	results
3	18 May	Landshut, Germany Ellermühle Speedway Stadium	Mikkel Michelsen	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Jack Holder	Dominik Kubera	results
4	1 June	Prague, Czech Republic Markéta Stadium	Martin Vaculík	Fredrik Lindgren	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Dominik Kubera	results
5	15 June	Målilla, Sweden Skrotfrag Arena	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Max Fricke	Robert Lambert	Jack Holder	results
6	29 June	Gorzów, Poland Edward Jancarz Stadium	Fredrik Lindgren	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Mikkel Michelsen	Leon Madsen	results
7	17 August	Cardiff, Great Britain Principality Stadium	Dan Bewley	Robert Lambert	Fredrik Lindgren	Dominik Kubera	results
8	31 August	Wrocław, Poland Olympic Stadium	Martin Vaculík	Fredrik Lindgren	Robert Lambert	Mikkel Michelsen	results [8]
9	7 September	Riga, Latvia Riga Speedway Stadium	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Fredrik Lindgren	Dan Bewley	Max Fricke	results
10	14 September	Vojens, Denmark Vojens Speedway Center	Robert Lambert	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Maciej Janowski	Andžejs Ļebedevs	results
11	28 September	Toruń, Poland MotoArena Toruń	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Leon Madsen	Dan Bewley	Fredrik Lindgren	results [9]

Final classification

^[10]

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	GER	CZE	SWE	PL2	GBR	PL3	LAT	DEN	PL4
	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik (C)	179	14	18	18	16	20	18	7	10	20	18	20
	(505) Robert Lambert	144	12	17	12	12	16	3	18	16	11	20	7
	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	141	16	7	3	18	8	20	16	18	18	3	14
4	(99) Dan Bewley	127	3	15	10	5	9	7	24	11	16	11	16
5	(54) Martin Vaculík	122	7	14	6	20	6	12	10	20	7	12	8
6	(25) Jack Holder	106	20	12	16	6	14	9	10	6	2	2	9
7	(155) Mikkel Michelsen	101	8	8	20	11	12	16	12	14	0	–	–
8	(415) Dominik Kubera	98	9	2	14	14	11	4	14	5	5	10	10
9	(30) Leon Madsen	94	10	4	11	7	5	14	9	7	9	–	18
10	(29) Andžejs Ļebedevs	79	4	5	4	9	10	–	11	8	10	14	4
11	(46) Max Fricke	69	–	–	–	10	18	5	5	4	14	8	5
12	(744) Kai Huckenbeck	61	11	9	5	2	3	11	2	3	8	4	3
13	(48) Szymon Woźniak	58	6	10	8	8	7	10	1	1	4	1	2
14	(71) Maciej Janowski	52	–	–	–	–	–	1	8	9	12	16	6
15	(201) Jan Kvěch	52	5	4	1	3	2	8	5	2	6	5	11
16	(69) Jason Doyle	47	18	20	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	(16) Patryk Dudek	24	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	12
18	(108) Tai Woffinden	23	1	8	7	1	4	2	–	–	–	–	–
19	(67) Rasmus Jensen	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–
20	(233) Kim Nilsson	8	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	6	1
21	(16) Anders Thomsen	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–
22	(16) Oskar Fajfer	6	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–
23	(16) Václav Milík	4	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
24	(16) Tom Brennan	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
25	(16) Mateusz Cierniak	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
26	(16) Daniils Kolodinskis	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–
27	(16) Matej Žagar	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
28	(16) Norick Blödorn	2	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
29	(17) Francis Gusts	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
30	(17) Bartłomiej Kowalski	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
31	(17) Martin Smolinski	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
32	(18) Erik Riss	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
33	(17) Jakub Miśkowiak	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–
34	(18) Oskar Paluch	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–
35	(18) Ričards Ansviesulis	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	CRO	POL	GER	CZE	SWE	PL2	GBR	PL3	LAT	DEN	PL4

References

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