2026 Speedway Grand Prix

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2026 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
DatesTBC
EventsTBC
CitiesTBC
CountriesTBC
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats(in TBC events)

The 2026 Speedway Grand Prix season will be the 32nd season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and will decide the 81st FIM Speedway World Championship. It will be the first series promoted by Mayfield Sports Events Ltd, who will take over from Discovery. [1]

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Bartosz Zmarzlik will be the defending champion having won the title in 2025. A win will mean he surpasses Tony Rickardsson and Ivan Mauger's record of six world championships. [2] Brady Kurtz will also be aiming to become the first rider in history to win six consecutive Grand Prix in the season opener, having won the last five rounds in 2025. [3]

Qualification

For the 2026 season there will be 15 permanent riders, who will be joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves. The top seven riders from the 2025 championship qualify automatically. These riders will be joined by the four riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge [4] [5] and the 2025 Speedway European Championship winner. The final three riders will be nominated by the SGP Commission.

Qualified riders

#Riders 2025 placeGP Ch placePermanent rider appearancePrevious appearances in series
95 Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Zmarzlik 1—11th2012–2015, 2016–2025
101 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brady Kurtz 2—2nd2016-2017, 2025
99 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Bewley 3—5th2018, 2022–2025
66 Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren 4—17th2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017–2025
25 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Holder 5—5th2016, 2020, 2022–2025
29 Flag of Latvia.svg Andžejs Ļebedevs 643rd2013–2014, 2022–2023, 2024-2025
505 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Lambert 7—6th2015, 2018–2019, 2021–2025
415 Flag of Poland.svg Dominik Kubera 1213rd2021, 2023, 2024-2025
223 Flag of Poland.svg Kacper Woryna —21st2016, 2022
30 Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen 1737th2010, 2013, 2019–2024, 2025
52 Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Jepsen Jensen 1852nd2012-2014, 2015, 2016-2018, 2025
692 Flag of Poland.svg Patryk Dudek 16—7th2016, 2017–2020, 2022-2023, 2024-2025
46 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Fricke 8—6th2016–2017, 2019, 2020–2023, 2024, 2025
69 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Doyle 10—12th2015–2025
108 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tai Woffinden ——14th2010, 2011, 2013–2024

Qualified substitutes

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

#Riders 2025 placeGP Ch place
785 Flag of Ukraine.svg Nazar Parnitskyi ——
105 Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Thomsen 116
201 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Kvěch 139
744 Flag of Germany.svg Kai Huckenbeck 1514
999 Flag of Norway.svg Mathias Pollestad —16

Calendar

The 2026 season consists of 10 events. [6]

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
12 May Flag of Germany.svg Landshut, Germany
Ellermühle Speedway Stadium 		results
223 May Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague, Czech Republic
Markéta Stadium 		results
35 June Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Manchester, Great Britain
National Speedway Stadium 		results
46 June Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Manchester, Great Britain
National Speedway Stadium 		results
520 June Flag of Poland.svg Wrocław, Poland
Olympic Stadium 		results
611 July Flag of Sweden.svg Målilla, Sweden
Skrotfrag Arena 		results
71 August Flag of Poland.svg Łódź, Poland
Moto Arena Łódź 		results
88 August Flag of Latvia.svg Riga, Latvia
Riga Speedway Stadium 		results
912 September Flag of Denmark.svg Vojens, Denmark
Vojens Speedway Center 		results
1026 September Flag of Poland.svg Toruń, Poland
MotoArena Toruń 		results

By league

Among the 15 permanent riders: [7]

(club/league participation as of October 2025)

References

  1. ↑ "Mayfield Sports Events Ltd becomes FIM Speedway global promoter". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Bartosz Zmarzlik crowned world champion despite Brady Kurtz winning in Vojens". TNT Sports. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "Brady Kurtz misses FIM Speedway GP crown by single point". MC News. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "Kubera, Woryna, Maden and Lebedevs ready for 2026". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "FIM Speedway Grand Prix World Championship Challenge decided in Denmark". FIM. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "2026 Speedway Grand Prix calendar". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "Welcome to a new era of Speedway!". www.fimspeedway.com. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
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