Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Speedway Grand Prix
Stadium Millennium Stadium
National Speedway Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
Manchester, England
Years28 (1995–present)
Track Length272 m
Last Event (season 2024)
Date17 August 2024
Winner Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Bewley

The Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain is a motorcycle speedway event that is a part of the Speedway Grand Prix (world championship) series.

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The temporary track in the Millennium Stadium has hosted the event from 2001 BritishGPspeedway2009.JPG
The temporary track in the Millennium Stadium has hosted the event from 2001

The Millennium Stadium hosted the British GP for the first time in 2001. The National Speedway Stadium in Manchester was included as a venue for the 2025 Speedway Grand Prix in addition to Cardiff. The 2025 Grand Prix in Cardiff was cancelled in December 2024 and replaced by a second GP in Manchester. [1]

Winners

SeasonCityStadiumWinner
1 1995 London London Stadium Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock result
2 1996 LondonLondon Stadium Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump result
3 1997 Bradford Odsal Stadium Flag of Denmark.svg Brian Andersen result
4 1998 Coventry Brandon Stadium Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump result
5 1999 CoventryBrandon Stadium Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rickardsson result
6 2000 CoventryBrandon Stadium Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Dugard result
7 2001 Cardiff Millennium Stadium Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rickardsson result
8 2002 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Sullivan result [2]
9 2003 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of Denmark.svg Nicki Pedersen result [3]
10 2004 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock result
11 2005 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rickardsson result [4]
12 2006 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump result [5]
13 2007 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Harris result
14 2008 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump result
15 2009 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump result
16 2010 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Holder result
17 2011 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock result
18 2012 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Holder result
19 2013 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of Russia.svg Emil Sayfutdinov result
20 2014 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock result [6]
21 2015 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of Denmark.svg Niels-Kristian Iversen result
22 2016 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of Sweden.svg Antonio Lindbäck result
23 2017 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Janowski result [7]
24 2018 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Zmarzlik result
25 2019 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen result
26 2022 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Bewley result [8]
27 2023 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Vaculík result [9]
28 2024 CardiffMillennium Stadium Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Bewley result
29 2025 Manchester National Speedway Stadium result
30 2025 ManchesterNational Speedway Stadium result

Most wins

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump 5 times

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References

  1. ↑ "CARDIFF EVENT REPLACED ON THE 2025 FIM SPEEDWAY GP CALENDAR WITH AN ADDITIONAL ROUND IN MANCHESTER". FIM. 20 December 2024. Archived from the original on 20 December 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "British Grand Prix: Sullivan wins maiden GP". Crash.net. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Pedersen Wins British Grand Prix". Motorcycle News. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "A Year in Summary : 2005". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Sports Round up: Australian Crump leaves them standing in Cardiff". The Times. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "Hancock wins British GP from Woffinden & Ward". MC News. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  7. ↑ "'I don't care what people think' – Three-time Speedway GP champion Tai Woffinden on being the 'best' ahead of new season". Eurosport. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Dan Bewley becomes first Brit to win in Cardiff since 2007". Eurosport. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  9. ↑ "FIM British Grand Prix @ Cardiff". British Speedway. Retrieved 25 May 2024.

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