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2018 Speedway Grand Prix

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2018 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
DatesMay 12 – October 6
Events10
Cities10
Countries7
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats230 (in 10 events)
Winners
Champion GBR Tai Woffinden
Runner-up POL Bartosz Zmarzlik
3rd place SWE Fredrik Lindgren

The 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 24th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 73rd FIM Speedway World Championship.[1][2] It was the eighteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company.

The world title was won by Tai Woffinden, who finished 10 points ahead of Bartosz Zmarzlik in second with Fredrik Lindgren taking the bronze medal. It was Woffinden's third world title, following his wins in 2013 and 2015, making him the most successful British rider in history. Defending champion Jason Doyle finished the season in seventh place.

Qualification

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For the 2018 season there were 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.

The top eight riders from the 2017 championship qualified automatically. Those riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.

The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2017 season.[3]

Qualified riders

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# Riders 2017 place GP Ch place Appearance Previous appearances in series
69 Australia Jason Doyle 1 4th 2015–2017
692 Poland Patryk Dudek 2 3 2nd 2016, 2017
108 United Kingdom Tai Woffinden 3 7th 2010, 2011, 2013–2017
71 Poland Maciej Janowski 4 4th 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2017
95 Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik 5 3rd 2012–2015, 2016–2017
89 Russia Emil Sayfutdinov 6 7th 2009–2013, 2017
55 Slovenia Matej Žagar 7 12 8th 2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–2017
66 Sweden Fredrik Lindgren 8 9th 2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017
54 Slovakia Martin Vaculík 9 17 3rd 2012, 2013, 2017
23 Australia Chris Holder 10 9th 2010–2017
45 United States Greg Hancock 14 24th 1995–2017
110 Denmark Nicki Pedersen 20 18th 2000, 2001–2017
59 Poland Przemysław Pawlicki 29 1 1st 2010, 2012, 2017
222 Russia Artem Laguta 2 2nd 2011
111 United Kingdom Craig Cook 32 4 1st 2013–2015, 2017

Qualified substitutes

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The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

# Riders 2017 place GP Ch place
88 Denmark Niels Kristian Iversen 15
225 Czech Republic Václav Milík Jr. 16 8
53 Sweden Linus Sundström 32
133 Poland Maksym Drabik
46 Australia Max Fricke 18

Calendar

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The 2018 season consisted of 10 events, two less than the 2017 series.[4]

Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
1 May 12 Poland Warsaw , Poland
Stadion Narodowy
United Kingdom Tai Woffinden Poland Maciej Janowski Sweden Fredrik Lindgren Russia Artem Laguta results
2 May 26 Czech Republic Prague , Czech Republic
Markéta Stadium
Sweden Fredrik Lindgren Poland Patryk Dudek Russia Emil Sayfutdinov United Kingdom Tai Woffinden results
3 June 30 Denmark Horsens , Denmark
CASA Arena
United Kingdom Tai Woffinden Russia Artem Laguta United States Greg Hancock Australia Jason Doyle results
4 July 7 Sweden Hallstavik , Sweden
HZ Bygg Arena
Poland Maciej Janowski Sweden Fredrik Lindgren Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik United Kingdom Tai Woffinden results
5 July 21 United Kingdom Cardiff , Great Britain
Principality Stadium
Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik United Kingdom Tai Woffinden Poland Maciej Janowski United States Greg Hancock results
6 August 11 Sweden Målilla , Sweden
G&B Arena
Denmark Nicki Pedersen Slovenia Matej Žagar Sweden Fredrik Lindgren Slovakia Martin Vaculík results
7 August 25 Poland Gorzow , Poland
Edward Jancarz Stadium
Slovakia Martin Vaculík Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik United Kingdom Tai Woffinden Poland Patryk Dudek results
8 September 8 Slovenia Krsko , Slovenia
Stadion Matije Gubca
Poland Patryk Dudek Australia Jason Doyle United States Greg Hancock Sweden Fredrik Lindgren results
9 September 22 Germany Teterow , Germany
Bergring Arena
United Kingdom Tai Woffinden Australia Jason Doyle Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik United States Greg Hancock results
10 October 6 Poland Torun , Poland
Rose Motoarena
United Kingdom Tai Woffinden Russia Artem Laguta Russia Emil Sayfutdinov Denmark Niels-Kristian Iversen results

Final Classification

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Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
CZE
Czech Republic
DEN
Denmark
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
SCA
Sweden
PL2
Poland
SVN
Slovenia
GER
Germany
PL3
Poland
Gold United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden (C) 139 15 16 18 16 16 10 12 5 16 15
Silver Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 129 9 4 10 13 19 14 18 12 15 15
Bronze Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren 109 16 16 7 15 7 13 2 13 9 11
4 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 104 13 11 5 18 12 11 9 10 9 6
5 United States (45) Greg Hancock 102 8 7 16 10 12 3 10 15 12 9
6 Russia (222) Artem Laguta 97 13 8 12 8 6 6 13 7 4 20
7 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 93 5 9 12 9 5 4 9 17 16 7
8 Russia (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 89 8 15 11 14 8 6 3 5 8 11
9 Poland (692) Patryk Dudek 84 10 14 6 6 10 10 12 16
10 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 79 9 7 5 7 6 16 11 12 6
11 Denmark (110) Nicki Pedersen 74 2 8 12 3 6 15 6 7 8 7
12 Australia (23) Chris Holder 65 10 5 9 7 7 5 0 10 7 5
13 Slovakia (54) Martin Vaculík 52 3 1 3 10 18 9 0 8
14 Denmark (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 36 4 5 5 12 10
15 Poland (59) Przemysław Pawlicki 36 3 5 5 1 10 3 3 2 3 1
16 United Kingdom (111) Craig Cook 30 2 2 2 3 9 3 4 5 0
17 Czech Republic (16) Vaclav Milik 11 6 5
18 Poland (16) Szymon Woźniak 8 8
19 Poland (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 7
20 Sweden (16) Andreas Jonsson 7 7
21 Sweden (16) Peter Ljung 5 5
22 Denmark (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen 4 4
23 Sweden (17) Oliver Berntzon 3 3
24 Germany (18) Kevin Wölbert 3 3
25 Poland (17) Maksym Drabik 2 2
26 Poland (18) Bartosz Smektała 2 2
27 Germany (16) Kai Huckenbeck 2 2
28 Poland (16) Daniel Kaczmarek 2 2
29 Denmark (17) Mikkel Michelsen 1 1
30 United Kingdom (16) Robert Lambert 1 1
31 Sweden (18) Joel Kling 1 1
32 Germany (17) Martin Smolinski 1 1
33 Denmark (18) Mikkel Bech Jensen 0 0
34 United Kingdom (17) Dan Bewley 0 0
35 Slovenia (16) Matic Ivačič 0 0
36 Slovenia (17) Nick Škorja 0 0
37 Poland (17) Igor Kopeć-Sobczyński 0 0
Pos. Rider Points POL
Poland
CZE
Czech Republic
DEN
Denmark
SWE
Sweden
GBR
United Kingdom
SCA
Sweden
PL2
Poland
SVN
Slovenia
GER
Germany
PL3
Poland

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "2018 SGP Wildcards". SGP.
  4. ^ "2018 FIM Speedway World Championship calendar". SGP.
  5. ^ "2018 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.
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