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2022 Speedway Grand Prix

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2022 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates30 April - 1 October
Events10
Cities10
Countries7
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats230 (in 10 events)
Winners
Champion POL Bartosz Zmarzlik
Runner-up DEN Leon Madsen
3rd place POL Maciej Janowski

The 2022 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 28th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 77th FIM Speedway World Championship.[1][2] It was the first series promoted by Discovery Sports Events.

Artem Laguta was the reigning champion, having won the 2021 title. However, due to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, he and Emil Sayfutdinov did not return as all Russian and Belarusian riders had been suspended and were barred from participating in any FIM-sanctioned events.

Bartosz Zmarzlik won the championship, claiming a third world title. Leon Madsen finished as runner-up, with Maciej Janowski taking the last spot on the podium.

Qualification

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For the 2022 season, there were 15 permanent riders who joined each Grand Prix with one wild card and two track reserves.

The top six riders from the 2021 championship qualified automatically.[3] These riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge, and the 2021 Speedway European Championship winner.

The final five riders were nominated by the SGP Commission following the completion of the 2021 season.[4]

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Discovery Sports Events made the decision to suspend Artem Laguta and Emil Sayfutdinov in line with the FIM's ban on Russian riders.[5] They were replaced in the line-up by Jack Holder and Dan Bewley.[6]

Qualified riders

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# Riders 2021 place GP Ch place Appearance Previous appearances in series
95 Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik 2 7th 2012–2015, 2016–2021
66 Sweden Fredrik Lindgren 4 13th 2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017–2021
71 Poland Maciej Janowski 5 8th 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2021
108 United Kingdom Tai Woffinden 6 11th 2010, 2011, 2013–2021
30 Denmark Leon Madsen 7 4th 2010, 2013, 2019–2021
69 Australia Jason Doyle 9 8th 2015–2021
505 United Kingdom Robert Lambert 10 13 2nd 2015, 2018–2019, 2021
105 Denmark Anders Thomsen 11 2nd 2016, 2020, 2021
54 Slovakia Martin Vaculík 12 7th 2012, 2013, 2017–2021
323 Poland Paweł Przedpełski 17 1 1st 2016, 2017, 2021
46 Australia Max Fricke 8 2 3rd 2016–2017, 2019, 2020–2021
692 Poland Patryk Dudek 3 5th 2016, 2017–2020
155 Denmark Mikkel Michelsen 18 2nd 2015, 2018–2019, 2020, 2021
25 Australia Jack Holder 1st 2016, 2020
99 United Kingdom Dan Bewley 7 1st 2018

Qualified substitutes

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The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

# Riders 2021 place GP Ch place
29 Latvia Andžejs Ļebedevs 6
515 Poland Jakub Miśkowiak
266 Denmark Mads Hansen 35
22 United States Luke Becker
415 France David Bellego

Calendar

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The 2022 season consisted of 10 events.

Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
1 30 April Croatia Goričan, Croatia
Stadium Milenium
Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik Poland Maciej Janowski Denmark Mikkel Michelsen Denmark Anders Thomsen results
2 14 May Poland Warsaw, Poland
Stadion Narodowy
Australia Max Fricke Denmark Leon Madsen Sweden Fredrik Lindgren Denmark Mikkel Michelsen results
3 28 May Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
Markéta Stadium
Slovakia Martin Vaculík United Kingdom Tai Woffinden Australia Jason Doyle Poland Maciej Janowski results
4 4 June Germany Teterow, Germany
Bergring Arena
Poland Patryk Dudek Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik Sweden Fredrik Lindgren United Kingdom Robert Lambert results
5 25 June Poland Gorzów, Poland
Edward Jancarz Stadium
Denmark Anders Thomsen Slovakia Martin Vaculík Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik Poland Patryk Dudek results
6 13 August United Kingdom Cardiff, Great Britain
Principality Stadium
United Kingdom Dan Bewley Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik Poland Patryk Dudek Denmark Leon Madsen results
7 27 August Poland Wroclaw, Poland
Olympic Stadium
United Kingdom Dan Bewley Denmark Leon Madsen United Kingdom Robert Lambert Poland Maciej Janowski results
8 10 September Denmark Vojens, Denmark
Vojens Speedway Center
Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik United Kingdom Robert Lambert Denmark Leon Madsen Poland Patryk Dudek results
9 17 September Sweden Målilla, Sweden
Skrotfrag Arena
Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik Sweden Fredrik Lindgren Poland Maciej Janowski United Kingdom Tai Woffinden results
10 1 October Poland Toruń, Poland
Rose Motoarena
Slovakia Martin Vaculík Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik Denmark Leon Madsen Poland Maciej Janowski 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 CRO
Croatia
POL
Poland
CZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
PL2
Poland
GBR
United Kingdom
PL3
Poland
DEN
Denmark
SWE
Sweden
PL4
Poland
Gold Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik (C) 166 20 12 12 18 16 18 12 20 20 18
Silver Denmark (30) Leon Madsen 133 12 18 10 10 10 14 18 16 9 16
Bronze Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 106 18 11 14 8 2 7 14 2 16 14
4 Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren 103 8 16 6 16 5 11 8 4 18 11
5 United Kingdom (505) Robert Lambert 103 10 8 4 14 11 5 16 18 11 6
6 United Kingdom (99) Dan Bewley 102 6 3 11 12 12 20 20 7 2 9
7 Poland (692) Patryk Dudek 102 5 5 5 20 14 16 11 14 10 2
8 United Kingdom (108) Tai Woffinden 93 4 10 18 11 7 4 10 10 14 5
9 Slovakia (54) Martin Vaculík 91 7 2 20 6 18 5 1 12 20
10 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 83 9 6 16 4 9 9 4 11 8 7
11 Denmark (155) Mikkel Michelsen 82 16 14 3 1 8 10 9 9 12
12 Australia (25) Jack Holder 67 3 7 7 9 6 12 6 8 6 3
13 Australia (46) Max Fricke 52 2 20 8 2 1 8 2 6 3
14 Denmark (105) Anders Thomsen 51 14 1 9 5 20 2
15 Poland (323) Paweł Przedpełski 29 1 9 2 3 4 3 3 3 1 0
16 Latvia (29) Andžejs Ļebedevs 26 6 1 5 4 10
17 Denmark (16) Rasmus Jensen 12 12
18 Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar 11 11
19 Poland (16) Kacper Woryna 8 8
20 Germany (16) Kai Huckenbeck 7 7
" Poland (16) Gleb Chugunov 7 7
" Denmark (266) Mads Hansen 7 7
23 Sweden (16) Oliver Berntzon 5 5
24 Poland (16) Maksym Drabik 4 4
" Poland (515) Jakub Miśkowiak 4 4
26 Poland (16) Szymon Woźniak 3 3
27 Czech Republic (16) Jan Kvěch 1 1
" United Kingdom (17) Tom Brennan 1 1
" Poland (17) Krzysztof Lewandowski 1 1
Pos. Rider Points CRO
Croatia
POL
Poland
CZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
PL2
Poland
GBR
United Kingdom
PL3
Poland
DEN
Denmark
SWE
Sweden
PL4
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. ^ "2021 FIM Speedway World Championship results". SGP. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Five Wild Cards Confirmed for FIM Speedway GP 2022" (PDF). FIM. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  5. ^ "FIM Speedway GP Statement". SGP.
  6. ^ "Holder & Bewley called into Speedway GP 2022 line-up". SGP. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  7. ^ "2022 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.
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