2024 Speedway Grand Prix

30th season of Speedway Grand Pix

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

* ← 2023
* Speedway Grand Prix
* 2025 →

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

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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

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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

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# | Riders | 2023 place | GP Ch place | Permanent rider appearance | Previous appearances in series

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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

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The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

# | Riders | 2023 place | GP Ch place

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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

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The 2024 season consisted of 11 events.[7]

Round | Date | City and venue | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd placed | 4th placed | Results

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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

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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
| POL
| GER
| CZE
| SWE
| PL2
| GBR
| PL3
| LAT
| DEN
| PL4

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|  (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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1. ^ a b "Nine nations represented as 2024 Speedway GP line-up is confirmed". FIM Europe. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
2. ^ "Holder eyes sprint finish in Warsaw". FIM. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
3. ^ "FIM Speedway Grand Prix: Jack Holder opens season with thrilling maiden victory in Croatia". Eurosport. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
4. ^ "Landshut winner: I've got my mojo back". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
5. ^ "Doyle set for four to six months on sidelines". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
6. ^ "Bartosz Zmarzlik breaks all-time Speedway GP win record With Malilla victory". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
7. ^ "2024 Speedway Grand Prix calendar". FIM. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
8. ^ "Vaculik wygrał Grand Prix we Wrocławiu. Polacy odpadli w półfinałach". Radio Wrocław. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
9. ^ "Zmarzlik Triumphs at Toruń Grand Prix, Secures Fifth World Title". poland Daily 24. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
10. ^ "2024 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.

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