LINDGREN STILL HUNGRY FOR GOLD
15/10/2024
Swedish star Fredrik Lindgren is pleased with his rock-solid FIM Speedway Grand Prix run but admits he's searching for something more after ending 2024 with Speedway GP World Championship bronze.
Since he returned to the full-time Speedway GP line-up in 2017, Lindgren has claimed one silver and three bronze medals.
He has firmly established himself as one of the world’s top riders and raced to his best-ever season in 2023 – finishing just eight points short of becoming Sweden’s first Speedway GP world champion since Tony Rickardsson clinched his sixth and final title in 2005.
Fast Freddie turns 40 in September 2025 but insists the desire to be the best in the world still burns bright as he bids to take that final step.
He said: “I have been pretty high in the standings since I came back into the GPs in 2017. I have won a silver and three bronze medals. I probably would have had another bronze in 2017, when I broke my neck. Since 2018, I haven’t been outside the top five.
“It has been pretty good, but not good enough to get on to the top step. You need to eliminate your bad rounds. You can’t afford to miss the semi-finals on a few occasions like I have been.
“It has been an okay season, I guess, but I don’t know. I want something more and that’s probably why I keep going! I am going to do my best again next year. We are already in the planning stages for 2025. Hopefully I can find some improvements and give it another go.”