WATCH NOW - SPEEDWAY GP LEGENDS RICKARDSSON & HANCOCK RELIVE CARDIFF HEROICS

FIM Speedway Grand Prix legends Tony Rickardsson and Greg Hancock celebrate their FIM Speedway GP of Great Britain – Cardiff memories in these exclusive video interviews.

Six-time world champion Rickardsson won the first-ever Cardiff event in 2001, before topping the podium again in 2005 with his famous wall-of-death first turn – going on to win the Speedway GP world title in both years.

Four-time SGP world champion Hancock is a triple Cardiff winner, having triumphed in the 2004 event, before storming to victory again in 2011 and 2014 on the way to his second and third Speedway GP World Championships.

The pair caught up in Warsaw earlier this year to look ahead to the 2023 FIM British Speedway GP at the Principality Stadium on September 2, where GB star Dan Bewley is bidding to make it back-to-back wins after ending Britain’s 15-year wait for a home winner on August 13, 2022.

But he faces competition from triple world champion Tai Woffinden and world No.5 Robert Lambert, who are also bidding for their first Cardiff wins. 

Rickardsson and Hancock were both part of the first generation of Speedway GP riders to experience the buzz of the sport’s big-stadium events.

Here they recall the noise of that first Cardiff showdown as Hancock relives winning the FIM British Speedway GP. CLICK HERE TO WATCH. 

Few dealt with the pressure of big-time Speedway GP events better than Rickardsson and Hancock.

The legends talk about how much it meant to deliver a big win in Cardiff.  

 

The 2001 FIM British Speedway GP was the first time a speedway track was installed under the iconic Principality Stadium roof.

Here, Hancock and Rickardsson look back at the evolution of these tracks and how they have changed over the past two decades. 

 

Tickets for the 2023 FIM British Speedway GP on September 2 are still available online. Book HERE now.

Alternatively, tickets will be available ahead of the event from the Principality Stadium ticket office from 12:30 – 17:30 BST on Friday, September 1 and from 10:00 – 17:30 BST on Saturday, September 2. 

We spoke to three-time world champion Ole Olsen, whose Speed Sport team is leading the Cardiff track construction ahead of this year’s event. Click HERE for the full story.