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Celebrate the start of the FIM Speedway Grand Prix season in style! For 24 hours only, save 10 percent* on tickets for the FIM Speedway GP of Great Britain – Cardiff at Principality Stadium on August 17.Book online HERE and enjoy this special discount on the day Great Britain trio Tai Woffinden, Robert Lambert and Dan Bewley launch their SGP season in tonight’s FIM Speedway GP of Croatia.The 10-percent reduction ends at 08:00 UK time tomorrow (Sunday, April 28), so what are you waiting for!?Secure your spot at Principality Stadium as Bewley bids to repeat his heroic victory under the iconic roof in 2022, while Woffinden and Lambert aim to win Britain’s biggest indoor motorsport event for the first time.With an action-packed fanzone featuring fun for the whole family on City Hall Lawn during the day and an atmosphere you have to experience to believe as 500cc motorbikes with no brakes go wheel-to-wheel at the home of Welsh rugby, the 22nd FIM British Speedway GP to take place in Cardiff is one not to miss.Save 10 percent and book your FIM Speedway GP of Great Britain – Cardiff tickets HERE now.*Hospitality packages not included in the 10-percent discount offer.

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CROATIA FANZONE LINE-UP

Fans can enjoy a packed afternoon of entertainment at Croatia’s Speedway Stadion Milenium with fun for all ages in the Boll FIM Speedway GP of Croatia fanzone on Saturday.The action gets started at 12:00 CET in the area next to the stadium’s main entrance and visitors can meet all 18 riders in the Speedway GP autograph session from 16:30 CET.Monster Energy athletes Fredrik Lindgren, Jack Holder, Dan Bewley and Tai Woffinden will be signing hero cards from 17:00 CET.Win Speedway GP prizes in our quizzes on the big screen at 14:45 and 17:30 CET. The screen will also be playing the best moments from the 2023 season, as well as coverage of Qualifying Practice from 15:00 CET.Get a photo with the Speedway GP trophy throughout the afternoon and meet official Speedway GP mascot Speedy for a photo at 14:00 or 15:45 CET.There will be entertainment for the whole family all afternoon from 12:00 CET, including a bouncy castle, vintage speedway bikes, photo opportunities, food and beverage stalls and the Speedway GP merchandise shop is available throughout the afternoon.Kids can try their hand at the speedway mechanic board, and there will also be face painting, balloon modelling, games and activities with the animators and the chance to paint a large speedway masterpiece on canvas.We crown our King and Queen of the fanzone at 18:15 CET, before the action switches to the track, with racing getting started at 19:00 CET.For full details of the fanzone schedule, click HERE.

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ZMARZLIK FOCUSED ON RACING NOT RECORDS AHEAD OF SPEEDWAY GP OPENER IN CROATIA

Polish icon Bartosz Zmarzlik insists he will leave others to keep track of his astonishing statistics as he bids to set a FIM Speedway all-time record at the Boll FIM Speedway GP of Croatia on Saturday.Sixteen riders from 10 different countries battle it out at the Speedway Stadion Milenium in Donji Kraljevec in the opening round of the 2024 Speedway GP World Championship.Zmarzlik has topped the podium at the past two season-openers in Croatia on his way to becoming a four-time Speedway GP world champion, and he has now led the Speedway GP standings non-stop since April 30, 2022.He clinched world title No.4 with victory at last year’s final round in Torun – matching Aussie great Jason Crump’s all-time record of 23 Speedway GP wins in the process. A third straight victory at Speedway Stadium Milenium would see Zmarzlik surpass this figure. Speedway GP victory No.24 would further cement the 29-year-old’s status among the sport’s all-time greats. But Zmarzlik insists he will leave others to measure his achievements while he focuses on delivering his best form on the track.Asked about matching Crump’s tally of 23, Zmarzlik said: “I am very happy and really very proud about this. Jason also has 23, and he is a big name for me. I remember when I was very young and watching Speedway GP. He was always a big star – along with people like Greg Hancock, Tony Rickardsson and Tomek Gollob.“He is a big hero in my eyes and now I am at the same level maybe. I have the same number of GP wins as Jason. This is important, but I am not noting in my book how many points or podiums I get – it’s more the other people around me that talk about this.“I always look at myself and just do everything I can to make everything the best it can be this year. How many wins or points I get; we will see after the season.” 

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MICHELSEN: SEEKING SMOOTHER SPEEDWAY IN 2024

European champion Mikkel Michelsen hopes to enjoy a “smooth road” in 2024 after working with a sports psychologist to find his best form in the FIM Speedway Grand Prix series.The Danish champion lines up in Saturday’s FIM Speedway GP of Croatia in Donji Kraljevec, having qualified for this year’s series by winning his third Speedway European Championship crown in 2023.While he enjoyed a fine SEC series, Michelsen finished 12th in Speedway GP, reaching just two semi-finals from 10 rounds.He admits a combination of equipment and personal problems made life difficult, but he hopes these are now behind him after a winter of hard work away from the sport.Michelsen said: “Last year, it’s no lie that going into the Speedway GP series, I was not there at all. I didn’t enjoy it and, to be honest, it’s hard to say it, but I didn’t really want to be there. Every time I came to Speedway GP, I just wanted to get it over and done with.“This is why I have worked hard this winter to be in a better place mentally and eliminate a lot of the issues I had last year, so that I can come in with a fresh mind and go out and do the same thing I am doing in the PGE Ekstraliga and the SEC series. Hopefully this will be a turnaround point for me.“It can’t really be any worse than last year. It’s nice to be back. I have been on the struggle bus for the last two years. Two years ago, it was with injuries and last year was just, in general, a pretty tricky season for me with a lot of struggles – personally and equipment-wise.“We have been eliminating those issues over the winter and I have been working very hard with myself and my sports psychologist, Greg. I hope it is going to be more of a smooth road this year. I am ready for it.”Michelsen has teamed up with sports psychologist Grzegorz Więcław, who has worked with the Polish Athletic Association. Sports psychologists are now as much a part of a professional athlete’s backup team as a physio, manager or personal trainer, and the Czestochowa and Slangerup star says his work is having a positive impact.He said: “There has been a certain stigma about using psychologists in the past. But I am using one and a lot of riders are too. You see it in other sports as well. The best athletes work with sports psychologists. It’s just as important when it is going well as when it is going badly. I have only used one in the past when it is going badly. I am trying to be upfront about it and work on these things.“Sometimes it is nice to talk to someone who is a bit more neutral about everything and has a different perspective or view on certain things.“Greg is a guy who has a lot of experience with the Canadian Olympic team and also the Polish Olympic team. I feel like it has been a good fit, and I am excited to work more with him.“Working with a sports psychologist is always something I have touched on a little bit over the years, but not something I have worked on or focused on for that matter. But now I am a bit more focused on the mental side and I feel I am in a more positive space. The mindset is different, and I feel way calmer and more prepared compared to previous years.“I feel like a different person. There are a lot of things you can work on – personally and on the sports side. We have touched both sides of that and I feel more complete in some ways. I hope this year I have a few more tools in my toolbox for different situations, and hopefully I can use them soon.”Michelsen admits some engine issues did not help matters in 2023. He added: “It was also something that affected my mindset a lot. Most of the races I showed up to were effectively testing. I didn’t know if it was going to be good or bad, which is why I was not there mentally in a lot of the GPs. I was thinking, ‘It’s either going to be bad, or it’s going to be very bad.’“I didn’t at any point last year go to the tapes and feel comfortable that it was going to be a good night. This is what we have been trying to eliminate this year. I don’t have that many engines, and we are going to focus on only two tuners – not three, four or more. Hopefully that’s the recipe for success this year.”

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DOYLE: SEEKING SECOND SPEEDWAY GP TITLE HIGH

Aussie icon Jason Doyle admits he’s still chasing the rush of being FIM Speedway Grand Prix world champion again as he prepares for the FIM Speedway GP of Croatia this Saturday.Doyle went from Speedway GP debutant in 2015 to world champion in 2017, famously clinching the crown with an epic victory Down Under at the FIM Australian Speedway GP in Melbourne.While the Newcastle-born racer has not won a Speedway GP round or featured on the World Championship rostrum since, his desire to regain the sport’s biggest prize still burns bright.“I have been in the top 10 for the last nine years in Speedway GP,” he said. “Every rider in there wants to be world champion and after winning it in 2017, I know it’s the drug of choice for us. “We are always chasing it and maybe it will never happen again, but the reason why I am in the GPs and still want to be in the GPs is to chase the world title."Doyle reached the final in Croatia last year and gave himself every chance to win it with a jet-propelled start in the final. Disaster struck as he crashed on bend one, leaving him fourth on the night. That was the first of four final appearances in the opening five rounds last year. But having reached just one semi-final in the last five, Doyle was left eighth in the final Speedway GP World Championship standings.“I am very disappointed with how the end of the season went,” he said. “We changed a few things, and it went the wrong way. “The weather plays a big part in your setups, and I guess we went the wrong way and did some silly things to try to rectify the problems. It just showed in the results that everything was going downhill.“It’s going to be a new season and a lot of lessons were learned from last year, so I think we will be in the right place and hopefully it will be a lot more positive. We need to just carry on with what we know for this year. What happened last year is gone now and I don’t have to worry about it.”Doyle is pleased to be joining forces with the team that helped him to eighth spot in 2023 and believes continuity will pay dividends.He said: “I am keeping with the same tuner (Bert van Essen) for this year and the same mechanics and team around me. It makes it a lot easier for me to start the year with the same familiar faces and it ensures I’m in the right place in my head. I made the changes last year to get where we are now. There is a lot of trust, and a lot of effort has gone into this year. We are looking good.”

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SAVE 10% ON CARDIFF TICKETS FOR 24 HOURS!

CROATIA FANZONE LINE-UP

ZMARZLIK FOCUSED ON RACING NOT RECORDS AHEAD OF SPEEDWAY GP OPENER IN CROATIA

MICHELSEN: SEEKING SMOOTHER SPEEDWAY IN 2024

DOYLE: SEEKING SECOND SPEEDWAY GP TITLE HIGH