2025

2024

From the substitutes who stepped up, to the Wild Cards that wowed their home crowd... having that something special in the #SoN or winning the World Championship... 🔥

Who do you think was the rider of the year in 2024? 🏆

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Stealing the World Champion's Technique 🔥

Dan Bewley watches Zmarzlik and uses what he sees to take the win! ⚔️

ft. @duzers692 & @jackholder

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A costly mistake and quality ride 🔥

This is how Semi-Final 1 played out at the #TorunSGP 🇵🇱

ft. @domin_kubera & @jan_kvech

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It's all going on behind Dudek 💥

Jack Holder and Jan Kvech were locked in an intense battle for second in Heat 17 ⚔️

ft. @duzers692 & @ruthlesslambert

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On the hunt for a Huckenbeck 💨

What a race as Vaculik puts it all on the line to try and catch Kai Huckenbeck ⚔️

ft. @max_fricke46 @jan_kvech

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Lambert v Madsen in the battle for second 💥

Fast Freddie leads the way while we enjoy a good tussle behind ⚔️

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A stunning ride from Bewley leaves Fricke and Lambert to battle is out ⚔️

Vital World Championship points v Vital World Championship pride on the table in Heat 8 💥

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The moment Kvech woke the World up 👀

We still don't know where the Czech Champ got this kind of pace from 💥

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🚨 THE FULL LINE-UP IS CONFIRMED 🚨

15 Riders, 9 Substitutes and 13 Nations represented as we get ready for the 2025 #SGP World Championship! 🔥

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Not the perfect weather conditions but the racing shone through 🔥

Take one more look back at the #SGPChallenge 👀

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FIM Speedway GP of Germany – Landshut

Germany

PZM FIM Speedway GP of Poland – Warsaw

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Czech Republic

FIM Speedway GP of Great Britain – Manchester

United Kingdom

FIM Speedway GP of Poland – Gorzow

FIM Speedway GP of Sweden – Malilla

Sweden

OlyBet FIM Speedway GP of Latvia – Riga

Latvia

2025 FIM Speedway GP of Great Britain - Cardiff

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Denmark

2024 SGP standings

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.”

LINDGREN STILL HUNGRY FOR GOLD

Former FIM Speedway World Team Cup-winning England and Great Britain manager Len Silver has passed away at the age of 92.Silver spent a lifetime in the sport, starting his racing career with the Ipswich Witches in 1953, before also competing for Exeter and Hackney.He retired from racing due to injury following a crash at Hackney in 1964, with his biggest victory as a rider coming in the 1962 Provincial League Riders’ Championship – the equivalent of the modern-day Championship League Riders Championship.Silver then started a storied career as a team manager and promoter – including two separate spells managing his country.He led Great Britain to World Team Cup gold at Wembley in 1973, before taking England to victory at the 1974 competition in Chorzow, Poland and making it three in a row at German track Norden in 1975.Silver was also a skilled track curator and prepared the surface for Wembley’s last-ever FIM Speedway World Final in 1981, which produced one of the sport’s most memorable meetings – won by American legend Bruce Penhall.He had a long and hugely successful promoting career, which included two decades at East London club Hackney, as well as involvement in teams like Rayleigh, Rye House and Eastbourne.He bought Rye House Stadium, returning for a second spell promoting the Rockets when he revived the club in 1999, winning the Premier League (now Championship) title in both 2005 and 2007.In 2013, he launched the Kent Kings at Central Park Stadium, continuing as promoter of the club through to his retirement at the end of the 2021 season.Silver was inducted into British Speedway’s Hall of Fame in 2021 and continued to attend the sport regularly following the successful revival of Oxford in 2022. He was in attendance at Cowley for the first leg of the Cab Direct Championship Grand Final between the Cheetahs and Poole on October 5.Everyone involved in the FIM Speedway World Championships sends their condolences to Len’s family and friends at this sad time.

LEN SILVER 1932-2024

Speedway GP riders Bartosz Zmarzlik, Robert Lambert and Anders Thomsen all carried off prizes at the PGE Ekstraliga Gala in Warsaw on Friday.The stars of the world’s biggest speedway league gathered in the Polish capital, where the Szczakiels – named in honour of Poland’s first FIM Speedway world champion Jerzy Szczakiel – were presented.Five of the honours were voted for by fans online and five-time Speedway GP world champion Zmarzlik of Lublin was named Polish Rider of the Season for the ninth time with 29.83 percent of the vote. He saw off Wroclaw racer Artem Laguta (21.53%), Torun’s Emil Sayfutdinov (14.63%), Lublin’s Dominik Kubera (8.18%) and Torun’s Patryk Dudek (8.06%).The Foreign Rider of the Season prize was claimed by Britain’s new world No.2 Robert Lambert after a stellar season for Torun, who claimed PGE Ekstraliga bronze. Lambert finished fourth in the average charts on 2.278 points per race.The double FIM Speedway of Nations world champion topped the public vote on 37.11 percent ahead of Gorzow duo Anders Thomsen (11.19%) and Martin Vaculik (10.89%), plus Grudziadz racer Max Fricke (9.31%) and outgoing Czestochowa rider Leon Madsen, who finished fifth on 8.63 percent.&nbsp;But the Dane was the foreign rider with the highest average on 2.416 points per race – a mark beaten only by 2021 Speedway GP world champion Laguta, who topped the average charts on 2.462, and Zmarzlik, who registered 2.419 in second place.Despite missing out on the Foreign Rider award to Lambert, Thomsen was handed the Race of the Season award by PGE Ekstraliga broadcaster Canal+ for his performance for Gorzow in heat 14 away to arch-rivals Zielona Gora on May 5.The Junior Rider of the Season vote was won by SGP2 champion Wiktor Przyjemski, who starred for Lublin in the under-21 positions, finishing an impressive 13th in the average charts on 2.060 points per race. Przyjemski topped the poll on 44.94 percent, beating Gorzow rookie Oskar Paluch (20.54%), Wroclaw’s SGP2 star Jakub Krawczyk (12.29%), Grudziadz rider Kacper Lobodzinski (8.85%) and Lublin’s SGP2 racer Bartosz Banbor (5%).Despite Leszno suffering relegation to Metalkas 2. Ekstraliga, Aussie sensation Ben Cook still topped the Surprise of the Season vote after racing to 17th in the PGE Ekstraliga average charts on 1.976 points per race in his first season competing in the world’s top league. He will now follow Leszno into the second tier, where he could play a pivotal role in their promotion hopes.Cook received 36.43 percent of the vote, getting the better of former Speedway GP star Michael Jepsen Jensen (34.02%), who roared back into form with Grudziadz after starting the season without a Polish club to earn a contract with the team for 2025.Wroclaw’s former SGP2 bronze medallist Bartlomiej Kowalski (17.04%), Zielona Gora’s Rasmus Jensen (7.72%) and Czestochowa’s Mads Hansen (4.79%) were also in contention.Grudziadz boss Robert Kosciecha won the Coach of the Season award on 28.64 percent after guiding his club into the PGE Ekstraliga play-offs for the first time. He defeated Lublin’s title-winning boss Maciej Kuciapa (16.38%), Gorzow’s outgoing coach Stanislaw Chomski (15.60%), Torun’s Piotr Baron (15.45%) and Wroclaw’s Dariusz Sledz (11.24%).Lublin won the Team of the Season prize after racing to a third straight PGE Ekstraliga championship.And the Golden Szczakiel – a special recognition award – was handed to Torun’s legendary rider and coach Jan Zabik, who continues to train the stars of tomorrow at the Marian Rose Motoarena and on its nearby training track.

SPEEDWAY GP TRIO HONOURED AT PGE EKSTRALIGA GALA IN WARSAW

Double Swedish champion Jacob Thorssell will be part of Vastervik’s Bauhaus Elitserien title challenge in 2025.The Atvidaberg-born racer has extended his stay with the club, where he joins world No.2 Robert Lambert, world No.3 Fredrik Lindgren and Danish star Mads Hansen next year.Thorssell was close to joining Lambert and Lindgren in next season’s Speedway GP series, falling just a point short of qualification at the FIM SGP Challenge in Pardubice on October 4, before being handed the fourth series substitute spot by the SGP Commission.Whether or not his opportunity comes in Speedway GP, Thorssell is determined to play a key role in Vastervik’s chase for Swedish gold.The FIM Speedway of Nations bronze medallist told the club’s website: “I am incredibly happy to remain in Västervik, where I enjoy myself very much with everyone at the club. Hopefully I can go up one or more levels and become a steady scorer for the team in the hunt for gold.&nbsp;“I also want to say a big thank you to all the fans for the awesome support during the season. See you again in the spring!”Vastervik boss Morgan Andersson commented: “There was no hesitation on our part when it came to extending with Jacob.&nbsp;“Overall, he had his best season at the club since his return, but we still see great potential in him. I believe and hope that he will take the next step in his development in 2025.”Elsewhere, Polish racer Robert Chmiel has signed a deal with champions Lejonen after racing for the club’s Allsvenskan League side in a strong season, which saw him qualify for the Speedway European Championship and finish second at the prestigious Golden Helmet in Pardubice.And Swedish racer Joel Andersson has extended his stay with Smederna, joining SGP2 star Philip Hellstrom-Bangs and Anton Jansson in the squad.

THORSSELL EXTENDS VASTERVIK DEAL

Returning Speedway GP racer Max Fricke can’t wait to face lifelong rivals Jack Holder and Brady Kurtz in the 2025 FIM Speedway Grand Prix series.Fricke came through a tense final heat at the FIM SGP Challenge in Pardubice last Friday, securing fourth place to make an instant return to the Speedway GP line-up after being forced to settle for the first reserve berth in 2024.He is joined in representing Australia by 2017 Speedway GP world champion Jason Doyle, who received a permanent wild card. Holder secured his spot by finishing sixth in this year’s SGP World Championship, while Kurtz topped the podium at the FIM SGP Challenge to qualify alongside Fricke.Holder, Kurtz and Fricke were born within six months of each other in 1996 and grew up competing against each other at youth and junior level Down Under.Next year sees all three face off on world speedway’s biggest stage, and Fricke believes their rivalry has brought the best out of them as they have gone wheel to wheel around the world.He said: “It’s awesome to have Jack, Brady and myself in the series. We have raced each other since we were nine years old. We are all the same age and have come through the ranks together.“I was talking to Brady about it. It’s pretty cool that we have raced each other our whole lives and we have made it all the way to the GPs.“We are all competitive people, and we have raced each other for a long time. Of course, there is going to be a little bit of pushing each other along. We are all trying to do our best individually, but even in the juniors, we were always pushing each other and that probably helped us to improve.”Doyle was the last Aussie to be crowned world champion seven years ago. Asked if one of his golden generation could reach those heights in the coming years, Fricke replied: “I would like to think so.&nbsp;“All the riders in the GP are super talented. But just to think we have all grown up together and raced together and helped each other to get where we are is great. I definitely think there is the opportunity there for one of us to reach that goal of being world champion.”

FRICKE: AUSTRALIA'S GOLDEN GENERATION

Speedway GP newcomer Brady Kurtz will change teams in Poland for 2025 after the Rybnik captain confirmed his departure after leading the club back into the PGE Ekstraliga.Kurtz inspired the side to Metalkas 2. Ekstraliga championship glory, finishing top of the Polish second tier’s average charts on 2.402 points per race.&nbsp;Media reports are linking him with a move to PGE Ekstraliga finalists Wroclaw as a replacement for the departing Tai Woffinden. While Kurtz is yet to confirm his next destination, he admitted in an Instagram post that he’s on the move for 2025 and thanked Rybnik for two stellar seasons, which culminated in the club’s promotion.Kurtz, who booked his 2025 Speedway GP spot as winner of the FIM SGP Challenge in Pardubice last Friday, said: “To ROW Rybnik fans, as already reported in the media, I can confirm that I will not be staying with ROW Rybnik again in 2025.&nbsp;“I hope everyone will understand that I have my reasons and under complicated circumstances, I had to make the best decision for myself to move forward in my career. Even with Rybnik's promotion to Ekstraliga, I stand by my decision 100 percent and can't wait to share what 2025 has in store.&nbsp;“I would like to say thank you to the club, my teammates and of course the fans of ROW Rybnik for two great seasons together 2023 and 2024.&nbsp;“I really do love this club. It was a pleasure to race on the track in Rybnik and I'm so happy that we achieved our goal as a team, won gold and got promoted to the PGE Ekstraliga. I wish the club good luck in 2025. I look forward to seeing everyone again at Gliwicka 72 sometime in 2025.”Rybnik president Krzysztof Mrozek commented: “It's a shame that the time has come to part ways, because someone like Brady would be useful to us in the Ekstraliga.&nbsp;"However, we respect the choice of our leader. We wish him good luck in his new club and hope that our paths will cross again one day.”

KURTZ ON THE MOVE IN POLAND

FIM North America champion Luke Becker is on his way to Swedish side Indianerna for 2025.The Californian completes a switch from Vastervik and can’t wait to line up in Kumla next season.He told the Indians’ website: “I am really looking forward to joining Kumla in 2025! I've only heard good things about the club and think it could be a really good place for me to settle down. See you next year!”Indians boss Peter Johansson said: “Luke is a good guy who is backed by (four-time Speedway GP world champion) Greg Hancock and has a bright future in the world of speedway. He fits well into our intended group and will contribute with young hunger and enthusiasm for the sport. This is a rider who has been on my radar for a long time, so it will be fun to work with him in 2025.”Speedway GP fifth substitute rider Becker joins Swedish youngster Jonatan Grahn in the squad.

INDIANS BAG BECKER FOR 2025

German racer Kai Huckenbeck is set for a spell on the sidelines after confirming he suffered a torn shoulder blade at the FIM SGP Challenge in Pardubice last Friday.Huckenbeck fell short of qualification on five points after crashing in both of his final rides.&nbsp;First, he collected Danish star Anders Thomsen after locking up in the wet conditions in heat 15. He fell again after shedding a chain at the end of lap one in race 20 and was taken to hospital for checks.While Huckenbeck does not need surgery, he has confirmed via his Facebook page that he will take a break from the track. This will see him miss German star Rene Deddens’ Farewell meeting in Cloppenburg on Thursday and the ADAC Flutlichtrennen in Dohren on Saturday.A post on the Huckenbeck team’s Facebook page confirmed: “According to the current situation, Kai has a tear in his shoulder blade, but fortunately he doesn't need surgery!&nbsp;“He now has to rest his arm with the help of an orthosis and therefore, as already announced on the clubs' pages, he will unfortunately not be able to start in Cloppenburg and Dohren.”We wish Kai a speedy recovery as he prepares for his Speedway GP return in 2025, having received a permanent wild card from the SGP Commission.

HUCKENBECK RESTS AFTER CHALLENGE INJURY

Wild cards Jason Doyle and Mikkel Michelsen are both delighted to resume their Speedway GP World Championship medal chase in 2025 after being seeded into next season’s line-up.Doyle raced to victory at the Orlen FIM Speedway GP of Poland – Warsaw on May 11 to top the standings after two rounds, but his season came to a cruel end when he suffered a torn rotator cuff in a crash at King’s Lynn in May.Michelsen was also in medal contention until his campaign was ended when he sustained multiple injuries in a crash in his opening ride at the OlyBet FIM Speedway GP of Latvia – Riga on September 7.The Dane was placed fourth at the time, having picked up his first-ever Speedway GP win earlier in the season in Landshut on May 18.With both riders unable to complete their promising seasons on the track, the SGP Commission handed them a permanent wild card for the 2025 series.Doyle, who has just been announced as a new signing for Danish club Esbjerg, was relieved to get the call. Posting on Instagram, he wrote: “I seriously thought the dream was over! Thank you, Speedway GP, for giving me the 2025 wild card to fight again next year! Thank you to all my sponsors and supporters who have backed me! It's not over! Game on!”Michelsen was also pleased to get another shot at the sport’s biggest prize. He said: “It has been a rough couple of weeks since Riga, being on the sidelines and seeing how the last part of the season played out was tough!&nbsp;“Very grateful Speedway GP has handed me a wild card for 2025 and another shot at fighting for medals. Thank you to my sponsors, team, family and fans for the support because without you it wouldn't be possible. Your support the last four weeks means the world to me.”Doyle and Michelsen join fellow wild cards Kai Huckenbeck of Germany and Czech champion Jan Kvech in completing the 2025 Speedway GP line-up.

DOYLE & MICHELSEN'S WILD DELIGHT

Czech champion Jan Kvech celebrated his Speedway GP return for 2025 by racing to victory at the Lubos Tomicek Memorial in Prague on Monday.Prague racer Kvech dropped just one point from his five heats to qualify for the final on 14 at the home of the FIM Speedway GP of Czech Republic – Prague, which returns to Marketa Stadium on Saturday, May 31 - 24 hours after the 2025 FIM SGP3 Final on Friday, May 30.He then defeated Poland’s Robert Chmiel in second, German international Norick Blodorn in third, fourth-placed FIM North America champion Luke Becker and Denmark’s former world No.3 Niels-Kristian Iversen in fifth in the five-rider final.Czech Republic’s last big event of 2024, which traditionally follows the famous Golden Helmet weekend in Pardubice, saw Becker race to 13 points in the heats, with Chmiel, Blodorn and Iversen all making the final on 11.Local shooting star Adam Bednar fell just short on 10, with Italian international Paco Castagna notching nine.&nbsp;PHOTO: Petr Makusev

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