2019 Speedway Grand Prix

2019 Speedway Grand Prix
1st Bartosz Zmarzlik
2nd Leon Madsen
3rd Emil Sayfutdinov
The title was won by Bartosz Zmarzlik, who beat debutant Leon Madsen by two points with Russia's Emil Sayfutdinov finishing third. Zmarzlik became the third Polish world champion after Jerzy Szczakiel won in 1973 and Tomasz Gollob took the title in 2010. Defending champion Tai Woffinden's season was hampered by injury and he finished in 13th place.

Qualifying for each Grand Prix was introduced for the first time in the 2019 season. On the day before the Grand Prix every rider completed a timed lap, with the fastest rider getting to select their position in the draw, followed by second and so on. Matej Žagar was the first ever rider to win a qualifying session when setting the fastest time at the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland.

For the 2019 season there were 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves. The top eight riders from the 2018 championship qualified automatically. These riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge. The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2018 season. On May 2nd Greg Hancock announced he would not be competing in the 2019 season to support his wife's battle with cancer. The FIM and BSI unanimously supported Hancock's withdrawal.
Programme Gallery
Leon Madsen Bartosz Zmarzlik Emil Sayfutdinov
Calendar
Round 1 18 May Warsaw , Poland Stadion Narodowy
Round 2 1 June Krsko, Slovenia Stadion Matije Gubca
Round 3 15 June Prague, Czech Republic Markéta Stadium
Round 4 6 July Hallstavik , Sweden HZ Bygg Arena
Round 5 3 August Wrocław, Poland Olympic Stadium
Round 6 17 August Målilla , Sweden G&B Arena
Round 7 31 August Teterow , Germany Bergring Arena
Round 8 7 September Vojens Denmark Vojens Speedway Center
Round 9 21 September Torun , Poland Rose Motoarena
Round 10 5 October Cardiff, Great Britain Principality Stadium
Poland slovenia Czech Republic Sweden Poland Sweden Germany Denmark Great Britain Poland
1 Bartosz Zmarzlik (C) 95 Poland P Q 10 18 8 8 17 8 16 18 15 14 132
2 Leon Madsen 30 Denmark P Q 13 13 14 7 14 14 10 7 17 21 130
3 Emil Sayfutdinov 89 Russia P Q 6 13 11 17 14 7 10 16 17 15 126
4 Fredrik Lindgren 66 Sweden P Q 15 5 12 10 5 16 9 15 11 7 105
5 Martin Vaculík 54 slovakia P Q 7 17 4 16 15 9 4 7 9 7 95
6 Maciej Janowski 71 Poland P Q 4 7 13 12 15 16 6 7 7 87
7 Jason Doyle 69 Australia P Q 5 6 12 7 5 7 6 12 13 11 84
8 Patryk Dudek 692 Poland P Q 16 12 12 7 8 6 8 3 3 4 79
9 Matej Žagar 55 slovenia P 7 6 4 10 3 7 15 13 9 4 78
10 Niels-Kristian Iversen 88 Denmark P 14 7 3 8 2 7 13 7 5 11 77
11 Artem Laguta 222 Russia P 4 9 9 5 7 16 8 5 6 7 76
12 Antonio Lindbäck 85 Sweden P 10 3 4 6 7 8 9 9 7 63
13 Tai Woffinden 108 Great Britain P 6 9 6 6 8 11 5 9 60
14 Janusz Kołodziej 333 Poland P 4 7 15 3 15 4 2 0 1 6 57
15 Robert Lambert 505 Great Britain 8 7 6 3 4 3 6 2 39
16 Max Fricke 46 Australia 3 13 11 4 5 36
17 Mikkel Michelsen 155 Denmark 9 6 15
18 Bartosz Smektała 16 Poland 10 10
19 Oliver Berntzon 16 Sweden 7 7
20 Charles Wright 16 Great Britain 5 5
21 Václav Milík 16 Czech Republic 4 4
22 Maksym Drabik 16 Poland 4 4
23 Adrian Miedziński 16 Poland 4 4
24 Matic Ivačič 16 slovenia 2 2
25 Jacob Thorssell 16 Sweden 2 2
26 Martin Smolinski 16 Germany 1 1
27 Zdeněk Holub 17 Czech Republic 0 0
28 Kai Huckenbeck 17 Germany 0 0