2018 Speedway Grand Prix

2018 Speedway Grand Prix

1st Tai Woffinden 2nd Bartosz Zmarzlik 3rd Fredrik Lindgren The world title was won by Tai Woffinden, who finished 10 points ahead of Bartosz Zmarzlik in second with Fredrik Lindgren taking the bronze medal. It was Woffinden's third world title, following his wins in 2013 and 2015, making him the most successful British rider in history. Defending champion Jason Doyle finished the season in seventh place. For the 2018 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 2017 championship qualified automatically. Those 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 2017 season. The top 8 riders from the 2015 Grand Prix Championship qualified as of right. Jason Doyle Patryk Dudek Tai Woffinden Maciej Janowski Bartosz Zmarzlik Emil Sayfutdinov Matej Žagar Fredrik Lindgren They were joined by 3 riders who qualified via the 2016 Grand Prix Challenge Przemysław Pawlicki, Artem Laguta, Craig Cook Nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International Chris Holder, Nicki Pedersen, Greg Hancock, Martin Vaculik Nominated Substitutes Niels Kristian Iversen, Václav Milík Jr, Linus Sundström, Maksym Drabik, Max Fricke Bartosz Zmarzlik Tai Woffinden Fredrik Lindgren Calendar Round 1 12 May Warsaw , Poland Stadion Narodowy Round 2 26 May Prague , Czech Republic Markéta Stadium Round 3 30 June Horsens , Denmark CASA Arena Round 4 7 July Hallstavik , Sweden HZ Bygg Arena Round 5 21 July Cardiff , Great Britain Principality Stadium Round 6 11 August Målilla , Sweden G&B Arena Round 7 25 August Gorzow , Poland Edward Jancarz Stadium Round 8 8 September Krsko , Slovenia Stadion Matije Gubca Round 9 22 September Teterow , Germany Bergring Arena Round 10 6 October Torun , Poland Rose Motoarena Final Classification 1 Tai Woffinden P Q 15 16 18 16 16 10 12 5 16 15 139 2 Bartosz Zmarzlik P Q 9 4 10 13 19 14 18 12 15 15 129 3 Fredrik Lindgren P Q 16 16 7 15 7 13 2 13 9 11 109 4 Maciej Janowski P Q 13 11 5 18 12 11 9 10 9 6 104 5 Greg Hancock P Q 8 7 16 10 12 3 10 15 12 9 102 6 Artem Laguta P Q 13 8 12 8 6 6 13 7 4 20 97 7 Jason Doyle P Q 5 9 12 9 5 4 9 17 16 7 93 8 Emil Sayfutdinov P Q 8 15 11 14 8 6 3 5 8 11 89 9 Patryk Dudek P 10 14 6 6 10 10 12 16 – – 84 10 Matej Žagar P 9 7 5 7 6 16 11 – 12 6 79 11 Nicki Pedersen P 2 8 12 3 6 15 6 7 8 7 74 12 Chris Holder P 10 5 9 7 7 5 0 10 7 5 65 13 Martin Vaculík P – – 3 1 3 10 18 9 0 8 52 14 Niels-Kristian Iversen 4 5 – – – – – 5 12 10 36 15 Przemysław Pawlicki P 3 5 5 1 10 3 3 2 3 1 36 16 Craig Cook P 2 2 2 3 9 3 4 5 0 – 30 17 Vaclav Milik – 6 – – – – – – – 5 11 18 Szymon Woźniak – – – – – – 8 – – – 8 19 Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 – – – – – – – – – 7 20 Andreas Jonsson – – – 7 – – – – – – 7 21 Peter Ljung – – – – – 5 – – – – 5 22 Michael Jepsen Jensen – – 4 – – – – – – – 4 23 Oliver Berntzon – – – – – 3 – – – – 3 24 Kevin Wölbert – – – – – – – – 3 – 3 25 Maksym Drabik 2 – – – – – – – – – 2 26 Bartosz Smektała 2 – – – – – – – – – 2 27 Kai Huckenbeck – – – – – – – – 2 – 2 28 Daniel Kaczmarek – – – – – – – – – 2 2 29 Mikkel Michelsen – – 1 – – – – – – – 1 30 Robert Lambert – – – – 1 – – – – – 1 31 Joel Kling – – – – – 1 – – – – 1 32 Martin Smolinski – – – – – – – – 1 – 1 33 Mikkel Bech Jensen – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 34 Daniel Bewley – – – – 0 – – – – – 0 35 Matic Ivačič – – – – – – – 0 – – 0 36 Nick Škorja – – – – – – – 0 – – 0 37 Igor Kopeć-Sobczyński – – – – – – – – – 0 0

2018 Speedway Grand Prix Poland Round 10

2018 Speedway Grand Prix Poland Round 10 6 October 2018 Speedway Grand Prix Torun, Poland

1 2 3 4 5 SF F Pts 1 Greg Hancock 0 3 3 2 1 0 - 9 2 Freddie Lindgren 2 2 1 3 2 1 - 11 3 Bartosz Zmarzlik 3 3 3 3 2 1 - 15 4 Maciej Janowski 1 0 2 2 1 - - 6 5 Nicki Pedersen 1 2 2 2 0 - - 7 6 Vaclav Milik FX 1 2 1 1 - - 5 7 Niels Kristian Iversen 2 2 3 0 TX 3 0 10 8 Jason Doyle 3 1 1 0 2 - - 7 9 Martin Vaculik 1 1 2 3 1 0 - 8 10 Przemyslaw Pawlicki 0 0 1 FX 0 - - 1 11 Matej Zagar 2 0 1 1 2 - - 6 12 Artum Laguta 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 20 2nd 13 Daniel Kaczmarek 0 0 0 2 0 - - 2 14 Tai Woffinden 3 3 FX 1 3 2 3 15 1st 15 Chris Holder 1 1 0 0 3 - - 5 16 Emil Sayfutdinov 2 2 0 1 3 2 1 11 3rd 17 Igor Kopec-Sobczynski 0 - - - - - - 0 18 Dominik Kubera - - - - - - - dnr Heat by Heat eat 01: Zmarzlik, Lindgren, Janowski, Hancock Heat 02: Doyle, Iversen, Pedersen Milik (FX) Heat 03: Laguta, Zagar, Vaculik, Pawlicki Heat 04: Woffinden, Sayfutdinov, Holder, Kaczmarek Heat 05: Hancock, Pedersen, Vaculik, Kaczmarek Heat 06: Woffinden, Lindgren, Milik, Pawlicki Heat 07: Zmarzlik, Iversen, Holder, Zagar Heat 08: Laguta, Sayfutdinov, Doyle, Janowski Heat 09: Hancock, Milik, Zagar, Sayfutdinov Heat 10: Laguta, Pedersen, Lindgren, Holder Heat 11: Zmarzlik, Vaculik, Doyle Woffinden (FX) Heat 12: Iversen, Janowski, Pawlicki, Kaczmarek Heat 13: Laguta, Hancock, Woffinden, Iversen Heat 14: Lindgren, Kaczmarek, Zagar, Doyle Heat 15: Re-Run: Zmarzlik, Pedersen, Sayfutdinov Pawlicki (FX) Heat 16: Vaculik, Janowski, Milik, Holder Heat 17: Holder, Doyle, Hancock, Pawlicki Heat 18: Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Vaculik, Kopec-Sobczynski Iversen (TX) Heat 19: Laguta, Zmarzlik, Milik, Kaczmarek Heat 20: Woffinden, Zagar, Janowski, Pedersen Semi-Final 1: Laguta, Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Vaculik Semi-Final 2: Iversen, Woffinden, Zmarzlik, Hancock Grand Final: Woffinden, Laguta, Sayfutdinov, Iversen

Edinburgh vs Glasgow 05/10/2018

Edinburgh Monarchs 50 (90) Glasgow Tigers 40 (90) 5 October 2018 Scottish Cup 2nd Leg Armadale

Edinburgh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B 1. Erik Riss 3 2 3 2' 2 12 1 2. Victor Palovaara R 1' 3 0 4 1 3. Josh Pickering 2' 0 1' 3 6 2 4. Richie Worrall 3 3 2 2 10 5. Ricky Wells 3 3 3 3 1' 13 1 6. William Lawson 3 1 F FD 1' 5 1 7. David Wallinger (G) 0 F 0 0 Glasgow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B 1. Richard Lawson (G) 1' 2 2 0 5 1 2. James Sarjeant 2 1' 1' 1' 5 3 3. Claus Vissing 0 1' 2 2 5 1 4. Paul Starke 1 2 1' 3 3 10 1 5. Chris Harris (C) 2 3 3 1 0 9 6. Jack Thomas 1' 0 0 1 1 7. Carl Wilkinson (G) 2 FD 2 1' 0 5 1 Heat by Heat Heat 01: Riss, Sarjeant, R Lawson, Palovaara (R) 55.7 Heat 02: W Lawson, Wilkinson, Thomas, Wallinger. 57.5 Heat 03: Worrall, Pickering, Starke, Vissing. 55.8 Heat 04: Wells, Harris, Lawson, Wilkinson (F) Heat 05: Worrall, R Lawson, Sarjeant, Pickering. 55.7 Heat 06: Harris, Riss, Palovaara Thomas. Heat 07: Wells, Starke, Vissing, Wallinger (F) 56.7 Heat 08: Palovaara, Wilkinson, Sarjeant, Lawson (F) Heat 09: Harris, Worrall, Pickering, Thomas. 56.6 Heat 10: Riss, Vissing, Starke, Palovaara. 58.0 Heat 11: Wells, R Lawson, Sarjeant, Wallinger. 57.8 Heat 12: Pickering, Vissing, Wilkinson, W Lawson (F) 57.6 Heat 13: Wells, Riss, Harris, R Lawson. 57.5 Heat 14: Starke, Worrall, W Lawson, Wilkinson. Heat 15: Starke, Riss, Wells, Harris. Golden Heat Heat 16: Wells, Starke

Workington vs Edinburgh 29/09/2018

Workington Comets 61 (92) Edinburgh Monarchs 29 (88) 29 September 2018 SGB Championship KO Cup Semi Final 2nd Leg Derwent Park

Workington 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B 1. Nicolai Klindt 1 3 1 2' 3 10 1 2. Rasmus Jensen 3 1 3 3 10 3. Jake Allen (G) 3 2' 1 1' 7 2 4. Rene Bach 0 3 3 2 8 5. Ty Proctor (C) 2' 3 2 3 2' 12 2 6. Kyle Bickley 3 0 1' 4 1 7. Mason Campton 2' 3 2' 2 1' 10 3 Edinburgh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B 1. Ricky Wells 2 1 3 1 7 2. Victor Palovaara 0 0 0 0 3. Josh Pickering 2 1' 0 3 6 1 4. Richie Worrall 1' 2 2 3 1 9 1 5. Erik Riss R 2 2 0 4 6. William Lawson 1 0 0 0 R 0 0 1 7. Jordan Stewart (G) 0 1 1 2 Heat by Heat Heat 01: Jensen, Wells, Klindt, Palovaara 64.4 Heat 02: Bickley, Campton, Lawson, Stewart 66.3 Heat 03: Allen, Pickering, Worrall, Bach 65.5 Heat 04: Campton, Proctor, Stewart, Riss (R) 66.4 Heat 05: Bach, Allen, Wells, Pickering 65.3 Heat 06: Klindt, Riss, Jensen, Lawson 65.3 Heat 07: Proctor, Worrall, Pickering, Bickley 65.7 Heat 08: Jensen, Campton, Stewart, Palovaara 67.0 Heat 09: Bach, Riss, Allen, Lawson 65.5 Heat 10: Jensen, Worrall, Klindt, Proctor 66.2 Heat 11: Wells, Proctor, Bickley, Lawson 66.2 Heat 12: Pickering, Campton, Allen, Lawson (R) 67.8 Heat 13: Proctor, Klindt, Wells, Riss 66.9 Heat 14: Worrall, Bach, Campton, Lawson 66.6 Heat 15: Klindt, Proctor, Worrall, Lawson, Wells (EXT) 67.0

Edinburgh vs Workington 28/09/2018

Edinburgh Monarchs 59 Workington Comets 31 28 September 2018 SGB Championship KO Cup Semi Final 1st Leg Armadale

Edinburgh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B 1. Ricky Wells 1' 3 3 2' - - - 9 2 2. Victor Palovaara 2 2' FD 1 - - - 5 1 3. Josh Pickering 0 2' 2' 3 - - - 7 2 4. Richie Worrall 3 3 3 3 2' - - 14 1 5. Erik Riss 3 3 3 3 3 - - 15 6. William Lawson 1' 0 1 - - - - 2 1 7. Broc Nicol (G) 2 1 2 1 1 - - 7 Workington 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B 1. Nicolai Klindt 0 0 R 0 - - - 0 2. Rasmus Jensen 3 1 1 2 1 - - 8 3. Kevin Doolan (G) 1' 2 2 2 0 - - 7 1 4. Rene Bach 2 1' - - - - - 3 1 5. Ty Proctor (C) 2 1 1 1 - - - 5 6. Kyle Bickley R 0 R 0 - - - 0 7. Mason Campton 3 0 3 FD 2 - - 8 Heat by Heat Heat 01: Jensen, Palovaara, Wells, Klindt. 56.2 Heat 02: Campton, Sarjeant, Lawson, Bickley (R) 57.7 Heat 03: Worrall, Bach, Doolan, Pickering. 55.8 Heat 04: Riss, Proctor, Sarjeant, Campton. 56.4 Heat 05: Worrall, Pickering, Jensen, Klindt. 55.6 Heat 06: Wells, Palovaara, Proctor, Bickley.  56.6 Heat 07: Riss, Doolan, Bach, Lawson. 57.5 Heat 08: Campton, Sarjeant, Jensen, Palovaara (FX) 57.3 Heat 09: Worrall, Pickering, Proctor, Bickley (R) 56.7 Heat 10: Wells, Doolan, Palovaara, Bickley. 57.5 Heat 11: Riss, Jensen, Lawson, Klindt (R) - 57.5 Heat 12: Pickering, Doolan, Sarjeant, Campton (FX) 58.4 Heat 13: Riss, Wells, Proctor, Klindt. 57.2 Heat 14: Worrall, Campton, Sarjeant, Bach (NS) 58.2 Heat 15: Riss, Worrall, Jensen, Doolan. 57.6