2013 Speedway Grand Prix

The 2013 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 68th edition of the official World Championship^[1][2] and the 19th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the thirteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company.

2013 Speedway Grand Prix
Gorzów Grand Prix on 15 June
Season details
Dates	23 March — 5 October
Events	12
Cities	12
Countries	9
Riders	15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves
Heats	276 (in 12 events)
Winners
Champion	GBR Tai Woffinden
Runner-up	POL Jarosław Hampel
3rd place	DEN Niels Kristian Iversen
← 2012 Speedway Grand Prix 2014 →

The British rider Tai Woffinden became world champion, making him the first British rider to win the gold medal since Mark Loram in the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix. Jarosław Hampel won his third world championship medal, while Danish rider Niels Kristian Iversen won his first medal finishing third in the series.

Qualification

For the 2013 season there were 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.

Since Jason Crump decided to retire from the series, the top eight riders – except Crump, who was replaced by ninth-placed Andreas Jonsson – from the 2012 championship qualified.^[3] Those riders were joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.^[4]

The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2012 season.^[5][6]

Qualified riders

#	Riders	2012 place	GP Ch place	Appearance	Previous appearances in series
1	Chris Holder	1	—	4th	2010–2012
2	Nicki Pedersen	2	—	13th	2000, 2001–2012
3	Greg Hancock	3	—	19th	1995–2012
4	Tomasz Gollob	4	—	18th	1995, 1996, 1997–2012
5	Emil Sayfutdinov	5	—	5th	2009–2012
6	Antonio Lindbäck	7	F	6th	2004, 2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2011–2012
7	Fredrik Lindgren	8	—	6th	2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2012
8	Andreas Jonsson	9	—	12th	2001, 2002–2012
9	Martin Vaculík	11	8	1st	2012
10	Jarosław Hampel	14	—	8th	2000–2002, 2004–2007, 2008–2009, 2010–2012
11	Krzysztof Kasprzak	18	1	2nd	2004–2007, 2008, 2012
12	Matej Žagar	—	2	3rd	2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011
13	Niels Kristian Iversen	—	3	3rd	2004–2005, 2006, 2008, 2009–2010
14	Tai Woffinden	—	—	2nd	2010, 2011
15	Darcy Ward	—	—	1st	2011

Qualified substitutes

The following riders qualified as substitutes due to their results in the Grand Prix Challenge.^[5]

#	Riders	2012 place	GP Ch place
19	(19) Aleš Dryml, Jr.	—	4
20	(20) Leon Madsen	—	5
21	(21) Troy Batchelor	—	6
22	(22) Hans N. Andersen	10	7
23	(23) Peter Ljung	15	9

Crump spot controversy

Before the Toruń event in 2012, former three-times World Champion, Jason Crump announced his retirement at the end of the 2012 season.^[7][8]

According to the SGP Regulation, Crump's spot for the 2013 season – as sixth place in 2012 – should be taken by the first Qualified Substitute, Aleš Dryml, Jr.^[9] However, BSI has announced that Crump's spot would be awarded to Andreas Jonsson, the ninth-place finisher in the 2012 standings, per FIM regulations.

… Should a rider or riders who have qualified directly, either by being in the top 8 of the Final Overall Grand Prix Classification or in the top 3 of the FIM Grand Prix qualification system or who qualified through both systems, withdraw prior to the start of the Grand Prix season, the first rider or riders available on the Official Grand Prix Qualified Substitute list shall replace him or them.

— Speedway Grand Prix Regulation, Rule 077.8.5, FIM (pages 22–23)^[10]

Calendar

The 2013 season consisted of 12 events, just like the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix.^[11][12]

Round	Date	City and venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd placed	4th placed	Results
1	23 March	Auckland, New Zealand Western Springs Stadium	Jarosław Hampel	Tomasz Gollob	Nicki Pedersen	Greg Hancock	results
2	20 April	Bydgoszcz, Poland Polonia Stadium	Emil Sayfutdinov	Matej Žagar	Tomasz Gollob	Tai Woffinden	results
3	4 May	Gothenburg, Sweden Ullevi	Emil Sayfutdinov	Chris Holder	Nicki Pedersen	Jaroslaw Hampel	results
4	18 May	Prague, Czech Republic Markéta Stadium	Tai Woffinden	Krzysztof Kasprzak	Nicki Pedersen	Emil Sayfutdinov	results
5	1 June	Cardiff, Great Britain Millennium Stadium	Emil Sayfutdinov	Niels Kristian Iversen	Krzysztof Kasprzak	Fredrik Lindgren	results
6	15 June	Gorzów Wlkp., Poland Jancarz Stadium	Jarosław Hampel	Chris Holder	Tai Woffinden	Greg Hancock	results
7	29 June	Copenhagen, Denmark Parken Stadium	Darcy Ward	Matej Zagar	Chris Holder	Tomasz Gollob	results
8	3 August	Terenzano, Italy Pista Olimpia Terenzano	Niels Kristian Iversen	Tai Woffinden	Emil Sayfutdinov	Matej Žagar	results
9	17 August	Daugavpils, Latvia Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs	Greg Hancock	Darcy Ward	Tai Woffinden	Nicki Pedersen	results
10	7 September	Krško, Slovenia Matija Gubec Stadium	Jarosław Hampel	Tai Woffinden	Tomasz Gollob	Niels Kristian Iversen	results
11	21 September	Stockholm, Sweden Friends Arena	Niels Kristian Iversen	Matej Žagar	Jarosław Hampel	Greg Hancock	results
12	5 October	Toruń, Poland Rose Motoarena	Adrian Miedzinski[13]	Greg Hancock	Jaroslaw Hampel	Niels-Kristian Iversen	results

Classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series

Full-time Grand Prix rider

Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve

Pos.	Rider	Points	NZL	EUR	SWE	CZE	GBR	POL	DEN	ITA	LAT	SVN	SCA	PL2
	(14) Tai Woffinden	151	9	14	12	19	7	12	11	18	15	17	7	10
	(10) Jarosław Hampel	142	15	8	15	8	6	14	6	13	11	16	13	17
	(13) Niels Kristian Iversen	132	7	9	10	7	16	11	4	13	13	11	18	13
4	(3) Greg Hancock	129	11	8	8	7	11	12	9	5	18	9	13	18
5	(2) Nicki Pedersen	121	12	10	12	11	11	8	7	12	11	14	5	8
6	(5) Emil Sayfutdinov	114	6	15	17	17	14	15	13	10	7	–	–	–
7	(12) Matej Žagar	110	5	14	9	10	3	7	13	14	9	8	15	3
8	(15) Darcy Ward	106	12	13	0	–	–	–	19	11	13	10	15	13
9	(4) Tomasz Gollob	89	15	16	9	3	5	4	10	6	5	16	0	–
10	(11) Krzysztof Kasprzak	89	6	0	7	12	13	10	6	5	3	8	10	9
11	(7) Fredrik Lindgren	83	8	4	5	11	12	7	8	6	4	8	8	2
12	(1) Chris Holder	82	9	10	14	7	14	14	14	–	–	–	–	–
13	(8) Andreas Jonsson	64	11	4	3	9	3	9	0	–	7	3	10	5
14	(9) Martin Vaculík	62	5	4	3	6	11	4	6	5	7	5	0	6
15	(6) Antonio Lindbäck	51	6	3	8	5	1	3	2	6	1	7	3	6
16	(20) Leon Madsen	30	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	5	1	9	7
17	(19) Ales Dryml	17	–	–	–	4	2	2	–	4	–	2	3	0
18	(16) Adrian Miedzinski	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15
19	(16) Andzejs Lebedevs	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	–	–
20	(16) Chris Harris	7	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
21	(16) Michael Jepsen Jensen	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–
22	(16) Linus Sundström	6	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
23	(16) Krzysztof Buczkowski	6	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
24	(16) Bartosz Zmarzlik	6	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–
25	(21) Troy Batchelor	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
26	(17) Fredrik Engman	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–
27	(16) Aleksander Conda	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–
28	(18) Oliver Berntzon	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–
29	(16) Nicolas Covatti	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
30	(16) Kim Nilsson	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–
31	(16) Josef Franc	2	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
32	(17) Peter Kildemand	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–
33	(18) Kenni Larsen	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–
34	(16) Jason Bunyan	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
35	(17) Craig Cook	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
36	(18) Josh Auty	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
37	(17) Dennis Andersson	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
38	(18) Mathias Thornblom	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
39	(17) Nicolas Vicentin	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–
Rider(s) not classified
	(17) Dale Finch	—	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Sean Mason	—	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(17) Szymon Woźniak	—	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Mikołaj Curyło	—	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(17) Vaclav Milik	—	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Zdenek Holub	—	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(17) Adrian Cyfer	—	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Lukasz Cyran	—	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Michele Paco Castagna	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–
	(17) Kasts Puodzuks	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–
	(18) Maksims Bogdanovs	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–
	(17) Matic Voldrih	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–
	(18) Denis Stojs	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–
	(17) Paweł Przedpełski	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns
	(18) Kamil Pulczynski	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns
Pos.	Rider	Points	NZL	EUR	SWE	CZE	GBR	POL	DEN	ITA	LAT	SVN	SCA	PL2

See also

• 2013 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship