2015 Speedway Grand Prix

The 2015 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 70th edition of the official World Championship^[1][2] and the 21st season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the fifteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. Greg Hancock was the defending champion from 2014.

2015 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates	18 April — 24 October 24
Events	12
Riders	15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves
Heats	276 (in 12 events)
Winners
Champion	GBR Tai Woffinden
Runner-up	USA Greg Hancock
3rd place	DEN Nicki Pedersen
← 2014 Speedway Grand Prix 2016 →

Tai Woffinden won the world title, with Hancock second and Nicki Pedersen third. It was Woffinden's second title having also won in 2013.

Qualification

For the 2015 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 2014 championship qualified automatically. Those riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge. Since the winner of the Grand Prix Challenge, Matej Žagar, had already qualified following his fifth position in the 2014 championship, fourth-placed Maciej Janowski qualified.

The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2014 season.

Qualified riders

#	Riders	2014 place	GP Ch place	Appearance	Previous appearances in series
45	Greg Hancock	1	—	21st	1995–2014
507	Krzysztof Kasprzak	2	—	4th	2004–2007, 2008, 2012, 2013–2014
3	Nicki Pedersen	3		15th	2000, 2001–2014
108	Tai Woffinden	4	—	4th	2010, 2011, 2013–2014
55	Matej Žagar	5	1	5th	2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–2014
100	Andreas Jonsson	6	—	14th	2001, 2002–2014
23	Chris Holder	7	—	6th	2010–2014
33	Jarosław Hampel	8		10th	2000–2002, 2004–2007, 2008–2009, 2010–2014
75	Troy Batchelor	9	—	2nd	2013, 2014
88	Niels Kristian Iversen	11	—	5th	2004–2005, 2006, 2008, 2009–2010, 2013–2014
69	Jason Doyle	—	2	1st
37	Chris Harris	15	3	9th	2003, 2007–2014
71	Maciej Janowski	—	4	1st	2008, 2012, 2014
30	Thomas H. Jonasson	21	5	1st	2010–2012, 2014
52	Michael Jepsen Jensen	16		1st	2012–2014

Qualified substitutes

The following riders were nominated as a substitutes:

#	Riders	2014 place	GP Ch place
19	(19) Peter Kildemand	17	8
20	(20) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.
21	(21) Linus Sundström		11

Calendar

The 2015 season consisted of 12 events, just like 2014, although the first Grand Prix was cut short after 12 heats, and the Latvian Grand Prix was awarded after 20 heats.

Round	Date	City and venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd placed	4th placed	Results
1	18 April	Warsaw, Poland Stadion Narodowy	Matej Žagar	Chris Harris	Jarosław Hampel	Niels-Kristian Iversen	results
2	16 May	Tampere, Finland Tampere Stadium	Nicki Pedersen	Tai Woffinden	Andreas Jonsson	Jarosław Hampel	results
3	23 May	Prague, Czech Republic Markéta Stadium	Tai Woffinden	Jarosław Hampel	Maciej Janowski	Nicki Pedersen	results
4	4 July	Cardiff, Great Britain Millennium Stadium	Niels-Kristian Iversen	Chris Holder	Peter Kildemand	Tai Woffinden	results
5	18 July	Daugavpils, Latvia Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs	Maciej Janowski	Nicki Pedersen	Troy Batchelor	Chris Holder	results
6	25 July	Målilla, Sweden G&B Stadium	Nicki Pedersen	Tai Woffinden	Antonio Lindbäck	Matej Žagar	results
7	8 August	Horsens, Denmark CASA Arena	Peter Kildemand	Matej Žagar	Michael Jepsen Jensen	Tai Woffinden	results
8	29 August	Gorzów, Poland Edward Jancarz Stadium	Matej Žagar	Greg Hancock	Tai Woffinden	Bartosz Zmarzlik	results
9	12 September	Krško , Slovenia Matija Gubec Stadium	Greg Hancock	Tai Woffinden	Peter Kildemand	Nicki Pedersen	results
10	26 September	Stockholm, Sweden Friends Arena	Tai Woffinden	Greg Hancock	Niels-Kristian Iversen	Maciej Janowski	results
11	3 October	Toruń, Poland Rose Motoarena	Nicki Pedersen	Jason Doyle	Maciej Janowski	Niels-Kristian Iversen	results
12	24 October	Melbourne, Australia Etihad Stadium	Greg Hancock	Niels-Kristian Iversen	Maciej Janowski	Jason Doyle	results

Classification

^[3]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series

Full-time Grand Prix rider

Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve

Pos.	Rider	Points	POL	FIN	CZE	GBR	LAT	SWE	DEN	PL2	SVN	SCA	PL3	AUS
	(108) Tai Woffinden (C)	163	5	17	18	15	8	17	11	18	18	16	8	12
	(45) Greg Hancock	147	5	9	13	12	10	9	7	17	20	16	8	21
	(3) Nicki Pedersen	131	3	16	15	9	11	17	7	7	13	7	19	7
4	(88) Niels-Kristian Iversen	120	7	6	8	14	8	10	7	10	11	14	10	15
5	(69) Jason Doyle	114	4	11	7	7	8	11	12	6	11	8	18	11
6	(55) Matej Žagar	107	8	7	9	10	6	13	12	16	8	4	7	7
7	(71) Maciej Janowski	106	3	2	18	3	12	8	12	5	9	12	11	11
8	(23) Chris Holder	95	0	7	6	18	10	10	10	8	9	4	11	2
9	(19) Peter Kildemand	92	–	–	–	12	8	3	14	9	13	9	11	13
10	(100) Andreas Jonsson	88	3	12	9	2	7	5	7	6	4	10	11	12
11	(52) Michael Jepsen Jensen	84	5	10	4	8	7	7	13	10	2	6	5	7
12	(75) Troy Batchelor	59	0	7	6	4	11	2	6	4	9	5	3	2
13	(37) Chris Harris	55	7	6	5	5	4	5	2	5	4	9	3	0
13	(30) Thomas H. Jonasson	55	4	4	1	7	7	7	7	1	2	6	5	4
15	(507) Krzysztof Kasprzak	45	3	10	4	4	0	0	4	1	3	6	1	9
16	(33) Jarosław Hampel	31	7	11	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	(16) Antonio Lindbäck	20	–	–	–	–	–	14	–	–	–	6	–	–
18	(17,16) Bartosz Zmarzlik	17	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	–	–	–	–
19	(18,17) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	8	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–
20	(16) Craig Cook	7	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
21	(16) Mikkel Michelsen	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–
22	(16) Sam Masters	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5
23	(16) Tomasz Gollob	4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
24	(16) Timo Lahti	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
24	(16) Kjasts Puodžuks	3	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
26	(16) Vaclav Milik	2	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
27	(18) Robert Lambert	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
27	(17) Adrian Cyfer	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
27	(16) Aleksander Conda	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
27	(17) Denis Stojs	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
31	(17) Nike Lunna	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
31	(18) Jiri Nieminen	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
31	(17) Matěj Kůs	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
31	(18) Josef Franc	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
31	(17) Jason Garrity	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	POL	FIN	CZE	GBR	LAT	SWE	DEN	PL2	SVN	SCA	PL3	AUS

The first Grand Prix was awarded after 12 heats because the riders deemed the track to be unsafe to race. The win went to Matej Žagar, with second place going to Chris Harris and third to Jarosław Hampel.

The fifth Grand Prix was awarded after 20 heats due to a waterlogged track. The win went to Maciej Jankowski, with second place going to Nicki Pedersen and third to Troy Batchelor.

In the twelfth Grand Prix, Australian Jason Doyle was injured in the final and was unable to partake in the rerun.

See also

• 2015 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
• 2016 Speedway Grand Prix