2017 Speedway Grand Prix

The 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 23rd season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 72nd FIM Speedway World Championship.^[1][2] It was seventeenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company.

2017 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates	April 29 — October 28
Events	12
Cities	12
Countries	9
Riders	15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves
Heats	276 (in 12 events)
Winners
Champion	AUS Jason Doyle
Runner-up	POL Patryk Dudek
3rd place	GBR Tai Woffinden
← 2016 Speedway Grand Prix 2018 →

The world title was won by Jason Doyle, who finished ahead of debutant Patryk Dudek and former two-time champion Tai Woffinden. It was the first title of Doyle's career, and the first time an Australian had lifted the trophy since Chris Holder in 2012. Defending champion Greg Hancock was unable to complete the season after suffering an injury, competing in only six of the 12 rounds.

Qualification

For the 2017 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 2016 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 2016 season.^[3]

Qualified riders

#	Riders	2016 place	GP Ch place	Appearance	Previous appearances in series
45	Greg Hancock	1	—	23rd	1995–2016
108	Tai Woffinden	2	—	6th	2010, 2011, 2013–2016
95	Bartosz Zmarzlik	3	—	2nd	2012–2015, 2016
23	Chris Holder	4	—	8th	2010–2016
69	Jason Doyle	5	—	3rd	2015–2016
777	Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	6	9	2nd	2015, 2016
85	Antonio Lindbäck	7	—	8th	2004, 2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2011–2013, 2015, 2016
88	Niels Kristian Iversen	8	—	7th	2004–2005, 2006, 2008, 2009–2010, 2013–2016
55	Matej Žagar	9	—	7th	2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–2016
71	Maciej Janowski	10	—	3rd	2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2016
66	Fredrik Lindgren	11	3	8th	2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016
12	Nicki Pedersen	13	—	17th	2000, 2001–2016
692	Patryk Dudek	17	1	1st	2016
54	Martin Vaculík	—	2	2nd	2012, 2013
89	Emil Sayfutdinov	—	—	6th	2009–2013

Qualified substitutes

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

#	Riders	2016 place	GP Ch place
25	Peter Kildemand	12	—
84	Martin Smolinski	17	5
46	Max Fricke	35	10
225	Václav Milík Jr.	25	17
52	Michael Jepsen Jensen	16	—
29	Andžejs Ļebedevs	—	—

Calendar

The 2017 season consisted of 12 events, one more than the 2016 series.^[4]

Round	Date	City and venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd placed	4th placed	Results
1	April 29	Krško , Slovenia Matija Gubec Stadium	Martin Vaculík	Fredrik Lindgren	Patryk Dudek	Jason Doyle	results
2	May 13	Warsaw , Poland Stadion Narodowy	Fredrik Lindgren	Maciej Janowski	Jason Doyle	Martin Vaculík	results
3	May 27	Daugavpils , Latvia Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs	Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	Patryk Dudek	Maciej Janowski	Jason Doyle	results
4	June 10	Prague , Czech Republic Markéta Stadium	Jason Doyle	Greg Hancock	Václav Milík Jr.	Patryk Dudek	results
5	June 24	Horsens , Denmark CASA Arena	Maciej Janowski	Emil Sayfutdinov	Patryk Dudek	Jason Doyle	results
6	July 22	Cardiff , Great Britain Principality Stadium	Maciej Janowski	Jason Doyle	Matej Žagar	Bartosz Zmarzlik	results
7	August 12	Målilla , Sweden G&B Stadium	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Antonio Lindbäck	Fredrik Lindgren	Maciej Janowski	results
8	August 26	Gorzów , Poland Edward Jancarz Stadium	Tai Woffinden	Patryk Dudek	Jason Doyle	Bartosz Zmarzlik	results
9	September 9	Teterow , Germany Bergring Arena	Matej Žagar	Martin Vaculík	Jason Doyle	Chris Holder	results
10	September 23	Stockholm , Sweden Friends Arena	Matej Žagar	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Jason Doyle	Peter Kildemand	results
11	October 7	Toruń , Poland Rose Motoarena	Patryk Dudek	Tai Woffinden	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Matej Žagar	results
12	October 28	Melbourne , Australia Etihad Stadium	Jason Doyle	Tai Woffinden	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Patryk Dudek	results

Final Classification

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Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series

Full-time Grand Prix rider

Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve

Pos.	Rider	Points	SVN	POL	LAT	CZE	DEN	GBR	SWE	PL2	GER	SCA	PL3	AUS
	(69) Jason Doyle (C)	161	12	15	10	13	15	13	5	14	17	18	10	19
	(692) Patryk Dudek	143	13	9	16	13	14	10	5	13	11	6	18	15
	(108) Tai Woffinden	131	8	13	9	7	11	9	14	18	5	6	15	16
4	(71) Maciej Janowski	122	6	16	13	6	17	17	13	6	7	7	5	9
5	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	121	6	12	6	8	7	16	15	10	2	12	14	13
6	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	117	12	6	13	2	14	11	10	11	11	12	7	8
7	(55) Matej Žagar	107	10	1	10	4	11	12	3	7	15	13	11	10
8	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	107	16	16	5	6	8	7	18	11	11	9	–	–
9	(54) Martin Vaculík	99	16	10	8	10	1	4	10	7	14	5	5	9
10	(23) Chris Holder	85	6	6	4	11	7	10	6	2	14	9	7	3
11	(777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr.	81	7	7	18	7	4	1	6	9	4	6	10	2
12	(85) Antonio Lindbäck	77	2	6	4	9	8	7	19	5	4	8	1	4
13	(25) Peter Kildemand	61	–	–	1	8	3	10	4	–	10	11	8	6
14	(45) Greg Hancock	45	11	4	5	18	7	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
15	(88) Niels Kristian Iversen	44	9	9	7	3	3	7	6	–	–	–	–	–
16	(225) Václav Milík Jr.	31	–	–	–	13	–	–	–	7	–	–	11	–
17	(84) Martin Smolinski	25	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	8	4	2	6
18	(46) Max Fricke	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	6	4	–
19	(16) Paweł Przedpełski	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–
20	(16) Maksims Bogdanovs	8	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20	(52) Michael Jepsen Jensen	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	–	–	–
20	(12) Nicki Pedersen	8	3	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
23	(16) Kenneth Bjerre	7	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
24	(16) Krzysztof Kasprzak	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–
24	(20) Rohan Tungate	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
26	(16) Kai Huckenbeck	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–
26	(17) Jacob Thorssell	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–
26	(17) Justin Sedgmen	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
29	(16) Przemysław Pawlicki	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
29	(19) Brady Kurtz	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
29	(18) Davey Watt	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
32	(16) Craig Cook	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
32	(18) Josh Bates	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
32	(16) Linus Sundström	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–
32	(16) Kim Nilsson	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–
32	(16) Sam Masters	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
37	(16) Nick Škorja	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
38	(17) Josef Franc	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
38	(18) Matěj Kůs	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
38	(17) Adam Ellis	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
38	(17) Tobias Kroner	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–
38	(18) Filip Hjelmland	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
38	(17) Bartosz Smektała	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	SVN	POL	LAT	CZE	DEN	GBR	SWE	PL2	GER	SCA	PL3	AUS

See also

• 2017 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
• 2018 Speedway Grand Prix