2018 Speedway Grand Prix

The 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 24th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 73rd FIM Speedway World Championship.^[1][2] It was the eighteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company.

2018 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates	May 12 – October 6
Events	10
Cities	10
Countries	7
Riders	15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves
Heats	230 (in 10 events)
Winners
Champion	GBR Tai Woffinden
Runner-up	POL Bartosz Zmarzlik
3rd place	SWE Fredrik Lindgren
← 2017 Speedway Grand Prix 2019 →

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.

Qualification

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.^[3]

Qualified riders

#	Riders	2017 place	GP Ch place	Appearance	Previous appearances in series
69	Jason Doyle	1	—	4th	2015–2017
692	Patryk Dudek	2	3	2nd	2016, 2017
108	Tai Woffinden	3	—	7th	2010, 2011, 2013–2017
71	Maciej Janowski	4	—	4th	2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2017
95	Bartosz Zmarzlik	5	—	3rd	2012–2015, 2016–2017
89	Emil Sayfutdinov	6	—	7th	2009–2013, 2017
55	Matej Žagar	7	12	8th	2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–2017
66	Fredrik Lindgren	8	—	9th	2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017
54	Martin Vaculík	9	17	3rd	2012, 2013, 2017
23	Chris Holder	10	—	9th	2010–2017
45	Greg Hancock	14	—	24th	1995–2017
110	Nicki Pedersen	20	—	18th	2000, 2001–2017
59	Przemysław Pawlicki	29	1	1st	2010, 2012, 2017
222	Artem Laguta	—	2	2nd	2011
111	Craig Cook	32	4	1st	2013–2015, 2017

Qualified substitutes

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

#	Riders	2017 place	GP Ch place
88	Niels Kristian Iversen	15	—
225	Václav Milík Jr.	16	8
53	Linus Sundström	32	—
133	Maksym Drabik	—	—
46	Max Fricke	18	—

Calendar

The 2018 season consisted of 10 events, two less than the 2017 series.^[4]

Round	Date	City and venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd placed	4th placed	Results
1	May 12	Warsaw, Poland Stadion Narodowy	Tai Woffinden	Maciej Janowski	Fredrik Lindgren	Artem Laguta	results
2	May 26	Prague, Czech Republic Markéta Stadium	Fredrik Lindgren	Patryk Dudek	Emil Sayfutdinov	Tai Woffinden	results
3	June 30	Horsens, Denmark CASA Arena	Tai Woffinden	Artem Laguta	Greg Hancock	Jason Doyle	results
4	July 7	Hallstavik, Sweden HZ Bygg Arena	Maciej Janowski	Fredrik Lindgren	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Tai Woffinden	results
5	July 21	Cardiff, Great Britain Principality Stadium	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Tai Woffinden	Maciej Janowski	Greg Hancock	results
6	August 11	Målilla, Sweden G&B Arena	Nicki Pedersen	Matej Žagar	Fredrik Lindgren	Martin Vaculík	results
7	August 25	Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland Edward Jancarz Stadium	Martin Vaculík	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Tai Woffinden	Patryk Dudek	results
8	September 8	Krško, Slovenia Stadion Matije Gubca	Patryk Dudek	Jason Doyle	Greg Hancock	Fredrik Lindgren	results
9	September 22	Teterow, Germany Bergring Arena	Tai Woffinden	Jason Doyle	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Greg Hancock	results
10	October 6	Toruń, Poland Rose Motoarena	Tai Woffinden	Artem Laguta	Emil Sayfutdinov	Niels-Kristian Iversen	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	POL	CZE	DEN	SWE	GBR	SCA	PL2	SVN	GER	PL3
	(108) Tai Woffinden (C)	139	15	16	18	16	16	10	12	5	16	15
	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	129	9	4	10	13	19	14	18	12	15	15
	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	109	16	16	7	15	7	13	2	13	9	11
4	(71) Maciej Janowski	104	13	11	5	18	12	11	9	10	9	6
5	(45) Greg Hancock	102	8	7	16	10	12	3	10	15	12	9
6	(222) Artem Laguta	97	13	8	12	8	6	6	13	7	4	20
7	(69) Jason Doyle	93	5	9	12	9	5	4	9	17	16	7
8	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	89	8	15	11	14	8	6	3	5	8	11
9	(692) Patryk Dudek	84	10	14	6	6	10	10	12	16	–	–
10	(55) Matej Žagar	79	9	7	5	7	6	16	11	–	12	6
11	(110) Nicki Pedersen	74	2	8	12	3	6	15	6	7	8	7
12	(23) Chris Holder	65	10	5	9	7	7	5	0	10	7	5
13	(54) Martin Vaculík	52	–	–	3	1	3	10	18	9	0	8
14	(88) Niels-Kristian Iversen	36	4	5	–	–	–	–	–	5	12	10
15	(59) Przemysław Pawlicki	36	3	5	5	1	10	3	3	2	3	1
16	(111) Craig Cook	30	2	2	2	3	9	3	4	5	0	–
17	(16) Vaclav Milik	11	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5
18	(16) Szymon Woźniak	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	–	–
19	(16) Krzysztof Kasprzak	7	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20	(16) Andreas Jonsson	7	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	–
21	(16) Peter Ljung	5	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	–
22	(16) Michael Jepsen Jensen	4	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
23	(17) Oliver Berntzon	3	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
24	(18) Kevin Wölbert	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–
25	(17) Maksym Drabik	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
26	(18) Bartosz Smektała	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
27	(16) Kai Huckenbeck	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–
28	(16) Daniel Kaczmarek	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
29	(17) Mikkel Michelsen	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30	(16) Robert Lambert	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
31	(18) Joel Kling	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
32	(17) Martin Smolinski	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
33	(18) Mikkel Bech Jensen	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
34	(17) Dan Bewley	0	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–
35	(16) Matic Ivačič	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
36	(17) Nick Škorja	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
37	(17) Igor Kopeć-Sobczyński	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
Pos.	Rider	Points	POL	CZE	DEN	SWE	GBR	SCA	PL2	SVN	GER	PL3

See also

• 2018 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship