2021 Speedway Grand Prix

The 2021 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 27th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 76th FIM Speedway World Championship.^[1][2] The calendar of events was disrupted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic^[3] and the series was dominated by Polish venues once again, with six of the 11 races taking place in Poland. Great Britain and Germany did not hold an event, however Russia was added to the calendar for the first time. In 2020, six of the eight races had been held in Poland.^[4]

2021 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates	16 July - 2 October
Events	11
Cities	7
Countries	5
Riders	15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves
Heats	253 (in 11 events)
Winners
Champion	Artem Laguta
Runner-up	Bartosz Zmarzlik
3rd place	Emil Sayfutdinov
← 2020 Speedway Grand Prix 2022 →

Artem Laguta won his first world title. Laguta overtook defending champion Bartosz Zmarzlik in the points standings in round 10, which proved to be the pivotal moment of the championship.

Russian athletes competed as neutral competitors using the designation MFR (Motorcycle Federation of Russia), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.^[5]

Qualification

For the 2021 season there were 15 permanent riders, who were joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.

The top six riders from the 2020 championship qualified automatically.^[6] These riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge and the winner of the 2020 Speedway European Championship.^[7]

The final four riders were nominated by the SGP Commission following the completion of the 2020 season.^[8][9]

Qualified riders

#	Riders	2020 place	GP Ch place	Appearance	Previous appearances in series
95	Bartosz Zmarzlik	1	—	6th	2012–2015, 2016–2020
108	Tai Woffinden	2	—	10th	2010, 2011, 2013–2020
66	Fredrik Lindgren	3	—	12th	2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017–2020
71	Maciej Janowski	4	—	7th	2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2020
30	Leon Madsen	5	—	3rd	2013, 2019–2020
69	Jason Doyle	6	—	7th	2015–2020
222	Artem Laguta	7	—	5th	2011, 2018–2020
89	Emil Sayfutdinov	8	—	10th	2009–2013, 2017–2020
54	Martin Vaculík	9	—	6th	2012, 2013, 2017–2020
46	Max Fricke	10	—	2nd	2016-2017, 2019, 2020
55	Matej Žagar	11	1	11th	2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–2020
93	Oliver Berntzon	—	2	1st	2019
187	Krzysztof Kasprzak	—	3	5th	2004–2007, 2008, 2012, 2013–2014
105	Anders Thomsen	—	—	1st	2016, 2020
505	Robert Lambert	—	—	1st	2015, 2018–2019

Qualified substitutes

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

#	Riders	2020 place	GP Ch place
575	Aleksandr Loktaev	—	4
27	Jaimon Lidsey	—	—
415	Dominik Kubera	—	—
999	Oļegs Mihailovs	—	—
99	Dan Bewley	—	—
125	Lukas Fienhage	—	—
201	Jan Kvěch	=21	—

Calendar

The 2021 season consisted of 11 events.

Round	Date	City and venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd placed	4th placed	Results
1	16 July	Prague, Czech Republic Markéta Stadium	Maciej Janowski	Emil Sayfutdinov	Tai Woffinden	Fredrik Lindgren	results
2	18 July	Prague, Czech Republic Markéta Stadium	Artem Laguta	Maciej Janowski	Fredrik Lindgren	Emil Sayfutdinov	results
3	30 July	Wrocław, Poland Olympic Stadium	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Maciej Janowski	Artem Laguta	Emil Sayfutdinov	results
4	31 July	Wrocław, Poland Olympic Stadium	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Artem Laguta	Leon Madsen	Tai Woffinden	results
5	6 August	Lublin, Poland Stadion MOSiR	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Dominik Kubera	Fredrik Lindgren	Artem Laguta	results
6	7 August	Lublin, Poland Stadion MOSiR	Artem Laguta	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Dominik Kubera	Fredrik Lindgren	results
7	14 August	Målilla, Sweden Skrotfrag Arena	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Artem Laguta	Fredrik Lindgren	Jason Doyle	results
8	28 August	Tolyatti, Russia Anatoly Stepanov Stadium	Artem Laguta	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Anders Thomsen	Emil Sayfutdinov	results
9	11 September	Vojens, Denmark Vojens Speedway Center	Artem Laguta	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Emil Sayfutdinov	Tai Woffinden	results
10	1 October	Toruń, Poland Rose Motoarena	Artem Laguta	Maciej Janowski	Tai Woffinden	Leon Madsen	results
11	2 October	Toruń, Poland Rose Motoarena	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Emil Sayfutdinov	Maciej Janowski	Artem Laguta	results

Final Classification

^[10]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series

Full-time Grand Prix rider

Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve

Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	CZE	POL	PL2	PL3	PL4	SWE	RUS	DEN	PL5	PL6
	(222) Artem Laguta	192	12	20	16	18	14	20	18	20	20	20	14
	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	189	11	12	20	20	20	18	20	18	18	12	20
	(89) Emil Sayfutdinov	149	18	14	14	12	9	12	12	14	16	10	18
4	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	129	14	16	12	8	16	14	16	12	11	3	7
5	(71) Maciej Janowski	129	20	18	18	10	4	2	11	8	4	18	16
6	(108) Tai Woffinden	122	16	8	6	14	11	10	8	9	14	16	10
7	(30) Leon Madsen	108	10	7	11	16	10	5	3	10	10	14	12
8	(46) Max Fricke	94	9	6	7	11	8	11	7	11	7	9	8
9	(69) Jason Doyle	87	5	11	5	7	12	7	14	7	6	4	9
10	(505) Robert Lambert	82	7	2	9	9	6	8	6	1	12	11	11
11	(105) Anders Thomsen	73	3	9	8	4	2	9	9	16	3	5	5
12	(54) Martin Vaculík	54	8	10	10	6	5	6	–	–	8	1	–
13	(55) Matej Žagar	45	6	5	4	2	7	3	4	5	5	2	2
14	(415) Dominik Kubera	44	–	–	–	–	18	16	10	–	–	–	–
15	(93) Oliver Berntzon	32	2	1	2	3	1	1	5	3	2	8	4
16	(187) Krzysztof Kasprzak	28	1	4	1	1	3	4	2	2	1	6	3
17	(16) Paweł Przedpełski	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	6
18	(16) Mikkel Michelsen	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	–
19	(16) Gleb Chugunov	8	–	–	3	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20	(201) Jan Kvěch	7	4	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
21	(575) Aleksandr Loktaev	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–
22	(16) Vadim Tarasenko	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–
23	(27) Jaimon Lidsey	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
"	(20) Pontus Aspgren	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
25	(17) Daniel Klíma	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
"	(18) Petr Chlupáč	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
"	(17) Tobiasz Musielak	0	–	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
"	(18) Bartłomiej Kowalski	0	–	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
"	(17) Wiktor Lampart	0	–	–	–	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	–
"	(18) Mateusz Świdnicki	0	–	–	–	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	–
"	(17) Kim Nilsson	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–
"	(18) Joel Andersson	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–
"	(17) Renat Gafurov	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–
"	(18) Evgeny Saidullin	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–
"	(17) Mads Hansen	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
"	(18) Frederik Jakobsen	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
"	(17) Krzysztof Lewandowski	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
"	(18) Karol Żupiński	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	CZE	POL	PL2	PL3	PL4	SWE	RUS	DEN	PL5	PL6