2022 Speedway Grand Prix

The 2022 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 28th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 77th FIM Speedway World Championship.^[1][2] It was the first series promoted by Discovery Sports Events.

2022 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates	30 April - 1 October
Events	10
Cities	10
Countries	7
Riders	15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves
Heats	230 (in 10 events)
Winners
Champion	POL Bartosz Zmarzlik
Runner-up	DEN Leon Madsen
3rd place	POL Maciej Janowski
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Artem Laguta was the reigning champion, having won the 2021 title. However, due to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, he and Emil Sayfutdinov did not return as all Russian and Belarusian riders had been suspended and were barred from participating in any FIM-sanctioned events.

Bartosz Zmarzlik won the championship, claiming a third world title. Leon Madsen finished as runner-up, with Maciej Janowski taking the last spot on the podium.

Qualification

For the 2022 season, there were 15 permanent riders who joined each Grand Prix with one wild card and two track reserves.

The top six riders from the 2021 championship qualified automatically.^[3] These riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge, and the 2021 Speedway European Championship winner.

The final five riders were nominated by the SGP Commission following the completion of the 2021 season.^[4]

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Discovery Sports Events made the decision to suspend Artem Laguta and Emil Sayfutdinov in line with the FIM's ban on Russian riders.^[5] They were replaced in the line-up by Jack Holder and Dan Bewley.^[6]

Qualified riders

#	Riders	2021 place	GP Ch place	Appearance	Previous appearances in series
95	Bartosz Zmarzlik	2	—	7th	2012–2015, 2016–2021
66	Fredrik Lindgren	4	—	13th	2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017–2021
71	Maciej Janowski	5	—	8th	2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2021
108	Tai Woffinden	6	—	11th	2010, 2011, 2013–2021
30	Leon Madsen	7	—	4th	2010, 2013, 2019–2021
69	Jason Doyle	9	—	8th	2015–2021
505	Robert Lambert	10	13	2nd	2015, 2018–2019, 2021
105	Anders Thomsen	11	—	2nd	2016, 2020, 2021
54	Martin Vaculík	12	—	7th	2012, 2013, 2017–2021
323	Paweł Przedpełski	17	1	1st	2016, 2017, 2021
46	Max Fricke	8	2	3rd	2016–2017, 2019, 2020–2021
692	Patryk Dudek	—	3	5th	2016, 2017–2020
155	Mikkel Michelsen	18	—	2nd	2015, 2018–2019, 2020, 2021
25	Jack Holder	—	—	1st	2016, 2020
99	Dan Bewley	—	7	1st	2018

Qualified substitutes

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

#	Riders	2021 place	GP Ch place
29	Andžejs Ļebedevs	—	6
515	Jakub Miśkowiak	—	—
266	Mads Hansen	35	—
22	Luke Becker	—	—
415	David Bellego	—	—

Calendar

The 2022 season consisted of 10 events.

Round	Date	City and venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd placed	4th placed	Results
1	30 April	Goričan, Croatia Stadium Milenium	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Maciej Janowski	Mikkel Michelsen	Anders Thomsen	results
2	14 May	Warsaw, Poland Stadion Narodowy	Max Fricke	Leon Madsen	Fredrik Lindgren	Mikkel Michelsen	results
3	28 May	Prague, Czech Republic Markéta Stadium	Martin Vaculík	Tai Woffinden	Jason Doyle	Maciej Janowski	results
4	4 June	Teterow, Germany Bergring Arena	Patryk Dudek	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Fredrik Lindgren	Robert Lambert	results
5	25 June	Gorzów, Poland Edward Jancarz Stadium	Anders Thomsen	Martin Vaculík	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Patryk Dudek	results
6	13 August	Cardiff, Great Britain Principality Stadium	Dan Bewley	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Patryk Dudek	Leon Madsen	results
7	27 August	Wrocław, Poland Olympic Stadium	Dan Bewley	Leon Madsen	Robert Lambert	Maciej Janowski	results
8	10 September	Vojens, Denmark Vojens Speedway Center	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Robert Lambert	Leon Madsen	Patryk Dudek	results
9	17 September	Målilla, Sweden Skrotfrag Arena	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Fredrik Lindgren	Maciej Janowski	Tai Woffinden	results
10	1 October	Toruń, Poland Rose Motoarena	Martin Vaculík	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Leon Madsen	Maciej Janowski	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	CRO	POL	CZE	GER	PL2	GBR	PL3	DEN	SWE	PL4
	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik (C)	166	20	12	12	18	16	18	12	20	20	18
	(30) Leon Madsen	133	12	18	10	10	10	14	18	16	9	16
	(71) Maciej Janowski	106	18	11	14	8	2	7	14	2	16	14
4	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	103	8	16	6	16	5	11	8	4	18	11
5	(505) Robert Lambert	103	10	8	4	14	11	5	16	18	11	6
6	(99) Dan Bewley	102	6	3	11	12	12	20	20	7	2	9
7	(692) Patryk Dudek	102	5	5	5	20	14	16	11	14	10	2
8	(108) Tai Woffinden	93	4	10	18	11	7	4	10	10	14	5
9	(54) Martin Vaculík	91	7	2	20	6	18	–	5	1	12	20
10	(69) Jason Doyle	83	9	6	16	4	9	9	4	11	8	7
11	(155) Mikkel Michelsen	82	16	14	3	1	8	10	9	9	–	12
12	(25) Jack Holder	67	3	7	7	9	6	12	6	8	6	3
13	(46) Max Fricke	52	2	20	8	2	1	8	2	6	3	–
14	(105) Anders Thomsen	51	14	1	9	5	20	2	–	–	–	–
15	(323) Paweł Przedpełski	29	1	9	2	3	4	3	3	3	1	0
16	(29) Andžejs Ļebedevs	26	–	–	–	–	–	6	1	5	4	10
17	(16) Rasmus Jensen	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–
18	(16) Matej Žagar	11	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
19	(16) Kacper Woryna	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8
20	(16) Kai Huckenbeck	7	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	–
"	(16) Gleb Chugunov	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–
"	(266) Mads Hansen	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–
23	(16) Oliver Berntzon	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–
24	(16) Maksym Drabik	4	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
"	(515) Jakub Miśkowiak	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
26	(16) Szymon Woźniak	3	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–
27	(16) Jan Kvěch	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
"	(17) Tom Brennan	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
"	(17) Krzysztof Lewandowski	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Pos.	Rider	Points	CRO	POL	CZE	GER	PL2	GBR	PL3	DEN	SWE	PL4

See also

• 2022 Individual Long Track World Championship
• 2022 Speedway of Nations