2023 Speedway Grand Prix

The 2023 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 29th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 78th FIM Speedway World Championship.^[1] It was the second series promoted by Discovery Sports Events.

2023 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
Dates	29 April – 30 September
Events	10
Cities	10
Countries	8
Riders	15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves
Heats	230 (in 10 events)
Winners
Champion	POL Bartosz Zmarzlik
Runner-up	SWE Fredrik Lindgren
3rd place	SVK Martin Vaculík
← 2022 Speedway Grand Prix 2024 →

Bartosz Zmarzlik was the defending champion, having won the 2022 title.

Zmarzlik successfully retained the title, winning a fourth championship, despite being disqualified from round nine in Denmark. He beat Fredrik Lindgren by eight points, with Martin Vaculík securing the bronze medal. During the championships, Zmarzlik secured four Grand Prix wins after the Latvian Grand Prix, which equalled the 22 career Grand Prix wins of fellow Pole Tomasz Gollob.^[2] He then went on to win a fifth Grand Prix, which equalled the all-time record of 23 held by Jason Crump.^[3]

Qualification

For the 2023 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 2022 championship qualified automatically.^[4] These riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.

The final six riders were nominated by the SGP Commission.^[5]

Qualified riders

#	Riders	2022 place	GP Ch place	Appearance	Previous appearances in series
95	Bartosz Zmarzlik	1	—	8th	2012–2015, 2016–2022
30	Leon Madsen	2	—	5th	2010, 2013, 2019–2022
71	Maciej Janowski	3	—	9th	2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2022
66	Fredrik Lindgren	4	—	14th	2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017–2022
505	Robert Lambert	5	5	3rd	2015, 2018–2019, 2021–2022
99	Dan Bewley	6	2	2nd	2018, 2022
692	Patryk Dudek	7	—	6th	2016, 2017–2020, 2022
108	Tai Woffinden	8	—	12th	2010, 2011, 2013–2022
54	Martin Vaculík	9	—	8th	2012, 2013, 2017–2022
69	Jason Doyle	10	—	9th	2015–2022
155	Mikkel Michelsen	11	—	3rd	2015, 2018–2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
105	Anders Thomsen	14	10	3rd	2016, 2020, 2021–2022
233	Kim Nilsson	—	1	1st	2012–2014, 2016–2017
25	Jack Holder	12	3	2nd	2016, 2020, 2022
46	Max Fricke	13	4	4th	2016–2017, 2019, 2020–2022

Qualified substitutes

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

#	Riders	2022 place	GP Ch place
29	Andžejs Ļebedevs	16	9
201	Jan Kvěch	27	—
744	Kai Huckenbeck	20	—
22	Luke Becker	—	—
TBC	Dimitri Bergé	—	—
TBC	Timi Salonen	—	—
TBC	Marko Levishyn	—	—

Calendar

The 2023 season consisted of 10 events.

Round	Date	City and venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd placed	4th placed	Results
1	29 April	Goričan, Croatia Stadium Milenium	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Robert Lambert	Fredrik Lindgren	Jason Doyle	results
2	13 May	Warsaw, Poland Stadion Narodowy	Fredrik Lindgren	Jack Holder	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Jason Doyle	results
3	3 June	Prague, Czech Republic Markéta Stadium	Martin Vaculík	Leon Madsen	Jack Holder	Bartosz Zmarzlik	results
4	10 June	Teterow, Germany Bergring Arena	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Jason Doyle	Jack Holder	Kim Nilsson	results
5	24 June	Gorzów, Poland Edward Jancarz Stadium	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Leon Madsen	Fredrik Lindgren	Jason Doyle	results
6	15 July	Målilla, Sweden Skrotfrag Arena	Dan Bewley	Martin Vaculík	Patryk Dudek	Fredrik Lindgren	results
7	12 August	Riga, Latvia Biķernieki Riga Stadium	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Fredrik Lindgren	Martin Vaculík	Tai Woffinden	results
8	2 September	Cardiff, Great Britain Principality Stadium	Martin Vaculík	Jack Holder	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Fredrik Lindgren	results
9	16 September	Vojens, Denmark Vojens Speedway Center	Leon Madsen	Fredrik Lindgren	Jack Holder	Robert Lambert	results
10	30 September	Toruń, Poland Rose Motoarena	Bartosz Zmarzlik	Fredrik Lindgren	Leon Madsen	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	CRO	POL	CZE	GER	PL2	SWE	LAT	GBR	DEN	PL3
	(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik	158	20	16	14	20	20	12	20	16	–	20
	(66) Fredrik Lindgren	150	16	20	11	5	16	14	18	14	18	18
	(54) Martin Vaculík	125	9	12	20	7	3	18	16	20	8	12
4	(25) Jack Holder	123	8	18	16	16	11	10	–	18	16	10
5	(30) Leon Madsen	111	4	8	18	12	18	3	10	2	20	16
6	(505) Robert Lambert	108	18	5	9	10	12	9	8	12	14	11
7	(99) Dan Bewley	104	10	10	12	9	8	20	9	8	12	6
8	(69) Jason Doyle	96	14	14	8	18	14	1	12	6	1	8
9	(46) Max Fricke	83	7	11	6	3	7	11	11	9	9	9
10	(692) Patryk Dudek	76	6	1	10	6	5	16	4	10	4	14
11	(108) Tai Woffinden	64	12	9	3	8	9	5	14	4	–	–
12	(155) Mikkel Michelsen	56	11	6	5	2	4	4	5	5	11	3
13	(233) Kim Nilsson	44	2	2	2	14	2	–	3	11	7	1
14	(71) Maciej Janowski	43	3	7	7	4	10	2	7	3	–	–
15	(105) Anders Thomsen	36	5	3	4	11	6	7	0	–	–	–
16	(29) Andžejs Ļebedevs	30	–	–	–	–	–	8	6	7	2	7
17	(744) Kai Huckenbeck	11	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	5	5
18	(17) Mads Hansen	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–
19	(16) Jacob Thorssell	6	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–
20	(16) Rasmus Jensen	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–
21	(17) Bartłomiej Kowalski	4	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
22	(16) Dominik Kubera	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
23	(18) Benjamin Basso	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–
24	(16) Francis Gusts	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–
25	(22) Luke Becker	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
26	(16) Matej Žagar	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
27	(16) Václav Milík	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
28	(16) Szymon Woźniak	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
29	(18) Ernest Matjuszonok	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
30	(16) Steve Worrall	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
31	(17) Nick Škorja	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
32	(17) Ričards Ansviesulis	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–
33	(17) Anders Rowe	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
34	(18) Jason Edwards	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
35	(201) Jan Kvěch	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	CRO	POL	CZE	GER	PL2	SWE	LAT	GBR	DEN	PL3

See also

• 2023 Individual Long Track World Championship
• 2023 Speedway World Cup