# 2018 Speedway Grand Prix

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24th season of the Speedway Grand Prix

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 **2018 Speedway Grand Prix** season was the 24th season of the [Speedway Grand Prix](/source/Speedway_Grand_Prix) era, and decided the 73rd [FIM](/source/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_de_Motocyclisme) [Speedway World Championship](/source/Speedway_World_Championship).[1][2] It was the eighteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an [IMG](/source/IMG_(company)) company.

The world title was won by [Tai Woffinden](/source/Tai_Woffinden), who finished 10 points ahead of [Bartosz Zmarzlik](/source/Bartosz_Zmarzlik) in second with [Fredrik Lindgren](/source/Fredrik_Lindgren_(speedway_rider)) taking the bronze medal. It was Woffinden's third world title, following his wins in [2013](/source/2013_Speedway_Grand_Prix) and [2015](/source/2015_Speedway_Grand_Prix), making him the most successful British rider in history. Defending champion [Jason Doyle](/source/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](/source/Championship) qualified automatically. Those riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the [Grand Prix Challenge](/source/2018_Speedway_Grand_Prix_Qualification).

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](/source/2017_Speedway_Grand_Prix) 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](/source/2018_Individual_Speedway_Junior_World_Championship)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX"](https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex). *British Speedway*. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Speedway riders, history and results"](https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/6933/world-champions). *wwosbackup*. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["2018 SGP Wildcards"](https://web.archive.org/web/20171103205856/http://speedwaygp.com/news/article/6214/wild-cards-for-three-world). SGP. Archived from the original on November 3, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["2018 FIM Speedway World Championship calendar"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110503062756/http://speedwaygp.com/calendar). SGP. Archived from the original on May 3, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["2018 FIM Speedway World Championship standings"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180513081351/http://www.speedwaygp.com/standings?43). SGP. Archived from the original on May 13, 2018.

## External links

- [SpeedwayGP.com – Speedway World Championships](https://web.archive.org/web/19990508050847/http://www.speedwaygp.com/)

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