{{Short description|World Championship motorcycle speedway season}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Use British English|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox SGP Season|x |Year =2019 |Name = |Image = Bartosz Zmarzlik, Polish speedway rider 2019.png |Caption = Zmarzlik after winning the Slovenian Grand Prix |Dates =18 May – 5 October |Events =10 |Cities =10 |Country =7 |per=15 |wc=1 |tr=2 |Heats =230 |HeatsE = |P1f=POL|P1 =[[Bartosz Zmarzlik]] |P2f=DEN|P2 =[[Leon Madsen]] |P3f=RUS|P3 =[[Emil Sayfutdinov]] }} The '''2019 Speedway Grand Prix''' season was the 25th season of the [[Speedway Grand Prix]] era, and decided the 74th [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] [[Speedway World Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex|title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/6933/world-champions|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref> It was the nineteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an [[IMG (company)|IMG]] company.

The title was won by [[Bartosz Zmarzlik]], who beat debutant [[Leon Madsen]] by two points with Russia's [[Emil Sayfutdinov]] finishing third. Zmarzlik became the third Polish world champion after [[Jerzy Szczakiel]] won in [[1973 Individual Speedway World Championship|1973]] and Tomasz Gollob took the title in [[2010 Speedway Grand Prix|2010]]. Defending champion [[Tai Woffinden]]'s season was hampered by injury and he finished in 13th place.

==2019 changes== Qualifying for each Grand Prix was introduced for the first time in the 2019 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldspeedway.com/speedway-grand-prix-qualifying-and-timing-introduced-for-2019|title=Qualifying and timing introduced for 2019|publisher=World Speedway}}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On the day before the Grand Prix every rider completed a timed lap, with the fastest rider getting to select their position in the draw, followed by second and so on. [[Matej Žagar]] was the first ever rider to win a qualifying session when setting the fastest time at the [[2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldspeedway.com/speedway-grand-prix-zagar-british-rides-helped-me-top-charts|title=Zagar tops charts|publisher=World Speedway}}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== Qualification == For the 2019 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 2018 [[championship]] qualified automatically. These riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the [[2019 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification|Grand Prix Challenge]].

The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2018 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/7042/sgp-2019-wild-cards-revealed|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007223325/http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/7042/sgp-2019-wild-cards-revealed|url-status=usurped|archive-date=7 October 2018|title=2019 SGP Wildcards|publisher=SGP}}</ref>

On 2 May Greg Hancock announced he would not be competing in the 2019 season to support his wife's battle with cancer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greghancock.com/blog/greg-hancock-statement/|title=Greg Hancock statement|publisher=greghancock.com}}</ref> The FIM and BSI unanimously supported Hancock's withdrawal.

=== Qualified riders ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%" |- !# ||Riders ||[[2018 Speedway Grand Prix|2018]] place ||GP Ch place ||Appearance ||Previous appearances in series |- |108||align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tai Woffinden]] || 1||— ||8th ||align=left|'''2010''', 2011, '''2013–2018''' |- |95||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Bartosz Zmarzlik]] || 2||— ||4th ||align=left|2012–2015, '''2016–2018''' |- |66||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Fredrik Lindgren (speedway rider)|Fredrik Lindgren]] ||3 ||— ||10th ||align=left|2004, 2006–2007, '''2008–2014''', 2016, '''2017–2018''' |- |71||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Maciej Janowski]] ||4 ||— ||5th ||align=left|2008, 2012, 2014, '''2015–2018''' |- |45||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Greg Hancock]] || 5||— ||25th ||align=left|'''1995–2018''' |- |222||align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Artem Laguta]] || 6||— ||3rd ||align=left|'''2011''', '''2018''' |- |69||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jason Doyle]] || 7||— ||5th ||align=left|'''2015–2018''' |- |89||align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Emil Sayfutdinov]] ||8 ||— ||8th ||align=left|'''2009–2013''', '''2017–2018''' |- |692||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Patryk Dudek]] ||9 ||— ||3rd ||align=left|2016, '''2017–2018''' |- |55||align=left|{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Matej Žagar]] || 10||15 ||9th ||align=left|2003–2005, '''2006–2007''', 2008–2009, 2011, '''2013–2018''' |- |54||align=left|{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Martin Vaculík]] ||13 ||— ||4th ||align=left|2012, '''2013''', '''2017–2018''' |- |333||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Janusz Kołodziej (speedway rider)|Janusz Kołodziej]] || —||1 ||2nd ||align=left|2006, 2010, '''2011''' |- |88||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Niels-Kristian Iversen]] || 14||2 ||8th ||align=left|2004–2005, '''2006, 2008''', 2009–2010, '''2013–2017''', 2018 |- |85||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Antonio Lindbäck]] || —||3 ||9th ||align=left|2004, '''2005–2007''', 2009–2010, '''2011–2013''', 2015, '''2016–2017''' |- |30||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Leon Madsen]] || —|| —||1st ||align=left|2013 |- |}

=== Qualified substitutes ===

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%" |- !# ||Riders ||[[2018 Speedway Grand Prix|2018]] place ||GP Ch place |- | 505 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Robert Lambert (speedway rider)|Robert Lambert]] ||30 ||5 |- | 46 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Max Fricke]] ||18 ||7 |- | 155 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Mikkel Michelsen]] ||29 ||— |- | 225 ||align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Václav Milík Jr.]] ||17 ||11 |- | 115 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Bartosz Smektała]] ||26 ||— |}

== Calendar==

The 2019 season consisted of 10 events, the same number as in [[2018 Speedway Grand Prix|2018]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/7049/provisional-sgp-2019-calendar-revealed|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009211228/http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/7049/provisional-sgp-2019-calendar-revealed|url-status=usurped|archive-date=9 October 2018|title=2019 FIM Speedway World Championship provisional calendar|publisher=SGP}}</ref>

{{SGP Calendar|rounds= {{SGP Calendar/r|2019|POL|1|18 May|[[Stadion Narodowy]] |[[Warsaw]]|DEN|[[Leon Madsen]]|SWE|[[Fredrik Lindgren (speedway rider)|Fredrik Lindgren]]|POL|[[Patryk Dudek]]|DEN|[[Niels-Kristian Iversen]]||||}} {{SGP Calendar/r|2019|SVN|2|1 June|[[Stadion Matije Gubca]] |[[Krško]]|POL|[[Bartosz Zmarzlik]]|SVK|[[Martin Vaculík]]|DEN|[[Leon Madsen]]|POL|[[Patryk Dudek]]||||}} {{SGP Calendar/r|2019|CZE|3|15 June|[[Markéta Stadium]] |[[Prague]]|POL|[[Janusz Kołodziej (speedway rider)|Janusz Kołodziej]]|DEN|[[Leon Madsen]]|POL|[[Patryk Dudek]]|AUS|[[Jason Doyle]]||||}} {{SGP Calendar/r|2019|SWE|4|6 July|[[Credentia Arena|HZ Bygg Arena]] |[[Hallstavik]]|RUS|[[Emil Sayfutdinov]]|SVK|[[Martin Vaculík]]|POL|[[Maciej Janowski]]|AUS|[[Max Fricke]]||||}} {{SGP Calendar/r|2019|PL2|5|3 August|[[Olympic Stadium (Wrocław)|Olympic Stadium]] |[[Wrocław]]|POL|[[Bartosz Zmarzlik]]|SVK|[[Martin Vaculík]]|DEN|[[Leon Madsen]]|POL|[[Janusz Kołodziej (speedway rider)|Janusz Kołodziej]]|||||}} {{SGP Calendar/r|2019|SCA|6|17 August|[[Skrotfrag Arena|G&B Arena]] |[[Målilla]]|SWE|[[Fredrik Lindgren (speedway rider)|Fredrik Lindgren]]|DEN|[[Leon Madsen]]|POL|[[Maciej Janowski]]|RUS|[[Artem Laguta]]||||}} {{SGP Calendar/r|2019|GER|7|31 August|[[Bergring Arena (speedway)|Bergring Arena]] |[[Teterow]]|POL|[[Maciej Janowski]]|POL|[[Bartosz Zmarzlik]]|SVN|[[Matej Žagar]]|DEN|[[Niels-Kristian Iversen]]||||}} {{SGP Calendar/r|2019|DEN|8|7 September|[[Vojens Speedway Center]] |[[Vojens]]|POL|[[Bartosz Zmarzlik]]|SVN|[[Matej Žagar]]|SWE|[[Fredrik Lindgren (speedway rider)|Fredrik Lindgren]]|RUS|[[Emil Sayfutdinov]]||||}} {{SGP Calendar/r|2019|GBR|9|21 September|[[Principality Stadium]] |[[Cardiff]]|DEN|[[Leon Madsen]]|RUS|[[Emil Sayfutdinov]]|POL|[[Bartosz Zmarzlik]]|AUS|[[Jason Doyle]]||||}} {{SGP Calendar/r|2019|PL3|10|5 October|[[MotoArena Toruń|Rose Motoarena]] |[[Toruń]]|DEN|[[Leon Madsen]]|RUS|[[Emil Sayfutdinov]]|DEN|[[Niels-Kristian Iversen]]|POL|[[Bartosz Zmarzlik]]||||}} }}

==Final Classification == <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaygp.com/standings?43|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513081351/http://www.speedwaygp.com/standings?43|url-status=usurped|archive-date=13 May 2018|title=2019 FIM Speedway World Championship standings|date=2 November 2023 |publisher=SGP}}</ref> {{SGP Table|2019|POL|SVN|CZE|SWE|PL2|SCA|GER|DEN|GBR|PL3|RIDERS= {{SGP Table/r|Q|P1|POL|95| [[Bartosz Zmarzlik]] '''(C)''' |e|10|a|18|f|8|e|8|a|17|e|8|b|16|a|18|c|15|d|14}} {{SGP Table/r|Q|P2|DEN|30| [[Leon Madsen]] |a|13|c|13|b|14|f|7|c|14|b|14|e|10|f|7|a|17|a|21}} {{SGP Table/r|Q|P3|RUS|89| [[Emil Sayfutdinov]] |f|6|e|13|e|11|a|17|e|14|f|7|e|10|d|16|b|17|b|15}} {{SGP Table/r|Q|4|SWE|66| [[Fredrik Lindgren (speedway rider)|Fredrik Lindgren]] |b|15|f|5|e|12|e|10|f|5|a|16|e|9|c|15|e|11|e|7}} {{SGP Table/r|Q|5|SVK|54| [[Martin Vaculík]] |f|7|b|17|f|4|b|16|b|15|e|9|f|4|e|7|e|9|f|7}} {{SGP Table/r|Q|6|POL|71| [[Maciej Janowski]] |x||f|4|f|7|c|13|e|12|c|15|a|16|f|6|f|7|f|7}} {{SGP Table/r|Q|7|AUS|69| [[Jason Doyle]] |f|5|f|6|d|12|f|7|f|5|f|7|f|6|e|12|d|13|e|11}} {{SGP Table/r|Q|8|POL|692| [[Patryk Dudek]] |c|16|d|12|c|12|f|7|e|8|f|6|e|8|f|3|f|3|f|4}} {{SGP Table/r|P|9|SVN|55| [[Matej Žagar]] |f|7|f|6|f|4|e|10|f|3|e|7|c|15|b|13|e|9|f|4}} {{SGP Table/r|P|10|DEN|88| [[Niels-Kristian Iversen]] |d|14|f|7|f|3|e|8|f|2|f|7|d|13|f|7|f|5|c|11}} {{SGP Table/r|P|11|RUS|222| [[Artem Laguta]] |f|4|e|9|e|9|f|5|f|7|d|16|f|8|f|5|f|6|f|7}} {{SGP Table/r|P|12|SWE|85| [[Antonio Lindbäck]] |e|10|f|3|f|4|f|6|e|7|f|8|x||e|9|e|9|e|7}} {{SGP Table/r|P|13|GBR|108| [[Tai Woffinden]] |f|6|e|9|x||x||f|6|f|6|f|8|e|11|f|5|e|9}} {{SGP Table/r|P|14|POL|333| [[Janusz Kołodziej (speedway rider)|Janusz Kołodziej]] |f|4|f|7|a|15|f|3|d|15|f|4|f|2|f|0|f|1|f|6}} {{SGP Table/r|R|15|GBR|505| [[Robert Lambert (speedway rider)|Robert Lambert]] |e|8|e|7|f|6|f|3|x||x||f|4|f|3|f|6|f|2}} {{SGP Table/r|R|16|AUS|46| [[Max Fricke]] |f|3|x||e|13|d|11|f|4|f|5|x||x||x||x|}} {{SGP Table/r|R|17|DEN|155| [[Mikkel Michelsen]] |x||x||x||x||x||e|9|x||f|6|x||x|}} {{SGP Table/r|R|18|POL|16| [[Bartosz Smektała]] |e|10|x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x|}} {{SGP Table/r|R|19|SWE|16| [[Oliver Berntzon]] |x||x||x||f|7|x||x||x||x||x||x|}} {{SGP Table/r|R|20|GBR|16| [[Charles Wright (speedway rider)|Charles Wright]] |x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||f|5|x|}} {{SGP Table/r|R|21|CZE|16| [[Václav Milík Jr.|Václav Milík]] |x||x||f|4|x||x||x||x||x||x||x|}} {{SGP Table/r|R|22|POL|16| [[Maksym Drabik]] |x||x||x||x||f|4|x||x||x||x||x|}} {{SGP Table/r|R|23|POL|16| [[Adrian Miedziński]] |x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||f|4}} {{SGP Table/r|R|24|SVN|16| [[Matic Ivačič]] |x||f|2|x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x|}} {{SGP Table/r|R|25|SWE|16| [[Jacob Thorssell]] |x||x||x||x||x||f|2|x||x||x||x|}} {{SGP Table/r|R|26|GER|16| [[Martin Smolinski]] |x||x||x||x||x||x||f|1|x||x||x|}} {{SGP Table/r|R|27|CZE|17| [[Zdeněk Holub]] |x||x||f|0|x||x||x||x||x||x||x|}} {{SGP Table/r|R|28|GER|17| [[Kai Huckenbeck]] |x||x||x||x||x||x||f|0|x||x||x|}} |NC= |UP= <!-- --> }}

== See also == * [[2019 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19990508050847/http://www.speedwaygp.com/ SpeedwayGP.com&nbsp;– Speedway World Championships]}}

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