# 2019 Speedway Grand Prix

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World Championship motorcycle speedway season

2019 Speedway Grand Prix Zmarzlik after winning the Slovenian Grand Prix Season details Dates 18 May – 5 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 RUS Emil Sayfutdinov ← 2018 Speedway Grand Prix 2020 →

The **2019 Speedway Grand Prix** season was the 25th season of the [Speedway Grand Prix](/source/Speedway_Grand_Prix) era, and decided the 74th [FIM](/source/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_de_Motocyclisme) [Speedway World Championship](/source/Speedway_World_Championship).[1][2] It was the nineteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an [IMG](/source/IMG_(company)) company.

The title was won by [Bartosz Zmarzlik](/source/Bartosz_Zmarzlik), who beat debutant [Leon Madsen](/source/Leon_Madsen) by two points with Russia's [Emil Sayfutdinov](/source/Emil_Sayfutdinov) finishing third. Zmarzlik became the third Polish world champion after [Jerzy Szczakiel](/source/Jerzy_Szczakiel) won in [1973](/source/1973_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) and Tomasz Gollob took the title in [2010](/source/2010_Speedway_Grand_Prix). Defending champion [Tai Woffinden](/source/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.[3] 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](/source/Matej_%C5%BDagar) was the first ever rider to win a qualifying session when setting the fastest time at the [2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland](/source/2019_Speedway_Grand_Prix_of_Poland).[4]

## 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](/source/Championship) qualified automatically. These riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the [Grand Prix Challenge](/source/2019_Speedway_Grand_Prix_Qualification).

The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2018 season.[5]

On 2 May Greg Hancock announced he would not be competing in the 2019 season to support his wife's battle with cancer.[6] The FIM and BSI unanimously supported Hancock's withdrawal.

### Qualified riders

# Riders 2018 place GP Ch place Appearance Previous appearances in series 108 Tai Woffinden 1 — 8th 2010, 2011, 2013–2018 95 Bartosz Zmarzlik 2 — 4th 2012–2015, 2016–2018 66 Fredrik Lindgren 3 — 10th 2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017–2018 71 Maciej Janowski 4 — 5th 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2018 45 Greg Hancock 5 — 25th 1995–2018 222 Artem Laguta 6 — 3rd 2011, 2018 69 Jason Doyle 7 — 5th 2015–2018 89 Emil Sayfutdinov 8 — 8th 2009–2013, 2017–2018 692 Patryk Dudek 9 — 3rd 2016, 2017–2018 55 Matej Žagar 10 15 9th 2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–2018 54 Martin Vaculík 13 — 4th 2012, 2013, 2017–2018 333 Janusz Kołodziej — 1 2nd 2006, 2010, 2011 88 Niels-Kristian Iversen 14 2 8th 2004–2005, 2006, 2008, 2009–2010, 2013–2017, 2018 85 Antonio Lindbäck — 3 9th 2004, 2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2011–2013, 2015, 2016–2017 30 Leon Madsen — — 1st 2013

### Qualified substitutes

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

# Riders 2018 place GP Ch place 505 Robert Lambert 30 5 46 Max Fricke 18 7 155 Mikkel Michelsen 29 — 225 Václav Milík Jr. 17 11 115 Bartosz Smektała 26 —

## Calendar

The 2019 season consisted of 10 events, the same number as in [2018](/source/2018_Speedway_Grand_Prix).[7]

Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results 1 18 May Warsaw, Poland Stadion Narodowy Leon Madsen Fredrik Lindgren Patryk Dudek Niels-Kristian Iversen results 2 1 June Krško, Slovenia Stadion Matije Gubca Bartosz Zmarzlik Martin Vaculík Leon Madsen Patryk Dudek results 3 15 June Prague, Czech Republic Markéta Stadium Janusz Kołodziej Leon Madsen Patryk Dudek Jason Doyle results 4 6 July Hallstavik, Sweden HZ Bygg Arena Emil Sayfutdinov Martin Vaculík Maciej Janowski Max Fricke results 5 3 August Wrocław, Poland Olympic Stadium Bartosz Zmarzlik Martin Vaculík Leon Madsen Janusz Kołodziej results 6 17 August Målilla, Sweden G&B Arena Fredrik Lindgren Leon Madsen Maciej Janowski Artem Laguta results 7 31 August Teterow, Germany Bergring Arena Maciej Janowski Bartosz Zmarzlik Matej Žagar Niels-Kristian Iversen results 8 7 September Vojens, Denmark Vojens Speedway Center Bartosz Zmarzlik Matej Žagar Fredrik Lindgren Emil Sayfutdinov results 9 21 September Cardiff, Great Britain Principality Stadium Leon Madsen Emil Sayfutdinov Bartosz Zmarzlik Jason Doyle results 10 5 October Toruń, Poland Rose Motoarena Leon Madsen Emil Sayfutdinov Niels-Kristian Iversen Bartosz Zmarzlik 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 SVN CZE SWE PL2 SCA GER DEN GBR PL3 (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik (C) 132 10 18 8 8 17 8 16 18 15 14 (30) Leon Madsen 130 13 13 14 7 14 14 10 7 17 21 (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 126 6 13 11 17 14 7 10 16 17 15 4 (66) Fredrik Lindgren 105 15 5 12 10 5 16 9 15 11 7 5 (54) Martin Vaculík 95 7 17 4 16 15 9 4 7 9 7 6 (71) Maciej Janowski 87 – 4 7 13 12 15 16 6 7 7 7 (69) Jason Doyle 84 5 6 12 7 5 7 6 12 13 11 8 (692) Patryk Dudek 79 16 12 12 7 8 6 8 3 3 4 9 (55) Matej Žagar 78 7 6 4 10 3 7 15 13 9 4 10 (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen 77 14 7 3 8 2 7 13 7 5 11 11 (222) Artem Laguta 76 4 9 9 5 7 16 8 5 6 7 12 (85) Antonio Lindbäck 63 10 3 4 6 7 8 – 9 9 7 13 (108) Tai Woffinden 60 6 9 – – 6 6 8 11 5 9 14 (333) Janusz Kołodziej 57 4 7 15 3 15 4 2 0 1 6 15 (505) Robert Lambert 39 8 7 6 3 – – 4 3 6 2 16 (46) Max Fricke 36 3 – 13 11 4 5 – – – – 17 (155) Mikkel Michelsen 15 – – – – – 9 – 6 – – 18 (16) Bartosz Smektała 10 10 – – – – – – – – – 19 (16) Oliver Berntzon 7 – – – 7 – – – – – – 20 (16) Charles Wright 5 – – – – – – – – 5 – 21 (16) Václav Milík 4 – – 4 – – – – – – – 22 (16) Maksym Drabik 4 – – – – 4 – – – – – 23 (16) Adrian Miedziński 4 – – – – – – – – – 4 24 (16) Matic Ivačič 2 – 2 – – – – – – – – 25 (16) Jacob Thorssell 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – 26 (16) Martin Smolinski 1 – – – – – – 1 – – – 27 (17) Zdeněk Holub 0 – – 0 – – – – – – – 28 (17) Kai Huckenbeck 0 – – – – – – 0 – – – Pos. Rider Points POL SVN CZE SWE PL2 SCA GER DEN GBR PL3

## See also

- [2019 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship](/source/2019_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)** ["Qualifying and timing introduced for 2019"](http://worldspeedway.com/speedway-grand-prix-qualifying-and-timing-introduced-for-2019). World Speedway.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Zagar tops charts"](http://worldspeedway.com/speedway-grand-prix-zagar-british-rides-helped-me-top-charts). World Speedway.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["2019 SGP Wildcards"](https://web.archive.org/web/20181007223325/http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/7042/sgp-2019-wild-cards-revealed). SGP. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Greg Hancock statement"](https://www.greghancock.com/blog/greg-hancock-statement/). greghancock.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["2019 FIM Speedway World Championship provisional calendar"](https://web.archive.org/web/20181009211228/http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/7049/provisional-sgp-2019-calendar-revealed). SGP. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["2019 FIM Speedway World Championship standings"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180513081351/http://www.speedwaygp.com/standings?43). SGP. 2 November 2023. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018.

## External links

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

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