# 2021 Speedway Grand Prix

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Motorcycle speedway world championship

2021 Speedway Grand Prix Season details Dates 16 July - 2 October Events 11 Cities 7 Countries 5 Riders 15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves Heats 253 (in 11 events) Winners Champion Artem Laguta Runner-up Bartosz Zmarzlik 3rd place Emil Sayfutdinov ← 2020 Speedway Grand Prix 2022 →

The **2021 Speedway Grand Prix** season was the 27th season of the [Speedway Grand Prix](/source/Speedway_Grand_Prix) era, and decided the 76th [FIM](/source/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_de_Motocyclisme) [Speedway World Championship](/source/Speedway_World_Championship).[1][2] The calendar of events was disrupted by the effects of the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic)[3] and the series was dominated by Polish venues once again, with six of the 11 races taking place in Poland. Great Britain and Germany did not hold an event, however Russia was added to the calendar for the first time. In 2020, six of the eight races had been held in Poland.[4]

[Artem Laguta](/source/Artem_Laguta) won his first world title. Laguta overtook defending champion [Bartosz Zmarzlik](/source/Bartosz_Zmarzlik) in the points standings in round 10, which proved to be the pivotal moment of the championship.

Russian athletes competed as neutral competitors using the designation MFR (Motorcycle Federation of Russia), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.[5]

## Qualification

For the 2021 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 2020 championship qualified automatically.[6] These riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the [Grand Prix Challenge](/source/2021_Speedway_Grand_Prix_Qualification) and the winner of the [2020 Speedway European Championship](/source/2020_Speedway_European_Championship).[7]

The final four riders were nominated by the SGP Commission following the completion of the 2020 season.[8][9]

### Qualified riders

# Riders 2020 place GP Ch place Appearance Previous appearances in series 95 Bartosz Zmarzlik 1 — 6th 2012–2015, 2016–2020 108 Tai Woffinden 2 — 10th 2010, 2011, 2013–2020 66 Fredrik Lindgren 3 — 12th 2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017–2020 71 Maciej Janowski 4 — 7th 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2020 30 Leon Madsen 5 — 3rd 2013, 2019–2020 69 Jason Doyle 6 — 7th 2015–2020 222 Artem Laguta 7 — 5th 2011, 2018–2020 89 Emil Sayfutdinov 8 — 10th 2009–2013, 2017–2020 54 Martin Vaculík 9 — 6th 2012, 2013, 2017–2020 46 Max Fricke 10 — 2nd 2016-2017, 2019, 2020 55 Matej Žagar 11 1 11th 2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–2020 93 Oliver Berntzon — 2 1st 2019 187 Krzysztof Kasprzak — 3 5th 2004–2007, 2008, 2012, 2013–2014 105 Anders Thomsen — — 1st 2016, 2020 505 Robert Lambert — — 1st 2015, 2018–2019

### Qualified substitutes

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

# Riders 2020 place GP Ch place 575 Aleksandr Loktaev — 4 27 Jaimon Lidsey — — 415 Dominik Kubera — — 999 Oļegs Mihailovs — — 99 Dan Bewley — — 125 Lukas Fienhage — — 201 Jan Kvěch =21 —

## Calendar

The 2021 season consisted of 11 events.

Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results 1 16 July Prague, Czech Republic Markéta Stadium Maciej Janowski Emil Sayfutdinov Tai Woffinden Fredrik Lindgren results 2 18 July Prague, Czech Republic Markéta Stadium Artem Laguta Maciej Janowski Fredrik Lindgren Emil Sayfutdinov results 3 30 July Wrocław, Poland Olympic Stadium Bartosz Zmarzlik Maciej Janowski Artem Laguta Emil Sayfutdinov results 4 31 July Wrocław, Poland Olympic Stadium Bartosz Zmarzlik Artem Laguta Leon Madsen Tai Woffinden results 5 6 August Lublin, Poland Stadion MOSiR Bartosz Zmarzlik Dominik Kubera Fredrik Lindgren Artem Laguta results 6 7 August Lublin, Poland Stadion MOSiR Artem Laguta Bartosz Zmarzlik Dominik Kubera Fredrik Lindgren results 7 14 August Målilla, Sweden Skrotfrag Arena Bartosz Zmarzlik Artem Laguta Fredrik Lindgren Jason Doyle results 8 28 August Tolyatti, Russia Anatoly Stepanov Stadium Artem Laguta Bartosz Zmarzlik Anders Thomsen Emil Sayfutdinov results 9 11 September Vojens, Denmark Vojens Speedway Center Artem Laguta Bartosz Zmarzlik Emil Sayfutdinov Tai Woffinden results 10 1 October Toruń, Poland Rose Motoarena Artem Laguta Maciej Janowski Tai Woffinden Leon Madsen results 11 2 October Toruń, Poland Rose Motoarena Bartosz Zmarzlik Emil Sayfutdinov Maciej Janowski Artem Laguta results

## Final Classification

[10]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series Full-time Grand Prix rider Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve

Pos. Rider Points CZE CZE POL PL2 PL3 PL4 SWE RUS DEN PL5 PL6 (222) Artem Laguta 192 12 20 16 18 14 20 18 20 20 20 14 (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 189 11 12 20 20 20 18 20 18 18 12 20 (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 149 18 14 14 12 9 12 12 14 16 10 18 4 (66) Fredrik Lindgren 129 14 16 12 8 16 14 16 12 11 3 7 5 (71) Maciej Janowski 129 20 18 18 10 4 2 11 8 4 18 16 6 (108) Tai Woffinden 122 16 8 6 14 11 10 8 9 14 16 10 7 (30) Leon Madsen 108 10 7 11 16 10 5 3 10 10 14 12 8 (46) Max Fricke 94 9 6 7 11 8 11 7 11 7 9 8 9 (69) Jason Doyle 87 5 11 5 7 12 7 14 7 6 4 9 10 (505) Robert Lambert 82 7 2 9 9 6 8 6 1 12 11 11 11 (105) Anders Thomsen 73 3 9 8 4 2 9 9 16 3 5 5 12 (54) Martin Vaculík 54 8 10 10 6 5 6 – – 8 1 – 13 (55) Matej Žagar 45 6 5 4 2 7 3 4 5 5 2 2 14 (415) Dominik Kubera 44 – – – – 18 16 10 – – – – 15 (93) Oliver Berntzon 32 2 1 2 3 1 1 5 3 2 8 4 16 (187) Krzysztof Kasprzak 28 1 4 1 1 3 4 2 2 1 6 3 17 (16) Paweł Przedpełski 13 – – – – – – – – – 7 6 18 (16) Mikkel Michelsen 9 – – – – – – – – 9 – – 19 (16) Gleb Chugunov 8 – – 3 5 – – – – – – – 20 (201) Jan Kvěch 7 4 3 – – – – – – – – – 21 (575) Aleksandr Loktaev 6 – – – – – – – 6 – – – 22 (16) Vadim Tarasenko 4 – – – – – – – 4 – – – 23 (27) Jaimon Lidsey 1 – – – – – – – – – – 1 " (20) Pontus Aspgren 1 – – – – – – 1 – – – – 25 (17) Daniel Klíma 0 0 0 – – – – – – – – – " (18) Petr Chlupáč 0 0 0 – – – – – – – – – " (17) Tobiasz Musielak 0 – – 0 0 – – – – – – – " (18) Bartłomiej Kowalski 0 – – 0 0 – – – – – – – " (17) Wiktor Lampart 0 – – – – 0 0 – – – – – " (18) Mateusz Świdnicki 0 – – – – 0 0 – – – – – " (17) Kim Nilsson 0 – – – – – – 0 – – – – " (18) Joel Andersson 0 – – – – – – 0 – – – – " (17) Renat Gafurov 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – " (18) Evgeny Saidullin 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – " (17) Mads Hansen 0 – – – – – – – – 0 – – " (18) Frederik Jakobsen 0 – – – – – – – – 0 – – " (17) Krzysztof Lewandowski 0 – – – – – – – – – 0 0 " (18) Karol Żupiński 0 – – – – – – – – – 0 0 Pos. Rider Points CZE CZE POL PL2 PL3 PL4 SWE RUS DEN PL5 PL6

## References

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["2021 PZM Warsaw FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland cancelled"](https://www.fim-moto.com/en/news/news-detail/article/speedway-gp-calendar). *FIM*. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Calendar"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110503062756/http://speedwaygp.com/calendar). *Speedway GP*. Archived from the original on 3 May 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Dunbar, Graham (17 December 2020). ["Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics"](https://apnews.com/article/russia-banned-name-flag-olympic-games-a8bd342806883f66152859701d5ae5d4). [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press). Retrieved 17 December 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["2020 FIM Speedway World Championship results"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190526101922/https://www.speedwaygp.com/season-results). SGP. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Robert Lambert becomes Britain's first Speedway European Championship winner"](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/motorsport/robert-lambert-becomes-britains-first-22438894). 29 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Speedway Grand Prix 2021 Wild cards confirmed"](https://www.fim-moto.com/en/news/news-detail/article/speedway-grand-prix-2021-wild-cards-confirmed).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["2021 wildcards announced"](https://web.archive.org/web/20191006180455/https://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/7874/world-champs-return-for-sgp). SGP. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["2021 FIM Speedway World Championship standings"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210901175831/https://www.speedwaygp.com/standings?50). SGP. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021.

## External links

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

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