2018 Speedway Grand Prix

{{Short description|24th season of the Speedway Grand Prix}}

{{Infobox SGP Season|x

|Year =2018

|Name =

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|Dates =May 12 – October 6

|Events =10

|Cities =10

|Country =7

|per=15 |wc=1 |tr=2

|Heats =230

|HeatsE =

|P1f=GBR|P1 =Tai Woffinden

|P2f=POL|P2 =Bartosz Zmarzlik

|P3f=SWE|P3 =Fredrik Lindgren

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The 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 24th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 73rd FIM Speedway World Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex|title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/6933/world-champions|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=10 July 2021}} It was the eighteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company.

The world title was won by Tai Woffinden, who finished 10 points ahead of Bartosz Zmarzlik in second with Fredrik Lindgren taking the bronze medal. It was Woffinden's third world title, following his wins in 2013 and 2015, making him the most successful British rider in history. Defending champion 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 qualified automatically. Those riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.

The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2017 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/6214/wild-cards-for-three-world|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103205856/http://speedwaygp.com/news/article/6214/wild-cards-for-three-world|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 3, 2017|title=2018 SGP Wildcards|publisher=SGP}}

= Qualified riders =

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# ||Riders ||2017 place ||GP Ch place ||Appearance ||Previous appearances in series
69align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Doyle14thalign=left|2015–2017
692align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Patryk Dudek232ndalign=left|2016, 2017
108align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} Tai Woffinden37thalign=left|2010, 2011, 2013–2017
71align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Maciej Janowski44thalign=left|2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2017
95align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Bartosz Zmarzlik53rdalign=left|2012–2015, 2016–2017
89align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} Emil Sayfutdinov67thalign=left|2009–2013, 2017
55align=left|{{flagicon|SVN}} Matej Žagar7128thalign=left|2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–2017
66align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Fredrik Lindgren89thalign=left|2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017
54align=left|{{flagicon|SVK}} Martin Vaculík9173rdalign=left|2012, 2013, 2017
23align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Holder109thalign=left|2010–2017
45align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Greg Hancock1424thalign=left|1995–2017
110align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Nicki Pedersen2018thalign=left|2000, 2001–2017
59align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Przemysław Pawlicki2911stalign=left|2010, 2012, 2017
222align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} Artem Laguta22ndalign=left|2011
111align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} Craig Cook3241stalign=left|2013–2015, 2017

= Qualified substitutes =

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

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# ||Riders ||2017 place ||GP Ch place
88align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Niels Kristian Iversen15
225align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} Václav Milík Jr.168
53align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Linus Sundström32
133align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Maksym Drabik
46align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Max Fricke18

Calendar

The 2018 season consisted of 10 events, two less than the 2017 series.{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaygp.com/calendar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503062756/http://speedwaygp.com/calendar|url-status=usurped|archive-date=May 3, 2011|title=2018 FIM Speedway World Championship calendar|publisher=SGP}}

{{SGP Calendar|rounds=

{{SGP Calendar/r|2018|POL|1|May 12|Stadion Narodowy |Warsaw|GBR|Tai Woffinden|POL|Maciej Janowski|SWE|Fredrik Lindgren|RUS|Artem Laguta||||}}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2018|CZE|2|May 26|Markéta Stadium |Prague|SWE|Fredrik Lindgren|POL|Patryk Dudek|RUS|Emil Sayfutdinov|GBR|Tai Woffinden||||}}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2018|DEN|3|June 30|CASA Arena |Horsens|GBR|Tai Woffinden|RUS|Artem Laguta|USA|Greg Hancock|AUS|Jason Doyle||||}}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2018|SWE|4|July 7|HZ Bygg Arena |Hallstavik|POL|Maciej Janowski|SWE|Fredrik Lindgren|POL|Bartosz Zmarzlik|GBR|Tai Woffinden||||}}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2018|GBR|5|July 21|Principality Stadium |Cardiff|POL|Bartosz Zmarzlik|GBR|Tai Woffinden|POL|Maciej Janowski|USA|Greg Hancock||||}}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2018|SCA|6|August 11|G&B Arena |Målilla|DEN|Nicki Pedersen|SVN|Matej Žagar|SWE|Fredrik Lindgren|SVK|Martin Vaculík||||}}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2018|PL2|7|August 25|Edward Jancarz Stadium |Gorzów Wielkopolski|SVK|Martin Vaculík|POL|Bartosz Zmarzlik|GBR|Tai Woffinden|POL|Patryk Dudek||||}}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2018|SVN|8|September 8|Stadion Matije Gubca |Krško|POL|Patryk Dudek|AUS|Jason Doyle|USA|Greg Hancock|SWE|Fredrik Lindgren||||}}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2018|GER|9|September 22|Bergring Arena |Teterow|GBR|Tai Woffinden|AUS|Jason Doyle|POL|Bartosz Zmarzlik|USA|Greg Hancock||||}}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2018|PL3|10|October 6|Rose Motoarena |Toruń|GBR|Tai Woffinden|RUS|Artem Laguta|RUS|Emil Sayfutdinov|DEN|Niels-Kristian Iversen||||}}

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Final Classification

{{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=May 13, 2018|title=2018 FIM Speedway World Championship standings|publisher=SGP}}

{{SGP Table|2018|POL|CZE|DEN|SWE|GBR|SCA|PL2|SVN|GER|PL3|RIDERS=

{{SGP Table/r|Q|P1|GBR|108| Tai Woffinden (C)

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|P2|POL|95| Bartosz Zmarzlik

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|P3|SWE|66| Fredrik Lindgren

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|4|POL|71| Maciej Janowski

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|5|USA|45| Greg Hancock

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|6|RUS|222| Artem Laguta

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|7|AUS|69| Jason Doyle

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|8|RUS|89| Emil Sayfutdinov

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{{SGP Table/r|P|9|POL|692| Patryk Dudek

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{{SGP Table/r|P|10|SVN|55| Matej Žagar

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{{SGP Table/r|P|11|DEN|110| Nicki Pedersen

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{{SGP Table/r|P|12|AUS|23| Chris Holder

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{{SGP Table/r|P|13|SVK|54| Martin Vaculík

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{{SGP Table/r|R|14|DEN|88| Niels-Kristian Iversen

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{{SGP Table/r|P|15|POL|59| Przemysław Pawlicki

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{{SGP Table/r|P|16|GBR|111| Craig Cook

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{{SGP Table/r|R|17|CZE|16| Vaclav Milik

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{{SGP Table/r|R|18|POL|16| Szymon Woźniak

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{{SGP Table/r|R|19|POL|16| Krzysztof Kasprzak

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{{SGP Table/r|R|20|SWE|16| Andreas Jonsson

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{{SGP Table/r|R|21|SWE|16| Peter Ljung

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{{SGP Table/r|R|22|DEN|16| Michael Jepsen Jensen

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{{SGP Table/r|R|23|SWE|17| Oliver Berntzon

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{{SGP Table/r|R|24|GER|18| Kevin Wölbert

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{{SGP Table/r|R|25|POL|17| Maksym Drabik

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{{SGP Table/r|R|26|POL|18| Bartosz Smektała

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{{SGP Table/r|R|27|GER|16| Kai Huckenbeck

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{{SGP Table/r|R|28|POL|16| Daniel Kaczmarek

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{{SGP Table/r|R|29|DEN|17| Mikkel Michelsen

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{{SGP Table/r|R|30|GBR|16| Robert Lambert

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{{SGP Table/r|R|31|SWE|18| Joel Kling

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{{SGP Table/r|R|32|GER|17| Martin Smolinski

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{{SGP Table/r|R|33|DEN|18| Mikkel Bech Jensen

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{{SGP Table/r|R|34|GBR|17| Dan Bewley

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{{SGP Table/r|R|35|SVN|16| Matic Ivačič

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{{SGP Table/r|R|36|SVN|17| Nick Škorja

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{{SGP Table/r|R|37|POL|17| Igor Kopeć-Sobczyński

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See also

References

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