2020 Speedway Grand Prix
{{Short description|Speedway world championship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox SGP Season|x
|Year =2020
|Name =
|Image =
|Dates =28 August - 3 October
|Events =8
|Cities =4
|Country =2
|per=15 |wc=1 |tr=2
|Heats =184
|HeatsE =
|P1f=POL|P1 =Bartosz Zmarzlik
|P2f=GBR|P2 =Tai Woffinden
|P3f=SWE|P3 =Fredrik Lindgren
}}
The 2020 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 26th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 75th 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 20th series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company
A new points system was introduced with overall positions deciding the number of championship points a rider scored from a Grand Prix (GP), and points scored in each individual heat used to determine a rider's progress in a GP.
The series was dominated by Polish venues with six of the eight races held in Poland.{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygp.com/calendar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503062756/http://speedwaygp.com/calendar|url-status=usurped|archive-date=3 May 2011|title=Calendar|website=Speedway GP|access-date=29 July 2021}} Bartosz Zmarzlik was the defending champion, having won the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix series, and he successfully retained his title in 2020 by winning four of the eight rounds. Former three-time champion Tai Woffinden finished second after winning a run-off with Fredrik Lindgren. Maciej Janowski, Leon Madsen and Jason Doyle completed the top six, thus earning places in the 2021 series.
Qualification
For the 2020 season there were 15 permanent riders, who were joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.
The top eight riders from the 2019 championship qualified automatically.{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygp.com/season-results|title=2019 FIM Speedway World Championship results|publisher=SGP|access-date=2019-10-06|archive-date=2019-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526101922/https://www.speedwaygp.com/season-results|url-status=usurped}} These 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 2019 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/7874/world-champs-return-for-sgp|title=2020 wildcards announced|publisher=SGP|access-date=2019-10-06|archive-date=2019-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006180455/https://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/7874/world-champs-return-for-sgp|url-status=usurped}}
= Qualified riders =
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# ||Riders ||2019 place ||GP Ch place ||Appearance ||Previous appearances in series | |||||
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95 | align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Bartosz Zmarzlik | 1 | — | 5th | align=left|2012–2015, 2016–2019 |
30 | align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Leon Madsen | 2 | — | 2nd | align=left|2013, 2019 |
89 | align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} Emil Sayfutdinov | 3 | — | 9th | align=left|2009–2013, 2017–2019 |
66 | align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Fredrik Lindgren | 4 | — | 11th | align=left|2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017–2019 |
54 | align=left|{{flagicon|SVK}} Martin Vaculík | 5 | 4 | 5th | align=left|2012, 2013, 2017–2019 |
71 | align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Maciej Janowski | 6 | — | 6th | align=left|2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2019 |
69 | align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Doyle | 7 | — | 6th | align=left|2015–2019 |
692 | align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Patryk Dudek | 8 | — | 4th | align=left|2016, 2017–2019 |
55 | align=left|{{flagicon|SVN}} Matej Žagar | 9 | 1 | 10th | align=left|2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–2019 |
88 | align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Niels-Kristian Iversen | 10 | 2 | 9th | align=left|2004–2005, 2006, 2008, 2009–2010, 2013–2017, 2018, 2019 |
46 | align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Max Fricke | 16 | 3 | 1st | align=left|2016-2017, 2019 |
222 | align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} Artem Laguta | 11 | — | 4th | align=left|2011, 2018–2019 |
85 | align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Antonio Lindbäck | 12 | — | 10th | align=left|2004, 2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2011–2013, 2015, 2016–2017, 2019 |
108 | align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} Tai Woffinden | 13 | — | 9th | align=left|2010, 2011, 2013–2019 |
155 | align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Mikkel Michelsen• | 17 | 14 | 1st | align=left|2015, 2018–2019 |
•Michelsen was handed a spot after initial wildcard pick Greg Hancock announced his retirement from the sport and first reserve Martin Smolinski withdrew due to injury.{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/8459/michelsen-replaces-smolinski-in-sgp|title=Mikkelsen replaces Smolinski|publisher=SGP|access-date=2020-08-20|archive-date=2020-09-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913074424/https://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/8459/michelsen-replaces-smolinski-in-sgp|url-status=usurped}}
= Qualified substitutes =
The following riders were nominated as substitutes:
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# ||Riders ||2019 place ||GP Ch place | |||
---|---|---|---|
115 | align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Bartosz Smektała | 18 | — |
105 | align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Anders Thomsen | — | 5 |
20 | align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Pontus Aspgren | — | 6 |
96 | align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Dimitri Bergé | — | — |
Calendar
The 2020 season originally consisted of 10 events, the same number as in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/7920/sgp-2020-calendar-confirmed|title=2020 FIM Speedway World Championship calendar confirmed|publisher=SGP|access-date=2019-11-04|archive-date=2019-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104091830/https://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/7920/sgp-2020-calendar-confirmed|url-status=usurped}} The Slovenian round had been replaced by a new round in Russia. The British Grand Prix was originally scheduled to be held on July 18, but was cancelled on June 1. The first round in Warsaw was postponed to August 28, the Czech Grand Prix was postponed to September 19 & the German Grand Prix was postponed to an unknown date, all due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The rounds in Hallstavik and Målilla were cancelled on June 18.{{cite web |title=Grand Prix Events Cancelled |url=https://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/8309/sweden%E2%80%99s-2020-fim-speedway-grand#:~:text=2020%20Norrbil%20Swedish%20SGP%20in%20Hallstavik%20and%20Scandinavian%20SGP%20in%20Malilla%20cancelled.&text=Due%20to%20ongoing%20health%20concerns,Scandinavian%20FIM%20Speedway%20Grand%20Prix. |website=Speedway Grand Prix |access-date=24 July 2020 |date=18 June 2020 |archive-date=24 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724191351/https://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/8309/sweden%E2%80%99s-2020-fim-speedway-grand#:~:text=2020%20Norrbil%20Swedish%20SGP%20in%20Hallstavik%20and%20Scandinavian%20SGP%20in%20Malilla%20cancelled.&text=Due%20to%20ongoing%20health%20concerns,Scandinavian%20FIM%20Speedway%20Grand%20Prix. |url-status=usurped }}
On July 29 a final revised calendar was published by the organisers of the series, with a total of 8 rounds; 6 in Poland and 2 in the Czech Republic.
{{SGP Calendar|rounds=
{{SGP Calendar/r|2020|POL|1|28 August|Olympic Stadium |Wrocław|RUS|Artem Laguta|POL|Maciej Janowski|SWE|Fredrik Lindgren|GBR|Tai Woffinden||||}}
{{SGP Calendar/r|2020|PL2|2|29 August|Olympic Stadium |Wrocław|POL|Maciej Janowski|GBR|Tai Woffinden|POL|Bartosz Zmarzlik|SWE|Fredrik Lindgren||||}}
{{SGP Calendar/r|2020|PL3|3|11 September|Edward Jancarz Stadium |Gorzów|POL|Bartosz Zmarzlik|AUS|Jason Doyle|SWE|Fredrik Lindgren|DEN|Leon Madsen||||}}
{{SGP Calendar/r|2020|PL4|4|12 September|Edward Jancarz Stadium |Gorzów|SWE|Fredrik Lindgren|DEN|Leon Madsen|AUS|Jason Doyle|RUS|Emil Sayfutdinov||||}}
{{SGP Calendar/r|2020|CZE|5|18 September|Markéta Stadium |Prague|POL|Bartosz Zmarzlik|GBR|Tai Woffinden|SVK|Martin Vaculík|RUS|Emil Sayfutdinov||||}}
{{SGP Calendar/r|2020|CZE|6|19 September|Markéta Stadium |Prague|POL|Bartosz Zmarzlik|GBR|Tai Woffinden|AUS|Jason Doyle|SWE|Fredrik Lindgren||||}}
{{SGP Calendar/r|2020|PL5|7|2 October|Rose Motoarena |Toruń|AUS|Max Fricke|POL|Maciej Janowski|GBR|Tai Woffinden|POL|Bartosz Zmarzlik||||}}
{{SGP Calendar/r|2020|PL6|8|3 October|Rose Motoarena |Toruń|POL|Bartosz Zmarzlik|POL|Maciej Janowski|RUS|Artem Laguta|SWE|Fredrik Lindgren||||}}
}}
Final Classification
{{SGP Table|2020|POL|PL2|PL3|PL4|CZE|CZE|PL5|PL6|RIDERS=
{{SGP Table/r|Q|P1|POL|95| Bartosz Zmarzlik (C)
|e|11|c|16|a|20|e|12|a|20|a|20|d|14|a|20}}
{{SGP Table/r|Q|P2|GBR|108| Tai Woffinden
|d|14|b|18|e|11|e|10|b|18|b|18|c|16|e|12}}
{{SGP Table/r|Q|P3|SWE|66| Fredrik Lindgren
|c|16|d|14|c|16|a|20|e|12|d|14|e|11|d|14}}
{{SGP Table/r|Q|4|POL|71| Maciej Janowski
|b|18|a|20|e|10|e|9|f|5|e|9|b|18|b|18}}
{{SGP Table/r|Q|5|DEN|30| Leon Madsen
|e|12|f|6|d|14|b|18|e|9|e|11|e|9|e|10}}
{{SGP Table/r|Q|6|AUS|69| Jason Doyle
|f|6|f|2|b|18|c|16|e|11|c|16|f|7|e|11}}
{{SGP Table/r|P|7|RUS|222| Artem Laguta
|a|20|e|12|f|8|f|5|e|10|f|5|f|8|c|16}}
{{SGP Table/r|P|8|RUS|89| Emil Sayfutdinov
|e|10|f|5|f|7|d|14|d|14|e|10|e|12|e|9}}
{{SGP Table/r|P|9|SVK|54| Martin Vaculík
|e|9|f|3|e|12|e|11|c|16|e|12|e|10|f|5}}
{{SGP Table/r|P|10|AUS|46| Max Fricke
|f|2|e|10|f|4|f|8|f|8|f|8|a|20|f|4}}
{{SGP Table/r|P|11|SVN|55| Matej Žagar
|f|8|f|4|e|9|f|6|f|3|f|7|f|6|f|3}}
{{SGP Table/r|P|12|POL|692| Patryk Dudek
|f|5|f|8|f|2|f|1|f|7|f|6|f|4|f|6}}
{{SGP Table/r|P|13|DEN|88| Niels-Kristian Iversen
|f|3|e|11|f|6|f|4|f|4|f|2|f|1|f|1}}
{{SGP Table/r|P|"|DEN|155| Mikkel Michelsen
|f|4|f|7|f|5|f|2|f|6|f|3|f|3|f|2}}
{{SGP Table/r|P|15|SWE|85| Antonio Lindbäck
|f|1|f|1|f|1|f|3|f|2|f|4|f|2|f|8}}
{{SGP Table/r|R|16|POL|16| Gleb Chugunov
|f|7|e|9|x||x||x||x||x||x|}}
{{SGP Table/r|R|17|AUS|16| Jack Holder
|x||x||x||x||x||x||f|5|f|7}}
{{SGP Table/r|R|18|DEN|16| Anders Thomsen
|x||x||f|3|f|7|x||x||x||x|}}
{{SGP Table/r|R|19|CZE|17| Eduard Krčmář
|x||x||x||x||f|1|f|0|x||x|}}
{{SGP Table/r|R|"|CZE|16| Václav Milík
|x||x||x||x||f|0|f|1|x||x|}}
{{SGP Table/r|R|21|POL|17| Rafał Karczmarz
|x||x||f|0|f|0|x||x||x||x|}}
{{SGP Table/r|R|"|POL|18| Wiktor Jasiński
|x||x||f|0|x||x||x||x||x|}}
{{SGP Table/r|R|"|POL|18| Przemysław Liszka
|f|0|x||x||x||x||x||x||x|}}
{{SGP Table/r|R|"|POL|17| Michał Curzytek
|f|0|x||x||x||x||x||x||x|}}
{{SGP Table/r|R|"|CZE|18| Jan Kvěch
|x||x||x||x||f|0|x||x||x|}}
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See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19990508050847/http://www.speedwaygp.com/ SpeedwayGP.com – Speedway World Championships]}}
{{Speedway Grand Prix seasons}}
{{World championships in 2020}}