2025 Speedway Grand Prix

{{Short description|31st season of Speedway Grand Pix}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2024}}

{{Infobox SGP Season|

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|Dates = 3 May – 13 September

|Events = 10

|Cities = 9

|Country = 7

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|Heats = 230

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The 2025 Speedway Grand Prix season is the 31st season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and will decide the 80th FIM Speedway World Championship. It is the fourth series promoted by Discovery Sports Events.

For the first time Great Britain will host two rounds of the championship. The original schedule showed the National Speedway Stadium in Manchester joining the flagship Principality Stadium in Cardiff on the calendar,{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/manchester-evening-news/20240929/282604563259338?srsltid=AfmBOoraRKQwMvtnKdkyDRacnqE1IlwHd1ZoixY9lY3zXJDvCaGOFc5B|title=Historic moment as Belle Vue set to host Grand Prix|website=Manchester Evening News |access-date=1 October 2024}}{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaystar.net/news.php?extend.2424|title=Belle Vue to host GP round in 2025|website=Speedway Star|access-date=1 October 2024}} but the Cardiff round was subsequently cancelled and replaced with a second grand prix in Manchester.{{cite web |title=CARDIFF EVENT REPLACED ON THE 2025 FIM SPEEDWAY GP CALENDAR WITH AN ADDITIONAL ROUND IN MANCHESTER |url=https://www.fimspeedway.com/news/cardiff-event-replaced-on-the-2025-fim-speedway-gp-calendar-with-an-additional-round-in-manchester |publisher=FIM |access-date=21 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220100935/https://www.fimspeedway.com/news/cardiff-event-replaced-on-the-2025-fim-speedway-gp-calendar-with-an-additional-round-in-manchester |archive-date=20 December 2024 |date=20 December 2024 |url-status=live}} There will be eight other rounds, with Poland's allocation reduced from four to three.{{cite web|url=https://www.fimspeedway.com/news/2025-fim-speedway-calendar-confirmed|title=2025 FIM Speedway calendar confirmed|website=FIM Speedway|access-date=1 October 2024}}

Bartosz Zmarzlik is the defending champion having won the title in 2024. He will be aiming to equal Tony Rickardsson and Ivan Mauger's record of six world championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.fimspeedway.com/news/polish-hero-zmarzlik-ready-for-question-no6-after-winning-fifth-speedway-gp-world-title-in-vojens|title=Polish hero Zmarzlik ready for question no.6|website=FIM Speedway|access-date=1 October 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/1148536/zuzel-bartosz-zmarzlik-o-krok-od-historii-bedzie-tylko-trudniej|title=Zmarzlik one step away from history|website=Sportowe Fakty (in Polish)|access-date=1 October 2024}}

The choice of the wildcard riders caused significant controversy due to the fact that 2021 Word Champion Artem Laguta and Emil Sayfutdinov were once again omitted,{{cite web |url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/zuzel/grand-prix/dzikie-karty-na-grand-prix-2025-prawie-rozdane-jedna-dla-polaka/fz8sejx |title=Łaguta misses, but can forget. Wild cards for the 2025 Grand Prix almost given out! |website=Przegląd Sportowy Onet |access-date=8 October 2024}} as was 2022 world runner-up Leon Madsen. The 2025 event would be the fourth consecutive year that Zmarzlik would be missing some of his strongest rivals.{{cite web |url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/zuzel/grand-prix/wyciekly-dzikie-karty-na-grand-prix-2025-dosadny-komentarz-otoczenia-madsena/9zxplr4 |title=Leaked 'wild cards' for the 2025 Grand Prix! Madsen's entourage makes blunt comment |website=Przegląd Sportowy Onet |access-date=8 October 2024}}

Qualification

For the 2025 season there will be 15 permanent riders, who will be joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves. The top six riders from the 2024 championship qualify automatically. These riders will be joined by the four riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge{{cite web|url=https://www.fimspeedway.com/news/kurtz-thomsen-kubera-fricke-all-seal-2025-speedway-gp-places-at-fim-sgp-challenge|title=Kurtz, Thomsen, Kubera & Fricke seal places|publisher=FIM Speedway|access-date=5 October 2024}} and the 2024 Speedway European Championship winner. The final four riders were nominated by the SGP Commission.{{cite web|url=https://www.fimspeedway.com/news/2025-speedway-gp-wild-cards-confirmed|title=2025 Speedway GP wildcards named|publisher=FIM Speedway|access-date=7 October 2024}}

= Qualified riders =

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# ||Riders ||2024 place ||GP Ch place ||Permanent rider appearance ||Previous appearances in series
95align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Bartosz Zmarzlik110thalign=left|2012–2015, 2016–2024
505align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} Robert Lambert25thalign=left|2015, 2018–2019, 2021–2024
66align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Fredrik Lindgren316thalign=left|2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017–2024
99align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} Dan Bewley44thalign=left|2018, 2022–2024
54align=left|{{flagicon|SVK}} Martin Vaculík510thalign=left|2012, 2013, 2017–2024
25align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Holder64thalign=left|2016, 2020, 2022–2024
29align=left|{{flagicon|LAT}} Andžejs Ļebedevs102ndalign=left|2013–2014, 2022–2023, 2024
101align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Brady Kurtz11stalign=left|2016
105align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Anders Thomsen2124thalign=left|2016, 2020, 2021–2023, 2024
415align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Dominik Kubera832ndalign=left|2021, 2023, 2024
46align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Max Fricke1145thalign=left|2016–2017, 2019, 2020–2023, 2024
155align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Mikkel Michelsen75thalign=left|2015, 2018–2019, 2020, 2021, 2022–2024
744align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Kai Huckenbeck12132ndalign=left|2017–2019, 2022–2023, 2024
201align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} Jan Kvěch1592ndalign=left|2020–2023, 2024
69align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Doyle1611thalign=left|2015–2024

= Qualified substitutes =

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

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# ||Riders ||2024 place ||GP Ch place
30align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Leon Madsen9
692align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Patryk Dudek1711
108align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} Tai Woffinden18
24align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Jacob Thorssell5
22align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Luke Becker
96align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Dimitri Bergé
TBCalign=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Wiktor Przyjemski
785align=left|{{flagicon|UKR}} Nazar Parnitskyi
999align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} Mathias Pollestad

Calendar

The 2025 season consists of 10 events.{{cite web|url=https://www.fimspeedway.com/sgp/calendar|title=2025 Speedway Grand Prix calendar|website=FIM Speedway|access-date=20 December 2024}}

{{SGP Calendar|rounds=

{{SGP Calendar/r|2025|GER|1|3 May|Ellermühle Speedway Stadium |Landshut|POL|Bartosz Zmarzlik|GBR|Dan Bewley|LAT|Andžejs Ļebedevs|AUS|Brady Kurtz|}}{{cite web |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/25137564.oxford-spires-rider-scores-points-speedway-grand-prix-germany/ |title=Oxford Spires rider scores points at Speedway Grand Prix of Germany|website=Oxford Mail|date=4 May 2025 |access-date=6 May 2025}}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2025|POL|2|17 May|Stadion Narodowy |Warsaw|AUS|Jack Holder|AUS|Brady Kurtz|POL|Patryk Dudek|POL|Dominik Kubera|}}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2025|CZE|3|31 May|Markéta Stadium |Prague|POL|Bartosz Zmarzlik|SWE|Fredrik Lindgren|DEN|Leon Madsen|AUS|Jack Holder|}}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2025|GBR|4|13 June|National Speedway Stadium |Manchester|GBR|Dan Bewley|POL|Bartosz Zmarzlik|AUS|Brady Kurtz|SWE|Fredrik Lindgren|}}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2025|GBR|5|14 June|National Speedway Stadium |Manchester|POL|Bartosz Zmarzlik|AUS|Brady Kurtz|SWE|Fredrik Lindgren|AUS|Jack Holder}}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2025|POL|6|21 June|Edward Jancarz Stadium|Gorzów|AUS|Brady Kurtz|POL|Bartosz Zmarzlik|GBR|Dan Bewley|SWE|Fredrik Lindgren|}}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2025|SWE|7|5 July|Skrotfrag Arena|Målilla|||||||||}}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2025|LAT|8|2 August|Riga Speedway Stadium|Riga|||||||||}}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2025|POL|9|30 August|Olympic Stadium|Wrocław|||||||||}}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2025|DEN|10|13 September|Vojens Speedway Center|Vojens|||||||||}}

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Intermediate classification

{{cite web|url=https://fimspeedway.com/sgp/standings|title=2025 FIM Speedway World Championship standings|publisher=SGP}}

{{SGP Table|2025|GER|POL|CZE|GBR|GBR|POL|SWE|LAT|POL|DEN|RIDERS=

{{SGP Table/r|Q|P1|POL|95| Bartosz Zmarzlik

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|P2|AUS|101| Brady Kurtz

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

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|4|GBR|99| Dan Bewley

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|5|AUS|25| Jack Holder

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|6|AUS|46| Max Fricke

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|7|LVA|29| Andžejs Ļebedevs

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{{SGP Table/r|P|8|GBR|505| Robert Lambert

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{{SGP Table/r|P|9|POL|415| Dominik Kubera

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{{SGP Table/r|P|10|DEN|105| Anders Thomsen

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{{SGP Table/r|P|11|DEN|155| Mikkel Michelsen

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{{SGP Table/r|P|12|SVK|54| Martin Vaculík

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{{SGP Table/r|P|13|CZE|201| Jan Kvěch

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{{SGP Table/r|P|14|AUS|69| Jason Doyle

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{{SGP Table/r|P|15|GER|744| Kai Huckenbeck

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{{SGP Table/r|R|16|POL|16| Patryk Dudek

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{{SGP Table/r|R|17|DEN|30| Leon Madsen

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{{SGP Table/r|R|18|GBR|16| Charles Wright

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{{SGP Table/r|R|19|GER|16| Erik Riss

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{{SGP Table/r|R|20|POL|16| Oskar Paluch

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{{SGP Table/r|R|21|CZE|16| Daniel Klíma

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{{SGP Table/r|R|22|POL|17| Bartłomiej Kowalski

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{{SGP Table/r|R|23|POL|17| Mateusz Cierniak

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{{SGP Table/r|R|24|POL|18| Kevin Małkiewicz

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References

{{Reflist}}

{{Speedway Grand Prix seasons}}

{{World championships in 2025}}

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