2021 Speedway Grand Prix
Season details
DatesJuly 16 - October 2
Events11
Cities7
Countries5
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats253 (in 11 events)
Winners
ChampionRussia Artem Laguta
Runner-upPoland Bartosz Zmarzlik
3rd placeRussia Emil Sayfutdinov

The 2021 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 27th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 76th FIM Speedway World Championship.[1][2] 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.[3]

Artem Laguta won his first world title. Laguta overtook defending champion 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.[4]

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.[5] These riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge and the winner of the 2020 Speedway European Championship.[6]

The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2020 season.[7][8]

Qualified riders

#Riders2020 placeGP Ch placeAppearancePrevious appearances in series
95Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik16th2012–2015, 2016–2020
108England Tai Woffinden210th2010, 2011, 2013–2020
66Sweden Fredrik Lindgren312th2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017–2020
71Poland Maciej Janowski47th2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2020
30Denmark Leon Madsen53rd2013, 2019–2020
69Australia Jason Doyle67th2015–2020
222Russia Artem Laguta75th2011, 2018–2020
89Russia Emil Sayfutdinov810th2009–2013, 2017–2020
54Slovakia Martin Vaculík96th2012, 2013, 2017–2020
46Australia Max Fricke102nd2016-2017, 2019, 2020
55Slovenia Matej Žagar11111th2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–2020
93Sweden Oliver Berntzon21st2019
187Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak35th2004–2007, 2008, 2012, 2013–2014
105Denmark Anders Thomsen1st2016, 2020
505England Robert Lambert1st2015, 2018–2019

Qualified substitutes

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

#Riders2020 placeGP Ch place
575Ukraine Aleksandr Loktaev4
27Australia Jaimon Lidsey
415Poland Dominik Kubera
999Latvia Oļegs Mihailovs
99England Dan Bewley
125Germany Lukas Fienhage
201Czech Republic Jan Kvěch=21

Calendar

The 2021 season consisted of 11 events.

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
1 July 16 Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
Markéta Stadium
Poland Maciej Janowski Russia Emil Sayfutdinov England Tai Woffinden Sweden Fredrik Lindgren results
2 July 18 Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
Markéta Stadium
Russia Artem Laguta Poland Maciej Janowski Sweden Fredrik Lindgren Russia Emil Sayfutdinov results
3 July 30 Poland Wrocław, Poland
Olympic Stadium
Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik Poland Maciej Janowski Russia Artem Laguta Russia Emil Sayfutdinov results
4 July 31 Poland Wrocław, Poland
Olympic Stadium
Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik Russia Artem Laguta Denmark Leon Madsen England Tai Woffinden results
5 August 6 Poland Lublin, Poland
Stadion MOSiR
Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik Poland Dominik Kubera Sweden Fredrik Lindgren Russia Artem Laguta results
6 August 7 Poland Lublin, Poland
Stadion MOSiR
Russia Artem Laguta Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik Poland Dominik Kubera Sweden Fredrik Lindgren results
7 August 14 Sweden Målilla, Sweden
Skrotfrag Arena
Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik Russia Artem Laguta Sweden Fredrik Lindgren Australia Jason Doyle results
8 August 28 Russia Tolyatti, Russia
Anatoly Stepanov Stadium
Russia Artem Laguta Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik Denmark Anders Thomsen Russia Emil Sayfutdinov results
9 September 11 Denmark Vojens, Denmark
Vojens Speedway Center
Russia Artem Laguta Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik Russia Emil Sayfutdinov England Tai Woffinden results
10 October 1 Poland Toruń, Poland
Rose Motoarena
Russia Artem Laguta Poland Maciej Janowski England Tai Woffinden Denmark Leon Madsen results
11 October 2 Poland Toruń, Poland
Rose Motoarena
Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik Russia Emil Sayfutdinov Poland Maciej Janowski Russia Artem Laguta results

Final Classification

[9]

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic
CZ2
Czech Republic
POL
Poland
PL2
Poland
PL3
Poland
PL4
Poland
SWE
Sweden
RUS
Russia
DEN
Denmark
PL5
Poland
PL6
Poland
Gold Russia (222) Artem Laguta (C) 192 1220161814201820202014
Silver Poland (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik 189 1112202020182018181220
Bronze Russia (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 149 181414129121214161018
4 Sweden (66) Fredrik Lindgren 129 1416128161416121137
5 Poland (71) Maciej Janowski 129 201818104211841816
6 England (108) Tai Woffinden 122 168614111089141610
7 Denmark (30) Leon Madsen 108 1071116105310101412
8 Australia (46) Max Fricke 94 96711811711798
9 Australia (69) Jason Doyle 87 51157127147649
10 England (505) Robert Lambert 82 72996861121111
11 Denmark (105) Anders Thomsen 73 398429916355
12 Slovakia (54) Martin Vaculík 54 8101065681
13 Slovenia (55) Matej Žagar 45 65427435522
14 Poland (415) Dominik Kubera 44 181610
15 Sweden (93) Oliver Berntzon 32 21231153284
16 Poland (187) Krzysztof Kasprzak 28 14113422163
17 Poland (16) Paweł Przedpełski 13 76
18 Denmark (16) Mikkel Michelsen 9 9
19 Poland (16) Gleb Chugunov 8 35
20 Czech Republic (201) Jan Kvěch 7 43
21 Ukraine (575) Aleksandr Loktaev 6 6
22 Russia (16) Vadim Tarasenko 4 4
23 Australia (27) Jaimon Lidsey 1 1
" Sweden (20) Pontus Aspgren 1 1
25 Czech Republic (17) Daniel Klíma 0 00
" Czech Republic (18) Petr Chlupáč 0 00
" Poland (17) Tobiasz Musielak 0 00
" Poland (18) Bartłomiej Kowalski 0 00
" Poland (17) Wiktor Lampart 0 00
" Poland (18) Mateusz Świdnicki 0 00
" Sweden (17) Kim Nilsson 0 0
" Sweden (18) Joel Andersson 0 0
" Russia (17) Renat Gafurov 0 0
" Russia (18) Evgeny Saidullin 0 0
" Denmark (17) Mads Hansen 0 0
" Denmark (18) Frederik Jakobsen 0 0
" Poland (17) Krzysztof Lewandowski 0 00
" Poland (18) Karol Żupiński 0 00
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic
CZ2
Czech Republic
POL
Poland
PL2
Poland
PL3
Poland
PL4
Poland
SWE
Sweden
RUS
Russia
DEN
Denmark
PL5
Poland
PL6
Poland

References

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  3. "Calendar". Speedway GP. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  4. Dunbar, Graham (17 December 2020). "Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics". Associated Press. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
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  6. "Robert Lambert becomes Britain's first Speedway European Championship winner". 29 July 2020.
  7. "Speedway Grand Prix 2021 Wild cards confirmed".
  8. "2021 wildcards announced". SGP. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  9. "2021 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.
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