2017 Speedway Grand Prix


The 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 23rd season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 72nd FIM Speedway World Championship. It was seventeenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company.
The world title was won by Jason Doyle, who finished ahead of debutant Patryk Dudek and former two-time champion Tai Woffinden. It was the first title of Doyle's career, and the first time an Australian had lifted the trophy since Chris Holder in 2012. Defending champion Greg Hancock was unable to complete the season after suffering an injury, competing in only six of the 12 rounds.

Qualification

For the 2017 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 2016 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 2016 season.

Qualified riders

#Riders2016 placeGP Ch placeAppearancePrevious appearances in series
45 Greg Hancock123rd1995–2016
108 Tai Woffinden26th2010, 2011, 2013–2016
95 Bartosz Zmarzlik32nd2012–2015, 2016
23 Chris Holder48th2010–2016
69 Jason Doyle53rd2015–2016
777 Piotr Pawlicki Jr.692nd2015, 2016
85 Antonio Lindbäck78th2004, 2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2011–2013, 2015, 2016
88 Niels Kristian Iversen87th2004–2005, 2006, 2008, 2009–2010, 2013–2016
55 Matej Žagar97th2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–2016
71 Maciej Janowski103rd2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2016
66 Fredrik Lindgren1138th2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016
12 Nicki Pedersen1317th2000, 2001–2016
692 Patryk Dudek1711st2016
54 Martin Vaculík22nd2012, 2013
89 Emil Sayfutdinov6th2009–2013

Qualified substitutes

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:
#Riders2016 placeGP Ch place
25 Peter Kildemand12
84 Martin Smolinski175
46 Max Fricke3510
225 Václav Milík Jr.2517
52 Michael Jepsen Jensen16
29 Andžejs Ļebedevs

Calendar

The 2017 season consisted of 12 events, one more than the 2016 series.

Final Classification