2018 Speedway Grand Prix


The 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 24th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 73rd FIM Speedway World Championship. 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.

Qualified riders

#Riders2017 placeGP Ch placeAppearancePrevious appearances in series
69 Jason Doyle14th2015–2017
692 Patryk Dudek232nd2016, 2017
108 Tai Woffinden37th2010, 2011, 2013–2017
71 Maciej Janowski44th2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2017
95 Bartosz Zmarzlik53rd2012–2015, 2016–2017
89 Emil Sayfutdinov67th2009–2013, 2017
55 Matej Žagar7128th2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–2017
66 Fredrik Lindgren89th2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017
54 Martin Vaculík9173rd2012, 2013, 2017
23 Chris Holder109th2010–2017
45 Greg Hancock1424th1995–2017
110 Nicki Pedersen2018th2000, 2001–2017
59 Przemysław Pawlicki2911st2010, 2012, 2017
222 Artem Laguta22nd2011
111 Craig Cook3241st2013–2015, 2017

Qualified substitutes

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:
#Riders2017 placeGP Ch place
88 Niels Kristian Iversen15
225 Václav Milík Jr.168
53 Linus Sundström32
133 Maksym Drabik
46 Max Fricke18

Calendar

The 2018 season consisted of 10 events, two less than the 2017 series.

Final Classification