Speedway Individual World Championship

The Speedway World Championships , also known as Speedway Grand Prix , have been held individually by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) since 1936 . The only German world champion so far was Egon Müller in 1983. Since 1995 the world champion has been determined in a Grand Prix cycle.

mode

Until 1995

Until the new Grand Prix mode was introduced in 1995, the drivers had to qualify for the world championship final using a multi-round qualification system. Several runs, so-called heats , are carried out for 4 drivers per qualification round . The winner of a heat received 3 running points, the second 2 points, the third 1 point and the last of a heat no point. The running points were added up and those with the best points moved into the next qualifying round or the final. It varied from lap to lap and from year to year how many drivers ultimately made it to the next lap.

In 1955 the qualification system was revised in such a way that from now on there were “regional” qualifications. That means, there were separate qualification rounds for z. B. the zones of Scandinavia , Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Great Britain, Australia and the USA carried out, of which the best in each case entered semi-finals or directly into the final.

From 1995

Cardiff Speedway Grand Prix

The mode was completely revised for the 1995 season. The previous system was abolished and the Grand Prix system, which is similar to the systems of Formula 1 or MotoGP , was introduced. Events, so-called Grand Prix, are held in various cities. In 1995 there were 6 Grand-Prix in the calendar of events, while in 2009 11 Grand-Prix were held.

After each driver has completed five heats, the best eight drivers carry out the semi-finals, of which the best two move into the final and determine the winner of the Grand Prix. For a Grand Prix there was initially the following Grand Prix point distribution:

• 25 for the winner, 20, 18, 16, 14, 13, 12, 11, 9, 8, 7, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 for the sixteenth.

In 2005 the system was further modified. Now Grand Prix points were not awarded for the place achieved, but the running points (3 for the first of a heat, 2, 1, 0) are now considered Grand Prix points. The points that are achieved in the final of a Grand Prix are doubled so that it is theoretically possible that the Grand Prix winner will ultimately receive fewer points for the overall classification than, for example, B. the runner-up.

16 drivers start at a Grand Prix. 15 drivers are set as permanent drivers for the entire season and take part in every Grand Prix. In addition, there is one wild card driver per Grand Prix , who mostly comes from the host country and receives the wild card from the organizer. Eight of the 15 permanent drivers are determined from the final ranking of the previous season. The first eight will get the fixed starting place for the coming season. Three more are determined via a qualification system. Four quarter-finals will be held, with the best eight drivers in each of the two semi-finals. From the semifinals, the top eight will again move into the final Grand Prix Challenge, which is ultimately about permanent starting positions for the Grand Prix season. The best three of the challenge will get these permanent places. Another four drivers for the permanent starting positions will be determined by the Grand Prix organizers and the FIM.

Grand Prix series since 2007

Grand Prix 2007

	date	Grand Prix	Stadion	city	winner
1	April 28	Italian GP	Stadio Speedway Santa Marina	Lonigo	Nicki Pedersen
2	12th of May	European GP	Olympic Stadium	Wroclaw	Nicki Pedersen
3	May 26	Swedish GP	Smed Stadium	Eskilstuna	Leigh Adams
4th	June 9th	GP of Denmark	Park	Copenhagen	Andreas Jonsson
5	June 30th	British GP	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Chris Harris
6th	July 28th	Czech GP	Marketa stadium	Prague	Nicki Pedersen
7th	August 11th	Scandinavian GP	G&B Arena	Målilla	Leigh Adams
8th	August 25	GP of Latvia	Spidveja Centers	Daugavpils	Leigh Adams
9	September 8th	GP of Poland	Polonia Stadium	Bydgoszcz	Tomasz Gollob
10	September 22	GP of Slovenia	Matije Gubca Stadium	Krško	Nicki Pedersen
11	October 13th	GP of Germany	Veltins Arena	Gelsenkirchen	Andreas Jonsson

Grand Prix 2008

	date	Grand Prix	Stadion	city	winner
1	26th of April	GP of Slovenia	Matije Gubca Stadium	Krško	Tomasz Gollob
2	10th of May	European GP	Alfred Smoczyk Stadium	Leszno	Leigh Adams
3	May 24th	Swedish GP	Ullevi Stadium	Gothenburg	Rune holta
4th	14th June	GP of Denmark	Park	Copenhagen	Tomasz Gollob
5	June 28th	British GP	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Jason Crump
6th	August 2nd	Czech GP	Marketa stadium	Prague	Nicki Pedersen
7th	August 16	Scandinavian GP	G&B Arena	Målilla	Leigh Adams
8th	August 30th	GP of Latvia	Spidveja Centers	Daugavpils	Jason Crump
9	13.september	GP of Poland	Polonia Stadium	Bydgoszcz	Greg Hancock
10	September 27th	Italian GP	Stadio Speedway Santa Marina	Lonigo	Hans N. Andersen
11	October 18	FIM Final	Polonia Stadium	Bydgoszcz	Tomasz Gollob

Grand Prix 2009

	date	Grand Prix	Stadion	city	winner
1	April 25	Czech GP	Marketa stadium	Prague	Emil Saifutdinov
2	May 9	European GP	Alfred Smoczyk Stadium	Leszno	Jason Crump
3	30th May	Swedish GP	Ullevi Stadium	Gothenburg	Emil Saifutdinov
4th	June 13th	GP of Denmark	Park	Copenhagen	Jason Crump
5	June 27th	British GP	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Jason Crump
6th	August 1st	GP of Latvia	Spidveja Centers	Daugavpils	Greg Hancock
7th	15th of August	Scandinavian GP	G&B Arena	Målilla	Tomasz Gollob
8th	29th August	GP of Nordic	Speedway Center	Vojens	Andreas Jonsson
9	12th September	GP of Slovenia	Matije Gubca Stadium	Krško	Emil Saifutdinov
10	September 26th	Italian GP	Stadio Olimpico	Terenzano	Tomasz Gollob
11	October 17th	GP of Poland	Polonia Stadium	Bydgoszcz	Nicki Pedersen

Grand Prix 2010

	date	Grand Prix	Stadion	city	winner
1	April 24th	European GP	Alfred Smoczyk Stadium	Leszno	Jason Crump
2	8th of May	Swedish GP	Ullevi Stadium	Gothenburg	Kenneth Bjerre
3	May 22	Czech GP	Marketa stadium	Prague	Tomasz Gollob
4th	June 5th	GP of Denmark	Park	Copenhagen	Jarosław Hampel
5	June 19th	GP of Poland	Motoarena Toruń	Toruń	Tomasz Gollob
6th	10th of July	British GP	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Chris Holder
7th	August 14th	Scandinavian GP	G&B Arena	Målilla	Rune holta
8th	August 28th	GP of Croatia	Milenium Stadium	Goričan	Greg Hancock
9	September 11	GP of Nordic	Speedway Center	Vojens	Tomasz Gollob
10	25th of September	Italian GP	Stadio Olimpico	Terenzano	Tomasz Gollob
11	9th October	FIM Final	Polonia Stadium	Bydgoszcz	Andreas Jonsson

Grand Prix 2011

	date	Grand Prix	Stadion	city	winner
1	April, 30th	European GP	Alfred Smoczyk Stadium	Leszno	Nicki Pedersen
2	May 14th	Swedish GP	Ullevi Stadium	Gothenburg	Chris Holder
3	28th of May	Czech GP	Marketa stadium	Prague	Greg Hancock
4th	June 11th	GP of Denmark	Park	Copenhagen	Tomasz Gollob
5	25th June	British GP	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Greg Hancock
6th	30th July	Italian GP	Stadio Olimpico	Terenzano	Andreas Jonsson
7th	13 August	Scandinavian GP	G&B Arena	Målilla	Jaroslaw Hampel
8th	August 27	GP of Poland	Motoarena Toruń	Toruń	Andreas Jonsson
9	September 10	GP Nordic	Speedway Center	Vojens	Greg Hancock
10	September 24th	GP of Croatia	Milenium Stadium	Goričan	Andreas Jonsson
11	8th October	GP of Poland	Jancarz Stadium	Gorzów	Greg Hancock

Grand Prix 2012

	date	Grand Prix	Stadion	city	winner
1	March 31	New Zealand GP	Western Springs Stadium	Auckland	Greg Hancock
2	April 28	GP of Poland	Alfred Smoczyk Stadium	Leszno	Chris Holder
3	12th of May	Czech GP	Marketa stadium	Prague	Nicki Pedersen
4th	May 26	Scandinavian GP	Ullevi Stadium	Gothenburg	Fredrik Lindgren
5	June 9th	GP of Denmark	Park	Copenhagen	Jason Crump
6th	23rd June	GP of Poland	Jancarz Stadium	Gorzów	Martin Vaculík
7th	July 28th	GP of Croatia	Milenium Stadium	Goričan	Nicki Pedersen
8th	August 11th	Italian GP	Stadio Olimpico	Terenzano	Antonio Lindbäck
9	August 25	British GP	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Chris Holder
10	September 8th	Swedish GP	G&B Arena	Målilla	Tomasz Gollob
11	September 22	GP Nordic	Speedway Center	Vojens	Michael J. Jensen
12	October 6th	GP of Poland	Motoarena Toruń	Toruń	Antonio Lindbäck

Grand Prix 2013

	date	Grand Prix	Stadion	city	winner
1	March 23	New Zealand GP	Western Springs Stadium	Auckland	Jaroslaw Hampel
2	20th of April	GP of Poland	Polonia Stadium	Bydgoszcz	Emil Sayfutdinow
3	May 4th	Scandinavian GP	Ullevi Stadium	Gothenburg	Emil Sayfutdinow
4th	May 18	Czech GP	Marketa stadium	Prague	Tai Woffind
5	June 1st	British GP	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Emil Sayfutdinow
6th	15th June	GP of Poland	Jancarz Stadium	Gorzów	Jaroslaw Hampel
7th	June 29th	GP of Denmark	Park	Copenhagen	Darcy Ward
8th	3rd August	Italian GP	Stadio Olimpico	Terenzano	Niels K. Iversen
9	17th August	GP of Latvia	Locomotive Stadium	Daugavpils	Greg Hancock
10	7th of September	GP of Slovenia	Matej Dubcka Stadium	Krsko	Jaroslaw Hampel
11	21st September	Scandinavian GP	Friends Arena	Stockholm	Niels K. Iversen
12	5th October	GP of Poland	Motoarena Toruń	Toruń	Adrian Miedzinski

Grand Prix 2014

	date	Grand Prix	Stadion	city	winner
1	April 5th	New Zealand GP	Western Springs Stadium	Auckland	Martin Smolinski
2	26th of April	GP of Poland	Polonia Stadium	Bydgoszcz	Krzysztof Kasprzak
3	17th of May	GP of Finland	Ratina Stadium	Tampere	Matej Zagar
4th	31. May	Czech GP	Marketa stadium	Prague	Tai Woffind
5	14th June	Swedish GP	G&B Arena	Målilla	Tai Woffind
6th	June 28th	GP of Denmark	Park	Copenhagen	Niels K. Iversen
7th	July 12	British GP	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Greg Hancock
8th	17th August	GP of Latvia	Locomotive Stadium	Daugavpils	Krzysztof Kasprzak
9	August 30th	GP of Poland	Jancarz Stadium	Gorzów	Bartosz Zmarzlik
10	13.september	GP Nordic	Speedway Center	Vojens	Andreas Jonsson
11	September 27th	Scandinavian GP	Friends Arena	Stockholm	Jaroslaw Hampel
12	October 11th	GP of Poland	Motoarena Toruń	Toruń	Krzysztof Kasprzak

Grand Prix 2015

	date	Grand Prix	Stadion	city	winner
1	April 18	GP of Poland	Narodowy Stadium	Warsaw	Matej Zagar
2	May 16	GP of Finland	Ratina Stadium	Tampere	Nicki Pedersen
3	23. May	Czech GP	Marketa stadium	Prague	Tai Woffind
4th	July 4th	British GP	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Niels K. Iversen
5	July 18th	GP of Latvia	Locomotive Stadium	Daugavpils	Maciej Janowski
6th	July 25th	Swedish GP	G&B Arena	Målilla	Nicki Pedersen
7th	8th August	GP of Denmark	CASA arena	Horsens	Peter Kildemand
8th	29th August	GP of Poland	Jancarz Stadium	Gorzów	Matej Zagar
9	12th September	GP of Slovenia	Matije Gubca Stadium	Krsko	Greg Hancock
10	September 26th	Scandinavian GP	Friends Arena	Stockholm	Tai Woffind
11	October 3	GP of Poland	Motoarena Toruń	Toruń	Nicki Pedersen
12	October 24th	Australian GP	Etihad Stadium	Melbourne	Greg Hancock

Grand Prix 2016

	date	Grand Prix	Stadion	city	winner
1	April, 30th	GP of Slovenia	Matije Gubca Stadium	Krsko	Peter Kildemand
2	May 14th	GP of Poland	Narodowy Stadium	Warsaw	Tai Woffind
3	June 11th	GP of Denmark	CASA arena	Horsens	Maciej Janowski
4th	25th June	Czech GP	Marketa stadium	Prague	Jason Doyle
5	July 9	British GP	Principality Stadium	Cardiff	Antonio Lindbäck
6th	13 August	Swedish GP	G&B Arena	Målilla	Greg Hancock
7th	August 27	GP of Poland	Edward Jancarz Stadium	Gorzów	Jason Doyle
8th	September 10	GP of Germany	Mountain ring arena	Teterow	Jason Doyle
9	September 24th	Swedish GP	Friends Arena	Stockholm	Jason Doyle
10	October 1	GP of Poland	Motoarena Toruń	Toruń	Niels K. Iversen
11	October 22nd	Australian GP	Etihad Stadium	Melbourne	Chris Holder

Grand Prix 2017

	date	Grand Prix	Stadion	city	winner
1	April 29	GP of Slovenia	Matije Gubca Stadium	Krsko	Martin Vaculík
2	May 13th	GP of Poland	Narodowy Stadium	Warsaw	Fredrik Lindgren
3	May 27th	GP of Latvia	Locomotive Stadium	Daugavpils	Piotr Pawlicki
4th	June 10th	Czech GP	Marketa stadium	Prague	Jason Doyle
5	June 24th	GP of Denmark	CASA arena	Horsens	Maciej Janowski
6th	22nd of July	United Kingdom GP	Principality Stadium	Cardiff	Maciej Janowski
7th	12. August	Swedish GP	G&B arena	Målilla	Bartosz Zmarzlik
8th	26th of August	GP of Poland	Edward Jancarz Stadium	Gorzów	Tai Woffind
9	the 9th of September	GP of Germany	Mountain ring arena	Teterow	Matej Zagar
10	September 23rd	Swedish GP	Friends Arena	Stockholm - Solna	Matej Zagar
11	October 7th	GP of Poland	Motoarena Toruń	Toruń	Patryk Dudek
12	28th of October	Australian GP	Etihad Stadium	Melbourne	Jason Doyle

See also

• List of individual world champions in speedway
• World Speedway Team Championship

Web links

• www.worldspeedway.com
• www.speedway.org
• www.bahnsport.de
• www.sport-komplett.de