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
# Riders 2016 place GP Ch place Appearance Previous appearances in series45 Greg Hancock 1— 23rd 1995–2016108 Tai Woffinden 2— 6th 2010, 2011, 2013–201695 Bartosz Zmarzlik 3— 2nd 2012–2015, 201623 Chris Holder 4— 8th 2010–201669 Jason Doyle 5— 3rd 2015–2016777 Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 69 2nd 2015, 201685 Antonio Lindbäck 7— 8th 2004, 2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2011–2013, 2015, 201688 Niels Kristian Iversen 8— 7th 2004–2005, 2006, 2008, 2009–2010, 2013–201655 Matej Žagar 9— 7th 2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–201671 Maciej Janowski 10 — 3rd 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–201666 Fredrik Lindgren 11 3 8th 2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016 12 Nicki Pedersen 13 — 17th 2000, 2001–2016692 Patryk Dudek 17 1 1st 201654 Martin Vaculík — 2 2nd 2012, 201389 Emil Sayfutdinov — — 6th 2009–2013
Qualified substitutes
The following riders were nominated as substitutes:
# Riders 2016 place GP Ch place25 Peter Kildemand 12 —84 Martin Smolinski 17 546 Max Fricke 35 10225 Václav Milík Jr. 25 1752 Michael Jepsen Jensen 16 —29 Andžejs Ļebedevs — —
Calendar
The 2017 season consisted of 12 events, one more than the 2016 series.
Final Classification
See also 2017 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship 2018 Speedway Grand Prix
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