The 2021 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 27th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 76th FIM Speedway World Championship. The calendar of events was disrupted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and 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.
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.
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. These riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge and the winner of the 2020 Speedway European Championship.
The final four riders were nominated by the SGP Commission following the completion of the 2020 season.
Qualified riders # Riders 2020 place GP Ch place Appearance Previous appearances in series95 Bartosz Zmarzlik 1— 6th 2012–2015, 2016–2020108 Tai Woffinden 2— 10th 2010, 2011, 2013–202066 Fredrik Lindgren 3 — 12th 2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017–2020 71 Maciej Janowski 4 — 7th 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–202030 Leon Madsen 5— 3rd 2013, 2019–202069 Jason Doyle 6— 7th 2015–2020222 Artem Laguta 7— 5th 2011, 2018–202089 Emil Sayfutdinov 8 — 10th 2009–2013, 2017–202054 Martin Vaculík 9 — 6th 2012, 2013, 2017–202046 Max Fricke 10— 2nd 2016-2017, 2019, 202055 Matej Žagar 111 11th 2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013–202093 Oliver Berntzon — 2 1st 2019187 Krzysztof Kasprzak — 3 5th 2004–2007, 2008, 2012, 2013–2014105 Anders Thomsen — — 1st 2016, 2020505 Robert Lambert — — 1st 2015, 2018–2019
Qualified substitutes The following riders were nominated as substitutes:
# Riders 2020 place GP Ch place575 Aleksandr Loktaev — 427 Jaimon Lidsey — —415 Dominik Kubera — —999 Oļegs Mihailovs — —99 Dan Bewley — —125 Lukas Fienhage — —201 Jan Kvěch =21 —
Calendar The 2021 season consisted of 11 events.
Final Classification
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