The 2022 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 28th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 77th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the first series promoted by Discovery Sports Events.
Artem Laguta was the reigning champion, having won the 2021 title. However, due to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, he and Emil Sayfutdinov did not return as all Russian and Belarusian riders had been suspended and were barred from participating in any FIM-sanctioned events.
Bartosz Zmarzlik won the championship, claiming a third world title. Leon Madsen finished as runner-up, with Maciej Janowski taking the last spot on the podium.
Qualification For the 2022 season, there were 15 permanent riders who joined each Grand Prix with one wild card and two track reserves.
The top six riders from the 2021 championship qualified automatically. These riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge, and the 2021 Speedway European Championship winner.
The final five riders were nominated by the SGP Commission following the completion of the 2021 season.
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Discovery Sports Events made the decision to suspend Artem Laguta and Emil Sayfutdinov in line with the FIM's ban on Russian riders. They were replaced in the line-up by Jack Holder and Dan Bewley.
Qualified riders # Riders 2021 place GP Ch place Appearance Previous appearances in series95 Bartosz Zmarzlik 2— 7th 2012–2015, 2016–202166 Fredrik Lindgren 4 — 13th 2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017–2021 71 Maciej Janowski 5 — 8th 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015–2021108 Tai Woffinden 6— 11th 2010, 2011, 2013–202130 Leon Madsen 7— 4th 2010, 2013, 2019–202169 Jason Doyle 9— 8th 2015–2021505 Robert Lambert 10 13 2nd 2015, 2018–2019, 2021105 Anders Thomsen 11 — 2nd 2016, 2020, 202154 Martin Vaculík 12 — 7th 2012, 2013, 2017–2021323 Paweł Przedpełski 171 1st 2016, 2017, 202146 Max Fricke 82 3rd 2016–2017, 2019, 2020–2021692 Patryk Dudek —3 5th 2016, 2017–2020155 Mikkel Michelsen 18— 2nd 2015, 2018–2019, 2020, 202125 Jack Holder — — 1st 2016, 202099 Dan Bewley — 7 1st 2018
Qualified substitutes The following riders were nominated as substitutes:
# Riders 2021 place GP Ch place29 Andžejs Ļebedevs — 6515 Jakub Miśkowiak — —266 Mads Hansen 35 —22 Luke Becker — —415 David Bellego — —
Calendar The 2022 season consisted of 10 events.
Final Classification
See also 2022 Individual Long Track World Championship 2022 Speedway of Nations
References
External links Speedway World Championships