2025 Speedway Grand Prix
31st season of Speedway Grand Pix
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The 2025 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 31st season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 80th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the fourth series promoted by Discovery Sports Events.
| 2025 Speedway Grand Prix | |
|---|---|
| Season details | |
| Dates | 3 May – 13 September |
| Events | 10 |
| Cities | 9 |
| Countries | 7 |
| Riders | 15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves |
| Heats | 230 (in 10 events) |
| Winners | |
| Champion |  POL Bartosz Zmarzlik |
| Runner-up |  AUS Brady Kurtz |
| 3rd place |  GBR Dan Bewley |
For the first time Great Britain hosted two rounds of the championship. The original schedule showed the National Speedway Stadium in Manchester joining the flagship Principality Stadium in Cardiff on the calendar,[1][2] but the Cardiff round was subsequently cancelled and replaced with a second grand prix in Manchester.[3] There were eight other rounds, with Poland's allocation reduced from four to three.[4]
Bartosz Zmarzlik was the defending champion having won the title in 2024. He was aiming to equal Tony Rickardsson and Ivan Mauger's record of six world championships.[5][6]
The choice of the wildcard riders caused significant controversy due to the fact that 2021 Word Champion Artem Laguta and Emil Sayfutdinov were once again omitted,[7] as was 2022 world runner-up Leon Madsen. The 2025 event was also the fourth consecutive year that Zmarzlik was missing some of his strongest rivals.[8]
The title was won by Zmarzlik, who edged out debutant Brady Kurtz by one point to win a sixth world title. Kurtz created history during the season by winning five consecutive Grand Prix, which was a new record. Britain's Dan Bewley completed the podium, while Fredrik Lindgren, Jack Holder, Andžejs Ļebedevs and Robert Lambert all secured their participation in the 2026 series by finishing in the top seven.
Qualification
For the 2025 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 2024 championship qualified automatically. These riders were joined by the four riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge[9] and the 2024 Speedway European Championship winner. The final four riders were nominated by the SGP Commission.[10]
Qualified riders
| # | Riders | 2024 place | GP Ch place | Permanent rider appearance | Previous appearances in series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 | Bartosz Zmarzlik | 1 | — | 10th | 2012–2015, 2016–2024 |
| 505 | Robert Lambert | 2 | — | 5th | 2015, 2018–2019, 2021–2024 |
| 66 |  Fredrik Lindgren | 3 | — | 16th | 2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017–2024 |
| 99 | Dan Bewley | 4 | — | 4th | 2018, 2022–2024 |
| 54 |  Martin Vaculík | 5 | — | 10th | 2012, 2013, 2017–2024 |
| 25 | Jack Holder | 6 | — | 4th | 2016, 2020, 2022–2024 |
| 29 |  Andžejs Ļebedevs | 10 | — | 2nd | 2013–2014, 2022–2023, 2024 |
| 101 | Brady Kurtz | — | 1 | 1st | 2016, 2017 |
| 105 |  Anders Thomsen | 21 | 2 | 4th | 2016, 2020, 2021–2023, 2024 |
| 415 | Dominik Kubera | 8 | 3 | 2nd | 2021, 2023, 2024 |
| 46 | Max Fricke | 11 | 4 | 5th | 2016–2017, 2019, 2020–2023, 2024 |
| 155 | Mikkel Michelsen | 7 | — | 5th | 2015, 2018–2019, 2020, 2021, 2022–2024 |
| 744 |  Kai Huckenbeck | 12 | 13 | 2nd | 2017–2019, 2022–2023, 2024 |
| 201 |  Jan Kvěch | 15 | 9 | 2nd | 2020–2023, 2024 |
| 69 | Jason Doyle | 16 | — | 11th | 2015–2024 |
Qualified substitutes
The following riders were nominated as substitutes:
| # | Riders | 2024 place | GP Ch place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Leon Madsen | 9 | — |
| 692 | Patryk Dudek | 17 | 11 |
| 108 | Tai Woffinden | 18 | — |
| 24 | Jacob Thorssell | — | 5 |
| 22 |  Luke Becker | — | — |
| 96 |  Dimitri Bergé | — | — |
| TBC | Wiktor Przyjemski | — | — |
| 785 |  Nazar Parnitskyi | — | — |
| 999 |  Mathias Pollestad | — | — |
Calendar
The 2025 season consisted of 10 events.[11]
Final classification
| Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series |
| Full-time Grand Prix rider |
| Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | GER | POL | CZE | GBR | GBR | POL | SWE | LAT | POL | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik (C)
|
183 | 24 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 18 |
 |
(101) Brady Kurtz
|
182 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
 |
(99) Dan Bewley
|
142 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 14 |
| 4 | (66) Fredrik Lindgren
|
134 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | (25) Jack Holder
|
118 | 8 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 6 |
| 6 | (29) Andžejs Ļebedevs
|
98 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 12 |
| 7 | (505) Robert Lambert
|
82 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | (46) Max Fricke
|
79 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| 9 | (155) Mikkel Michelsen
|
70 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 |
| 10 | (69) Jason Doyle
|
66 | 3 | 5 | – | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 9 |
| 11 | (105) Anders Thomsen
|
66 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
| 12 | (415) Dominik Kubera
|
61 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | (201) Jan Kvěch
|
58 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 14 | (54) Martin Vaculík
|
51 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 15 | (744) Kai Huckenbeck
|
42 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 16 | (16) Patryk Dudek
|
16 | – | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | (30) Leon Madsen
|
16 | – | – | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen
|
16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 |
| 19 | (16) Maciej Janowski
|
8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – |
| 20 | (16) Charles Wright
|
7 | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | (16) Jevgeņijs Kostigovs
|
5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – |
| 22 | (16) Kim Nilsson
|
4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| 23 | (16) Erik Riss
|
2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | (16) Oskar Paluch
|
2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | (16) Daniel Klíma
|
1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | (17) Bartłomiej Kowalski
|
1 | – | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | (17) Mateusz Cierniak
|
0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | (18) Kevin Małkiewicz
|
0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| 29 | (17) Rasmus Karlsson
|
0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – |
| 30 | (18) Sammy Van Dyck
|
0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – |
| 31 | (17) Jonas Knudsen
|
0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | GER | POL | CZE | GBR | GBR | POL | SWE | LAT | POL | DEN |