2026 Speedway Grand Prix
| 2026 Speedway Grand Prix | |
|---|---|
| Season details | |
| Dates | 2 May – 26 September |
| Events | 10 |
| Cities | 9 |
| Countries | 7 |
| Riders | 15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves |
| Heats | (in 10 events) |
The 2026 Speedway Grand Prix season will be the 32nd season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and will decide the 81st FIM Speedway World Championship. It will be the first series promoted by Mayfield Sports Events Ltd, who will take over from Discovery.[1]
Bartosz Zmarzlik will be the defending champion having won the title in 2025. A win will mean he surpasses Tony Rickardsson and Ivan Mauger's record of six world championships.[2] Brady Kurtz will also be aiming to become the first rider in history to win six consecutive Grand Prix in the season opener, having won the last five rounds in 2025.[3]
Qualification
For the 2026 season there will be 15 permanent riders, who will be joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves. The top seven riders from the 2025 championship qualify automatically. These riders will be joined by the four riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge[4][5] and the 2025 Speedway European Championship winner. The final three riders Tai Woffinden, Max Fricke and Jason Doyle were nominated by the SGP Commission. In March 2026, Nazar Parnitskyi was named as the replacement for Tai Woffinden following the latter's withdrawal.[6]
Qualified riders
| # | Riders | 2025 place | GP Ch place | 2025 SEC place | Permanent rider appearance | Previous appearances in series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 |  Bartosz Zmarzlik | 1 | — | — | 11th | 2012–2015, 2016–2025 |
| 101 | .svg.png){kind=small} Brady Kurtz | 2 | — | — | 2nd | 2016-2017, 2025 |
| 99 |  Dan Bewley | 3 | — | — | 5th | 2018, 2022–2025 |
| 66 |  Fredrik Lindgren | 4 | — | — | 17th | 2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2014, 2016, 2017–2025 |
| 25 | Jack Holder | 5 | — | — | 5th | 2016, 2020, 2022–2025 |
| 29 |  Andžejs Ļebedevs | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3rd | 2013–2014, 2022–2023, 2024-2025 |
| 505 | Robert Lambert | 7 | — | — | 6th | 2015, 2018–2019, 2021–2025 |
| 415 | Dominik Kubera | 12 | 1 | — | 3rd | 2021, 2023, 2024-2025 |
| 223 | Kacper Woryna | — | 2 | 4 | 1st | 2016, 2022 |
| 30 |  Leon Madsen | 17 | 3 | 3 | 7th | 2010, 2013, 2019–2024, 2025 |
| 52 | Michael Jepsen Jensen | 18 | 5 | 6 | 2nd | 2012-2014, 2015, 2016-2018, 2025 |
| 692 | Patryk Dudek | 16 | — | 1 | 7th | 2016, 2017–2020, 2022-2023, 2024-2025 |
| 46 | Max Fricke | 8 | — | — | 6th | 2016–2017, 2019, 2020–2023, 2024, 2025 |
| 69 | Jason Doyle | 10 | — | — | 12th | 2015–2025 |
| 785 |  Nazar Parnitskyi | — | — | 5 | 1st | – |
Qualified substitutes
The following riders were nominated as substitutes:
| # | Riders | 2025 place | GP Ch place | 2025 SEC place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | Anders Thomsen | 11 | 6 | — |
| 201 |  Jan Kvěch | 13 | 9 | 22 |
| 744 |  Kai Huckenbeck | 15 | 14 | 13 |
| 999 |  Mathias Pollestad | — | 16 | — |
Calendar
The 2026 season consists of 10 events.[7]
Intermediate 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 | CZE | GBR | GBR | POL | SWE | POL | LAT | DEN | POL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
(95) Bartosz Zmarzlik
|
129 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 20 | – | – |
 |
(101) Brady Kurtz
|
125 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | – | – |
 |
(505) Robert Lambert
|
119 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 18 | – | – |
| 4 | (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen
|
88 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 8 | – | – |
| 5 | (692) Patryk Dudek
|
81 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 12 | – | – |
| 6 | (223) Kacper Woryna
|
78 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 14 | – | – |
| 7 | (30) Leon Madsen
|
72 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | – | – |
| 8 | (46) Max Fricke
|
71 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 9 | – | – |
| 9 | (29) Andžejs Ļebedevs
|
60 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 11 | – | – |
| 10 | (69) Jason Doyle
|
59 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | – | – |
| 11 | (105) Anders Thomsen
|
55 | – | 4 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 1 | – | – |
| 12 | (25) Jack Holder
|
55 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | (201) Jan Kvěch
|
52 | – | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 6 | – | – |
| 14 | (415) Dominik Kubera
|
31 | 7 | 10 | – | – | 3 | 8 | 3 | – | – | – |
| 15 | (755) Nazar Parnitskyi
|
20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | – |
| 16 | (99) Dan Bewley
|
18 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | (744) Kai Huckenbeck
|
18 | – | – | 2 | 8 | – | 1 | 2 | 5 | – | – |
| 18 | (66) Fredrik Lindgren
|
16 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – |
| 19 | (16) Maciej Janowski
|
11 | – | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | (16) Kim Nilsson
|
9 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | (16) Tom Brennan
|
7 | – | – | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | (16) Piotr Pawlicki
|
6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – |
| 23 | (16) Norick Blödorn
|
4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | (16) Daniils Kolodinskis
|
2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| 25 | (16) Adam Bednář
|
1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | (18) Marcel Kowolik
|
1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | (17) Kevin Wölbert
|
0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | (17) Nikodem Mikołajczyk
|
0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | GER | CZE | GBR | GBR | POL | SWE | POL | LAT | DEN | POL |
By league
Among the 15 permanent riders:[9]
- 15 participate in the Polish league
- 10 in the Swedish league
- 6 in the British league
- 4 in the Danish league
(club/league participation as of October 2025)
References
- ↑ "Mayfield Sports Events Ltd becomes FIM Speedway global promoter". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ↑ "Bartosz Zmarzlik crowned world champion despite Brady Kurtz winning in Vojens". TNT Sports. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ↑ "Brady Kurtz misses FIM Speedway GP crown by single point". MC News. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ↑ "Kubera, Woryna, Madsen and Lebedevs ready for 2026". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ↑ "FIM Speedway Grand Prix World Championship Challenge decided in Denmark". FIM. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ↑ "Ukrainian sensation Parnitskyi makes historic Speedway GP debut in 2026". FIM Speedway. 18 March 2026. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
- ↑ "2026 Speedway Grand Prix calendar". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ↑ "2026 FIM Speedway World Championship standings". SGP.
- ↑ "Welcome to a new era of Speedway!". www.fimspeedway.com. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
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| Speedway Grand Prix (SGP) | ||
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