World Under 21 Championship

The 2023 SGP2 series was the 47th edition of the FIM Individual Under-21 World Championship. It was staged as the SGP2 class of the FIM Speedway Grand Prix series after rights holders Discovery Sports Events took over promotional rights of the competition in 2022.[1][2]

The three qualifying rounds were staged at Krsko, Pardubice and Vojens on 20 May. Four qualifiers from each qualifying heat progressed to the main event.[3] Three wildcards were chosen for the main event, in addition to the 12 qualifiers; they were Mathias Pollestad, Anže Grmek and Petr Chlupáč.[4]

Poland's Mateusz Cierniak won the title for the second season running, becoming only the fourth rider to win multiple Under-21 World Championship titles after Emil Sayfutdinov, Darcy Ward and Maksym Drabik. Damian Ratajczak took second with Bartłomiej Kowalski completing an all-Polish podium.

Qualifying

The 2023 season consisted of three qualifying events. Emil Breum, Keynan Rew and Esben Hjerrild won the qualifying rounds.[5][6]

In addition to the 12 qualifiers, Anže Grmek, Mathias Pollestad and Petr Chlupáč were named as series wildcards.[7]

Main event

The 2023 season consisted of three rounds.

Round Date Venue Winner
12 JuneCzech Republic Markéta Stadium, PraguePoland Mateusz Cierniak
223 JunePoland Edward Jancarz Stadium, GorzówPoland Mateusz Cierniak
315 SeptemberDenmark Vojens Speedway Center, VojensPoland Damian Ratajczak

Final Classification

[8]

Pos. Rider Points Czech RepublicPolandDenmark
Gold Poland (842) Mateusz Cierniak 49 20209
Silver Poland (523) Damian Ratajczak 45 16920
Bronze Poland (302) Bartłomiej Kowalski 42 181212
4 Australia (27) Keynan Rew 41 121811
5 Sweden (43) Casper Henriksson 33 11418
6 Norway (999) Mathias Pollestad 29 1487
7 Sweden (243) Philip Hellström Bängs 27 71010
8 Denmark (118) Emil Breum 26 10160
9 Germany (33) Norick Blödorn 21 6114
10 Latvia (140) Francis Gusts 20 614
11 Denmark (63) Nicolai Heiselberg 18 558
12 Denmark (17) William Drejer 16 16
13 Denmark (94) Esben Hjerrild 13 841
14 Sweden (118) Gustav Grahn 12 111
15 United Kingdom (111) Anders Rowe 9 9
16 Czech Republic (44) Petr Chlupáč 8 323
17 Poland (16) Oskar Paluch 7 7
18 Slovenia (226) Anže Grmek 7 232
19 Denmark (18) Bastian Pedersen 6 6
20 Denmark (16) Jesper Knudsen 5 5
21 Czech Republic (16) Daniel Klíma 4 4
22 Ukraine (785) Nazar Parnitskyi 0 0

See also

References

  1. "Welcome to SGP2". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  2. "Speedway Grand Prix 2". Speedway Star page 14. 10 June 2023.
  3. "SGP2 2023 qualifying calendar". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  4. "2023 FIM SGP2 LINE-UP CONFIRMED". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  5. "SGP2 QUALIFIERS – DANISH YOUNG GUN BREUM FIRES MAX, AS CHAMP CIERNIAK MAKES THE CUT". FIM Speedway Illustrated. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  6. "European review". British Speedway. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  7. "2023 SGP2 line-up confirmed". SGP.
  8. "2023 SGP2 standings". FIM Speedway.
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