The 2018 Individual Speedway Under 21 World Championship was the 42nd edition of the
FIM Individual Under-21 World Championship and was staged over three rounds, at
Daugavpils,
Leszno
Leszno (german: Lissa, 1800–1918 ''Lissa in Posen'') is a historic city in western Poland, within the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the seventh-largest city in the province with an estimated population of 62,200, as of 2021. Previously, it ...
and
Pardubice. Poland's
Maksym Drabik
Maksym Drabik (born 22 February 1998) is an international speedway rider from Poland.
Speedway career
Drabik won the gold medal at the World Under-21 Championship in the 2017 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship and the 2019 Individ ...
was the defending champion having won the title in 2017.
Result
The title was won by
Bartosz Smektała
Bartosz Smektała (born 22 August 1998) is an international speedway rider from Poland.
Speedway career
Smektała won the gold medal at the World Under-21 Championship in the 2018 World Under-21 Championship.
World final appearances World U ...
, who beat Drabik by two points. Smektała had trailed Drabik heading into the final round, however he scored a 21-point maximum to take the title. Great Britain's
Robert Lambert took bronze.
Final series
Classification
The meeting classification
was according to the points scored during the meeting, with the total points scored by each rider during each meeting credited as ''World Championship points''. The FIM Speedway Under 21 World Champion was the rider who collected most World Championship points at the end of the series. In case of a tie between one or more riders in the final overall classification, a run-off decided the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. For all other placings, the better-placed rider in the last meeting was the better placed rider.
See also
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2018 Speedway Grand Prix
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2018 Team Speedway Junior World Championship
References
{{Individual Speedway Junior World Championship seasons
2018
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World Individual Junior