The 2024 Speedway Grand Prix season is the 30th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and will decide the 79th

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Sports Events. A new sprint race was introduced at selected Grand Prix during the qualifying session, with the fastest rider in each qualifying session progressing to a single race for extra points. The idea behind the sprint race was similar to that brought into the

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, whereby the qualifying sessions were given more importance.

Bartosz Zmarzlik Bartosz Zmarzlik (; born 12 April 1995) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider and three-time World Champion (2019, 2020 and 2022). He has been decorated with the Order of Polonia Restituta, V class. Biography Born in Szczecin, Poland, Zmarzlik i ...

is the defending champion, having won the previous two titles.

Summary

Jack Holder won the opening round, which was the first Grand Prix win of his career. After

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won round two,

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won his maiden Grand Prix by claiming the German Grand Prix. Doyle was later ruled out for four months after suffering a torn rotator cuff and tendon damage after a crash at Ipswich, ending his hopes of a second world title. By winning the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, Zmarzlik broke Jason Crump's all-time record of 23 Grand Prix wins, although ten of them were won on home soil, whereas Crump's were all outside of Australia.

Qualification

For the 2024 season there are 15 permanent riders, who were joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves. The top six riders from the 2023 championship qualified automatically. These riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge and the 2023 Speedway European Championship winner. The final five riders were nominated by the SGP Commission.

Qualified riders

Qualified substitutes

The following riders were nominated as substitutes:

Calendar

The 2024 season will consist of 11 events.

Intermediate classification

References

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