Bartosz Zmarzlik Wins Third FIM Speedway GP World Championship

news7g09/19/2022

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Bartosz Zmarzlik

2022 FIM Speedway Grand Prix World Champion

Polish history maker Bartosz Zmarzlik admits the efforts of his family and teammates helped the FIM Speedway Grand Prix World Championship to third as he claimed the sport’s biggest prize with a free round. free on Saturday.

Zmarzlik raced for the top spot in Sweden’s Kaeser FIM Speedway GP – Malilla, but he won the world championship before swerving in the second semi-final after his closest rival Leon Madsen suffered an engine failure. in the first semi-final.

Aussie Max Fricke leads Madsen, Berntzon and Bewley in the heat.

Despite the euphoria of that moment, Zmarzlik regained his composure to win the Speedway GP over Swedish host hero Fredrik Lindgren in second, Poland’s Maciej Janowski in third and hand British racer Tai Woffinden was in fourth place.

Hero Gorzow celebrated with his crew, before joining his family, team and sponsors on the Skrotfrag Arena podium to toast to his third Speedway GP world title in four seasons.

His 2022 win is also his sixth SGP world championship medal in seven years since he made his full-time debut on the sport’s biggest stage in 2016, when Zmarzlik became the became Poland’s first speed trio world champion.

While Zmarzlik received the headlines, he admitted he couldn’t have written another chapter in the Speedway GP history books without his teammates and family, with partner Sandra, young son Antek, father. Senior Pawel and his brother and junior manager Pawel shared on the podium the celebration.

Bartosz Zmarzlik

“They are very important to me – my family and my sponsors. Since the beginning of my career, my whole family has been with me and in my head I feel we are fighting together and I am not alone. That is really good for me because I am very attached to my family in life and in work. The whole family works hard with me. “

Zmarzlik’s victory saw him become the first Speedway GP world champion to win the title with one round remaining since Great Britain’s Tai Woffinden won his second world title in 2016. 2015. He will now receive the title at Poland’s FIM Speedway GP – Torun on October 1.

Reflecting on another major milestone as he continues to establish himself as one of the Speedway GP’s all-time greats, Zmarzlik admits being a triple champion is still deep in that. .

Zmarzlik said: “I don’t really understand it now. I know what I’ve done, but I don’t feel complete right now. Maybe tomorrow morning I will understand it better. I’m very happy because now I know that I won and I also qualified to the next round in Malilla. For me it was a great night and now I can go to Torun with number 3 and that makes my mind a lot easier. “

Zmarzlik is thrilled with his steadfastness on the sport’s biggest stage after adding a third gold to two silver and one bronze since he joined the Speedway GP.

He say: “I am really happy about this. I’ve been in the Speedway GP for seven years and I’ve won six medals. That’s really great, and three times it has been gold. I’m really proud of this because I know how much work there is to do. Sometimes you don’t win everything by doing your job well on the track. All season, I want to do my job well and I love it.“

Next is Zmarzlik’s quest to become a four-time world champion by 2023. “I have many dreams and I want to make this happen,” he said. “But that is in the future. Now I’m just happy about today. “

Runner-up Lindgren has endured a fierce battle with the continued effects of Covid spanning the past two seasons. This left him at times racing with bouts of shortness of breath.

His health issues have not stopped him from delivering world-class performances in the Speedway GP and he is delighted to hit his best in 2022 in front of his hometown fans. his home at Skrotfrag Arena.

He is currently sixth in the standings with 92 points – tied with seventh-placed Maciej Janowski but ahead of him in the race for the final automatic spot for the 2023 Speedway GP series.

Fredrik Lindgren

“I am on the moon. I’ve struggled a lot over the past few weeks in the GP series. I didn’t perform well and my league form went down a bit. I’ve struggled with a lot of health issues off the track and I’m emotional tonight because I’ve been down for a while. To be able to come here in front of my hometown fans and sponsors and perform like I am today, coming back to myself and how I know I can ride is an amazing feeling. My team has been doing some serious behind-the-scenes work over the past few weeks to try and figure something out with the device. It pays off.“

Third place Janowski was happy to return after a nightmarish GP Speedway in Vojens just a week ago. After scoring two points in Denmark, he left Malilla – Sweden’s home ground – in much better spirits with 16 points.

Maciej Janowski

“In the end, we had a good result, especially after Vojens. I am so proud. We changed a few things. I know I need to breathe more. We spent a whole week here thinking about many things – how to prepare the bike. How can we compare the Malilla track tonight to it as I represent Dackarna and we don’t have to look for the setup. From the very beginning, my bike worked great. We made a few changes in the meeting, but the evening was good for us. “

Jason Doyle was the highest-scoring Aussie at Malilla with eight points, putting him ninth on the night.

Jason Doyle is currently 9th in the championship

Jack Holder was 11th and got six points while Fricke had a rough night and only won three.

Jack Holder and Max Fricke were heavily involved in the action!

Jason Doyle is currently 9th in the championship while compatriot Jack Holder is 12th and 13th respectively.

The Speedway GP season ends in Torun on October 1 – the same weekend when the SGP2 FIM Speedway Under-21 world champion will be crowned at the Polish FIM SGP2 – Torun on Friday, September 30.