2023 SGP2

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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]

Krsko
Pos Rider Pts
1 Denmark Emil Breum 15
2 Germany Norick Blödorn 14
3 Poland Mateusz Cierniak 13
4 Sweden Gustav Grahn 11
5 Denmark Bastian Borke 10
6 Slovenia Anže Grmek 10
7 Czech Republic Petr Chlupáč 9
8 France Mathias Trésarrieu 7
9 England Leon Flint 7
10 Australia Maurice Brown 6
11 Australia Jacob Hook 5
12 Hungary Richard Fuzesi 3
13 Italy Matteo Boncinelli 3
14 Ukraine Mykhailo Tymoshchuk 3
15 Slovenia Julian Kuny 2
16 Ukraine Roman Kapustin 1
17 Germany Patricia Erhart 1
Pardubice
Pos Rider Pts
1 Australia Keynan Rew 13
2 Poland Bartłomiej Kowalski 12
3 Sweden Casper Henriksson 11+3
4 Denmark Nicolai Heiselberg 11+2
5 Ukraine Nazar Parnitskyi 10
6 Latvia Ernest Matjuszonok 10
7 England Drew Kemp 9
8 England Dan Gilkes 8
9 Czech Republic Daniel Klíma 7
10 Austria Sebastian Kossler 6
11 Latvia Ričards Ansviesulis 6
12 Germany Erik Bachhuber 5
13 Czech Republic Jan Jenicek 4
14 France Tino Bouin 3
15 Czech Republic Matous Kamenik 3
16 Czech Republic Bruno Belan 1
17 Czech Republic Matej Fryza 1
Vojens
Pos Rider Pts
1 Denmark Esben Hjerrild 13+3
2 Sweden Philip Hellström Bängs 13+2
3 Latvia Francis Gusts 11
4 Poland Damian Ratajczak 11
5 Norway Mathias Pollestad 11
6 Poland Kacper Pludra 11
7 England Anders Rowe 11
8 Czech Republic Jaroslav Vanicek 9
9 Denmark Jesper Knudsen 8
10 Sweden Ludvig Selvin 7
11 Norway Espen Sola 5
12 Australia James Pearson 4
13 United States Alex Martin 2
14 Germany Marlon Hegener 2
15 Latvia Artjams Juhno 2
16 Germany Jonny Wynant 0

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
1 2 June Czech Republic Markéta Stadium, Prague Poland Mateusz Cierniak
2 23 June Poland Edward Jancarz Stadium, Gorzów Poland Mateusz Cierniak
3 15 September Denmark Vojens Speedway Center, Vojens Poland Damian Ratajczak

Final Classification

[8]

Pos. Rider Points Czech Republic Poland Denmark
Gold Poland (842) Mateusz Cierniak 49 20 20 9
Silver Poland (523) Damian Ratajczak 45 16 9 20
Bronze Poland (302) Bartłomiej Kowalski 42 18 12 12
4 Australia (27) Keynan Rew 41 12 18 11
5 Sweden (43) Casper Henriksson 33 1 14 18
6 Norway (999) Mathias Pollestad 29 14 8 7
7 Sweden (243) Philip Hellström Bängs 27 7 10 10
8 Denmark (118) Emil Breum 26 10 16 0
9 Germany (33) Norick Blödorn 21 6 11 4
10 Latvia (140) Francis Gusts 20 – 6 14
11 Denmark (63) Nicolai Heiselberg 18 5 5 8
12 Denmark (17) William Drejer 16 – – 16
13 Denmark (94) Esben Hjerrild 13 8 4 1
14 Sweden (118) Gustav Grahn 12 11 1 –
15 United Kingdom (111) Anders Rowe 9 9 – –
16 Czech Republic (44) Petr Chlupáč 8 3 2 3
17 Poland (16) Oskar Paluch 7 – 7 –
18 Slovenia (226) Anže Grmek 7 2 3 2
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. 10 June 2023. p. 14.
  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.