# 2013 Speedway Grand Prix

The 2013 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 68th edition of the official World Championship and the 19th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the thirteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company.
The British rider Tai Woffinden became world champion, making him the first British rider to win the gold medal since Mark Loram in the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix. Jarosław Hampel won his third world championship medal, while Danish rider Niels Kristian Iversen won his first medal finishing third in the series.

## Qualification

For the 2013 season there were 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.
Since Jason Crump decided to retire from the series, the top eight riders – except Crump, who was replaced by ninth-placed Andreas Jonsson – from the 2012 championship qualified. Those riders were joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.
The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2012 season.

### Qualified riders

| # | Riders | 2012 place | GP Ch place | Appearance | Previous appearances in series |
| 1 | Chris Holder | 1 | — | 4th | 2010–2012 |
| 2 | Nicki Pedersen | 2 | — | 13th | 2000, 2001–2012 |
| 3 | Greg Hancock | 3 | — | 19th | 1995–2012 |
| 4 | Tomasz Gollob | 4 | — | 18th | 1995, 1996, 1997–2012 |
| 5 | Emil Sayfutdinov | 5 | — | 5th | 2009–2012 |
| 6 | Antonio Lindbäck | 7 | F | 6th | 2004, 2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2011–2012 |
| 7 | Fredrik Lindgren | 8 | — | 6th | 2004, 2006–2007, 2008–2012 |
| 8 | Andreas Jonsson | 9 | — | 12th | 2001, 2002–2012 |
| 9 | Martin Vaculík | 11 | 8 | 1st | 2012 |
| 10 | Jarosław Hampel | 14 | — | 8th | 2000–2002, 2004–2007, 2008–2009, 2010–2012 |
| 11 | Krzysztof Kasprzak | 18 | 1 | 2nd | 2004–2007, 2008, 2012 |
| 12 | Matej Žagar | — | 2 | 3rd | 2003–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2011 |
| 13 | Niels Kristian Iversen | — | 3 | 3rd | 2004–2005, 2006, 2008, 2009–2010 |
| 14 | Tai Woffinden | — | — | 2nd | 2010, 2011 |
| 15 | Darcy Ward | — | — | 1st | 2011 |

### Qualified substitutes

The following riders qualified as substitutes due to their results in the Grand Prix Challenge.
| # | Riders | 2012 place | GP Ch place |
| 19 | (19) Aleš Dryml, Jr. | — | 4 |
| 20 | (20) Leon Madsen | — | 5 |
| 21 | (21) Troy Batchelor | — | 6 |
| 22 | (22) Hans N. Andersen | 10 | 7 |
| 23 | (23) Peter Ljung | 15 | 9 |

### Crump spot controversy

Before the Toruń event in 2012, former three-times World Champion, Jason Crump announced his retirement at the end of the 2012 season.
According to the SGP Regulation, Crump's spot for the 2013 season – as sixth place in 2012 – should be taken by the first Qualified Substitute, Aleš Dryml, Jr. However, BSI has announced that Crump's spot would be awarded to Andreas Jonsson, the ninth-place finisher in the 2012 standings, per FIM regulations.
   ... Should a rider or riders who have qualified directly, either by being in the top 8 of the Final Overall Grand Prix Classification or in the top 3 of the FIM Grand Prix qualification system or who qualified through both systems, withdraw prior to the start of the Grand Prix season, the first rider or riders available on the Official Grand Prix Qualified Substitute list shall replace him or them.

## Calendar

The 2013 season consisted of 12 events, just like the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix.
| Round | Date | City and venue | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd placed | 4th placed | Results |
| 1 | 23 March | Auckland, New Zealand Western Springs Stadium | Jarosław Hampel | Tomasz Gollob | Nicki Pedersen | Greg Hancock | results |
| 2 | 20 April | Bydgoszcz, Poland Polonia Stadium | Emil Sayfutdinov | Matej Žagar | Tomasz Gollob | Tai Woffinden | results |
| 3 | 4 May | Gothenburg, Sweden Ullevi | Emil Sayfutdinov | Chris Holder | Nicki Pedersen | Jaroslaw Hampel | results |
| 4 | 18 May | Prague, Czech Republic Markéta Stadium | Tai Woffinden | Krzysztof Kasprzak | Nicki Pedersen | Emil Sayfutdinov | results |
| 5 | 1 June | Cardiff, Great Britain Millennium Stadium | Emil Sayfutdinov | Niels Kristian Iversen | Krzysztof Kasprzak | Fredrik Lindgren | results |
| 6 | 15 June | Gorzów Wlkp., Poland Jancarz Stadium | Jarosław Hampel | Chris Holder | Tai Woffinden | Greg Hancock | results |
| 7 | 29 June | Copenhagen, Denmark Parken Stadium | Darcy Ward | Matej Zagar | Chris Holder | Tomasz Gollob | results |
| 8 | 3 August | Terenzano, Italy Pista Olimpia Terenzano | Niels Kristian Iversen | Tai Woffinden | Emil Sayfutdinov | Matej Žagar | results |
| 9 | 17 August | Daugavpils, Latvia Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs | Greg Hancock | Darcy Ward | Tai Woffinden | Nicki Pedersen | results |
| 10 | 7 September | Krško, Slovenia Matija Gubec Stadium | Jarosław Hampel | Tai Woffinden | Tomasz Gollob | Niels Kristian Iversen | results |
| 11 | 21 September | Stockholm, Sweden Friends Arena | Niels Kristian Iversen | Matej Žagar | Jarosław Hampel | Greg Hancock | results |
| 12 | 5 October | Toruń, Poland Rose Motoarena | Adrian Miedzinski | Greg Hancock | Jaroslaw Hampel | Niels-Kristian Iversen | results |

## Classification

* Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
* Full-time Grand Prix rider
* Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
| Pos. | Rider | Points | NZL | EUR | SWE | CZE | GBR | POL | DEN | ITA | LAT | SVN | SCA | PL2 |
| | (14) Tai Woffinden | 151 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 10 |
| | (10) Jarosław Hampel | 142 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 17 |
| | (13) Niels Kristian Iversen | 132 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 13 |
| 4 | (3) Greg Hancock | 129 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 18 |
| 5 | (2) Nicki Pedersen | 121 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | (5) Emil Sayfutdinov | 114 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 7 | – | – | – |
| 7 | (12) Matej Žagar | 110 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
| 8 | (15) Darcy Ward | 106 | 12 | 13 | 0 | – | – | – | 19 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 13 |
| 9 | (4) Tomasz Gollob | 89 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 0 | – |
| 10 | (11) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 89 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| 11 | (7) Fredrik Lindgren | 83 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| 12 | (1) Chris Holder | 82 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | (8) Andreas Jonsson | 64 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | – | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 |
| 14 | (9) Martin Vaculík | 62 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | (6) Antonio Lindbäck | 51 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | (20) Leon Madsen | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| 17 | (19) Ales Dryml | 17 | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | (16) Adrian Miedzinski | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 |
| 19 | (16) Andzejs Lebedevs | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | – |
| 20 | (16) Chris Harris | 7 | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | (16) Linus Sundström | 6 | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | (16) Krzysztof Buczkowski | 6 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | (21) Troy Batchelor | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| 26 | (17) Fredrik Engman | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – |
| 27 | (16) Aleksander Conda | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| 28 | (18) Oliver Berntzon | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| 29 | (16) Nicolas Covatti | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | (16) Kim Nilsson | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| 31 | (16) Josef Franc | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | (17) Peter Kildemand | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 33 | (18) Kenni Larsen | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 34 | (16) Jason Bunyan | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 35 | (17) Craig Cook | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 36 | (18) Josh Auty | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 37 | (17) Dennis Andersson | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 38 | (18) Mathias Thornblom | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 39 | (17) Nicolas Vicentin | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| Rider(s) not classified |||||||||||||||
| | (17) Dale Finch | — | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | (18) Sean Mason | — | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | (17) Szymon Woźniak | — | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | (18) Mikołaj Curyło | — | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | (17) Vaclav Milik | — | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | (18) Zdenek Holub | — | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | (17) Adrian Cyfer | — | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | (18) Lukasz Cyran | — | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | (18) Michele Paco Castagna | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – |
| | (17) Kasts Puodzuks | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – |
| | (18) Maksims Bogdanovs | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – |
| | (17) Matic Voldrih | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – |
| | (18) Denis Stojs | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – |
| | (17) Paweł Przedpełski | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns |
| | (18) Kamil Pulczynski | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | NZL | EUR | SWE | CZE | GBR | POL | DEN | ITA | LAT | SVN | SCA | PL2 |