# 2018 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2018 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualification was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings that were used to determine the three riders that qualified for the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix. The series consisted of four qualifying rounds at Esbjerg, Žarnovica, Lonigo and Abensberg, two semi-finals at Olching and Terenzano and the Grand Prix Challenge at Togliatti. The three riders that qualified were Przemysław Pawlicki, Artem Laguta and Craig Cook.

## Qualifying rounds

| Round One 6 May 2017 Esbjerg Pos. Rider Points Details 1 Piotr Pawlicki Jr.12(3,3,2,3,1) 2 Kenneth Bjerre11+3(3,1,2,2,3) 3 Kai Huckenbeck11+2(0,3,2,3,3) 4 Kjasts Puodžuks11+1(2,3,3,1,2) 5 Chris Harris10(3,2,3,2,0) 6 Peter Ljung10(2,2,3,1,2) 7 Michael Jepsen Jensen9+3(2,3,1,0,3) 8 Mikkel Michelsen9+2(2,1,0,3,3) 9 Sam Masters9+1(3,2,1,2,1) 10 Timo Lahti6(1,2,1,1,1) 11 Rasmus Jensen5(-,-,3,0,2) 12 Jacob Thorssell5(0,1,1,3,0) 13 Danny King5(1,0,2,0,2) 14 Andrey Kudryashov3(1,0,0,1,1) 15 Tero Aarnio2(0,0,0,2,0) 16 Glenn Moi2(1,1,0,0,0) 17 Janusz Kołodziej0(0,D,-,-,-) René BachDNS | Round Two 6 May 2017 Žarnovica Pos. Rider Points Details 1 Martin Vaculík14(3,3,3,3,2) 2 Matej Žagar13(3,2,3,2,3) 3 Adrian Miedziński11+3(2,3,1,2,3) 4 Patryk Dudek11+2(3,2,2,3,1) 5 Andrey Karpov11+1(2,3,2,2,2) 6 Grigory Laguta10+3(1,1,3,2,3) 7 Leon Madsen10+2(3,2,1,1,3) 8 Andžejs Ļebedevs10+1(0,3,2,3,2) 9 Tomáš Suchánek7(1,0,3,1,2) 10 Troy Batchelor7(2,1,2,1,1) 11 Eduard Krčmář5(2,1,1,D,1) 12 Norbert Magosi4(0,0,1,3,0) 13 Mark Riss3(1,1,0,0,1) 14 Michele Paco Castagna2(0,2,0,0,0) 15 Nick Škorja1(0,0,0,1,0) 16 Patrik Buri1(1,0,0,0,0) Ján MihálikDNS Jakub ValkovičDNS |
| Round Three 7 May 2017 Lonigo Pos. Rider Points Details 1 Craig Cook14(3,2,3,3,3) 2 Max Fricke13+3(3,3,3,3,1) 3 Pontus Aspgren13+2(3,3,3,1,3) 4 Maksims Bogdanovs12(3,2,2,2,3) 5 Linus Sundström12(2,3,2,3,2) 6 Kevin Wölbert10(2,2,3,0,3) 7 Václav Milík Jr.9(W,3,2,2,2) 8 Jurica Pavlic7(0,1,1,3,2) 9 Justin Sedgmen7(1,2,2,2,W) 10 József Tabaka6(2,0,1,1,2) 11 Guglielmo Franchetti5(1,1,0,2,1) 12 Daniele Tessari4(1,1,1,0,1) 13 Denis Štojs3(2,1,0,U,0) 14 John Bernard2(0,0,1,1,0) 15 Alexandre Dubrana1(1,0,U,U,U) 16 Alessandro Milanese1(0,0,0,0,1) Alessandro NovelloDNS | Round Four 5 June 2017 Abensberg Pos. Rider Points Details 1 Peter Kildemand13(3,2,2,3,3) 2 Mateusz Szczepaniak12(1,3,3,2,3) 3 Hans N. Andersen11+3(3,3,1,2,2) 4 Dany Gappmaier11+2(1,3,3,2,3) 5 Oliver Berntzon10(2,3,2,1,2) 6 Przemysław Pawlicki10(2,1,2,3,2) 7 Matěj Kůs9+3(D,1,3,2,3) 8 Martin Smolinski9+2(2,2,1,3,1) 9 Erik Riss9+0(3,2,0,1,3) 10 Ludvig Lindgren7(1,2,0,3,1) 11 Nicolas Vicentin6(3,W,1,1,1) 12 Bradley Wilson-Dean5(2,1,2,W,W) 13 Ricky Wells4(W,0,3,T,1) 14 Niklas Sayrio3(1,1,1,0,0) 15 Mike Jacopetti1(0,0,0,1,0) 16 Patrik Mikel0(0,0,W,-,-) 17 Danny Maasen0(-,-,-,0,0) 18 Max Dilger0(-,-,-D,-) |

## Semi-finals

| Semi-final 1 15 June 2017 Olching Pos. Rider Points Details 1 Leon Madsen15(3,3,3,3,3) 2 Piotr Pawlicki Jr.14(3,3,3,3,2) 3 Martin Smolinski10+3(1,1,2,3,3) 4 Adrian Miedziński10+2(1,3,1,2,3) 5 Martin Vaculík10+0(3,2,3,2,0) 6 Kai Huckenbeck8+3(1,2,3,0,2) 7 Mateusz Szczepaniak8+2(3,3,1,1,0) 8 Kenneth Bjerre8+1(0,1,2,3,2) 9 Chris Harris7(1,2,2,1,1) 10 Peter Ljung6(0,2,0,1,3) 11 Hans N. Andersen6(0,1,2,2,1) 12 Oliver Berntzon5(2,1,1,1,0) 13 Mikkel Michelsen4(2,0,0,0,2) 14 Maksims Bogdanovs4(0,0,1,2,1) 15 Kjasts Puodžuks3(2,0,0,0,1) 16 Andrey Karpov2(2,0,0,0,-) 17 René Deddens0(-,-,-,-,0) Erik RissDNR | Semi-final 2 17 June 2017 Terenzano Pos. Rider Points Details 1 Craig Cook13(3,3,2,3,2) 2 Václav Milík Jr.12(3,3,3,1,2) 3 Matej Žagar10+3(1,2,2,2,3) 4 Przemysław Pawlicki10+2(2,2,3,3,W) 5 Peter Kildemand9(3,2,1,0,3) 6 Max Fricke9(2,2,0,2,3) 7 Patryk Dudek8+3(T,1,3,2, 2) 8 Michael Jepsen Jensen8+2(1,3,3,0,1) 9 Linus Sundström7(0,3,1,0,3) 10 Kevin Wölbert7(2,1,1,3,0) 11 Jurica Pavlic7(3,1,0,2,1) 12 Grigory Laguta6(1,1,1,3,-) 13 Pontus Aspgren5(0,0,2,1,2) 14 Dany Gappmaier5(1,0,2,1,1) 15 Michele Paco Castagna2(2,-,-,-,-) 16 Matěj Kůs1(0,D,0,1,D) 17 Daniele Tessari1(-,-,-,-,1) 18 Guglielmo Franchetti0(0,0,0,0,0) |

## 2017 Speedway Grand Prix Challenge

Grand Prix Challenge
19 August 2017
Togliatti
Laguta and Jepsen Jensen were nominated as wildcards.
Dudek finished third, but as he qualified for the 2018 Grand Prix series by virtue of finishing in the top 8 in the 2017 Grand Prix standings, the 4th place rider, Cook, was awarded a GP place.
Pos.
Rider
Points
Details
1 Przemysław Pawlicki13+3(3,3,1,3,3)
2 Artem Laguta13+W(2,3,2,3,3)
3 Patryk Dudek12(1,2,3,3,3)
4 Craig Cook11(0,3,3,2,3)
5 Michael Jepsen Jensen9(3,2,0,2,2)
6 Piotr Pawlicki Jr.9(1,1,3,2,2)
7 Peter Kildemand8(3,2,2,1,0)
8 Václav Milík Jr.6(0,3,1,0,2)
9 Kai Huckenbeck6(1,2,0,3,D)
10 Leon Madsen6(1,0,3,1,1)
11 Mateusz Szczepaniak6(2,1,0,2,1)
12 Matej Žagar6(2,0,2,1,1)
13 Gleb Chugunov5(3,0,1,1,0)
14 Martin Smolinski5(2,1,2,0,0)
15 Andrey Kudryashov2(-,-,0,0,2)
16 Roman Lachbaum2(0,0,1,0,1)
17 Martin Vaculík1(1,D,-,-,-) :