Press Release | November 11, 2023
Speedway GP Calendar Expands to 11 Rounds for 2024; Manchester Will Host FIM Speedway of Nations
This is a press release from FIM Speedway…
The FIM Speedway Grand Prix World Championship series will expand to 11 rounds as the 2024 FIM Speedway calendar is revealed.
Having staged an historic Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup in 2023 – speedway’s 100th anniversary season – Wroclaw’s Olympic Stadium makes an exciting return to the Speedway GP calendar on August 31.
The FIM Speedway of Nations replaces the Monster Energy FIM SWC on the calendar, heading back to Manchester from July 9-13 as Britain’s National Speedway Stadium becomes the first venue to stage the Final of the epic pairs competition for a second time – just three years after Great Britain ended their 32-year wait for a world team title in the 2021 Final there.
There’s also huge news for fans in Bavaria as German club Landshut hosts the FIM Speedway GP of Germany – Landshut on May 18 – its first SGP event since Danish legend Hans Nielsen topped the podium there on July 6, 1997.
Speedway GP roars back into Landshut for the first time since 1997
With the Landshut Devils entering the Polish leagues in 2021, winning promotion to the First Division at the first attempt that season, the news comes as another huge milestone for Germany’s biggest speedway club, which hosted the 2018 FIM GP Challenge and the 2019 FIM SON opening round.
Poland’s four-time champion Bartosz Zmarzlik bids to become the first rider in SGP history to win three world titles in a row as he prepares for a Speedway GP season, featuring 11 rounds across eight different countries and 15 riders from nine different nations – including Latvia’s Andzejs Lebedevs, Germany’s Kai Huckenbeck, Poland’s Dominik Kubera and Szymon Wozniak and Czech racer Jan Kvech, who all make their full-time SGP debuts in 2024.
Great Britain ended a 32-year wait for a world team title last time the FIM Speedway of Nations visited Manchester in 2021
Racing gets underway with the FIM Speedway GP of Croatia at Donji Kraljevec’s Speedway Stadion Milenium on April 27, before climaxing with the iconic FIM Speedway GP of Poland – Torun on September 28.
FIM Speedway’s fastest junior riders will also be in action as part of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Sports Europe’s vision to develop the stars of the future, with the FIM Speedway Under-21 world champion crowned over a three-round FIM SGP2 series. FIM SGP3 – the 250cc FIM Speedway Youth World Championship – and the 190cc FIM Speedway Youth World Cup (SGP4) also return.
Torun stages the Speedway GP and SGP2 finale on September 28
2024 FIM Speedway GP Calendar
April 27 – FIM Speedway GP of Croatia
May 11 – FIM Speedway GP of Poland – Warsaw
May 18 – FIM Speedway GP of Germany – Landshut
June 1 – FIM Speedway GP of Czech Republic – Prague
June 15 – FIM Speedway GP of Sweden – Malilla
June 29 – FIM Speedway GP of Poland – Gorzow
August 17 – FIM Speedway GP of Great Britain – Cardiff
August 31 – FIM Speedway GP of Poland – Wroclaw
September 7 – FIM Speedway GP of Latvia – Riga
September 14 – FIM Speedway GP of Denmark – Vojens
September 28 – FIM Speedway GP of Poland – Torun
Speedway GP is back at Wroclaw’s Olympic Stadium for 2024
2024 FIM SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS: Manchester, Great Britain
Tuesday, July 9 – FIM Speedway of Nations Semi-Final 1
Wednesday, July 10 – FIM Speedway of Nations Semi-Final 2
Friday, July 12 – FIM Speedway of Nations – SON2
Saturday, July 13 – FIM Speedway of Nations Final
2024 FIM SGP2 (FIM Speedway Under-21 World Championship)
Friday, June 14 – FIM SGP2 of Sweden – Malilla
Friday, September 6 – FIM SGP2 of Latvia – Riga
Friday, September 27 – FIM SGP2 of Poland – Torun
2024 FIM SGP3 (FIM Speedway Youth World Championship)
Friday, June 28 – FIM SGP3 Final (Gorzow, Poland)
2024 FIM SGP4 (FIM Speedway Youth World Cup (SGP4))
Saturday, June 15 – FIM SGP4 (Malilla, Sweden)
