2020 Speedway Grand Prix | |
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Season details | |
Dates | 28 August - 3 October |
Events | 8 |
Cities | 4 |
Countries | 2 |
Riders | 15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves |
Heats | 184 (in 8 events) |
Winners | |
Champion | POL Bartosz Zmarzlik |
Runner-up | GBR Tai Woffinden |
3rd place | SWE Fredrik Lindgren |
The 2020 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 26th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 75th FIM Speedway World Championship.[1][2] It was the 20th series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company
A new points system was introduced with overall positions deciding the number of championship points a rider scored from a Grand Prix (GP), and points scored in each individual heat used to determine a rider's progress in a GP.
The series was dominated by Polish venues with six of the eight races held in Poland.[3] Bartosz Zmarzlik was the defending champion, having won the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix series, and he successfully retained his title in 2020 by winning four of the eight rounds. Former three-time champion Tai Woffinden finished second after winning a run-off with Fredrik Lindgren. Maciej Janowski, Leon Madsen and Jason Doyle completed the top six, thus earning places in the 2021 series.