SPEEDWAY GP QUALIFICATION PLACES INCREASED IN 2025

The SGP Commission has confirmed that the top seven riders in the 2025 FIM Speedway Grand Prix World Championship will be guaranteed places in the 2026 Speedway GP series.

In a change ahead of the new season, which gets underway with the WWK FIM Speedway GP of Germany – Landshut on May 3, the number of automatic qualifiers for the 2026 SGP series rises from six to seven.

As a result, the SGP Commission, a joint commission between motorcycling racing’s global governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) and FIM Speedway global promoter Warner Bros. Discovery Sports, will now select only three permanent wild cards – reduced from four – to complete the 2026 line-up. 

The Speedway European Championship winner and the top four riders at the FIM SGP Challenge in Holsted, Denmark on August 9 will also take their places in the 2026 field.

It was agreed by the SGP Commission to offer an additional automatic qualification place, ensuring that 12 spots in the 15-rider line-up can now only be earned on sporting merit.

With the added incentive of seven 2026 Speedway GP spots now up for grabs in this year’s FIM Speedway GP World Championship, expectations are high for an epic 10-round series, which will be contested by riders from nine different nations over seven countries – with three rounds in Poland, two in Great Britain and events in Sweden, Denmark, Czech Republic, Latvia and Germany.