Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia

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LatviaLatvian Speedway Grand Prix
StadiumRiga Speedway Stadium, Riga, Latvia
Years9 (2006-2009, 2013-2015, 2017, 2023)
Trackspeedway track
Track Length373 m
Last Event (season 2023)
Date12 Aug 2023
WinnerPoland Bartosz Zmarzlik

The Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia is a motorcycle speedway event that is a part of the Speedway Grand Prix series (the world championship.

History[edit]

From 2006 until 2017 the Grand Prix was held at the Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs. In 2023, the event returned to Latvia but at the new venue known as Riga Speedway Stadium.[1]

The 2023 event was won by Bartosz Zmarzlik, which equalled the 22 career Grand Prix wins of fellow Pole Tomasz Gollob.[2]

Winners[edit]

Season City Stadium Winner
1 2006 Daugavpils Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs United States Greg Hancock result
2 2007 Daugavpils Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs Australia Leigh Adams result
3 2008 Daugavpils Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs Australia Jason Crump result
4 2009 Daugavpils Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs United States Greg Hancock result
5 2013 Daugavpils Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs United States Greg Hancock result
6 2014 Daugavpils Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak[3] result
7 2015 Daugavpils Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs Poland Maciej Janowski result
8 2017 Daugavpils[4] Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs Poland Piotr Pawlicki Jr. result
9 2023 Riga Riga Speedway Stadium Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik result
10 2024 Riga Riga Speedway Stadium result

Most win[edit]

United States Greg Hancock 3 times

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Round 7 Riga Latvia". FIM. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. ^ "POLISH HERO ZMARZLIK EQUALS IDOL GOLLOB'S TALLY OF 22 SPEEDWAY GP WINS IN RIGA". FIM. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Kasprzak wins Latvian Speedway GP". MCNews. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  4. ^ "2017 SGP CALENDAR REVEALED". FIM. Retrieved 27 January 2023.

See also[edit]

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