IN
THE
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Zmarzlik Tops
Speedway GP
of Poland
W
orld number two, Bartosz
Zmarzlik, raced to Betard
Wroclaw FIM Speedway Grand
Prix of Poland glory, August 3,
and declared the epic event "the
best GP in history."
The Polish icon raced to his
second win of 2019 and the sec-
ond of his career on home soil—
five years on from his unforget-
table 2014 Gorzow SGP triumph
as a wild card, which saw him
become the youngest SGP win-
ner of all time at the age of 19.
Zmarzlik topped the podium
ahead of Martin Vaculik and
Leon Madsen, and he now
leads the World Championship
standings on 61 points—level
with Emil Sayfutdinov and Mad-
sen, but ahead of his rivals by
his FIM ranking.
It was an incredible night
of action, which saw passing
aplenty, as Wroclaw staged its
first SGP event in 12 years in a
sold-out Olympic Stadium.
Zmarzlik was delighted to take
the win and huge 17-point haul,
but he admits he had to fight
for it. "I think that was the best
GP in history because there
were so many riders changing
places all night," he said. "It was
nice speedway. I'm very happy
because this is my first win in
Poland away from my home track
Gorzow. I scored good points,
and it was a good meeting."
Vaculik was pleased to pick up
his third SGP second place of the
season and 15 valuable points.
He's now just two off the top spot
with 59, occupying fourth place.
But the Slovak admits he's de-
termined to convert his next final
appearance into a victory.
Third-placed Madsen pro-
duced a showreel of epic rides
on his way to the final. While he
admits his starts forced him to go
on the offensive, he was pleased
to have the pace to pull off some
big moves to stay among the
championship frontrunners.
"It's the World Champion-
ship, so you have to give it 100
percent," he said. "I had to really
fight for my points again. I didn't
make the best starts every time,
so I had to do a lot of passing."
John Hipkiss
Overall
1. Bartosz Zmarzlik (17)
2. Martin Vaculik (15)
3. Leon Madsen (14)
4. Janusz Kolodziej (15)
5. Emil Sayfutdinov (14)
Bartosz Zmarzlik
won the latest round
of the 2019 FIM
Speedway Grand
Prix Championship
in Poland.
