of racing in the British
leagues, where he won
three Elite League titles
in a row with Poole
between 2013 and
2015, paid dividends as
he mastered Horsens
once again.
"I have some expe-
rience on the small
tracks from racing
in Britain," he said.
"Sometimes I have two
crashes and two points
on them! But Britain
was a good school for
me.
"That's the way for a
lot of young riders to learn. It's
hard to get the experience you
get there anywhere else."
Sayfutdinov worked wonders
to get to Horsens in time for
action after a hold-up on the mo-
torway in Germany saw him and
his team stranded for two and a
half hours. So he was more than
happy with his first SGP podium
since he finished third at the
2013 Italian SGP.
The Salavat-born racer, now
sixth in the World Championship
at 47 points, said, "After my third
race, it went really well. I won
my last two heats and I was last
in the semi, but I passed Lind-
back and Zagar.
"I got into the final and I am
really happy to be on the po-
dium. I'd just like to say thanks to
my team. We have really worked
hard. With that hard work, we
got to the final.
"We scored some important
points today. I'm going up in the
standings and I am really happy."
Dudek is still level on 65
points with Doyle at the top of
the World Championship, with
only the Aussie star's 2016
ranking keeping the Pole out
of first place. But he's not too
concerned about the standings
at this stage as he bids to keep
piling up the points.
"It doesn't matter for me now,"
said Dudek. "For me, I just want
to score points through the
whole series. When I have the
podiums, it's great. Sometimes I
won't. What's most important is
my score."
Dudek admits he had to get
to grips with the tight, 892-foot
Horsens track fast, having rarely
raced on such small circuits.
He said, "The track here had
tight corners and for me, that's
not normal. Tracks in Poland are
so big. But that doesn't matter. I
had third place."
John Hipkiss
KJÆRGAARD DANISH
SGP SCORES:
1. Maciej Janowski (17)
2. Emil Sayfutdinov (14)
3. Patryk Dudek (14)
4. Jason Doyle (15)
5. Matej Zagar (11)
6. Tai Woffinden (11)
7. Antonio Lindback (8)
8. Fredrik Lindgren (8)
9. Kenneth Bjerre (7)
10. Greg Hancock (7)
IN
THE
WIND
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Maciej Janoswki's mastery of
the smaller tracks showed at the
Danish Speedway GP.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
JOHN
HIPKISS
