VOL. 54 ISSUE 29 JULY 25, 2017 P45
JANOWSKI TOP
CARDIFF SPEEDWAY GP
P
olish star Maciej "Magic"
Janowski is ready to dig even
deeper in the FIM Speedway
World Championship race after
securing back-to-back SGP wins
with victory in the Adrian Flux
British FIM Speedway Grand
Prix in Cardiff, July 22.
Magic followed up his Kjær-
gaard Danish SGP success by
topping the Principality Stadium
podium ahead of World Champi-
onship leader Jason Doyle, Matej
Zagar and Bartosz Zmarzlik.
Doyle, on 78 points now, has
a three-point cushion at the
top, while Janowski overhauled
compatriot Patryk Dudek for
second place by virtue of his
superior 2016 ranking, with the
pair tied on 75.
World Champion Greg Han-
cock withdrew from the meet-
ing after heat one. He initially
dislocated his shoulder when he
fell down the stairs at his home
in Sweden, and was unable to
continue after it popped out
during practice on Friday and on
the first lap of heat one.
With Janowski and Dudek
now holding a 17-point advan-
tage over Fredrik Lindgren in
fourth place, the top three are
setting a blistering pace with six
rounds still to go.
Despite firing himself firmly
into the title picture, Janowski
knows there is still much work
to do.
Asked how he rated
his chances, he said, "I
think we'll all try and win
it. But we still have six
rounds to finish. Maybe
someone else will fight
for the gold in the end?
All I know is I'm working
hard at the moment and
I'll work even harder.
We'll see what happens
next. We all know how it
is in speedway. We can
be so confident, but I
need to stay focused and
keep working hard. For
now everything works. I
need to keep that up and
work a bit harder."
Janowski was over the moon
to become Poland's first Cardiff
winner. He said, "That is very
special for me. There were a lot
of Polish fans and it was crazy.
They all supported me a lot and
I got a lot of calls before the
meeting. I will probably get a lot
of messages now."
Janowski revealed he took a
huge chance with his bike setup
to ensure he got the better of
fellow countryman Zmarzlik,
who topped the heat scorechart
on 13 points and won his semi,
but dropped a chain and retired
while third in the final.
Doyle was pleased to have
ground a podium out of another
night that started on the wrong
foot, having scored just a point
in his first ride, before falling in
the next.
"Apart from Horsens, I've
started a couple of GPs not
very well and I have really been
digging deep," Doyle said. "After
the first couple of rides, I barely
had any points and had to do
it the hard way. I snuck into
the semis again and fair play to
Magic and Zagar. They were
also good tonight. They had all
the lines sorted out." CN
1. Maciej Janowski (17)
2. Jason Dyle (13)
3. Matej Zagar (12)
4. Bartosz Zmarzlik (16)
