2018 Speedway Under-21 World Championship

World Under-21 Championship
Bartosz Zmarzlik

The 2018 Individual Speedway Under 21 World Championship was the 42nd edition of the FIM Individual Under-21 World Championship and was staged over three rounds, at Daugavpils, Leszno and Pardubice.[1] Poland's Maksym Drabik was the defending champion having won the title in 2017.

Result

The title was won by Bartosz Smektała, who beat Drabik by two points.[2] Smektała had trailed Drabik heading into the final round, however he scored a 21-point maximum to take the title. Great Britain's Robert Lambert took bronze.[3][4][5]

Final series

No. Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
1 29 June Stadium Lokomotīve, Daugavpils Maksym Drabik Robert Lambert Bartosz Smektała
2 22 July Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno Maksym Drabik Bartosz Smektała Dan Bewley
3 18 September Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice Bartosz Smektała Robert Lambert Dominik Kubera

Classification

The meeting classification [6] was according to the points scored during the meeting, with the total points scored by each rider during each meeting credited as World Championship points. The FIM Speedway Under 21 World Champion was the rider who collected most World Championship points at the end of the series. In case of a tie between one or more riders in the final overall classification, a run-off decided the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. For all other placings, the better-placed rider in the last meeting was the better placed rider.

Pos. Rider Points
Bartosz Smektała 56 17 18 21
Maksym Drabik 54 20 21 13
Robert Lambert 48 17 13 18
4 Dominik Kubera 37 12 13 12
5 Andreas Lyager 29 7 10 12
6 Frederik Jakobsen 25 11 5 9
7 Patrick Hansen 25 7 8 10
8 Dan Bewley 21 7 14 –
9 Daniel Kaczmarek 15 8 5 2
10 Robert Chmiel 15 1 3 11
11 Joel Kling 14 6 8 –
11 Oļegs Mihailovs 12 12 – –
12 Nick Škorja 12 3 5 4
13 Wiktor Lampart 9 – 9 –
14 Filip Hjelmland 9 4 5 –
15 Gleb Chugunov 7 – – 7
16 Davis Kurmis 7 0 1 6
17 Artem Trofimov 5 5 – –
18 Jan Kvěch 5 – – 5
19 Daniel Spiller 5 – 0 5
20 Filip Hájek 3 1 – 2
21 Petr Chlupáč 1 – – 1
22 Ernest Matjuszonoks 0 0 – –
23 Patrik Mikel 0 – – 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "2018 FIM Speedway Under 21 World Championship Calendar". Sportowe Fakty (In Polish).
  2. ^ "BARTOSZ SMEKTAŁA". FIM. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  3. ^ "World Under 21 Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Speedway Junioren Weltmeisterschaft (U-21)". Speedway Yesterday. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  5. ^ "World U21 winners". Speedweek. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  6. ^ "2018 FIM Speedway Under 21 World Championship Results". Sportowe Fakty (In Polish).
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