2018 Speedway European Championship

The 2018 Speedway European Championship season was the sixth season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 18th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the fifth series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.

2018 Speedway European Championship
Season details
Dates23 June – 15 September
Events4
Cities4
Countries3
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats(in 4 events)
Winners
Champion DEN Leon Madsen
Runner-up POL Jarosław Hampel
3rd place GBR Robert Lambert

The championship was won by Denmark's Leon Madsen,[1] who finished 11 points ahead of Jarosław Hampel in second. Madsen won the last two rounds of the series, scoring a full 15-point maximum in the final round. Robert Lambert finished third overall, with Antonio Lindbäck and Mikkel Michelsen completing the top five.

Qualification

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For the 2018 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wildcard and two track reserves.

Defending champion, Andžejs Ļebedevs from Latvia was automatically invited to participate in all final events, while Václav Milík, Krzysztof Kasprzak and Andreas Jonsson secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2017 season. Artem Laguta, who finished second in 2017, declined his invite,[2] meaning an extra wildcard was announced.

Five riders qualified through the SEC Challenge, while Leon Madsen, Jarosław Hampel, Piotr Pawlicki Jr., Antonio Lindbäck, Kai Huckenbeck and Robert Lambert were named as series wildcards. [3]

Qualified riders

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# Riders 2017 place SEC Ch place Appearance
  Andžejs Ļebedevs 1 4th
  Václav Milík 3 4th
  Krzysztof Kasprzak 4 4th
  Andreas Jonsson 5 3rd
  Emil Sayfutdinov 1 5th
  Mikkel Michelsen 2 1st
  Josef Franc 3 1st
  Andrey Kudryashov 9 4 1st
  Peter Kildemand 5 3rd
  Leon Madsen 13 3rd
  Jarosław Hampel 14 1st
  Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 1st
  Antonio Lindbäck 8 3rd
  Kai Huckenbeck 16 6 1st
  Robert Lambert 1st

Calendar

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Qualification

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The calendar for qualification consisted of 3 Semi-final events and one SEC Challenge event.

Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
SEC Challenge 5 May   Terenzano, Italy

Moto Club Olimpia

  Emil Sayfutdinov   Mikkel Michelsen   Josef Franc   Andrey Kudryashov results

Championship Series

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A four-event calendar was scheduled for the final series,[4] with events in Poland, Germany and Latvia.

Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
1 23 June   Gniezno, Poland

Stadion Miejski

  Jarosław Hampel   Antonio Lindbäck   Kai Huckenbeck   Mikkel Michelsen results
2 14 July   Güstrow, Germany

Stadion Güstrow

  Robert Lambert   Leon Madsen   Mikkel Michelsen   Emil Sayfutdinov results
3 18 August   Daugavpils, Latvia

Spīdveja centrs

  Leon Madsen   Emil Sayfutdinov   Robert Lambert   Václav Milík results
4 15 September   Chorzów, Poland

Silesian Stadium

  Leon Madsen   Antonio Lindbäck   Kacper Woryna   Jarosław Hampel results

Classification

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Pos. Rider Points        
1   (66) Leon Madsen 56 8 14 16 18
2   (33) Jarosław Hampel 45 17 8 9 11
3   (505) Robert Lambert 41 6 14 13 8
4   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 40 13 4 11 12
5   (155) Mikkel Michelsen 40 9 11 8 12
6   (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 39 6 11 13 9
7   (225) Václav Milík 32 8 8 10 6
8   (25) Peter Kildemand 32 8 10 7 7
9   (744) Kai Huckenbeck 26 11 9 6 0
10   (91) Andrey Kudryashov 26 5 8 8 5
11   (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 24 8 6 3 7
12   (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 20 9 3 8
13   (29) Andžejs Ļebedevs 20 5 5 7 3
14   (100) Andreas Jonsson 19 7 6 6 0
15   (16) Kacper Woryna 13 13
16   (16) Kevin Wölbert 8 8
17   (16) Adrian Gała 5 5
18   (19) Oleksandr Loktaev 4 4
19   (16) Oļegs Mihailovs 4 4
20   (444) Josef Franc 4 0 0 1 3
21   (18) Jakub Miśkowiak 3 3
22   (17) Robert Chmiel 1 1
23   (18) Norbert Krakowiak 1 1
24   (17) Max Dilger 1 1
25   (17) Rafał Karczmarz 1 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Leon Madsen new champion". SEC.
  2. ^ "Lambert replaces Laguta". SEC.
  3. ^ "Participants announced". SEC.
  4. ^ "2018 SEC Events". SEC.
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