Kurtz, Kubera, Thomsen and Fricke advance to FIM SGP 2025

04.10.2024 20:54
Fot. Marcin Karczewski

The GP Challenge final took place in Pardubice, Czech Republic, determining the next four riders who will be regular participants in the FIM Speedway Grand Prix 2025 season. Dominik Kubera secured advancement, alongside Brady Kurtz, Anders Thomsen, and Max Fricke.

The first part of the competition belonged to Brady Kurtz, Dominik Kubera, and Jacob Thorssell, who were unbeaten after two series of starts. In his third race, Kubera had to acknowledge the superiority of Kurtz. The next series of starts resulted in a situation where each rider found their match. A way to defeat Kurtz was found by the host representative, Jan Kvech, who won the start.

By the 17th race, it was certain that the best competitor of the tournament – Brady Kurtz – guaranteed himself an advance to the FIM Speedway Grand Prix 2025 cycle, then joined by Anders Thomsen and Dominik Kubera. The last spot awaited Max Fricke, the 28-year-old returns as a regular rider in the cycle, after a year’s break. This season, fans could watch him competing for the Individual World Championship title, substituting for the injured Jason Doyle.

In Pardubice, three more Polish representatives participated – Przemysław Pawlicki (7th place), Kacper Woryna (8th place), and Patryk Dudek (11th place).

Results (according to WP SportoweFakty):

  1. Brady Kurtz (Australia) – 13 (3,3,3,2,2)
  2. Anders Thomsen (Denmark) – 12 (2,1,3,3,3)
  3. Dominik Kubera (Poland) – 11 (3,3,1,3,1)
  4. Max Fricke (Australia) – 11 (2,3,2,1,3)
  5. Jacob Thorssell (Sweden) – 10 (3,3,2,0,2)
  6. Kevin Woelbert (Germany) – 8 (0,2,1,3,2)
  7. Przemysław Pawlicki (Poland) – 8 (2,2,0,2,2)
  8. Kacper Woryna (Poland) – 7 (0,w,3,1,3)
  9. Jan Kvech (Czech Republic) – 6 (2,1,0,3,0)
  10. Frederik Jakobsen (Denmark) – 6 (1,2,w,0,3)
  11. Patryk Dudek (Poland) – 6 (1,0,3,1,1)
  12. Rasmus Jensen (Denmark) – 6 (1,2,0,2,1)
  13. Kai Huckenbeck (Germany) – 5 (3,0,2,w,w)
  14. Jaimon Lidsey (Australia) – 4 (0,0,1,2,1)
  15. Tom Brennan (Great Britain) – 4 (1,1,1,1,0)
  16. Paco Castagna (Italy) – 3 (0,1,2,0,-)
  17. Jan Macek (Czech Republic) – 0 (0)
  18. Daniel Klima (Czech Republic) – ns

Łukasz Kolski

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