Robert Lambert and Kai Huckenbeck led dwelling their rivals in Saturday’s concluding two 2026 FIM Speedway Grand Prix Qualifying rounds – staged at Žarnovica in Slovakia and Glasgow in Nice Britain – to ebook their locations within the FIM SGP World Championship Problem.
With the highest 5 from each Žarnovica and Glasgow becoming a member of the highest 5 from the primary spherical at Abensberg in Germany earlier within the week, the fifteen qualifiers – who might be combating for 4 priceless locations within the 2027 FIM Speedway Grand Prix World Championship (SGP) – have now been determined for the showdown at Terenzano in Italy on 25 July.
The motion bought below manner within the afternoon on the Speedway Stadium Žarnovica the place Australia’s Jaimon Lidsey picked up the primary win of the programme forward of Oliver Berntzon from Sweden earlier than Latvian Andzejs Lebedevs – who was fourth in final season’s FIM SGP World Championship Problem – received from Czech racer Adam Bubba Bednar.
British star Lambert then picked up an necessary early win forward of the hotly-tipped pairing of Polish racer Kacper Woryna – who sits second within the SGP standings after two rounds – and Danish rival Michael Jepsen Jensen, who have been second and fifth within the 2025 FIM SGP World Championship Problem, with Italy’s Felipe Nicolas Covatti finishing the opening block of racing with victory chased by dwelling favorite Martin Vaculik.
Vaculik had the passionate followers on their toes with victory in his second Warmth and Jepsen Jensen and Woryna then each claimed their first wins of the afternoon earlier than Lambert dropped some extent towards Lidsey.
Following additional wins for Woryna, Lambert and Lebedevs, Bednar then pressured Lidsey to drop some extent leading to a three-way tie for the lead between Woryna, Lambert and Lidsey with two blocks remaining.
Lambert then made it three wins from 4 begins adopted by additional victories for Lebedevs, Jepsen Jensen and Lidsey, leaving the British and Australian riders tied on the prime on eleven factors, one away from Lebedevs and two forward of Woryna with Vaculik’s rating of eight placing him in an all-important fifth place.
Victory in his fifth Warmth forward of Lebedevs pulled Jepsen Jensen again into competition because the Latvian confirmed his place at Terenzano and Bednar, together with his second win, additionally stored his hopes of progressing alive. Lambert then rubber-stamped his look in Italy with a fourth victory as a retirement ended Vaculik’s hopes and the twenty-eight-year-old – SGP silver medallist in 2024 – was assured the highest step of the rostrum when Lidsey adopted Woryna dwelling within the remaining Warmth, with each riders making the lower for the FIM SGP World Championship Problem.
The ultimate place in Terenzano went to Jepsen Jensen following a run-off with Bednar for fifth earlier than Lebedevs defeated Woryna in a run-off for third.
With the 5 riders from Žarnovica determined, focus switched to Glasgow the place the ultimate 5 locations have been on the road and the house supporters got good purpose to cheer when, following early wins for Australian Jack Holder and Germany’s Huckenbeck, British favourites Adam Ellis and Chris Harris additionally claimed victories of their opening Heats.
Huckenbeck took his second win of the evening forward of Poland’s Piotr Pawlicki – who had adopted Harris throughout the road first day out – and Frederik Jakobsen from Denmark received from 2022 SGP bronze medallist Maciej Janowski earlier than Harris beat Holder and twenty-four-year-old rising British star Anders Rowe led dwelling Jonas Knudsen.
After beginning with two third locations, Victor Palovaara from Sweden claimed his first win of the evening chased by Ellis – who was slipping out of competition following a no-score in his second Warmth – and Huckenbeck took some extent from Harris earlier than Holder, who’s presently fifth in SGP, beat Rowe and Jakobsen defeated his compatriot Knudsen.
Pointless by the opening three Heats, Norway’s Lasse Fredriksen took a comfort victory earlier than Poland’s Janowski received from Rowe, Huckenbeck maintained his one-hundred per cent document forward of Holder and Palovaara got here out on prime of a battle with Harris to arrange a dramatic remaining block.
Rowe signed off with a win to make sure his development to Terenzano the place he might be joined by Holder – who made the lower with a second behind Britain’s Tom Brennan – and Huckenbeck who accomplished his most to sail by and after Holder had received a run-off for second with Rowe, Jakobsen and Harris claimed the ultimate two qualifying positions following a run-off with Janowski.
Žarnovica Outcomes
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Glasgow Outcomes
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Phrases FIM Observe Racing – Function Picture Ian Adam – British Speedway
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