Eighteen riders from eight completely different nations will get a masterclass in Malilla as they attend the second FIM SGP Academy of 2025 subsequent week.
Led by Sweden’s six-time FIM Speedway world champion Tony Rickardsson, four-time Speedway GP world champion Greg Hancock and Swedish nationwide group supervisor and former FIM Speedway World Cup winner Linus Sundstrom, the FIM SGP Academy is a singular alternative for riders to take pleasure in knowledgeable teaching on and off the bike as they take their first steps into the game.
The FIM SGP Academy, staged in partnership between the FIM, Swedish bike federation SVEMO and FIM Speedway international promoter Warner Bros. Discovery Sports activities, provides riders and their households recommendation in lots of facets of speedway, together with sporting and anti-doping rules, beginning and driving strategies, bike preparation, media and social media, sponsorship, health and well being.
With the FIM SGP Academy occasions all happening away from any youth conferences, they supply the right alternative for riders and their households to study and hone their expertise away from a contest and, most significantly, have enjoyable and meet different younger riders and speedway households from all over the world.
Among the many 18 riders heading to Malilla are three from america – together with Karl Hancock, the youngest son of Speedway GP legend Greg Hancock. 5 riders from host nation Sweden can even participate. There can even be 4 riders from Germany, two from Romania, one from Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and Nice Britain.
Following the FIM SGP Academy – Down Underneath staged at Adelaide membership Gillman in January, Rickardsson appears ahead to the primary European academy of 2025, with another nonetheless to happen in Polish metropolis Torun as a part of FIM Speedway of Nations week, which runs from September 30 till October 4.
Rickardsson stated: “It’s all the time an actual pleasure to work with the younger riders and their households at these FIM SGP Academy occasions, and it’s significantly thrilling that that is the primary one to happen in Sweden.
“The response has been nice, and Greg, Linus and I sit up for seeing all 18 riders each on the observe and within the classroom as we discuss them by among the most vital facets of the game.
“We’ve got staged our SGP4 championship for the riders aged 11-13 in Malilla for the previous two seasons, and the Skrotfrag Area has the best services to coach younger riders.
“However in contrast to SGP4, this isn’t a contest – that is all about our riders having enjoyable and hopefully taking the following steps on their speedway journey.”
FIM Observe Racing Fee (CCP) director Armando Castagna commented: “Together with Tony Rickardsson, FIM race director Phil Morris and Speedway GP rider Max Fricke, it was nice to journey to Gillman in January and work with the younger riders on the FIM SGP Academy – Down Underneath.
“The Malilla academy options riders from all around the world and we’re delighted to be a part of a challenge that introduces riders and their households to the FIM Speedway world and hopefully evokes them to observe their desires within the sport. Possibly we’ll see a few of them competing in Malilla someday, and hopefully in a Speedway GP occasion.”
Laura Manciet, FIM Speedway World Championships director for WBD Sports activities, added: “The FIM SGP Academies are step one for younger riders on the pyramid system we’re constructing in partnership with the FIM.
“It could be nice to see a few of this 12 months’s FIM SGP Academy riders within the FIM SGP4 World Championship for 11-13-year-olds and SGP3 – the FIM Speedway Youth World Championship for 250cc, under-16 riders within the coming seasons. Then, in fact, it will be an enormous pleasure to see these riders progress to the FIM Speedway Underneath-21 World Championship (SGP2) and in the end Speedway GP sooner or later.
“We wish to thank the FIM, SVEMO, our hosts in Malilla and, in fact, Tony, Greg and Linus for working with us to ship this occasion for our younger riders and their households. We sit up for an amazing week in Sweden.”
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