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

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
#Riders2017 placeSEC Ch placeAppearance
Andžejs Ļebedevs14th
Václav Milík34th
Krzysztof Kasprzak44th
Andreas Jonsson53rd
Emil Sayfutdinov15th
Mikkel Michelsen21st
Josef Franc31st
Andrey Kudryashov941st
Peter Kildemand53rd
Leon Madsen133rd
Jarosław Hampel141st
Piotr Pawlicki Jr.1st
Antonio Lindbäck83rd
Kai Huckenbeck1661st
Robert Lambert1st

Calendar

Qualification

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

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
SEC Challenge 5 May Terenzano, Italy

Moto Club Olimpia

 Emil Sayfutdinov Mikkel Michelsen Josef Franc Andrey Kudryashov results

Championship Series

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

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
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
Pos. Rider Points
1 (66) Leon Madsen 56 8141618
2 (33) Jarosław Hampel 45 178911
3 (505) Robert Lambert 41 614138
4 (85) Antonio Lindbäck 40 1341112
5 (155) Mikkel Michelsen 40 911812
6 (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 39 611139
7 (225) Václav Milík 32 88106
8 (25) Peter Kildemand 32 81077
9 (744) Kai Huckenbeck 26 11960
10 (91) Andrey Kudryashov 26 5885
11 (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 24 8637
12 (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 20 93–8
13 (29) Andžejs Ļebedevs 20 5573
14 (100) Andreas Jonsson 19 7660
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 0013
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

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