2023 Individual Long Track World Championship

From WikiProjectMed
Jump to navigation Jump to search

2023 Individual Long Track World Championship
Start date24 June
End date17 September
← 2022
2024 →

The 2023 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 53rd edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1][2]

Mathieu Trésarrieu was the defending champion having won the title in 2022, but did not compete.[3]

Germany's Martin Smolinski won the championship by seven points from Chris Harris, despite not winning a Grand Prix. It was the second time he won the title, having also triumphed in 2018. Kenneth Kruse Hansen completed the podium on countback, ahead of Zach Wajtknecht.

Venues

Round Date Venue Winner
1 18 May Germany Herxheim Czech Republic Josef Franc[4]
2 17 June Poland Ostrów Wielkopolski England Chris Harris[5]
3 13 July France Marmande England Chris Harris[6]
4 20 August Germany Scheessel Denmark Kenneth Kruse Hansen[7]
5 2 September France Morizes Netherlands Romano Hummel[8]
6 17 September Germany Mühldorf Denmark Kenneth Kruse Hansen[9]

Intermediate Classification

Pos Rider Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Total
1 Germany Martin Smolinski 13 19 19 17 19 19 106
2 England Chris Harris 10 21 21 19 17 11 99
3 Denmark Kenneth Kruse Hansen 2 17 3 21 13 21 77
4 England Zach Wajtknecht 19 13 17 4 9 15 77
5 Netherlands Romano Hummel 11 5 9 10 21 17 73
6 Czech Republic Josef Franc 21 11 7 2 10 13 64
7 Denmark Jakub Bukhave 9 7 11 11 11 5 54
8 Germany Lukas Fienhage 17 8 13 9 x x 47
Czech Republic Hynek Štichauer 1 15 10 3 8 10 47
10 Netherlands Dave Meijerink x 3 15 5 15 7 45
11 Netherlands Mika Meijer 3 9 8 7 3 2 32
12 Germany Stephan Katt 8 2 1 13 2 3 29
Netherlands Theo Pijper 7 4 5 8 1 4 29
14 France Gaétan Stella 15 1 x x 7 1 24
15 Finland Tero Aarnio x x 4 0 4 9 17
16 Germany Erik Riss x x x 15 x x 15
17 Poland Stanisław Burza x 10 x x x x 10
18 Germany Jörg Tebbe 0 x x 1 x 8 9
19 Germany Daniel Spiller 5 x x x x x 5
France Jordan Dubernard x x 0 x 5 x 5
21 Germany Max Dilger 4 x x x x x 4
22 France Mathias Trésarrieu x x 2 x x x 2
23 Germany Fabian Wachs x x x 0 x x 0

References

  1. ^ "Long Track World Championship comes to life this Thursday". FIM. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Zach on the attack". FIM. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Mathieu Trésarrieu: No World Cup - Lots of Work at the Job". Speedweek. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  4. ^ "FRANC STRIKES FIRST AS WAJTKNECHT IS SECOND IN 2023 FIM LONG TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OPENER – RACE REPORT & RESULTS". Dirt Hub. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Gold for Harris in Ostrow". British Speedway. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Harris takes second World Long Track win". FIM Moto. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Scheessel result" (PDF). FIM Moto. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Victory for Hummel sets up thrilling decider". FIM Moto. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  9. ^ "FIM Long Track World Championship-Final 6-Mühldorf". Baansport fansite. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
Retrieved from "https://mdwiki.org/wiki/2023_Individual_Long_Track_World_Championship"