CIERNIAK: NO RUSH IN SPEEDWAY GP QUALIFYING QUEST

Double SGP2 champion Mateusz Cierniak admits he isn’t putting a date on his dream of making it into the FIM Speedway Grand Prix series as he leaves the under-21 ranks.

Cierniak signed off his junior career in 2023 by winning a second straight FIM Speedway Under-21 World Championship, defying a nail-biting final round in Vojens to confirm his dominance of the under-21 category, in which he has won four of the six SGP2 rounds staged over the past two years.

This season sees Cierniak compete for Polish PGE Ekstraliga champions Lublin, as well as Lejonen in Sweden’s Bauhaus Elitserien and Fjelsted in the Danish Speedwayligaen, and the 21-year-old is keen to continue his rapid development in his league programme this year.

The Tarnow-born young gun is being hotly tipped as a Speedway GP star of the future. While it’s a prophecy Cierniak is determined to convert into a reality, he’s not setting a target as to when he expects to line up on the sport’s biggest senior stage.

He told SpeedwayEkstraliga.pl: “This is definitely my goal for the coming seasons. I don't know when exactly I will be ready to start fighting for entry into Speedway GP. 

“For now, I will do everything I can to collect as much experience as possible from all the competitions in which I take part. This will help me create opportunities to be a full-fledged competitor in the series.

“I want to ride at the highest level possible and be a top competitor in the leagues I am participating in. I always want to improve and never rest on my laurels. My dream of becoming an ‘adult’ world champion is certainly the one I am striving for the most.”