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LAGUTA MAKES PANTHERS MOVE
Former Speedway GP world champion Artem Laguta is back in Britain’s Sports Insure Premiership after making the switch to Peterborough for the rest of the 2023 season.Laguta was recently replaced in the King’s Lynn side by Speedway GP rider Robert Lambert, who will see out the year with his boyhood club.Panthers have been searching for a true No.1 all season following the early departure of triple world champion Nicki Pedersen, who was injured in his opening heat for the club.Laguta comes into the team in place of Polish rider Patryk Wojdylo after Peterborough confirmed he was “no longer available”, despite a promising start to his UK career.It’s set to be Panthers' last season in the sport unless they can find a new home, with the East of England Showground set to close for racing in October.But Panthers are determined to go out with a bang and 2021 Speedway GP gold medallist Laguta makes his Peterborough debut in their Knockout Cup semi-final clash at home to Ipswich on Monday.Team manager Rob Lyon said: “We had a very short period of time to sort something out, and there aren’t a great many riders who want to come in at this late stage.“But Artem very much does, and he’s excited to be with us and to finish off the season in the UK. He has enjoyed racing in the UK so it’s a move that suits both parties.”Lyon is gutted he couldn’t have started 2023 with his current side, which also features former Speedway GP stars Chris Harris and Niels-Kristian Iversen, plus Vadim Tarasenko, Ben Cook, Benjamin Basso and rising star Jordan Jenkins.He added: “It’s ironic that this gives us the sort of line-up that at the start of the season you’d say if it didn’t get in the play-offs, you’d eat your hat!“Now it will probably end up as one of the strongest teams in the league and it will end up near the bottom of the league. But we’ve still got the KO Cup to race for, as well as the remaining league matches, and it gives us the chance to have a good send-off.”
DANISH STAR HANSEN UNDERGOES SURGERY IN POLAND
Danish racer Patrick Hansen was set for surgery on Saturday night after his Polish club Rybnik confirmed he suffered injuries in their First Division meeting in Ostrow on Saturday.Hansen was taken to hospital after crashing with teammate Patryk Wojdylo in heat three of Rybnik’s 50-40 defeat.In a statement on their official website on Saturday night, Rybnik confirmed the rider was due to undergo surgery.The statement read: “At the moment, Patrick's operation is underway at the hospital in Kalisz. It will last about three hours. We will be able to say more about the surgery in the morning. “Right now, we know that Patrick has a spinal injury. The case is serious, but we keep our fingers crossed for his speedy recovery.”Everyone involved with FIM Speedway wishes Patrick a full and speedy recovery from his injuries.
CARDIFF SPEEDWAY GP FANZONE LINE-UP REVEALED
Fans can enjoy a packed programme of entertainment ahead of the FIM Speedway GP of Great Britain – Cardiff on September 2 as the full line-up for this year’s fanzone on City Hall Lawn is revealed.Make a day of it in the heart of the Welsh capital as the fanzone gets underway at 10am UK time – around a 15-minute walk from Principality Stadium in front of Cardiff’s stunning City Hall.Britain’s triple world champion Tai Woffinden cranks up the volume at 1.30pm with his trademark Cardiff burnout.He then joins his fellow Monster Energy Speedway GP athletes Fredrik Lindgren, Dan Bewley, Patryk Dudek and Jack Holder for the always-popular Monster Energy Rig Riot at 1.45pm – the perfect opportunity for fans to some grab Monster Energy Speedway GP goodies.
BRITISH ACE LAMBERT SEEKS FIRST TASTE OF SPEEDWAY GP VICTORY IN CARDIFF
Great Britain racer Robert Lambert admits there would be no better place to join the FIM Speedway Grand Prix winners’ circle than the FIM Speedway GP of Great Britain – Cardiff on September 2.Lambert, who recently returned to boyhood club King’s Lynn in Britain’s Sports Insure Premiership after four years away, joins 2022 Cardiff winner Dan Bewley, triple Speedway GP world champion Tai Woffinden and wild card Steve Worrall in flying the Union flag at the iconic Principality Stadium in Britain’s biggest indoor motorsport event.The 25-year-old has already racked up quite a list of major honours in the sport, having led his country to their first world team title in 32 years at the 2021 FIM Speedway of Nations Final in Manchester, as well as winning two silver medals in the competition in 2018 and 2022 and finishing second in the Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup in 2016 and 2023. The 2020 Speedway European Championship winner was also second in two Speedway GP rounds at legendary Danish circuit Vojens last September and Croatia’s Speedway Stadion Milenium in April this year.But Lambert is still searching for his first Speedway GP win, and he would love to make it happen at the Principality Stadium after watching Bewley race to his first SGP victory in Cardiff’s cauldron of noise in August last year.
DANISH DUO RASMUS JENSEN & JESPER KNUDSEN HANDED WILD CARDS FOR VOJENS FIM SPEEDWAY WEEKEND
Former Danish champion Rasmus Jensen gets the chance to build on his impressive FIM Speedway Grand Prix debut in 2022 when he returns as DeluxeHomeart FIM Speedway GP of Denmark – Vojens wild card.Jensen lines up in the famous No.16 race jacket at Denmark’s national speedway stadium on Saturday, September 16.Ahead of the Speedway GP showdown, the iconic track also stages the Jørgen Hansen Biler FIM SGP2 of Denmark – Vojens on Friday, September 15. The grand finale of the 2023 FIM Speedway Under-21 World Championship sees local Danish star Jesper Knudsen compete as wild card on a night when Poland’s Mateusz Cierniak needs just 11 points or more to become only the fourth double World Under-21 champion in the sport’s history.Following the SGP2 event on the Saturday night, Jensen takes on the sport’s biggest stars including Poland’s Bartosz Zmarzlik, who could also make history and seal his fourth Speedway GP World Championship at Vojens.Zmarzlik won the 2022 FIM Danish Speedway GP, but Jensen also impressed – reaching the semi-finals on his first-ever SGP appearance, leaving with a very healthy 12 championship points. It was the best wild-card performance of last year and Jensen, who lifted the 2022 Danish Championship, will hope to go a step further in 2023.He has already starred for his country in this summer’s Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup Final in Wroclaw on July 29, topping the Danish score chart on 13 points as a team managed by triple Speedway GP world champion Nicki Pedersen won the bronze medals in Poland.Jensen is joined in the Speedway GP event by track reserves Mads Hansen and Benjamin Basso, who line up in the No.17 and No.18 race jackets respectively. They will race if any of the main 16 riders are forced out of a heat due to injury, illness, a starting offence or other reasons.Both men race for Vojens club Sønderjylland Elite Speedway in the Danish Speedwayligaen. Local favourite Hansen was runner-up in the 2021 FIM Speedway Under-21 World Championship and Basso took fifth place in last year’s competition, which was rebranded as SGP2.
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