2018 Speedway Under-21 World Championship

The 2018 Individual Speedway Under 21 World Championship was the 42nd edition of the FIM Individual Under-21 World Championship and was staged over three rounds, at Daugavpils, Leszno and Pardubice.[1] Poland's Maksym Drabik was the defending champion having won the title in 2017.

Result

The title was won by Bartosz Smektała, who beat Drabik by two points.[2] Smektała had trailed Drabik heading into the final round, however he scored a 21-point maximum to take the title. Great Britain's Robert Lambert took bronze.[3]

Final series
No. Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
1 June 29 Daugavpils Maksym Drabik Robert Lambert Bartosz Smektała
2 July 22 Leszno Maksym Drabik Bartosz Smektała Dan Bewley
3 September 28 Pardubice Bartosz Smektała Robert Lambert Dominik Kubera

Classification

The meeting classification [4] was according to the points scored during the meeting, with the total points scored by each rider during each meeting credited as World Championship points. The FIM Speedway Under 21 World Champion was the rider who collected most World Championship points at the end of the series. In case of a tie between one or more riders in the final overall classification, a run-off decided the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. For all other placings, the better-placed rider in the last meeting was the better placed rider.

Pos. Rider Points
Bartosz Smektała 56 171821
Maksym Drabik 54 202113
Robert Lambert 48 171318
4 Dominik Kubera 37 121312
5 Andreas Lyager 29 71012
6 Frederik Jakobsen 25 1159
7 Patrick Hansen 25 7810
8 Dan Bewley 21 714–
9 Daniel Kaczmarek 15 852
10 Robert Chmiel 15 1311
11 Joel Kling 14 68–
11 Oļegs Mihailovs 12 12––
12 Nick Škorja 12 354
13 Wiktor Lampart 9 –9–
14 Filip Hjelmland 9 45–
15 Gleb Chugunov 7 ––7
16 Davis Kurmis 7 016
17 Artem Trofimov 5 5––
18 Jan Kvěch 5 ––5
19 Daniel Spiller 5 –05
20 Filip Hájek 3 1–2
21 Petr Chlupáč 1 ––1
22 Ernest Matjuszonoks 0 0––
23 Patrik Mikel 0 ––0

See also

References
  1. "2018 FIM Speedway Under 21 World Championship Calendar". Sportowe Fakty (In Polish).
  2. "BARTOSZ SMEKTAŁA". FIM. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  3. "World Under 21 Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  4. "2018 FIM Speedway Under 21 World Championship Results". Sportowe Fakty (In Polish).
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