Gorican was the hosting city for the first round of this year cycle of Grand Prix. Martin Vaculik was tenth in this competition.
In his first race of Grand Prix of Croatia the rider came the last to the finish line. He didn’t finish his secoind race because of a bike defect.
In the next three runs he was better. Collecting only six points he got the tenth place in the tournmrnt. In Gorican the riders who scored eight points could be promoted to the semifinals. Vaculik needed two more points to get into semifinal.
In the big final Jack Holder was the winner. Jason Doyle was second and Fredrick Lindgren was third. The last in the final race was Bartosz Zmarzlik.
The second round of the Speedway Grand Prix 2024 is taking place 11th of May at PGE Narodowy Stadium in Warsaw.
“I am not satisfied after my performance in Gorican. I hope that in the next round in Warsaw I will get better scores. I have to work a lot before this competition” – said Martin Vaculik.
Results of Grand Prix in Croatia:
- Jack Holder (Australia) (3,2,3,3,1,3) 18 + victory in the final
- Jason Doyle (Australia) (2,w,2,2,2,2) 12 + 2 place in the final
- Fredrik Lindgren (Sweden) (2,2,2,1,1,2) 11 + 3 place in the final
- Bartosz Zmarzlik (Poland) (3,2,3,0,3,3) 14 + 4 place in the final
- Robert Lambert (Great Britain) (3,3,2,3,0,1) 12
- Kai Huckenbeck (Germany) (3,1,1,3,2,1) 11
- Leon Madsen (Denmark) (0,3,3,1,2,0) 9
- Dominik Kubera (Poland) (1,1,0,3,3,0) 8
- Mikkel Michelsen (Denmark) (0,3,1,0,3) 7
- Martin Vaculik (Slovakia) (0,d,3,2,1) 6
- Szymon Wozniak (Poland) (2,0,2,2,0) 6
- Jan Kvech (Czech Republic) (2,1,0,2,1) 6
- Andrzej Lebiediew (Latvia) (1,w,0,1,3) 5
- Daniel Bewley (Great Britain) (1,u,1,1,2) 5
- Matej Zagar (Slovenia) (1,2,1,0,0) 4
- Tai Woffinden (Great Britain) (0,3,0,0,d) 3
Run after run:
- Lambert, Doyle, Bewley, Michelsen
- Zmarzlik, Wozniak, Lebiediew, Madsen
- Huckenbeck, Lindgren, Kubera, Woffinden
- Holder, Kvech, Zagar, Vaculik
- Michelsen, Zmarzlik, Huckenbeck, Vaculik (d)
- Lambert, Lindgren, Kvech, Woźniak
- Woffinden, Zagar, Doyle (w), Lebiediew (w)
- Madsen, Holder, Kubera, Bewley (u)
- Holder, Woźniak, Michelsen, Woffinden
- Zmarzlik, Lambert, Zagar, Kubera
- Madsen, Doyle, Huckenbeck, Kvech
- Vaculik, Lindgren, Bewley, Lebiediew (d)
- Kubera, Kvech, Lebiediew, Michelsen
- Lambert, Vaculik, Madsen, Woffinden
- Holder, Doyle, Lindgren, Zmarzlik
- Huckenbeck, Woźniak, Bewley, Zagar
- Michelsen, Madsen, Lindgren, Zagar
- Lebiediew, Huckenbeck, Holder, Lambert
- Kubera, Doyle, Vaculik, Woźniak
- Zmarzlik, Bewley, Kvech, Woffinden (d)
- Holder, Doyle, Huckenbeck, Kubera
- Zmarzlik, Lindgren, Lambert, Madsen
- Holder, Doyle, Lindgren, Zmarzlik