Unfortunately the performances in SPG season in 2022 year weren’t lucky for Martin Vaculik. The Slovakian rider finished rivalry on the nineth place.
During the whole season he had better and worse competitions by turns. The two first turnments which took place in Gorican and Warsaw weren’t very successful for Vaculik. The rider was tenth in Croatia, and in Warsaw was even wrose, because he was fifteenth there.
However, the Slovakian rider got to work and he was uexcelled in Prague. In the final he brought Tai Woffinden and Jason Doyle behind him. Maciej Janowski was excluded from the final race.
“One of my dreams came true when I won here in Prague. This is a special moment for me. I feel that I am better and better in the following starts. My whole team cooperate very well. Despite hard work we try to keep calm. Baby steps, we can see the effects of our cooperation. As usual, we go step by step to have effects. Speedway is a hard and demanding sport. We need to be focused all the time. The season is long we need to be concentrate so that my results were better and better” – said Martin Vaculik after his victory in Prague.
After five weeks break Gorzów was the host team of the fifth round of SGP in 2022 year.
Unfortunately in July Martin Vaculik was injured. In the fifth match of penultimate Main Round of PGE Ekstraliga Moje Bermudy Stal Gorzów hosted Unia Leszno on their track. The meeting was a disaster for him. He started from the beginning, in the inaugiral race. In the fifth race he took part in a serious accident. The mistake was made by the rider from Leszno, Jaimon Lindsay who sloped on the track just before the rider from Slovakia. Martin hadn’t even time for reaction. He rode on another rider, made a somersault and hit on the track. Because he was injured he didn’t take part in competition in GP in Cardiff.
In the last week of August the meeting in Wrocław took place. The Slovakian rider didn’t perform effectively. In the Capital of Lower Silesia he was twelfth.
Two weeks later, in Voyens, it was even worse. In Grand Prix in Denamrk the rider was very week. In the end of the tournment he was sixteenth. The 17th of September on the track of Malila the Grand Prix of Swedden took place. Martin Vaculik was fifth in these competition.
The last round of SGP in 2022 was in October in Toruń. The Slovakian rider finished his performances in elite in 2022 year finished in a good style. He was the best rider on Motoarena. In the most important ride of the evening, he defeated Bartosz Zmarzlik, Leon Madsen and Maciej Janowski.
“I have a very good equipment in my hands, and I can expect some medals. I would like to thank to my team. We had some ups and downs but we finished this season with a success. I must mention about Witold Gromowski to whom I would like to thank for great engines. I regained my speed and I am happy” – said Martin Vaculik.
Results of Martin Vaculik in Speedway Grand Prix in 2022:
30 kwietnia (sobota): FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF CROATIA: 10 miejsce: Martin Vaculik (0, 1, 1, 1, 3) 6
14th May (Saturday): ORLEN FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF POLAND – WARSAW: 15th place: Martin Vaculik (0, 0, 0, 2, 2) 4
28th May (Saturday): FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF CZECH REPUBLIC: 1st place: Martin Vaculik (3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3) 18
4th June (Saturday): FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF GERMANY: 11th place: Martin Vaculik (w, 0, 3, 2, d) 5
25th June (Saturday): 3W FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF POLAND – GORZOW: 2nd place: Martin Vaculik (3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2) 17
13th August (Saturday): FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF GREAT BRITAIN – CARDIFF: Martin Vaculik didn’t take part
27th of August (Saturday): BETARD FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF POLAND – WROCLAW: 12th place: Martin Vaculik (0, 0, 3, 1, 0) 4
10th September (Saturday): FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF DENMARK – VOJENS: 16th place: Martin Vaculik (2, d, d, 1, 0) 3
17th of September (Saturday): KAESER FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF SWEDEN – MALILLA: 5th place: Martin Vaculik (3, 1, 3, 3, 3, 1) 14
1st October (Saturday): TORUN FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF POLAND: 1st place: Martin Vaculik (3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3) 19
The final classification of Speedway Grand Prix in 2022:
1. Bartosz Zmarzlik (Poland) 166
2 .Leon Madsen (Denmark) 133
3. Maciej Janowski (Poland) 106
4. Fredrik Lindgren (Sweden) 103
5. Robert Lambert (Great Britain) 103
6. Daniel Bewley (Great Britain) 102
7. Patryk Dudek (Poland) 102
8. Tai Woffinden (Great Britain) 93
9. Martin Vaculik (Slovakia) 91
10. Jason Doyle (Australia) 83
11. Mikkel Michelsen (Denmark) 82
12. Jack Holder (Australia) 67
13. Max Fricke (Australia) 52
14. Anders Thomsen (Denmark) 51
15. Paweł Przedpełski (Poland) 29
16. Andrzej Lebiediew (Latvia) 26