In 2023 Martin Vaculik won his first medal in his whole career in the Speedway Grand Prix. The Slovakian rider got the bronze medal outpacing Jack Holder in general qualiffication.
Vaculik was average in the elite racing. In Gorican he was 8th. Eight points in the in the Main Round gave him promotion to the semifinal. However in the 21 race he was last on the finish line, ehind Jason Doyle, Robert Lambert, Mikkel Michelsen and he drop off the rivalry.
Two weeks later the riders were fighting on the PGE National Stadium in Warsaw. Slovakian rider was better there, than in the first tournment. With his 11 points he qualified to the semifinal wihout any problems. He was third in this race and he finished his rivalry in this tournment.
Prague was very lucky for Martin Vaculik. In a great style, the rider won the Grand Prix in Chech Republik, when he defeated Leon Madsen, Jack Holder and Bartosz Zmarzlik in the final.
However it wasn’t so good in Teterov. Getting only seven points he was 10th. We must remember that he was excluded from one race.
It was supposed that on his own truck, in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Martin Vaculik will be able to get better scores. Unfortunately the reality was totally different. It was seen that the rider was straying with the settings of his bikes. At he end of the meeting he was 14th.
In the middle of July the riders were fighting in the Grand Prix in Sweden. In this competition the sportsman presented his abilities very well. Slovakian rider hasn’t any problems with gettting promotion to the final. In this race there was accident in the second arch of the third race. Fredrick Lindgren caused the fall of Martin Vaculik and was excluded from the race. In the repetition the winner was Daniel Bewley, seccond was Martin Vaculik and third was Patryk Dudek.
The Host Team of the seventh round of SGP in 2023 was Riga. The experienced rider was good in this meeting. In the most important race in the first arch there was very tight and Lindgren fall on the truck. The repetition was with all the four riders. In the second approach to the race Tai Woffinden was moving on the starting line. The rider was worned earlier and he was excluded from the repetition of the final. In the next repetition of the final Bartosz Zmarzlik stayed on the start, but he passed Fredrick Lindgren. On the lowest podium was Martin Vaculik.
Grand Prix in Great Britain was finished with the second victory of Martin Vaculik in the last year season. Slovakian rider was triumphed in this competition before Jack Holder and Bartosz Zmarzlik.
The nineth tournment of fighting for the championship in 2023 was taken in Voyens. Martin Vaculik got only six points in the five races. However he was excluded from his last race. Finally he was nineth after this meeting.
In Torun the elite rivalry ended the season. The fight for the bronze medal on Motoarena between Jack Holder and Martin Vaculik was very interesting. The Australian rider collected one hundret thirteen ponts in the nine rounds which was the same as the scores of Slovakian rider. Vaculik won the fight with Holder for the bronze medal. He won his first SGP medal. In Torun he was fifth and his greatest rival Jack Holder was seventh.
The points collected by Martin Vaculik for the general qualification in the particular rounds of Speedway Grand Prix in 2023:
29th of April (Saturday): EHNIX FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF CROATIA: 8th place: Martin Vaculik – 9 points
13th May (Saturday): ORLEN WARSAW FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF POLAND: 5th place: Martin Vaculik – 12 points
3rd June (Saturday): PRAGUE FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF CZECH REPUBLIC: 1st place: Martin Vaculik – 20 points
10th of June (Saturday): TETEROW FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF GERMANY: 10th place: Martin Vaculik – 7 ponts
24th of June (Saturday): KGHM GORZOW FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF POLAND: 14th place: Martin Vaculik – 3 points
15th of July (Saturday): HOLMGRENS BIL MALILLA FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF SWEDEN: 2 place: Martin Vaculik – 18 points
12th of August (Saturday): OLYBET RIGA FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF LATVIA: 3rd place: Martin Vaculik – 16 points
2nd of September (Saturday): CARDIFF FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF GREAT BRITAIN: 1st place: Martin Vaculik – 20 points
16th of September (Saturday): ELUXEHOMEART VOJENS FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF DENMARK: 9th place: Martin Vaculik – 8 points
30th of September (Saturday): DEWALT TORUŃ FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF POLAND: 5th place: Martin Vaculik – 12 points
The final qualification of the Speedway Grand Prix in 2023:
- Bartosz Zmarzlik (Poland) – 158 points
- Fredrik Lindgren (Sweden) – 150
- Martin Vaculik (Slovakia) – 125
- Jack Holder (Australia) – 123
- Leon Madsen (Denmark) – 111
- Robert Lambert (Great Britain) – 108
- Dan Bewley (Great Britain) – 104
- Jason Doyle (Australia) – 96
- Max Fricke (Australia) – 83
- Patryk Dudek (Poland) – 76
- Tai Woffinden (Great Britain) – 64
- Mikkel Michelsen (Denmark) – 56
- Kim Nilsson (Sweden) – 44
- Maciej Janowski (Poland) – 43
- Andres Thomsen (Denmark) – 36
- Andrzej Lebiediew (Latvia) – 31