BRITS IN SGP2 ACTION
ON Friday night at the SGP venue of Torun in Poland Wiktor Przyjemski was crowned World Speedway Champion in the SGP2 series.
It was the the conclusion of the three round U21 series which took place over the season at Malilla in Sweden back in June, then Riga in Latvia earlier this month followed by the event at Torun.
Przyjemski claimed the Championship having qualified for the final heat at the final round which gave him enough points for an uncatchable lead from his nearest rival Nazar Parnitskiy, who was representing Ukraine and went on to to claim the silver medal.
The race for the bronze medal was just as close with a number of riders in contention prior to the third round, but a sensational win at Torun by Norwegian Mathias Pollestad meant that he also pipped Danish teenager Mikkel Andersen to the series third place finish and went on to claim the bronze medal.
Great Britain’s Leon Flint finished 10th on the night with a six point score and also 10th in the series, and Dan Thompson who only got a call up for the third round as a late replacement for the injured Danish rider William Drejer on Wednesday morning, also scored six points and finished one place above Flint on the night in ninth position on countback
