PREVEW: FIM ATPI GRAND PRIX OF MANCHESTER

BELLE Vue stage a massive weekend of World Championship racing with the FIM ATPI Grand Prix of Manchester taking place on Friday and Saturday.

The World’s top stars descend on the National Speedway Stadium and with a maximum of 44 points available, there could well be wholesale changes to the title battle.

The headline clash is between six-time World Champion Bartosz Zmarzlik and Aces skipper Brady Kurtz, who ran the Polish superstar so close to glory last year.

Great Britain representation comes from former World No.2 Robert Lambert, who spent a brief period with the Aces in 2022, helping them to a dramatic Premiership title success, as well as Ipswich’s Tom Brennan who takes the wild card berth and is another ex-Belle Vue rider. Anders Rowe and Dan Thompson are the reserves.

Lambert said: “I’m going there to do well and get as many points as I can from this weekend.

“Having the fans’ support is massive. I’m looking forward to that and, obviously, I have experience around Manchester.

“As I said at the beginning of the season, the goal is to try and get a medal again in the GP and that stays the same.”

LINE-UP: Bartosz Zmarzlik, Brady Kurtz, Jack Holder, Andzejs Lebedevs, Robert Lambert, Kacper Woryna, Leon Madsen, Michael Jepsen Jensen, Patryk Dudek, Max Fricke, Jason Doyle, Nazar Parnitskyi, Anders Thomsen, Jan Kvech, Kai Huckenbeck, Tom Brennan. Reserves: Anders Rowe, Dan Thompson.

FIM Referee: Aleksander Latosinski

Live TV/Streaming: TNT Sports 2/HBO Max

Live Updates: https://live.baansportfansite.nl/