Polish racer Kacper Woryna made a spectacular full-time FIM Speedway Grand Prix debut, winning round one in Landshut, Germany, on May 2.
Woryna raced his way through a tense last-chance qualifier to reach the final on his first appearance as a full-time SGP rider.
The win was extra meaningful for Woryna, as his grandfather won the event twice in 1967 and 1971. Woryna senior also became Poland’s first-ever FIM Speedway World Championship medalist when he bagged bronze in Gothenburg in 1966, a feat he repeated in Wroclaw in 1970.
“Obviously, it’s really something special for me,” Kacper Woryna said. “I knew I was competing in SpeedwayGP 60 years after that first bronze medal happened, and it’s special.
“My grandpa was a legend. You can’t really beat what he has achieved in Speedway. I am not trying to compete with what he has achieved, but I have always said it is a privilege to have the same surname at least.”
Six-time overall SGP winner Dan Bewley settled for the runner-up spot, battling from last to first in an extraordinary heat 19.
Defending SpeedwayGP World Champion Bartosz Zmarzlik made a strong start to his quest for a seventh World title with third.
Britain’s Robert Lambert finished fourth.CN
2026 FIM SpeedwayGP Round 1 Results
OVERALL (Top 5)
- Kacper Woryna
- Dan Bewley
- Bartosz Zmarzlik
- Robert Lambert
- Fredrik Lindgren
