AUSSIE CHAMP HOLDER SEEKS THIRD STRAIGHT GP FINAL

Australian champion Jack Holder is determined to continue his final flourish in the FIM Speedway Grand Prix series at the Wölk FIM Speedway GP of Germany – Teterow on Saturday.

The Lublin, Vastervik and Sheffield rider is enjoying the year of his life on the track, having won the Australian Championship last January and started the Speedway GP series with two final appearances in three rounds.

Holder took second place at the Orlen FIM Speedway GP of Poland – Warsaw on May 13, before finishing third at the Prague FIM Speedway GP of Czech Republic last Saturday.

This leaves him third in the Speedway GP World Championship on 42 points – just eight behind Poland’s triple world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik, who leads the standings on 50, with Sweden’s Fredrik Lindgren second on 47. Prague winner Martin Vaculik holds fourth place on 41.

Holder has never been higher in the Speedway GP standings, and he’s determined to continue with the magic formula that has delivered his red-hot start to 2023 – the year speedway celebrates 100 years since the sport’s very first meeting in Holder’s homeland Australia in 1923.

He said: “I am working so hard behind the scenes. In the off-season in Australia, I had a good season there and won the Australian Championship – I had wanted that one for a while.

“I am just in a happy spot at the moment. Everything is working well. We just have to try and keep it that way.

“When everything is working in speedway, it’s good. I am confident and scoring some points everywhere, which is good. And I am staying healthy.

“Last year I went through a GP series without getting to a final. It’s pretty disappointing because I raced these boys in the league throughout the week and beat them. When it came to the Grand Prix, they always had that edge on me. 

“I have changed clubs in Poland, and it has shown in my riding. It’s good. My mechanics are working hard, and I am doing my job. It’s all going well at the moment and when speedway goes well, it’s great.”