'Five or six riders can challenge' - Speedway legend Tony Rickardsson excited for new Speedway Grand Prix season

All eyes will be on Gorican for the first FIM Speedway Grand Prix of the year as the season kicks off on April 30. Croatia is the venue for the first of 12 thrilling races this season, all of which will be available to watch live on discovery+.

Ad/> With the sport now under the Discovery Sports Events banner, six-time SGP world champion Tony Rickardsson has been announced as the first SGP Global Ambassador. Speedway GP‘I don’t care what people think’ – GB's Woffinden on being the 'best'12 HOURS AGO Excitement is building ahead the new season and the Swedish legend spoke to Eurosport to look ahead to all the action, as well as what to expect between now and the season climax in November.

‘The whole field is exciting to watch’ Ahead of the first race in Gorican, Rickardsson believes that fans are in for a hugely competitive series, with a number of riders capable of making a push for the title. “Well, I think when you put all the best riders in the world together, at one race, it always makes it a little bit extra competitive.

And it's always a great for us to see who's going to take the lead in the world championship for the year. “The whole field is always exciting to watch.

Especially to see what they do at the top, of course, I would hold [Bartosz] Zmarzlik as a very strong favourite for this title this year. “But then there are another, let's say five to six riders who can challenge for the world title, but also the fight for the top three positions is going to be very, very tight this year.” Speedway Grand Prix explained — Everything you need to know ahead of 2022 season 'I had lung damage, it was really tough' — Lindgren on battling long covid while racing SGP 'I'm very happy to be where I am' — Janowski eyeing 2022