'I always fight for the best results - Patryk Dudek looking to better 2017 heroics at Speedway Grand Prix

Patryk Dudek announced himself on the Speedway Grand Prix scene in style back in 2017 when he took silver in the championship behind winner Jason Doyle. In doing so, Dudek became the most successful debutant in the competition’s history. Ad/> After his injury-enforced absence in 2021, the Polish rider qualified for this edition of the SGP following a third-place finish at the 2021 FIM GP Challenge in Zarnovica, Slovakia.

GP Croatia, Donji Kraljevec'I'm very happy to be where I am' — Janowski eyeing 2022 SGP podium finishA DAY AGO The 2022 FIM Speedway Grand Prix kicks off in Gorican, Croatia on April 30 with discovery+ providing live coverage of all 12 races. Dudek is hoping his return to action will see him at least emulate his feat of five years prior and spoke to Eurosport about the season ahead. How does it feel to be back in Speedway GP? It’s good to be back and race with the best riders.

I’m waiting for the first round in Gorican, and I am excited. In 2017, you had an amazing debut season, finishing second. Then bad luck with injuries and you dropped out of the series at the end of 2020.

With the right run of form and fitness, is it fair to say there is more to come from you? This is speedway, so sometimes you do need to have a lucky time. I haven’t had the luck a few times in Speedway GP. A few times I have had big crashes and I have had problems racing all of the rounds.

My last time in the GP was hard because I tried different engines and I had problems with finding good speed on the track. But last year and this year I have used Ryszard Kowalski engines and I hope it will be okay because I am feeling very fast on these bikes. Speedway Grand Prix 2022 — what it is, how to watch, race calendar, who is taking part