‘I don’t care what people think’ – Three-time Speedway GP champion Tai Woffinden on being the 'best' ahead of new season

Tai Woffinden harboured ambitions to match Tony Rickardsson and Ivan Mauger’s record haul of six Speedway GP world titles as soon as he collected his first back in 2013. The 31-year-old said as much to fellow riders Greg Hancock, Jason Crump, Nicki Pedersen and Chris Holder ahead of the season-opening New Zealand Speedway GP in 2014. Woffinden would finish fourth that year but would go on to seal further Speedway GP world crowns in 2015 and 2018.

Ad/> He is also a three-time British champion, and, ahead of the start of the new season, has set his sights on Rickardsson and Mauger’s joint-record haul of six titles. Speedway GP'You never know what can happen' — Przedpelski set for first SGP as qualified rider11 HOURS AGO “Look at it from my point of view. At that point, I had won my first – where do I go next?” said Woffinden in an interview with the 2022 FIM Speedway GP website.

“What motivates me to be successful? When I have won everything there is to win, where do you set that boundary? “Whether I achieve it or not is a different story. But I don’t mind saying it because I believe in my ability and I know what I can do. Probably 80 percent of people in the world don’t have my mindset.

They won’t be able to fathom how I can say that. It’s hard to explain.” Every round live on Warner Bros. Discovery Sports' platforms as Speedway enters brave new world 'You never know what can happen' — Przedpelski set for first SGP as qualified rider 'I always strive to be the best' The coverage on discovery+ and Eurosport will feature six-time champion Rickardsson, and Woffinden – or ‘Woffy’ – added that he measures himself against the Swedish legend.