Martin Vaculik wins dramatic Speedway Grand Prix of Prague as Maciej Janowski disqualified in final

Martin Vaculik kickstarted his Speedway Grand Prix season with a stunning victory in the third race of the season in Prague. The Slovak rider was in fine form throughout the heats and won both his semi-final and the final, streaking ahead from the start of the latter. Ad/> British rider Tai Woffinden finished second after a much improved performance on the night with Jason Doyle making up the podium in third.

/> Speedway GP'Topsy turvy stuff' — Zmarzlik struggles as Bewley takes impressive Heat2 HOURS AGO Going into the evening’s racing, Bartosz Zmarzlik looked the favourite after a near perfect qualifying session, but nothing could take this win away from Vaculik. Over the 20 Heats, Tai Woffinden had put on a strong evening, winning four out of his five heats and propelling himself to the top of the standings on 13 points. However, Vaculik was lurking close by, sitting just one point behind Woffinden.

Vaculik picked Gate 2 going into his semi-final, a gate that had proved to be highly successful throughout the night. He set off flying in the semi-final, however, it looked as if it would be marred after Anders Thomsen came off his bike. Luckily, Thomsen was able to get his bike off track and racing could resume, leaving Vaculik the victor and through to the final.

The final between Vaculik, Woffinden, Maciej Janowski and Jason Doyle didn’t come without its issues. Janowski was excluded before the Heat could properly start for touching the tapes, leaving just the three in the final showdown. Just like he had been doing all night, Vaculik jumped out of the gate on the restart and the night was his to lose.