Robert Lambert: Lifting Speedway Grand Prix trophy is the long-term goal

Robert Lambert placed a respectable seventh at the opening race of the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix in Gorican, Croatia. The Brit started the day brightly with some early wins in the heats to book himself a semi-final place where his night ultimately ended. Ad/> Despite only just missing out on a place in the final four, the 24-year-old is already committed to improving his position and plans to start this weekend when the SGP heads to Warsaw.

Speedway GPMichelsen says he ‘wants to be world champion’ ahead of Speedway GP of Poland21 HOURS AGO The 2020 European Champion sat down with Eurosport to look ahead to the race and discuss his plans for the season. How happy are you with your performance in Croatia? “As a whole, I'm happy. But you know, a little bit disappointed with the way it ended.

Obviously had a good start, was on fire, and then that diminished towards the end and didn't do so well. “Throughout the meeting, it’s a high-pressure situation, so you don't want to go too far off of something if it's working. And that's what we have done and obviously, it didn't work.

“I came to a conclusion that sometimes you need to be a bit more bold with decisions you make with bike setup and stuff like that. And then maybe the end result will be a bit better. “I've been in like, eight semi-finals now and haven't made the finals.