Speedway Grand Prix: 'The brain stops working' - Fredrik Lindgren on overcoming Covid issues as he eyes Cardiff win

“I feel I'm still not 100%” Fredrik Lindgren confesses. The Swedish Speedway star is gearing up for round six of the Speedway Grand Prix in Cardiff, but the fact he is racing at all remains something of a minor miracle. Ad The 36-year-old veteran was struck down by Covid at the height of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, discovered he had suffered lung damage brought on by the disease.

Speedway GP'Best event on the calendar' — Woffinden looks to recover 'really bad' SGP season in CardiffA DAY AGO Nevertheless, he was ready to take part in this year’s SGP where he sits fifth in the standings after five races. However, speaking to Eurosport ahead of the latest meeting at the Principality Stadium, Lindgren discussed a further health setback in the spring, but hopes he is over the worst of it. “I'm a lot better than what I was a couple of weeks ago when I took a bit of a break,” he says.

“And slowly, I'm taking it day by day, and slowly, it feels like I'm getting better. So it's positive.” “I had a good winter, actually I was training hard. So I was a bit surprised when these problems occurred again, I think it was early June or the end of May, slowly getting worse and worse.

And of course, it's having an impact. “I wasn't able to train like I normally do. And I was out of breath during my race meetings.