'They're very different' - Speedway European Championship winner Mikkel Michelsen on Speedway Grand Prix return

Mikkel Michelsen will be back for the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix having missed the 2021 edition of the competition. His time away was productive however, as he landed the Speedway European Championship for the second time in the summer. Ad/> The 27-year-old’s first foray as a qualified rider at the SGP came in 2020 when he was a late replacement for the injured Martin Smolinski, ultimately finishing 14th.

GP Croatia, Donji Kraljevec'Goals can change throughout the season' — Lambert looking to carry good form into SGPYESTERDAY AT 07:22 Ahead of the new season, which will be shown live on discovery+, Michelsen spoke to Eurosport about having more time to prepare for this year’s races, and transferring his European Championship form into the SGP. How are the preparations going? Yes, so far, so good. I've not been really busy but I’ve done a lot of practice and done a few test matches and stuff like that.

It has been great. The preparation is going well so far, so I feel fine. I feel good.

The team is working together very well so I can’t complain. Obviously, you won your second SEC title. So you know what it takes the win a series.

Please explain the step up between SEC and SGP... Well, they are very different. Obviously, the SEC series is less rounds than the GP series.

So there's less margin for error in the SEC series, so to speak. In the SEC series, it always comes down to every single point. But in the in the GP series, you can maybe get away with having a few decent rounds, and then still have a have a shot at the title.