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Prague confirmed on SGP website as 26th May

 

Cool, I have updated the opening post: http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=83789&page=1

 

Heard in Stockholm that there should be two GP's in Sweden next year with one in Malilla (as per current contract), but also another venue (no temporary track).

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Cool, I have updated the opening post: http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=83789&page=1

 

Heard in Stockholm that there should be two GP's in Sweden next year with one in Malilla (as per current contract), but also another venue (no temporary track).

Avesta held the 2003 GP- could it be there ??

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Maybe Vetlanda as they also hosted the GP challenge last year :)

Well the arena have more then enough standard but Vetlanda is only like 40-50km from Målilla.

I am not sure if it would be wise to have two GP:s in such close geographical proximity of each other?

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Torben Olsen, Managing Director of Speedway GP marketer BSI, will be able to present races at several new venues in the future. "But that depends on the interest there," says the Dane.
For the third time, the Speedway GP will be on the 28th of October 2017 at the magnificent Etihad Stadium in Melbourne's Docklands. Australia is the only World Cup run outside Europe, since the 1995 Grand Prix there was only one other Overseas GP: in Auckland / New Zealand. In the Western Springs Stadium, from 2012 to 2014, the last race there won sensationally Martin Smolinski, thereby providing the only German Grand Prix victory.
SPEEDWEEK.com teamed up with Managing Director Torben Olsen of GP promoter BSI to discuss possible future races.
Torben, with the high logistics costs for the race in Australia: Would not it make sense to link Melbourne to a race in the USA or New Zealand, thus splitting the costs?
We look to make things as efficient as possible.
But there are not many places in the world where we can ride on two continents within a week, as MotoGP does. For safety reasons, to mount the motorcycles and because of the customs.
At the moment when a weekend is between the races, the logistical cost savings are eaten up by hotel costs.
We always keep an eye on the costs. It also depends on which promoters are interested.
For the race in Melbourne, do you pay for the airfreight of the material and the tickets for the drivers and their mechanics?
The costs will be borne by us together with the promoter, also for the hotels.
Do you see new countries in the calendar of the Speedway-GP in the medium term?
Yes, we are talking about new countries. There are France and Russia, there is interest in a temporary race track in the Middle East. In Argentina there was a U21 World Cup. We will not see Grand Prix in Argentina, USA or Canada next year, but we are fighting for it.
Do you see countries where the Speedway sport has developed particularly well over the last few years?
There are a few Youngsters coming from the UK, where some efforts have been made.
Denmark always beat well, but at the moment there is a small low.
In Sweden, we work together with the Svemo at a Speedway Academy.
It helps the FIM to establish the new 250 championship.
Numerous promising Youngsters still come from Poland.

 

RUSSIA in 2019 is on the cards...

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