Norwegian star Mathias Pollestad powered into the 2025 SGP2 series with a fantastic 15-point maximum as reigning SGP2 champion Wiktor Przyjemski stepped his title defence at Czech track Pardubice on Saturday.
Pollestad won the FIM Speedway Under-21 World Championship bronze medal last year, and this season he goes for gold after a flawless performance over five rides to book his place in the three-round SGP2 series.
Przyjemski took second spot in the qualifier on 14 points, beaten only by Pollestad, as he bids to emulate Emil Sayfutdinov, Darcy Ward, Maksym Drabik and Mateusz Cierniak and become a two-time FIM Speedway Under-21 world champion.
Danish star William Drejer and Slovenian prospect Anze Grmek both secured qualification on 12 points, with Drejer winning a run-off for the final place on the podium.
Poland’s Pawel Sitek and Sweden’s Sammy van Dyck just fell short on 10 points apiece, with British Under-21 champion Sam Hagon and Australia’s James Pearson both exiting on nine.
The next qualifier takes place at British track Glasgow this evening, with one further qualifier in Hungarian city Debrecen on June 7.
PARDUBICE SCORES: 1 Mathias Pollestad (Norway) 15, 2 Wiktor Przyjemski (Poland) 14, 3 William Drejer (Denmark) 12+3, 4 Anze Grmek (Slovenia) 12+2, 5 Pawel Sitek (Poland) 10, 6 Sammy van Dyck (Sweden) 10, 7 Sam Hagon (Great Britain) 9, 8 James Pearson (Australia) 9, 9 Sebastian Kossler (Austria) 8, 10 Nikita Kaulins (Latvia) 6, 11 Jaroslav Vanicek (Czechia) 3, 12 Alex Martin (United States) 3, 13 Matous Kamenik (Czechia) 3, 14 Ben Iken (Germany) 3, 15 Mario Hausl (Germany) 2, 16 Jan Hlacina (Czechia) 1, 17 Tino Bouin (France) 0, 18 David Hofman (Czechia) 0.