Last year’s SGP4 champion Brady Landon bids to take his place in the 2025 FIM SGP3 Final – Prague when he lines up in a Semi-Final double-header in Krsko, Slovenia on Saturday.
Both Semi-Finals for the FIM Speedway Youth World Championship for under-16, 250cc riders take place at the former home of the FIM Slovenian Speedway GP.
Landon is among the youth stars bidding for one of 16 spots in the FIM SGP3 Final, which takes place at Prague’s Marketa Stadium next Friday, with eight riders qualifying from each semi.
The American won 190cc SGP4 title in 2024, topping the podium in Malilla with a 15-point maximum. He now hopes to step up the ladder into the 250cc ranks, where he faces some stiff competition.
Slovenian hopeful Sven Cerjak is the local favourite in Krsko and will be keen to storm through to the title decider in Prague.
Also contesting Semi-Final 1 are the likes of Great Britain talent Cooper Rushen, as well as 2023 SGP4 winner Elias Jamil of Denmark, Sweden’s Casper Appelgren, Czech racer Adam Nejezchleba and Germany’s Carlos Generich.
Last year’s SGP3 runner-up Beau Bailey of Australia heads the list of names for Semi-Final 2 as he bids to go one better and claim the title won by Poland’s Maksymilian Pawelczak in Gorzow in 2024.
Bailey comes up against the likes of Danish racer Villads Pedersen, Czech prospect Karel Prusa, Polish rider Maksymilian Kostera and Agustin Kreder of Argentina.
SEMI-FINAL 1: 1 Sven Cerjak (Slovenia), 2 Brando Lunardi (Italy), 3 Janek Konzack (Germany), 4 Kacper Sobkowiak (Poland), 5 Lisandro Lobos Modon (Argentina), 6 Cooper Rushen (Great Britain), 7 Tymofii Zakharov (Ukraine), 8 Niko Hatva (Finland), 9 Elias Jamil Jensen (Denmark), 10 Brady Landon (United States), 11 Casper Appelgren (Sweden), 12 Zakhar Lustiuk (Ukraine), 13 Adam Nejezchleba (Czech Republic), 14 Matys Sambarrey (France), 15 Nate Smith (Australia), 16 Carlos Generich (Germany). RESERVE: 17 Lenja Tebbe (Germany).
SEMI-FINAL 2: 1 Nicolas Hohlbein (United States), 2 Thies Schweer (Germany), 3 Tyr Söderblom (Sweden), 4 Makar Levishyn (Ukraine), 5 Karel Prusa (Czech Republic), 6 Imre Vigre (Norway), 7 Fabian Magnusson (Sweden), 8 Beau Bailey (Australia), 9 Marek Ziman (Slovakia), 10 Seth Norman (Great Britain), 11 Agustin Kreder (Argentina), 12 Luca Keikkolä (Finland), 13 Maksymilian Kostera (Poland), 14 Villads Pedersen (Denmark), 15 Gregor Zorko (Slovenia), 16 Archie Rolph (Great Britain). RESERVE: 17 Mike Jarczewski (Germany).