Togliatti FIM Speedway Grand Prix (R8) 28/8/21

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Togliatti star Vadim Tarasenko makes a dream FIM Speedway Grand Prix debut after being named as wild card for the Togliatti SGP on August 28.

The 27-year-old dons the famous No.16 race jacket at the Anatoly Stepanov Stadium for the city’s first SGP round.

He joins fellow home heroes – triple Monster Energy FIM Speedway of Nations world champions Artem Laguta and Emil Sayfutdinov – in an historic event, where he will be keen to capitalise on his home-track knowledge.

Tarasenko inspired host club Togliatti to league-title glory, scoring 16 points as they secured top spot in Vladivostok earlier this month.

He has enjoyed an impressive couple of years in Sweden’s Bauhaus Elitserien, starring for Vastervik this year, and playing a key role in Masarna’s charge to league-title glory in 2020.

He also lines up for Bydgoszcz in the Polish First Division and is currently fourth in the league’s average charts on 2.219 points per race.

Tarasenko is joined in Togliatti by track reserves Renat Gafurov and Evgenii Saidullin, who line up at No.17 and No.18 respectively.

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1 - K. Kasprzak (187) A. Thomsen (105) O. Berntzon (93) M. Fricke (46)
2 - F. Lindgren (66) E. Sayfutdinov (89) M. Janowski (71) T. Woffinden (108)
3 - A. Laguta (222) B. Zmarzlik (95) R. Lambert (505) L. Madsen (30)
4 - M. Zagar (55) A. Loktaev (575) V. Tarasenko (16) J. Doyle (69)
5 - J. Doyle (69) K. Kasprzak (187) F. Lindgren (66) R. Lambert (505)
6 - A. Loktaev (575) A. Laguta (222) A. Thomsen (105) M. Janowski (71)
7 - B. Zmarzlik (95) M. Zagar (55) E. Sayfutdinov (89) O. Berntzon (93)
8 - M. Fricke (46) T. Woffinden (108) L. Madsen (30) V. Tarasenko (16)
9 - M. Janowski (71) V. Tarasenko (16) K. Kasprzak (187) B. Zmarzlik (95)
10 - L. Madsen (30) F. Lindgren (66) M. Zagar (55) A. Thomsen (105)
11 - T. Woffinden (108) R. Lambert (505) O. Berntzon (93) A. Loktaev (575)
12 - J. Doyle (69) M. Fricke (46) A. Laguta (222) E. Sayfutdinov (89)
13 - E. Sayfutdinov (89) L. Madsen (30) A. Loktaev (575) K. Kasprzak (187)
14 - A. Thomsen (105) J. Doyle (69) T. Woffinden (108) B. Zmarzlik (95)
15 - V. Tarasenko (16) O. Berntzon (93) A. Laguta (222) F. Lindgren (66)
16 - R. Lambert (505) M. Janowski (71) M. Fricke (46) M. Zagar (55)
17 - K. Kasprzak (187) T. Woffinden (108) M. Zagar (55) A. Laguta (222)
18 - R. Lambert (505) A. Thomsen (105) E. Sayfutdinov (89) V. Tarasenko (16)
19 - O. Berntzon (93) L. Madsen (30) J. Doyle (69) M. Janowski (71)
20 - F. Lindgren (66) A. Loktaev (575) B. Zmarzlik (95) M. Fricke (46)

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Pretty grim viewing this one, in fact it was less exciting than Sunday's Belgian F1 GP from Spa

TOGLIATTI SGP SCORES: 1 Artem Laguta 20, 2 Bartosz Zmarzlik 18, 3 Anders Thomsen 16, 4 Emil Sayfutdinov 14, 5 Fredrik Lindgren 12, 6 Max Fricke 11, 7 Leon Madsen 10, 8 Tai Woffinden 9, 9 Maciej Janowski 8, 10 Jason Doyle 7, 11 Aleksandr Loktaev 6, 12 Matej Zagar 5, 13 Vadim Tarasenko 4, 14 Oliver Berntzon 3, 15 Krzysztof Kasprzak 2, 16 Robert Lambert 1, 17 Renat Gafurov 0, 18 Evgenii Saidullin DNR.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:

1 Bartosz Zmarzlik 139
2 Artem Laguta 138
3 Fredrik Lindgren 108

4 Emil Sayfutdinov 105
5 Maciej Janowski 91
6 Tai Woffinden 82

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2022 qualification cut off.

7 Leon Madsen 72
8 Max Fricke 70 (already qualified for 2022)
9 Jason Doyle 68
10 Anders Thomsen 60
11 Robert Lambert 48
12 Martin Vaculik 45
13 Dominik Kubera 44
14 Matej Zagar 36
15 Oliver Berntzon 18
16 Krzysztof Kasprzak 18