 Kostmaslik took to the top step of the podium in Rotzrab, Poland and celebrated his first picture on home shale for five years. The Grand Prix series returned to the Olympic stadium after a 12-year absence from the World Championship calendar of what a night it proved to be. A ticket couldn't be bought and the Polish fans came with four boys as our warriors of shale raced heat after heat side by side, defying places to put bikes and racing every line possible as all 16 riders looked to reach the final. Eventually, after two closely fought semi-finals which saw current series leader Rebelsite leaving off exit with 14 points, Kostmaslik would be joined by Denmark's Leon Madsen, Martin Baczulik and Jadis Kowadze. Baczulik in red and from the inside took the initial lead until Kostmaslik in yellow going into turn three went from third to first in what can only be described as the move of the night. Madsen in white would eventually overtake Kowadze for third but the night belonged to the likeable pole who took his second Grand Prix victory of 2019. This night is unbelievable for me and but I stand up today on the bed and I think so today is not a bad day and I feel it and now I'm very happy. Two race meetings in a row now we have a three way tie for the lead of the World Championships. Madsen leads by virtue of his FIM ranking over Emils Seifut and often Leon Madsen all on 61 points a piece. Martin Baczulik glides forth just two behind the leaders. The series now arrives in Molyla in Sweden for round number six as we enter the second half of the series here at the D&G Arena. It's qualifying from the FIM Speedway Grand Prix qualifying GMB Arena Molyla in Sweden. Hi, good evening. Welcome along from Kelvin Tatum and myself. We are in the pits here at the GMB Arena in Molyla, the home of Takana in the Swedish League as we enter round six of the World Championship. We've got qualifying for you. We're going to build up to tomorrow night's action. Kiri Bloor will be talking to the riders in the buildup to tomorrow's meeting and indeed qualifying here tonight. Track looks great, Kel. Yeah, earlier on I must say that track was ideal. We've had a little bit of rainfall so we got a nice even spread of moisture in the surface and so far I think the boys have been really enjoying it. Well, let's hear from a local lad who plays his trade here in Molyla. Jakob Torschel is speaking to Kiri. Yeah, indeed, thank you so much. Nigel Jakob Torschel joins me down here. The reason you are here is because you've just won your Swedish Championship and you ride for local club Takana so you know exactly what this track is like. So tell me first of all, what do you make of the track tonight? It's pretty good. They've put some new material I think on the track so it's starting to be better and better and I think tomorrow will be a great race track. OK, well, we've been told the red gate works very well here from your experience, which gates work well here? Yeah, for sure, red and blue is really good but you can make it from four as well if you ride a smart first corner and make a good cutback and so yeah, it's possible to make it from four as well. OK, and you're out here to prove your worth as well. Sweden desperately need another rider so tonight's going to be important for you. Yeah, for sure. Looking forward to tomorrow and just going to go out and have some fun and ride the best I can. All right, thanks so much, Jacob. Nigel, back to you. Yeah, thanks very much indeed, Kiri. It's Jakob's third Grand Prix appearance in his career so a big night for him tomorrow. It is and he's full of confidence winning the Swedish Championship but just recently is that his home track so yeah, you've got to believe that he'll want to put in a really top performance tomorrow evening and of course he's very familiar with the surroundings. We've got our first competitor on track, of course, the winner two weeks ago. Just a reminder then, it is qualifying here in Malilla. Every bike now has a transponder on it so it's timing and the order from fastest to slowest here tonight will then get a pick of where they ride in the riding order tomorrow night and they have the first pick, if you like, the fastest rider has first pick of where he wants to be in the riding order which will then dictate his starting positions tomorrow night. That's how it works, Kel. Indeed, it does and Smalsik's looking for a good time now. 13, 14, 2. 13, 6 was the fastest time from free practice but the track has slowed somewhat since they've done some prep on it. Smalsik, of course, was superb two weeks ago in Bloxworth coming through to win in fine style in what was actually a wonderful Grand Prix and Malilla has quite a lot to live up to in truth but this track is a super speedway track, no doubt about that and if the weather behaves, we're going to be in for a thriller in Malilla tomorrow night, that's for sure. It's not taking you long to use that line. No, it has to be good, sir. Exactly, I'm sure you'll get it in as well at some point. That was lined up for about seven o'clock tomorrow, to be fair, you can do it again. The 14 flat is what Smalsik has done and there's no doubt that he'll be pretty pleased with that because, as I say, the time slowed somewhat after the first couple of track rates. The shape of the track here, Kelv, and the conditions of the track today, there has been the odd shower, no more than that but for me, I'm no expert, you're the manager of the bike, but the track looks mint. It looked lovely and there's no doubt that the new material that they introduce is binding nicely with the surface. Janowski knows this place well and he needs a big Grand Prix for his first round with the injury dramas to his shoulder. Not a good sweet wave nations either, so the second half of the Grand Prix series needs to really hit the ground running into his first real open lap, bit of a bump there, a little hole on the first corner. He missed the first round but it's still in eighth position, which would be enough for him to qualify automatically for next year's series. But it's very tight there, so you can he'll afford to be complacent. He needs a big result to make sure he secures his top eight place. 14-2, that's two tenths behind Schmarzlik at this stage. Classy rider Janowski, real classic style on the bike, like the way he rides. 14-2, very consistent indeed. Track just a little patchy. I spoke to Martin Vashlik earlier, he said he was enjoying it but it was a touch patchy but let's see if he can produce something on his third lap. Yes, he can. That's a fabulous third lap. 13-9, that's a little quicker than Schmarzlik. Good effort, very good effort. Matsej and Oskar from Poland then, as Kelvin mentioned a little bit earlier, knows this track extremely well. I'm one of a clutch of riders trying to gain automatic qualification for next year's Speedway Grand Prix series. Having a little cheeky start down the back straight. Too good not to be in the series. He's a multiple Grand Prix winner, potential world champion and the Poles like him, of course, the reception he had in Wrocław two weeks ago was outstanding. I loved him, just missed out on the final. Five Grand Prix wins in 51 appearances for Matsej, Janowski. Decent record, now we've got the world champion on track and he's up to speed now. He's had two or three, three league matches and he's been scoring double figures every time he's been out and about. He's won here, of course. He enjoys riding his track, he's right up his street and I would suggest that Ty will be looking for a really big performance tomorrow evening. You know, just despite his really difficult season in 2010 when he struggled, Wolfenden now does average almost 11 points per GP. Tomorrow will be his 84th Grand Prix of his career. Yes, and that in itself. The consistency is the reason why he's won three world titles. You just can't do it without it. Somebody I spoke to, Martin Vashlik, about the consistency, he's got it right now. But Wolfenden looking for a top eight. He's in 16th right now and he needs two or a couple of really big performances to put himself in the hunt. 14-2, that's not quite there at the moment. He's riding wide and that means you're going a lot further. Probably won't produce the time if you go that wide. The bike feels good, it's pulling hard but as a consequence it just doesn't produce the time. Ty looking good on the bike, there's no doubt he'll be a major threat tomorrow because he's got the bit between his teeth now. Very brave, of course, to come back in a Grand Prix without any practice at all. Quite staggering on reflection but his performances in the extra league and in Sweden have been good, very good. Yeah, in a very relaxed frame of mind but he has said to us privately he would love to get in the top eight as well despite missing two rounds. He's a proud man. He wants to qualify, he doesn't want to rely on a pick which surely he would get as a three times world champion. He would love to get in the top eight and not rely on that kelf. He needs 30 points somewhere. In the next two Grand Prixs he'll have every chance of forcing his way into the top eight but as I say, it's very, very condensed in that region. We see Mikkel Mikkelsen now. He is an interesting character, a Danish man and is riding very well. He's taken a little bit of time to come to himself now. Just got this year, hasn't he? Yeah, he has and all of a sudden his performances have been proved. He's just won the last round of the European Championship soon, after boys for the Grand Prix series. Mikkel Mikkelsen the third reserve rider is in as a consequence of injuries to Robert Lambert and the Greg Hancock not being here but the interesting thing is what sort of time he can produce. Yeah, good rider, Mikkel Mikkelsen and we've seen him in the UK riding for eSpawn and certainly the type of rider that has really been a slow burner in many ways. He was part of a generation of Danish riders under the tuition of Eric Gunderson who along with similar generation to Michael Jipson who's a Grand Prix winner of course. Nikolaj Klins, perhaps didn't reach full potential but Mikkelsen now just seems to be getting up to speed coming good now. His performances at the highest level now are beginning to be, well you can't avoid them. He's producing double figure scores in Poland and in Sweden on a regular basis so the boys becoming much more confident and he is making his way. Time's here, steady steady into third place just beating Wuffendon and it will be tight. Gate one and two, we've heard that a hundred and four victories in the time we've been here from gate one that's nearly double the amount of any other gate so what possibly riders will be focusing their attention on that. Well yeah, you finish high up and you get a pick of your rider order number, those stats will have to come into play Kels. They have to. The nature of the track. Last year the stats were slightly warped because we had a very wet evening and as a consequence the outside gate came to the fore a bit. We did hear Jakob saying that you can make it from four but you've got to make a smashing start and you need to go on gate three in the white helmet colour to miss it really. Matizegar who has joined the 100 Club he's now with 102 Grand Prix appearances in his career, made his debut three years ago in the Grand Prix. This fella still a class act on his day and looking for a first time here now. Yeah he will do and he's good at this. If he really puts his mind to it Zegar is very quick indeed, lovely style and hasn't had a great season but he's not far away from the top eight as I say. A couple of really strong warm breeze can turn your season around and maybe the second half of this year will be significantly better than the first half you know he had a difficult time he got excluded of course in Brotswad and really had no points from his first two outings and was on the back foot right from the work show but we're into the laps 14-1 that's a half sensible time that puts him in fourth at this stage track is the dirt is beginning to move out so that inside line he cuts back to the inside looking for a short route to the start and finish line yet slightly improves there but stays third. Decent effort from Zegar. Yeah good effort so it's Janowski, Smarshlik, Zegar, Mikulsson and Woffendom we've had five of the sixteen riders yes all sixteen riders are here tonight so five of the sixteen have been out there for qualifying now and have done their quickest lap possible and it is Janowski who still holds that advantage with that first time of 13.979 next up then here we go Jason Doyle busy man right now he is he's riding near enough every day scoring lots of points in the league but isn't quite producing it at Grand Prix and Jason is frustrated about that I'm sure he's just outside the top eight he's in ninth so looking for a big performance more than capable it's a world champion we haven't seen that sort of form this year in the first half of the season bit of grip on the track could well see an improvement for him and you can see he's enjoying that allowing the bike to run high on the banking looking to generate loss of momentum kick the wheels in line try and produce a big time but last night a maximum from four rides for his Swindon Robbins team as they go one away at Ipswich which was a super result for the Robbins you didn't see that coming I'm beaten last night 14-1 he's in sixth but he's riding very wide he's giving it absolutely everything he's now just riding mid-track now that might produce slightly better time 14-1 again no he stays in sixth place gave it everything though he did Jason Doyle 2017 world champion then as Kelvin said just outside the top eight right now as that of course a reminder the top eight guarantees you a place in next year's series and tomorrow night round six of this year's 10 round world champion we're here in Malilla tomorrow four nights time back to TETRO in the Berggring Arena in Germany then it's Voyens in Denmark then it's Cardiff on September the 21st British fans watching this get your tickets for Cardiff September the 21st five o'clock start we finish up in Torren in Poland for the final round so Patrick Dudek of Poland a high flyer in the series often running here and qualifying now yeah was a little disappointed with his result from Wrocław he had the number one gate and encountered the track freshly prepared each time and he failed to score in a couple of heats so the bounce back with a couple of victories but just slipped out of the lead actually was a joint leader going there coming into tomorrow night's round here we go he knows this place well rides here of course and knows this place extremely well working hard he's a small man a lightweight man certainly a lot of attention on the weight of riders these days they really do look very athletic they pay a lot of attention to their fitness levels these days now Dudek it's a huge part of sport Calvars is now yeah absolutely gotta be right on it into lap 4 and 14 flat third excellent last lap there excellent good effort there from Dudek yeah he moves into third place Patrick Dudek with that race his 27th Grand Prix tomorrow and even though he's only been in the Grand Prix 2016 was his debut he's averaging over 11 points per Grand Prix appearance which is a top quality performer and he had a bit of a time on the sidelines with a band but he's back and he rides extraordinarily well his branding works as well the green image when you see fans in Poland wearing his merchandise the green image it's very popular and it's eye catching as well fair play to him now he's a man who needs a big result very disappointing in Velocirav only 2 points and a disappointing speedway of nations as well and had a good chat with him prior to qualifying starting today and just said reverted back to some earlier equipment and just said that you know just needs to try and get a clear mind and give it everything they did a very good time in free practice he was the fastest man from free practice and he reproduced it when it really counts writes for Piraterna here in Sweden, Esbjerg in Denmark and Torren who've just been relegated in Poland I didn't see that coming no no they've got a good side and they really haven't gelled this year but half of the season he's just outside the top 8, 2 points outside of the top 8 and needs to produce some big performances riders beginning to fill the pressure working overtime there around the inside trying to grab a little bit of extra grip there he's 2 points outside the top it's really tight there a big loop from one of them can really rocket you up the charts 14.1 is in 8th at the moment needs to find something on this last lap yeah Leels Christian Everson of Denmark then he's got a date with destiny next Saturday as well if he doesn't make the top 8 he still has the Grand Prix challenge next Saturday in Goracian, Croatia with some big name riders in that looking to get into the GP series for next season absent tonight no Greg Hancock no Antonio Limbac after his crash in Boyans last weekend and Robert Lambert still injured as well and we wish all those gentlemen all the very best so that's top 8 the 8 that have gone out so far in the qualifying classification in the Scandinavian FIM Speedway Grand Prix and when we come back in a few moments time the next 8 will follow hi there yes welcome back we talking now to our worldwide broadcasters of course as we're here in Malilla in Sweden the home of the Karna in the Swedish league Kelvin Tatum alongside me as always of course and we've seen the first 8 riders generally about tomorrow night hard to predict a winner who's going to win the world title the way it's looking at the moment it's so tight who's going to get in the top 8 the series for me Kelv right now is delicately poised yeah it's red hot we've got to the midway point and you've got to believe we've got you know a run of Grand Prix in the next 5 weeks and this is where you've got to try and stay fit and healthy and produce the goods this is really when it matters riders fighting for their Grand Prix futures riders fighting for the top spot you know there's no doubt that it's one of those situations where all of a sudden character and mental strength are going to play a big part in the next 2 months can't wait it's exciting 61 points leads the championship 3 riders there you know heading the charts Leon Madsen what a season he's been having but Leon's injured yeah and he's struggling he's had an injection so he really is he had a crash for his Polish club and he's really feeling the effects of that so he'll be keeping his fingers crossed that he can produce something tomorrow night to keep him in the hunt last season Wuffin and dominated for the majority but a loud smart slick bit by bit to come back into it he did yeah is it better this year that there's more people going for it yeah I think so I do think so I think it's always nice when it's really tight so yeah at the moment it's really really tight and it's exciting stuff let's welcome back our British viewers now hi there welcome along to the GMB arena here in Marlilla the home of Dacana in the Swedish League Kelvin Tatum alongside me Nigel Pearson welcoming you along and looking forward to a great weekend here Saturday night tomorrow 7 o'clock local time 6 o'clock UK time join us for a terrific night I think the program in the UK actually on BT Sport gets underway at 545 with Natalie and Alan Rosseter in the studio so look forward to that and yeah a great night lots of people in contention for the final title more than last season Caldwell Woffendt dominated early on yeah smart slick had a go late on and made him a little bit concerned even though Woffendt brushes up to one side I think he must have been very concerned he got down to three points at one stage and when he reversed into the airfins in front of us in Torre and I thought it was all over but to his eternal credit he turned it around and won with a ten point margin in the end good to see Jakob Torsel in the mix tomorrow night of course won the season recently and is enjoying a good season after a slow start because he had injury issues we had an injury in the winter and missed the start of the season exactly yeah so you know it's good to see that he's recaptured his form and he's looking good and I'm sure he's excited about being in the Grand Prix representing the club as well of course he rides here for the corner and Jakob is a decent rider himself sort of time is he looking at 14-3 a little slower quite often the second session is slower than the first there's a bit of rain in the air now as well Kelv he wouldn't be Malilla without a bit of rain no it's become the modern day boyans in that regard where we can't seem to avoid the rain but he's done his time and that puts him in ninth place as the first runner of the second date yeah and point three two off a little slower but we'll see we'll reflect on his time once we've seen two or three more because as I say quite often the second session and does end up being a little slower than the first date so it's Matze Janowski who still leads qualifying then and as things stand we'll have first pick of what position in the 1-16 to go for for tomorrow night and therefore that choice will be influenced by the gate positions that Magic has Kelv's already studied the various gate position stats from down the years here in Malilla and here's Leon Madsen, joint leader of the championship but suffered a crash in a Polish league meeting last Friday and withdrew from the SEC the European Championship of Boyans last weekend with Ligerman Daric and bearing in mind he is the European champion that was a massive decision for Leon to make he's had an injection he tried without earlier on but couldn't hang on to it and then subsequently it has it's all down his right side ankle his right shoulder are giving him a lot of discomfort he's roaring away there and he's already into 14 flat that's a fabulous time beware the injured speedway rider the wounded animal Leon Madsen producing a stunning time there to push himself right back into second place that's a fabulous effort from him on his opening lap Leon Madsen has been a revelation this year and even though he's injured and he's hobbling around the pits I've got to say two 14 flats puts himself into second place very good effort 14.05 3 was his lap time the best lap time there amazingly with all his injury problems riding through the pain but the injection must have worked it has just numbed him up completely he can't feel the right side at all so that's certainly allowing him to produce a decent time and he'll be pleased with that because there's no doubt that he was concerned about tomorrow but if he can stay in that sort of form then he'll certainly go away with a hat full of points now Martin Vashlik comes out on track what a season he is having yes he is fit he is going well he's had three second places he's desperate to get a win and I've actually picked him in my fantasy league nights to win tomorrow night that's where it is chances that it has and I did apologise to him sorry mate but if it all goes wrong it's down to me but I sure it won't Martin is the ultimate professional these days another one who's a super athlete as well you look at him and it's not any fat on him whatsoever he's highly tuned in terms of an athlete the hard yards that he puts in in the winter to get in peak physical condition oh yeah and he's maintaining it even through the busy schedule he still looks a lean mean fighting machine that's for sure and Martin now working hard to try and produce a time but it's not coming to him just shows you how good just shows you how good that time was from Mattson yeah Mattson you know because we reflect on the time from Torsell that put him in in 9th and we've actually in 11th actually as we said but Martin Vashlik has gone 10th with those times so again when you reflect on Mattson being able to produce a 14 flat which is less than a 10th behind Yonofsky great but I think Martin will be a little disappointed with that yeah 14.292 a reminder the bikes have transponders these years this year and it's the first time ever that we've had timing mechanisms in Speedway Grand Prix all with the aim of bringing the sport into line with other motorsports Kelvin you've been involved of course you're still riding motocross yourself but with the karting industry as well you're quoted as saying you lived on the watch you had to because the timing was important so this is something new to Speedway of course it'll take a bit of time to come to terms with it but it's certainly giving Friday a lot more interest and you can just see by the body language of the rider you know how hard they're trying and that's certainly giving it a competitive element that was lacking in previous years Max Freck who's had a good time is on 31 world championship points outside the top 8 but he certainly has ridden nicely this year he's going to Goddashan to the GP challenge next weekend so he can qualify by right 3 Grand Prix riders will be declared for 2020 next weekend so a huge event coming up a Freck 14-2 couple of those steady and consistent the Grand Prix challenge is arguably one of the biggest meetings of World Speedway every year and for me it doesn't get the attention that it deserves I've never understood it because every year they're the first three that are in straight away and there's no doubt that the GP challenge is a hugely competitive event Max Freck riding well growing in stature he moves into 10th place yeah nice rider Max Freck and of course we've seen quite a lot of him in the UK and Manchester ripping up the national Speedway he rides that place particularly well and he's got Goddashan next weekend and then on a bank holiday Monday for a midday start got to be back in the UK nice and early for Bellevue against Kings Lynn on the bank holiday Monday for a midday start so that's an early fight Artem Leguta has won the Speedway of Nations for two consecutive years won top the RT just a few short weeks ago but he's not winning enough races at Grand Prix and a rider that looked really good last year hasn't quite managed to reproduce the same performances this year and the second half of the season is going to be important for him he's riding a tight line here moves into 7th after his first lap certainly the shorter way of here's to be a fastway that's a very short way and he's looking for a time 14-1 it's working he's into 5th place fair play to him smart intelligent riding here from Artem Leguta he's got a nice riding style good to see him back in the Grand Prix series but he's just not gone all his own way this year very good but look at this 5th place overall now there that's good stuff from Leguta when you consider one or two of the boys in the second group have been a lot slower than that he's recognised not worth chasing the grip out wide he's hugged the inside and he's produced a solid performance there 5th place decent effort that's the top 5 now we've had 13 riders out there on track and Matzeonowski still retains that lead on 13.979 in qualifying here the fastest ran around Molilla so far tonight and here comes fast Frederick Lindgren a man who knows this place pretty well he's done a lot of laps around here down the years he rode for the club for a number of seasons of course he does know it inside out and there's no doubt that Freddie ever since he had that concussion hasn't quite been the same and so now with the second half of the year or Grand Prix season ahead of him needs to produce if he wants to be world champion he's going to have to come up with some big victories and some big points hasn't produced a hasn't produced a great time so far in the qualifying well but maybe today will be the time when we produce it he's actually a little bit more grippy maybe more to his liking he hugs the inside like the Goose it does charges to the line first time 14-1 pretty good effort into 9 it's tight though I mean the difference in times is marginal hundreds of a second between riders again turning the bike tight will he come out tight just a meter off the line Matzeonowski is a little slow it just shows now he's running wide I'm not sure that's going to work it's going to feel nice because there's more grip there it generally means it's slower lap time well I've read your column in the program tonight Kel thank you very much yeah it's very well written and it has to be said you've made a point if he's going to win the world title it could be make or break for this man tomorrow night well yeah he has a couple of home Grand Prix so he needs to take advantage of that that's always easy the weight of expectation weighs heavier times but Freddie he's been around for a long time now so you know he's into 9th with that so a reasonable effort from him only just 10th and a bit off but I think he needs a big night to really recapture that form that we've seen earlier in the year so he is in 9th place right now Freddie Lindgren and here comes the Russian rocket Kel yeah what a season Emil's enjoying he's been superb doesn't make enough finals but he's been very consistent and there's no doubt that he's in with a really good chance of winning his first world championship we thought it was going to come a few years ago but it disappeared off to the European championship just did one lap in Vrosla yeah and it was a good time too and at least the world championship joint leader of course on 61 points lovely rider super looking guy on the ride very popular isn't he very nice guy he turned out as well of course he was part of the team that won the speedway of nations Togliatti they were overjoyed about that needs to do one in Holstivik in Sweden so can he make it 2 out of 2 for the Swedish GP's 7th decent time he's working hard he's taken a line and made note of what his compatriot did Lagoota hugging that inside line let's see if that's faster slightly slower so he stays in 7th can he produce something on this last lap he's working hard once a time once a good pick for tomorrow night's Grand Prix Emilsaj Putinov leading the world championship working hard in qualifying so Emilsaj Putinov is 7th out of 15 now with a time of 14.113 and he'll have to slow up because this the red lights are on obviously he's enjoying himself and that's always good to see when a rider wants to keep going a very different attempt from what he did 2 weeks ago where he literally did one flying lap and pulled up I think he would have done about 10 there if the fuel had allowed him but a sensible effort in 7th place but a rider that's enjoying a fabulous season and that's great to see he's had some injury issues but right now he's looking good he's got 16 laps like a 16 lup or an x-witch did you ever ride in that? I did indeed and got a puncture on lap 13 unlucky 13 absolutely gutted never did it again where were you in the race? I was 2nd so I was going okay but that is a marathon but Kalajaj out in his national colour so we can see him loud and bright yeah it's not in camouflage tonight no it's more than a top 8 now made the final just missed out on the rostrum quite a comeback to the series won the Polish championship it's having a great year understated guy doesn't say too much bit 30s now but I tell you what he's doing very nicely served his apprenticeship in the UK as well he earned us Kowace he drove for the old Redding Club Redding Bulldogs he's a lightweight, another lightweight rider 14 flat, 3rd place once again Kalajaj's form in the Glam 3 continues that's a great effort even Leon Mattson in this 2nd half has done really nicely, 3rd place for Janusz Kowace 14.078 Mattson by the way despite his injury difficulties 2nd overall so Janowski's lead is preserved it's Mattsi Janowski who will have 1st pick ready to go in the 1st to 16th for tomorrow evening and those unique gate stats that Kelvin quoted at the top of the show about the gates that have been most successful here at the GMB arena in Marlella down the years at Janowski and Mattson and Kowace the top 3 let's confirm the 1st to 16th then in qualifying here in Marlella Janowski leads the way then it's Mattson, Kowace Marshalik, Dudek, Laguta, Zegar, Saifutinoff Mikulsson, Woffenden, Lindgren, Doyle Vashalik and Toshel so that's your 1 to 16 then here in qualifying we'll get some reaction, we'll get the all important pick from the riders when we come back in a few moments everyone, we're still here don't worry about that I've gone to a commercial break on some stations but stick with us you know it makes sense but you know we talk about qualifying now Kelvin it's fascinating here what the viewers can't see the riders here Toshel, Mattson Janowski, Ty Woffenden they've all been stood around here our studio watching, studying qualifying so they obviously have a deep interest in it they need to now reflect on where they're finishing because of course they've got to compute what number they might get obviously the 1st, 2 or 3 will probably have the luxury of being able to choose but as it gets later on this man of course Janowski will take the 1st pick I sense that he will go for a number that gives him 2 gate 1s number 5 is a popular pick because not only do you get 2 gate 1s you get a nice spread of rides as well and riders quite like that nice rider Janowski and as I said earlier on he needs a strong 2nd half of the season to sort of jet propel him up the league he's in 8th place but it's so tightly condensed there if you can put in like a 14-15 point hole that can really give you a little bit of a buffer and secure your future really. So Phil Morris the FIM Speedway Grand Prix Race Director is here about to lead the way for the riders to make their picks with Matse Janowski a rider who has done a lot of laps around this track he's leading the way he'll have 1st pick, Kiri Bloor our pit reporter here she's going to be interviewing Matse Janowski very shortly indeed but some great performances Matse and Kowadze in the 2nd half there of qualifying very impressive indeed we've got the pick coming shortly when we're rejoined by BT Sports in the UK Hi there welcome back to the GMB Arena here in Marlilla in Sweden we have seen the 16 riders out there qualifying and it's Matse Janowski who leads away he will have 1st pick of what number from 1-16 and of course the gate stats will have been studied by the rider, his representatives and looked at these unique stats that you quoted earlier about this track 104 wins from the inside gate nearly double than any other start so gates 1 and 2 are generally very successful here so I'd be very surprised if he ignored the fact of he has the choice of being able to take a number with 2-gate 1 so number 5 jumps out at me he won't be too much longer before we see Matse to choose and also Kelv we talk about the interest within qualifying I can just tell you that what you didn't see behind our camera there was Janowski was Wuffendon was Jakob Torscheł several riders Niels Krzysztof Everson glued to the qualifying system here they were glued to the league table of timing they are fascinated by this qualifying system they are they want to do as well as they can as I say that competitive element coming into Friday is a big boost so that's nice we've got guys now gathering around it won't be too much longer we're looking at the silky style of Janowski a multiple Grand Prix 5 Grand Prix wins you told me earlier on so you know it could have been more he's led the world championship at times injury had certainly curtailed it a little this year but he needs to turn the style on in the second half of the season maybe win a Grand Prix and really secure his top 8 position I'm sure that that will be certainly on his agenda moving forward and here he knows this place well rides it nicely I'm sure he's excited about tomorrow night fingers crossed it doesn't rain too much because at moment the tracks really behaving itself the odd shower forecast for tomorrow that's all so keep the dust down keep the dust down we get underway here at seven o'clock tomorrow night first race four minutes past seven that's four minutes past six in the UK so here we go and the next one is Phil Morris race director is conducting this now with the riders in qualifying order one to 16 with Madsy Yanovski first the writers and their representatives their managers have been studying the programme. First to pick, and who's going to go? Madsy Yanovski chooses start position number 5 number 5 two gate ones you start and finish with that in your five rides let's get a word with magic now he's with Now, Magic, tell me why you picked number five there. Um, you can tell me. I don't know, actually. Um, it's hard decision because, uh, when we look to the forecast, it's a little bit dangerous with the rain, so, um, but I feel like number five maybe will be good for me. I think so. You've got three red gates there. That's definitely promising, at least. Yeah, we'll see, you know. Anyway. Alright, thanks, Magic. Thank you. Well, you get two gate ones for five. Yep, here's Leon Manson, injection and all, and straight for number one. Um, fair play. Again, two inside gates. And he'll start with the inside in the heat number one. And finish in heat 17 on the inside. Okay, there you go, Leon. Now, was that the choice you wanted? That's not a bad pick for you there with gates one. Yeah, I think, uh, at the moment, that's the best choice for me. They have the same break after every race, and I'm coming out after the grading where the track is a bit more smooth. So, um, yeah, I think the moment is the best pick for me. Alright, I'm feeling okay? No, but, uh, I'll give it a go and do my best. Alright, thanks, Leon. Thank you. Well, he's not feeling very well, but he was very fast. Okay, and third fastest doing qualified was Yanis Kolodzio from Poland. Yanis, please select your start position number. Kolodzio coming forward. Yanis Kolodzio, yeah. And he's going to go for... Yanis selected start position number eight. Great. That will give him two gate twos, starting heat number two off gate four. Let's get some reaction with Kiri. Yanis, you went straight in there with number eight. Was that where you were wanting to head? Yes, I think this is maybe a lucky number for me tomorrow, and I keep fingers to tomorrow. Okay, well, historically, blue gate and red gate working very well here, so you've got three of those. So hopefully it will work for you. Okay, thank you. Yeah, good stuff from Yanis Kolodzio. He was riding nicely this year, and now we have Bartosz Marzlik. We have indeed. Joint leader. Bartosz has chosen start position number 13. Well, that's another number that gives you two gate twos. No, two gate ones rather, so I'm happy with that. Let's hear from Bartosz now speaking to Kiri. Okay, Bartosz, sitting in there with number 13. Are you happy with your choice? Yeah, I think so. These numbers are very nice, but we'll see you tomorrow. We will do a deed. Thanks, Bartosz. Thank you. Yeah, needs a good opening ride from gate four, and then the inside gate's coming in at his next three heats. Okay, let's see now the green machine. Patrick Dudek just asking... Right here, so he should know where he wants to start from. And obviously it's a little more complicated now. Thinking about it, thinking about it. Lots of deliberation. I think he's gone for 14 now. Patrick has selected start position number 14. So he starts... Thanks a lot, Phil. We got there in the end. Inside gates, gate two initially, then gate one, but two outside gates. No hesitation from Laguta. Number 12 for him, and that gives him two gate twos to finish in his fourth and fifth ride. He's Mati now from Slovenia. Mati has selected start position number nine. I can't see properly from the angle here. I need glasses. So he gets two inside gates. Can I borrow yours? Yeah, you can, but they're reasonably expensive. I know, so you've told me many times. He's Emil. Emil has selected start position number four. Okay, well, it gets two gate fours, but he'll be obviously confident that he can get a good run from there. But the options are now becoming slightly more limited. Yes. Mikkel Mickelson now, of course, in as a replacement, an injury replacement. Riding very well. He goes for number two, and that will give him two gate twos. He'll start and finish his five rides on the same gate. Yes, of course, no Antonio Limbac tonight after his crash. It was a horrifying crash in Vojans last weekend at the European Championship. Now it's Ty Woffen and the three times world champion, a recent colleague of ours on the BT14. Yeah, very enjoyable evening. We have with him on Monday at Wolverhampton. A little bit scary at times, but so we got through it. Ty has selected start position number 15. Number 15 for the world champion. Yep. And that will, he will start with an inside gate, but he will end up with two gate threes. Eight three is actually not the best gate here. Only six riders left now, six positions left. Freddie with his smartphone, with his grid on there after studying the race card. Freddie has selected start position number 10. Number 10 for Freddie. Yeah, two gate threes, but starts on the inside and is opening right, looking to get points early on. Please select your start position number. Straight in. Jason has started off, start position number 11 tomorrow. 12th man. Jason Doyle. Okay, so Jason's, was that number 11 for Jason? Is it 11 or 12? I'm not sure. Okay, unfortunately Max Frick is not here, so he's forfeited his position. Next. Wow. Max Frick will just take what he's given then. From Denmark. There you go. It was 11 for Jason Doyle. Selected start position number seven. Number seven for Niels Christian Everson, looking for a big performance tomorrow night. Starts on gate number two in heat two. And he will have two gate threes. Gate three on the stats is not good. Here is Max Frick. There you go. Better late than never. Sorry Max, I don't know what happened there, but obviously they thought you'd missed your turn, but you were stood there, so I will allow you to take the next position. Right, okay. A little confusion there, but Max Frick is here. Selected start position number six. He's gone for number six. Let's hope that that was his choice initially. But that gives Max two gate fours. You'll start on gate three. Next is close to the top of the table in heat two. Now we go to Martin Vashulik. Only a couple left. Going for number three. Selected start position number three. Start from gate three in the opening race. He will actually have a tough start for a meeting. Three outside gates. It's a tough choice. What are you going to go for, Jakob? Number 16. Jakob Torsal takes number 16. Jakob Torsal has gone for number 16, by the way. He'll start on gate three in heat four. Yeah, okay. Good luck to all the boys tomorrow night. It's going to be a terrific night of speedway here. It is. Qualifying has done and dusted. Matze Janowski first pick for the riding order tomorrow. And here we see now Max, Matze Janowski going for number five. And that means two red gates. Similarly for Leon Matzen, who will start in heat one off the inside gate. And then he'll finish in heat 17 off the inside gate as well. Two gate ones for Bartosz Smarslik as well. Two gate ones for Matizegal. Reminders of that step for gate one. 104 wins here in the time we've been coming here, which is nearly double the amount of victories than any other gate. So it is an advantage. Gate two is also an advantage. Gate three has been the graveyard in previous years. But gate four was certainly better last season because there's no doubt that the weather played its part because it was very wet here last year. But all things being equal, you've got to think that the inside gates could well be an advantage. But time will tell. Well, if the track's like it is tonight, tomorrow we're going to see some terrific racing. Indeed, we will. Let's get the reigning champion back from injury. Good to see him back. Ty Woefendon is speaking to Kiri. OK, Ty. Well, first off, happy with your gate choices? It doesn't really matter. I've had fans to see some statistics on qualifying and race day. So, you know, I've won three world titles, getting given gate positions. So it doesn't mean anything to me. OK, talk to me about the track out there. How did you find it? I got a little bit choppy. They put a bit of dirt on because there's a bit of rain. So it'll probably be completely different tomorrow because the weather forecast is to rain again. So, yeah, is what it is. Don't really feel too good on the bike today. Felt like I put a decent few laps together in qualifying, maybe not on the times. But, you know, it was riding a little bit smoother and a little bit more comfortable. Still trying to find that rhythm that I was in before my crash. So, yeah, tomorrow's a new day. Looking forward to it. Yeah, it is a new day indeed. Tell me about the fans out here. Certainly going to be an exciting day for them. Yeah, if there's any here. All right, thanks so much, Ty. Back to you, Calvin and Nigel. Well, I reckon Ty... I think there'll be plenty here, to be honest. Yeah, there will be. And also, Ty saying it doesn't really matter. You've won three world titles being given gate positions. I reckon if he would have been in the top two or three of qualifying there, he might have actually placed a bit more emphasis on that. Possibly. Possibly indeed. But I think when you don't do such a good time, then you'll probably be a bit nonchalant about it. But, no, he's going to finish with outside gates. Let's hope that works out for him. He needs a big score. He probably needs 14 or 15 points to really give himself some momentum to put pressure on the guys around the top eight. He's more than capable of doing that. He's won here before. He's won from bad gates. We saw him last year. He had a couple of bad draws, but still managed to produce. But he's a three-time world champion. He's a bit special. Yeah, there'll be a great atmosphere. The camping outside already, it has to be said. And the racing starts four minutes past seven tomorrow night, four minutes past six, UK. Speaking of the UK, a Bellevue rider, Max Veric, is with Curie. Thanks, Nigel. He is indeed. OK, Max, well, a little bit of confusion down there picking your gate. Were you happy with the choice that you got in the end? Yeah, we all got to go off every gate at some point throughout the meeting. So, you know, a gate draw seems OK. It's probably not the best one we could have had. But, you know, all in all, I think we got a lot of information from the practice and the qualifying today. We tried a few different things. And, yeah, I think we're in a good position to be able to, you know, make the most for tomorrow. OK, and tell me about the track. How did you find it out there? Not a bad time, you said? Yeah, my qualifying time wasn't the greatest, but throughout practice and things like that, we tried loads of stuff and some things worked, some things didn't. So my qualifying time, I wouldn't say worked that well. But some of the other things I used in the practice I was quite happy with. So we'll go with that for tomorrow and see where we end up. Well, getting a good run here, obviously a ride replacement for Greg Hancock. Are you joined being with us for the season? We've done quite a lot of the GPs, I think I've missed once. So it's pretty awesome to be able to come in and have the opportunity to be able to ride without the pressures that have been in the series the whole time. We just kind of turn up and have a bit of fun and race with the boys and try and learn as much as possible. All right, thanks so much, Max. All right, handing it back down to you guys. Thanks very much, Anid Kiri. Kel, what's your thoughts on Max? I think what he's done so far, I think he's a good addition to the series. If he doesn't make the challenge next weekend in the top three, then he's going to rely on a pick, of course. But what are your thoughts? He's got to a semi-final. He's got to a final. You know, is he good enough to be a full-time Grand Prix rider yet? I think he is, yes. I think he is. I think just a little bit more consistency is what he's got to work on. But there's no doubt that when he clicks, he's a class act, and we've seen it on occasions this year, he isn't that far outside the top eight. So he could actually qualify by right, but he's got a couple of opportunities. Yes, started his professional career in the UK with the Edinburgh Monarchs in the second division, and it really made great strides forward. Now, Leon Madsen, you've got to feel for him after that crash in the Polish League last weekend, his joint series leader, but he's injured, he's hurt. But having said that, he finished second in qualifying. Not bad. He's with Kiri. Not bad indeed, Nigel. Thank you so much. OK, well, Leon, the boys just saying, not feeling 100%, but still second in qualifying. I don't know where you found it from, but it's pretty impressive. I don't know, you know. We pulled out something special for that qualification, and it seemed to work out fine, but it wasn't easy. I wasn't happy in the practice. I couldn't sit on the bike. I was in too much pain with my ankle, so I couldn't race in the dirt. So feeling uncomfortable in a lot of pain. So, yeah, get the second-best time and available to choose. And start number one, I'm quite satisfied about that. Exactly, and staying positive, it is all about collecting those points tomorrow. That's why you're here. Exactly, you know, like, under different circumstances, if it wasn't for the GP, I probably would have stayed home. But to stay home and don't get any points tomorrow would be a big disaster for me. If I can come away tomorrow with some decent points and still be in the mix, you know, then I'm very happy. Thanks so much, Leon. Stay strong for tomorrow. Thank you. Yes, we wish Leon Mattson well. Any rider who defies injury and, you know, really works hard, we admire them, of course. The FIM medical staff will, of course, have to be satisfied that he's OK. He's proved that he has with finishing second here tonight in qualifying here in Molyla. Now, what are the standings in the World Championships going into round number six tomorrow night? Look at the top three, 61 apiece for Smalslik Saifudinoff and Mattson. Two points behind them, Fatsulik. Then it's two-deck on 55, lingering a little bit behind on 47. Big night for him tomorrow, as you've written in the program, Kelv. Yeah. Kowacek 44. And then the battle for the top eight is on as well. Yeah, it's tight. Ginovsky 36, Doyle 35, Leguta 34, Everson 34. And as you said, Max Frick, only five points off the top eight. Yeah, he's not that of it, you know, and if Max can put it together like he did in Prague, then there's no doubt that he can, and Prague and Hustovic, of course, where he made the final, but there's no doubt that Max has an opportunity to get into the top eight and secure a future in the Grand Prix. Of course, he can do it next weekend if he can get in the top three in Goroshan. It's a tough night, but I'm sure he'll be giving everything he can. This is a terrific track. Yeah. It's got a bit to live up to after Vlotslav because that was sensational. I like the banking around the bends, Kelv. So do I. And riders do as well. It's a real bowl of a track. When the conditions are right, we see some superb speedway. It's been a great experience since the year. If the weather behaves itself, then we will see that we'll have a healthy crowd, a great atmosphere, and these GP boys will thoroughly looking forward to a great night of speedway. The way the banking is here, does it remind you of your Bradford days riding at Otsal Stadium? Yeah, to a degree, certainly. You know, when Bradford was working well and he had the grip there, you could generate so much pace. You'll see it tomorrow with guys coming out of turn two where they square that corner off that long straight and then dive bomb going into turn three. It really is very spectacular. And as I say, if the track is similar to what we've experienced here this evening, then there's no doubt that we will see those type of moves and riders will be very much looking forward to it. Who have you tipped to win tomorrow night? I've got my Martin Vashalik for tomorrow. Poor old Martin. Great stuff tonight, Kelv. Thanks so much, and thanks to Kiri in the pits as well. We'll be back tomorrow night for live coverage of the FIM Scandinavian Speedway Grand Prix. We'll see you then. Good night.