 didn't step but hobbled onto the top step of the podium in Malilla in Sweden in front of an ecstatic set of home fans as winner of round six of this year's world championship. The rain that threatened to curtail the meeting never materialized as our riders once again took to the shale on another night of high octane drama. The talking point of heat six was heat six. Dudeck was attempting to go around Mikkel Mikkelson for the race league when they both clashed leaving Dudeck falling to the ground in front of Lindgren who with natural instinct pulled his bike onto one wheel effectively jumping over Dudeck. Lindgren then piled into the fence closely followed by Max Frick miraculously all riders brushed themselves off and carried on racing. Eventually Madsen, Jenozki and Leguta would join Lindgren in the final. Lindgren in yellow was quick away from the outside gate and took to the dirt line and by turn three was into the lead. The likable swede was then applauded in cheer for the rest of the race by his home fans and applauded to like for not only the victory but the heroics of heat six. It's been an eventful evening for me with a huge crash and as I said I can hardly walk but I certainly can ride a bike and gave it everything I had and so after Malilla and two rounds with three riders tying for the lead of the world championship dead marxley on matts and has now taken a six point lead over poland spartosh schmarzlik emel syphidon on third just a point behind the pole along with slovakian martin vashulik with the hero of malilla swedens Lindgren fifth on 63 so from sweden the series has a short trip south to germany and tetro and the burgring arena hi there good evening and welcome to fim speedway grand prix qualifying from the burgring arena in tetro welcome along beautiful sunny evening here in tetro a delight to be here it's round seven of the fim world speedway championship and it's all about qualifying tonight ahead of tomorrow's main event the fim speedway grand prix of germany big crowd expected here tomorrow night plenty of interesting qualifying as well i can tell you that 15 of the 16 riders are here martin smolinski is nursing a knock the wild card the german star he's nursing a knock and therefore misses out on qualifying here this evening now a pleasant sunshine which is what we didn't have here for the grand prix last year when the top surface was scraped off what about the all-important track conditions let's head down now to the track itself for an update from kelvin tatum thanks nigel it's terrific to be back here in the burgring arena for the fourth time and i must say we've seen free practice and everybody seemed to be doing quite nicely in actual fact the free practice times were very tight indeed i've got the thermometer with me we're right on the inside of the entrance to turn number three pretty slick here but what i would say is that the track is beginning just to break up a little bit there is a small right there so we will have to keep an eye on that as the time qualifying goes through as we move out to three quarter track here a little bit more grip here and that's important particularly here not loads of grip and there is some new material that they've actually put on the track in the last month but because this track is fundamentally pretty flat it is important to actually have a little bit of grip on the outside so the guys can chase it and it opens up more opportunities there's no doubt that this place had a wonderful grand prix last year with thai woefendon coming through time qualifying just about to get underway we're thoroughly looking forward to it thanks very much indeed kelvin yes as we say glorious sunshine here in germany this evening and a big night in prospect tomorrow at a pivotal stage of the world championship of course we're here tonight then we're in voyons in seven days time in danmark then it's kardif on the 21st of september and we rounded all off in torrent in poland in october so it's beautifully poised leon madsen leads the way right now in the world championship of course and let's head down track side for the first time tonight it's good evening kiri blau thank you so much yes down here with leon madsen fastest in practice and six points clear all our championship table at the moment feeling good going into tonight yeah it feels good the first time i'm here on the track but uh they put some new material on not not long time ago and it it seems to be working all right it's breaking up a little bit but uh so far so good and uh yeah as you said i had good speed of my bikes and hopefully i can keep it going for the qualification and for tomorrow meeting all right thanks so much leon enjoy qualifying nigel i'll hand back to you thanks very much indeed kiri yes just taking a look through now what's in store here for uh qualifying here this evening and as always a terrific lineup for the aster in german fim speedway grand prix and this is the way they line up after free practice a little bit earlier yanovski syfutinov kowadze evison who's in the grand prix next year of course after the challenge last week dudek wolford and leguta vashnik smarsley glinbach doil zeigar madsen lingren and lambard that is the order they're going to go in here in qualifying tonight first rider we see then is magic madsen yanovski kelv we do indeed and he's arrived at it's looking for a big result tomorrow night and of course this evening's qualifying will give him a boost for that a classy performer of course but he's had an up and down season so far as i said just in that brief track report i had it's the timings from free practice were so close indeed there was really like a tenth between 10 riders it really is a blink of an eye between these grand prix stars we're into his second lap this is when we generally see an improvement in time 14-5 actually 14-5 is very good um that was one of the better times from earlier on 14-6 was the popular number from free practice so magic yanovski starting in fine style here quite possibly getting the track at the right time yeah trackment has had free practice on it in the build up to this but a venue that you've forgotten great affection for kelv tell us about that yeah we're just over the other side of the hill there is the burgring itself which is a 1.8 kilometer grass track with right and left hand corners and in may every year we used to race there and i was fortunate enough to do that on a regular basis so um yeah i have fond memories of this part of the world and there's no doubt that yanovski i think that that's quite a decent time when you reflect on the times earlier on there's no doubt that 14-5 could represent something quite good okay 14.580 confirmation is magic yanovski's time the pole of course who missed the opening round of the series this year with that broken collar bone which was quite a complicated break now what about emil side food and off it's a big night tomorrow for emil in his world title hopes kelv yeah you've got to believe that disappointing last time in malilla and looking like he was really going to push on but failed to make the semifinals and that would have been a blow so there's no doubt that he needs to bounce back not worried about the clock here he's gone over to the far side going to do a practice start we have actually in vrodsworth a couple of long preys ago we actually just saw him do one lap and he managed to actually produce quite a stunning time so emil goes out on the track very relaxed about this as this lap now is the one we need to keep an eye on the first lap obviously he was stood still for a period of time but emil is in with a shout the world championship so tetoro here this weekend is hugely important 14-6 yeah that represents a similar time that he did in free practice track has actually come back to the riders because it slowed down after the first initial runs yep emil side food and off who is third place right now in the world championship with 68 points level with martin vashilik a point behind batoch smarslik and seven behind the leader leon madsen so that's rider number two done and dusted in our qualifying here tonight emil side food and off on 14.615 so it's madsen and offsky who's still quickest after the next rider 14.58 so of course a reminder how qualifying works here tonight kelvin the qualifying system all about timing trying to bring speedway in line with other motorsports of course and the order with which you finish gives you the more preferential pick for the number you take in tomorrow night's lineup and the better the time then more opportunities you have and quite possibly a start number that you really quite fancy inside gates here traditionally have proven to be the favorite gates one and two have worked very well in the previous three visits we've had gate four also can produce some good race winners collage is having a good season understated sort of character it doesn't say too much but he's been going about his business very professionally indeed he's the polish champion he won in Prague of course he's in the top eight he's doing all right yeah he honest kowadze has certainly done reasonably well on his return to the grand prix series it's been a while of course he's just outside the top eight and a couple of points behind artem leguta so kowadze racing for his grand prix future over the next four rounds here boyans kardiff and torren and looking for a good time here where at the moment 14.6 just behind sayfutunov and yunovsky on 14.6 he's replicated the time he did earlier on so again that's a decent effort time when it's fresh certainly seems to be working on that first full flying lap that's worked for the first three runners so it'll be interesting to see how the times pan out as the riders go through but we've nearly got a full contingent here only the wild card martins melinski is missing he's out with a back injury but giannis kowadze third place at this early stage well martins melinski has said quite defiantly yes i will give qualifying a miss because he wants to have more treatment and rest up that injury but i will be in tetro he's not going to miss that martins melinski because quite a bit of competition for a wildcard these days when you've got eric riss of course and kai hookenbeck well kai has actually been the wildcard here previously of course he comes from this part of the country whereas martins actually from the south of germany so yeah there is quite a lot of emphasis on the pig for the grand prix but martins got it this time and this man of track is a fully fledged mongri rider for next year so he came through the gp challenge in godashan last weekend in fine style so he's absolutely chuffed a bit with that he's actually joined the ranks of the ipswitch witches very recently and he will finish the season with them probably as a consequence of his polish fixtures that have now finished with torrent but everson looking for a big performance looking to finish the season in style because he's had a hard time this year and 148 doesn't represent a great time 145 from you know ski is significantly quicker than that but for everson i know that he really does want to turn his season around in these last few weeks well we know he can do it he started the series with 14 points in warsaw in the opening round but it just hasn't happened for him since neils but had a great grand prix challenge in Croatia last weekend as you've referred to and that is why he's booked his place in next year's series he's outside of the top eight right now the top eight guarantees you a spot for next year but neils right now is 11th on 41 points and he's nine points adrift of the top eight but it doesn't matter now because he's already safe and secure for next year's series after his efforts in godashan last weekend and you're absolutely right in that regard but there is a sense of pride of course he's got four grand prix to go and of course you don't just want to be making the numbers up his his cv is far too good for that one of them in denmark exactly next week in denmark invoence of course you'll want to put in a huge performance there now this man patrick dudek who is um you know he's a former world number two he's an outstanding rider he pushed jason dole all the way in 2017 of course and patrick looking for a big performance here he has 14 off the lead it's break or break stage yeah it is with four rounds to go plenty of points available but there's no question he's going to need a big hall of points uh in tomorrows a 15 a 16 point hall would really come in handy 14 7 and his first flying lap he started with 16 12 and 12 in the first in the first three rounds and hasn't hit double figures since prior no so he's gone off form a little bit untidy there but as i say he needs to come back to that consistency of performance that he had at the beginning of the season and he's rock solid on 14 7 which will see him into fourth place as i say at this early stage and if he could hang on in in fourth place that would be job done because that still gives you a a half sensible chance of a pick that you quite prefer i do think the riders will focus on getting inside gates because there's no doubt with the the weather set fair for tomorrow track conditions are going to be similar to what they're encountering now and that will favor the entire gates one and two for tomorrow night well patrick du deck fourth out of the five that have gone out there now 14.755 so it's behind jinovsky saifutinov and kowadze and just ahead of neils christian everson so that's five of the 15 riders we're a third of the way through qualifying and i'm a reminder at the end of the of the runs that the boys have here then we go into the pick of the riders for their position in the 1 to 16 tomorrow night that's where their management team and the riders themselves some of them get their iphones out and look at the race card last year's winner nijal the world champion ty woefendon who had a difficult time in malilla just could not get the bike off the start and a chat with him he's very relaxed he's been riding well in the leagues looking for a big performance tomorrow night and here this evening of course 14.5 that's stunning place number two that's the best qualifying he's done so far comfortably and it's been a an indifferent Grand Prix campaign for the world champion never really got going in truth and then of course the back injury curtailed it but he wants to finish with the flourish he's got cardiff to look forward to of course on the 21st of september and the world champions putting well that first lap night or 14.59 that's very good second overall out of the six that have gone out there woefendon's got some big promotions coming up as well he's got an autobiography coming out i'm pretty sure there'll be no holds barred with his opinions and his views because he can be pretty outspoken mr woefendon that's the way he is isn't it he speaks from the heart and says what he thinks but woefendon will be pleased when he comes in 14.590 is a good time and as i said just previously that's the best effort he's made in qualifying so far so pete adams and the team will be now reflecting on the program to you know look at what number they would prefer for tomorrow night right it's to come of course but i suggest that he'll have a decent pick a little later on what a huge win it was here last year for woefendon because he was on the crest of a slump really he wasn't winning races he doesn't like talking about it smashlet was closing the gap closing the gap why would you exactly but then he popped out won a race went on and did the rest and i think it was that night in tattaro that really helped him get over the line well it was a penultimate round it was hugely important he was under a massive pressure and winning in style didn't look that convincing early on in the night but the ride in the final was out of the top drawer and it proved to be a hugely important win as he went on to win in torrent a couple of weeks later now leguta very much improved last time but a whole half full of points in me that was much more like in his old self 1480 isn't no he'll be disappointed with that he needs to try and improve on that if he can bottom of the table yeah that's seventh as we speak arson of course is an electric starter and if he can find his clutch hand tomorrow then there's no doubt that he'll be in with a shout had a better time than that earlier on actually so he will be disappointed with that just slipping backwards now you just sense that the time has gone that first flying lap appears to be the one that really counts yeah leguta seventh out of seventh then right right now 14.841 the fastest yunovsky is 14.580 so good time that yeah there you can see the differential between one and seven transponders on the bike so the first ever year of timed practice qualifying if you like to have the or pick of the one to 16 where you want to be in the ranking if you like or in the starting order the starting lineup tomorrow night because you can study where you may get two gate ones or if you're on the back of every grading break there are various situations to consider there are there are lots of permutations and it becomes more complex the further down the list you are when there are less opportunities you're trying to get the best of a bad job in some respects we're looking at martin vashalik now he's had a good season a rock solid season martin is there's no question he is in with a shout of a medal this year he's riding well hasn't won a grand prix he's had three second places so he's desperate to get on top of the box in a grand prix before the end of the season but martin he's a lean mean fighting machine these days isn't he really is a racing snake of a guy and he's riding on but 14.8 that puts him in seven that will be disappointment for him just a little bit untidy i think the track tonight is just beginning to break up in a little bit a few places and that might just be causing one or two of these later guys a bit of a problem yeah he's got two double figure scores in the last three rounds he's got a 16 and a 15 and he he got a nine in sweden in malilla last time out so this really is a massive grand prix tomorrow night and it's all live with us seven o'clock local time here in germany six o'clock in the uk for our btsport viewers hope you can join us for a terrific night of racing here tomorrow night i'm sure they will and when you look at the performances of leon madson who we are going to see in the second group madson leads the championship by six points he's made five out of six finals his performance level has been championship winning form and that's putting pressure on everybody else right now so there you go madzianowski leads the way after eight riders have been out there and we look forward to the next seven to come out and that we'll have that very shortly qualifying classification here and we'll have more when we come back in a few moments hi there welcome back yes here we are and beautiful so well the sun's just setting over the distance over there at the green it's been beautiful yeah it has been and it's still a barmy temperature so it's very pleasant indeed we've seen the first eight runners and very tightly packed at the top and i've got to say woofingdon came up with a much more improved performance there nige and you know ski first out on the track seems to have utilized conditions absolutely spot on yeah very much so and i'm looking forward to tomorrow night because of the fact that for once they're not going to have to scrape the top surface off just to get the meeting on you know we're going to see a proper speedway track tomorrow we will do then last year was was tricky it was all very nearly off last year and we had to have that delay that's not going to be the case tomorrow evening it's going to be about 27 28 when we start the meeting so yeah plenty of good weather for everybody to enjoy and so far we've enjoyed the first eight runners reasonably why tightly packed 14 6 was a very popular number in the free training three guys on it coming out of excuse me two of them on that and two on 14.5 so one or two boys really putting a good time together and i just suggest with the weather set fair nige for tomorrow night there's no doubt that the inside gates could well prove to be an advantage so you know getting a good pick after tonight could be very handy indeed yep so we'll be welcoming our british broadcasters back from a commercial break very shortly indeed but the next seven riders are preparing to make their way out onto the circuit here at the burgring arena in tetoro and we'll welcome our british viewers back very shortly so a reminder we're live tomorrow night for the meeting itself and we're back in a moment with more qualifying hi there welcome back yes we're live here at the burgring arena here in tetoro Germany for round seven of the fim speedway world championship it's the asterine fim speedway grand prix of germany and we're looking forward to a terrific night of racing here i think this is what the fourth straight year that we've been here now for the grand prix and it is a hot bed of the sport this part of the world motorsport here uh in in germany in tetoro we've got gustro up the road they love their speedway around here yeah there's several speedway clubs in the north east of germany it's not too far away from poland of course you get plenty of poles coming across the border so yeah it's uh it's a it's a smashing part of the world a beautiful part of the world yeah very much so and uh we've got some reaction i think very shortly now to uh the first what seven or eight eight riders that have gone out there that sainovsky leads the way let's catch up with some rider reaction now with kirie thanks so much nigel and kelvin out there yet down here we're tired pretty good qualifying for you second fastest at the moment were you happy with that uh yeah definitely i wasn't fast at all in practice so um we just made a little change for for the qualifying and um seems to work so i'll run that tomorrow and see how we go okay tell us what you think the tracks like obviously grading now do you think the guys are going to get a better track now or the same it's probably one of the most boring tracks to race on in the world but um gps here so we have to make starts because i don't know there'll be much passing okay well we're told redgate works well out there is that what you've got the information of as well uh yeah red's definitely a good one gate four can work well here as well um you definitely don't want to be going from gate three so uh hopefully we're still up there by then the end of qualifying and we can avoid a gate three all right thanks so much ty nigel and kelvin sending it back down to you thanks very much indeed kirie s uh up here in the pit lane a lot of riders once again you know if ever you want to question what the riders think of qualifying and i know there's been quite a bit of cynicism around qualifying and people trying to adapt to it and get used to it but there's more and more riders that have been huddled around here now just watching those first eight riders no we were surrounded and there's no question that um uh riders want a good time you know psychologically it's it's important so um uh yeah they're taking note of it obviously ty's done a good time there and he's he's more than aware that gate three is not the favored gate here so um if it stays this way then there's every chance that he'll have an opportunity for at least a number that gives him two gate ones gate number five has been the most popular pick but um no so far so good for the world champion well matzajinovsky taiwufin and emilsaj futonoff yannis gaudze patrick dudek neils christian evison martin vasilik and artem leguta are the riders that we have so far in that order uh they are the top eight that have gone out so far and matzajinovsky is the quickest so far very shortly we're going to be heading back out there and a bit of track grading going on right now for uh phil morris the uh race director indeed there is so um there's no doubt that um uh he'll be working over time and uh i think we've got some more um uh information coming out of the pits now i think we can hear more from kirie now kirie over to you thanks so much nigel and kelby up moved a little bit further down the pits here we found emilsaj futonoff emil really good qualifying from you as well currently in third happy with how it went out there yes yes i'm really happy now it's uh i feel good speed and uh hopefully you know tomorrow i can i can keep you know that speed and and for sure from from the start this will be also important so i can it's like i said before when i speak with you so i just want to you know score more points and i feel good track is so so good you know i like so we'll see okay well the track just being graded now do you think it'll change much for the guys out there i don't think so you know it's uh it was a little bit slippery when i go in you know it's qualified uh this one minute so uh but uh i think it's tomorrow will be more lines because because it's like four riders from the tape you know it's and track it's will be preparing for sure is a little bit different and hopefully you know it's will be good meeting than uh than last year okay emil in a massive points battle at the moment you're feeling confident going into tomorrow uh you know it's uh now i wait you know it's for the finish to qualify and then we go to choose the number and i i have you know it's uh my mind to know some what uh what can i choose so but uh i i not tell you know so we will see you know so uh hopefully you know it's uh this number which i choose and also be lucky for me okay thanks so much emil back to you nidol and calv okay thanks so much indeed kiri yes and martos marcelik is the man out next a reminder eight riders so far have been out without racing and uh well riding uh trying to get the fastest time possible and but us racing against the clock right now he's winding it on its first four flying lap we will get now 146 sensible time that puts him into fourth he'll be relatively pleased with that um track just freshly prepared now of course and a little bit of water's gone on so bartos appears to be taking full advantage of that all action style from schmarzlik into the second lap very consistent slightly slower than his first one which is to be expected but um two good laps from bartos here and would suggest that there's just a little bit more a little bit more grip on the track after the track grading so he may well have just caught the track at the right time yep so bartos schmarzlik in fourth place now then 14.664 the time this time yeah as the ninth rider to go out there there's 15 of the 16 here tonight with martins melinski missing out on qualifying to rest that injury of course but he will definitely be here tomorrow evening to make up the full complement of grand prix riders tomorrow looking forward to seeing what leon madsen gets up to because he quite often goes out in the second group and produces a fast time good to see this man back he's been missing for a little time because of injury but and turn your limb back is back in the grand prix he hasn't had a great campaign so he needs four rounds to really turn his fortunes around because um as i say he's on his day he can be electrifyingly quick but uh this year so far he hasn't been able to produce it on saturday night here we go only one double figure score this season kelton points in the opening round and hasn't done uh done that since no no it's very disappointing that and he'll be disappointed as well because he knows he's capable of so much better uh you can just see the track just chopping a little bit there they're just bouncing around a little bit 14.6 that's a good time and suddenly he usurps seifutinoff and schmarzlik that's a terrific effort from limb back third place yeah and he'll be pleased with that on his return to the grand prix this weekend nodule yep very much so so as things stand right now yunofsky wuffin and limb back for top four limb back hitting 14.60 uh with his flying lap if you like so rockets into third place overall from the 10 riders that have been out there and that's a good achievement so late on in qualifying although of course there has been a bit of grading that just looks like that the motion moisture just beginning to soak into the material and he utilized it perfectly there is going to be a certain amount of good fortune at times when you get the track do you get it at the right time yunofsky obviously had a nice run woofenden as well but for limb back and schmarzlik the first two runners in the second group both of them have produced two good good time so would suggest that the um the track is behaving itself now jason doil an interesting customer here because his three grand prix he has performed outstanding his worst score here is 16 points he's won here uh won the world championship a couple of years ago of course and he's looking to turn his fortunes around because he hasn't been in great form in the gps he's been scoring points everywhere else night as we well know um but hasn't been able to replicate that in the gps so for jason i think this is an opportunity for him to really sort of kick start his campaign with with rounds running out because he's better than he's shown so far yeah he's scoring big points for swindom back in the uk they're on a winning run right now they had a thumping win on monday and last night as well uh against peter bro and doily's really in the points absolutely flying but this is grand prix speedway of course and just a one double figure score so far that came in round three in prague where he scored 12 but as kelvin mentions he's got a a fantastic record around here in the burgring in tetoro can he keep that going tonight he needs to because he really does want to get into that top eight right now dole on 42 and legutron 50 is eight a drift to the top eight right now 14 6 6 that puts him into sixth place so a decent effort from jason and uh he should be relatively pleased with that might need a little bit of good fortune to get the number he wants with five riders choosing before him but uh as we've reiterated a couple of times he likes this place well he might not like it but he certainly performs well here so um there's no doubt that um he'll be looking forward to doing something very similar tomorrow night matizaga out on track a late arrival oh he's got a dramatic day this far he's had a dreadful day with all sorts of problems the flight was cancelled and then a later flight got here just had one free run so um but he knows how to get around here he's won here before so um you know this place doesn't hold any fears for him the burglings so um zaga the silky smooth style and of course he won the gp challenge last weekend night so he's in the grand prix for next year so he can be relaxed he can focus now on the last four rounds and just pick up as many world championship points as possible and there is a time there is a time fantastic leads the way that's the answer arrive late folks yeah and he's just this didn't qualify 14.513 when we were told he was going to be a late arrival he may actually arrive uh just in time to take his qualifying lap um and and i had visions of him warming the bike up in the van getting changed in the back of the van and just jumping out and going straight on the trap but thankfully he did arrive a little bit earlier but he's up on the pile now brilliant time brilliant time from zaga quite clearly full of confidence relaxed turned up at the 11th hour today and has produced a stunning time and well that's great and qualifying hasn't gone so well for him so far this year and the grand prix in truth hasn't gone that well for zaga he's well outside the top eight and doesn't matter now no it does not and he's taken care of business last weekend so fair play to him now here's the main man the championship leader leon madson five out of six finals and has been riding out of the top draw he is fast with a capital f he has got speed everywhere and so far has produced some stunning performances still carrying the ankle injury nudge but there's no he's been having daily treatment kelf uh back in poland he's uh he's needed that just to get himself here and you know as fit as possible it's not ideal but uh he's uh he's certainly been a revelation this year madson and he did say to me a little bit earlier before he started this again fast on the money very fast on the money straight away and he said to me earlier kelvin this is now part of the grand prix weekend this is now here and this is what it's all about testing and qualifying on a friday it's all part of the grand prix weekend look at that it's gone quicker on his second lap he's fantastic he's just um producing a time once again giving himself every chance of course we saw uh two weeks ago in molyla he wanted number one because he wanted a freshly prepared track when he was carrying this injury and that proved to be a terrific decision but madson producing a stunning time again third place overall and in the world championship standing six points clear of bar tosh marshalik in the world championship so a six point lead if he can extend that tomorrow he will be in a fantastic position going into voyons denmark his home country and that is next saturday we've got back-to-back weekends in the gp here tonight uh tomorrow night i should say and then next weekend in voyons denmark where there have been a lot of improvements at the stadium there yeah really looking forward to going back night um there's jacka bolson is now running the show there and lots of enthusiasm and passion back in the sport in voyons the spiritual home of danish speedway so looking forward to that but we've got uh tomorrow night and the remainder of the qualifying to look forward to as well freddy linggren a winner two weeks ago what a hero he was he had that incredible crash saved dudek's life almost on the track and then picked himself up and produced a stunning right to win the grand prix in front of his home crowd doesn't get any better than that he produces a reasonable time not a stunning time but he hasn't done so far in qualifying he hasn't been a great qualifier so far this season but freddy must be feeling good i know that he had a bit of an injury with his knee but he's walking around reasonably well but uh that confidence boosting win two weeks ago i'm sure he's looking forward to the remainder of the grand prix series fifth in the world championship on 63 points i was a bit concerned after that meeting in melela i thought you know over the next two or three days after that it might blow up like a balloon the knee but he's absolutely fine here he is and he's in 10th place overall in qualifying now after that yeah unfortunate just not quite producing it but he hasn't done him qualifying so far linggren um so quite possibly he won't be too worried as i say um that performance two weeks ago in melela was stunning he got on the grip at the right time didn't he in the final and just swung around that first corner was a stunning ride and he'll be chuffed to bits with that but um not the best time so far now we get robert lamb but back in the grand prix back from his back injury and uh been scoring some points lately missed out in the gp challenge but that probably came a touch early for him nice yeah i think so and he's back rating for king's lin in the british league now as well um he's benefiting from this experience i don't think there's any doubt about that um but i think he needed the challenge he needed to get through the challenge really to get a place next year because there's going to be a real scramble for wild card spots isn't there if jason doile doesn't get in the top eight woffenden greg hankirk greg hankirk if greg is back next year then you know there's huge questions there as well isn't there there's only four available there is and uh that may it may see him miss out but he's young 148 a little bit untidy riding wide so that probably isn't going to work to be honest um and that puts him in 15 so he needs to ride tighter shorter distance because um the track is still quite slick yeah immediately he rode narrower there he picked up several places he jumped up from 15th to 7th so um uh that was a good response from him quite clearly reacted had his thinking cap on there one last chance really now 14 7 again so 14 6 that 5 7 that puts him in 7th place a reasonable a reasonable effort there because he's a last man out so yeah um may who'd be pleased with that so could have been 15th and he turned the 15th into a 7th so um a good job done by young robert there yeah and i know the point is relevant kelvin you say that with someone like freddy lingren qualifying perhaps doesn't matter that much because he does so well on a saturday but the other view is that leon madsen is treating this as part of the weekend oh no part of the strategy no you can't underestimate that i think that uh you're absolutely right madsen's attitude to the qualifying spot on and uh he's pleased um so yeah you know he's done a good job again he finishes in third place but zeigar coming out of nowhere that was a terrific effort from him so 15 riders have completed mattie zeigar is the quickest man of the 15 here magic in oski second leon madsen third ty wovenin is fourth coming shortly we are going to bring you the pick mattie zeigar will go first to decide what number from one to 16 he goes tomorrow night join us for that hi there yes so uh british broadcaster's and other channels of lefters but we're still here and uh we hope you're enjoying our having a rest yes we can't have one they've got the kettle on uh or gone to the fridge and we're here mattie zeigar what can you say well that was superb wasn't it you know turned up at the 11th hour um having had all sorts of problems with his travel arrangements today and just turned the style on there and uh just in the second group produced a terrific time so congratulations to him we just see the replay of it now um he's won here we've only had three grand priests previously here he's won one of them so um it was a couple of years ago so um uh yeah he knows how to get around here and the bike was really hooked up brilliantly you could see that wheels in line tidy style and produced a time that was absolutely spot on fantastic but you know what kelv mattie is another rider who when he's not gone so well in qualifying he appears to just be blasé and brushy to one side well that's something that actually here big high five with his pit crew and and it meant a lot to him it did and i think that's something that riders need to reflect on their attitude towards it because it's here and you can't just uh you know wave it away the fact is is that if you can produce a good time it's got to be a good feel factor of coming back into the pits and we saw that quite clearly and when mattie hasn't produced it he's been a bit dismissive of the qualifying so um i think one or two guys will sort of get their heads around it and uh they'll come to terms with it more and more but uh there's no doubt that it puts a real terrific emphasis on a friday evening the competitive edge to this is terrific there's a buzz around the pits more than i think i've no it's just gathering momentum really i think that well certainly the the attention on us is increased massively so we've had 15 guys out there so far and it's been entertaining looks like a quick pause while we welcome back our broadcasters from around the world with back shortly hi there welcome back to the burgring arena here in tetero germany where 15 riders have been out there and done their qualifying times and it's mattie zagar of slovenia who's on the crest of a wave after winning the grand prix challenge last weekend to book his place in next year's series he is the fastest man in qualifying classification here tonight and he will therefore have first pick of what position to race in tomorrow night kelvin just explained very quickly before we throw across to fill morris the race director and kerry just explained to us the strategy the riders now have got a race card in front of them yeah some of them have got program boards some of them have got clipboards some of them are using a race card on their iphone you get five rides you've got four starts so you're going to go off one of the starts twice uh the opportunity to maybe go off one of the inside gates twice is an advantage so there are four starting positions with the two gate ones and i suspect that they will go fairly quickly so a better time gives you a better opportunity for a favored number so that's really what it's all about yep they're just organizing things by the pit board across the way from us right now where riders are just making their way and they're consulting with their managers as well a lot of the riders here consult very carefully with their their pit crew their strategy in terms of what they're going to do from here but as the meeting itself tomorrow it is a huge meeting because we're at round seven of ten yeah business time so it's a huge meeting in the context of the world championship championship's taking shape obviously leon madsen's been outstanding obviously the boys behind it under pressure to close the gap and of course the fight for the top eight there's a lot of guys very close from probably about six through to tenth you know it could go any way so really can't make too many mistakes at this this stage and tetra tomorrow night it's going to be good weather you're going to have to make some good starts because it will be the emphasis will be on trapping tomorrow night yeah we've got a good weather forecast for tomorrow which hasn't been the case here in tetra over the last couple of years or so no they've had to scrape the top surface off just to get some sort of track for us because of the rain well last year was really touching go and it ended up being a terrific night but certainly at the beginning it was difficult and we had to have a delay but there's no question that we're looking set fair for tomorrow evening new surface new material that's been mixed into the track they'll work hard to pound it back in so it's as firm as it can be but no world championship points on the line and as you rightly say round seven it's all getting very serious now and round eight is a week later back to back rounds of the world championship so it just makes you wonder how important is that the next week in the world championship season this next seven days is going to be huge you know somebody could make a real if Leon Mattson stamps his authority on the world championship and extends his lead well then all of a sudden he's looking at first to pick in a very good spot this man's in a great spot because start position number 13 number 13 for Mattson he will start on gate four and then go out with gate one but two gate ones for him tomorrow night okay Matty well you came late you didn't have much time to practice and you did the fastest time any reason for your gate choice there number 13 lucky for some yeah and i want to i want to start emitting late but once it starts you know i want to go bang bang bang so that's why i choose this one plus he's got two gate ones which normally works pretty good here no no crazy forecast for tomorrow so you know full gas i'm glad you made it thanks matty cheers well that's nice to see him with a smile on his face in his civvies is masik you're asking the strategy from matty zega there man who has a pretty blasé about it in the past but means a lot tonight masik is number five number five from matty and offsky who's wasted no time in having a shower and getting changed and he's gonna have a chat with kirie now okay magic picking number five there we like the casual attire as well picking number five any reason for that gate choices um because of gate one on the beginning and that does that's the only reason because i don't even see the start line today so does it all right thanks magic thank you yeah but he had that before and it worked well for him so there's no doubt that that's part of his thinking man nicely spaced races he's selecting start position number one good day well he's gone for that again not a lot of riders and finishes with a with an inside gate right not a riders don't like that because of the freshly prepared track let's hear his reasons why kirie okay leon freshly graded tack every time explain your choices yeah i picked number one after you're coming out on the track after each track service um i think that's pretty good and then the last race you have a gator gate one so if you need if you need a hit when it's always better to finish with the inside gate in the last last heat so and it worked out well for me in moley lasso hopefully it will do that again tomorrow perfect thanks leon thank you well yeah as i say a lot of guys don't like it and for fastest in qualifying world champion current sandatouli woopendon tie please select your start position number woopendon best qualifying so far of the year got pushed down a couple of places he was in second place number 14 for a little while but 14 for the world champion that gives him two gate twos and a gate two and a gate one to start with let's hear from him with kirie okay tie a lot of back and forth with the mechanics there choosing your gate choices number 14 any reasons i just drew it out of the hat really here's what it is all right thanks to our next there you go pretty relaxed attitude from the world champion on linback tony olin back of sweden now position number he needs a good ground free tomorrow i'm torn to select his start position number eight good luck two gate twos for him tomorrow night next week so he'll be looking forward to that emil saifudino the russian rocket coming up he has no hesitation start position number nine good luck he has start number nine that will give him two gate two gate ones rather at the end of the night peter adams has just walked away with tai woopendon with his arm around him as if he was really pleased with number 14 number six good luck number six for robert lambard i've got the ties just trying to uh do a bit of reverse psychology and two gate fours for lambard tomorrow night night so he'll be hoping for works smart slick coming up now they're having a bit of a look at uh what they want i think they've made up their minds they won't be too much of a hesitation here number ten good luck number ten for him next is australian former world champion threes i am not great in start position number four good luck doily that gives him two gate fours and uh outside outside gate in the first race please select your start position number yannis so here he goes start position number two good luck and he goes at number two tomorrow so he'll be out and he won and he have two gate twos as well and that's that's not too bad at all is freddy in his phone he's got that up on there hasn't he with the race card on no problem study in the form hopefully it'll work out for him it did did a couple of weeks ago freddy select your start position number freddy a selected start position number 12 thank you freddy starts on the outside tomorrow night and he finishes with two gate two so that could be quite a useful number number for him i wonder if phil morris is going to get a job pulling the f a cup drawing patrick please select your start position number 16 liver pull to get a good jury if he was doing it for morris certainly would do um certainly two gate fours for patrick tomorrow and i'm not sure 16 is a great draw for him tomorrow evening but um neils christian evison coming up now is danish uh just qualify for next year's grand prix neils christian evison and neils a selected start position number 11 good luck slots into number 11 there neils christian evison two gate fours next to pick um uh might might be quite useful just putting the cube in there like slotting in a little bit of lego yeah must have been must have been good at lego did you have that when you were a child will you yes i might go to lego land in billand when we get avoidance actually brought back some childhood memories for you i'm pleased 15 number 15 starts with an inside in a gate number two so not last because he needs to get his points early artem leguta his young son will make his choice and you've picked start position number seven great stuff well done young man two gates three tomorrow for artem so he'll be hoping that works out for him and he will martins roninsky then start position number three number three for martins roninsky start position draw for the aster in german speedway grand prix well done phil morris good stuff and there we have the uh the gate positions if you like and the one to 16 so matty zegar is at number 13 tomorrow which means he'll have back to back red gate ones and he's five and 12 and also back to back races because he'll have gate he four and five we'll have a track raid in between but he said he wanted to wait and then get going with a bit of a rattle he'll certainly have that if he wins his first two races he'll be well and truly in control look at madsen again though kelv start some finishes with the inside gate everything he's been asked of this season so far grand prix level he has delivered and once again he's done an outstanding job a little bit further down the pack here and jason dole there he'll be looking for a big night and he knows this place well freddy lingren of course well winter two weeks ago two gate twos to finish for lingren that's not a disaster at all yeah so uh that's the way it's worked out here this evening and martins malinsky left with number three after his non attendance tonight because of that injury of course but he will be riding here in the burgring arena in tetro tomorrow evening a reminder we started seven o'clock local time tomorrow night the race first race will be 704 604 back in the uk a terrific night of speedway ahead let's continue to build up to tomorrow and a bit of reaction to tonight as well with the qualifying classification let's say from kerry now thanks niger where there's a lot that goes on behind the scenes when we're picking those gates now hands you've got your pad out there you've got your phone out there now you're picking up and helping neils and leon it's really tough to make the right gate choices it is and you don't really know whether it's the right one or not till tomorrow but obviously you've got to you've got to work from you know what what used to be good and obviously gate one two and four are the favorites normally so obviously with leon having a fairly early pick he got the number one which he's quite pleased about which is two inside gates obviously the negative thing about it is that you're out and after every year every year track rating so sometime it becomes a little wet but i think the way they handle it today with the water water cart was really good and and so i think it'll be okay for him tomorrow as far as his question it's you know he didn't have such an early pick but but you know i think he got a good pick in the end 11 it gives him two outside gates and the history books tells us that's pretty good as well the outside and he will start off on blue and then red so you know inside at first so i think he was pretty happy with that as well okay and what do you make of leon going out on that freshly graded track he worked for him in melilla do you think it'll be the same here partly the reason he picked it in melilla was because of his obviously his ankle was hurting a lot it's still not a hundred percent so obviously having a fresh track for each raise you know grading and tire packing it'll be more smooth and so that'll that'll do him good i think for now but obviously you never know with it with the grading what happens but i think from what we've seen today i think that they they they they got that on the control so hopefully it'll be okay fine okay well leon six points clear in that championship table at the moment i know he's got tv crews after i mean he said in denmark everyone's making such a big deal of this six points clear can you notice any extra pressure on his shoulders or is he still as calm as ever i think he's taken really well i think he's he's as calm as ever and uh and i think that's his focus trying to you know take things as they are and uh you know he can do only do his best and he's got a very good attitude there so uh you know unless he's uh he's you know injuries or something comes comes sees away i think he's certainly got a good chance to pull it on from here all right thanks so much hands nielson nigel i'm going to hand back to you and uh kelvin thanks very much anne kerry uh love hands nielson's program board by the way that must be from the 80s a bit of retro fantastic very much so here's the world championship have you got a kelvin tatum one left somewhere yeah somewhere in the lofts leads away 75 points and six ahead of bar tosh marzlik amal side food enough fan martin vashnik on 68 freddy lingren on 63 the race for the top eight as well you see atem legutra on 50 and just behind him yana's co-odze on 48 jason dole 42 former world champion niels christian everson is in the series next year anyway after qualifying alongside matizaga and max frick yeah that's the problem the gp challenge they're all together there max frick not in the gp this weekend as he is a substitute who is not required uh this coming weekend so we're here tomorrow uh we are in voyons next weekend where we're told there's going to be upwards of 15 000 fans at the voyons speedway tickets on sale for the principality stadium card if british fans get along to the principality stadium on saturday the 21st of september for the british grand prix it's later than normal but it's the penultimate round of the series at card if card well it's going to be crucial isn't it in the outcome of the season the biggest show on earth and speedway terms um is going to be you know the penultimate round which is the first time that's ever happened so we're very much looking forward to that and it will be a fabulous night of course and we've got a roof so we are guaranteed speedway that night that's for sure but tomorrow night we're guaranteed speedway because we've got a great forecast and as we've been saying it's round seven it's getting very nitty gritty now uh leon madson has kind of thrown the gauntlet down to his competitors he's got that lead in the championship and he's producing all the time so there's no doubt the guy's chasing hard uh have got to come up with some big performances you know emel syfutunov needs to bounce back after a poor halstavik and schmarzlik needs to kick on once again as well so hugely exciting um and it really is open this championship um but as i say there's no doubt that the form for madson so far has been championship winning form can somebody um turn up tomorrow and lower his colors because so far he's been terrific but um double figures galore just one single figure score that was in halstavik in round four where he scored seven points this manager syfutunov yeah who had four double figure scores on the trot uh before the previous round and he needs a double figure score tomorrow night yeah he just slipped up a millilla just didn't get the bike set up right one speedway of nations of course he won in halstavik the grand prix uh and really was on a roll and then it just had a bit of a handbrake on it last time out so um but they they're a vastly experienced team right now and you know a lot of people are rooting for emel there's no doubt about that hugely popular rider and it wouldn't be too bad if he was the world champion of course not but um uh there's a long way to go yet just under half the series to go yep very much so well we know the riding order the fans here tomorrow night will be filling in their race day program tomorrow here at the burglaring arena in tetro we're looking forward to a terrific night of racing um whatever you're doing over the weekend make sure that you join us tomorrow night because we have got a good weather forecast and we are at an absolutely vital stage of the world championship who will win it well who knows tomorrow night leon mattson is the man in the driving seat when it comes to the world championship he's up there now to be caught kelvin he is yes because as i say five out of six finals and rock solid on the point scoring great in qualifying as well he hasn't slipped up has he and some of the other guys have once or twice so um yeah he's there to be shot out right now thanks for your time tonight kelv great work alongside kirri blau and we'll be back here in the burglaring arena tetro tomorrow night join us for that good night