No more safety net for Australia’s Jason Doyle / Speedway GP

Jason Doyle has been driving in the Speedway Grand Prix since 2015, making him one of the longest serving drivers in the World Championship. Last year, Doyle started the season well with four finals in the first five Grands Prix, but declined in the second half of the season. That pushed him out of the top six and there was no direct qualification.

“We started well, but when the external conditions changed, we could no longer get there,” says the Australian, citing one reason for being weak in the second half of the year, “but we have to focus on the positive and keep looking forward. The changes from 2022 paid off and to get us to where we are now, I’m counting on the same tuner and the same team as last year.”

At the same time as the Speedway Grand Prix, the 2017 world champion also competed in the qualifying rounds. At the end of August he was able to secure his place in the 2024 GP with a victory at the Challenge in Sweden.

This method will not be available to him this year. If Doyle is not to hope for a wild card, he will have to finish in the top six. “My goal is always to be better, but other drivers are trying to do that too. “I want to reach as many finals as possible so that I can get a medal at the end of the season,” says the Australian, explaining the bigger goal, which would also guarantee a place in the 2025 GP.

And more: “Since I didn’t participate in the championship in Australia, I can’t qualify and therefore I have to enter the top six. But if I reach the podium at the end, then I will definitely qualify.”

To achieve this goal, the Australian leads the league in his tenth year at Speedway GP and will only compete in league races in Poland, England and Denmark. Doyle has canceled the start of the Swedish league. “By giving up in Sweden I have fewer races and I think that will be good for me because I will be more rested. Since I no longer have three races a week, I can focus on other things.”