The 2026 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings held during 2025 to determine the riders that qualified for the 2026 Speedway Grand Prix. The series consisted of three qualifying rounds at Žarnovica, Lonigo and Abensberg and the Grand Prix Challenge at Holsted.^[1]

The four riders that qualified for the 2026 Speedway Grand Prix series were Dominik Kubera, Kacper Woryna, Leon Madsen and Andžejs Ļebedevs. They will join the top seven riders from the 2025 Speedway Grand Prix along with the 2025 European Champion and three wildcard selections.^[2]

FIM Qualifying rounds

Round One 7 June 2025[3] Žarnovica (Speedway stadium Žarnovica) Pos. Rider Points Details 1 Anders Thomsen 12+3 (2,1,3,3,3) 2 Matej Žagar 12+2 (1,3,3,3,2) 3 Kacper Woryna 12+R (3,3,2,1,3) 4 Martin Vaculík 11 (3,2,1,3,2) 5 Andžejs Ļebedevs 10 (1,3,2,1,3) 6 Mathias Pollestad 9 (2,2,3,2,0) 7 Luke Becker 9 (0,2,2,2,3) 8 Václav Milík 8 (3,0,1,3,1) 9 David Bellego 8 (1,1,3,2,1) 10 Chris Holder 8 (2,1,1,2,2) 11 Marko Levishyn 6 (3,2,0,0,1) 12 Oliver Berntzon 4 (1,3,0,1,R) 13 Adam Ellis 4 (2,R,0,0,2) 14 Matic Ivačič 4 (0,0,2,1,1) 15 Andrei Popa 1 (D,0,1,0,0) 16 Antti Vuolas 0 (0,1,X,-,-) 17 Jakub Valković (res) 0 (0) 18 Anna Hajková (res) 0 (X)	Round Two 7 June 2025[4] Lonigo (Santa Marina Stadium) Pos. Rider Points Details 1 Mateusz Cierniak 14 (2,3,3,3,3) 2 Francis Gusts 13 (2,3,3,3,2) 3 Rasmus Jensen 10+3 (3,3,1,3,0) 4 Jan Kvěch 10+2 (3,2,3,1,1) 5 Kevin Wölbert 9+4 (1,1,2,2,3) 6 Michele Paco Castagna 9+3 (3,2,R,2,2) 7 Nicolás Covatti 9+2 (1,2,0,3,3) 8 Jacob Thorssell 9+1 (1,3,2,1,2) 9 Rohan Tungate 9+0 (2,2,2,2,1) 10 Dimitri Bergé 8 (3,1,2,2,0) 11 Tom Brennan 7 (2,1,3,R,1) 12 Anže Grmek 4 (0,0,1,0,3) 13 Sebastian Kössler 4 (1,1,1,1,D) 14 Gino Manzares 3 (0,X,0,1,2) 15 Richard Geyer 2 (0,X,1,0,1) 16 Alex Acuña 0 (0,X,R,R,R)
Round Three 9 June 2025 Abensberg (Wack Hofmeister Stadium) Pos. Rider Points Details 1 Kai Huckenbeck 14 (3,3,2,3,3) 2 Michael Jepsen Jensen 13 (3,3,3,2,2) 3 Jack Holder 12 (2,3,1,3,3) 4 Dominik Kubera 11 (3,2,3,3,X) 5 Erik Riss 11 (3,1,2,3,2) 6 Kim Nilsson 10 (2,2,3,2,1) 7 Daniel Klíma 9 (2,3,0,2,2) 8 Jesse Mustonen 8 (1,1,2,1,3) 9 Nicolas Vicentin 5 (2,1,0,2,0) 10 Carlos Eber Ampugnani 5 (0,2,1,1,1) 11 Dany Gappmaier 4 (0,2,0,0,2) 12 Andriy Rozaliuk 4 (1,0,1,1,1) 13 Jake Mulford 3 (0,0,3,X,X) 14 Valentin Grobauer (res) 3 (3) 15 Glenn Moi 3 (1,0,2,0,0) 16 Damirs Filimonovs 1 (0,U,1,X,-) 17 Mathias Trésarrieu 1 (1,U,X,X,-) 18 Martin Smolinski (res) 1 (1)

2025 Speedway Grand Prix Challenge

Grand Prix Challenge

• 9 August 2025
• Holsted (Holsted Speedway Center)

Pos.	Rider	Points	Total
1	Dominik Kubera	13+3	(3,2,3,2,3)
2	Kacper Woryna	11+2	(3,3,2,3,0)
3	Leon Madsen	12+1	(3,3,2,3,1)
4	Andžejs Ļebedevs	12+0	(1,3,3,3,2)
5	Michael Jepsen Jensen	10	(3,3,W,1,3)
6	Anders Thomsen	9	(2,2,0,2,3)
7	Martin Vaculík	8	(1,0,3,1,3)
8	Mateusz Cierniak	7	(1,0,1,3,2)
9	Jan Kvěch	7	(0,1,3,2,1)
10	Matej Žagar	6	(2,1,2,1,0)
11	Kim Nilsson	5	(2,1,1,0,1)
12	Kevin Wölbert	4	(0,2,0,0,2)
13	Bastian Pedersen (res)	4	(-,-,2,-,2)
14	Kai Huckenbeck	4	(0,0,1,2,1)
15	Francis Gusts	3	(1,2,0,0,0)
16	Mathias Pollestad	3	(2,0,1,0,0)
17	Rasmus Jensen	1	(0,1,-,-,-)
18	Mikkel Andersen (res)	1	(-,-,-,1,-)

Kim Nilsson and Mathias Pollestad replaced Erik Riss and Jack Holder in the line-up. Leon Madsen was given the wildcard.

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