Matej Žagar
Matej Žagar (born April 3, 1983 in Ljubljana, Slovenia) is a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider who was won Individual Speedway European Champion titles (Senior in 2004 and 2008; Under 19 in 2002). He was permanent speedway rider in 2006 and 2007 Speedway Grand Prix seasons. He was touted as a potential GP wildcard for the 2012 SGP season following impressive and consistent performances in the Polish Extraliga with Gorzow, but turned down the opportunity to replace Darcy Ward due to the 1GP rider in the Extraliga and his contract with Gorzow, where 2010 world champion Tomasz Gollob was signed up.
He began his UK career with the Trelawny Tigers in 2003 before moving to the Reading Racers in 2004 when the Tigers closed. He later represented Reading, Swindon and Eastbourne before quitting the UK scene after an underwhelming 2010 campaign. He returned after signing for the Belle Vue Aces in 2013.
Career highlights
Current clubs
Speedway Grand Prix results
| Year |
Position |
Points |
Best Finish |
Notes |
| 2003 |
30th |
5 |
15th |
Wild card ride |
| 2004 |
26th |
8 |
9th |
Wild card ride |
| 2005 |
16th |
23 |
3rd |
2 Wild card rides |
| 2006 |
7th |
97 |
2nd |
First full season as a GP rider |
| 2006 |
14th |
54 |
7th |
second full season as a GP rider |
| 2008 |
20th |
7 |
9th |
1 Wild card ride |
| 2009 |
19th |
7 |
10th |
1 Wild card ride |
| 2011 |
19th |
14 |
8th |
2 Wild card rides |
| 2013 |
7th |
110 |
2nd |
third full season as a GP rider |
| 2014 |
5th |
114 |
1st |
fourth full season as a GP rider |
| 2015 |
6th |
107 |
1st |
fifth full season as a GP rider |
| Final Championship standings: |
14th |
54 |
Riding No (7) |
| |
Grand Prix |
Pos. |
Pts. |
Heats |
Draw No |
| 1 /11 |
 Italian SGP |
11 |
5 |
(1,0,1,0,3) |
7 |
| 2 /11 |
 European SGP |
8 |
7 |
(0,3,1,2,1) +0 |
15 |
| 3 /11 |
 Swedish SGP |
9 |
7 |
(1,3,2,1,0) |
16 |
| 4 /11 |
 Danish SGP |
17 |
1 |
(1,-,-,-,-) |
10 |
| 5 /11 |
 British SGP |
12 |
5 |
(2,0,1,0,2) |
8 |
| 6 /11 |
 Czech Rep. SGP |
7 |
8 |
(3,3,1,0,1) +0 |
10 |
| 7 /11 |
 Scandinavian SGP |
15 |
3 |
(0,0,2,0,1) |
1 |
| 8 /11 |
 Latvian SGP |
15 |
2 |
(2,0,0,0,0) |
4 |
| 9 /11 |
 Polish SGP |
15 |
4 |
(1,1,1,0,1) |
6 |
| 10 /11 |
 Slovenian SGP |
12 |
6 |
(E,1,3,1,1) |
16 |
| 11 /11 |
 German SGP |
13 |
6 |
(2,2,1,0,1) |
1 |
| Final Championship standings: |
|
|
Riding No (16) |
| |
Grand Prix |
Pos. |
Pts. |
Heats |
Draw No |
| 1 /11 |
Slovenian SGP |
|
|
|
16 |
| |
permanent speedway rider |
| |
wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve |
| |
rider not classified (track reserve who did not start) |
See also
References
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