Fredrik Lindgren (speedway rider)
Jan Fredrik Tobias (Freddie) Lindgren (born 15 September 1985)[2] is a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider who rides in the UK for the Wolverhampton Wolves in the Elite League. As of the 2008 season, Freddie was awarded with the captaincy role, previously held by fellow Swede Peter Karlsson.
He has represented Sweden in the World Cup, finishing second in 2005.[3]
Career
Born in Örebro, Sweden. Lindgren's father Tommy was a speedway rider before him, and his younger brother Ludvig also rides.
Lindgren first appeared for Wolves in the 2003 season as the team struggled with injuries. At the age of just 17, Freddie made his debut for the team and impressed enough to be brought back the following season when again injuries hit the club.
In 2005 he moved over full-time and averaged 7.44 in his debut full season and in 2006 he improved to average 8.12. In 2007 as Freddie started to show up more on the World scene, he averaged 8.35 again for Wolves and in 2008 as a full-time Grand Prix rider he averaged 8.52 for Wolves.
2012
In 2009 Lindgren topped the averages in the UK with a 10.43 average and only dropped 7 points at home all season. Wolverhampton went on to win the Elite League title. 2010 saw him again back at Wolverhampton where his brother Ludvig also gained a place. Again he finished as the highest averaging rider in the Elite League and helped Wolves reach the title play offs.
In 2016 Lindgren won the Elite League with Wolves and also won the Elite League Riders' Championship at the end of the season.[4][5]
In 2007 he was awarded a permanent wild card place for the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix Series. Due to his top 10 finish in the 2008 SGP, Lindgren was awarded a second successive permanent wild card place for the 2009 Speedway Grand Prix. In 2010 he finished 11th on 87 points but qualified for the 2011 Series after beating Janusz Kolodiej and Magnus Zetterstrom in a run-off in the GP Challenge Final.[6]
Speedway Grand Prix results
| Year |
Position |
Points |
Best finish |
Notes |
| 2004 |
31st |
4 |
18th |
as a wildcard |
| 2005 |
- |
- |
|
|
| 2006 |
19th |
7 |
7th |
as a wildcard |
| 2007 |
16th |
21 |
3rd |
as a wildcard |
| 2008 |
10th |
73 |
2nd |
|
| 2009 |
9th |
95 |
2nd |
|
| 2010 |
11th |
87 |
4th |
|
| 2011 |
9th |
90 |
3rd |
|
| 2012 |
8th |
119 |
Winner |
Won home event in Gothenburg (Sweden) |
| 2013 |
11th |
83 |
4th |
|
| 2014 |
10th |
90 |
3rd |
|
Speedway Grand Prix results
| Final Championship standings: |
30th |
4 |
Riding No (24) |
| |
Grand Prix |
Pos. |
Pts. |
Heats |
Draw No |
| 1 /9 |
 Swedish SGP |
18 |
4 |
(0,2,1) |
24 |
| Final Championship standings: |
19th |
7 |
Riding No (16) (17) |
| |
Grand Prix |
Pos. |
Pts. |
Heats |
Draw No |
| 3 /10 |
Swedish SGP |
9 |
7 |
(1,2,1,2,1) |
1 |
| 7 /10 |
 Scandinavian SGP |
17 |
- |
- |
17 |
| Final Championship standings: |
16th |
21 |
Riding No (16) |
| |
Grand Prix |
Pos. |
Pts. |
Heats |
Draw No |
| 3 /11 |
Swedish SGP |
3 |
14 |
(2,2,2,3,1) +2 +1 |
14 |
| 7 /11 |
Scandinavian SGP |
8 |
7 |
(1,0,3,1,2) +X |
4 |
| Final Championship standings: |
10th |
73 |
Riding No (15) |
| |
Grand Prix |
Pos. |
Pts. |
Heats |
Draw No |
| 1 /11 |
 Slovenian SGP |
7 |
7 |
(1,0,1,2,3) |
15 |
| 2 /11 |
 European SGP |
9 |
7 |
(1,1,1,2,2) |
15 |
| 3 /11 |
Swedish SGP |
2 |
22 |
(3,3,3,3,3) +3 +4 |
15 |
| 4 /11 |
 Danish SGP |
15 |
3 |
(0,1,0,1,1) |
3 |
| 5 /11 |
 British SGP |
15 |
2 |
(1,0,0,0,1) |
6 |
| 6 /11 |
 Czech Rep. SGP |
14 |
4 |
(1,1,1,1,0) |
11 |
| 7 /11 |
Scandinavian SGP |
9 |
7 |
(1,2,2,2,0) |
3 |
| 8 /11 |
 Latvian SGP |
11 |
7 |
(0,3,2,1,1) |
13 |
| 9 /11 |
 Polish SGP |
16 |
0 |
(0,0,0,0,0) |
5 |
| 10 /11 |
 Italian SGP |
13 |
5 |
(0,1,2,2,0) |
6 |
| 11 /11 |
 German SGP |
8 |
8 |
(2,1,2,1,2) +0 |
1 |
| |
permanent speedway rider |
| |
wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve |
| |
rider not classified (track reserve who did not start) |
SGP Podium
- Eskilstuna (26 May 2007) - 3rd place
See also
References
- ↑ Świat Żużla, No 2 (78) 2009, page 16, ISSN 1429-3285
- ↑ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
- ↑ Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. ISBN 978-0-7524-4250-1
- ↑ Smee, Gary (2016) "Elite League Grand Final: Wolverhampton Wolves overcome Belle Vue to win title", BBC, 5 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016
- ↑ "Results: Saturday October 8", speedwaygb.co, 8 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016
- ↑ "SGP Permanent wild cards announced". SpeedwayWorld. 2007-10-23. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
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