ROUND 5/JUNE 1, 2013
MILLENNIUM STADIUM/CARDIFF, ENGLAND
SPEEDWAY
P108
WORLD SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX SERIES
Emil Sayfutdinov
leads Krzysztof
Kasprzak and NielsKrisitan Iversen en
route to winning the
British Speedway
Grand Prix on
Saturday night in
Cardiff.
NO PRACTICE NEEDED
SLEEPY SAYFUTDINOV BAGS THE WIN IN ENGLAND
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY
JOHN HIPKISS
R
ussian sensation Emil
Sayfutdinov stormed to a
dream Fogo British FIM
Speedway Grand Prix victory
in Cardiff and admits sleeping
through Saturday's extra practice
session was the perfect preparation.
The Salavat-born star is now
seven points clear at the top of
the World Championship with his
third GP triumph of 2013 after
fending off second-placed NielsKristian Iversen and third-placed
Krzysztof Kasprzak in a frantic
final.
His position was further
strengthened by a horrific moment for his nearest challenger Tai
Woffinden after the British hopeful suffered a broken collarbone
when he crashed in heat 14.
Sayfutdinov added his Millenni-
um Stadium gold medal to those
he claimed in Bydgoszcz and
Gothenburg, matching the three
Grand Prix victories he achieved
in his World Championship debut
season in 2009.
The 23-year-old opted against
joining his rivals at the track on
Saturday morning, where an extra practice session was staged
at 10 a.m. after Friday's usual
session was curtailed to allow extra track preparation.