About Max Fricke

Max Fricke is an elite Australian speedway rider who is currently competing as a permanent member of the 2026 FIM Speedway Grand Prix (SGP). After finishing 8th in the 2025 World Championship, he was awarded one of the three SGP Commission wild cards to return for the 2026 season.competing in the 2011 and 2012 FIM Youth Gold Cup tournaments, and finished in fourth place in the Australian Under-16 125cc Championship and second in the 125cc Team Championship in January 2012.
Fricke moved up to senior level in the 2012/13 season. In December 2012, he was signed by Edinburgh Monarchs for their 2013 British Premier League team on a five-point assessed average, having spent the previous two summers in Britain gaining experience.