Lee Stewart Richardson is a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 international motorcycle speedway

Motorcycle speedway

Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...

 rider. Richardson has represented Great Britain at senior and under-21 level, and has featured in several World Cup

Speedway World Cup

The Speedway World Cup is an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The first edition of the competition in the current format was in 2001 and it replaced the old World Team Cup competition.-Format:...

 tournaments. He was also a fully fledged Grand Prix

Speedway Grand Prix

Speedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion. As of 2008, all of the events take place in Europe.- Event format :...

 rider for four seasons from 2003 until 2006. Richardson joined the Lakeside Hammers

Lakeside Hammers

The Lakeside Hammers are a speedway team who race in the British Elite League. They were founded by promoter Wally Mawdsley and stock car promoter Chick Woodroffe...

 for the 2009 season.

Family

His mother Julie was a presenter for ScreenSport Television

Screensport

Screensport was a pan-European sports television channel. The network was launched as a stand-alone channel in Manchester on 29th March 1984 and later acquired by the WH Smith Television Group in 1987...

. His father Colin

Colin Richardson (speedway rider)

Colin Eric Richardson is a former motorcycle speedway rider who won the National League Riders Championship in 1977. He represented England at full and Under-21 levels...

 is a former rider. His uncle Steve Weatherley

Steve Weatherley

Stephen John Weatherley is a former motorcycle speedway rider who was twice runner-up in the British Speedway Under 21 Championship....

, another rider, was paralysed in a crash with Vic Harding

Vic Harding

Vic Harding was a motorcycle speedway rider.-Career:Harding began at the Rye House training school in 1970 run by Len Silver and spent several seasons trying to break into a league team....

 whilst racing in a meeting at the Hackney Wick Stadium

Hackney Wick Stadium

Hackney Wick Stadium, Waterden Road, in the London Borough of Hackney, was opened in 1932 and was mainly used for greyhound racing and speedway.In 1994, a £12M stand and restaurant was built and the stadium was renamed the London Stadium, Hackney...

. Harding later died in hospital. Richardson is married to Emma Garcia and has three sons.

Speedway Grand Prix results

Year	Position	Points	Best Finish	Notes
2000 2000 Speedway Grand Prix The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix season was the sixth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and was used to determine the Speedway World Champion.- Event format :The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes...	31st	3	19th	1 wild card appearance
2002 2002 Speedway Grand Prix The 2002 Speedway Grand Prix season is the eighth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and is used to determine the Speedway World Champion.- Event format :The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes...	25th	17	5th	2 wild card appearances. 5th in British Grand Prix
2003 2003 Speedway Grand Prix The 2003 Speedway Grand Prix season is the ninth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and is used to determine the Speedway World Champion.- Event format :The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes...	16th	45	7th	Missed 2 Grand Prix through injury
2004 2004 Speedway Grand Prix The 2004 Speedway Grand Prix season is the tenth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and is used to determine the Speedway World Champion.-Event format:The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes...	11th	76	3rd	3rd in British Grand Prix
2005 2005 Speedway Grand Prix The 2005 Speedway Grand Prix season is the 11th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and is used to determine the Speedway World Champion.- Event format :...	13th	55	2nd	2nd in Polish Grand Prix
2006 2006 Speedway Grand Prix The 2006 Speedway Grand Prix season is the twelfth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and is used to determine the Speedway World Champion.- Event format :...	15th	39	8th