HenryW

That's the key thing to me. If you have a track that can actually be raced, the difference in the gates becomes much less important. Obviously it would be nice if gates were equal, but if they have to focus on something, I'd prefer that to be preparing a track that enables passing rather than making sure gates are all equal.

I get what you are saying, but the bigger question is maybe whether the local support would come in at least the same numbers for a Monday or Thursday evening if you moved up?

I'd still like to see more riders in the GP series. 15 permanent riders feels too limiting and makes it difficult to get new riders in, however the qualification process is structured. The era with 24 rider meetings obviously gave more opportunity for fresh faces, but the race format wasn't ideal. Something different definitely needs done to help introduce new riders.

VERY VERY different crimes. Even if he was available, I would be surprised if anyone wanted to see Garrity back after what he did.

Must be under 21 at the start of the year, I think.

A random thought, but I noted that one person in this thread commented on Zmarzlik's signature move of diving inside into corners. Another commented on him being given too much room around the outside. Is that not a sign of a great rider? You don't know how to race against him? If you move out, he dives under you. If you stay tight he goes round you? I know it's not really relevant to last night's final incident, but just seemed interesting that these comments were made.

I thought it was an enjoyable GP. I seem to be in the minority here in thinking the refs decision in the final was a reasonable one. Just a shame for Holder that the result wasn't awarded. The other positions weren't in doubt when the incident happened, but I presume awarding wasn't an option? I thought the two incidents where riders lost out due to riders in front losing control might have merited more discussion. Both Bewley and Kowalski had to shut off to avoid out of control opponents and they lost positions due to this, which seems unfair.

Are you watching on Discovery+? The app has audio options with one of them just being ambient sound. You may have that set. To see the options,click the white icon next to the live symbol in the bottom right.

Kelvin and Chris chattering away plenty for me.

Tomorrow's two scheduled meetings have been called off. The restaging dates are a Sunday and a Tuesday, so looks like they aren't going straight to a default of Thursday every time at the moment.

Maybe he forgot how bad the tracks here can be

Do you mean rethink racing in the UK or racing at all? If the latter, I'm not convinced. If the injuries he sustained last year didn't stop him, this seems unlikely to.

I think there have been incidents in the past where Marc has been reckless, but this time around it did seem to be a genuine misjudgement that had a bad outcome. He has said that it wasn't his intention to even attempt a pass on Martin at that point, but a big front end lock, on a tyre that possibly wasn't up to full temperature yet, forced him to try and take evasive action to avoid the back of Martin. Unfortunately that just took him into Oliveira. It looked crazy, but these guys are constantly on the limit and mistakes like this do happen.

As I mentioned on another thread, Eurosport is planned to continue as Eurosport until at least mid 2024. The rebrand for Eurosport will happen sometime between the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2026 Winter Olympics. https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcasting/tnt-sports-what-we-know-so-far/5179529.article

From what I have seen, Eurosport is staying as Eurosport UK at least until after the Paris Olympics next year. It's only BT Sport's that rebrands this year.

Interested to know why you think this? Did it make the eBikes seem worse and so they would seem better on their own, or was it just that you weren't interested in them? Genuine questions with no agenda from me

He's probably the only start marshall that I could name, so he must have done something right

He raced in the 1st division for league winners Krosno last season. Did 7 matches for a 6.97 average, which was around the same as Berge and Becker had in that league.

This is also part of the problem with enforcing artificially low team averages. It's the guys in the middle order who get squeezed out every time. High average guys are kept and teams are filled out with low averages.

I know he has a huge average that makes team building difficult, but it doesn't seem right to leave Sam out...

https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/pge-ekstraliga/statystyki

He got in through the Challenge final didn't he?

No,it was 16 rider format that year with all points counting but double points in the final. Nicki had 2 24 point maxes and 2 wins with 23. He really was on a different level that year.

When Nicki absolutely dominated in 2007, 3rd placed Jason Crump finished 72 points behind Nicki.