SCB 0 Posted August 28, 2016 Peoplevsaid the same about Woofinden. In his first year he struggled but it was a learning experience.Woffy had been an 8+ EL rider and was riding in Poland. Lambert has a near 7 point EL average, no polish experience and is averaging about 4 in Sweden. Id he makes it he'll get my full support but he's still a little short of GP level of he's relying on a wildcard IMO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,712 Posted August 29, 2016 I have emailed Dorna to ask about TV coverage of the meeting- either live or whole/ highlights being shown later. Hopefully I will get an answer- I did last year when I asked the same question. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted August 29, 2016 I will provide live updates from trackside on live.baansportfansite.nl 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TM15 0 Posted August 29, 2016 Speedway Star should be providing heat by heat updates on the GP Challenge on their Twitter page, @speedwaystarmag Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sommelier 1,118 Posted August 29, 2016 Flight & hire car was a nightmare to sort out for this one! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted August 29, 2016 Flight & hire car was a nightmare to sort out for this one! We are on a nice connection.... Bremen to Skavsta and back from Skavsta to Maastricht via Katowice lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,712 Posted August 29, 2016 Stansted to Gothenburg on Saturday morning is only £23- getting back is the problem !!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sommelier 1,118 Posted August 29, 2016 Stansted to Gothenburg on Saturday morning is only £23- getting back is the problem !!!!! I got Gothenburg to Gatwick back but Stansted Gothenburg out! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Triple.H. 1,981 Posted August 29, 2016 I got Gothenburg to Gatwick back but Stansted Gothenburg out! Helluva walk back to the car 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted August 29, 2016 I will provide live updates from trackside on live.baansportfansite.nl Link: http://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/179/speedway-grand-prix-challenge-vetlanda.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tarkens 119 Posted August 29, 2016 Because even though speedwy in Britain is struggling at this time, we are still one of the major nations. One rider out of 16 is not enough. What would be the point loading the GP with 5-6 or more Poles, who are all good but rarely outstanding on the world stage? There has to be a variety of nations and Britain deserves more than one berth IMO. Remember 1996? You had 6 GP riders and all of them were either average or bad, Poland had only Gollob back then who was a wildcard and rode in 3 or 4 meetings. Just accept the fact that times have changed, there's only one British rider at the moment who's good enough to compete in the GP series, anyone more than him is (Harris) or would be a joke (Lambert). Poland have 3 riders who do well/reasonably well in GP (Zmarzlik, Pawlicki, Janowski) at the moment and few more waiting for their chance (Dudek) or big come back (KK, Hampel). I'm not saying we deserve 6 riders in GP, I like variety as well, but I prefer quality over variety. Thank god there's a chance we'll have both - Dudek, Milik and Vaculik to finish top3 in Vetlanda As for wildcards for 2017, it's still pretty early but at the moment it looks pretty straightforward - Nicki, Zagar, Iversen and, unfortunately, Lindgren. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JCookie 753 Posted August 29, 2016 No - stop with the guff like Zagar/Iversen/Jonsson and even Lindgren. They were never that good anyway (other than the odd freak season) and they never will be. Nicki at least has the excuse of being a 3x WC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tarkens 119 Posted August 30, 2016 (edited) Oh believe me, I agree 100% with you, but we know BSI, the wildcards will go to Nicki (3x WC), Zagar (7th, 5th and 6th last 3 years), Iversen (3rd in 2013, injured in 2014, 4th in 2015) and one of the Swedes, just because BSI is kind of like Steve Shovlar and they believe that some nations 'deserve' more than just one GP rider. They won't give it to Jonsson cause he's been ridiculousy terrible this year and basically very poor since 2012, so it will be Lindgren. Edited August 30, 2016 by tarkens Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,858 Posted August 30, 2016 It depends on the gp challenge and which riders that qualify or does not qualify. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waiheke1 4,295 Posted August 30, 2016 Agreed. But on for I would find it hard to argue with wildcards going to pedersen puk Lindgren and zagar if the top 8 finishes as it is now. If emil is interested, then I would say zagar misses out. Would love to see dudek fricke and lambert qualify, but more likely to be dudek kk and pawlicki. Of course if pawlicki makes top 8 then 4th spot gets a place, which could well be someone like Lindgren. Outside those mentioned above, I'd suggest only Vaculik would bring anything to the GP series so I really hope it is 3 from the above 7, in which case it should be another good series next year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
