MARK246 243 Posted May 21, 2017 (edited) Sad at seeing Ellis miss out and knowing how much the FIM love British speedway and heir allocated GP qualifying places, I would be suprised if he got a wildcard.Adam Ellis had a good meeting, his gating was perfect, he dropped a point to Lambert, who passed him in his first ride. Then in his second ride he found too much drive on the 4th turn and lost a further point. The Russian,Chugunov and the Danish rider, Jackobsen both outscored him. So you cannot blame FIM bias if Adam Ellis doesn't get a wildcard pick. Edited May 21, 2017 by MARK246 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,718 Posted May 21, 2017 Fricke and Holder have made decent starts to the meeting. Josh Bates just beat Fricke. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,718 Posted May 21, 2017 (edited) don`t know what`s happening- there hasn`t been a race for 45 mins just got going again Edited May 21, 2017 by racers and royals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Triple.H. 1,982 Posted May 21, 2017 don`t know what`s happening- there hasn`t been a race for 45 mins just got going again Glasgow trackstaff doing the track ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,718 Posted May 21, 2017 (edited) Finished in Terenzano- 4 on 12 points Lyager-4th Woryna-3rd Krcmar-2nd Holder- 1st Fricke and Kaczmarek finished on 11 and Bates on 9 Fricke to get wildcard ?? Edited May 21, 2017 by racers and royals 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panthers89 1,922 Posted May 21, 2017 Bound to get a wildcard IMO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted May 21, 2017 (edited) I think Fricke, Jeppesen and Woentin. Jeppesen and Woentin both just missed out with 5th. No Swedes in yet so that makes Woentin extra favourable for a wildcard. Kaczmarek with 5th no much chance for a wildcard as there are already 4 Polish riders in. Hope they give Chugunov a chance though. Edited May 21, 2017 by DutchGrasstrack 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teijahn 8 Posted May 21, 2017 I think Fricke, Jeppesen and Woentin. Jeppesen and Woentin both just missed out with 5th. No Swedes in yet so that makes Woentin extra favourable for a wildcard. Kaczmarek with 5th no much chance for a wildcard as there are already 4 Polish riders in. Hope they give Chugunov a chance though. Patrick Hansen should be on the short list for a WC if his mechanical/? is taken into account, its probable without that he would have had additional points to his Pardubice tally of 10 and thereby have qualified 3rd or at least been in the run off for it. I'm an Aussie and would love to see Fricke in the Finals, but 1 heat win from 5 completed rides here and he's had every chance under the system to qualify, so he made need luck or perhaps being defending champ may get him a berth. He's a better rider than 11 points in this company suggests and a big surprise to me to see his scorecard. You may be right on the Swede: even tho this is titled a World Championship, I'm not convinced that having the best 16 U21 riders is the main intention in this process, if it were - why are countries given allocations that are way above that warranted by the form/competiveness of their riders, eg France, Norway, Czech, Sweden. Poland and Denmark warrant their numbers because of strength in depth but this event often seems a benefit for the European countries/riders to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teaboy279 1,038 Posted May 21, 2017 I am amazed Fricke has to qualify anyway tbh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted May 22, 2017 Wildcards to be announced this morning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted May 22, 2017 Live press conference: https://www.facebook.com/1389402171085612/videos/1873186632707161/ Wildcards: Patrick Hansen (DK) Alexander Woentin (SE) Max Fricke (AU) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted May 22, 2017 Live press conference: https://www.facebook.com/1389402171085612/videos/1873186632707161/ Wildcards: Patrick Hansen (DK) Alexander Woentin (SE) Max Fricke (AU) With ISGWC wildcards we contacted FIM a few weeks before the quali's and applied for a wild card. The response was that shouldnt you wait for the qualis first. With the U21's they were even faster than last year. #JustSaying Fricke had to get one. Even if not the reigning champ, the result from his quali was enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Beevers 207 Posted June 7, 2017 Please enlighten me on how there's anything good in postponing league matches in any league and how is that good for the discipline? Mind you many foreigners booked tickets for those postponed meetings. Or are you just jealous about Polish league being light years ahead of your crappy one? Thought every so called speedway fan knows how to spell the 3rd rider in the world's surname correctly... If you want to be pedantic about a typo, than may I add your English grammar from reading your two posts is very poor. Almost like a teenager wrote it. It would be 'Or are you just jealous of THE Polish League'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sidney the robin 4,735 Posted June 10, 2017 Drabik at 6/1 looks mighty good value to win it this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waiheke1 4,295 Posted June 10, 2017 Incredibly generous odds as surely any speedway fan would make him favourite? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
