Bavarian 766 Posted January 6, 2018 10 minutes ago, iris123 said: Yes,very good Just have to look jealously on at the weather.Crisp and cold,unlike our winter here in north Germany has just been wet and grey and now all the rivers are flooding.bah!!! It is the same unpleasant weather here in Bavaria. We had lots of rain in the last few days, and the rivers have high water. Today was supposed to be sunny, but right now it it still grey and foggy outside. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,966 Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) Koltakov looking a class apart at this stage of the season Great race from Kononov to win,when it looked at one stage as if he might be relegated to 3rd!!! Koltakov beats Khomitsevitch by the length of the straight to prove my point!!! Edited January 6, 2018 by iris123 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conkers 67 Posted January 6, 2018 Russian Final Round 4, Saturday Januray 6th, Kamensk Ural Koltakov (2, 3, 3, 3, 3) 14 Ivanov (1, 3, 3, 2, 3) 12 Khomitsevich (d, 3, 3, 3, 2) 11 Kononov (3, 2, 1, 2, 3) 11 Nesytyh (3, 3, 2, 1, 2) 11 Karachintsev (3, 1, 3, Fd, 3) 10 Shishegov (2, 2, 2, 2, 1) 9 Valeev (1, R, 2, 3, 2) 8 Toloknov (2, 2, 0, 1, 2) 7 Sharov (0, 1, 1, 3, 1) 6 Shadrin (3, 0, 1, 0, 1) 5 Solyannikov (1, 1, 1, 1, 0) 4 Litvinov (0, 2, 0, 0, 1) 3 Makharov (1, d, 2, d, R) 3 Tarasov (2, R) 2 Eduard Krysov (2) 2 Bobin (0, 0, 0, 0, Fd) 0 Evgeny Saidullin (d, 0) 0 No run off for 3rd,4th & 5th, awarded on Countback Overall: Koltakov 55 Ivanov 47 Khomitsevich 46 Valeev 43 Karachintsev 42 Kononov 42 Nesytyh 33 Sharov 32 Toloknov 27 Shishegov 24 Solyannikov 22 Shadrin 17 Makarov 16 Tarasov 13 Litvinov 10 Bobin 3 Krysov 2 Saidullin 0 Koltakov is seeded to the Ice Speedway Gladiators as defending Champion, so the next 4 are nominated as Russia's representitives in the Qualifiers. There was a run off between Karchintsev and Kononov, where Kononov crashed, and was excluded. Karachintsev is now in the ISG, whilst Kononov should be the nomination for the European Championship along with the winner of the U-21 Championship. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daveallan81 330 Posted January 7, 2018 On 1/6/2018 at 8:03 AM, iris123 said: Seeing as Makarov was riding the inside line,i can only think at one stage he was with both wheels inside the line.Hard to see,but that is often the cause of an exclusion That was the only possible reason I could come up with but it was hard to tell from the footage. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,966 Posted January 8, 2018 (edited) On 10/12/2017 at 6:00 PM, iris123 said: Just seen that Luca Bauer is going to be riding with an Italian licence this season!!! Trouble with the German federation.Just like his father then? Seems the trouble stems from last year when he wasn't nominated for the EM after being the only german rider to compete the year before. The german nominations for the word championship quails are Ylitornio Niedermaier,Busch and Pletschacher Örnsköldsvik G.Bauer and Hans Weber See Luca Bauer is in the Ö-vik line-up,but not sure on what licence,if Italian or not.But going on his form over the weekend in Sweden,i don't expect him to trouble the top riders Edited January 8, 2018 by iris123 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) Watched the weather for the first time in 4 months. Looking good for Ytornio. Temp has been -3 to -15 or so and from now on between -5 to -10. So the ice should hold. First year they had problems with lack of snow, now they’ve been swimming in it. But no new snow anymore so shouldnt be a problem. Looking forward for the drive ... EDIT Should have stayed quiet. Sunny -19 for the meeting. EDIT2 ...and to the reason I dont follow forecasts anymore: its now cloudy -15 for the meeting. Edited January 10, 2018 by f-s-p 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conkers 67 Posted January 12, 2018 (edited) On 08/01/2018 at 7:03 PM, iris123 said: See Luca Bauer is in the Ö-vik line-up,but not sure on what licence,if Italian or not.But going on his form over the weekend in Sweden,i don't expect him to trouble the top riders He'll probably scowl at everyone. Oh hang on that's his normal expression! Edited January 12, 2018 by Conkers Typing error (again) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,966 Posted January 13, 2018 11 hours ago, Conkers said: He'll probably scowl at everyone. Oh hang on that's his normal expression! Yes,but presumably now it will be a stylishly cool Italian scowl instead of that nasty cold German one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted January 13, 2018 Jasper Iwema for a wild card! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conkers 67 Posted January 13, 2018 FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship 13.1.18 QR1 Yiltornio, Finland 1 Sergei Karachintsev (Rus) (3 3 3 3 2) 14 2 Dinar Valeev (Rus) (3 3 3 3 1) 13 3 Ove Ledstrom (Swe) (2 2 2 3 3) 12 4 Martin Haarahiltunen (Swe) (3 3 F 2 3) 11 5 Jan Klatovský (CzR) ( 2 3 Fd 3 3) 11 6 Harald Simon (Aut) (3 2 3 1 2) 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Jasper Iwema (NL) (2 2 1 1 3 ) 9 8 Stefan Pletschacher (D) ( 2 2 2 2 1) 9 9 Max Niedermaier (D) (1 1 1 2 2) 7 10 Tobias Busch (D) (1 1 3 R 1) 6 11 Matti Isoaho (Fin) ( R 0 2 1 2) 5 12 Bart Schaap (NL) (1 1 1 2 0) 5 13 Timo Kankkunen (Fin) (0 1 2 1 0) 4 14 Jo Saetre (Nor) (1 0 0 0 1) 2 15 Mikko Mäkinen (Fin) (1) 1 16 Claude Gadeyne (Bel) (0 0 0 0 N) 0 17 Andrew Barrett (Aus) ( T R T 0 0) 0 18 Rami Systä (Fin) (0 0 ) 0 (Result from http://baansportfansite.nl) QR2 Ornskoldsvik, Sweden 1 Dmitri Khomitsevich (Rus) 15 2 Daniil Ivanov (Rus) 14 3 Frank Zorn (Aut) 13 4 Niclas Svensson (Swe) 11 5 Johann Weber (D) 11 6 Jimmy Olsén (Swe) 9+3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 Stefan Svensson (Swe) 9+d 8 Günther Bauer (D) 9+R 9 Charly Ebner (Aut) 6 10 Josef Kreuzberger (Aut) 6 11 Simon Reitsma (NL) 4 12 Jussi Nyrönen (Fin) 4 13 Andrej Diviš (CzR 4 14 Lukáš Hutla (CzR) 3 15 Luca Bauer (D) 2 16 Tomi Kirilov (Fin) 0 FIM Result Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted January 14, 2018 So looking at the results my earlier post seems to have gathered momemtum... Iwema being 7th at Ylitornio gives him the right for one. He wasnt the fastest but rode clever and bold lines and wasnt afraid to mix it. Also he's the kind of rider that the series need, being young, athletic looking and from a "new" yet traditional ice racing country. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conkers 67 Posted January 14, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, f-s-p said: So looking at the results my earlier post seems to have gathered momemtum... Iwema being 7th at Ylitornio gives him the right for one. He wasnt the fastest but rode clever and bold lines and wasnt afraid to mix it. Also he's the kind of rider that the series need, being young, athletic looking and from a "new" yet traditional ice racing country. Iwema certainly impressed last year in Heerenveen, and yes a Wild Card would be good for him. I would suggest that the series Wild cards should be Iwema and Stefan Svensson as both finished 7th on 9, although I think Bauer may try to claim a place on his past record. On the plus side, EisHans and Martin Haarahiltunen qualifying is good. (mind you I'm glad I use Photo Mechanic for captioning my pics as I can't even pronouce Haarahiltunen's name, let alone keep spelling it!) Edited January 14, 2018 by Conkers I really must learn to read my copy before pressing send! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted January 14, 2018 My money is on Iwema and Bauer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conkers 67 Posted January 14, 2018 1 minute ago, DutchGrasstrack said: My money is on Iwema and Bauer. Bauer going to throw his toys out of the Pram if he doesn't get a WC? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites