Should Laguta and Emil be kicked out of the GP Series?

[iris123 20,990]

23 minutes ago, eric i said:

I think this comes down to how the Russian people perceive this action of banning everything Russian, will they see it as Putin's regime being unacceptable or will they see it as the West picking on the average Russian.

I think it comes down to how normal Russian people perceive everything. After all people are demonstrating against the war, but are being arrested. They are not allowed to post or say anything against the government opinion. So it seems some or many know things are wrong and don’t support Putin. It is a matter of how many and how high up in the echelons they are. I have seen a report that one or 2 Oligarchs are against the war. Maybe over time one or two generals will also decide things aren’t right and maybe something will change. Certainly nothing will change if everyone ignores it and just let’s things carry on as normal, including letting Russian athletes compete under a neutral flag

[eric i 619]

10 minutes ago, iris123 said:

I think it comes down to how normal Russian people perceive everything. After all people are demonstrating against the war, but are being arrested. They are not allowed to post or say anything against the government opinion. So it seems some or many know things are wrong and don’t support Putin. It is a matter of how many and how high up in the echelons they are. I have seen a report that one or 2 Oligarchs are against the war. Maybe over time one or two generals will also decide things aren’t right and maybe something will change. Certainly nothing will change if everyone ignores it and just let’s things carry on as normal, including letting Russian athletes compete under a neutral flag

I largely agree but I don't think Russian Oligarchs care about whether Russian athletes compete or not, they just care about their own finances.

[DutchGrasstrack 804]

FIM news: https://www.fim-moto.com/en/news/news-detail/article/fim-announces-its-decisions-in-relation-to-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine?fbclid=IwAR2_h-ZaIs1isQdQWqokQXM_mV4OPLxjDBJWEdBFfHAL4Wdx3FBzv2xKZ9k

[noaksey 345]

10 minutes ago, DutchGrasstrack said:

FIM news: https://www.fim-moto.com/en/news/news-detail/article/fim-announces-its-decisions-in-relation-to-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine?fbclid=IwAR2_h-ZaIs1isQdQWqokQXM_mV4OPLxjDBJWEdBFfHAL4Wdx3FBzv2xKZ9k

That's it then.

No surprise 

[noaksey 345]

Out of the Polish league as well 

[nw42 2,048]

18 minutes ago, DutchGrasstrack said:

FIM news: https://www.fim-moto.com/en/news/news-detail/article/fim-announces-its-decisions-in-relation-to-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine?fbclid=IwAR2_h-ZaIs1isQdQWqokQXM_mV4OPLxjDBJWEdBFfHAL4Wdx3FBzv2xKZ9k

Correct decision, in my opinion.

[DJC 251]

Only a matter of time after the F1 had made similar moves.

Does that push Jack Holder and Dan Bewley into the series as 1st and 2nd reserves? 

[Dave Goddard 356]

Or would it be the next two from the GP Challenge, which I think was Kolodziej and Smolinski?

[customhouseregular 1,651]

3 minutes ago, DJC said:

Only a matter of time after the F1 had made similar moves.

Does that push Jack Holder and Dan Bewley into the series as 1st and 2nd reserves? 

1 minute ago, Dave Goddard said:

Or would it be the next two from the GP Challenge, which I think was Kolodziej and Smolinski?

Has to be Holder and Bewley 

[enotian 562]

Such a shame for the sport, the series and those individuals but it is the correct decision.

[DutchGrasstrack 804]

28 minutes ago, DJC said:

Only a matter of time after the F1 had made similar moves.

Does that push Jack Holder and Dan Bewley into the series as 1st and 2nd reserves? 

Should be the first 2 of the reserve list (so indeed Holder & Bewley) because the official starting list has been published some time ago.

[False dawn 2,298]

29 minutes ago, Dave Goddard said:

Or would it be the next two from the GP Challenge, which I think was Kolodziej and Smolinski?

I think they changed the rules 2 years ago that the next in line from the Challenge don't now get promoted.

[topaz325 1,859]

Yes it does

[nw42 2,048]

I don't care who gets the spots, just glad that the FIM have done the right thing.

[iainb 5,018]

Let's not also forget that it was only a few years ago that it was Emil boycotting the SGP!