GP Round 1 Gorican Saturday April 29th

[Grachan 7,362]

16 minutes ago, FishersGate said:

Think laguta would make the grand Prix more interesting but Bartosz is generation rider. Unstoppable 

Is he though? How can we be sure that Bartosz is the best around if he cannot prove it against the still undefeated 2021 World Champion?

At the moment his wins are "asterix" wins. He is a Joe Frazier rather than a Muhammad Ali.

He may well be a class above any other rider now, but he needs to prove it because last time he was pitted against Artem Laguta he lost.

The Russians need to be there.

[ytsejam 312]

2 hours ago, chunky said:

Okay, let's end the season now, and give him the trophy... It''ll stop people complaining about the racing...

So rather than making an argument or point as to why the post is wrong in your opinion, you just make a stupid comment instead. 
For me, the post was 100% spot on….of course he won’t win every GP but he WILL be World Champion again barring injury, whether you like it or not!! 
Head and shoulders better than all the rest (baring Laguta, but even he may not be able to compete with him anymore, after being out of big time speedway for so long).

I guess after that (unsurprisingly) dreadful first GP of the season the only way is up….hopefully!!
 

[chunky 6,093]

2 minutes ago, ytsejam said:

So rather than making an argument or point as to why the post is wrong in your opinion, you just make a stupid comment instead. 
For me, the post was 100% spot on….of course he won’t win every GP but he WILL be World Champion again barring injury, whether you like it or not!! 
Head and shoulders better than all the rest (baring Laguta, but even he may not be able to compete with him anymore, after being out of big time speedway for so long).

I guess after that (unsurprisingly) dreadful first GP of the season the only way is up….hopefully!!
 

Jesus Christ! Lighten up, and stop taking everything so bloody seriously! The two of us had been joking about things this afternoon, and that's why I added the sentence about the miserable buggers who were complaining about the racing - and everything else.

Anyway, if Doyle hadn't hit that rut, I don't think Zmarzlik would have caught him...

[ytsejam 312]

2 minutes ago, chunky said:

Jesus Christ! Lighten up, and stop taking everything so bloody seriously! The two of us had been joking about things this afternoon, and that's why I added the sentence about the miserable buggers who were complaining about the racing - and everything else.

Anyway, if Doyle hadn't hit that rut, I don't think Zmarzlik would have caught him...

Oh of course, silly me, I should have looked at every post made in here before I dared have the cheek to make my own comment! 
..and if you don’t think that people have reasons to complain about that bore fest (again!) with, what was it, ONE change of leader after the first bend in 23 races, then your “lightened up world” must be a real fantasy land!

[chunky 6,093]

2 minutes ago, ytsejam said:

Oh of course, silly me, I should have looked at every post made in here before I dared have the cheek to make my own comment! 
..and if you don’t think that people have reasons to complain about that bore fest (again!) with, what was it, ONE change of leader after the first bend in 23 races, then your “lightened up world” must be a real fantasy land!

No, we know it's not the greatest racing track, but the fact that they were able to put the meeting on at all was fantastic. As I said elsewhere, speedway is often ruined by the weather. That's not going to change anytime soon, so we have to accept it. Constant whining about it is not the solution, but it seems to be what a lot of people want.

[racers and royals 8,728]

9 hours ago, chunky said:

Well tell 'em!!!

How many more times does it need 

Edit i do have to admit that i made an error with Fricke above Holder- it is the other way round but they were wrong and have now corrected Michelsen/Bewley and Madsen/Janowski !!

Edited April 30, 2023 by racers and royals

[DutchGrasstrack 804]

11 hours ago, NeilWatson said:

All three riders had 32210, each beat one of the others, I believe that the tie was broken by the lowest GP number

It was decided by the lowest FIM allocated SGP ranking number.

4. Lindgren
12. Holder
13. Fricke

[iainb 5,017]

14 hours ago, JanAndersen said:

Phil Morris is so annoying. Takes himself far too seriously. Chill out mate. 

Watching him at work was probably one of the most entertaining things about last night... he was doing his job and he was doing it really well, British Speedway are lucky to have him onboard... I just hope it's not too late!

14 hours ago, tyke said:

It would have been called off at 4pm in the UK  with everyone looking at their weather apps  

It's amazing what a positive can do attitude and a few brushes can do!

10 hours ago, Grachan said:

Is he though? How can we be sure that Bartosz is the best around if he cannot prove it against the still undefeated 2021 World Champion?

At the moment his wins are "asterix" wins. He is a Joe Frazier rather than a Muhammad Ali.

He may well be a class above any other rider now, but he needs to prove it because last time he was pitted against Artem Laguta he lost.

The Russians need to be there.

Similar to when Tai was winning his world championships and the other best rider in the world (Emil) elected not to ride in the GP series

21 hours ago, Daniel Smith said:

Anyone think Lambert is looking a little overweight?? 

Been slow in Poland so far & very slow so far now

Robert "Daniel" Lambert came good in the end 

Edited April 30, 2023 by iainb

[keepturningleft 589]

What happened to Abi Stephens?

Earlier during the snooker there was a preview of the meeting with Abi and Greg Hancock, seemingly at the venue, as part of the presentation team.

Come the evening and no sign of either of them. Very strange!

[iainb 5,017]

1 minute ago, keepturningleft said:

What happened to Abi Stephens?

Earlier during the snooker there was a preview of the meeting with Abi and Greg Hancock, seemingly at the venue, as part of the presentation team.

Come the evening and no sign of either of them. Very strange!

The only time I saw Greg again was later in the evening "helping" Tragic Janowski 

[Dornier 795]

1 minute ago, keepturningleft said:

What happened to Abi Stephens?

Earlier during the snooker there was a preview of the meeting with Abi and Greg Hancock, seemingly at the venue, as part of the presentation team.

Come the evening and no sign of either of them. Very strange!

They were on my tele

[iainb 5,017]

5 minutes ago, Dornier said:

They were on my tele

Ah, I was watching it on discovery plus where they cut to Scott Nicholls in the pits during the ad breaks

Edited April 30, 2023 by iainb

[Grachan 7,362]

26 minutes ago, iainb said:

Similar to when Tai was winning his world championships and the other best rider in the world (Emil) elected not to ride in the GP series

 

I don't think it's the same. Firstly, Emil opting out was his own choice. Secondly, he wasn't the undefeated champion.

[Grachan 7,362]

23 minutes ago, keepturningleft said:

What happened to Abi Stephens?

Earlier during the snooker there was a preview of the meeting with Abi and Greg Hancock, seemingly at the venue, as part of the presentation team.

Come the evening and no sign of either of them. Very strange!

They were on at the end on Discovery+.

[iainb 5,017]

8 minutes ago, Grachan said:

I don't think it's the same. Firstly, Emil opting out was his own choice. Secondly, he wasn't the undefeated champion.

I did say similar... not the same