SGP wild cards 2024

[Bojangles 594]

No chance for Laguta and Sayfutdinov getting wildcards according to Jorge Viegas, FIM president. An interview with him today on Sportowe Fakty translates as thus:

"And is the war over? There is no reason for us to change our previous decisions. We excluded the Russian federation and all its athletes from international competitions for war reasons. People are still dying in Ukraine, thousands are suffering because of the war, and many athletes are unable to compete. Excluding Russians and Belarusians is the only thing we can do to put pressure on the authorities of these countries. If the situation returns to normal, I assure you that we will want the Russians back. But only in this case."

When asked if anything had changed due to them having a Polish passport, he responded thus:

Thanks to their Polish citizenship, they can race in the Polish league. In the international arena, nothing changes in this case.

Edited October 2, 2023 by Bojangles

[eric i 617]

Clowns at the FIM, Russians under a neutral flag will be allowed at the olympics, yet russians are banned from a sport Putin has never heard of.

[SPEEDY69 1,260]

All seems a bit ridiculous, almost as if they're protecting the other GP riders from them!  Happy for them to earn money and race in Poland but not internationally when other sports allow them e.g. Tennis.  It's also denying the paying fans the chance to see true World Champ events.

I'm sure that Russians not being able to compete in FIM events will really twist the arm of Putin to stop the war....

[Ben91 1,743]

3 hours ago, RPNY said:

Well when his main 2  rivals in the competition have been removed it certainly helps

He's brilliant. But the fact of the matter is he also has a lot of advantages on his side too.

I’m not sure what these “advantages” are. He’s just a class above. If Emil and Laguta were back in the series next season he’d be head and shoulders above them too. Emil would probably finish second. 

[RPNY 608]

2 minutes ago, Ben91 said:

I’m not sure what these “advantages” are. He’s just a class above. If Emil and Laguta were back in the series next season he’d be head and shoulders above them too. Emil would probably finish second. 

Lol thats is your opinion no more. The last time they were in it one of them beat him.

[eric i 617]

3 minutes ago, Ben91 said:

I’m not sure what these “advantages” are. He’s just a class above. If Emil and Laguta were back in the series next season he’d be head and shoulders above them too. Emil would probably finish second. 

Laguta beat him fair and square and is still the undefeated champ

[RPNY 608]

25 minutes ago, eric i said:

Clowns at the FIM, Russians under a neutral flag will be allowed at the olympics, yet russians are banned from a sport Putin has never heard of.

Exactly. Plethora of other sports but cant ride in the SGP. All they are doing is robbing the public.
They could also ride under a Polish license but the PZM will refuse this. Again, total BS.

[TTT 1,227]

Jorge Viegas is a snowflake, Get rid of him for the greater good of the sport.

GP series means nothing without Emil and Laguta because they're Bartek's only challengers in the entire world when it comes to Speedway.

[DazS 430]

2 minutes ago, TTT said:

Jorge Viegas is a snowflake, Get rid of him for the greater good of the sport.

 

hes just a puppet just like all these so called leaders of these federations.they dont make the decisions.we are just made to think they do.

[OveFundinFan 4,142]

5 minutes ago, DazS said:

hes just a puppet just like all these so called leaders of these federations.they dont make the decisions.we are just made to think they do.

Well who does make the decisions?

[DazS 430]

we will never know. have we got the name of the person who kicked zmarzlic out.?

[Wee Eck 703]

22 minutes ago, DazS said:

we will never know. have we got the name of the person who kicked zmarzlic out.?

Tony Olson and the rest of the FIM Jury at Vojens. 
in my view, Zmarzlik’s team we’re trying to be smart, knowingly using the wrong race suit as part of an arrangement to promote one of his sponsors. They perhaps even allowed for the possibility of a fine and had that covered by the sponsor. What they didn’t expect was for the full penalty open to FIM to be imposed.

The Zmarzlik team travels with multiple race suits for GPs. All of them comply with the rules. So why was one brought that didn’t?

[chunky 6,092]

6 hours ago, SPEEDY69 said:

And this is also true of the GPs.

At least everybody rides against the same quality of rider every round.

At least everybody rides in the same number of meetings.

At least qualification isn't based on where you live.

[DazS 430]

IMO. the organisation who run the event benefitted, by having it not decided till the last race, do they run the FIM, whos tail is wagging whos dog.

[DazS 430]

9 minutes ago, Wee Eck said:

Tony Olson and the rest of the FIM Jury at Vojens. 
in my view, Zmarzlik’s team we’re trying to be smart, knowingly using the wrong race suit as part of an arrangement to promote one of his sponsors. They perhaps even allowed for the possibility of a fine and had that covered by the sponsor. What they didn’t expect was for the full penalty open to FIM to be imposed.

The Zmarzlik team travels with multiple race suits for GPs. All of them comply with the rules. So why was one brought that didn’t?

why do it in the next to last gp.?