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How about swinging the thread in a better direction…… Vadim has ruffled some feathers but is it because of his birthright or because he has caught everyone’s eyes and imagination as a brilliant signing by Glasgow. He certainly appears to be a true talent on a speedway bike Personally, I’d like to hope he feels welcome and enjoys riding in the Uk

Rather than throw him out of the GP., a points penalty of say, 25 points, would have been more fitting to the crime. Removing Zmarzlik punishes the fans, especially Polish fans who have made the trip. Ridiculous punishment.

Sponsors have paid a small fortune to have their name plastered on the riders kevlars, especially the Infinate Reality splashed front and center. For the WC to not have this but his own sponsor is a major breach of the rules. More I think about it, I can understand why he has been punished. Won’t make a mistake like that again.

Good news from Doyle's Instagram that nothing is broken! Remarkable

Infinite Reality, a metaverse start up company, the owners name is John Acunto ....sounds about right

This stinks of fix by discovery to get viewing figures up for the last round. Sad day for speedway.

Im biased being a Witches fan but what a signing this guy has turned out to be Gives 110% every meeting ....not just here for a payday and turning up as and when it suits him. His scoring has been sensational but i want to touch on the other side of our sport He is the last one out of the pits to the changing rooms.....signs EVERY autograph and has EVERY picture EVERY week........always has a smile on his face and chats to everyone I knew he was a class rider but to see how he interacts with all the fans all the time he has been a pure pleasure to see every week We need more riders that do this not just hastily disappear after a meeting Ive heard from various sources that at away matches he has time for all the opposing supporters to Thankful as an Ipswich fan we didnt sign Holder with the attitude he has!!

I did notice on my last visit that the bolts and lock on the safety gate were looking worse for wear,, and while it was on my mind I looked at replacements,,, no delivery's to Ipswich for a week

Just to be honest I would be pissed off if I d gone to the meeting tonight and not seen Zmarzlik

Very Non-plussed about the whole thing sounds fishy IMO.Surely some one at practice should have pointed the rule out if it is that serious.The world isn’t watching the practice.Even a fine would have been more appropriate IMO.

Nigel Pearson a huge miss on the coverage , Tatum and Louis just lack any excitement.

So Zmarzlik wore non conforming leathers with respect to advertising. Imagine you paid 10's of thousands of pounds to advertise your business to appear before a potential world wide audience at every gran Prix/practice/news (everything included in the legally drawn up document signed by all parties). We talking big money here. Then someone turns up advertising a different sponsor. Do you think the sponsor who paid lots of money for GP advertising would be happy. Riders will have signed contracts too, no doubt stating the organisers of the GP's lay down the rules and riders/pit crew etc will have read the rules and agreed to adhere to them. I can easily see Zmarzlik made a simple mistake but the responsibility is to advertise the GP sponsor. Legal boys would have been all over this if the penalty stipulated was not adhered to, and rightly so. The FIM would have been in deep trouble, with this and potentially lost sponsors for next year - lack of adhering to contracts. As for the suggestion Poland could withdraw riders and tracks from next year's GP's..... they will fully understand the situation because they too will have legal documents with their own sponsors...how do you think they can afford big money to the riders on Polish racing.

Government's what?

Quite possibly the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen in 25 years of following the sport.

I'm sure he does , apart from the poster who holds him personally responsible for the invasion of Ukraine

Anyone else need new underwear after Ben's crash in the GP. Never mind we'd get lebedevs in on a 5

Bearing in mind that the rule is clearly stated, they had no other option but to disqualify him to be honest.

Absolutely no way would they have made the same decision in Torun. Not a chance.

The problem is the rules have boxed in the organisers. There is no flexibility. Wear the wrong Kevlars, equals a €600 Fine and disqualification from the GP. There is no other option. Draconian but no option for a slapped wrist.

Probably want to make sure it’s not decided before the final round lol

looks like they didnt want him to sow it up today

Dukie

If he can apply for a Polish licence then we should manage to get him on a 5. Thats how it works, sure we will be looking into this loophole.

Best of luck to the campaign group starting Tuesday give those Brandon estates types a 5 -1 in every argument. up the bees

No, I said “try telling me Zmarzlik deserved a slap on the wrists”. He didn’t, he deserved more which was what he got.

Finally, somebody else who understands what it’s all about!!

Great to see a Dane win the Danish GP, its quite a rare occurrence. Good job from Fred did what he needed to do when he needed to do it... But That has to have been the weakest GP field in the history of the event... EVER! My take on Bartekgate... rules is rules but I don't like to see sporting penalties for non sporting infringements

Nathan Simpson?

Doyle has just put 'nothing broken'. So depends if he has concussion or not?

There is a "best interest of the sport clause" in the rule book. We can't have a play-off match decided by an injury. Jack Holder should be allowed to ride.

It’s the fans that lose out as usual.

His name's not Doyle!

At least it's not p*ssing down! Still, looking at the last few races, you'd never have guessed it...

Brilliant ride from Freddie there in heat 19

One of my absolute favourite books!

That, my friend, is the "Infinite Reality"...

I believe it went to the FI.M jury, so probably took time to drag them away from freebies and inti the jury room

Speedway unfortunately as the image of a Mickey Mouse sport when things like this happen it is hard to defend it

Couldn't have put it better myself...

The honesty and not glossing over things is one of the refreshing things I like about BSN

I appreciate the frustration at Zmarzlik’s disqualification from the meeting, but these rules are set in FIM contracts which the riders adhere to; Zmarzlik has no-one to blame, but himself. I’m assuming it’s sponsor-related. Any external investment in speedway is welcome and appreciated, so riders cannot pick and choose what they wear when it comes to advertising.

This penalty penalises the crowd. Needs a rethink.

Did "they" make him wear the wrong kevlars then?

Thanks for that...would have been there during my visits in that case. Must have been totally immersed in the racing to have noticed!

Jack Smith could maybe ride for both teams...

Nothing against Jack Smith for taking the guest booking, extra earnings and wants to prove himself. But bit farcical a Belle Vue junior could potentially help knock the senior team out of the playoffs. Bailey will have the beating of him though.

Definitely looks like a kings Lynn race jacket, could be a red herring though! jan Jaros?

Good luck r8gdp

Who says the witches are going to be 6 behind in either leg at any point anyways hehe