Ghostwalker

How do you define the 15 best riders in the world? How do you know that the riders placed 9 or worse in the total standings are better then those currently outside the Grand Prix series? You cannot possible know until the latter too have been awarded a wild card to the GP-series. How do you know that THJ would do worse then Freddie in a full season in the GP-series? As for criterias, one criteria is how many wild card that rider have received before and the more wild card picks the further down the pecking order the rider should be. I think it's 5 wc now for Freddie, another criteria is performance in the speedway world cup. Freddie boycotted the SWC. If he can't bother to do the SWC he should not be considered for a SGP pick either (unless the rider were injured). Then we can look at what the rider have achieved in the SGP; how many seasons in the SGP, how many times the rider have finished top 8. Which means amount of top 8 finishes in relation to number of seasons in the SGP. Then no rider should be handed a wild card for two years in a row, unless that riders have suffered long time injuries resulting in that rider Imo a rider have to take the chances he is given, a rider should not have unlimited amount of wild cards. 5 is 1 or 2 too many. What are your motivation to give Freddie another wild card?

No way Freddie Lindgren can be justified to get another wild card. He had way to many already and have only managed to be top 8 once.

No it's not. It's like a longer version of Vetlanda's track.

No there isn't.

There is only one way to find out. I think the GP-series have stagnated and probably needs a set of new faces. If Jonsson and/or Lindgren misses out on top 8, I think it won't do them any harm to sit out a year. Especially Freddie who notoriously have been relying on wild cards (with 2 exceptions) so I think he have had enough wild cards already. So if either or both of AJ and FL is outside top 8, I say let Thomas H Jonasson have a go as a permanent wild card, after all he had very good performance in thus years SWC and was only 1p from qualifying in Lonigo.

Bavarian, he should be punished because he broke the FIM & Wada anti-doping rules. Patryk Dudek got suspended from all speedway for 12 months for violating the same rules so Darcy should be punished in the same way.

MIke, the Elit Vetlanda track is actually not as slick as it looks. there is lots of material on the track but it is too loose (like a thick layer of rough sand) so there isn't really any grip on the outside. It will also cause a very heavy spray making it very difficult for the riders behind to pass.

Why? It is not against the forum rules. You just have to accept that other forum members does not share your opinion. We have just as big right to express our opinion as your right to express yours. So I can say the same to you, stop with this forum policing thin t is not for you to decide what's allowed to be written on this forum. Harris having a fluke says more about the qualifying process then it says about Harris "merit". Many riders have qualified via the GP-challenge. Many of those have tried but failed to establish themselves as a regular in the GP-series. Most of them have realized when it's time to give up. So should Harris. What is the point in qualifying if you are going to be last in every GP anyway?

Indianerna will need 12-14p minimum after the first final. I think tomorrow's meeting will be very good but not Wednesday's meeting. The Vetlanda track rarely produces good racing.

link: https://friendsarena.se/Evenemang/SGP2015/

I don't doubt that, I just wanted a link to share/use as a source myself.

link?

arnieg, I don't know. we will see what happens next. I am pretty sure that Gnistorna will be asked and they expressed a wish, before the Allsvenskan play offs to step up to Elitserien if they would be in that situation. However Masarna expressed the same wish but turned down the offer.

Really awful but he is up and ok. The airfence saved him big time there possible even his life.

Ooooh I do hope he escaped uninjured there. Looked really nasty.

I think you mean Ole Olsen. He have retired as race director but is still responsible for the temporary tracks (except maybe Tammerfors?). It was indeed Anders Michanek.

Official attendance was about 16'000. https://mobile.twitter.com/BjornOldeen/status/515961735237603328 however i don't think it was that many. Looked more like around 10K to me. Decent GP. Ok performance from the Swedes but Lindgren doesnt have "it" when it matters. THJ was ok, just missed out on the semis but was able score points despite being last from the gate.yo

No they won't. One meeting doesn't say anything since Harris had fluke for the second straight year. That is why the world championship is decided over a series and not one single meeting.

The results speaks for them self. 40p from 10 rounds proves that he shouldn't be in the GP-series.

Actually there are many members on BSF that aren't British so why should we have to support are British rider? Also it's not hate, just that some of us actually can see that the SGP is no place for Harris.

Quite a big difference between Tai and Harris though. How many GP-season have Harris done? How many of those have Harris been anyway near top 8? He have 1 good season out of 7. Have he been doing better year by year? No on the contrary, he have one good year (finished 6th) the rest of the seasons he haven't even been top 10. What makes you think next season will be better? Or OK it couldn't possible be much worse then this season.

Actually yes, it is time that he realizes that have no business being in the SGP. Look at the SGP standings, he has 40p from 10 rounds which 4p pon average from each GP, less then 1p per heat on average. Then he suddenly do a very good Gp-challenge beeting riders that he is nowhere near normally.

I don't understand why he even bother, does he really like finishing last in the SGP that much?

No stream, FIM-live are recording it but the FIM live channel is occupied by the Le Mans 24 hours for motorcycles.

May I correct you? His last name is Jonasson (no h).