OveFundinFan

Predicament with the GPs at the moment is that 2 of the top riders over the last 5 years are carrying injuries/illness and not as strong as before….. Freddie and Leon. The big spoilers, including Janowski, are not consistent enough to take the final each meeting, and the upcoming younger ones…. Dan and Robert have the speed, especially Dan, but not the experience (yet) at this level. So it’s Zmarzlik title to lose. Pity Vaculik didn’t start the year like he is now.. 15 points behind with 5 meetings to go is very doable if everything goes right, and he is probably the one who could take it from Zmarzlik.

Yes, so have I.

It can be difficult to see the other end of a grass track oval…… other than smallish images that you know are riders. Does not take away the spectacle of grass track racing.

Not being disrespectful, but the same things were said about him in 2019. I actually like his riding style, but would much prefer a younger rider be able to have a go.

Kolodzeij best GP days were at least 15 years ago. He was in the GP’s 3 years ago was it, he won a round but most of the time was well down the order. He is a bit like KK or ALindback.

Everyone in this years world championship number 1-15 qualified by what they did last year. first 6 in last years championship qualified by being top point scores in the previous years GP series. (was it 8 rounds, usually 10ish) first 3 in last years GP Challenge final last year this qualifies for this years GP series, they have qualifying rounds too.. first in last years European championship, run over three rounds. 5 riders are selected/qualify at the organisers discretion taking into account their performance and injuries etc in the previous year. no 16 is perhaps the only one that doesn’t need to qualify, and that is arguable. that’s how I see it. This years gp is not some closed club to some riders, each and every one has qualified in some manner. Ok, occasionally someone gets through the system and gets into the GPs but he has had to work at it. I loved the one off world final, the atmosphere was great, but also love the current GP system where the best rider over the season is world champ. Not only has the winner needed to ride each different track well, he has had to select the right engine/setup for different tracks.

With fuel costs rising as they are, just on that consideration, could be big loss of tracks at the end of year. Tracks will have to get into streaming quickly if the want to survive, couple with something new to them…… promoting an event well.

Years ago I had a mob that took me and a gasman into the kitchen of a restaurant. It was disgusting. We were offered a cup of tea, and we refused that.

Excellent racing, if I said anything different I must have been typing in my sleep.

I just sit back and enjoy the racing.

Must be amazing to race on it, and spectacular to watch it.

I have Discovery+ and get no problems when the match is on. I am with BT as broadband supplier and I pay for fast fibre (150 MB/s). How fast is your broadband speed? Have you changed your Broadband supplier? and maybe speed has changed if you decided to save costs Thing I don’t get on with Discovery+ Is finding the speedway program. Getting the hang of it then I loose it all and have to search again. So far that has not affected viewing, just miss a bit of chat.

Jack Holder far from being my favourite rider, but we’ll done to him, 15 max is impressive.

Looked like it from where I am sat, that’s why I answered. Ah well, no problems

Top 4 from each qualifier go to the final However, if a rider in the current GP series finishes in the GP top six he then qualifies for next years GP series. His qualifying Challange position is therefore up for grabs and the organisers nominate a rider.

That is weird.

I trying to think of another sport where individuals score points which are then wiped out in favour of a different scheme.

It’s a pity the grass track racing is not being shown tomorrow, that must be a good watch, what with right hand bends and a jump, and it will be fast.

Freddie and Leon are on a downer due to medical conditions hitting them over the last two years. Love to see them get it all back. In the meantime there is no one who can regularly take it to Zmarzlik. We will have to wait for the newer ones to develop.

That was a poor meeting like Prague was. Of the Poles only Dudek attacked it, Zmarzlik got second because Freddie gave up with it. Very poor.

Always one that spoils the party . I would not of expected Dudek to fight his way through the bumps.

and the Poles.

Not seen him gate so consistently well before. Great.

We got bike history back on at the start.

It was done the day before when it started a few years ago. Problem was some riders were racing in Poland Friday evening and were not allowed to go to the Gp, so they had what gates were left. Not satisfactory and don’t think it would be agreed with the new management. Of course, we here have been advocating put locals riders out for about four races, but qualifying as it is now must account for 14 races or so. It is not helpful.