Rob B

What time do the gates open on Saturday?

We are staying at Hotel Ratuszowy on Dluga, is that walking distance from the station? Also how do we get to the track, is there a tram/bus or do we have to get a taxi?

Can someone give me detailed instructions how to get from Gdansk Airport to Bydgoszcz by train and back again please. What we need to ask for and look out for etc.

Lindback was fed the dummy, and fell for it. Hancock rode round the outside for 3 laps, Lindback then went wide to cover it and Hancock dived up the inside, great move. Lindback should of never moved off the white line and should of been an easy win with the big advantage gate 1 gave.

Apart from not getting off the track when he fell!

Is there a water drought in Latvia at the moment? That track looked like it hadn't been watered all day! Can't understand how it could be so deep for practise and then like concrete on race day. Good job the base rutted up else it would of been follow the leader.

Will be interesting GP. I guess that most of the top riders will not have ridden here before so practise on Friday will be important.

What time does this meeting start at Gdansk?

No chance of finding a hotel in Bydgoszcz now unless you wait till last minute and see if there are any cancellations. Otherwise will have to look outside of Bydgoszcz.

Hope people aren't going from Stansted, baggage handlers are going on strike next weekend, along with the added security it's going to be chaos. We always fly from Stansted normally but this time we are flying from Gatwick as we are coming back Monday and going straight to Reading.

Never been in the middle tier, can't justify the stupid price, been in the top tier a few times and thats a great view, but last three years have been in the bottom tier as my wife doesn't like heights. Its a good view but I prefer the top teir more personally.

Not sure if I've missed it somewhere, have they said how much tickets are going up after 31st December?

Me + 4

One thing I've not seen anywhere is that Tony Steele obviously doesn't know the FIM rules (Although he should as he has done enough of them!) The heat when the Italian nearly took Gollob off, at that point Gollob was 2nd, the Italian 3rd and Hampel 4th. The Italian fell and nearly took Gollob with him, Gollob just managed to stay on the bike, that let Hampel through to second, the red lights didn't come on and Gollob carried on slowly to the finish line waving his arms at the referee. Now Steele excluded the Italian which was fine but then awarded Gollob second place. You can't do that in an FIM meeting, either Hampel should of been given second or the race should of been rerun. The red lights should of come on straight away when Gollob was impeded.

How many years have we been complaining about blunders Middlo has made over the years, either with team choice before hand or with tactics during the meeting. He messes it up every year.

One of the most sporting things tonight had to be Jonsson letting Pedersen past after their big clash, don't think I've ever seen a rider move his head telling him to go back past after something like that before.

Who was the ref tonight, they never said and I didn't recognise him. Being British and not particulary liking Andersen I have to say it was completely the wrong call, the ref made the call before wtahcing the replays. Any contact was very minimal and not enough for Harris to go down.

Got to say what a great move by Middlo putting Louis in tonight, NOT! Thought Louis was suppose to be good round Reading and on great form at the moment? He was pretty terrible, Stead got more from 3 rides on Thursday. I could never see the point of puting someone as old as Louis in and maybe wrecking Stead's confidence in the progress. Hopfully Stead will stuff Middlo on Monday at Belle Vue! Time for Middleditch to step down and let someone else have a go.

Yep from what I gather there is only about 5-6 hotels and none of them are that big.

Don't think the team will be changed at all.

I can't remember but we tried Pod Orlem, Brda etc and they were full. If you get in great, maybe they've had some rooms become available since then.

Yep forgot to mention that earlier, Neiminen did well, was always on the pace, just come back from injury also hasn't he? Practised at Belle Vue on Monday after the meeting.

I think GB will get through to the final no problem, probably with Sweden. Final will be close between Australia, Denmark and GB. Think Australia will do it though.

How can they be the best team if they didn't finish with the most points. OK each member may have scored a similar amount but the Aussies scored one 1 point without using tacticals which meant they were the best team on the night. Also Wiltshire had an engine failure when leading plus that crash, they would have won by even more.

Think you were watching a different meeting then, virtually every heat in the last 10 heats had some sort of passing.