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Your complete lack of intelligence to read what I wrote before you replied is amusing. Firstly, I wrote " Manchester is right in the middle of Britain. Probably the fairest place to hold a G.P. to make sure it's equally accessible for everyone." Since I was talking about the fairest place to host the BRITISH Grand Prix, that would make sense to be the middle of BRITAIN. It wouldn't be very intelligent to leave out Scotland and Wales, and just go for the middle of England. What kind of fool would do that? Secondly I wrote "Manchester is 230 miles from Ipswich. Ipswich to Cardiff is 260 miles."' These distances don't change on a daily basis. They are fixed. Surely anyone with a reasonable intelligence level would understand that. I wasn't commenting on anyone not being able to get tickets on a Saturday because no one made any comment about not being able to get tickets on a Saturday. If someone later wants to dishonestly pretend that they said they couldn't get Saturday tickets, when they actually had said no such thing, then their dishonesty says more about them that anyone else. Let's hope they can learn from their mistakes, and make better posts in future.

Did they start the meeting with "It's Friday, It's five-to-five, and it's Ratajczak"

Manchester is right in the middle of Britain. Probably the fairest place to hold a G.P. to make sure it's equally accessible for everyone. You complain t's too far for you to travel from Ipswich? Manchester is 230 miles from Ipswich. Ipswich to Cardiff is 260 miles.

Spot on.

Get your bets on for Madsen, Lebedevs, Zmarzlik.

Someone must have bet on him. He's gone to 8/1 now. Bloody Huckenbeck!

They're not the greatest odds, but 15 out of 17 heat winners with no thinking required. I've bottled heat 19

Shhhh Don't tell Bet365. I'm on a good thing here.

Can you get banned from Bet365 for betting on Red in every race, even if it is Huckenbeck? Asking for a friend.

Hope Kelvin shows us the gate stats after heat 20. I'm struggling to decide which would be the best pick for the semis.

Going to need the 2 rounds at Belle Vue to save this series. Maybe next year forget Prague and 3 rounds at Belle Vue.

Wonder if last night's amazing racing will cause the last few Friday GP tickets to go quite quickly? Obviously the Saturday has been a sell-out for quite a while now, But there's still a few hundred left for Friday (albeit mainly on the temporary stand). With a month left before the GPs, I can't imagine their being any walk-up sales available on the day. Glad I got my Friday and Saturday tickets when they went on sale.

The semi-final picks them. After the 6 qualifiers, Craig Cook was 7th, Jason Edwards was 8th, Vinnie Foord was 9th. Anyone else drops out and it's Nathan Ablitt (10th), Joe Thompson (11th) and Sam Hagon (12th)

Probably about a 15 minute drive or taxi ride down Hyde Road or Stockport Rd towards the city centre and on to Salford. (definitely the best option). The famous 53 bus goes from near the stadium to Salford Quays, but it's not a straight route, and I reckon could take an hour. Best public transport options would be a bus down either Stockport Road or Hyde Road into the City Centre, and then a tram to Salford Quays.

You do understand Doyle and Sayfutdinov scored 8 points in the match and Thompson scored 7, yes? They're the points scored in the match. They're the points that count in the averages. They're the points by which the BSPA press office rank the top scorers in the points list? Bonus points are just for the pay packet. But Ipswich have said that Doyle and Sayfutdinov had excuses for ducking out, and giving the place to the next in line. So I don't see what people are getting their knickers in a twist over. If I were offered some extra work on top of my main job at a lesser payrate I may well turn it down too.

Impartial observer here, but yours seems the bizarre comment. If a match is balanced to finish 45-45 or 46-44, wouldn't you find 8+1 more valuable than 7+2, if the 8 point rider gets you over the line where the 7 only gets a draw? Of course 8+1 is better than 7+2. The bonus points are only for the paypacket. They don't count towards the match score, nor the riders average. in both match score and CMA calculation 8 is better than 7. So sorry, yours is the bizarre comment. The pay for the second half races wasn't enough for Doyle and Sayfutdinov to take part. Fair enough. They're subcontractors and have their own rates in mind.

I must've missed that rule in sport that says you have to give up your dreams if your dad buys a club. Imagine David Beckham being all ready to sign for Manchester United and then his dad comes along and buys Charlton Athletic.

What are you finding inexplicable? Everyone else understands it. For a few years now Cairns has been wanting to ride at the best track in the country as soon as he was old enough. It's a track he likes, and he rides well. It's the British track which is most similar to the Polish tracks. It's the British track which will host the Grand Prix and other world events.

Yes, it was.

Erm.... I did tell everyone. My reply isn't hidden from anyone. If you couldn't work it out from the obvious... And you didn't ask "who is sniffing around" You asked who he'd already agreed to sign for. Asked and answered.

You're a King's Lynn fan. You should know.

Down to the last 18 tickets for the Saturday G.P.

Has the UK seen the last of Kildemand? I can see the Aces getting close to 60 points here.

Down to double figures on tickets for the Saturday G.P. Looks like just 74 are left. If anyone is looking for Grandstand Tickets for the Friday, it seems a couple have been released back for sale. Other than that, there's still a few on the backstraight standing. After those, you're down to the temporary stand (although I think that's a better view than the back straight).

Yes @Ray Stadia @RoundTheBoards @SPEEDY69 you're all correct. As everyone knows, a bike leaving the shale and hitting the concrete kerb with the back wheel is liable to take-off. I think someone has maybe had a drink and meant to actually type: "Best wishes to Tai for a full and speedy recovery"