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Well said. Webber, at one of the post-race interviews after a podium finish, said it had been a good weekend for Australia after Crump had won a GP the previous evening. This is live on BBC 1; how much would that kind of advertising cost?

You can picture the scene in the pits, can you not? Sewing machine, sewing machine, sewing machine, STEAM ROLLER, sewing machine....Um, Leon? A word?

That's how I thought the numbers would work when tomazpozrl posted (and thanks to all for the info, by the way). So from the semis presumably it's five apiece to the final and, what, highest-scoring sixth-placed rider? Home nomination?

How many go through, top five?

Suppose Joe Haines (or any other non-Oz) makes the top six: Does he qualify for the three-round finals or do they just take the next one down?

Any chance of Piszcz signing?

I take it these are the non-wildcards announced on the official Speedway Grand Prix site under the title: '2010 SGP wildcards announced', in a story that goes on to say: 'The FIM Speedway Grand Prix commission and BSI Speedway, rights holders of the FIM Speedway World Championships, has today announced the full rider line up for the 2010 FIM Speedway Grand Prix series (SGP), including the four riders that have been awarded a permanent wild card place.' Those non-wildcards? Edit: Actually, apologies Neil. Having jumped from page one to page four to post and now gone back, I can see you have dealt with the whole wildcard/permanent wildcard/seeded/nominated etc etc issue!

Possibly! His persona would not have been so dry after a roll in the Torun shale, anyway!

Bet Peter Adams is glad Wolves raced their final before seeing that. Lindgren might have taken the idea back to Britain!

Hmm, so even now the ref doesn't have to exclude the rider in blue!

So what's happening? Meeting abandoned, score stands at 38-40?

Disgraceful 'homer' decision in heat 14! Painful for Jagus, and difficult conditions, but no-one's fault other than his own. Clearly loses control just before catching the back wheel of Dobrucki who does nothing other than hold his line. Edit: Watch the ref exclude Iversen in the rerun now! And extra edit: Nope, not even this ref could bottle that one.

That will do nothing other than cut the number of entrants, surely? Schedules are tight enough as it stands and, for British-based riders at least, that's an awful lot of travel.

OK, thanks for that. Look forward to next year, then.

Whoo, that was a hairy last lap! Was terrified Holta or Walasek (or both) were going to come to grief there. Some weekend for Darcy Ward, world U21 winner and fourth in the Golden Helmet.

Great link, Peatbog! Cracking picture.

Yep, good point, we have tended to focus on the riders we know. It sounds like a cracking meeting, anyway. Is Janowski of an age to have another crack next year, like Ward and Woffinden?

Must reiterate my congratulations to Darcy Ward; a stunning performance for a 17-year-old. I allowed myself to be sidetracked by Skeletor's moronic post, which was most remiss of me, and have not acclaimed Ward's showing in the way it deserved. When he rode at Monmore earlier this year I was most impressed. I do hope the Wards and Woffindens of this world "train on" in racing parlance and become big players in future Grands Prix. Woffinden has probably done his 2010 wildcard aspirations no harm in the way he bounced back from the tapes offence, mind. Trees, as to your point on a Woffinden max -- not necessarily. Don't forget that Ward knew second place would be enough in his final race. Had it all been on the line at 12 points apiece, who knows? Edit: Just remembered that Ward was actually on 11 after four, but you get my drift.

Ah, the intelligentsia have arrived.

Wonder what the actual racing was like? It was certainly draining watching the results come in heat by heat. Mark, if my scipts read like that I'd be rewritting them too!

Um, well done Darcy Ward? Congratulations? Bravo?

Tough scenario, this -- last one home is off the podium.

Pavlic could still pinch this. Edit: Well, he could at the time I typed the above!

Ward drops a point. So heat 18 can hold the key.

Fair play to Tai, he's giving himself every possible chance.