GP line-up and venues and news for 2026

[eric i]

4 minutes ago, IainB said:

Could have been Luke Becker if America hadn't started an illegal war with Iran 😂

I guess the FIM will turn a blind eye when its America starting the illegal war.

[arnieg]

29 minutes ago, eric i said:

I guess the FIM will turn a blind eye when its America starting the illegal war.

Armando is writing the citation for the FIM Peace Prize as we speak. 🥇

[mikebv]

1 hour ago, IainB said:

Could have been Luke Becker as the replacement if America hadn't started an illegal war with Iran 😂

... I presume the FIM will be banning all American and Israeli riders from all of their events 🤔

I believe that Benjamin "Sprouts" Netanyahu won't be included this season...

[Lefty]

6 hours ago, mikebv said:

I believe that Benjamin "Sprouts" Netanyahu won't be included this season...

Thankfullly "Sprouts" has an excellent singing voice, so he can be in the Eurovision Song Contest...

[OveFundinFan]

I not a Tai Woffinden fan but acknowledge his racing achievements, and certainly respect his decision to drop out of this years GPs before the season started.

[Phannan]

To up the excitement level why not give michelsen or thomsen etc a go . They’d up the viewing figures. There’s always bomber. He’d probably turn up if asked. 

[eric i]

Michelsen is probably the best rider outside the GPs apart from the Russians, unlucky not to get a wc.

Will Parnitskyi do the World under 21s the day before the GPs?

[TheReturn]

3 hours ago, OveFundinFan said:

I not a Tai Woffinden fan but acknowledge his racing achievements, and certainly respect his decision to drop out of this years GPs before the season started.

Perhaps, but by leaving it so late he has robbed someone the opportunity to plan ahead to ride the GP season and get sponsors ready for the campaign.   Actually I blame whoever thought it was a good idea to offer him a wildcard, his GP form for two seasons was average (at best) and that was before the injury.  He really should not have been offered a place. 

[Neila]

7 hours ago, TheReturn said:

Perhaps, but by leaving it so late he has robbed someone the opportunity to plan ahead to ride the GP season and get sponsors ready for the campaign.   Actually I blame whoever thought it was a good idea to offer him a wildcard, his GP form for two seasons was average (at best) and that was before the injury.  He really should not have been offered a place. 

Probably a publicity stunt with assistance from monster 🤔

[False dawn]

A more generous interpretation of what little we know is that Tai was badly injured. Then against the odds he's offered a WC for this year's GP series. He accepts in the hope that working very hard he can be fit in time. Unfortunately his body didn't quite co-operate enough to make the fairy tale come about.

Just saying.

Edited 6 hours ago by False dawn