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BUT he's only been loaned to Swindon. Remains a Poole asset. If he has no contract with Torun then he can sign for whoever he likes and stay for the duration of the contract and be a free agent once that expires.

SO much easier in Poland without the dreaded assets that blights British speedway

WHERE did you get those figures from?

TRAVEL money (in the form of air tickets) plus accommodation is provided for GPs in the southern hemisphere. IT'S the Etihad who think they can make it pay.

100 per cent correct ...

OH. come on, it's great NO doubt that is exactly what the lawyers are trying to determine

CANNOT really add anything to previous post.

FARCICAL is not a word I would use given that a farce is supposed to be a comedy. There was nothing humourous about that night. Disastrous is probably not too strong although what the long term effects will be only time will tell. But it was a massive blow for the Poles at their first staging of a Grand Prix at their national stadium in their capital city. Was the track suitable for racing? I suppose a lot depends on your definition of racing as against rideable. It was far from ideal and far from what the riders had a right to expect. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic could probably knock a tennis ball back and forth over the net on a far from perfect surface but wouldn't expect to do so. As one who was standing in the pits that night I have always maintained that had the meeting progressed at a normal pace, without the starting gate fiasco, and going from green light starts back to the tapes and then back to the green light, the meeting may well have reached a conclusion, though undoubtedly a far from satisfactory one. But the more delays the more the disquiet amongst the riders festered until they finally dug in their heels and refused to come out again. And, yes, it was negligent not to have a second starting gate, as they did at Cardiff and have done so at most temporary tracks as far as I am aware. As for the BSI investigation, no doubt all parties (FIM, BSI, PZM, Speed Sport) know what went wrong so in that sense no investigation is required. What I imagine is still continuing, probably amongst various legal teams, is determining who was responsible for what. It's no good just saying that BSI are ultimately responsible as the rights holders because, presumably, you could take that one stage further and say that the World Championship is the property of the FIM. And I stress that these are, you requested, on my opinions.

BECAUSE in my view, and that's all it is, was first bend bunching, an unsatisfactory start (which doesn't just mean at the tapes), and given that the referee had the option of putting all four back (doubt whether even Nicki would have objected) he could and should have taken it.

IF Gollob's footrest hadn't tangled with Pedersen's front wheel, which was what caused the crash and subsequent stoppage, and the race continued would the referee have taken any action?

DON'T forget they have been working with Robert Lambert as well. Danny King tried one. Sure there will be others. First and foremost the engine needs to be competitive but its selling point, if all goes according to plan, will be reliability and far greater intervals between services.

OBVIOUSLY as soon as possible but not before they have ironed out whatever they think is necessary, which is why testing continues, but I think they are close. Will endeavour to get other riders to try them privately (Hancock and Janowski possibly) ... KT and Marcel are looking to go to a Polish track for a day. The more work they can do now the better, they believe, the final product will be. And with the resources of the Suter factory available, too, progress should be quite quick.

WASN'T it W G Grace who, when given out by an umpire, refused to leave saying that the crowd had come to see him bat not the umpires umpire.

A LIFETIME of writing for magazines and newspapers and starting with the first word in capitals... I do it with letters, emails, etc. Sorry if it offends

MARCEL has loaned him a GTR but wasn't at Coventry and Kelvin is away with Gerhard in France so cannot give you a definitive answer but others have said that he did. FOR your info Kelvin has been involved from "day 1" when Marcel was first thinking about developing a speedway engine and I have been aware of it since then, too. He sought out Kelvin's advice and expertise from the outset. The two have been friends since longtrack days and Marcel recognised that what works on longtrack isn't necessarily compatible with speedway requirements and that Kelvin's input from the get-go would be invaluable, as has been the case and why KT got back into the saddle as 'test pilot.'

DOUBT that Cardiff would be available in September or that it would attract a bigger crowd even if it was.

THAT'S your opinion and one you are quite entitled to but plenty think the referee could and should have put all four back and not deprived the fans of a four rider final. No consideration for fans ... I cannot believe your comment WHOLE stream of riders on Twitter criticising Gollob exclusion ... Niels-Kristian Iversen even suggesting there was a monkey in the box. Bit harsh but certainly on Twitter the majority strongly disagree that Tomasz should have been ruled out.

NO argument? There's one going on here

ALL four surely ... no consideration for the fans. Unless ref is 100 per cent one rider is to blame then all four is the obvious choice. Shades of Marek and Leigh Adams at Cardiff a few years ago.

IF your last comment appeared in Speedway Star his lawyers would be knocking on our door ...

AND, of course, Prague where I was with Marcel and Kelvin for practice and the meeting and also had an hour with the boss of the Suter factory. ?????

SPENT time with Marcel at King's Lynn, Vojens (including all day Friday of the SWC at our hotel in Kolding) and Cardiff ... Kelvin is a close friend and speak to him almost every day. I was actually lined up to take an engine from Vojens to Wolverhampton on my BA flight because I had additional luggage allowance but, at the last minute, Marcel decided to drive there himself.

NO idea ...

He just did!

QUESTION away but have been close to the whole project since day one... Tatum and Gerhard in France today, further track testing.