Silver Bee

In the same way that Harris had nothing left but to lay the bike down after a small nudge?

If you can't work that out you're an idiot He was in a run-off to stay in the grand prix series.

No his move was to end up second in that race, which he acheived. Had Harris held the bike and stayed on, which a lot of riders with different styles would have in the same situation, Nicholls would have moved him over perfectly. It was an error of judgement which the REFEREE didn't pick up on.

But he did pull it off didn't he? He finished second in that race. It's the refs fault Scott got away with it isn't it? Had Scott been thrown out you wouldn't have cared as it would have been the correct result in your eyes

Scott had no intention of going into that bend and knocking off Harris, probably just move him over and got it wrong. Scott's not dirty, he's hard, much like Hans is. I don't blame Scott for a bit of desperation, that was a run-off to stay in the GP series at the end of the day. He took a chance and it worked for him, blame the ref NOT Scotty.

Nope, not Coventry or Britain yet the fact they both ride for Cov and Team GB apoparently makes a hard ride a hangable offence

After watching that AGAIN - at what point does Harris make Scott shut off?

No we're talking about the Bomber who was no-where near Scott when he passed but Scott lifted Scott shut off out of choice to try and get back under Harris, not because Harris forced him to.

Very few of green's interviews were live. 1 for example had Wieslaw Jagus walking to his bike in the background before a few seconds later being at the tapes under starters orders.

Of Course

Alright you knew what I meant, 3rd and out the GP's

Scott should have been excluded but I don't blame him for doing it. It's an individual and he NEEDED secvond place to qualify. Try that move and take a risk of being excluded or don't and come 4th. Hmmmm

No it was announced a couple of days ago that Laukkenen was in, if it wasn't I'm pretty sure Charlie Gjedde could get himself there if Kaj was unavailable.

My favourite quote from the piece..... surely not A Pole? Wanting a nomination?! Madness

Going for the sympathy vote about rounds he's missed to try and get himself a wilcard?

I know - the irony

Fantastic first bend by Freddie to keep that tart out the GP's

By that I assume you're implying that it isn't

That's because they are principally the same company, many of the top BSI boys are the top boys at IMG so very little will change.

I hope so - was soo good last time I'd be gutted if I couldn't go next year.

They'd have to win the run-off though

It's possible to be world champion in the old format on 10 points too, meaning it can be done without winning a single race It's just as likely as someone winning the world championship in the current format without a single race. What a joke

Thank You for proving my point so well. Awarding the league title to whoever finished top of the league gives a fair representation of how a team has performed that season yes? Just like the GP's. The play-offs allow a team in a good run-off form to sneak in in 4th and still have an opportunity to win the league, much like the 1 off world final. Someone could sneak through the qualifying rounds in 8th, even ninth if riders end up injured but hit form on world final and win the world title. According to you that's amazing, but in principle it would be the same as the 4th place team being on blistering form and winning the play-offs

No it is that simple, so why complicate it? FIM hold the rights to the speedway world championship as it currently stands. That is THE bottom line. Speedway is different because of the league structures, on that much we agree, but the FIM do NOT take that into account. Whether they should or not is a different matter all together but from their point of view they are doing nothing wrong. For them if they lost speedway, I doubt it would be a huge loss with the other disciplines of sport they hold rights too. OK I can see that they wouldn't lose the riders, but would it be fair unless the leagues came up with a positive alternative solution for the riders not be able to compete for the world championship. They would effectively be blocking them from earning even more money and denying them an opportunity to become world champion. Personally, I don't believe the leagues are in a position to take on the task of running the GP series, let alone the fact each of the 3 separate entities that would be involved would all want different things for their own country. In principle it could work, in reality I very much doubt it would be a successful way forward but that's a matter of opinion. BSI do a good job, they know how to attract big crowds, big sponsers e.t.c to the event. They were the ones bold enough to take the GP's to the Millenium Stadium and Italy e.t.c and it's paid off for them. There are lots of promoting companies in the world that may well do a better job than BSI, but ones that would be interested in the SGP? I very much doubt it.

No YOU are missing the point. FIM own it. It's THAT simple. Who they employ within FIM to govern over the speedway world championship is entirely up to them and no-one else. The FIM could impose a rule on voting on such issues to only allow major speedwaying nature a vote, but that's up to them. Whilst you may not think it's fair because you've lost your beloved world finals because of it, there's nothing you can do about it, FIM have done nothing wrong. If the FIM want the GP series so be it. They want speedway to fit in line with other sports they govern over and the GP series is the way to go. Why on earth would these leagues want rid of GP riders? They are the big name draws at the end of the day and they're the riders that bring the crowds in. Say in 2007 the british Swedish and Polish leagues ALL banned riders who ride in the GP. You think that would have a positive effect on both speedway in these countries and the world championship as a whole? If so, how? Would the BSPA and the Swedish and Polish governing bodies all join together to create a world championship with a world final? Dream On BSI do a good job at running the Grand Prix series. I'm happy with the product and the standard of racing it produces and Cardiff is a sensational product of BSI's entry into speedway, which wouldn;t have happened with the 1 off world final.