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The others….. Jan Kvech, Mads Hansen, Ben Basso, Hellstrom-Bangs, Kowalski, Ratajczak, Rew, Dreir, Pollested, Gran, Henriksson, Connor Bailey, Rowe, Blodorn, Hjerrid, Becker, Lindsey. And not all potential stars are listed, some will develop at a different rate. Whose to say half of that lot won’t get to Gp standard, so there is plenty of scope If you remember Vaculik burst on the GP scene with a first outing GP win. Found it tough so about the time Emil got injured Vaculik withdrew from GPs to “mature” as a rider, he said. He would have been about 26 when he came back to the GPs. Doyle was mature when he made it to the GPs. So for some, 26 is not past it. The future looks bright.

Really, seriously. So you don’t rate Bewley, Holder, Lambert, Kubera, Cerniak. And of course Drabik and Smektala still have time to fulfil their potential, then we have the likes of Gusts and others in the 19-22 year old class, did you not see Pederson at Vojens…..no18 in the start list performing more than adequately for a 16/17 year old in a senior GP. The future looks really good to me. If you can’t see the potential then perhaps you looking at the wrong sport……try netball or something.

Just reading the news about it. It states about a dozen national associations, including the English Football Association, publicly expressed their opposition to playing against Russia if drawn against them at either the men’s competition in Cyprus or the women’s in Sweden next year.

Pretty sure it was Medinski. Shut the door on Emil on the straight, Emil took a tumble then was run over by another rider. Watched a replay just about a week ago. Really nasty, was career threatening it was said, but he come back.

I see Freddie as being quite gentle these days.

and if Laguta gets back in the GP series he would defo wave him through. If a leaf blew up the inside of Laguta he would move over. Fast gater, fast bike doesn’t always make a good racer. Emil, though is a different kettle of fish. Jack Holder is one that won’t budge for him. Not keen on Jack, but he is the one of the three youngsters that can stand up to BZ.

But this year’s qualifying system has thrown up a wobbler or two, and has done in the past as well.

That's the problem of qualifying rounds. Carry an injury, engine failure and you can be out in the blink of an eye. Happened on the lead up to one off world finals many times. That reality shows having human beings selecting who goes in and who comes out is a reasonable way of getting a GP line up. Problem then is every man and his dog on a forum want there voice heard. The selection committee has heard the call for fresh faces and delivered. Not to everyone's liking...but you asked, you got, suck it.

Brilliant reply.

I agree, he probably won't win it again, but on form he is well capable off taking positions of Zmarzlik. That gives other capable of winning more of a chance. I don't think Freddie or Leo have much time left either, but both will be capable for a year or two. The new challenge will come from Dan, Jack, and Robert.....but not for a couple of years yet.

Tai was coming back on form, he was in the final at Vojens. I think he deserves to be in.

But the fault BZ was excluded is no one else’s fault but BZ and his team. He put the wrong suit on. It’s not that his sponsors name was just a small patch, sort of 25mmx120mm…… it’s big letters. So BZ didn’t notice, neither did his team of three (or four). I beginning to think like some others…… it’s possible, maybe it was planned and it all went wron

IF BZ team was involved, IF it had gone unnoticed then BZ would have been wearing a companies name in the photographs.when they were not entitled to. I not saying BZ them was involved, it’s been a suggestion. I just trying to get you to see the situ from a sponsors point of view, a sponsor that’s put in, I reckon, a 6 figure sum. Like all sports sponsors put in lots of money are needed. Without sponsors speedway would be difficult to run.

Because if BZ captured the world championship at that meeting……which was very likely, then it would have been his sponsor who would be in all the photos….. that’s worth a lot and they had not paid for it.

It’s easy to think that a rider wearing a non approved suit is something minor and can be “overlooked” with a fine. That may not be the view of the company who probably invested maybe a 6 figure sum to be main sponsor only to be “took out” by some other unpaid advert. Maybe the main sponsor spotted the error and made a complaint…..and who can blame them…….i couldn’t. A 6 figure sum, say 100,000 is just 10,000 per GP, I suspect the fee would be more than 100k, maybe 250k. Not peanuts)

Well who does make the decisions?

DJC has made the same mistake as myself….. forgot Doyle won the Challenge and is straight in.

Thanks, forgot about them.

My shot as to who will get the jury's vote....... Bewley, Doyle, Fricke, Woffy, Thomson. of those not in my pick I can only see Dudek and Lebedev as of any worth. It was a tight choice between Fricke and Dudek, I picked Fricke because he scored more points even though both did a full 10 GPs. Lebedevs has had a good number of meetings this year, but at his age is he going to get any better? I don't think so. Woffy is one of those who can (still) beat Zmarzlik in an odd race or two. Thomson deserves a pick because he wasn't doing too bad when badly injured. I read some would rid of Doyle because he is dangerously too tough. Perhaps if he had received some sort of public warning they could leave him out, but as it is how can they just leave no 8 in the world out. last night Kubera didn't impress me, 1 win, 2 thirds, 2 lasts not good enough. One who did impress for the future was Luke Becker. He would have learned a lot last night, and he was in the mix more than Kubera was. However, that would leave only one Pole in the 2024 GP series and I don't think that is going to happen. so...... I don't know all

Apologise for a late reply..... I am with Discovery+. I understand to get Eurosport I would need Sky. For 2023 Discovery+ was £60 and I seen all 10 GPs, the Speedway of Nations, British Championship, plus a good number of British Premiership matches.... and they are still ongoing.

obviously problems in Torun. All I get is a pit shot on Zmarzlik and crew. To the right of the screen is what looks like a monitor actually showing what I suspect should be on my screen.

That’s not too good.

Commentary on my Discovery+ is in German too.

Be interesting if it is Becker that's in. Kvech seems to have stopped improving. Might be a bit hard on him but that's how I see things.

Has Woffy had another fall, or is his hand not healing so fast?