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There were points were they looked like they could beat some other Edinburgh riders but didn't quite have the power. Perry and Hodder werent afraid to go wide and were trying different lines, they both definetly have potential

Track wasn't perfect tonight, very bumpy for the first few heats, then quite slick so gating was important. Definetly wasn't the best meeting for Leon but he was always close to the rider ahead was just a bit tougher to pass than normal tonight. Boughen showed what he can do in heat 8 he'll definetly improve. Reserves I think will improve, they didn't look bad just lacking some outright pace. Polis, Sedgmen and Palovaara were very strong and made it very difficult to get a heat advantage anywhere, Grahn also seemed to find something in his last ride to get an important 1-5.

There are positives and negatives for both formats (finals vs just 20 heats) maybe for the top 6 format the two straight through to the final have a match race (with the top scorer choosing gates) after the semi to decide who gets first gate pick? Would at least mean the tyres are all in the same condition and will let the top 2 see the track after the final grading (also gives 1 more race for fans).

Going into the corner Erik came over far too hard, he was practically touching Kerr while leaning right over him and Kerr would have had no way to anticipate that when going into the corner, Erik was still a fair bit behind. As soon as Erik went in it was always going to be an accident.

Was thinking the same thing, Kerr really had nowhere to go

Who's going to be the first rider to stop the Marquez show?

Since he hasn't actually ridden for Berwick yet would it not be similar to Covatti at Plymouth where they had to use a reduced average for guests even though he was legitimately out with an injury, would they even be allowed to run guests?

Rule introduced last year (or 2023 can't remember), tyres have to be over the minimum pressure set by Michelin for 60% of the race or 30% of the sprint (rider can see this on their dash). This was the reason Marc had to drop behind his brother as Ducati miscalculated his pressures.

93 looked unstoppable this weekend and the gap between him and his brother will only grow as the red bike gets upgrades, going to need Peco to get into some sort of groove or Marc's only title challenger will be tyre pressures

If you mean on the statistics page I'd guess it's because he hasn't raced any meetings over here yet so won't have a rolling average. When the first green sheet is out he'll have his assessed average on that

The reason I always see mentioned is track material, not sure if that's a main factor or not though

Really like Gusts, happy to see him in the UK

His ban ends at the start of December this year

Only thing I can see about it in the regulations is this, though not sure if the second paragraph would apply since Victor has been away for some time, I'd assume Victor would be 5th in averages but maybe Edinburgh can choose. In any declaration where 2 or more riders hold an identical MA (cannot be determined by a 3rd or more decimal point) then the re-declaration must nominate the hierarchical order. Where riders have a previous MA, then the higher placed rider from the previous issue shall retain the higher position.

Pretty sure the discounted average becomes the riders average until the first main greensheet

Opole is still quite big compared to most of the UK tracks, Marcin rode quite well for Lodz and almost had a heart attack when he entered turn 1 at Edinburgh for the first time and you could argue he is the better rider. If he can work out the track though he will be a very good signing

I thought when riders are tied it's decided for the clubs and the greensheet says what position they are in, maybe their foreign averages would decide it?

Does Plymouth not ride Saturdays now or have they went back to Tuesday?

I'm fairly sure I remember seeing an announcement about Ford stepping down as he had more commitments this year and he was replaced with someone but can't remember where I saw that and can't find it now. For Foord it could have just been he preferred Workington over Poole or Poole waited too long to sign him.

You can make like for like changes without having to redeclare the team under the point limit i.e. replacing a 5 pointer with a rider with an average 5 or bellow. Nicholls wouldn't be a like for like replacement for any rider other than Masters, so to slot him in the team would have to redeclare at 40 or below. It will most likely depend on how quickly Scott can return on if it will be possible.

To make those 2 changes you'd have redeclare the team at 40 or under, it's more a case of will the other 5 push their averages up enough where it won't fit

Was quite optimistic about him after watching him in the SON, but that optimism didn't last long. He seemed scared to race other riders round Glasgow, think he'd be equally terrified of Berwick

1. 1.5 times Prem average 2. I believe the Prem average would be used but after enough matches (4?) the previous champ scores would be used to calculate when the averages update (someone can correct me if I'm wrong)

I did have Fredriksen instead of Hook, who would do the job of a number 2 quite well in my opinion, but only fits with Nicholls instead of Pickering who I think would be the most likely rider to take a short term deal to replace Nicholls. Brennan instead of Pickering would also fit with Fredriksen. It's difficult to fit Masters, Jenkins and a strong enough rider to keep Scott's place till he's fit without having a weaker tail.

Masters 9.15 Pickering 9.42 Jenkins 6.21 Gilkes 5.08 Hook 4.17 Scott 2.00 Killeen 3.85 39.88 Maybe try and convince Picko to ride on a short term deal until Scott is back? Quite hard to guess who will be at Oxford to be honest.