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And those allegations would be spot on. Qualification to the GP series by way of someone's opinion is a form of fixing, and totally unacceptable.

No. its a one meeting deal unfortunately.

I agree totally with that, however who will choose who replaces them? In my opinion there needs to be a qualification competition of some sort, with my idea the country involved would choose who the wild card is, that person would then get a chance to show why he should be there next year against the competiton he will be riding against. As a side thought the Wild Card could be the Current National Champion (or highest ranking non current GP rider), which in this country at least,would bring back some real competition and status to the British Final.

As we know there are no GP qualifiers this year, which I would assume will mean that next and subsequent years GP riders will be decided at the discretion of BSI. Clearly this will make it extremely difficult for the likes of Kenneht Bjerre, KK, Simon Stead etc etc etc to "break into" the series. One solution that has sprung to my mind is this..... The top 12 automatically re-qualify for the next year (effectively what happened last year with the permanent seeds made up of positions 9-13) Positions 13-15 are eliminated and replaced by the 3 top scoring Wild Cards throughout the year. This would ensure that the Wild Cards aren't just there for experience or to make up the numbers but actually have something to seriously race for. Any thoughts?