RobMcCaffery

The Latvian link is working so far. http://spedway.ucoz.lv/

Vaculik currently 4th in the GP so unlikely to have needed a GP Challenge place. Iversen and Zagar well below 8th so will probably need theirs.

Fricke through!

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That's why I wasn't interested in debating the point with him. It's "allowed" by the way.

It's between him and the FIM/BSI.

Appears toi be Hungarian .hu on url

For those not on Sportowe Fakty: After 16 heats Pontus Aspgren 9 Iversen, Bjerre, Vaculik, Fricke Zagar, Loktayev all 8. Brits - Cook 5, Lambert 2, Harris 1

Cook eliminated barring mathematical phenomenon.

Stories circulating this week he's resuming the GP this year. I have no opinion on whether he should retire or carry on. Only interested in whether he does resume or not. I'll leave others to speculate.

Harris eliminated.

If Woffinden, Hancock & Doyle need wild cards it could be a heck of a fight for the fourth place.

After 8 - Iversen & Bjerre 6, Aspgren, Loktayev, Vaculik 5. Brits - Cook 3, Lambert 2, Harris 1. Fricke in trouble on 2

Heat 7 to be rerun - chequered flag shown on third lap.

They've swapped to Terenzano two months ago - filling the gap between 8 & 9] I suspect.

Feel sorry for those poor souls in the 3rd/4th bend stand. Loneliness can be a killer!

Guess where they're getting the results from ;-)

Iversen, Bjerre, Loktayev and Vaculik all won first rides. Lambert 1, Harris 1, Cook 0

As ever, the Polish site Sportowe Fakty has updates. https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/relacja/95359/grand-prix-challenge-w-gorican

Yes. It is the way forward for major events not covered by a TV deal. Take Sweden this year - PPV in use. 72 matches plus 10 play-offs over 5 months at about £16 per month. About £1 per match!

The whole question needs to be reviewed at a high level. Speedway is missing out on available income. The problem, as always, is a lack of vision. As ever, we are crying out for people who can move us logically into the modern world.

Yes, time to focus on realities, not possibilities. 3-2-1-0 - that's what it's all about.

Better speedway gets the cash than illegal streamers.

Then perhaps the solution is to have the GP Challenge under the protection of the BSI deal rather than at the risk of the Pavlic family who I presume still control Gorican. If One Sport have proved something, it is possible to elevate minor competitions to fully-sponsored, internationally televised events on the flimsiest of bases. Yes, the risk could be too much for Gorican, which is why perhaps they are an unwise choice of host. But then, how many have there been at SGP and World Final level since the glory days of the Wembley, Katowice, Gothenburg triangle?

Then if streaming geoblock as Edinburgh Speedway are able to - a practice commonplace in the U.S. for regular TV coverage. If the staging venue is at risk from live coverage how do the SEC hosts cope in what is a much inferior competition? If it can't be sold to a broadcaster and if FIM TV are there then the argument for streaming, perhaps with a fee is pretty strong. As is often the case in TV, it's a matter or what will be possible, not what can be. Of course if there's no crew there.....Mind you streaming fees could cover a Swedish ESS-style one camera stream. It works for them on mere league matches, as we both know.