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It's because it wasn't really the richest minute in motorsport, they had to do 7 races, travel over to Germany, prepare machinery etc etc

So the £100,000 will be on top of the money they earn from these 4 GP's, a bonus for racing well and managing not to fall off on the mighty unpredicatable tracks?

£100,000 hey on the last GP, what is the point of that, it all goes to one rider, why not spread the money out throughout the year? They seemed down did they, yeah they'd just had to suffer racing on a rubbish track, their dreams and ambitions are in the hands of a company who don't care what they're racing on as long as they are making money!

Crumpy couldn't thank Ole and IMG enough for the GPs though!

It did?? Yeah let's hope, dunno in what way though, apart from taking all the best riders away from the leagues!!

Re the richest minute in bikesport ........ so what I wanna know is why don't they count the other 5 minutes that the riders have ridden to get to the final or do they get paid separately for them?

I don't want a room Shazzy, just saying what I think For the record I don't hate the GPs, I hate the fact that a private company owns the rights to them which is why I won't support them apart from watching the racing on the box and promising my friend that I will go with her next year cos I was the reason she didn't go this It weren't, I meant it, Sue isn't holding onto her rooms, good on her!

Ahhhhhhhh that explains why there aren't any rooms available, why the hell don't people just decide on a room and book the one, there's people out there who are desparately trying to find a room and can't because of them ........... ridiculous!

U've been done Skider!

Real pleased that Leigh has managed to secure one championship this season!

15,000, not much riding on this meeting is there really, just confirmation of the top 8 .................. never mind eh

I hope they wash their t-shirts in DAZ for the occasion

Hmmmmmmmm, as usual very thought provoking MrC!

Can't blame the BSPA for JP losing loads of dosh, more like him chucking it about what seemed like willy nilly!!

LOL, did you not read about what happened in Aus?

I think it's a pity that the leagues can't get together and put on a rival World Championship series for their own good, it happens in many sports disciplines ......... I would 100% support a GP series where any profit went to grass roots speedway!

Too flipping true BUT what can you do but support your team if they do reach the play offs, hence the great crowds that they attract, you just HAVE to be there

No league racing ............ no GPs! Or perhaps you come from Mars so you don't have a team to support

So BFD you think the young aussies could go straight into the bloody GPs without any league experience? The leagues ARE and be all and end all, no leagues, no GP!

And why aren't there any young americans, cos they come in on a bleeding 8 point average in our league!!!!!!!!!!!

You haven't a leg to stand on Tex ................. JP and BSI have had a positive effect, in what way, from a fan's point of view I don't think league speedway has changed since BSI took over the GP league ................. of course if the FIM hadn't allowed BSI to buy the rights but let the leagues/countries run their own GP to benefit their own speedway infrastructure, then things would surely be different and speedway as a whole would have gained! Surely you can't put this down to BSI, surely SKY would have taken on League speedway anyhow???

Well IMG will have to pump loads more dosh into the GPs than BSI did, I've read time and time again that the monies they pay do not even cover the riders expenses!!!!

I should think Jason has been more disappointed than you ............ he's never far away though!

Yeah and someone lost a huge amount of dosh doing it, NOT BSI I hasten to add!

Change the GP set up altogether, have 4 qualifiers and 4 GPs, they won't become so repetative as they are now and more riders get to challenge for the title every year.