With all due respect , quite a few riders in the Grand Prix are not " GP Standard ", riders like Subedis beloved Poles of Pepe,Top Cat and Ulamek have not exactlay covered them self in glory, i am not against giving a rider like Stead or Bomber ( either of whom would deserve it ) a chance to proove there worth in the Grand Prix , there is only about 12 riders who are GP Standard the rest are just there to make up the numbers, so why not give the chance to young up and coming riders who might just do a Zager and swim or a 27 year old Pole and sink with out a trace.
No doubt the why not PK argument will come up , but he had his chance many moons ago , and as good as he is he just could not crack it at that level , do we not all remember the first Cardiff GP ? why go back to they days, you have to give the chance to younger riders as a decent band once sayed " I believe that children are the future ", PK would float around maybe 8th to 10th threaten to qualify then wouldnt , i would rather see Harris or Stead be 10th to 14th first year , then second year use that experince to progress as they have done there whole career.