iris123 Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 Can anybody honestly say they'd be rallying for a Pole/Swede/Dane to be included in the series if they had consistently failed to reach the cut off on their own merit? Of course you wouldn't. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Another thing to consider maybe.If Richardson was Norwegian would he be considered for the GP's or would they(we) say, "o.k Holta(i know he is now Polish) maybe, but do we want Richardson as well?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.N.T. Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 (edited) It looks like there will be qualifiers in 2005 for the 2006 series so these nominations will be cut down or lost. My world rankings list would be, (2006 GP riders) Rickardsson Crump NPedersen Adams Gollob Nicholls Jonsson Hampel Hancock BPedersen Karlsson Andersen Lindback Holta Max Loram Protasiewicz Kasprzak Richardson Norris Lindgren Bjerre Iversen Sullivan Stead Kylmakorpi Zagar Edited October 2, 2005 by TNT133 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 Yes but Scotts first failure was in a season where he missed a lot of gps because of injury He missed a single GP, not lots. However I can see exactly what Subedei is getting at. BSI have consistantly said "finish top eight to qualify", which for a variety of reasons Scott hasn't managed to do for several years now. I'm sure he'll correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure Subedei's opinion on this matter is more born out of frustration with the current state of British Speedway than a genuine dislike of Nicholls/Richardson. We should be at the pinnacle of the sport, leading the way, not being let in through the back door. And finally some understanding. If Hampel had performed as Nicholls has in 2005, I don't think he'd have been the automatic choice Nicholls is. And if he'd performed like Richardson, he'd probably have no chance. And the reason? The Poles have loads of riders chomping on the bit to get into the circus. They've Kasprzak, Kolodziej, Walasek, Protasiewicz and a host of great young riders coming through. BSI can easily dump one and call up another. The cry you hear on here is who else can we have but Nicholls or Richardson? So, that leaves Nicholls and Richardson in the "comfort zone" of knowing they'll get back in because there's no British rider to take their place. They don't have to be hungry. They don't have to perform. It shouldn't be entry by quota. They should be under no illusions. You fail and you're out. Maybe then they'll be hungry enough to compete and win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 It looks like there will be qualifiers in 2005 for the 2006 series so these nominations will be cut down or lost. My world rankings list would be, (2006 GP riders) Rickardsson .... Max There were no qualifiers for the 2006 series in 2005. Think you're a year behind everyone else old boy. There may be qualifiers for 2007 in 2006, but that's not yet decided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Vindication was and is mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meowmix Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. If we all agree with you, will you give it a rest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highside Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 I would like to ask one question.why should GB be allocated wildcards or any other country, riders should go through qualifing rounds the whole GP is a joke,its got nothing to do with ability its a case if your face fits you are in . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reviresco Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 Have I missed something here? Hasn't the 2007 line-up been announced as: 2007 FIM INDIVIDUAL SPEEDWAY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX RIDER LINE-UP QUALIFIED RIDERS Riding N° Name Country FMN 1 JASON CRUMP AUSTRALIA MA 2 GREG HANCOCK USA AMA 3 NICKI PEDERSEN DENMARK DMU 4 ANDREAS JONSSON SWEDEN SVEMO 5 LEIGH ADAMS AUSTRALIA MA 6 HANS ANDERSEN DENMARK DMU 7 MATEJ ZAGAR SLOVENIA AMZS 8 TOMASZ GOLLOB POLAND PZM 9 JAROSLAW HAMPEL POLAND PZM 10 ANTONIO LINDBÄCK SWEDEN SVEMO 11 SCOTT NICHOLLS GREAT BRITAIN ACU 12 BJARNE PEDERSEN DENMARK DMU 13 WIESLAW JAGUS POLAND PZM 14 RUNE HOLTA POLAND PZM 15 CHRIS HARRIS GREAT BRITAIN ACU 16 WILD CARD TRACK RESERVES 17 TRACK RESERVE 18 TRACK RESERVE QUALIFIED RESERVES 19 PETER KARLSSON SWEDEN SVEMO 20 KAJ LAUKKENEN FINLAND SML 21 CHARLIE GJEDDE DENMARK DMU 22 PIOTR PROTASIEWICZ POLAND PZM 23 RYAN SULLIVAN AUSTRALIA MA 24 MATEJ FERJAN SLOVENIA MAMS Sorry if I'm being stupid (again). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLSDiamond Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 (edited) I would like to ask one question.why should GB be allocated wildcards or any other country, riders should go through qualifing rounds the whole GP is a joke,its got nothing to do with ability its a case if your face fits you are in . <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You could say that for the old World finals also !!!!! How many Poles and Czechs etc used to get in and finish near the bottom. Not many of them deserved the chances that they got. I wonder how many people would not bother with Cardiff if no Brits were involved ? Same as Denmark / Sweeden etc Edited October 16, 2006 by GLSDiamond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 QUALIFIED RESERVES 19 PETER KARLSSON SWEDEN SVEMO 20 KAJ LAUKKENEN FINLAND SML 21 CHARLIE GJEDDE DENMARK DMU 22 PIOTR PROTASIEWICZ POLAND PZM 23 RYAN SULLIVAN AUSTRALIA MA 24 MATEJ FERJAN SLOVENIA MAMS <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This has to be BSI 's and the FIM's sickest joke yet. Qualified reserves but riders who haven't qualified in the series proper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted October 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 (edited) I could be wrong sub but that looks pretty much like the finishing order from the "World Championship Final" AKA the GP qualifier. So they are infact "qualifiers". Edited October 17, 2006 by SCB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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