Subedei Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 Interesting to look at the GP table under last year's scoring regime - according to my calculations the table for the permanent 15 would've looked as follows: 1..N Pedersen..(DEN)..210 2..L Adams..(AUS)..171 3..J Crump..(AUS)..141 4=..H Andersen..(DEN)..117 4=..T Gollob..(POL)..117 6..G Hancock..(USA)..113 7..A Jonsson..(SWE)..109 8..S Nicholls..(GBR)..101 9..C Harris..(GBR)..99 10..R Holta..(POL)..94 11..W Jagus..(POL)..83 12..B Pedersen..(DEN)..73 13..J Hampel..(POL)..69 14..M Zagar..(SLO)..54 15..A Lindback..(SWE)..31 So, it looks as if the old format for scoring would've meant no race-off in Germany for the final two places and possibly an easier time of it for those deciding the nominations, with Sweden's Andreas Jonsson comfortably in the top eight. And no doubt who the big loser from the new format was - Jonsson moves from tenth to seventh, courtesy of scoring 25 from his two wins as opposed to 16 and 20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 And to stick up for Jarek Hampel in all this, he may not have qualified but he did go through the qualifers only to fail at the final stage <{POST_SNAPBACK}> He failed at the semi-final stage I believe and didn't make the final, hence there were a lot of riders above him and I don't think that helped his chances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 Kasprzak's second at Bydgoszcz knackered Hampel. But Hampel didn't deserve a nomination anyway - okay he missed three GPs, but there's no guarantee that he'd have qualified if he'd been able to ride in them. Hampel's drifted for the last two-to-three seasons and hopefully this will spur him on the way Andersen was when he was kicked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazeaway Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 I guess time will tell. Not that you would expect me to agree with that statement though. Lukas will go to the GP's and have fun. I suspect from time to time he may just fuffle a few feathers and p**s on a few peoples parade He has certainly not been out of his depth all the way through the qualifiers and at a World level this season Should be an interesting one <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It would be great to see Lukas back to his old form in the GP's when he was a genuine contender and for many a future World Champ. Injuries seemed to have put the mockers on that but I wish him good luck and hope he's not the next Pepe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 Leigh has now confirmed that he will be back in 2008 (or he confirms it to 95-99% chance) to fight for the World Champion title. http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a8637 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazeaway Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 Leigh has now confirmed that he will be back in 2008 (or he confirms it to 95-99% chance) to fight for the World Champion title. http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a8637 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Lets hope he doesn't do a Greg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Kasprzak's second at Bydgoszcz knackered Hampel. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Think he might have survived that and still got a nomination if Holta hadn't got in the top 8. Then it became a straight choice between Jarek and KK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 I'd like to know what possible justification there can be for two "nominees" being placed above qualified riders: 9..Chris Harris..(GBR) 10..Andreas Jonsson..(SWE) 11..Bjarne Pedersen..(DEN) 12..Niels-Kristian Iversen..(DEN) 13..Lukas Dryml..(CZR) Since "rider order" is used in some instances to determine positions (the former British champion, for example, was allocated first pick in the race-off due to his race jacket number), qualified riders should always rank ahead of the nominees. Thus, the order should, in my view, be: 9..Niels-Kristian Iversen..(DEN) 10..Lukas Dryml..(CZR) 11..Bjarne Pedersen..(DEN) 12..Chris Harris..(GBR) 13..Andreas Jonsson..(SWE) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sEdgY2 Posted November 2, 2007 Report Share Posted November 2, 2007 he is 2 consistent to do a greg! he will be fresher than ever 2 win the the title next year with no riding in australia. That would be the first in his whole career that he hasnt rode in australia Lets hope he doesn't do a Greg. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazeaway Posted November 2, 2007 Report Share Posted November 2, 2007 he is 2 consistent to do a greg! he will be fresher than ever 2 win the the title next year with no riding in australia. That would be the first in his whole career that he hasnt rode in australia <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Lets hope so, there's no one i'd rather have finish second behing Nicki. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 I'd like to know what possible justification there can be for two "nominees" being placed above qualified riders: Same here. It seems grossly unfair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colincooke Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 I thought that the order was qualifiers then nominees,it has been previously & i'm sure i've seen somewhere that it will be again.That is the correct way after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 I thought that the order was qualifiers then nominees,it has been previously & i'm sure i've seen somewhere that it will be again.That is the correct way after all. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No, it hasn't been previously, otherwise Holta, a qualifier and No 14 in 2007, would've been above the former British champion a nominee and No 11 in 2007. The official line-up for 2008 is as follows: http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgp/a7457 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colincooke Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 No, it hasn't been previously, otherwise Holta, a qualifier and No 14 in 2007, would've been above the former British champion a nominee and No 11 in 2007. The official line-up for 2008 is as follows: http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgp/a7457 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The organisers know what their doing i suppose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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