Paulco Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Holder is certainly a more worthy candidate for a wild card than any of the Brits i'm afraid . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Ah, ok. Good call to have Holder as the wildcard then - he'd certainly do much better than what the likes of David Howe, Simon Stead and Lewis Bridger would. Not going to happen though, is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PanthersChamp06 Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Thought the winner of the British Championship is the wildcard? and Steve....I agree Lewis has talent, but Danny has made a good step up this season, so dont count him out yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerblues Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 (edited) I remember was it Hans or Matej Zagar being wildcard in somewhere like Latvia the other year.. or it could have happened for both riders at some point.. I think having the wildcard from that country just creates more local interest hence the reason it's done when a rider can be competitive. Don't like to say it but fact of the matter is Holder puts many Brits to shame and would be well worthy of a place in ANY Grand Prix and would be well entertaining, unlike the Brits, I'm struggling to think of a young Brit who could mix it in a GP right now! Edit - British Final decides the wildcard for Cardiff, poor line-up dressed up by Nicholls and Bomber and unfortunately I can't see whoever the wildcard will be adding anything, whether it's Tai Woffinden (good little rider but not ready yet) or Ricky Ashworth (as amusing as it would be). Edited May 24, 2008 by tigerblues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazeaway Posted May 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Not going to happen though, is it? Unfortunately not. Thought the winner of the British Championship is the wildcard? and Steve....I agree Lewis has talent, but Danny has made a good step up this season, so dont count him out yet And yes the highest placed non GP rider from the British Final will be the wildcard at Cardiff. James Wright anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenkie Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Holder is certainly a more worthy candidate for a wild card than any of the Brits i'm afraid . If a non-Brit can be the wild-card - What about Piotr Swiderski! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 (edited) I remember was it Hans or Matej Zagar being wildcard in somewhere like Latvia the other year.. or it could have happened for both riders at some point.. I think having the wildcard from that country just creates more local interest hence the reason it's done when a rider can be competitive. Hans Andersen may have been a "wild card" in Sweden (Scandinavian Grand Prix) in 2006, while Zagar was a "wild card" in Italy a year earlier. Rune Holta was also a "wild card" for the Scandinavian Grand Prix in 2005, in spite of being a Norwegian Pole. Edited May 24, 2008 by Subedei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuzieQ Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Well OK, here is one for you: In the SGP Regulations 2008 it states as follows: WILD CARD RIDER Proposals must be made in writing to the FIM not later than 2 months prior to the meeting. The SGP Commission will make the final approval and nominations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Does this mean that all we had to say was that whoever won or was the highest scoring rider in the British Final other than Nicholls or Harris would be the Wild Card for Cardiff and that was agreed? and if the SGP Commission make the final approval surely if they don't agree with whomever this is then they will just put someone else in anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 and if the SGP Commission make the final approval surely if they don't agree with whomever this is then they will just put someone else in anyway Oh I think they'll approve anyone, as long as it's not the nominator's Aunt Irene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazysue Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Someone on here recently suggested Chris Holder for the wildcard at Cardiff. I see no reason why that should not be the case. Would agree with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Hans Andersen may have been a "wild card" in Sweden (Scandinavian Grand Prix) in 2006, while Zagar was a "wild card" in Italy a year earlier. Rune Holta was also a "wild card" for the Scandinavian Grand Prix in 2005, in spite of being a Norwegian Pole. As it is the "Scandanavian" GP then surely anybody from the Scandanavian countries can be the wild card. Seem to remember Kylmakorpi getting a wild card slot once. Think the idea of giving the top rider in the British Final (besides Scotty and Bomber) is good. The point of this thread I see as more along the lines of - if no Brit finishes in the top 8 at the end of this season surely we cannot expect to get another 2 nominations for 2009. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 The point of this thread I see as more along the lines of - if no Brit finishes in the top 8 at the end of this season surely we cannot expect to get another 2 nominations for 2009. Which is what I've been saying for long enough. It does them no favours at all. If they want to be in the GPs then let them qualify. But the former British champion never even bothers to enter the qualification process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Nicholls really did disappoint tonight. There's no way he should he failed to qualify for the semi-finals - the move on Fosberg was daft. All the best Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willp Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 i cannot defend the brits at the moment, there form at gp level is shocking this year. if scotty doesn't finish in the top 8 which looks very likely i cannot see him getting a wild card for next year but bomber may get one. other than those two i don't think any other brits are ready for the gp's yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 There is still a chance we might have 3 Brits in it next year.Howe and Kennett are through to the next GP quali round and there are still 4 more places.Who are the 4 others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritPete Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 I think the fairest system was when they had qualifying heats before the main meeting, at least that gave more riders a chance to participate, not to mention the fact that it stirred the shale up for the main event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazeaway Posted May 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 There is still a chance we might have 3 Brits in it next year.Howe and Kennett are through to the next GP quali round and there are still 4 more places.Who are the 4 others? Howe and Kennet qualifying at Zielona Gora? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris26 Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 i guess there are only brits in it for commerical reasons. otherwise, they'd have no ticket sales for cardiff and then they'd be buggered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner47 Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 I see scott has not entered the qualifiers, so we assume this will be his last year. Cant see any brits being good enough to come through. Put jarek back in there!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 If bomber and Scotty dont pick things up then it could actually be a good thing for the future of GB riders in the long term. Our promoters continue to stick their heads in the sand and continue to bring on other countries youngsters. We should have 5 or 6 guys who could all survive or succeed at GP level...... at the moment we have 2 who are anywhere near being justified Also our guys that do make the grade fail to step up to the final level...... consistently down the years we have seen our guys ill prepared and simply not wanting it enough.............. it would not be the end of the world for some of our guys on the breakthrough level to realise that it isnt going to be dished up to them on a plate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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