Bydgoszcz Grand Prix

[colincooke]

Think you will find that the interviewee is Gollob.

Surely it is more disrespectful to try and interview a Polish rider in a Polish stadium in front of a Polish audience and expect him to reply in English. The TV audience isn't just those watching in the UK and Brandon is interviewing for all who take the GP's.

OK so that should say interveiwer, how many others have spelling errors regular on here unlike myself.

[schumi]

OK so that should say interveiwer.

Are you sure?

[colincooke]

Are you sure?

Hello dear

50/50 please Chris.

[colincooke]

Jammy 1997..... I Won't Repeat Your Post But How The Hell Can You Manage To Keep Typing Like That?

Well I've No Idea Either

[Jeff.]

Again Bydgoszcz not as good as it could have been. But who cares, obviously not the organisers!

 

Quite right not as good as it could have been, but 100 times better than anything you are likely to see in a league match.

 

Incidentally for someone so anti GP you seem to watch them all, I can honestly say I have only bothered watching one televised Elite League match this season and no live meetings at all, as they don't interest me at all, yet you are there every fortnight watching the GP, a closet fan perhaps

[Blazeaway]

Quite right not as good as it could have been, but 100 times better than anything you are likely to see in a league match.

 

Incidentally for someone so anti GP you seem to watch them all, I can honestly say I have only bothered watching one televised Elite League match this season and no live meetings at all, as they don't interest me at all, yet you are there every fortnight watching the GP, a closet fan perhaps

 

 

Just to clarify is that 100 times better than a Polish league match or British? Because if you mean Polish you are very much mistaken.

[Jeff.]

Just to clarify is that 100 times better than a Polish league match or British? Because if you mean Polish you are very much mistaken.

 

No I did of course mean the British Elite League.

 

[jammy1997]

Jammy 1997..... I Won't Repeat Your Post But How The Hell Can You Manage To Keep Typing Like That?

 

I Have No Idea Lol, I Have Always Done It! Hehe

[Lawrence]

I talked to Scott Nicholls after Friday`s practice and I asked him about future of Britons in SGP - You can watch it on www.itv24.com.pl- click on SGP Polski - Trening

[21st century heathen]

He was outstanding in his first couple of rides, just as he was at Daugavpils. And he did very well to make mugs of Andersen and Adams in the semi-final. But the fact remains that he barely made the semis after appearing home and dry after his first couple of rides.

 

Fair post. Scott had half a superb meeting, and hald a dreadful one. His fourth, fifth and seventh being the latter.

 

Just as a point of interest Nicholls has now made more finals this season that Holta and Jonsson, and the same number as Adams (the three riders immediately above him in the table). Last season Nicholls made more finals than Holta, and the same number as Andersen, Hancock and Jonsson. Quite clearly, on his day, Nicholls is on a par with all but Pedersen, Crump and Gollob. What costs him dearly is the lack of consistancy rather than any lack of ability.

 

Disrespectful as the interveiwee didn't understand & he still continued when requested to speak English.

 

In other motorsports the riders/drivers give interviews in their own language either exclusively or in addition to English. I would expect a few words in English (which we did get) as most people would speak English as a first or second language, but to complain about a Pole speaking Polish in Poland is ridiculous.

 

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Best GP, for about two years. Well, at least since the last time Greg won anyway. Well done Greg.

 

It may have been better with a bit more dirt, but I actually thought that we saw plenty of passing and some good action. I quite enjoyed my evening in front of the tv.

[pugwash]

I talked to Scott Nicholls after Friday`s practice and I asked him about future of Britons in SGP - You can watch it on www.itv24.com.pl- click on SGP Polski - Trening

Some outspoken comments by Scott there on the state of British Speedway.

 

Lawrence, my friend you're becoming quite a professional, very good interviews.

 

Capt P.

[rickmiller]

I talked to Scott Nicholls after Friday`s practice and I asked him about future of Britons in SGP - You can watch it on www.itv24.com.pl- click on SGP Polski - Trening

 

Great job Lawrence, keep it up!

 

Scotty got it absolutely right: nothing is being done by the ACU, SCB (speedway control board that is, not our own beloved SCB!) or the promoters to develop a scheme to help new riders from a young age.

 

British Speedway is dying on its feet while Poland, Denmark and Sweden are doing everything possible to develop the sport. They dont always succeed - one look at the Swedish attendances show that but they do have the infrastructure to make sure they are not short of riders.

 

As fans, we are all just as bad. The majority on here want a British world champion but the support for individual racing in the UK is so poor that the promoters rarely take a risk putting meetings on. What youngsters we have spend so much time in a team racing environment that they often struggle when they actually have to race for themselves.

 

I'll carry on supporting Scotty and Bomber through thick and thin in the GP's but I would really rather know that the likes of Woffinden, Auty and Haines are just the start of a long conveyor belt of British talent that will be properly guided to the top.

 

It's not going to be easy but we need to get something going before its too late.

 

[Subedei]

Just as a point of interest Nicholls has now made more finals this season that Holta and Jonsson, and the same number as Adams (the three riders immediately above him in the table). Last season Nicholls made more finals than Holta, and the same number as Andersen, Hancock and Jonsson. Quite clearly, on his day, Nicholls is on a par with all but Pedersen, Crump and Gollob. What costs him dearly is the lack of consistancy rather than any lack of ability.

 

The global superstar's problem used to be making semi-finals, but not finals. This season he's made the semi-finals on two occasions and on both occasions he's gone on to the final. Jonsson, on the other hand, now seems to have the global superstar's "old" problem, but not making finals isn't such a huge issue anymore, since huge points aren't necessarily available for making the final - the global superstar only came away from Bydgoszcz with 10 points, whereas a few years ago that would've been 16. Interestingly, had the "old" scoring regime remained in place, the global superstar would be in the top eight as I write this.

Last season 91 points got you into the top eight (Holta, Nicholls and Harris all ended last season on 91), but it looks like this season it's going to take a bit less. At the minute Holta holds the final qualifying place with a meagre 63 points, meaning he'd need to win the two remaining Grands Prix without dropping a point to hit 91 points. This situation is because the top six riders have become point hogs. Last season Greg Hancock finished sixth in the SGP series with 106 points, this season Adams is in sixth place and has 98 points with a couple of events still to go. Last season Gollob ended up fourth with 108 points, this season he's still fourth but has 118 points with two events remaining.

There are six riders in the SGP series who have simply drawn away from the field. It's hard - almost impossible - to see how this can be addressed until they finally, one by one, decide they've had enough.

Edited September 15, 2008 by Subedei

[Genty]

Has anyone got the final? Was waiting for it to go up on the SS website but they dont seem like there gonna

[Seb the Snail]

Quite clearly, on his day, Nicholls is on a par with all but Pedersen, Crump and Gollob.

Interesting theory 21CH, but the facts would suggest that he is a mile behind Adams and Hancock - and to a lesser extent Andersen and Jonsson.

 

"On their day" they all win the meeting, after all.

[scotty2hotty]

The global superstar's problem used to be making semi-finals, but not finals. This season he's made the semi-finals on two occasions and on both occasions he's gone on to the final. Jonsson, on the other hand, now seems to have the global superstar's "old" problem, but not making finals isn't such a huge issue anymore, since huge points aren't necessarily available for making the final - the global superstar only came away from Bydgoszcz with 10 points, whereas a few years ago that would've been 16. Interestingly, had the "old" scoring regime remained in place, the global superstar would be in the top eight as I write this.

Last season 91 points got you into the top eight (Holta, Nicholls and Harris all ended last season on 91), but it looks like this season it's going to take a bit less. At the minute Holta holds the final qualifying place with a meagre 63 points, meaning he'd need to win the two remaining Grands Prix without dropping a point to hit 91 points. This situation is because the top six riders have become point hogs. Last season Greg Hancock finished sixth in the SGP series with 106 points, this season Adams is in sixth place and has 98 points with a couple of events still to go. Last season Gollob ended up fourth with 108 points, this season he's still fourth but has 118 points with two events remaining.

There are six riders in the SGP series who have simply drawn away from the field. It's hard - almost impossible - to see how this can be addressed until they finally, one by one, decide they've had enough.

 

Very interesting Sub.

[Silver Bee]

Best GP, for about two years. Well, at least since the last time Greg won anyway. Well done Greg.

 

No-one likes him though

[21st century heathen]

I talked to Scott Nicholls after Friday`s practice and I asked him about future of Britons in SGP - You can watch it on www.itv24.com.pl- click on SGP Polski - Trening

 

Thanks for the link.

 

Very good to hear Scott tell it how it is and not worry about upsetting the applecart back home. Good on ya Scotty.

 

...I would really rather know that the likes of Woffinden, Auty and Haines are just the start of a long conveyor belt of British talent that will be properly guided to the top.

 

It will certainly be intersting to know whether any lessons have been learnt. The last batch if riders that came through were Nicholls, Richardson, Howe and Stead. Before that it was Louis, Loram, Hurry, Dugard, Norris, Barker. The results have been more or less the same, although obviously Loram and Louis stood on the world championship rostrum. Now we hve the likes of Bridger, Woffinden, Haines, Barker, Roynon, and Auty coming through. Like most nations we have batches of riders come through in their teens, and they all have some natural ability. Will they have to fight a lone battle as in previously eras or be given greater support and guidance?

 

Last season 91 points got you into the top eight (Holta, Nicholls and Harris all ended last season on 91), but it looks like this season it's going to take a bit less. At the minute Holta holds the final qualifying place with a meagre 63 points, meaning he'd need to win the two remaining Grands Prix without dropping a point to hit 91 points. This situation is because the top six riders have become point hogs. Last season Greg Hancock finished sixth in the SGP series with 106 points, this season Adams is in sixth place and has 98 points with a couple of events still to go. Last season Gollob ended up fourth with 108 points, this season he's still fourth but has 118 points with two events remaining.

There are six riders in the SGP series who have simply drawn away from the field. It's hard - almost impossible - to see how this can be addressed until they finally, one by one, decide they've had enough.

 

I noticed this too. The top six have grabbed 30 (or 83%) of the available places in the finals. They have clearly been a cut above the chasing pack. Only AJ has broken clear of the rest, but he's just sit in no mans land really. Is this is due to the rest being poor rather than the top six having stepped up a gear?!

 

...he is a mile behind Adams and Hancock - and to a lesser extent Andersen and Jonsson.

 

But is that due to a lack of ability or a lack of consistancy? I have given evidence that it's the latter.

 

No-one likes him though

 

Except you.

[superguest]

Well I had an excellent time in Bydgoszcz! Gollob and Jagus' team ride against Adams with all the Poles cheering them on was something you just don't see every monday down the green!

Well done to Greg on the win. I really love this track, I think it should hold a WC event if they can get it up to the requirements

[rickmiller]

No-one likes him though

 

How can you possibly say that about a man who actually won you some money!!!!!!