Jacques Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Bjerres sports psychologist V Nickis engine cooler...........mmmmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
June01 Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 (edited) I definitely think this will be the best GP season ever. Agreed. Nicki's got his mojo back, Hampel's got that fighting spirit, Emil's beatable, Lindgren and Bjerre are up there, some determined action from Harris, Hancock still competitive - and Gollob is looking...well, unstable, for want of a better word. Edited April 30, 2011 by June01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritPete Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 That was a decent opener. I enjoyed watching Nicki put Gollob in his place. I think that after Gollob's dreadful move on on Emil last year, he lost some of his appeal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehone Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 well done Nicki P .. and thanks too .. Skybet @ 12-1 will do nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 To think Pedersen was so close to not even reaching the semi's. He was on his way out until Kolodziej had that horror smash. Meeting got better after a drab start, but the track was a throwback to the Ole days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mothorsen Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Happy with 9 points for Holta, concidering he said he'd be satisfied bagging 2 or 3 points due to his injury. And why did the ref stop the race when Gollob fell? It was the last round and all. He must have had doubts, but if you ask me, he should have let them finish. And a delightful response from Lindgren when asked, or told that he should be happy with 11 points: "I wanna win, mate" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odds On Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 23 races and can only think of two maybe three that were memorable, pure and utter tripe! Where was the shale and watering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Welcome back Nicki and let's hope this is a good omen for your World Championship chances in 2011. He rode some good lines and definately upped the power after a poorish first race. Thought there was several great races as the meeting got older, but felt the track was crying out for water and outside grip for more passing. Â Good start Nicki, this could be an interesting year for his reinstated team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevePass Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 top man Nicki and I got 13/1 on BET365, all in all not too bad despite the poor track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImpartialOne Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 23 races and can only think of two maybe three that were memorable, if they were that memorable you would surely know if it was two or whether it was three? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrissySW Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 (edited) Hopefully it was a precautionary thing with the new silencers having their first meeting. I'd be really disappointed if it was a return to Ole Olsen's track preparation methods - which have the propensity to destroy the Grand Prix series. The world's top riders, great sponsors, wonderful tracks - put dirt on the circuits, and you get world-class racing too. Edited April 30, 2011 by ChrissySW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBee Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Well done Nicki! Meeting definitely got better as it progressed but 3 hours for 23 heats is far too long in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 (edited) I just don't get some people I really don't..That GP wasn't bad, we've seen far far worse month in month out year on year before.. on old silencers too !!! Â Â It was the first one in 2011, with some mighty good races, a great crowd, with a great atmosphere. Â Looking forward to the rest Edited April 30, 2011 by Jacques Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 rubbish GP. Realised I don't like most of the riders in the GP. Not looking forward to the rest of the GPs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 rubbish GP. Realised I don't like most of the riders in the GP. Not looking forward to the rest of the GPs. Â Â Â See ya then... Bye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyluck Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 It liven up after a fairly dreary start, but hardly the best GP debut for Laguta Jnr, while the erractic princling only avoided the ignomy of an Olympic set thanks to the presence of the aforementioned Laguta Jnr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 It livend up after a fairly dreary start, but hardly the best GP debut for Laguta Jnr, while the erractic princling only avoided the ignomy of an Olympic set thanks to the presence of the aforementioned Laguta Jnr. Â Laguta was awful...Balinski wasn't much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyluck Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 (edited) ...Balinski wasn't much better. Â Better than Lindback and not much worse than Crump. Not sure what went on with the Crumpmeister, but it seems he may have decided to chop and change bikes trying to improve. Anyway, Gorzow's president is happy as his riders take the top two places on the podium. For me, the best rider on show, until, not for the first time, it all went avocado shape in the semi-final, was Greg Hancock. Hancock led the way into the semis, Gollob leads the way in the championship. The old guys aren't looking like surrendering to the younger generation just yet. Will they ever? Edited May 1, 2011 by ladyluck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatDave Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 I just don't get some people I really don't..That GP wasn't bad, we've seen far far worse month in month out year on year before.. on old silencers too !!! Â Â It was the first one in 2011, with some mighty good races, a great crowd, with a great atmosphere. Â Looking forward to the rest Gotta be a first time for everything - I agree with you, Jacques! (Wash my mouth out!) Â Can't believe the number of whingers on here all the time; it seems the complaints were starting to roll in by about heat 4. Â I bet the people who were there had a ball; my on-track correspondents descended into a haze (or should that be Haza?) early on in the piece - no stamina. Better get in training for SWC, boys!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchesterpaul Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 (edited) i wonder if the polish riders / authorities have pressured the GP organisers to prepare a slick track because of their fear of the new silencers with lots of dirt. cant think of any other reason why it would be prepared so slick.   what a total borefest, crap track with next to no overtaking, sad when the biggest talking point of the night is an exclusion!   such a shame to start of the GP season with a track like this.... especially when its Leszno  Thankfully for current speedway supporters the racing improved. However, what a shocking disgraceful waste of an opportunity to gain new fans to the sport.  Doubtlessly thousands upon thousands of viewers across Europe would have been viewing the sport for the first time on tv. Sadly about 98% of them would have turned away vowing never to watch a speedway race again way before the racing improved.  I was getting ready to start a new thread titled 'Who IS to blame for the DAMAGING bore of Leszno'. With a subtitle of 'Let's be precise who EXACTLY was to BLAME'. I feared the worst from the get go when at the start of the tv broadcast we once again had reports of dirt from a superb polish track having been removed for a Grand Prix. Was Ole Olsen trying to keep one ahead of Freddie Krueger and Jason Vorhees in the dreaded resurrection stakes?  However, my initial thoughts concurred with 'Swindon Speedy Pete' in laying suspicion on Gollob and his gang. Did he threaten not to ride if dirt was on the track because he still fears the new silencers? Is what Sky said remotely true in that he actually turned up with an old silencer for the meeting or practice??? If so OMG! whilst he is a worthy, greatly skilled and brave world speedway champion he is not God. Was he seriously still expecting at the 11th hour 59th minute for everyone to switch to the old silencers in line with his campaign for their use?  I am one of the biggest supporters of the SGP and it is hard for me to find things to criticize, however, on to unhappiness number 2. What was with the fairly considerable empty seats? We were due to have the opening meeting of what is likely (still is) to be a fantastic series this year. It was being staged at a track that can provide superb speedway racing. Are the SGP organizers still grossly overpricing the event from the local populus (or hosting nation!)?  Ok on to good things. We did get some excellent racing in the end which is good and amazingly i won a small fortune on betting Nicki Pedersen to win the meeting, well chuffed lol.  Also, Sky seem to have upped their game in the awareness stakes and eliminating massive blunders regarding the state of the standings and qualifying scenarios. I swear i don't say this in a bragging way but they were pretty much up to the speed of my own interactive spreadsheet that i have used for the last few years. They did make a couple of mistakes and omissions. I'm not going to be picky by pointing them out, as they clearly seem to be much more aware and quicker than in the past of appreciating what is at stake for each rider in the last couple of rounds of heats.  Such a pity we lost so many potential followers to the sport because of the start of the meeting. I wonder if we will get to know the reasons? For me personally i can't wait for the next GP and all the others too. It's an amazing spectacle and superb sporting event. Edited May 1, 2011 by manchesterpaul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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