ProudtobeaBrummie Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Me and my mate just booked flights for the gp in Tampere .. Has anyone been before or going ? Where would you suggest best seats are in the stadium as looking to get these booked by Saturday for the £15 discount 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
severnsider Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Went last year but can't unfortunately this year. Views are really good from all the seating so really just depends on where you like to watch from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wadey Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 We were on 3rd/4th bend last year and the sun was in our eyes (and it doesn't really set in Finland at that time of year). Better to have the sun than rain though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Gutted. Arrive in helsinki on business the day after this meeting. Had a look at changing flights to travel a day earlier but would cost over 200 quid to change. Schoolboy error not checking the date of this before booking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Now official, that Nike Lunna and Jiri Nieminen are the GP reserves most likely in that order. A "qualy" meeting is held at the track on May 2nd for the wild card. It's gonna be an interesting day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Now official, that Nike Lunna and Jiri Nieminen are the GP reserves most likely in that order. A "qualy" meeting is held at the track on May 2nd for the wild card. It's gonna be an interesting day! Yeah,especially if one of the "reserves" win 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Yeah,especially if one of the "reserves" win Nieminen is in Austria for the GP quali, not at Ratina. Dont know if Lunna will be there, from memory Scunthorpe is a weekend track.SML has a Sec quali slot in Debrecen on May 1st, sgp on may 2nd with Nieminen and Mäkinen is to be at Lonino on May 3rd. Then theres still left the may 16th (ratina sgp date) sec quali in France. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Interesting wording on a sportowefakty news regarding Tampere SGP. In matters concerning the beginning of the season, the choice of the holder of a wild card for the tournament Grand Prix Finland scheduled May 16 in Tampere, will be made between Joonas Kylmaekorpim and Timo Lahtim. The main candidates for this tournament reserve players are Nike Lunna and Jari Makinen. In the story they are quoting speedway.fi story, where it clearly states that Lunna and Nieminen are the reserves. I translated the article with google. "English GP's deputies appointedSpeedway Grand Prix driven Tampere Ratina 16th day of May. The competition is named after the Vice agents of the dominant young Finnish Champion Nike Lunna and Jiri Nieminen. Competition in the wild card fate solve, in turn, Ratinan GP-oval 2.5. executable competition. According to preliminary data there is Finnish cutting edge maaradan world champion Joonas Kylmäkorpi and Timo Lahti, including. Competition is also a good test for future GP track." So why quote a source if you do the story yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Interesting wording on a sportowefakty news regarding Tampere SGP. In matters concerning the beginning of the season, the choice of the holder of a wild card for the tournament Grand Prix Finland scheduled May 16 in Tampere, will be made between Joonas Kylmaekorpim and Timo Lahtim. The main candidates for this tournament reserve players are Nike Lunna and Jari Makinen. In the story they are quoting speedway.fi story, where it clearly states that Lunna and Nieminen are the reserves. I translated the article with google. "English GP's deputies appointed Speedway Grand Prix driven Tampere Ratina 16th day of May. The competition is named after the Vice agents of the dominant young Finnish Champion Nike Lunna and Jiri Nieminen. Competition in the wild card fate solve, in turn, Ratinan GP-oval 2.5. executable competition. According to preliminary data there is Finnish cutting edge maaradan world champion Joonas Kylmäkorpi and Timo Lahti, including. Competition is also a good test for future GP track." So why quote a source if you do the story yourself? This used to a thing with sportowefakty years ago.Thought they had improved,although I hardly look nowadays. I always liked it when they copied my results from here(including the mistakes) and never gave a source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummiestormer Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 I hope they sort the track out as it was chronically boring last year--Helsinki and Tampere are awesome and the people are friendly and look out for the lemon and liqourice ice cream yum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 I've read they've started laying track and making it wider, any photos yet? Are they bringing inside line in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 I've read they've started laying track and making it wider, any photos yet? Are they bringing inside line in? SADLY because of the drainage and the soccer pitch requirement there won't be many changes to the track from last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 SADLY because of the drainage and the soccer pitch requirement there won't be many changes to the track from last year. So excuses even before the event has been run... Did I imagine 'there will be re-alignments', 'alterations to the shape' etc.. etc.. that were promised after the last borefest? It's just utterly tiresome, and is why speedway is a joke amongst motor sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 So excuses even before the event has been run... Did I imagine 'there will be re-alignments', 'alterations to the shape' etc.. etc.. that were promised after the last borefest?. You possibly read it from Spar, as I wrote it after attending a press conference at the track in mid December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 You possibly read it from Spar, as I wrote it after attending a press conference at the track in mid December. Who said that then.The same guy who always promises a better track next year at Prague? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Who said that then.The same guy who always promises a better track next year at Prague? It was promoter Jarno Kosonen. Also present were general manager Yrjö Laukkanen, clerk of the course Mika Laukkanen and Perttu Pesä from the city of Tampere. This was also reported in local general media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oleoleole Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 SADLY because of the drainage and the soccer pitch requirement there won't be many changes to the track from last year. That's shocking. The track was rightly condemned by riders and fans alike last year and promises were made to make changes. We sat and watched as seats emptied as the meeting went on. I reckon half the crowd left before the end. They will not return without major changes to the track. The stadium and location was great, as was the city, country and people. Rather than the highlight of the weekend the SGP was a massive disappointment. Not as much as Riga but that is a whole different story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 What matters Oleoleole BSI have their money, they don't need to worry about anything else!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 THE track is the responsibility of the local promotion. As far as I can make out they were keen to reshape it this year but have been stymied by the placement of the drainage for the soccer pitch will will stage Finland's major soccer internationals this year. There will be a few changes but not as much as they desired. Oleoleole is right ... everything else about the Finnish GP was top notch and no doubt will be again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 THE track is the responsibility of the local promotion. ... until after practise the day before the meeting BSI/FIM takes control of it. Which also makes a huge difference to the charasteristics of the track material. As seen last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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