Navigator1900 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 I feel sorry for this guy. He was unlucky in his Terenzano Semifinal. With respect to a rider like Chris Harris I think MV could show much more in the GP series. Let's hope he can get a wild card ? Or he will be able to qualify for 2017. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 With respect to Martin Vaculik, Chris Harris qualified. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiseguy Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Yes, I agree Harris is in fairly and squarely Jonnson however had the opportunity and wasn't good enough Kildermand. Hampel and Lindback I agree with Would like the best riders in it, not quotas, but the decision has been made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Sam Ermolenko states in his book...every rider in the world pre the GP's could wake up on January 1st. and say "I could be World Champion this year" Now only 15 can say that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Yes, I agree Harris is in fairly and squarely Jonnson however had the opportunity and wasn't good enough Kildermand. Hampel and Lindback I agree with Would like the best riders in it, not quotas, but the decision has been made Agree regarding Harris qualifying fair and Squarely,but by the same token AJ has out scored Harris in Gps this season again as he has done most seasons to to say he is not good enough is not really a fact . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPNY Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Sam Ermolenko states in his book...every rider in the world pre the GP's could wake up on January 1st. and say "I could be World Champion this year" Now only 15 can say that. True however in reality like current times there were only about 5 (at best) whoever had a chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 As I see it, he should have the place AJ has been given, again. In the past AJ has fair claim as one of the top 15 in the World but he's not that any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 I feel sorry for this guy. He was unlucky in his Terenzano Semifinal. With respect to a rider like Chris Harris I think MV could show much more in the GP series. Let's hope he can get a wild card ? Or he will be able to qualify for 2017. Crikey. Bomber qualified by right. End of story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratton Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 As I see it, he should have the place AJ has been given, again. In the past AJ has fair claim as one of the top 15 in the World but he's not that any more.He has been in the last two months? he has mixed it, Lindback has been outstanding this year but he and Kildemand did not get through the qualifier both failed.Kildemand deserved his place but not both in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Flag Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Vaculik has previously said he didn't want to be in GP, you can't pick and choose so doesn't deserve a pick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Vaculik has previously said he didn't want to be in GP, you can't pick and choose so doesn't deserve a pick Thats not what I read he said. When he dropped out at end of 2013 I read he said that he wanted time (a few seasons) to mature as a rider and then return when he could peprform well all the GP season. He is a GP winner, and from that he got to do a full season of GP, and thats the tough part - performing at the highest level for a full season, hence he wanted time to mature. 2016 is not going to be his GP year, not even as number 19,20 or 21. He will get a chance to qualify for 2017 or even a permanent wild card if he regularly performs at the top level and messes up qualification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Flag Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Thats not what I read he said. When he dropped out at end of 2013 I read he said that he wanted time (a few seasons) to mature as a rider and then return when he could peprform well all the GP season. He is a GP winner, and from that he got to do a full season of GP, and thats the tough part - performing at the highest level for a full season, hence he wanted time to mature. 2016 is not going to be his GP year, not even as number 19,20 or 21. He will get a chance to qualify for 2017 or even a permanent wild card if he regularly performs at the top level and messes up qualification. so he wants to pick and choose then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekker Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 The SGP isn't about fans or riders, its a big freebee for BSI/FIM & their entourages, never been about anything else. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 so he wants to pick and choose then... Its so obvious that he, MV, cannot pick and choose. He either has to qualify through the GP Challange or organisers will need to "pick and choose" him. Riding in the GPs is not compulsory - is it? I think he made a sensible decision, he felt he wasnt good enough to copete at the level he wanted to, so he said I will (hopefully) mature over the next few seasons and if I get another chance I will be in a better position to have a good go at it. Thing to remember is that the Gp season is basically once every 2 weeks one has to perform at the highest level. To be in the mix at the end of the 12 GP season that is a lot of pressure. 2016 I am not expecting Zmarzlik or Pawlicki to be in the mix at the end of the year. Sure they going to have their moments, but they going to have poorer meetings as well, all good experience for future years. Vaculic experienced a GP win, and also experienced a full 12 meeting GP season, and then declared he wasn't ready to get in the mix at the end of the year. Good on him for a sensible choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Vaculik has previously said he didn't want to be in GP, you can't pick and choose so doesn't deserve a pickWard turned it down one year but got one the year after. Vaculik took a sensible approach IMO. Sod the politics, it should be the best 4 non-GP riders get try wild cards. That is Hampel and Kildemand. It's probably Lindback and in the absense of Emil it's probably then Vaculik. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navigator1900 Posted November 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Thank you for all your interesting comments.Theoretically, Vaculik competing on Harris machinery (GTR Gerhard engine) would mark many more points than Harris. from my point of view ! Chris did a good job through the challenge and could qualify in his last heat in Rybnik when he passed Pawlicki .... Vaculik could not qualify on difficult track at Terenzano in his semifinal. Was therefore only reserve in Rybnik. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 valve Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Sam Ermolenko states in his book...every rider in the world pre the GP's could wake up on January 1st. and say "I could be World Champion this year" Now only 15 can say that. Yes but pre GP's although every rider could wake up on January 1st. and say "I could be World Champion this year" in reality only five or six riders stood any real chance of doing so. Now on January 1st every rider can wake up and say "I could become a GP rider this year" which are better odds than being world champion old style and also gives them more meetings to earn a living from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theflyingkiwi Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Why do some people feel the need to bring Harris into the equation?! He qualified and earned his place. End of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Now on January 1st every rider can wake up and say "I could become a GP rider this year" which are better odds than being world champion old style and also gives them more meetings to earn a living from. Not really in the GP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Thank you for all your interesting comments.Theoretically, Vaculik competing on Harris machinery (GTR Gerhard engine) would mark many more points than Harris. from my point of view ! Chris did a good job through the challenge and could qualify in his last heat in Rybnik when he passed Pawlicki .... Vaculik could not qualify on difficult track at Terenzano in his semifinal. Was therefore only reserve in Rybnik. What's your obsession with Bomber? He qualified fair-and-square on merit. There's 11 riders who qualified for the 2016 GP series. Bomber is one of them. I agree Vaculik would be a good addition to the GP. But it would be in place of another seeded rider. I would suggest AJ. All the best Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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