Bavarian Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 Starting from the favorable inside gate position Cook was even leading the run-off against Lindback, but the Swede passed him on the second lap. It was one of only about a handful of passing manoveres on a gate-and-go track were most of the races were settled after the first corner. The white gate was the worst, and Lambert was unlucky to have white in his first and third heats. Max Fricke was unlucky tonight, with his engine failure in his last ride. Until then he had 8 points from two heat wins and one second place (behind Iversen), but also a non score when he started from white. Unfortunately, the racing tonight did nothing to excite the crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehone Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 i'm hoping BOTH Cook & Lambert get permanent wildcards for next year, both deserving i think. Robert is on a mission at the moment, totally on fire wherever he rides, and Cook going so close to qualifying automatically will help him. Cook has invested so much into the series this year it would be a shame to not get the chance to build on that next year with the experience of a year in the series behind him. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Endeavour said: Would like to think Dan Bewley would be in GPS in 2020 zero chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 57 minutes ago, stevehone said: i'm hoping BOTH Cook & Lambert get permanent wildcards for next year, both deserving i think. Robert is on a mission at the moment, totally on fire wherever he rides, and Cook going so close to qualifying automatically will help him. Cook has invested so much into the series this year it would be a shame to not get the chance to build on that next year with the experience of a year in the series behind him. Cook is 1st reserve. Has any 1st reserve got a WC before ? Maybe a few good GP's in the last 5 will get him to 9th or 10th which should see a WC. Lambert is very promising but is 20 years old. Maybe one more year before a GP series would be best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 3 hours ago, Sotonian said: Yes, BSI must be wincing at that result. What rider who didn't qualify would have given more to the 2019 series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 4 hours ago, eric i said: With Cookie missing out, I think Lambet will get a wildcard. Slim chance. I'm a supporter and think he will do very well but why rush. His scoring in the World Cup wasn't great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 53 minutes ago, Mark said: Cook is 1st reserve. Has any 1st reserve got a WC before ? Maybe a few good GP's in the last 5 will get him to 9th or 10th which should see a WC. Lambert is very promising but is 20 years old. Maybe one more year before a GP series would be best. I thought BSI chose the series reserves? No chance Cook will finish top 10. If there is a brit wc it will be Lambert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 4 hours ago, waiheke1 said: I thought BSI chose the series reserves? No chance Cook will finish top 10. If there is a brit wc it will be Lambert. Yeah, reserves are picked since a few years back, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g13webb Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 9 hours ago, tellboy said: Shame Lambert had to have crappy gate 3 twice.One more favourable gate off 1 or 2 and i think he would have qualified If's and Maybe 's will always exist, whatever the meeting. Sure it was a tough draw, but I'm sure there are other reasons why Robert didn't qualify. When you look at the quality of some of the riders who didn't succeed, you realise just how difficult it was. Probably this was the right result, that will give him another year to progress to the standard of the top level. He has made a massive step up this year to a level where he's capable of beating any rider, helped by his gating, that is now on a par with those other top riders. Being top of the British averages illustrates the progress he has made. Being thrown into the deep end at such a young age can be very daunting, Nobody likes to be shown up by a young upstart, so his presence would have added a new dimension to the SGP's. that he has yet to experience. No doubt he is disappointed, being so close yet so far to those qualifications, but he now has another year to consolidate his form and when next year comes he wont be worried what gates he has,. having been there before, he will rise above any deficiencies like all top riders do, and rightly qualify...... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 8 hours ago, Endeavour said: Would like to think Dan Bewley would be in GPS in 2020 2020 is much too soon for that to come about. More like 2022. if he gets a Cardiff wild card before that he will have deserved it, but a full season of GPs...…. just a few years more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillipsr Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Terrible result for the SGPs (and no better if Cook had beaten Lindback) meeting was full of riders either past there best (Iversen, Janus, Lindback) not good enough (Cook, Smolinkski) and not quite ready yet (Lambert)... only two riders from this meeting who would of made any sort of impression in next years SGP were Zagar and Pawlicki... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Ace Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 10 hours ago, Endeavour said: Heard Dan using Cookie’s engines abroad. Nope, it's his own engine/frame etc. He just uses a seat from cook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Kolodjei age 34, Linback 33, NKI 36. 4th was Cookie at 31. Show experience counts. Not saying those 3 are about to set the GPs on fire, though any of them could on their day, but it shows we perhaps shouldn't push the young ones too hard too soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Nice to see Janusz qualify. Has he been a GP rider before? I'm not sure he has. He was so good a few years back. It would have been nice to see someone like Lambert qualify and get some young blood in. Perhaps this is a sign that rider quality has stagnated a bit. Three riders who were probably better about 10 years ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarkens Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 he was in 2011, didn't do very well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 2011 in the GP's Kolodjei scored 50 and come 14th, Artum Laguta was 15th with 28. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 3 hours ago, phillipsr said: Terrible result for the SGPs (and no better if Cook had beaten Lindback) meeting was full of riders either past there best (Iversen, Janus, Lindback) not good enough (Cook, Smolinkski) and not quite ready yet (Lambert)... only two riders from this meeting who would of made any sort of impression in next years SGP were Zagar and Pawlicki... I struggle to understand this kind of thinking as all of NKI Lindback and Kolodjei deserve to be in next years SGP as they have all done what was asked of them in the qualification rounds. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillipsr Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 27 minutes ago, screm said: I struggle to understand this kind of thinking as all of NKI Lindback and Kolodjei deserve to be in next years SGP as they have all done what was asked of them in the qualification rounds. They have doesnt mean there going to make the series any better though... there hardly inspiring qualifiers or riders you would be desperate to watch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 When Kolodziej was in the GP before, think it was the first one of the season when he flew over the backstraight fence at Leszno and was fighting his way back pretty much all season after that... Like someone said, you qualify and thats it, Congratulations. still, if the track was rubbish with no passing, evertyhing is not well. And Milik didnt qualify, thats a bummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolskiZuzel Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 14 hours ago, Ghostwalker said: ... One dodgy exclusion or two could determine the outcome of the entire GP-challenge. As you might have guessed I am not a SGP fan...it's boring...too many rounds...the same riders year after year. The one off world final was a perfect provider of excitement lasting for a year. i wish it could be revived. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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