moomin man 76 Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 (edited) 50 minutes ago, OveFundinFan said: Interesting that Adam Ellis gets the pick rather then Charles Wright. Would have been good to have the current British Champion in the field. Or perhaps Charles didnt want it. Also Greg Laguta having a go. I thought he given up on being in GP seires. Who knows exactly - at least Adam Ellis is riding in Poland, whereas it would be asking a lot for Charles Wright to jump into such a meeting with no recent match experience. Personally, I'm surprised that Greg Laguta is giving it a go; with the standard of the line-up being weaker than recent years, it gives him and the likes of Timo Lahti their best ever chance of getting to the GPs. I don't think having Fricke and Zagar in the meeting is right; unlike every other GP rider they now have two bites of the cherry when it comes to qualifying for next year. Equally, I'm surprised that the Australians haven't offered anyone else the chance to take part, as they are not exactly short of active riders. Edited August 3, 2020 by moomin man 76 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJC Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 With Lambert already qualified and Woffy odds on to challenge for the title, Ellis is the only other Brit riding that’s anywhere near the standard needed. If nothing more, great experience for one of the younger Brits. logical and decent decision from the powers that be, for once! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric i Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 Charles Wright is probably never going to be GP standard(I know he scored points at Cardiff), whereas Adam Ellis is still only 24 and would benefit from the experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Blobby Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 (edited) Line up is awful, 12 of them no where near GP standard. Edited August 3, 2020 by Mr Blobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 1 minute ago, Mr Blobby said: Line up is awful Well it wouldnt get any better with Wright in it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 8 minutes ago, f-s-p said: Well it wouldnt get any better with Wright in it. You sir are a cad. Lucky I have misplaced my duelling pistols 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 9 minutes ago, iris123 said: You sir are a cad. I really am not. Having checked it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Blobby Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 27 minutes ago, f-s-p said: Well it wouldnt get any better with Wright in it. You’re not wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 13 hours ago, Mr Blobby said: Line up is awful, 12 of them no where near GP standard. 1 of them is no where near GP standard and is actually riding in this years GP series! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Well, I can see two riders listed who are in 2020 GP series, and I rate all three are worthy to be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben91 Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 As British champion I would have liked to have seen Wright in the field. Perhaps he was offered and turned it down. However, the likelihood of him qualifying would have been slim. Common sense prevailed at least and the place was offered to a rider who can take the opportunity and learn from it rather than giving it to Chris Harris or Craig Cook. Hard to look past Laguta and Fricke, can see Michelsen, Zagar and Kasprzak fighting it out for the third spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) 21 hours ago, r8gdp said: Where's Nicki pedersen he would have made the meeting more interesting He's retired from GP-racing https://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/7046/new-goals-for-nicki. Edited August 4, 2020 by Ghostwalker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJC Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 4 hours ago, Ben91 said: As British champion I would have liked to have seen Wright in the field. Perhaps he was offered and turned it down. However, the likelihood of him qualifying would have been slim. Common sense prevailed at least and the place was offered to a rider who can take the opportunity and learn from it rather than giving it to Chris Harris or Craig Cook. Hard to look past Laguta and Fricke, can see Michelsen, Zagar and Kasprzak fighting it out for the third spot. Given his performances in the SEC (which this line up looks loosely based on) KK back in the GPS would be an absolute travesty! (41st in the Ekstraliga averages) Surely the likes of Smektala, Kubera or Prezedpleski would have been better? Presume the Pawlicki’s are still out of favour with PZM? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, DJC said: Given his performances in the SEC (which this line up looks loosely based on) KK back in the GPS would be an absolute travesty! (41st in the Ekstraliga averages) Surely the likes of Smektala, Kubera or Prezedpleski would have been better? Presume the Pawlicki’s are still out of favour with PZM? The Poles didn`t chose KK he qualified from the 2019 golden Helmet final. Edited August 4, 2020 by racers and royals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJC Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Ah, thanks! Wasn’t aware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben91 Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 1 hour ago, DJC said: Given his performances in the SEC (which this line up looks loosely based on) KK back in the GPS would be an absolute travesty! (41st in the Ekstraliga averages) Surely the likes of Smektala, Kubera or Prezedpleski would have been better? Presume the Pawlicki’s are still out of favour with PZM? The line up isn’t great overall, granted there are circumstances beyond the control of anyone but we could be inflicted with three seriously under-par riders in the GP next year if things pan out against the favourites in this meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moomin man 76 Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 8 hours ago, Ben91 said: As British champion I would have liked to have seen Wright in the field. Perhaps he was offered and turned it down. However, the likelihood of him qualifying would have been slim. Common sense prevailed at least and the place was offered to a rider who can take the opportunity and learn from it rather than giving it to Chris Harris or Craig Cook. Hard to look past Laguta and Fricke, can see Michelsen, Zagar and Kasprzak fighting it out for the third spot. Unless Kasprzak ups his game considerably from the SEC and Ekstraliga, he shouldn't be troubling the qualifiers. I honestly think Timo Lahti has a better chance than most; especially if he replicates his performance from the last two SEC rounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Blobby Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 29 minutes ago, moomin man 76 said: Unless Kasprzak ups his game considerably from the SEC and Ekstraliga, he shouldn't be troubling the qualifiers. I honestly think Timo Lahti has a better chance than most; especially if he replicates his performance from the last two SEC rounds. And that says all about the standard of meeting if timo lahti has a very good chance of qualifying. No offence to him decent rider but no where near GP standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 7 minutes ago, Mr Blobby said: And that says all about the standard of meeting if timo lahti has a very good chance of qualifying. No offence to him decent rider but no where near GP standard. Steady - you will have the Finnish mafia after you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Let's face it Lahti is (most probably) better than Tomicek, and he almost made it through a proper quali system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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