IainB Posted July 26, 2021 Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 (edited) 20 hours ago, racers and royals said: I think you will just have to accept it`s 2nd division. Extraleague boys wouldn`t get out of bed for the pay rates on offer !!. As i said before even the SEC was 2nd rate before Onesport got involved and got it on TV. Also one should remember that all FIM Europe events were not recognised by the BSPA until a few years ago- their reasoning was that they were comp`s unnecessary in a crowded calendar and therefore no facility was granted for riders missing meetings over here to ride in UEM events. It was only pressure from the ACU/SCB that we should as a nation take part that forced the BSPA to change their policy. I do accept it, I have no choice other than to I just don't get who decides that we (most teams) aren't going to put our strongest line-up out to try and win the event. We've not even treated it as a development opportunity by sending Chris Harris out and only giving Tom Brennan 1 ride. Is it a matter of the federations are told what the pay rates are for the meeting and then each federation approaches the riders to see which ones will accept the booking? Edited July 26, 2021 by iainb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted July 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 9 minutes ago, iainb said: I do accept it, I have no choice other than to I just don't get who decides that we (most teams) aren't going to put our strongest line-up out to try and win the event. We've not even treated it as a development opportunity by sending Chris Harris out and only giving Tom Brennan 1 ride. Is it a matter of the federations are told what the pay rates are for the meeting and then each federation approaches the riders to see which ones will accept the booking? Basically i would imagine yes. Riders are far more interested in GP qualifying and SEC qualifying than the other UEM meetings. Some on the way up will use these European meetings to gain experience of foreign tracks and to put themselves in the shop window. For all these meetings FIM Europe ask which federations want to take part- Covid has caused numerous problems for FIM Europe as many countries have declined to take part which has resulted in cancelled and curtailed comps. Another problem is finding tracks willing to put these type of meetings on- some countries are better than others and that often reflects on the allocations given in the individual comps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehone Posted July 26, 2021 Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 if the meeting had been earlier in the evening (it started at 9) at a 'normal' time i honestly think GB would have won, the track was perfect for them and there was certainly confidence around. and i still have no clue what the cause of a stoppage was other than GB being on a 5-1 in their first heat against the French Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny the spud Posted July 26, 2021 Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 5 minutes ago, stevehone said: if the meeting had been earlier in the evening (it started at 9) at a 'normal' time i honestly think GB would have won, the track was perfect for them and there was certainly confidence around. and i still have no clue what the cause of a stoppage was other than GB being on a 5-1 in their first heat against the French In the next French heat when Bergé jumped early, pulled back and mucked up his own start. He was last, therefore penalising himself.. instead of being left to run it was pulled back. Then they got another 5-1 from the restart. After that I asked my mate what was the nationality of the ref. ( bet you can’t guess) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted July 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Jonny the spud said: In the next French heat when Bergé jumped early, pulled back and mucked up his own start. He was last, therefore penalising himself.. instead of being left to run it was pulled back. Then they got another 5-1 from the restart. After that I asked my mate what was the nationality of the ref. ( bet you can’t guess) Italian is my guess- Guiseppe Grandi FIME Referee: GRANDI Giuseppe FMN: FMI License No: 14472 Edited July 26, 2021 by racers and royals 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jonny the spud Posted August 20, 2021 Report Share Posted August 20, 2021 On 7/25/2021 at 1:26 PM, Pinny said: Well you didnt seem to like my original post did you, as said a rubbish performance from team GB. Gloss it over all you like. Do you now have to attend a meeting to be able to comment on it? Lol! I guess thats what happens when you send two riders who aren't even in their country's top five riders though. Assuming all our decent riders were tied up elsewhere? This aged well…….. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehone Posted August 20, 2021 Report Share Posted August 20, 2021 (edited) my pictures from Macon practice here >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/albums/72157719710292221 Edited August 20, 2021 by stevehone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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