#1: MXGP of Great Britain - February 26-27

2/19/2022 5:45am
tek14 wrote:
What a sh.. show having race in UK at February.
Have you been here in June or July? It's not much better sometimes Laughing
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2/19/2022 5:49am Edited Date/Time 2/19/2022 5:56am
My admiration of Steve Dixon is immense.

He's put so much into the sport. He's a very successful businessman within the Industry, that has put so much back into the sport.

And, I hope, while not losing to much money from his efforts - well, I hope that somehow, he's been able to make some money from his Team And Race promotion.

Yes, a British GP early in the year is a risk. He's had the Guts to take that risk.

Weather is incredibly unpredictable - always has been, but even more so nowadays.

From what I can gather, the storms that have hit Europe and Britain, are ranked up there as 'all time', with regards to records kept. We've been hearing about the "Red Warnings", here in OZ for the last week and a half.

I'm surprised that Teams had their awnings up, to be destroyed. That the "Red Warnings" were unknown, or not heeded, is strange. At least from the limited amount of pictures I've seen so far, 'Luongo The Drongo' himself, or his workers, may have learned from a few years ago to have held off with full enclosure / cladding of 'his' major structures.

That big old Tree, is a sad loss - testament to the fury of the winds, right there.

I hope that things will have settled down for next weekend.

As to the Indonesian races? I've been to most of them, starting from the very first ones, way back. And the Thai GPs. It's a cheap pair of GPs for me to get to, and a very interesting Country, with a Big Motorcycling scene, that I will probably go to again this year. As I've written before - they've been pretty well attended. The Locals have some sense - they have the covered stands they go in - they stay in the shade, in comfort. Just because you don't see many at the fences - us silly 'whities' (and, cripes, as a Ranga, I'm damned near 'Glow In The Dark') , are the ones that you , generally, might see in dribs and drabs out there in the scorching sun, and, at times the drenching rain - doesn't mean it's 3 men and a dog. But, it seems people just don't / won't look at the packed, undercover temporary stands.

I Do wish Luongo The Drongo would put another Asian round - or two - on the same time frame. But, logical thinking is never a feature of so many series promoters, Worldwide.....

To jump from Indonesia, to another SE Asian country, and well, especially Japan , would be a great, and an affordable set of GPs for me to get to, and, perhaps the Teams. Though, time away from 'bases', is a huge expense, on so many levels, that can make long sweeps impractical for the Teams. I can get to Euro GPs through work, but not to the Asian ones - they come out of my pocket. And that's a bit empty, at the moment. My OS work, other than a week in Gong Buri, Thailand after the New Year, has been somewhat limited in the last couple of years.
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2/19/2022 5:50am
The calendar is made out months in advance. I think a lot of teams like to have a GP or 2 in Europe before the fly away races. England made a lot of sense because they have the most relaxed Corona restrictions in Europe right now. If you want fans & a 2 day format then England was up the top of the list.
However i would rather see it in the summer than feb
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2/19/2022 10:09am

They sure picked a fitting photo to go along with the announcement...
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2/19/2022 12:57pm
Really unlucky to be hit by two big storms this week and the biggest in 30 years here with winds recorded at 125mph in places. Lots of damage in some areas.
Sucks for Dixon who loves the sport and just wants to run a GP for the British fans when no one else wanted to step up and risk losing their arse financially running it. Hope he can at least break even.
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2/21/2022 2:09am
ferrys123 wrote:
Next year maybe they can put Finland and Sweden in January. Of course, they are very sorry for the inconvenience. Was it so difficult to start...
Next year maybe they can put Finland and Sweden in January.
Of course, they are very sorry for the inconvenience. Was it so difficult to start in Argentina and move to Lombardia and Portugal before Great Britain?.

Any news from Febvre?

20 Feb MXGP of Great Britain
Matterley Basin
06 Mar MXGP of Lombardia (ITA)
Mantova
20 Mar MXGP of Patagonia-Argentina
Villa La Angostura
03 Apr MXGP of Portugal
Agueda
10 Apr MXGP of Trentino (ITA)
Pietramurata
Finland and Sweden in January would actually be a lot of fun. Just put studded tires on and some warm clothes and make it happen.
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2/21/2022 12:48pm
its difficult to have a race that early IMO.
In Spain we have good weather normally but maybe its dificult to have a big crowd, people like sun around April or May...
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2/21/2022 12:53pm
cesar_rc4 wrote:
its difficult to have a race that early IMO. In Spain we have good weather normally but maybe its dificult to have a big crowd, people...
its difficult to have a race that early IMO.
In Spain we have good weather normally but maybe its dificult to have a big crowd, people like sun around April or May...
Red Sands was first GP one year(i think) and was under 3ft of water . Or it was an early season international.
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2/21/2022 1:20pm
philG wrote:
Red Sands was first GP one year(i think) and was under 3ft of water . Or it was an early season international.
It was a pre-season race...but yeah, normally we have good waether but it could turn around in a hurry
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2/21/2022 4:07pm
cesar_rc4 wrote:
It was a pre-season race...but yeah, normally we have good waether but it could turn around in a hurry
Thing is, until the Hawkstone weekend, its been really dry here, i cant remember it really raining for a month, the local track to my work was open midweek in february, and its not sand, and it wasnt muddy. Even Hawkstone wasnt bad, they left it hard and it was wet on top, but under that it was hard and mostly dry .

That said, since friday we had more rain here in 2 days than the 2 months previous, my daughters wedding venue is next to a river that floods bad, and it is right close to that happening again, and that is only 15 mins from Hawkestone.


Now its clear here and dry , wind has dropped , and hopefully Matterley will dry out over the next 5 days.. it will race fine, it just getting folk in , they have decent roads in the venuue, it just gets soft in the campsites .

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2/22/2022 9:59am
Just checked out the new entry list This afternoon, there is 35 official MXGP riders 2022, 30 was on the entry list for last weekend when it got postponed, on the new list it’s 26?

Did 4 riders get injured in less then a week or what? Offcourse Febvre Herlings & Lapucci is not in but there was still 30 now it’s 26…
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2/22/2022 10:30am
Jonass also questionable
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2/22/2022 10:44am
Received an e-mail on the 18th only read it today, comical ?


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2/22/2022 8:33pm
Mucktub wrote:
This guy's furious. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/02/19/534324/s1200_IMG_20220219_WA0011.jpg[/img]
This guy's furious.


Ol Lenny Smith knows how to have good time. Seems money well spent.
maybe a bit to much on food.Whistling
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2/23/2022 3:21am
Mucktub wrote:
This guy's furious. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/02/19/534324/s1200_IMG_20220219_WA0011.jpg[/img]
This guy's furious.


66TR66 wrote:
Ol Lenny Smith knows how to have good time. Seems money well spent.
maybe a bit to much on food.Whistling
I would be worried at the quality of his whores TBH
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2/23/2022 3:31am
Beautiful blue skies, light frost and no wind 30 minutes down the motorway here this morning....it'll probably be pissing down again by Saturday.
Can they race today?!
2/23/2022 3:33am
Just checked the weekends forecast. Saturday and Sunday sunny, light Southerly breeze and 7-11 degrees C.
Perfect!
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2/23/2022 4:52am Edited Date/Time 2/23/2022 4:54am
Just checked the weekends forecast. Saturday and Sunday sunny, light Southerly breeze and 7-11 degrees C.
Perfect!
Yep snow on Thursday but it's wall to wall sunshine all weekend. They'll struggle to keep the dust down I reckon!
2/23/2022 11:05am
Hopefully the weather holds up. Looked too good to miss. Im on a 6am flight over. 💪🏻
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2/23/2022 12:52pm
Just checked out the new entry list This afternoon, there is 35 official MXGP riders 2022, 30 was on the entry list for last weekend when...
Just checked out the new entry list This afternoon, there is 35 official MXGP riders 2022, 30 was on the entry list for last weekend when it got postponed, on the new list it’s 26?

Did 4 riders get injured in less then a week or what? Offcourse Febvre Herlings & Lapucci is not in but there was still 30 now it’s 26…
Probably some guys having to go back to mainland EU for work & cant get back again?
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2/23/2022 1:59pm
Fingers crossed for a successful weekend for all involved, especially Steve Dixon. He deserves a positive outcome.
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2/23/2022 3:49pm
So this was shot in Southern England , in February..

Nice bit of 2 stroke action, apart from a puddle or two, its dry as a stick.

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2/24/2022 12:00am
Confirmation that Boisrame is filling in for Herlings at rd 1 and 2.
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2/24/2022 1:45am
Motofinne wrote:
Confirmation that Boisrame is filling in for Herlings at rd 1 and 2.
That’s a really big opportunity for him. Intresting to see what he makes of it.
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2/24/2022 2:10am
Actually, he's in for the whole season with the KTM if he does all right in GB and Mantova. Yep, big opportunity.
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2/24/2022 2:20am
philG wrote:
So this was shot in Southern England , in February.. Nice bit of 2 stroke action, apart from a puddle or two, its dry as a...
So this was shot in Southern England , in February..

Nice bit of 2 stroke action, apart from a puddle or two, its dry as a stick.

It's not snowing here in Finland every day in February either but it sure does happen more often than in July...

Nice two stroke video though!
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2/24/2022 3:20am
Elliot wrote:
Yep snow on Thursday but it's wall to wall sunshine all weekend. They'll struggle to keep the dust down I reckon!
That place does dry out fast. Dust may be a stretch but by the end of the weekend it really wouldn't surprise me if a little bit was kicking up looking at the forecast.
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2/24/2022 6:22am
Out:

* Herlings (heel), Febvre (leg), Jonass (wrist), Lupino (sickness), Jacobi (scaphoid), Monticelli (shoulder), Paturel (collarbone)
* Benistant (knee), Guyon (knee)
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2/24/2022 9:11am Edited Date/Time 2/24/2022 9:33am
Slight tangent.

I would expect Infront to have balls and announce relocating the MFR GP 1st of May somewhere else. I am voting for Orehova Vas in Slovenia. Slovenia got 2 MX World Champions (MX3 2013 - Klemen Gerčar, MX2 2015 & MXGP 2016 + 2019 + 2020 - Tim Gajser) in last 10 years and still no GP in calendar ffs!!! The TiGa fan crowd would be more mental than usual. Woohoo
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2/24/2022 9:48am
Slight tangent. I would expect Infront to have balls and announce relocating the MFR GP 1st of May somewhere else. I am voting for Orehova Vas...
Slight tangent.

I would expect Infront to have balls and announce relocating the MFR GP 1st of May somewhere else. I am voting for Orehova Vas in Slovenia. Slovenia got 2 MX World Champions (MX3 2013 - Klemen Gerčar, MX2 2015 & MXGP 2016 + 2019 + 2020 - Tim Gajser) in last 10 years and still no GP in calendar ffs!!! The TiGa fan crowd would be more mental than usual. Woohoo
A GP in Slovenia would be awesome.
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