I've been critical of the ACU particularly over the TT licence issue but in this case I think they've made an excellent move. My only gripe is that the series doesn't seem to have provision for the very enjoyable Supermono's but maybe there's time to rectify that.

In response to the comment about the grid for the ACU Star 600 series being very thin, which it certainly was at Silverstone, I would put that down to every club already having 600 championships that are well attended. There's only so many events a club racer can commit to from a budget standpoint.

I've been crying out for a properly structured 250 championship for ages. There's no shortage of bikes out there it just needs a properly focussed and affordable series for them to be in (which I hope this will be), instead of being lumped in with 400s or 600s and just being an afterthought.

They definitely need to go back on the BSB schedule. It would then give the youngsters coming up through 125s the choice of pursuing a Superbike or GP based career. With all due respect to those who have made it to the highest level, Britain's representation in GP has been woeful in recent years and it all stems from the focus of our biggest national series.

Having yawned my way through the sparsely populated Virgin R6 race it struck me that 250s would be a far better bet.

Once the class has been properly re-established at National level then we can realistically expect it to come back to the Island.