F1 Competition 2010

[rsj]

As the title says!
Rules as last year - and amended as I see fit (Sean!)
Lets have a show of hands from all who want a bit of fun out of F1
For those who dont know (or care) you simply have to post your prediction for the first 8 past the flag by midnight the Wednesday before the F1 race. Points are awarded at 5 points for correct position & 2 points for being in top 8.
Simples!!
1) rsj
2)

[Arkwright]

1) rsj
2) Arkwright

[STEVE BURNS]

1) rsj
2) Arkwright
3) Steve Burns

[SeanDezart]

and me !

[JakTheRuby]

1) rsj
2) Arkwright
3) Steve Burns
4) Sean
5) Jak

Oh yes indeedy. Gives me a midweek focus point. Might even be an interesting season too!

[dav350z]

) rsj
2) Arkwright
3) Steve Burns
4) Sean
5) Jak
6) Dave

Yep add me too. Should be quite an interesting year and pretty difficult to predict.

Oh, and should have said, thanks for offering to organise it again this year, Rob.

[Rob Gaskin]

1) rsj
2) Arkwright
3) Steve Burns
4) Sean
5) Jak
6) Dave
7) Rob Gaskin (lucky 7 too!)

My predictions, Hamilton will beat Button (as much as I like Button) and Schumacher will pick up points everywhere but struggle against the young ones. My lads think Schumacher will be very competitive - we'll see, I'd like to be proved wrong. The new teams will add interest too - the Lotus car was THE car to beat when I started watching F1. Be nice to relive the Hesketh days!

[SeanDezart]

Add Olaf from Holland too.

[grolls]

Do proper racing such as moto gp......or let the procession begin....

[madmarco]

Me!
1) rsj
2) Arkwright
3) Steve Burns
4) Sean
5) Jak
6) Dave
7) Rob Gaskin (lucky 7 too!)
8) madmarco (8's the money #)

I must respectfully protest the Weds entry rule in advance. This cost me 35 points last year and first place! Oh wise and handsome judge please show your compassion and ammend this terribly unfair rule. Change the deadline to Thursday night!

[SeanDezart]

Why do you think the Wednesday night rule was there in the first place ? If you're serious, you follow the build-up and nobody can get a clue from any testing that happened (happens ?) on Thursday !

You Z32s need to pick up the pace a bit................

[dav350z]

Originally Posted by grolls

Do proper racing such as moto gp......or let the procession begin....

Grolls, being a motorcyclist and ex-racer, I tend to agree with you when you compare racing between MotoGP and F1. But c'mon the comp is not about the racing, it's about the fun predicting and the banter.
And I think this year it will be more difficult to predict than ever.

[Dale]

1) rsj
2) Arkwright
3) Steve Burns
4) Sean
5) Jak
6) Dave
7) Rob Gaskin (lucky 7 too!)
8) madmarco (8's the money #)
9) Dale (9 is.. erm....erm... the square root of 81!)

[rsj]

Thanks guys for your interest! But I must point out that any dissention in the ranks will have points automatically deducted
Posts made after the midnight deadline but within 24 hours of it, will have 5 points deducted from any score.
Over 24hrs from the Wednesday midnight deadline the maximum points that can be awarded will be 10 points less than the lowest scorer of that race
Oh! and last years winner has a 25 point handicap to start the season
Plus if you live in France you will frequently have points deducted................................ just because I can!

Marco et al, the first race is on 14th March 2010 and so predictions MUST be posted in this thread by MIDNIGHT on 10th March 2010.
Is that enough notice for you?

[SeanDezart]

I remember when he was JUST the scoremaster (you can be replaced you know !).........power currupts and absolute power currupts........well, you know the rest...

This is merely an inferiority-complex reaction of driving on overweight poor-mans' Porsche ( how to lose 500kgs to stay up with the S30s.....?).

Add Olaf to the guessers please.