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RE: F1 Prediction Game (Interforum League) 2015 - pob - 09-06-2015
Canada Results
F1madgirl takes f1world's first win of the year, moving them up to third place in the league.
Cliptheapex extend their lead to 84 points over second place grandprix.
Sportsbabble didn't place in the top 10 this race
, but keep trying!Code:
Pos user forum zdkf1 points forum points
1 f1madgirl f1world 55 25
2 lawrence grandprix 53 18
3 sardaor cliptheapex 47 15
4 chelseamf ja606 46 12
5 soccerman17 cliptheapex 46 10
6 redfrog f1world 44 8
7 atis f1technical 43 6
8 jb not606 43 4
9 mancini ja606 42 2
10 bls not606 42 1Code:
39 sco
37 stairs
27 ameliaLeague table
Pos_Forum__________Points
1___cliptheapex_____187
2___grandprix_______103
3___f1world__________83
4___ja606____________80
5___not606___________79
6___sportsbabble_____51
7___garagistasf1_____49
8___f1onboard________29
9___f1technical______29
10__v2_______________17
Individual championship
Not606's jb still leads the way on 324 points.
Teabagyokel from cliptheapex remains in second place on 301 points.
Lawrence from grandprix has moved up to third on 294 points.
The best player from sportsbabble is sco in 9th place on 268 points
. Quali trophy
3 players got within 0.25% of the Canadian pole time for 2 points; 16 other players were within 1% for 1 point.
Here's the overall top 10:
Code:
pos user forum points
1 pob various 6
2 chelseamf ja606 6
3 greenlantern101 cliptheapex 6
4 pdk f1world 5
5 andykarter f1world 5
6 jb not606 5
7 bls not606 5
8 teabagyokel cliptheapex 5
9 sardaor cliptheapex 5
10 mancini ja606 5(I haven't watched the race yet so the traditional race recap from me will have to wait
)
RE: F1 Prediction Game (Interforum League) 2015 - pob - 10-06-2015
Race recap:
An easy 1,2 for Mercedes, Hamilton's fourth win of the year ahead of Rosberg.
![[Image: M_A2_C7284.jpg]](http://s8.postimg.org/edc13mhpx/M_A2_C7284.jpg)
The Williams of Bottas beat Raikkonen's Ferrari to third place thanks to a spin at the hairpin by Raikkonen.
![[Image: Kimi_Raikkonen_Canadian_F1_Grand_Prix_s_Iif_CGa_Cf3.jpg]](http://s3.postimg.org/ywxtl6df7/Kimi_Raikkonen_Canadian_F1_Grand_Prix_s_Iif_CGa_Cf3.jpg)
Vettel and Massa both came through the field after both problems in qualifying to finish 5th and 6th respectively.
It was definitely a race where having the Mercedes engine was an advantage: the Renault engined Red Bulls and Toro Rossos were poor, the only highlight being Kvyat salvaging ninth place; the Sauber Ferraris and Marussia Ferraris were slow; both McLaren Hondas retired. In contrast the Lotus Mercedes had their best qualifying of the season, with Maldonado able to convert that to his first points finish of the season in 7th, but Grosjean with a scrappy race to 10th. The Force India Mercedes were also relatively quick, Hulkenburg taking a good 8th, although Perez was anonymous on a track that he is normally good at in 11th.
RE: F1 Prediction Game (Interforum League) 2015 - pob - 23-06-2015
Austria Results
Following their win in Canada, f1world take a 1-2 to jump up to second place in the league behind league leaders cliptheapex.
Amelia takes seventh place
for sportsbabble.Code:
Pos user forum zdkf1 points forum points
1 redfrog f1world 67 25
2 pdk f1world 56 18
3 bls not606 55 15
4 tranquilchaos ja606 55 12
5 wehateowls garagistasf1 52 10
6 sardaor cliptheapex 52 8
7 amelia sportsbabble 51 6
8 lyria grandprix 48 4
9 dreggsf1 f1onboard 44 2
10 teabagyokel cliptheapex 41 1Code:
23 stairs
20 scoLeague table
Pos_Forum__________Points
1___cliptheapex_____196
2___f1world_________126
3___grandprix_______107
4___not606___________94
5___ja606____________92
6___garagistasf1_____59
7___sportsbabble_____57
8___f1onboard________31
9___f1technical______29
10__v2_______________17
Individual championship
Not606's jb still leads the way on 364 points.
Teabagyokel from cliptheapex remains in second place on 342 points.
Lawrence from grandprix is still third on 332 points.
The best player from sportsbabble is sco in 17th place on 288 points (same score as me
). Quali trophy
Only f1world's pdk got close enough to the actual pole time to earn 2 points, which propels her into the lead.
11 other players got within 1% of the actual pole time for 1 point.
Here's the overall top 10:
Code:
pos user forum points
1 pdk f1world 7
2 pob various 7
3 greenlantern101 cliptheapex 7
4 andykarter f1world 6
5 jb not606 6
6 bls not606 6
7 chelseamf ja606 6
8 teabagyokel cliptheapex 6
9 wehateowls garagistasf1 5
10 sardaor cliptheapex 5Race recap:
Another 1-2 for Mercedes, but unusually Rosberg wins on merit ahead of Hamilton in second place. (With no disrespect intended towards Rosberg, him beating Hamilton in a direct battle is rare.)
Ferrari's Vettel loses third place to the Williams of Massa after a problem in the pits. Bottas in the second Williams takes fifth with some good overtakes. Raikkonen in the other Ferrari has a weekend to forget, qualifying poorly and then crashing scarily on the opening lap taking out Alonso:
![[Image: alonso-kimi-crash.gif]](http://i2.wp.com/wtf1.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/alonso-kimi-crash.gif)
Hulkenburg continues the momentum of his win at the 24 hours of Le Mans last week with a good sixth place in his Force India. His teammate Perez came 9th. Force India will use their new b-spec car from the next race.
Maldonado took 7th again in his Lotus after some hairy moments behind Verstappen's Toro Rosso who eventually came 8th:
![[Image: maldonado-spin.gif]](http://formula.hu/uploads/F1_Kepek/A/maldonado-spin.gif)
Ricciardo had a good race to 10th place in the Red Bull, coming through the field due to a poor qualifying exacerbated by grid penalties and a 5 second time penalty for using more than his season's power unit allocation. We're not even at the halfway point of the season, so many more grid penalties and time penalties are likely to hit the Renault engined Red Bulls and Toro Rossos as well as the Honda engined McLarens.
RE: F1 Prediction Game (Interforum League) 2015 - Amelia Chaffinch - 02-07-2015
Damn, I have missed the deadline
RE: F1 Prediction Game (Interforum League) 2015 - pob - 06-07-2015
So did I Amelia!
(if you remember you've forgotten, you can post your prediction here and I will include it in the league results if you post it before Free Practice 1. You can also email late predictions to support@zdkf1.com and they might add it to the website at their discretion.)Great Britain Results
It's a third win in a row, and another 1-2 for f1world, which slashes cliptheapex's lead in half to 35 points.
Sportsbabble didn't place in the top 10 this race
, but keep trying! 
Code:
Pos user forum zdkf1 points forum points
1 andykarter f1world 56 25
2 redfrog f1world 53 18
3 bls not606 52 15
4 chelseamf ja606 52 12
5 go_cellino_go ja606 48 10
6 jb not606 47 8
7 teabagyokel cliptheapex 47 6
8 mach grandprix 47 4
9 soccerman17 cliptheapex 47 2
10 wehateowls garagistasf1 46 1Code:
42 stairs
30 scoLeague table
Pos_Forum__________Points
1___cliptheapex_____204
2___f1world_________169
3___not606__________117
4___ja606___________114
5___grandprix_______111
6___garagistasf1_____60
7___sportsbabble_____57
8___f1onboard________31
9___f1technical______29
10__v2_______________17
Individual championship
Not606's jb still leads the way on 411 points.
Teabagyokel from cliptheapex remains in second place on 389 points.
Redfrog from f1world moves up to third on 379 points.
The best player from sportsbabble is sco in 22nd place on 318 points (same as me
). Quali trophy
Only 2 of the 23 predictions for this race scored points towards the Jarno Trulli Trophy: redfrog from f1world and jambo from cliptheapex got within 1% of the actual pole time for 1 point.
Here's the overall top 10:
Code:
pos user forum points
1 pdk f1world 7
2 pob various 7
3 greenlantern101 cliptheapex 7
4 andykarter f1world 6
5 bls not606 6
6 jb not606 6
7 teabagyokel cliptheapex 6
8 chelseamf ja606 6
9 redfrog f1world 6
10 wehateowls garagistasf1 5I haven't seen the race yet, so the recap will have to wait unless someone else wants to do the honours.
RE: F1 Prediction Game (Interforum League) 2015 - Amelia Chaffinch - 07-07-2015
I wouldn't have got first place right. I was going to plump for Rosberg again. But thanks for the tip.
RE: F1 Prediction Game (Interforum League) 2015 - pob - 07-07-2015
Race recap:
The Williams pair of Massa and Bottas got great starts off the grid to get ahead of the two Mercedes of Hamilton and Rosberg. Hamilton came back at Bottas before losing the place again when attacking Massa:
![[Image: HappygoluckyWateryBluetickcoonhound.gif]](http://giant.gfycat.com/HappygoluckyWateryBluetickcoonhound.gif)
Hamilton eventually managed to jump the pair at the pit stops to take the lead (Williams again showing their tactical naivety). Then the rain came... Rosberg used the Mercedes superior downforce in the damp to overtake both Williams to take second place and Vettel came from nowhere to claim third. Massa finished fourth and Bottas just held onto fifth from Kvyat in the Red Bull in sixth. The Force Indias had a good race in their B spec car, with 7th and 9th. Raikkonen in the second Ferrari fared badly in 8th after gambling early on changing to the intermediate tyres. Alonso claimed his first points finish of the season in 10th despite an early pit for a replacement front wing.
Ericsson in the Sauber was disappointed to miss out on points in 11th: another one to suffer with gambles on the intermediate tyres.
The Manor Marussia drivers trundled home 12th and 13th, two laps down.
As for those that retired: a first lap crash took care of both Lotus drivers and Button's McLaren, Nasr's Sauber didn't make the grid with gearbox issues, the Renault engines of Ricciardo (Red Bull) and Sainz (Toro Rosso) failed and Verstappen in the other Toro Rosso span off.
In the news, Lotus are facing a winding up order from creditors; Maldonado's millions in sponsorship should be enough for them to survive but there are rumours that they will be bought by Renault.
RE: F1 Prediction Game (Interforum League) 2015 - pob - 02-08-2015
Hungary Results
Elbando leads home a 1-2 for defending champions not606, their second win of the year.
Cliptheapex's lead is cut to just 30 points over f1world.
Stairs is on the podium in third place
and sco takes eighth for sportsbabble, moving the forum up a place in the league to sixth.Code:
Pos user forum zdkf1 points forum points
1 elbando not606 39 25
2 bls not606 34 18
3 stairs sportsbabble 32 15
4 wtcbu ja606 31 12
5 pob f1technical 29 10
6 mach grandprix 26 8
7 redfrog f1world 24 6
8 sco sportsbabble 24 4
9 tranquilchaos ja606 23 2
10 greenlantern101 cliptheapex 21 1Code:
noneLeague table
Pos_Forum__________Points
1___cliptheapex_____205
2___f1world_________175
3___not606__________160
4___ja606___________128
5___grandprix_______119
6___sportsbabble_____76
7___garagistasf1_____60
8___f1technical______39
9___f1onboard________31
10__v2_______________17
Individual championship
Not606's jb still leads the way on 430 points.
Bls, also from not606, has moved up to second on 412 points.
Teabagyokel from cliptheapex slips to third place on 409 points.
The best player from sportsbabble is sco in 19th place on 342 points.
Quali trophy
Redfrog from f1world and I scored the maximum possible 3 points. 8 players scored 2 points for being within 0.25% of the actual pole time, 7 others got within 1% for 1 point.
Here's the overall top 10:
Code:
pos user forum points
1 pob various 10
2 pdk f1world 9
3 greenlantern cliptheapex 9
4 redfrog f1world 9
5 bls not606 8
6 jb not606 8
7 chelseamf ja606 8
8 andykarter f1world 7
9 teabagyokel cliptheapex 7
10 mancini ja606 7RE: F1 Prediction Game (Interforum League) 2015 - pob - 02-08-2015
Race recap:
The f1 community mourned the loss of Jules Bianchi, who finally succumbed to the injuries he suffered in last year's Japanese Grand Prix. A minute of silence was held before the race start:
![[Image: tumblr_ns3fpt3eae1rhso5mo1_1280.jpg]](http://s14.postimg.org/b0hcce4f5/tumblr_ns3fpt3eae1rhso5mo1_1280.jpg)
For the second race in a row, the Mercedes were beaten off the line by cars behind, both Vettel and Raikkonen in the Ferraris got ahead of Hamilton and Rosberg. Hamilton then ran wide at the chicane and fell down to tenth place. Rosberg did not have the pace or desire to challenge the Ferraris ahead, but the prospect of a great 1-2 for the Italian team was brought to an end when Raikkonen started to experience problems with the hybrid part of his power unit.
The safety car was brought out so marshals could clean up the debris from Hulkenburg's front wing failing:
![[Image: OilyMatureBedbug.gif]](http://giant.gfycat.com/OilyMatureBedbug.gif)
At the restart, Hamilton collided with Ricciardo's Red Bull at turn 1. The stewards deemed Hamilton was at fault and he received a drive through penalty.
Mercedes had made a tactical error in putting Rosberg on the slower medium tyre when he pitted under the safety car, but even with this disadvantage, he was able to pass the ailing Raikkonen. Rosberg was then put under pressure from Ricciardo. The young Australian took a dive down the inside of the German and the two collided after Rosberg cut back in front of Ricciardo, damaging Ricciardo's front wing and puncturing Rosberg's tyre, ending both drivers chances of winning.
![[Image: Giant_Milky_Cowrie.gif]](http://s24.postimg.org/kz9qvn3ub/Giant_Milky_Cowrie.gif)
Vettel won, putting him on the same number of career wins as Ayrton Senna. The Red Bulls of Kvyat and Ricciardo were second and third, making it the first podium since Brazil 2013 that a Mercedes team driver has not been on the podium. Verstappen was lucky to get a great fourth for Toro Rosso: the team unusually chose to give him the undercut at the first pitstops to get him ahead of his teammate Sainz and then the stewards were perhaps too lenient in their choice of penalty for Verstappen speeding under the safety car.
Alonso gave McLaren their best result of the season so far with fifth place, and his teammate Button placed ninth.
Hamilton recovered from his various incidents to take sixth, a good result in light of the title race as at one point in the race it looked as if Rosberg was set to take the lead of the championship going into the summer break, but Rosberg's puncture meant he had to settle for eighth place.
The other points finishers were Grosjean in seventh for Lotus and Ericsson in tenth for Sauber.
Both Williams drivers had poor races: Bottas had a couple of collisions with Ricciardo and Verstappen; Massa never recovered from a 5 second penalty for causing the start of the race to be aborted by not lining up in his grid slot properly.
Maldonado kept the stewards busy, earning three penalties in total for crashing with Perez, speeding in the pitlane and overtaking behind the safety car.
RE: F1 Prediction Game (Interforum League) 2015 - pob - 28-08-2015
Belgium Results
Wtcbu takes ja606's first victory of 2015.
Cliptheapex extend their lead in the league to 51 points over f1world, with not606 another point further back.
Sco and stairs place sixth
and seventh respectively for sportsbabble. Code:
Pos user forum zdkf1 points forum points
1 wtcbu ja606 37 25
2 jambo cliptheapex 36 18
3 bls not606 35 15
4 pob f1technical 35 12
5 mach grandprix 35 10
6 sco sportsbabble 34 8
7 stairs sportsbabble 33 6
8 sardaor cliptheapex 32 4
9 go_cellino_go ja606 32 2
10 pdk f1world 32 1Code:
noneLeague table
Pos_Forum__________Points
1___cliptheapex_____227
2___f1world_________176
3___not606__________175
4___ja606___________155
5___grandprix_______129
6___sportsbabble_____90
7___garagistasf1_____60
8___f1technical______51
9___f1onboard________31
10__v2_______________17
Individual championship
Not606's jb still leads the way on 452 points.
Bls, also from not606, remains second on 447 points.
Teabagyokel from cliptheapex stays in third place on 435 points.
The best player from sportsbabble is sco in 16th place on 376 points.
Quali trophy
A difficult race for pole time predictions: only cliptheapex's sardaor got within 0.25% for 2 points this race; four others got within 1% for 1 point.
Here's the overall top 10:
Code:
pos user forum points
1 pob various 10
2 redfrog f1world 10
3 bls not606 9
4 pdk f1world 9
5 greenlantern cliptheapex 9
6 teabagyokel cliptheapex 8
7 sardaor cliptheapex 8
8 chelseamf ja606 8
9 jb not606 8
10 andykarter f1world 7Race recap:
Back to normal form with an easy one-two for Mercedes: Hamilton winning after Rosberg had a bad start.
Grosjean took the final spot on the podium for Lotus, which will be important for the team as their financial troubles continue while awaiting a possible takeover by Renault.
Ferrari's Vettel was running in third place until his tyre exploded with less than two laps to go. He was naturally unimpressed by this and took his wrath out on the tyre supplier Pirelli in the postrace interviews.
Kvyat raced well for Red Bull to fourth, and Perez in the Force India continued their good pace since introducing their b-spec car to take fifth.
Massa was sixth for Williams, Raikkonen seventh for Ferrari.
Verstappen placed eighth for Toro Rosso after some more great overtaking manoeuvres that belie his young age:
![[Image: UnawareBowedDrake.gif]](http://giant.gfycat.com/UnawareBowedDrake.gif)
Bottas was perhaps lucky to claim ninth for Williams, the stewards only penalising him with a drive through penalty for using an illegal combination of tyres. Ericsson took the final point for Sauber in tenth ahead of his teammate Nasr.
The McLarens of Alonso and Button were painfully slow on a "power" track, the horsepower deficit of their Honda engine being abundantly clear.