Grid penalties are ignored if and only if they are due to disciplinary reasons.
Deadline:
Entries are accepted only if they are submitted/edited before First Free Practice.
Entries that are edited after the beginning of First Free Practice but before I have registered the entries will be ignored.
Scoring rules
-The best ten guessers (closest to the actual pole position time) Score points F1 style, 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1.
-Precision points are given to every participant whose guess was sufficiently close to the actual pole position time according to this list:
<-----------Time offsets----------->
Pts Default Modified Layout New Track [s]
25 - 0.100 - 0.200 - 0.300
18 - 0.200 - 0.400 - 0.600
15 - 0.400 - 0.800 - 1.200
12 - 0.600 - 1.200 - 1.800
10 - 0.800 - 1.600 - 2.400
8 - 1.000 - 2.000 - 3.000
6 - 1.200 - 2.400 - 3.600
4 - 1.500 - 3.000 - 4.500
2 - 1.800 - 3.600 - 5.400
1 - 2.500 - 5.000 - 7.500
Pts Default Modified Layout New Track [s]
25 - 0.100 - 0.200 - 0.300
18 - 0.200 - 0.400 - 0.600
15 - 0.400 - 0.800 - 1.200
12 - 0.600 - 1.200 - 1.800
10 - 0.800 - 1.600 - 2.400
8 - 1.000 - 2.000 - 3.000
6 - 1.200 - 2.400 - 3.600
4 - 1.500 - 3.000 - 4.500
2 - 1.800 - 3.600 - 5.400
1 - 2.500 - 5.000 - 7.500
The first race of the season counts as a Modified Layout unless it's brand new.
A track that wasn't used the previous season also counts as a Modified Layout.
A track that hasn't been used for the previous five seasons counts as a New Track.
-Driver Points are given for correctly guessing the driver to take pole position. The amount of points given depends on the current value of the driver, according to this list:
Pts Recent qualifying results
18 0 front row starts in the previous five races
13 1 front row start in the previous five races
9 2 front row starts in the previous five races
6 3 front row starts in the previous five races
4 4 front row starts in the previous five races
3 5 front row starts in the previous five races
18 0 front row starts in the previous five races
13 1 front row start in the previous five races
9 2 front row starts in the previous five races
6 3 front row starts in the previous five races
4 4 front row starts in the previous five races
3 5 front row starts in the previous five races
2012 standings after Canada
Three latest poles at Hungary:
Year Driver Pole time (s)
2011 Vettel 79.815
2010 Vettel 78.773
2009 Alonso 81.569
Driver values:
Dri val
Calculate driver values yourself based on the front rows from Monaco to Germany according to the table above!
2012 data:
Time 2011 PP 2011 FL 2011 Q2 2012/2011 2012/11FL 2012/11Q2
GP Pole #2 (s) (s) (s) (s) (%) (%) (%)
OZ Hami Butt 84.922 83.529 88.947 84.090 101.668 95.475 100.989
MAL Hami Butt 96.219 94.870 100.571 95.569 101.422 95.673 100.680
CHN Rosb Schu 95.121 94.558 98.993 94.486 100.595 96.089 100.672
BAH Vett Hami 92.422 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
ESP Mald Alon 82.285 80.981 86.727 81.540 101.610 94.878 100.914
MON Schu Webb 74.301 73.556 76.234 74.275 101.013 97.464 100.035
CAN Vett Hami 73.784 73.014 76.956 73.431 101.055 95.878 100.481
EUR 96.975 101.852 97.305
GB 90.399 94.908 91.640
GER ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
HUN 79.815 83.415 80.262
BEL 108.298 109.883 122.768
ITA 82.275 86.187 82.914
SIN 104.381 108.454 104.931
JAP 90.466 96.568 91.139
KOR 95.820 99.605 96.526
IND 84.178 87.249 84.657
ABU 98.481 102.612 98.434
USA ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
BRA 71.918 75.324 72.446
My guess for Hungary is 80.629 s by Sebastian Vettel.
