and... err... Magny Cours 
This is being a repetitive pattern in my (pathetic) intros to this guessing game: I say ironies about the circuit and I say how good were the classic one, but in the end I rescue somehow its qualities. I'm sorry for the lack of variety but I think about 80-90% of current F1 fans could say nowadays tracks are not particularly great (with exceptions). Anyway, they are not so bad (and so good neither) and modern facilities are great(?),etc... can you see the pattern happening again?
To ask rhetorically who can win this race seems superfluous, and I don't have to name any driver for this particular question ;) More and more often, people resign to guess that-driver as win and play with the two lower podium positions. With all this determinism how are we supposed to catch the leaders!
I just watched Stars Wars Episode II: really great even if we knew who were going to win at the end... oh, I was talking about the film.
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It consists in guessing the three firsts in F1 races. You do an ordered guess (i.e. MS-JPM-RS) and a score is given according to real podium results. The scoring system is as explained here:
Suppose you do the guess MS-JPM-RS.
If MS is 1st, 3 points
if MS is 2nd, 2 points
if MS is 3rd, 1 point
If JPM is 1st, 2 points
if JPM is 2nd, 2 points
if JPM is 3rd, 1 point
If RS is 1st, 2nd or 3rd, 1 point
It another driver makes a podium position, it doesn't give any points.
The key for this system is not "gambling" on the exact position but to do a realistic shot at the relative merit of each driver in that GP. For instance, you are not penalized for JPM being first and not 2nd, as the penalty comes by not scoring with MS's first position.
In order to have a reference I will enter two "dummy" players: Bernie and Max (the names were chosen randomly ). Bernie always guesses the firsts three qualifyers, and Max always guesses the firsts three classified in WDC current points table. Can you outscore B&M?
Any guess can be done before one hour before the official first start of the race. We will use the "official" Atlas Forum clock to resolve close entries.
Sometimes ;) I calculate a new secundary classification with average score to give an opportunity to no so constant players, that fail to guess from time to time.
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gerry, Estwald , can you send me thru private messaging what software you use predicting podiums? Is it Perl, Python, Mapple, Metastock, APL? What database you use? Are you going to sell your secret to me? $500, $750, $1000?
To Viss1, Ghostrider, SeanValen, Makarias (who came back from his vacation), sek, dynamite7 : don't leave the fight! gerry nassar and Estwald are the currently the best and the best have to win this game
but there are still many races and maybe one day DC can win and someone can gain a lot of ground in the ranking ;) Or both of Williams can end the race... can you imagine? A wealth of surprises are waiting to happend (I suppose...).And now, just to say good luck and a nice weekend (in and out of F1) for everyone
Thanks for participate and for your humor in the comments
The optimist in me tells me my luck has got to change sometime!
Anyway, I hope this counts.
A sign of things to come from Kimi, take the positive. 
