Guess the Pole 2006 results for Monaco

OK, so Schumi's qualifying results were scrapped, but since they were so for disciplinary rather than technical reasons, his "pole lap" will count in this game (see entry threads for -poorish- reference)...

Pole position: 73.898 seconds by Michael Flagmacher

Monaco results

Name			  Total Precision Top8 Driver Time(best 8) 

armonico			[b]18[/b]	 8	  10	 0	 73.950

Ric Bol			 [b]16[/b]	 8	   8	 0	 73.818

tbones			  [b]14[/b]	 8	   6	 0	 73.988

magicalonso		 [b]13[/b]	 8	   5	 0	 73.803

estoril85		   [b]12[/b]	 8	   4	 0	 73.801

dnbn				 [b]9[/b]	 6	   3	 0	 73.764

scheivlak			[b]8[/b]	 6	   2	 0	 74.047

mimin				[b]7[/b]	 4	   0	 3

boost				[b]6[/b]	 5	   1	 0	 73.605

D82				  [b]5[/b]	 2	   0	 3

GreenLantern		 [b]5[/b]	 2	   0	 3

jangkrik			 [b]5[/b]	 2	   0	 3

KWSN - DSM		   [b]5[/b]	 2	   0	 3

Leyser			   [b]5[/b]	 2	   0	 3

sek				  [b]5[/b]	 5	   0	 0

Alapan			   [b]4[/b]	 4	   0	 0

Apex				 [b]4[/b]	 4	   0	 0

Jimmino			  [b]4[/b]	 1	   0	 3

Makarias			 [b]4[/b]	 1	   0	 3

Punisher6			[b]4[/b]	 1	   0	 3

dworsham			 [b]3[/b]	 0	   0	 3

fisichella_2001	  [b]3[/b]	 3	   0	 0

kismet			   [b]3[/b]	 3	   0	 0

race addicted		[b]3[/b]	 3	   0	 0

Sergino			  [b]3[/b]	 3	   0	 0

StickShift		   [b]3[/b]	 3	   0	 0

WillieF1			 [b]3[/b]	 0	   0	 3

AcuraF1			  [b]2[/b]	 2	   0	 0

AussieF1			 [b]2[/b]	 2	   0	 0

d_view7			  [b]2[/b]	 2	   0	 0

Estwald			  [b]2[/b]	 2	   0	 0

jomaizta			 [b]2[/b]	 2	   0	 0

Ladaman			  [b]2[/b]	 2	   0	 0

skylark68			[b]2[/b]	 2	   0	 0

an1res			   [b]1[/b]	 1	   0	 0

LB				   [b]1[/b]	 1	   0	 0

Moanaman			 [b]1[/b]	 1	   0	 0

panzani			  [b]1[/b]	 1	   0	 0

shays				[b]1[/b]	 1	   0	 0

Zawed				[b]1[/b]	 1	   0	 0

Some very good guesses on a rather fast time, but none in combination with a guess on Michael.

The Popularity Pole
PP was set by Fernando Alonso, with a time of 74.771 seconds; 0.873 seconds off the actual pole. If the PP was an entry in the competition, it would have scored 2 points, for a total of 27 points.

This round had 40 entries; 5 guesses faster than pole, 35 slower than pole.
Slowest guess: 77.210 s
Fastest guess: 73.605 s
Pole man Michael Schumacher was guessed correctly by 27.5% of the entrants. Five different drivers were guessed for pole.
The entries

Overall standings

Name			  Total Precision Top8 Driver

jangkrik			[b]65[/b]	35	  18	12

dnbn				[b]58[/b]	34	  16	 8

armonico			[b]55[/b]	31	  16	 8

magicalonso		 [b]52[/b]	31	  13	 8

tbones			  [b]52[/b]	31	  17	 4

scheivlak		   [b]51[/b]	32	  15	 4

KWSN - DSM		  [b]46[/b]	24	  10	12

fisichella_2001	 [b]45[/b]	31	  10	 4

shays			   [b]45[/b]	25	   8	12

an1res			  [b]44[/b]	27	  13	 4

Jimmino			 [b]44[/b]	22	  10	12

boost			   [b]43[/b]	25	  10	 8

estoril85		   [b]43[/b]	29	  10	 4

AcuraF1			 [b]41[/b]	25	  12	 4

mimin			   [b]41[/b]	24	   5	12

d_view7			 [b]39[/b]	23	   8	 8

Alapan			  [b]36[/b]	25	   6	 5

Apex				[b]35[/b]	25	   2	 8

race addicted	   [b]35[/b]	21	   6	 8

Ric Bol			 [b]35[/b]	21	  10	 4

kismet			  [b]34[/b]	27	   4	 3

LB				  [b]33[/b]	23	   6	 4

StickShift		  [b]32[/b]	22	   2	 8

panzani			 [b]31[/b]	24	   7	 0

Punisher6		   [b]31[/b]	25	   3	 3

Makarias			[b]30[/b]	18	   0	12

WillieF1			[b]30[/b]	21	   6	 3

AussieF1			[b]29[/b]	24	   1	 4

jomaizta			[b]27[/b]	18	   5	 4

Ladaman			 [b]24[/b]	16	   0	 8

Moanaman			[b]23[/b]	23	   0	 0

SkorbiF1			[b]23[/b]	17	   2	 4

fifi				[b]22[/b]	13	   0	 9

sek				 [b]22[/b]	17	   1	 4

D82				 [b]21[/b]	14	   0	 7

Barty			   [b]20[/b]	16	   0	 4

gerry nassar		[b]20[/b]	10	  10	 0

Estwald			 [b]18[/b]	14	   0	 4

Jecko			   [b]16[/b]	10	   6	 0

Marcel Schot		[b]16[/b]	11	   0	 5

pungzilla		   [b]16[/b]	12	   0	 4

dworsham			[b]15[/b]	 8	   0	 7

Zawed			   [b]14[/b]	14	   0	 0

windsok			 [b]13[/b]	10	   3	 0

GreenLantern		[b]12[/b]	 9	   0	 3

SeanValen		   [b]12[/b]	 7	   0	 5

skylark68		   [b]12[/b]	12	   0	 0

Cittànuova		  [b]11[/b]	 6	   0	 5

330R				[b]10[/b]	 8	   2	 0

Crazy Canuck		 [b]9[/b]	 9	   0	 0

Kooper			   [b]8[/b]	 8	   0	 0

DeathMasteR		  [b]6[/b]	 6	   0	 0

Leyser			   [b]5[/b]	 2	   0	 3

Marilyn Manson	   [b]5[/b]	 5	   0	 0

Will				 [b]4[/b]	 4	   0	 0

Sergino			  [b]3[/b]	 3	   0	 0

fillern			  [b]1[/b]	 1	   0	 0

Sammyed			  [b]1[/b]	 1	   0	 0

The gaps are getting smaller at the top, and the excitement is immense.

Let me see if I understand:
If the pole is lost due to a driver's intentional fault and he goes to the end of the grid you call it disciplinary and the pole stands;
On the other hand, if the engine explodes and the driver loses 10 positions due to a dumb rule you call it technical and - even though the driver goes to the press interviews as poler - you void it.

Very clever ... you punish the ones at no fault and gives a prize to the unsportmanship ones.

Totally agree with panzani (and I didn't pick Alonso).

To be clear, I don't hand out any prizes to Michael for this. In fact I'll never tell him about it.

I recognise technical infringement penalties because technical infringements may give the driver a speed advantage he wouldn't have if the car is within technical rules constraints. Even an engine change before qualifying could allow a driver to run the new engine on higher revs in qualifying.

I disregard disciplinary penalties because even if a driver has acted unsportsmanlike, the time would still be the closest representative of what was possible speed wise with a legal car in the qualifying session.

2nd this time!!!!

GO RIC GO

Thanks for your answer Maka - even though I disagree I obviously accept it, as long as it is clearly stated since the first run of your game. But I think you should consider changing it for next year anyway. Yesterday's farce showed that "if a driver has acted unsportsmanlike, the time would NOT still be the closest representative of what was possible speed wise with a legal car in the qualifying session", it could be slower than that.

And please, believe me, I did not complain because I picked Alonso up as the poler - actually I just realised it after dnbn's post. I just thought it was unfair.

CU in the British weekend!

Schumacher handed me the first position with his antic!

I can't believe it!!



Makarias: thanks for your precious time.