How to enter: Just submit your guess for what the pole time will be, and who you think will take pole.
Ten position 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 eight guessers (closest to the actual pole position time) Score points F1 style, 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.
-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]
10 - 0.050 - 0.100 - 0.150
8 - 0.100 - 0.200 - 0.300
6 - 0.200 - 0.400 - 0.600
5 - 0.400 - 0.800 - 1.200
4 - 0.600 - 1.200 - 1.800
3 - 0.800 - 1.600 - 2.400
2 - 1.200 - 2.400 - 3.600
1 - 2.000 - 4.000 - 6.000
Pts Default Modified Layout New Track [s]
10 - 0.050 - 0.100 - 0.150
8 - 0.100 - 0.200 - 0.300
6 - 0.200 - 0.400 - 0.600
5 - 0.400 - 0.800 - 1.200
4 - 0.600 - 1.200 - 1.800
3 - 0.800 - 1.600 - 2.400
2 - 1.200 - 2.400 - 3.600
1 - 2.000 - 4.000 - 6.000
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
5 0 front row starts in the previous five races
4 1 front row start in the previous five races
3 2 front row starts in the previous five races
2 3-5 front row starts in the previous five races
5 0 front row starts in the previous five races
4 1 front row start in the previous five races
3 2 front row starts in the previous five races
2 3-5 front row starts in the previous five races
2009 standings
Three latest poles at Japan-Suzuka:
Year Driver Pole time (s)
2006 Massa 89.599
2005 R Schumacher 106.106
2004 M Schumacher 93.542
Driver values:
Dri val
Hami 2
Vett 3
Alon 4
Fisi 4
Kova 4
Suti 4
Trul 4
REST 5
2009 data:
Time 2008 2008 fastest 2009/2008
GP Pole #2 (s) pole(s) race lap (s) (%)
OZ Butt Barr 86.202 86.714 87.418 99.410
MAL Butt Trul 95.181 95.748 95.366 99.408
CHN Vett Alon 96.184 96.303 96.325 99.876
BAH Trul Gloc 93.431 93.096 93.193 100.360
ESP Butt Vett 80.527 81.813 81.670 98.428
MON Butt Räik 74.902 75.787 76.689 98.832
TUR Vett Butt 88.316 87.617 86.506 100.798
GB Vett Barr 79.509 81.049 92.150 98.100
GER Webb Barr 92.230 ------ ------ ------
HUN Alon Vett 81.569 80.899 81.195 100.828
EUR Hami Kova 99.498 98.989 98.708 100.514
BEL Fisi Trul 106.308 107.338 107.930 99.040
ITA Hami Suti 84.066 97.555 88.047 86.173
SIN Hami Vett 107.891 104.801 105.599 102.948
JAP ------ ------ ------
BRA 72.368 73.736
ABU ------ ------ ------
My guess for Japan is 90.981 s by Lewis Hamilton.
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