New season, same game rules as last year. F1 has however changed the Q3 rules to low fuel qualifying, which should make laptimes faster.
On the other hand the new car designs may be a bit slower due to the no refueling rule, and
BAHRAIN IS MODIFIED: As the first race of the season, it would have scored as a Modified track anyway, and now it actually IS modified!
Old perimeter: 5412 m
New perimeter: 6299 m
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain_International_Circuit
The new layout is 16.39% longer than the old one, and the twistiness of the new part should make the average speeds lower.
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 old 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 final standings
Three latest poles at Bahrain:
Year Driver Pole time (s)
2009 Trulli 93.431 (Old layout)
2008 Kubica 93.096
2007 Massa 92.652
Late 2009 front rows:
GP Pole #2
ITA Hami Suti
SIN Hami Vett
JAP Vett Trul
BRA Barr Webb
ABU Hami Vett
Driver values:
Dri val
Hami 2
Vett 2
Barr 4
Suti 4
Trul 4
Webb 4
REST 5
My guess for Bahrain is 111.865 s by Fernando Alonso.
