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Remember to consider the whole weekend, not just the race.
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Step 1 - GP takes place & voting opens
Step 2 - Everybody votes for the three drivers they genuinely think did well in the GP. One top driver and two running up. If I feel you are simply voting for the fav driver each time I'll put you on the blacklist for a while. (I won't be voting myself, to make it fairer) Also not arguing over somebody elses votes or again on the blacklist you go. Posts should be along the lines of:

...Top Drive: Driver X - The one guy who impressed you most over the GP Weekend

...Runner Ups : Driver Y, Driver Z - The next two guys who impressed you.

Make it clear which Schumacher you mean, and which driver is Top Drive. Don't use the abbreviation MS without further clarification, as it could mean both Michael Schumacher and Mika Salo.

Step 3- Voting will close in about a week

Step 4 - I'll add up the total number of votes. 2 pts for a top vote and 1 for a runner-up vote. This will produce a 'race result'. Should drivers have the same voting score then I will split them by who has had the most Top Votes. If that fails then simply in race result order.

Step 5 - The drivers will then be awarded championship points on a 10-6-4-3-2-1 system.
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Rate the race
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Please rate the race from 0-10, using the following guide.

Quality of race
This should be a reflection of how good the race was, not how much you liked the results. Please don't give it a one or two just because driver X failed to win the championship. Think about how much it had your pulse racing and you guessing at what the end result was going to be. Use the guide below to help, and think carefully. Try to compare it not just to the last few races, but all the grand prix you've ever watched. Votes of 9 and 10 should be quite rare.

10 The best race I've ever seen
9 Contender for the best race of the last few seasons
8 Contender for the best race of the season
7 Brilliant race, I was on the edge of my seat for a lot of the race
6 Better than average, more than a few on the edge the seat moments
5 An average race, nothing spectacular but worth watching
4 Below average, too few exciting moments
3 Well, there was one or two moments of interest
2 That was completely predictable
1 I struggled to watch it all the way through
0 I slept through most of it

Satisfaction with the results
Please also rate the race in terms of how satisfied you are with the results. This one
should be based on if driver X wins the championship or not! Also factors such controversy
over DQ's that sour the event should be considered.

10 All the right results, and done with style
9 All the right results, if not in the best manner
8 Mostly the right results
7 Mostly the right results with a bit of luck
6 Some of drivers/teams I liked did well
5 Neither happy nor sad with the results
4 My likes didn't quite manage to do well
3 My likes did quite badly
2 My likes did quite badly and my dislikes did good
1 All the wrong drivers/teams did very well but I'll give them credit for doing it well
0 All the wrong drivers/teams did very well and the right ones did badly

Note: people who are on the Voting Championship blacklist can still participate in Rate the race.

Rating averages so far:

Australia: Quality 6.54; Satisfaction 6.46
Malaysia: Quality 5.87; Satisfaction 5.77
Brazil: Quality 6.57; Satisfaction 5.80
San Marino: Quality 2.38; Satisfaction 5.68

#1: Heidfeld

#2s: Schumacher the elder and Frentzen



Quality: 5
Satisfaction: 6

Top Drive: David Coulthard

Runner Ups : Michael Schumacher, Heinz Harald Frentzen

Quality: 6
Satisfaction: 2

1 DC
2 Frentzen
2 Button

1. Coulthard
2. Frentzen
3. M Schumacher

Quality. 6
Satisfaction. 5

1. HHF
2. DC
3. JV

Quality: 3
Satisfaction: 2

1. Coulthard
2. M Schumacher
3. Frentzen

Quality: 4
Satisfaction: 7

1. D Coulthard
2. H H Frentzen
3. J Button

Quality: 4
Satisfaction: 3

Winner: Frentzen - 10th saturday and a point in the race.

Runner-ups: Coulthard, Nick Heidfeld

Too bad I can't vote for Massa

Quality: 4
Satisfaction: 6, due to Massa and Massa alone.

winner : HHF

runners up: button and Heidfeld

quality = 3
satisfaction - 5

Topdrive:HHF
runner-ups DC and Heidfeld .
quality 4
Satisfaction 5

1. HHF
2. DC
3. Hiedfeld

Satifaction: 4
Quality: 2

Winner - HH Frentzen - fantastic drive, can't fault his performance over the weekend.

Runners-up - N Heidfeld - again, faultless all weekend.
M Schumacher - boring, but fantastic again

Satisfaction - 7
Quality - 6 (Much better than Imola, but not up to the standard of the first 2 races)

Top Drive: HHF
Runners Up: Msch, DC

Quality: 3
Satisfaction: 7

1. M Schumacher
2. HH Frentzen
3. N Heidfeld

Quality: 5
Satisfaction: 8

1 Frentzen
2 DC , MSc

Q - 2
S - 4

Just for old Moanie

1st MS
2nd = MS and MS

since Makky is too afraid to do this....

ANYONE WHO GIVES THE AMBIGUOUS VOTE FOR 'MS' OR THE EQUAL VAGUE 'SCHUMACHER' WILL HEREBY BE SLAPPED WITH A SALMON AND CALLED AN IDIOT

okay is there an option for

" the race sucked so voting for drive of the race is pointless " ? If so I'll take that one

oh btw .. I'll expect Michael Schumacher to end his next victorious post race press confrence with a thick Austrian accent saying " I'll be back "

1. HHF
2. DC
3. Heidfeld

Quality: 4
Satisfaction: 6

Honourable mentions: Kimi and MSchu. JPM, Button etc aswell.

Did that hurt LB?

Top Drive: Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Runners Up: David Coulthard, Michael Schumacher

Quality: 4
Satisfaction: 7

1st - M Schumacher, again faultless, great qualifying final run
2nd - HHF, excellent race, very good quals
3d - Nick Heidfeld - good race

Quality of race - 5
Satisfaction with results - 6

1st: M Schumacher
2nd: Heidfeld
3rd: Massa

Quality: 0
Satisfaction: 5

1. Räikkönen
2. Heidfeld
3. Coulthard

quality: 3
satisfaction: 2

Top: M Schumacher
Rups: HH Frentzen, D Coulthard

Quality: 5

1. H. Frentzen. Top drive, shame he drives for Arrows
2. J. Montoya. Had a great race, considering he didnt expect to finish, and able to ovfercome a rather faulty pitstop.
2. A. McNish. He's the only other person who had a decent race.

Quality - 3
Satisfaction - 3. Would have been 7, but HHF drives for Arrows.... :\

Top drive DC

Runners up MS & poor old Button


Quality 5

Satisfaction 6

1st MSch, Pole, fastest race lap, win, didn't interfere with the race for places 5-7 instead slowed down a bit
2nd Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Nice showing the entire weekend
3rd Nick Heidfeld. Strong the entire weekend.

Notable mentions, FM, JB, JT.

Quality 6. (There was a lot of action for the places 4-6)

Satisfaction 8

Top Drive: Michael Schumacher
Runner Ups : Kimi Räikkönen, Heinz Harald Frentzen
Quality: 5
Satisfaction: 1

We need the poll "who's more unlucky, Kimi or Rubens".

Top: Coulthard
#2: Frentzen
#3: M. Schumacher
Quality: 6, mainly because the world feed finally showed some footage of the mid-pack battles
Satisfaction: 6

1 Frentzen
2 Heidfeld, M Schumacher

Quality: 5
Satisfaction: 5

1. big shoe
2. monty
2. frenzy

quality: 6
satisfaction :4

1 Heidfeld
2 HHF, Massa


Quality: 3
Satisfaction: 2

Top Drive: Heinz-Harald Frenzten
Runners Up: Nick Heidfeld, Panis

Quality: 2
Satisfaction: 6

Holy shit, is this voting closed now or what.