The standings after the Japanese GP:
[b]Pos Name             Tot Latest [/b]

1)  Costaz           528 23

2)  LB               518 25

3)  Moanaman         515 25

4)  KWSN - DSM       514 22

5)  AcuraF1          513 21

=   Makarias         513 23

7)  armonico         511 22

8)  turin            510 25

9)  paranoik0        509 23

10) magicalonso      506 21

11) D82              502 23

=   Kooper           502 23

=   meheeco          502 23

14) arcsine          500 29

=   scheivlak        500 22

16) Estwald          498 23

17) dnbn             492 23

=   kismet           492 24

19) jomaizta         488 16

20) fisichella_2001  483 22

21) esorniloc        482 19

22) race addicted    479 23

23) Crazy Canuck     478 23

24) Zawed            471 23

25) coyoteBR         470 19

=   lukywill         470 20

27) Alapan           467 23

28) HoldenRT         466 19

29) jokuvaan         461 28

30) Gilles4Ever      459 21

=   shays            459 19

=   skylark68        459 19

33) mimin            456 24

34) an1res           454 16

35) Apex             451 23

36) kNt              448 14

=   Xig              448 17

38) control          443 14

39) TT6              440 24

40) DeathMasteR      435 20

The scores were pretty acceptable despite Lewis winning and Sutil finishing 8th, thanks to the good result for the Renaults.
Popularity Poll: 480 points, 24 points in Belgium.

The entries

The Drivers' list


[b]Driver         Expect  Surprise Beat[/b]

                 %       %       #

Vettel         INFIN    100,0   40

Sutil          444,4     16,7   36

Sato           313,7     33,3   35

Hamilton       211,4    144,6   40

Coulthard      127,1     37,1   28

Heidfeld       121,7     66,7   32

Alonso         106,9     82,6   25

Rosberg         92,3     35,7   20

Webber          92,0     33,3   18

Massa           91,4     58,8   15

Räikkönen       89,8     63,8   12

Kubica          89,5     49,3   13

Wurz            83,6     28,3   18

Kovalainen      64,3     35,7    2

Fisichella      44,4     29,6    1

Trulli          44,2     17,1    4

Schumacher      28,1     11,4    2

Button           5,3      3,1    0

Just four players had placed anything on Sutil, so he easily outscores the average expectation (pending the Toro Rosso appeal). DC also makes it past 100%. Funny how DC only has scored points from reasonably high finishes, twice fifth and now fourth, whereas the usual midfielder thing is to score the odd point here and there.

EXPLANATIONS:
Expect: Expectation fulfillment. The driver's current points score as a percentage of the average points placed on him (not rounded off to integer points)
Surprise: The driver's points score as a percentage of the maximum points placed on him plus one. When this number is reached, the driver has achieved a 100% surprise, by beating the highest expectations on him for this season.
Beat: How many players' expectations the driver has managed to beat. The maximum amount is the number of entrants for the season; for 2007 this is 40.

Guesses on the latest points scorers:


Hamilton        107 [b]Kovalainen       30 [/b]Räikkönen        90 [b]Coulthard        13 [/b]Fisichella       21 [b]Massa            80 [/b]Kubica           35 [b]Sutil             1 [/b]

[b]AcuraF1          73 [/b]TT6              83 [b]mimin           140 [/b]race addicted    34 [b]an1res           70 [/b]mimin           135 [b]an1res           70 [/b]mimin             5

[b]KWSN - DSM       70 [/b]jokuvaan         67 [b]jokuvaan        133 [/b]HoldenRT         27 [b]shays            67 [/b]Gilles4Ever     116 [b]jokuvaan         58 [/b]coyoteBR          2

[b]Costaz           69 [/b]LB               67 [b]Gilles4Ever     129 [/b]Xig              23 [b]skylark68        66 [/b]meheeco         112 [b]scheivlak        56 [/b]arcsine           1

[b]LB               69 [/b]DeathMasteR      64 [b]paranoik0       125 [/b]coyoteBR         22 [b]Zawed            61 [/b]paranoik0       111 [b]Alapan           55 [/b]scheivlak         1

[b]Makarias         66 [/b]an1res           61 [b]shays           119 [/b]arcsine          16 [b]TT6              60 [/b]skylark68       111 [b]LB               55 [/b]AcuraF1           0

[b]skylark68        65 [/b]race addicted    60 [b]TT6             118 [/b]shays            16 [b]kismet           58 [/b]AcuraF1         109 [b]coyoteBR         53 [/b]Alapan            0

[b]D82              64 [/b]esorniloc        59 [b]fisichella_2001 116 [/b]Apex             15 [b]KWSN - DSM       56 [/b]turin           105 [b]KWSN - DSM       51 [/b]an1res            0

[b]DeathMasteR      61 [/b]KWSN - DSM       59 [b]Kooper          115 [/b]Zawed            15 [b]Crazy Canuck     54 [/b]D82             100 [b]mimin            50 [/b]Apex              0

[b]Kooper           60 [/b]Costaz           58 [b]D82             113 [/b]dnbn             14 [b]Makarias         54 [/b]jokuvaan         99 [b]D82              49 [/b]armonico          0

[b]meheeco          60 [/b]Kooper           58 [b]turin           113 [/b]Moanaman         14 [b]kNt              53 [/b]Moanaman         99 [b]Estwald          49 [/b]control           0

[b]an1res           59 [/b]jomaizta         56 [b]Estwald         112 [/b]jokuvaan         13 [b]LB               53 [/b]Estwald          98 [b]Moanaman         49 [/b]Costaz            0

[b]armonico         58 [/b]Makarias         56 [b]Crazy Canuck    111 [/b]LB               13 [b]Xig              53 [/b]jomaizta         98 [b]paranoik0        46 [/b]Crazy Canuck      0

[b]fisichella_2001  56 [/b]armonico         54 [b]kismet          109 [/b]skylark68        12 [b]control          52 [/b]Alapan           96 [b]control          44 [/b]D82               0

[b]magicalonso      55 [/b]Estwald          53 [b]Makarias        106 [/b]TT6              11 [b]fisichella_2001  52 [/b]Crazy Canuck     94 [b]lukywill         42 [/b]DeathMasteR       0

[b]race addicted    55 [/b]AcuraF1          52 [b]scheivlak       105 [/b]an1res           10 [b]DeathMasteR      51 [/b]esorniloc        92 [b]meheeco          42 [/b]dnbn              0

[b]TT6              55 [/b]meheeco          52 [b]AcuraF1         104 [/b]control          10 [b]Apex             50 [/b]magicalonso      91 [b]Costaz           41 [/b]esorniloc         0

[b]turin            55 [/b]arcsine          48 [b]control         104 [/b]turin            10 [b]Costaz           49 [/b]coyoteBR         90 [b]Makarias         41 [/b]Estwald           0

[b]esorniloc        53 [/b]fisichella_2001  48 [b]Zawed           103 [/b]esorniloc         9 [b]lukywill         49 [/b]kismet           90 [b]kismet           40 [/b]fisichella_2001   0

[b]Estwald          52 [/b]Gilles4Ever      48 [b]Alapan          102 [/b]fisichella_2001   9 [b]paranoik0        48 [/b]TT6              87 [b]Kooper           40 [/b]Gilles4Ever       0

[b]control          50 [/b]Xig              46 [b]arcsine         102 [/b]kismet            9 [b]Estwald          47 [/b]Costaz           86 [b]armonico         39 [/b]HoldenRT          0

[b]Crazy Canuck     50 [/b]kismet           45 [b]lukywill        101 [/b]scheivlak         9 [b]jomaizta         47 [/b]KWSN - DSM       85 [b]HoldenRT         39 [/b]jokuvaan          0

[b]paranoik0        50 [/b]coyoteBR         42 [b]Apex            100 [/b]AcuraF1           8 [b]turin            47 [/b]Kooper           82 [b]kNt              39 [/b]jomaizta          0

[b]scheivlak        50 [/b]scheivlak        42 [b]dnbn            100 [/b]armonico          8 [b]armonico         46 [/b]Makarias         82 [b]Crazy Canuck     38 [/b]kismet            0

[b]coyoteBR         49 [/b]lukywill         41 [b]Costaz           97 [/b]D82               7 [b]HoldenRT         46 [/b]fisichella_2001  81 [b]turin            37 [/b]kNt               0

[b]kismet           49 [/b]Crazy Canuck     40 [b]meheeco          96 [/b]DeathMasteR       7 [b]meheeco          46 [/b]arcsine          80 [b]arcsine          36 [/b]Kooper            0

[b]Moanaman         47 [/b]HoldenRT         40 [b]LB               93 [/b]magicalonso       7 [b]AcuraF1          45 [/b]armonico         79 [b]magicalonso      36 [/b]KWSN - DSM        0

[b]lukywill         46 [/b]kNt              39 [b]armonico         91 [/b]Alapan            6 [b]Kooper           44 [/b]DeathMasteR      79 [b]race addicted    36 [/b]LB                0

[b]Apex             45 [/b]D82              38 [b]DeathMasteR      91 [/b]Costaz            6 [b]dnbn             42 [/b]shays            78 [b]dnbn             33 [/b]lukywill          0

[b]jomaizta         44 [/b]Moanaman         38 [b]KWSN - DSM       89 [/b]mimin             6 [b]esorniloc        41 [/b]scheivlak        77 [b]shays            33 [/b]magicalonso       0

[b]Gilles4Ever      43 [/b]skylark68        38 [b]magicalonso      88 [/b]jomaizta          5 [b]Gilles4Ever      41 [/b]dnbn             75 [b]AcuraF1          31 [/b]Makarias          0

[b]arcsine          42 [/b]Apex             35 [b]race addicted    88 [/b]kNt               5 [b]race addicted    41 [/b]LB               74 [b]Zawed            31 [/b]meheeco           0

[b]kNt              40 [/b]dnbn             35 [b]esorniloc        87 [/b]paranoik0         5 [b]Alapan           40 [/b]control          72 [b]skylark68        30 [/b]Moanaman          0

[b]HoldenRT         39 [/b]turin            35 [b]Moanaman         87 [/b]Estwald           4 [b]arcsine          38 [/b]lukywill         72 [b]Xig              28 [/b]paranoik0         0

[b]jokuvaan         39 [/b]Alapan           34 [b]jomaizta         85 [/b]Gilles4Ever       4 [b]mimin            38 [/b]Xig              72 [b]esorniloc        27 [/b]race addicted     0

[b]Zawed            39 [/b]magicalonso      34 [b]HoldenRT         83 [/b]Kooper            4 [b]Moanaman         37 [/b]Apex             70 [b]fisichella_2001  26 [/b]shays             0

[b]Alapan           36 [/b]paranoik0        33 [b]Xig              82 [/b]KWSN - DSM        4 [b]magicalonso      36 [/b]race addicted    68 [b]jomaizta         25 [/b]skylark68         0

[b]dnbn             35 [/b]Zawed            33 [b]coyoteBR         76 [/b]lukywill          4 [b]D82              35 [/b]HoldenRT         67 [b]Gilles4Ever      22 [/b]TT6               0

[b]Xig              33 [/b]mimin            31 [b]kNt              76 [/b]Crazy Canuck      3 [b]jokuvaan         33 [/b]an1res           66 [b]Apex             20 [/b]turin             0

[b]shays            24 [/b]shays            25 [b]skylark68        70 [/b]Makarias          3 [b]scheivlak        33 [/b]Zawed            64 [b]TT6              15 [/b]Xig               0

[b]mimin            20 [/b]control          20 [b]an1res           52 [/b]meheeco           2 [b]coyoteBR         12 [/b]kNt              60 [b]DeathMasteR      12 [/b]Zawed             0

Even a second place finish didn't move Heikki much up his list; the season has been way below expectations for the Renault team.

The PTPC forecast
[b]Name             Forecast[/b]

Costaz           561,1   7,2

turin            553,3   6,8

Moanaman         548,3   8,7

AcuraF1          546,1   6,2

paranoik0        546,1   4,4

Makarias         541,3   8,9

Estwald          539,7   3,8

D82              539,3   5,4

LB               538,5  12,1

armonico         535,7   9,8

Kooper           535,3   9,0

KWSN - DSM       535,3   7,7

scheivlak        535,2   7,8

meheeco          532,0   6,1

magicalonso      530,6   7,6

kismet           527,3   9,0

arcsine          525,1  14,3

jomaizta         520,1   5,4

dnbn             517,3  10,4

Crazy Canuck     513,3   6,5

fisichella_2001  512,0   8,5

lukywill         510,7   0,3

Alapan           508,3   5,3

esorniloc        505,7   7,2

jokuvaan         500,1   8,1

coyoteBR         497,5   8,8

Zawed            495,5  11,5

race addicted    493,5  13,1

Gilles4Ever      490,3   6,5

shays            490,1   0,7

mimin            489,1   4,2

HoldenRT         486,0  10,9

skylark68        482,3   8,8

an1res           481,3   8,0

Apex             476,5  12,0

kNt              473,4   2,2

TT6              469,7   9,4

Xig              469,2   8,0

control          468,7   1,1

DeathMasteR      448,4   7,0

Forecasts reacted positively for Heikki's podium, except for control and shays. The Alonso DNF made lukywill suffer.