[b]Pos Name Tot Latest [/b] 1) AcuraF1 597 30 2) kismet 588 17 3) ville 587 13 4) Mr_London 586 21 5) D82 585 18 6) Xig 583 18 7) kNt 581 11 = Moanaman 581 19 9) Makarias 580 21 = turin 580 27 11) Apex 579 13 12) Estwald 577 22 13) LB 576 12 = paranoik0 576 15 15) FlashMaster 575 11 16) fisichella_2001 574 28 = panzani 574 15 18) dnbn 573 12 = shays 573 18 20) Kooper 572 9 = race addicted 572 8 22) SkorbiF1 571 19 23) scheivlak 568 21 24) skylark68 567 17 25) 1george 566 17 26) Crazy Canuck 564 22 27) gerry nassar 562 11 = Jason 562 25 29) control 561 23 = esorniloc 561 10 31) arcsine 560 9 32) jokuvaan 558 13 33) TT6 555 30 34) Alapan 551 19 = an1res 551 16 = coyoteBR 551 26 37) Costaz 548 22 38) KWSN - DSM 546 22 39) V8 Fireworks 519 19
Congratulations to AcuraF1
for winning the 2008 Place The Points Competition!
Congratulations also to runner-up kismet
and third placed ville
for adding volume and symmetry to the podium.
The gap in the end turned out to be large and clear, as AcuraF1 still had plenty to gain from Massa.
Overall there were some remarkably high scores for being a final round, a reflection of how no one driver ran away with a massive points haul this season.
And even for those that had little faith in Hamilton and Massa this season, the last round could still throw a few points, as big disappointments Räikkönen and Kovalainen both managed to score points...
The entries
The Drivers' list
[b]Driver Expect Surprise Beat[/b] % % # Vettel 472,3 152,2 39 Barrichello 315,4 44,0 36 Glock 233,3 80,6 37 Trulli 177,8 77,5 36 Kubica 167,4 87,2 38 Alonso 118,2 56,0 31 Heidfeld 116,1 54,1 27 Massa 105,8 80,2 28 Hamilton 98,7 76,0 17 Webber 89,6 43,8 13 Piquet 73,3 38,0 5 Bourdais 72,9 21,1 15 Kovalainen 68,5 48,6 0 Räikkönen 67,7 55,6 0 Nakajima 58,2 25,7 11 Button 50,6 10,3 15 Coulthard 47,2 21,6 1 Rosberg 43,8 25,4 0Felipe Massa manages to fulfill his expectation quota for the season in the very final race, whereas WDC Lewis Hamilton falls just short of his par. At least he was in the ballpark and, you would have to say, he scored enough points anyway!
A wonderful outstanding record is made by the three Finnish citizens, as those are the sole points scoring drivers who fail to beat a single guess placed on them.
Of the 22 drivers that started the season with a drive, only the Force India and Super Aguri drivers failed to score a single point. Fisichella would rank as the biggest disappointment of those, as he on average was expected to score 2.4 points. So the expectations weren't huge to begin with.
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 2008 this is 39.
Guesses on the latest points scorers:
[b]Massa[/b] [b]Alonso[/b] [b]Räikkönen[/b] [b]Vettel[/b] [b]Hamilton[/b] [b]Glock[/b] [b]Kovalainen[/b] [b]Trulli[/b] V8 Fireworks 120 an1res 108 KWSN - DSM 134 [b]Potential[/b] 35 KWSN - DSM 128 kNt 30 TT6 108 Jason 39 TT6 109 control 79 jokuvaan 130 [b]Forecast[/b] 35 Costaz 125 gerry nassar 26 Costaz 100 ville 35 Crazy Canuck 105 Mr_London 66 D82 126 [b]Current[/b] 35 ville 122 [b]Potential[/b] 25 Alapan 90 Kooper 32 Costaz 104 coyoteBR 65 Crazy Canuck 125 Alapan 22 shays 117 [b]Forecast[/b] 25 jokuvaan 89 [b]Potential[/b] 31 coyoteBR 101 AcuraF1 62 shays 125 scheivlak 19 Mr_London 115 [b]Current[/b] 25 SkorbiF1 86 [b]Forecast[/b] 31 fisichella_2001 100 Makarias 62 SkorbiF1 125 gerry nassar 14 scheivlak 112 Jason 24 Crazy Canuck 85 [b]Current[/b] 31 Alapan 99 TT6 62 fisichella_2001 123 V8 Fireworks 14 Crazy Canuck 110 an1res 20 Estwald 85 gerry nassar 30 Xig 99 turin 62 arcsine 122 dnbn 12 D82 110 ville 19 LB 85 V8 Fireworks 28 AcuraF1 98 [b]Potential[/b] 61 skylark68 118 panzani 12 panzani 110 esorniloc 18 paranoik0 85 kNt 26 Estwald 98 [b]Forecast[/b] 61 Costaz 117 shays 11 fisichella_2001 108 SkorbiF1 18 turin 85 paranoik0 26 [b]Potential[/b] 97 [b]Current[/b] 61 TT6 116 Apex 10 Makarias 108 FlashMaster 16 1george 84 SkorbiF1 26 Jason 97 kismet 60 Apex 115 D82 10 control 106 Apex 15 Jason 84 race addicted 25 [b]Forecast[/b] 97 scheivlak 60 dnbn 115 Jason 10 Estwald 105 arcsine 15 scheivlak 82 Costaz 24 [b]Current[/b] 97 D82 59 scheivlak 115 LB 10 paranoik0 105 kismet 15 dnbn 80 Estwald 24 KWSN - DSM 95 fisichella_2001 59 AcuraF1 114 Mr_London 10 skylark68 104 V8 Fireworks 14 panzani 80 dnbn 23 1george 94 1george 55 esorniloc 113 arcsine 9 AcuraF1 102 Xig 13 Makarias 78 Xig 22 SkorbiF1 94 Apex 55 Estwald 112 Moanaman 9 Moanaman 102 Kooper 12 Moanaman 78 kismet 21 turin 94 KWSN - DSM 55 Makarias 112 race addicted 9 SkorbiF1 102 paranoik0 12 [b]Popularity[/b] 77 an1res 20 Moanaman 93 shays 55 [b]Popularity[/b] 111 ville 9 Jason 101 race addicted 12 AcuraF1 77 Apex 20 [b]Popularity[/b] 92 arcsine 54 kismet 110 Xig 9 dnbn 100 [b]Popularity[/b] 11 KWSN - DSM 77 LB 20 jokuvaan 92 Moanaman 54 panzani 110 FlashMaster 8 turin 100 Makarias 11 shays 77 turin 20 skylark68 92 ville 53 Jason 109 [b]Popularity[/b] 7 [b]Popularity[/b] 99 Estwald 10 kismet 75 AcuraF1 18 shays 91 [b]Popularity[/b] 52 Moanaman 109 kismet 7 [b]Potential[/b] 98 LB 10 skylark68 75 [b]Popularity[/b] 17 Apex 90 kNt 52 FlashMaster 108 esorniloc 6 [b]Forecast[/b] 98 1george 9 ville 75 jokuvaan 17 control 90 Kooper 51 paranoik0 108 turin 6 TT6 98 Costaz 8 Mr_London 74 esorniloc 15 FlashMaster 90 FlashMaster 50 turin 108 an1res 5 [b]Current[/b] 98 fisichella_2001 8 esorniloc 73 Moanaman 14 LB 90 panzani 50 V8 Fireworks 107 control 5 Alapan 95 jokuvaan 8 control 72 scheivlak 14 panzani 90 gerry nassar 49 race addicted 105 Estwald 5 LB 95 Moanaman 8 fisichella_2001 71 shays 14 paranoik0 90 dnbn 48 Kooper 103 KWSN - DSM 5 V8 Fireworks 95 skylark68 8 Apex 70 Makarias 13 esorniloc 89 race addicted 48 ville 103 Makarias 5 jokuvaan 92 AcuraF1 7 gerry nassar 70 1george 12 kismet 89 Estwald 45 an1res 102 skylark68 5 race addicted 92 coyoteBR 7 kNt 70 arcsine 12 scheivlak 89 esorniloc 44 control 102 1george 4 FlashMaster 91 Crazy Canuck 7 coyoteBR 69 fisichella_2001 12 Makarias 88 LB 42 Mr_London 102 jokuvaan 4 Kooper 91 shays 7 FlashMaster 69 coyoteBR 11 Mr_London 88 paranoik0 42 Xig 102 Kooper 4 Xig 91 scheivlak 6 Kooper 69 Mr_London 11 arcsine 87 Costaz 37 1george 101 AcuraF1 3 kismet 90 D82 4 race addicted 69 Crazy Canuck 10 D82 86 Jason 37 Alapan 100 coyoteBR 3 coyoteBR 89 dnbn 4 arcsine 68 FlashMaster 9 dnbn 85 Crazy Canuck 36 LB 100 Crazy Canuck 3 gerry nassar 89 turin 4 Xig 66 KWSN - DSM 7 gerry nassar 83 jokuvaan 36 coyoteBR 99 fisichella_2001 3 esorniloc 88 panzani 3 D82 65 skylark68 7 Kooper 80 Xig 35 gerry nassar 98 SkorbiF1 3 kNt 88 TT6 3 V8 Fireworks 64 control 6 ville 79 Alapan 34 kNt 77 Costaz 2 Apex 85 Alapan 2 an1res 60 D82 6 race addicted 76 SkorbiF1 34 [b]Potential[/b] 75 kNt 2 arcsine 84 KWSN - DSM 2 [b]Potential[/b] 53 TT6 6 an1res 72 skylark68 32 [b]Forecast[/b] 75 paranoik0 2 1george 82 Mr_London 2 [b]Forecast[/b] 53 Alapan 4 kNt 68 V8 Fireworks 25 [b]Current[/b] 75 TT6 0 an1res 45 control 1 [b]Current[/b] 53 panzani 1Massa took 20 scalps in the final round! Our guess spread wasn't too big there, and not far off the mark.
Best guesses on each driver:
Driver WDC Good Guess Hami 98 TT6: 98 Mass 97 Jason: 97 Kubi 75 kNt: 85 an1res: 65 Räik 75 kNt: 77 Alon 61 AcuraF1, Makarias, TT6, Turin: 62 kismet, scheivlak: 60 Heid 60 coyoteBR, Crazy Canuck, shays, Xig: 60 Kova 53 an1res: 60 Vett 35 Alapan: 22 Trul 31 Kooper: 32 gerry nassar: 30 Gloc 25 gerry nassar: 26 Jason: 24 Webb 21 Moanaman: 21 (It takes a Kiwi to know an Aussie!) Piqu 19 paranoik0: 19 Rosb 17 kNt: 22 Barr 11 V8 Fireworks: 12 Apex: 10 Naka 9 Makarias: 9 Coul 8 scheivlak: 8 Bour 4 coyoteBR, Estwald, KWSN - DSM, race addicted: 4 Butt 3 coyoteBR, ville: 3 Davi 0 32 players: 0 Fisi 0 AcuraF1, Costaz, Jason, kNt: 0 Sato 0 28 players: 0 Suti 0 17 players: 0
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