Grid 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 ten guessers (closest to the actual pole position time) Score points F1 style, 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1.
-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]
25 - 0.100 - 0.200 - 0.300
18 - 0.200 - 0.400 - 0.600
15 - 0.400 - 0.800 - 1.200
12 - 0.600 - 1.200 - 1.800
10 - 0.800 - 1.600 - 2.400
8 - 1.000 - 2.000 - 3.000
6 - 1.200 - 2.400 - 3.600
4 - 1.500 - 3.000 - 4.500
2 - 1.800 - 3.600 - 5.400
1 - 2.500 - 5.000 - 7.500
Pts Default Modified Layout New Track [s]
25 - 0.100 - 0.200 - 0.300
18 - 0.200 - 0.400 - 0.600
15 - 0.400 - 0.800 - 1.200
12 - 0.600 - 1.200 - 1.800
10 - 0.800 - 1.600 - 2.400
8 - 1.000 - 2.000 - 3.000
6 - 1.200 - 2.400 - 3.600
4 - 1.500 - 3.000 - 4.500
2 - 1.800 - 3.600 - 5.400
1 - 2.500 - 5.000 - 7.500
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
18 0 front row starts in the previous five races
13 1 front row start in the previous five races
9 2 front row starts in the previous five races
6 3 front row starts in the previous five races
4 4 front row starts in the previous five races
3 5 front row starts in the previous five races
18 0 front row starts in the previous five races
13 1 front row start in the previous five races
9 2 front row starts in the previous five races
6 3 front row starts in the previous five races
4 4 front row starts in the previous five races
3 5 front row starts in the previous five races
2013 standings
Three latest poles at Great Britain:
Year Driver Pole time (s)
2012 Alonso 111.746
2011 Webber 90.399
2010 Vettel 89.615
Driver values:
Dri val
Hami 4
Rosb 6
Vett 9
Räik 13
REST 18
2013 data:
Time 2012 PP 2012 FL 2012 Q2 2013/2012 2013/12FL 2013/12Q2
GP Pole #2 (s) (s) (s) (s) (%) (%) (%)
OZ Vett Webb 87.407 84.922 89.187 85.469 102.926 98.004 102.267
MAL Vett Mass 109.674 96.219 100.722 96.715 113.984 108.888 113.399
CHN Hami Räik 94.484 95.121 99.960 95.700 99.330 94.522 98.729
BAH Rosb Vett 92.330 92.422 96.379 93.209 99.900 95.799 99.057
ESP Rosb Hami 80.718 82.285 86.250 82.105 98.096 93.586 98.311
MON Rosb Hami 73.876 74.301 77.296 74.911 99.428 95.575 98.618
CAN Vett Hami 85.425 73.784 75.752 74.187 115.777 112.769 115.148
GB 111.746 94.661 114.897
GER ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
HUN 80.953 84.136 81.060
BEL 107.573 112.822 107.654
ITA 84.010 87.239 84.242
SIN 106.362 111.033 106.665
KOR 97.242 102.037 97.767
JAP 90.839 95.774 91.501
IND 85.283 88.203 85.435
ABU 100.630 103.964 100.901
USA 95.657 99.347 95.796
BRA 72.458 78.069 73.209
My guess for Great Britain is 90.155 s by Sebastian Vettel.
