Welcome to the 2021 Guess the Pole season!
The season opener is scored as a modified layout, as always.
Many other races will also be scored that way as they weren't run in the exceptional 2020 season, plus we have two races scheduled that score as brand new. Lots to look forward to!
How to enter: Just submit your guess for what the pole time will be, and who you think will take pole.
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 - 7.500The 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
2020 final standings
Five latest poles at Bahrain: Year Driver Pole time (s) 2020 Hamilton 87.264 2019 Leclerc 87.866 2018 Vettel 87.958 2017 Bottas 88.769 2016 Hamilton 89.493 Late 2020 front rows: GP Pole #2 EMI Bott Hami TUR Stro Vers BAH Hami Bott SKH Bott Russ ABU Vers Bott Driver values: Dri val Bott 4 Hami 9 Vers 9 Russ 13 Stro 13 REST 18 2021 data: Time 2020 PP 2019 PP 2018 PP 2021/2020 2021/2019 2021/2018 GP Pole #2 (s) (s) (s) (s) (%) (%) (%) BAH 0 87.264 87.866 87.958 EMI 0 73.609 ------ ------ ------ ------ POR 0 76.652 ------ ------ ------ ------ ESP 0 75.584 75.406 76.173 MON 0 ------ 70.166 70.810 ------ AZE 0 ------ 100.495 101.498 ------ CAN 0 ------ 70.240 70.764 ------ FRA 0 ------ 88.319 90.029 ------ AUT 0 62.939 63.003 63.130 GB 0 84.303 85.093 85.892 HUN 0 73.447 74.572 95.658 BEL 0 101.252 102.519 118.179 NED 0 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ITA 0 78.887 79.307 79.119 RUS 0 91.304 91.628 91.387 SIN 0 ------ 96.217 96.015 ------ JAP 0 ------ 87.064 87.760 ------ USA 0 ------ 92.029 92.237 ------ MEX 0 ------ 74.758 74.759 ------ BRA 0 ------ 67.508 67.281 ------ OZ 0 ------ 80.486 81.164 ------ SA 0 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ABU 0 95.246 94.779 94.794 2020 data: Time 2019 PP 2018 PP 2017 PP 2020/2019 2020/2018 2020/2017 GP Pole #2 (s) (s) (s) (s) (%) (%) (%) AUT Bott Hami 62.939 63.003 63.130 64.251 99.898 99.697 97.958 STY Hami Vers 79.273 63.003 63.130 64.251 125.824 125.571 123.380 HUN Hami Bott 73.447 74.572 95.658 76.276 98.491 76.781 96.291 GB Hami Bott 84.303 85.093 85.892 86.600 99.072 98.150 97.348 LXX Bott Hami 85.154 85.093 85.892 86.600 100.072 99.141 98.330 ESP Hami Bott 75.584 75.406 76.173 79.149 100.236 99.227 95.496 BEL Hami Bott 101.252 102.519 118.179 102.553 98.764 85.677 98.731 ITA Hami Bott 78.887 79.307 79.119 95.554 99.470 99.707 82.558 TUS Hami Bott 75.144 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ RUS Hami Vers 91.304 91.628 91.387 93.194 99.646 99.909 97.972 EIF Bott Hami 85.269 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ POR Hami Bott 76.652 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ EMI Bott Hami 73.609 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ TUR Stro Vers 107.765 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ BAH Hami Bott 87.264 87.866 87.958 88.769 99.315 99.211 98.305 SKH Bott Russ 53.377 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ABU Vers Bott 95.246 94.779 94.794 96.231 100.493 100.477 98.976My guess for Bahrain is 88.166 s by Lewis Hamilton.
