This is what you do:
Post a reply here with your guess on how the WDC final standings of this year will look; there are 702 (18*39) points to be distributed. Points are assigned to specific drivers, not "the second Ferrari seat" or anything like that. You can edit your entry as much as you like until the deadline, which is at the start of the first free practice of the first GP of this season. Using a spreadsheet to get the points sum right is really helpful (The sum of the first numbers you'll enter is extremely likely to end up way higher than 702, my first rough draft for this year ended up at 767 points!)
This is how points are scored:
For each point over 702 that you distribute, you'll be penalized one point. You gain one point in the competition for each F1-championship point that you've placed right, which means:
-If a driver has a higher final WDC score than the amount of points you've placed on him, you'll get as many points from this driver as you've placed on him.
-If the driver scores less than you've trusted him to do, you'll only get as many points as he has managed to score.
An example: if players A and B have placed 30 and 40 points respectively on Button and Button scores 34 points in the WDC, the players will score 30 and 34 points respectively for Button. Player A would then on the other hand have placed ten more points than player B on other drivers, where they may have come to better use.
The competition is open for entries until first free practice starts at Melbourne.
This is my preliminary prediction:
Driver Points Räikkönen 112 Hamilton 108 Massa 88 Kovalainen 75 Alonso 72 Kubica 55 Heidfeld 50 Piquet 37 Rosberg 30 Webber 27 Coulthard 16 Nakajima 8 Glock 7 Trulli 7 Vettel 5 Bourdais 2 Fisichella 2 Button 1 Barrichello 0 Davidson 0 Sato 0 Sutil 0
You don't need to list drivers that you think will score zero points. I just did it here to remind you about the drivers that are signed for this year. Hopefully the Super Aguri team will make it to the grid...
If you think some driver will come in as a replacement during the season and score points, feel free to place points at that driver too.
Good luck!
