Round 2 of this season is over and a much better race than the first one it was! More on that in a minute but let's look at some statistics first. I've compiled all our driver guesses into a table so that we can see who's considered hot who's not.
Bahrain Australia Qualifying Race Qualifying Race Button 0 0.0 % 1 5.9 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Hamilton 17 100.0 % 16 94.1 % 20 100.0 % 20 100.0 % No winner 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Schumacher 13 76.5 % 17 100.0 % 4 20.0 % 9 45.0 % Rosberg 4 23.5 % 0 0.0 % 16 80.0 % 11 55.0 % No winner 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Vettel 15 88.2 % 15 88.2 % 18 90.0 % 19 95.0 % Webber 2 11.8 % 2 11.8 % 2 10.0 % 1 5.0 % No winner 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Massa 5 29.4 % 3 17.6 % 5 25.0 % 2 10.0 % Alonso 12 70.6 % 14 82.4 % 15 75.0 % 18 90.0 % No winner 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Barrichello 10 58.8 % 12 70.6 % 18 90.0 % 18 90.0 % Hülkenberg 6 35.3 % 4 23.5 % 1 5.0 % 0 0.0 % No winner 1 5.9 % 1 5.9 % 1 5.0 % 2 10.0 % Kubica 17 100.0 % 17 100.0 % 20 100.0 % 18 90.0 % Petrov 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 1 5.0 % No winner 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 1 5.0 % Sutil 16 94.1 % 10 58.8 % 20 100.0 % 17 85.0 % Liuzzi 1 5.9 % 7 41.2 % 0 0.0 % 2 10.0 % No winner 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 1 5.0 % Buemi 15 88.2 % 13 76.5 % 19 95.0 % 19 95.0 % Alguersuari 0 0.0 % 2 11.8 % 1 5.0 % 1 5.0 % No winner 2 11.8 % 2 11.8 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Trulli 15 88.2 % 10 58.8 % 16 80.0 % 10 50.0 % Kovalainen 2 11.8 % 7 41.2 % 4 20.0 % 10 50.0 % No winner 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Chandhok 0 0.0 % 2 11.8 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Senna 17 100.0 % 15 88.2 % 20 100.0 % 3 15.0 % No winner 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 17 85.0 % de la Rosa 6 35.3 % 8 47.1 % 14 70.0 % 13 65.0 % Kobayashi 11 64.7 % 9 52.9 % 6 30.0 % 4 20.0 % No winner 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 3 15.0 % Glock 16 94.1 % 17 100.0 % 20 100.0 % 9 45.0 % di Grassi 1 5.9 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % No winner 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % 11 55.0 %The 'no winner' guesses in Bahrain come from a bunch of incomplete entries. As we can see, more or less total domination by Hamilton, Kubica and Vettel so far, yet none of them have the results to match the expectations so far. Also some interesting shifts have occurred with Rosberg, Barrichello and de la Rosa picking up support after performing well in Bahrain.
Ok, on to this weeks results then. The race weekend gave us the following result:
Qualifying Race Button 7 Button 5 Rosberg 1 Rosberg 5 Vettel 1 Webber 0 Alonso 2 Massa 1 Barrichello 7 Barrichello 0 Kubica 9 Kubica 0 Sutil 3 Liuzzi 0 Buemi 5 Algersuari 0 Kovalainen 1 Kovalainen 0 Senna 1 Chandhok 0 de la Rosa 2 de la Rosa 0 Glock 1 No winner 0
With so many retirements today there weren't a lot of positional points given in the race. However, only Virgin failed to get any result. The highest possible score this round was 123.
And now for the most important part, the results of the competition:
Quali Race Total Drv Pos Drv Pos Costaz 30 20 18 1 69 scheivlak 30 15 18 1 64 Yorkie 30 15 18 1 64 wewantourdarbyback 33 18 12 1 64 August 30 16 15 1 62 Mekola 30 14 15 3 62 dnbn 30 15 15 1 61 Apex 30 17 12 1 60 shays 30 12 18 0 60 Andreis 27 16 15 1 59 kismet 27 18 12 1 58 LB 27 16 12 1 56 Welleiotl 30 12 12 1 55 Xig 24 13 15 0 52 Grayson 27 15 9 0 51 Estwald 27 12 12 0 51 Brawn BGP 001 24 15 12 0 51 Makarias 24 14 12 0 50 phil1993 24 15 9 1 49 schumaster 18 9 6 0 33 D82 28 jeze 28A quite clear victory for Costaz this time.
And a three-way tie for second by scheivlak, Yorkie and wewantourdarbyback .
The scores were a bit lower this time due to the many retirements leading to very low positional points in the race. The typical result was 1 point from Rosberg.
Finally we have championship standings:
Tot Bah Aus Costaz 136 67 69 dnbn 135 74 61 Apex 133 73 60 August 131 69 62 scheivlak 131 67 64 Mekola 130 68 62 shays 127 67 60 Grayson 119 68 51 Andreis 119 60 59 LB 116 60 56 Estwald 114 63 51 Welleiotl 113 58 55 Brawn BGP 001 107 56 51 Yorkie 107 43 64 wewantourdarbyback 107 43 64 D82 101 73 28 kismet 101 43 58 Makarias 98 48 50 schumaster 96 63 33 Xig 95 43 52 phil1993 92 43 49 jeze 87 59 28With his strong performance this weekend Costaz takes an early lead in the championship.