What a race it was!
Ok, let's see what we have got here. First let's look at how our guesses were spread out this week.
Qualifying Race Button 1 5.6 % 1 5.6 % Hamilton 17 94.4 % 17 94.4 % No winner 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Schumacher 3 16.7 % 4 22.2 % Rosberg 15 83.3 % 14 77.8 % No winner 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Vettel 17 94.4 % 17 94.4 % Webber 1 5.6 % 1 5.6 % No winner 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Massa 1 5.6 % 1 5.6 % Alonso 17 94.4 % 17 94.4 % No winner 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Barrichello 16 88.9 % 16 88.9 % Hülkenberg 2 11.1 % 1 5.6 % No winner 0 0.0 % 1 5.6 % Kubica 18 100.0 % 17 94.4 % Petrov 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % No winner 0 0.0 % 1 5.6 % Sutil 18 100.0 % 13 72.2 % Liuzzi 0 0.0 % 5 27.8 % No winner 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Buemi 17 94.4 % 11 61.1 % Alguersuari 1 5.6 % 7 38.9 % No winner 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % Trulli 15 83.3 % 4 22.2 % Kovalainen 3 16.7 % 13 72.2 % No winner 0 0.0 % 1 5.6 % Chandhok 5 27.8 % 6 33.3 % Senna 13 72.2 % 6 33.3 % No winner 0 0.0 % 6 33.3 % de la Rosa 14 77.8 % 12 66.7 % Kobayashi 4 22.2 % 0 0.0 % No winner 0 0.0 % 6 33.3 % Glock 18 100.0 % 10 55.6 % di Grassi 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 % No winner 0 0.0 % 8 44.4 %Very little has changed here. However, Hülkenberg, Alguersuari and Chandhok have gained a little bit and also, the Virgins and HRTs are now considered more reliable while Sauber has lost support in that department. Also, the weird constellation with Trulli being the clear favourite in qualifying and Kovalainen an equally clear favourite in the race remains virtually unchanged.
So, what were the results of the race then?
Qualifying Race Button 1 Button 1 Rosberg 5 Rosberg 7 Vettel 1 Vettel 2 Alonso 4 Alonso 5 Barrichello 5 Barrichello 3 Kubica 6 Kubica 2 Sutil 8 Sutil 0 Alguersuari 1 Alguersuari 0 Trulli 1 Kovalainen 0 Senna 1 Senna 1 Kobayashi 2 No winner 0 Glock 3 No winner 0We seem to have done a lot better this time. The only major disappointments this time were Hamilton and, to a lesser extent, Buemi. The highest possible score this time was 131. As one might have guessed the scores were much higher than last time:
Quali Race Total Drv Pos Drv Pos jeze 30 23 30 7 90 Wlleiotl 27 14 33 9 83 Apex 27 19 24 9 79 Costaz 30 17 24 4 75 LB 27 16 24 6 73 Yorkie 27 15 24 7 73 shays 27 12 24 9 72 Mekola 21 18 24 6 69 scheivlak 27 17 18 5 67 dnbn 24 13 24 6 67 August 24 12 24 6 66 Makarias 27 14 21 4 66 wewantourdarbyback 27 14 18 6 65 Grayson 27 12 21 5 65 Andreis 24 13 21 4 62 Brawn BGP 001 24 17 15 2 58 kismet 18 15 18 6 57 Estwald 21 13 15 4 53 Xig 48 phil1993 48 schumaster 48 D82 48 Average 25.5 15.2 22.3 5.8 68.9 Bahrain average 27.2 14.9 15.9 6.4 64.3 Australia average 27.6 14.9 13.4 0.8 56.6 Malaysia average 18.0 8.4 14.3 1.6 42.4jeze wins this round with a whopping 90 points, which is easily the highest score achieved so far.
Impressive is also Wlleiotl's 33 points from the driver guesses in the race, that's 11 correct guesses out of 12!
It's worth noting that the lowest score in this round is only 2 points lower than the winning score in the last round.
Finally we have the championship standings:
Total Bah Aus Mal Chn Costaz 259 67 69 48 75 Apex 257 73 60 45 79 Wlleiotl 251 58 55 55 83 shays 243 67 60 44 72 dnbn 242 74 61 40 67 August 240 69 62 43 66 scheivlak 240 67 64 42 67 LB 240 60 56 51 73 Mekola 236 68 62 37 69 wewantourdarbyback 222 43 64 50 65 Grayson 220 68 51 36 65 Andreis 215 60 59 34 62 jeze 215 59 28 38 90 Estwald 209 63 51 42 53 Yorkie 209 43 64 29 73 Makarias 204 48 50 40 66 Brawn BGP 001 203 56 51 38 58 kismet 195 43 58 37 57 D82 178 73 28 29 48 schumaster 173 63 33 29 48 Xig 172 43 52 29 48 phil1993 169 43 49 29 48Costaz maintains his lead in the championship but he's lost a little bit of ground.