Ten position 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 eight guessers (closest to the actual pole position time) Score points old F1 style, 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.
-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]
10 - 0.050 - 0.100 - 0.150
8 - 0.100 - 0.200 - 0.300
6 - 0.200 - 0.400 - 0.600
5 - 0.400 - 0.800 - 1.200
4 - 0.600 - 1.200 - 1.800
3 - 0.800 - 1.600 - 2.400
2 - 1.200 - 2.400 - 3.600
1 - 2.000 - 4.000 - 6.000
Pts Default Modified Layout New Track [s]
10 - 0.050 - 0.100 - 0.150
8 - 0.100 - 0.200 - 0.300
6 - 0.200 - 0.400 - 0.600
5 - 0.400 - 0.800 - 1.200
4 - 0.600 - 1.200 - 1.800
3 - 0.800 - 1.600 - 2.400
2 - 1.200 - 2.400 - 3.600
1 - 2.000 - 4.000 - 6.000
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
5 0 front row starts in the previous five races
4 1 front row start in the previous five races
3 2 front row starts in the previous five races
2 3-5 front row starts in the previous five races
5 0 front row starts in the previous five races
4 1 front row start in the previous five races
3 2 front row starts in the previous five races
2 3-5 front row starts in the previous five races
2011 standings
Three latest poles at China:
Year Driver Pole time (s)
2010 Vettel 94.558
2009 Vettel 96.184
2008 Hamilton 96.303
Late 2010 front rows:
GP Pole #2
SIN Alon Vett
JAP Vett Webb
KOR Vett Webb
BRA Hülk Vett
ABU Vett Hami
Driver values:
Dri val
Hami 2
Vett 2
Hülk 4
Webb 4
REST 5
2011 data:
Time 2010 PP 2010 FL 2010 Q2 2011/2010 2011/10FL 2011/10Q2
GP Pole #2 (s) (s) (s) (s) (%) (%) (%)
OZ Vett Hami 83.529 83.919 88.358 84.096 99.535 94.535 99.326
MAL Vett Hami 94.870 109.327 97.054 106.828 86.776 97.750 88.806
CHN 94.558 102.061 94.928
TUR 86.295 89.165 86.729
ESP 79.995 84.357 80.655
MON 73.826 75.192 74.375
CAN 75.105 76.972 75.528
EUR 97.587 98.766 98.015
GB 89.615 90.874 90.114
GER ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
HUN 78.773 82.362 79.531
BEL 105.778 109.069 106.211
ITA 81.962 84.139 82.297
SIN 105.390 107.976 105.561
JAP 90.785 93.474 91.184
KOR 95.585 110.257 96.039
IND ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
ABU 99.394 101.274 99.874
BRA 74.470 73.851 78.516
My guess for China is 94.856 s by Sebastian Vettel.
