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 Abu Dhabi:
Year Driver Pole time (s)
2010 Vettel 99.394
2009 Hamilton 100.948
Driver values:
Dri val
Hami 2
Vett 2
Butt 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 Vett Butt 93.706 94.558 102.061 94.928 99.099 91.814 98.713
TUR Vett Webb 85.049 86.295 89.165 86.729 98.556 95.384 98.063
ESP Webb Vett 80.981 79.995 84.357 80.655 101.233 95.998 100.404
MON Vett Butt 73.556 73.826 75.192 74.375 99.634 97.824 98.899
CAN Vett Alon 73.014 75.105 76.972 75.528 97.216 94.858 96.671
EUR Vett Webb 96.975 97.587 98.766 98.015 99.373 98.187 98.939
GB Webb Vett 90.399 89.615 90.874 90.114 100.875 99.477 100.316
GER Webb Hami 90.079 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
HUN Vett Hami 79.815 78.773 82.362 79.531 101.323 96.908 100.357
BEL Vett Hami 108.298 105.778 109.069 106.211 102.382 99.293 101.965
ITA Vett Hami 82.275 81.962 84.139 82.297 100.382 97.785 99.973
SIN Vett Webb 104.381 105.390 107.976 105.561 99.043 96.671 98.882
JAP Vett Butt 90.466 90.785 93.474 91.184 99.649 96.782 99.213
KOR Hami Vett 95.820 95.585 110.257 96.039 100.246 86.906 99.772
IND Vett Hami 84.178 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
ABU 99.394 101.274 99.874
BRA 74.470 73.851 78.516
BAH 114.101 118.287
My guess for Abu Dhabi is 99.147 s by Sebastian Vettel.
