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 2020 (20*101) points to be distributed.
* Points are assigned to specific drivers, not "the second Ferrari seat" or anything like that (meaning that points placed on one driver aren't transferred to his replacement in case of a driver change).
* 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, your initial points allocation is likely to add up to much more due to the widespread preseason optimism syndrome.
This is how points are scored:
* For each point over 2020 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 130 and 150 points respectively on Button and Button scores 134 points in the WDC, the players will score 130 and 134 points respectively for Button. Player A would then on the other hand have placed twenty more points than player B on other drivers, where they may have come to better use.
The competition is open for entries and changes to these until first free practice starts at Melbourne.
This is my preliminary prediction, which may change before the season start:
Driver Points
Vettel 318
Hamilton 272
Button 267
Webber 248
Alonso 211
Rosberg 129
Räikkönen 114
Schumacher 104
Massa 92
Grosjean 83
Hülkenberg 40
di Resta 37
Ricciardo 26
Vergne 22
Kobayashi 21
Perez 15
Senna 9
Maldonado 5
Kovalainen 5
Petrov 2
de la Rosa 0
Glock 0
Karthikeyan 0
Pic 0
Vettel 318
Hamilton 272
Button 267
Webber 248
Alonso 211
Rosberg 129
Räikkönen 114
Schumacher 104
Massa 92
Grosjean 83
Hülkenberg 40
di Resta 37
Ricciardo 26
Vergne 22
Kobayashi 21
Perez 15
Senna 9
Maldonado 5
Kovalainen 5
Petrov 2
de la Rosa 0
Glock 0
Karthikeyan 0
Pic 0
If you think a driver will score zero points, you don't have to put him in your list.
If you think some driver will come in as a replacement during the season and score points, feel free to place points on that driver too. Again: points guesses are not transferred to replacement drivers from the one being replaced!
Good luck!
