Welcome to F1 Pools 2013!
So, yeah, yours truly wandered onto the boards, saw that all the conscientious over-achieving game hosts have had their well-prepared threads up and running for days (if not weeks) already and came to the sobering realisation that a week ago might've been a great time to get this trainwreck going, too. Oh well, there's still time left so here's the thread.
If you've been here before, you know how this works. If you haven't, you can find out by FOLLOWING THIS VERY HELPFUL LINK RIGHT HERE. CLICKETY CLICK!!! Yes, it directs you to an ancient season opener post from 2009 but the game rules haven't changed since so... I'm preparing for a strenuous copy&paste exercise that should result in said rules magically appearing at the end of this post but that requires some editing and stuff. In the meanwhile, just use the link provided.
For the season opener, I've traditionally based my match-ups on the championship standings from the year before and this season shall be no exception. If we're lucky, the pecking order has changed a bit since 2012 and these aren't as predictable as they may seem. I've double-shifted Caterham because HRT has very inconsiderately disappeared since last year and 11 teams don't divide into six pairs with ease. Here's the first set of duels for the 2013 season:
F1 Pools 2013: Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix - Round 1
Qualifying: Race:
1. Red Bull - Ferrari 7. Red Bull - Ferrari
2. McLaren - Lotus 8. McLaren - Lotus
3. Mercedes - Sauber 9. Mercedes - Sauber
4. Force India - Williams 10. Force India - Williams
5. STR - Caterham 11. STR - Caterham
6. Caterham - Marussia 12. Caterham - Marussia
Qualifying: Race:
1. Red Bull - Ferrari 7. Red Bull - Ferrari
2. McLaren - Lotus 8. McLaren - Lotus
3. Mercedes - Sauber 9. Mercedes - Sauber
4. Force India - Williams 10. Force India - Williams
5. STR - Caterham 11. STR - Caterham
6. Caterham - Marussia 12. Caterham - Marussia
Post your guesses before the start of qualifying.
I'm not really picky about the format you choose to use but something along the lines of 'XXX 12X 22X 12X' would be great. But as long as it's clear what you mean, it's OK.
So, guess away! Good luck!
