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[Makarias]

Welcome to submit your entries for the 15th season of PTPC! It's a 19 race season and 1919 points are to be distributed coz
I WILL IGNORE THE SEASON FINALE DOUBLE POINTS IN THIS GAME
because it sucks arse and I will have none of that, at least not from Bernie.

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 1919 (19*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 1919 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 I am sure will change before the season start:

Driver        Points
Hamilton      252
Rosberg       247
Vettel        199
Alonso        181
Räikkönen     147
Hülkenberg    143
Ricciardo     141
Button        137
Magnussen     118
Bottas         91
Massa          90
Perez          88
Grosjean       31
Maldonado      22
Sutil          12
Kvyat           7
Vergne          7
Gutierrez       6
Bianchi         0
Chilton         0
Ericsson        0
Kobayashi       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!
 

 

[Makarias]

I suspect that this will be one of the toughest ever seasons to predict, btw...

 

As always, my first iteration of points distribution was way too generous, landing at 2394 points. I'm sure that something similar would happen to over 90% of all players. Lesson learned being that preseason expectations often are hard to live up to...

[KWSN - DSM]

I will naturally play again this season, how the heck do I make it a pretty list like yours? I have fumbled in 711 different ways, and they all look like something a 4 year old did in kindergarden while high on sugar.

 

[Makarias]

Just write the list in a text file in a monospace font like Fixedsys or Courier, use the space bar instead of the tab button, and then wrap it into code brackets!

[KWSN - DSM]

Just write the list in a text file in a monospace font like Fixedsys or Courier, use the space bar instead of the tab button, and then wrap it into code brackets!

 

Ahhhhh so the good old fashioned way, the one I did not try. Pretend to work, so will post later today.

 

[Kingshark]

1. Nico Rosberg – 248

2. Lewis Hamilton – 247

3. Fernando Alonso – 178

4. Kimi Raikkonen – 177

5. Kevin Magnussen – 173

6. Sebastian Vettel – 159

7. Jenson Button – 151

8. Nico Hulkenberg – 102

9. Valtteri Bottas – 96

10. Felipe Massa – 94

11. Daniel Ricciardo – 81

12. Sergio Perez – 70

13. Adrian Sutil – 46

14. Romain Grosjean – 33

15. Esteban Gutierrez – 24

16. Pastor Maldonado – 13

17. Jean-Eric Vergne – 12

18. Daniil Kvyatt – 9

19. Jules Bianchi – 4

20. Kamui Kobayashi – 1

21. Max Chilton – 1

22. Marcus Ericsson – 0

 

 

 

Or just read the first coupla lines of my opening post where I explicitly state that I'll ignore the season finale double points and score it as every other race!

 

Fixed. 

Edited by Kingshark, 13 March 2014 - 00:04.

[Makarias]

Or just read the first coupla lines of my opening post where I explicitly state that I'll ignore the season finale double points and score it as every other race!

[KWSN - DSM]

Well seems even that exceed my ability, but at least a little more presentable. As I often say... Live by the sword, die by the sword.... This is my entry in the Place The Points, and I will not change it unless one of the drivers are replaced before Melbourne.

 

Hamilton         238
Rosberg          225
Alonso            190
Massa            169
Bottas            168
Raikkonen      163
Button            160
Magnussen     160
Hulkenberg      110
Perez               90
Vettel               80
Ricciardo          40
Sutil                 20
Vergne             20
Kvyat               20
Bianchi            19
Guetierez         15
Maldonado       10
Grosjean          10
Kobayashi        10
Ericson             1
Chilton              1

 

[DutchQuicksilver]

1.  Lewis Hamilton               248 pts
2.  Nico Rosberg                 234 pts
3.  Fernando Alonso              201 pts
4.  Sebastian Vettel             181 pts
5.  Kimi Raikkonen               179 pts
6.  Jenson Button                146 pts
7.  Felipe Massa                 142 pts
8.  Kevin Magnussen              118 pts
9.  Daniel Ricciardo             102 pts
10. Valtteri Bottas               96 pts
11. Nico Hulkenberg               71 pts
12. Sergio Perez                  66 pts
13. Romain Grosjean               44 pts
14. Pastor Maldonado              32 pts
15. Adrian Sutil                  27 pts
16. Jean-Eric Vergne              14 pts
17. Esteban Gutierrez              9 pts
18. Daniil Kvyat                   5 pts
19. Jules Bianchi                  3 pts
20. Kamui Kobayashi                1 pt

Edited by DutchQuicksilver, 13 March 2014 - 19:55.

[HeidfeldsBeard]

1. Rosberg 268

2. Alonso 256

3. Hamilton 240

4. Raikkonen 178

5. Vettel 172

6. Button 145

7. Magnussen 132

8. Ricciardo 102

9. Hulkenberg 88

10. Massa 76

11. Bottas 62

12. Grosjean 58

13. Perez 50

14. Maldonado  47

15. Sutil 21

16. Gutierrez 13

17. Vergne 7

18. Kvyat 3

19. Chilton 1

[Apex]

Hamilton 324

Rosberg 270

Button 230

Alonso 190

Räikkönen 160

Magnussen 150

Vettel 110

Massa 90

Bottas 70

Hülkenberg 70

Ricciardo 60

Perez 45

Sutil 40

Grosjean 40

Maldonado 30

Gutierrez 20

Vergne 10

Kvyat 5

Bianchi 5

Edited by Apex, 04 March 2014 - 01:58.

[noikeee]

Hamilton 298

Rosberg 271

Massa 169

Alonso 162

Bottas 160

Button 155

Vettel 136

Raikkonen 121

Magnussen 119

Ricciardo 87

Hulkenberg 65

Pérez 43

Grosjean 42

Maldonado 33

Vergne 27

Kvyat 17

Sutil 8

Gutierrez 4

Bianchi 2

Chilton 0

Ericsson 0

Kobayashi 0

 

final edit 1 hour before FP1 

Edited by noikeee, 14 March 2014 - 00:12.

[wattoroos]

Vettel 133

Ricciardo 82

Hamilton 255

Rosberg 219

Alonso 196

Raikkonen 177

Grosjean 71

Maldonado 50

Button 119

Magnussen 102

Hulkenberg 68

Perez 56

Gutierrez 30

Sutil 23

Vergne 27

Kyvat 16

Massa 153

Bottas 130

Bianchi 7

Chilton 2

Kobayashi 1

Ericcson 2

[mark f1]

This is the best game of the lot Mak!  Thanks for running.

 

 

Rosberg   245

Hamilton   225

Alonso   175

Vettel   160

Raikkonen   150

Ricciardo   125

Button   115

Massa   115

Bottas   90

Grosjean   90

Hulkenberg   85

Magnussen   75

Perez   70

Maldonado   60

Vergne   40

Sutil   30

Kvyat   25

Guitterez   20

Bianchi   10

Chilton   6

Ericcsson   4

Kobayashi   4

Edited by mark f1, 05 March 2014 - 12:21.

[Wander]

Hamilton 265

Rosberg 233

Alonso 195

Räikkönen 192

Button 171

Magnussen 165

Vettel 150

Bottas 107

Hulkenberg 82

Massa 82

Ricciardo 78

Perez 58

Grosjean 55

Maldonado 38

Sutil 27

Gutierrez 9

Vergne 5

Kvyat 5

Bianchi 1

Kobayashi 1

Ericsson 0

Chilton 0

 

This game is so mercilessly tough. Making these picks without seeing a single race is killing me as usual.

Edited by Wander, 14 March 2014 - 01:17.

[fisichella_2001]

Hamilton 275

Rosberg 242

Alonso 217

Vettel 204

Raikkonen 148

Bottas 121

Button 113

Magnussen 102

Massa 100

Hulkenberg 92

Ricciardo 83

Perez 66

Grosjean 50

Sutil 29

Maldonado 26

Kyvvat 18

Vergne 16

Gutierrez 10

Bianchi 4

Kobayashi 2

Chilton 1

Ericcson 0

Edited by fisichella_2001, 09 March 2014 - 04:19.

[Makarias]

All entries up to here add up to 1919 except Kingshark's "fixed" entry that adds up to 2126

[Costaz]

1	Button 	        238
2	Hamilton	237
3	Rosberg	        229
4	Alonso	        210
5	Räikkönen	203
6	Magnussen	154
7	Vettel	        148
8	Massa	        119
9	Hülkenberg	109
10	Perez	         87
11	Ricciardo   	 57
12	Bottas	         46
13	Sutil	         24
14	Gutiérrez	 22
15	Grosjean	 17
16	Maldonado	  8
17	Vergne	          6
18	Kvyat	          5

My first guess was up to 1813, I then managed to raise it to 1950 - it was a bit of a struggle to get it down to the correct sum... Lots of love for the Mercedes boys, I see, it will be a long and interesting season. Good luck to all .

Edited by Costaz, 12 March 2014 - 10:06.

[Barty]

Rosberg    292
Hamilton    239
Button    237
Alonso    204
Räikkönen    204
Bottas    145
Vettel    138
Magnussen    135
Ricciardo    92
Massa    70
Hülkenberg    42
Sutil    40
Grosjean    30
Perez    24
Vergne    14
Kobayashi    6
Gutierrez    4
Ericsson    2
Kvyat    1
Bianchi    0
Chilton    0
Maldonado    0

Edited by Barty, 10 March 2014 - 19:11.

[Wlleiotl]

Rosberg     270
Hamilton    250
Massa       200
Alonso      170
Bottas      170
Raikkonen   150
Button      150
Magnussen   120
Perez        80
Hulkenburg   80
Vettel       80
Ricciardo    50
Bianchi      25
Grosjean     20
Sutil        20
Gutierrez    20
Chilton      20
Maldonado    10
Kvyat        10
Vergne       10
Kobayashi     9
Ericsson      5

[noikeee]

Posting just to say I edited my predictions, yet again. Might not be the last edit.  Totally undecided.

[aray]

 Alonso        252
 Hamilton      238
 Rosberg       206
 Vettel        194
 Räikkönen     160
 Button        140
 Ricciardo     132
 Massa         130
 Magnussen     115
 Bottas         95
 Hülkenberg     90
 Grosjean       67
 Perez          30
 Maldonado      20
 Sutil          15
 Vergne         15
 Gutierrez      10
 Kvyat          10

Edited by aray, 11 March 2014 - 15:10.

[an1res]

Ericsson    10
Kobayashi   14
Alonso     225
Räikkönen  175
Hülkenberg 100
Perez      100
Grosjean    60
Maldonado   60
Bianchi     10
Chilton     10
Button     100
Magnussen  100
Hamilton   160
Rosberg    200
Vettel     130
Ricciardo   75
Sutil       40
Gutierrez   40
Kvyat       35
Vergne      35
Bottas     120
Massa      120

[Iranie]

Alonso 200

Räikkönen 200

Hamilton 227

Rosberg 227

Bottas 140

Massa 140

Button 125

Magnussen 80

Perez 75

Hulkenberg 75

Vettel 145

Bianchi 4

Chilton 3

Ericsson 3

Kobayashi 3

Ricciardo 80

Sutil 50

Gutierrez 20

Grosjean 50

Maldonado 30

Kvyat 23

Vergne 22

Edited by Iranie, 13 March 2014 - 14:12.

[skylark68]

Hamilton 268

Rosberg 265

Alonso 192

Vettel 189

Button 149

Raikkonen 148

Hulkenberg 122

Massa 102

Magnussen 100

Perez 91

Bottas 89

Ricciardo 89

Sutil 29

Gutierrez 28

Grosjean 28

Maldanado 22

Vergne 8

Kvyat 0

Kobayshi 0

Ericsson 0

Bianchi 0

Chilton 0

  1919

Edited by skylark68, 11 March 2014 - 21:15.

[Estwald]

Rosberg		266
Hamilton	242
Massa		180
Button		177
Alonso		162
Magnussen	146
Raikkonen	135
Bottas		121
Vettel		106
Hulkenberg	 98
Ricciardo	 84
Grosjean	 62
Perez		 61
Maldanado	 33
Sutil		 21
Gutierrez	 10
Vergne		  7
Kvyatt		  5
Bianchi		  2
Kobayashi	  1

[Makarias]

Kingshark still at 2126, Costaz indeed having a bit of a struggle coz he's at 1920

 

All others on 1919, more entries welcome!

[M2000-5]

I usually s*ck at this game but here's another go and I might start climbing up from the bottom of the well.

 

L. Hamilton 360

N. Rosberg 296

F. Alonso 278

K. Raikkonen 267

F. Massa 203

J. Button 140

V. Bottas 106

S. Vettel 76

N. Hulkenberg 67

K. Magnussen 55

S. Perez 43

A. Sutil 14

D. Ricciardo 6

J. Vergne 3

R. Grosjean 2

E. Gutiérrez 2

J. Bianchi 1

P. Maldonado 0

D. Kvyat 0

M. Chilton 0

M. Ericsson 0

K. Kobayashi 0

Edited by M2000-5, 13 March 2014 - 07:14.

[Costaz]

Kingshark still at 2126, Costaz indeed having a bit of a struggle coz he's at 1920

 

All others on 1919, more entries welcome!

 

This is really strange, my excel seems to be playing up. It still shows the sum as 1919, I copy-paste the cells in another column, and the sum there is 1920 . I've edited my entry, hopefully it's correct now...

[LB]

Hamilton 320

Rosberg 250

Alonso 215

Button 200

Vettel 170

Raikkonen 165

Massa 140

Bottas 120

Magnusson 110

Hulkenberg 60

Ricciardo 55

Sutil 39

Perez 25

Gutierrez 15

Grosjean 10

Maldonado 10

Vergne 8

Kvyat 5

Bianchi 2

[Grayson]

Hamilton 245

Rosberg 220

Alonso 184

Raikkonen 155

Vettel 145

Button 125

Bottas 110

Massa 105

Magnussen 100

Hulkenberg 92

Ricciardo 80

Grosjean 77

Maldonado 72

Perez 70

Sutil 60

Gutierrez 35

Vergne 15

Kvyat 14

Bianchi 6

Chilton 4

Kobayashi 3

Ericsson 2

[Fastcake]

All right let's have at it...

Hamilton   	252
Rosberg   	246
Button      	221
Alonso     	209
Raikkonen	188
Magnussen	147
Massa      	121
Bottas      	101
Vettel       	98
Hulkenberg	83
Ricciardo 	66
Perez       	44
Grosjean  	43
Maldonado	38
Sutil          	21
Kvyat       	18
Vergne     	11
Gutierrez 	9
Bianchi     	2
Chilton      	1
Kobayashi	0
Ericsson  	0

[Anderis]

Hamilton 268

Rosberg 254

Alonso 201

Raikkonen 164

Bottas 137

Massa 119

Magnussen 112

Button 112

Vettel 104

Hulkenberg 94

Perez 68

Ricciardo 67

Grosjean 63

Maldonado 46

Sutil 29

Vergne 26

Gutierrez 20

Kvyat 19

Bianchi 6

Kobayashi 4

Ericsson 3

Chilton 3

Edited by Anderis, 13 March 2014 - 16:12.

[scheivlak]

Hamilton 258

Rosberg 254

Vettel 186

Alonso 184

Button 162

Raikkonen 152

Magnussen 149

Bottas 116

Massa 113

Hülkenberg 96

Perez 64

Ricciardo 49

Grosjean 45        

Sutil 20

Kvyat 18

Maldonado 15

Gutierrez 12

Vergne 12

Bianchi 9

Chilton 4

Kobayashi 1

Edited by scheivlak, 13 March 2014 - 20:18.

[Bleu]

Hamilton 280
Rosberg 255
Alonso 194
Vettel 180
Räikkönen 171
Button 110
Magnussen 107
Bottas 100
Ricciardo 87
Massa 80
Grosjean 73
Hülkenberg 63
Maldonado 57
Perez 52
Sutil 44
Gutierrez 26
Kvyat 19
Vergne 12
Bianchi 8
Chilton 1
Ericsson 0
Kobayashi 0

Edited by Bleu, 13 March 2014 - 07:35.

[d_view7]

Raikkonen 258

Rosberg 245

Alonso 222

Hamilton 203

Vettel 168

Bottas 130

Ricciardo 124

Button 110

Magnussen 101

Hulkenberg 85

Massa 85

Perez 63

Grosjean 55

Maldonado 32

Sutil 20

Vergne 10

Gutierrez 7

Bianchi 1

[AcuraF1]

Hamilton 275

Rosberg 242

Alonso 235

Raikkonen 215

Vettel 188

Bottas 144

Massa 133

Ricciardo 111

Button 79

Grosjean 64

Magnussen 62

Hulkenberg 61

Perez 44

Maldonado 29

Sutil 17

Vergne 13

Gutierrez 5

Ericsson 1

Kobayashi 1

Edited by AcuraF1, 13 March 2014 - 13:44.

[Brawn BGP 001]

1. Lewis Hamilton 284
2. Nico Rosberg 236
3. Jenson Button 224
4. Fernando Alonso 194
5. Kevin Magnussen 154
6. Sebastian Vettel 131
7. Valtteri Bottas 118
8. Kimi Raikkonen 111
9. Felipe Massa 100
10. Nico Hulkenberg 92
11. Daniel Ricciardo 88
12. Sergio Perez 66
13. Romain Grosjean 47
14. Pastor Maldonado 24
15. Daniil Kyvat 15
16. Jean Eric Vergne 13
17. Adrian Sutil 10
18. Esteban GutieRrez 8
19. Jules Bianchi 2
20. Max Chilton 1
21. Marcus Ericcson 1

Edited by Brawn BGP 001, 14 March 2014 - 00:13.

[kismet]

Hamilton   270
Rosberg    240
Vettel     200
Ricciardo  135
Räikkönen  145
Alonso     200
Magnussen  110
Button     145
Massa      140
Bottas     100
Hülkenberg  75
Perez       60
Grosjean    40
Maldonado   22
Sutil       13
Gutierrez    8
Vergne       7
Kvyat        9
Bianchi      0
Chilton      0
Ericsson     0
Kobayashi    0

[Makarias]

Brawn BGP 001 has 1921 points and may start the season with a two point penalty...

 

I heroically change my entry just before the deadline:

Rosberg 255

Hamilton 248

Vettel 184

Alonso 183

Räikkönen 153

Button 146

Bottas 132

Ricciardo 131

Massa 126

Magnussen 114

Hülkenberg 110

Perez 77

Grosjean 21

Maldonado 12

Sutil 10

Vergne 6

Kvyat 6

Gutierrez 5

The rest 0.

[Anderis]

After FP2 I already feel that I should have gone differently with some teams. Your heroic change seems to be pretty much spot on at this point, Makarias.

[aray]

good thing i put enough points on RB duo....whoever put both of them under 100(someone gave Ric 6 ) will suffer i suspect...

Edited by aray, 15 March 2014 - 16:23.

[KWSN - DSM]

good thing i put enough points on RB duo....whoever put both of them under 100(someone gave Ric 6 ) will suffer i suspect...

 

I would be one of them.

 

[Wander]

I don't have a good feeling about this.

[M2000-5]

good thing i put enough points on RB duo....whoever put both of them under 100(someone gave Ric 6 ) will suffer i suspect...

 

That would be me 

 

As I said, I s*ck at this game and my crystal ball needs throwing away