Season showdown
The championship candidates might otherwise have been interested in PM-ing their guesses to me for maximum secrecy, but as I am personally a main opponent, that kinda becomes silly. If either Estwald or Zawed would like some secret arrangement anyway, perhaps they could PM some well trusted fourth party? Suggestions welcome!
Yet another edited circuit!
Small modification, but still... According to Forix, the perimeter has gone from 5821 m to 5807 m. 130R has been moved a bit, and perhaps more importantly the Triangle chicane has been reshaped. All in all, I'd expect the track to be slightly faster than before... Doubled timespans as usual in these cases!
How to enter: Just submit your guess for what the pole time will be, and who you think will take pole.
Deadline: post/edit before the start of first free practice.
Here are the scoring rules. Revised for 2003!
Here are the 2003 standings so far.
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Background info for Japan:
2002 pole: M Schumacher; 1'31.317
2001 pole: M Schumacher; 1'32.484
2000 pole: M Schumacher; 1'35.825
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2003 so far:
[b]GP Pole(s) 2002(s) 2003-2002(s) 2003/2002(%)[/b] OZ 87.173 85.843 1.330 101.549 MAL 97.044 95.266 1.778 101.866 BRA 73.807 73.114 0.693 100.948 RSM 82.327 81.091 1.236 101.524 SPA 77.762 76.364 1.398 101.831 AUT 69.150 68.082 1.068 101.569 MON* 75.259 76.676 -1.417 98.152 CAN 75.529 72.836 2.693 103.697 EUR* 91.523 89.906 1.617 101.799 FRA* 75.019 71.985 3.034 104.215 GB 81.209 78.998 2.211 102.799 GER 75.167 74.389 0.778 101.046 HUN* 81.688 73.333 8.355 111.393 ITA 80.963 80.264 0.699 100.871 USA 71.670 70.790 0.880 101.243 *Different layout since 2003
My guess for Japan is 1'32.161 by Michael Schumacher.
Don't forget the new qualifying rules! Good luck!
