Some surprises in F1: Ferrari has not dominated as popularly thought a priori, even some people thinks Williams is the top car now. On the other side, Macs have holded it better than we could think with the "old" car. And Renault bidding for wins and poles on merit has to be considered a surprise.
All it has done this season a difficult string of GPs to forecast podiums. Some funny mishaps have happened for everyone, and some surprising good scores in some difficult GPs. Interestingly, this year BERNIE has had a huge success, and it shows how important grid positions was. On the other side, MAX is being walked over by most of player. It is a sign that podium has changed hands frequently, and so the first 3 or 4 in the WDC table have not coped the podium most of time.
A "fierce"
battle for third final position (and second if we discount BERNIE) is approaching: a new Battle of Pacific.In this round, as commented in the Indy results thread, we will use "the third man" last round optional rule: those from RicBol upwards in the classification (it is to say, those who can fight for the third position) can, if desired, send their guesses privately by PM to ProstFan instead of post them publicly here. This way, one can "hide" his/her astute move from his/her "enemies" eyes. Lots of surprises could happen
I specially remind everyone about "tie breaking rules" used in our game: in case of tie in final scores, the first rule is "the less amount of miss-scores gets the better classification", second rule is "the best classified in the previous round gets the best classification". Currently third position is for LB (second "human" position
), and it means that, in order to someone take from him that position, it will be needed to get at least one more point than him, because untie rules favours LB. Rules:
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It consists in guessing the three firsts in F1 races. You do an ordered guess (i.e. MS-JPM-RS) and a score is given according to real podium results. The scoring system is as explained here:
Suppose you do the guess MS-JPM-RS.
If MS is 1st, 3 points
if MS is 2nd, 2 points
if MS is 3rd, 1 point
If JPM is 1st, 2 points
if JPM is 2nd, 2 points
if JPM is 3rd, 1 point
If RS is 1st, 2nd or 3rd, 1 point
It another driver makes a podium position, it doesn't give any points.
The key for this system is not "gambling" on the exact position but to do a realistic shot at the relative merit of each driver in that GP. For instance, you are not penalized for JPM being first and not 2nd, as the penalty comes by not scoring with MS's first position.
In order to have a reference I will enter two "dummy" players: Bernie and Max (the names were chosen randomly ). Bernie always guesses the firsts three qualifyers, and Max always guesses the firsts three classified in WDC current points table. Can you outscore B&M?
Any guess can be done before one hour before the official first start of the race. We will use the "official" Atlas Forum clock to resolve close entries.
Don't forget special rules for missed rounds are explained in the "Imola results" thread. It affects regulars with less than half rounds missed.
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Good luck and good fun for everybody!
And remember the three top prizes:
-First Prize: one day with MinardÃ's test team.
-Second Prize: three days with Minardi´s test team.
-Third Team: a whole long week with Minardi's test team.
;)
