Correct answers, Round 7 at Nürburgring:
[B][SIZE=2]Qualifying duels: Outcome Worth (pts) [/B] 1 Ferrari – Renault X (49 %) 1.51 2 BAR – Williams 1 (24 %) 1.76 3 Sauber – McLaren 2 (62 %) 1.38 4 Toyota – Jordan 1 (89 %) 1.11 5 Jaguar – Minardi 1 (100 %) 1.00 6 Toyota – Jaguar 1 (14 %) 1.86 [B]Total for qualifying: 8.62 [/B] [B]Race duels:[/B] 7 Ferrari – Renault 1 (57 %) 1.43 8 BAR – Williams 1 (19 %) 1.81 9 Sauber – McLaren 1 (8 %) 1.92 10 Toyota – Jordan X (24 %) 1.76 11 Jaguar – Minardi 1 (86 %) 1.14 12 Toyota – Jaguar X (54 %) 1.46 [B]Total for race: 9.51 [/B] [B]Overall: 18.14[/SIZE] [/B]
Comments:
A bit more difficult round this time. Apparently one can’t really overestimate the depths Williams and McLaren are capable of sinking to these days. Just when you think they must have reached the rock bottom already, they deliver yet another abysmal performance. Jaguar also fail to live up to our expectations; outqualified by the Toyota geriatric ward and half-outraced by some yellow car that surely should’ve been mingling with the Minardis.
Results:
No perfect scores this time. The best individual results were dnbn’s 7.11 for qualifying and ron’s and Schuting Star’s 7.59 for race. In overall results for round 7, the podium trio is ron (who becomes the first double winner in this game, he also won the season opener), Schuting Star and DeathMasteR. Congratulations!
[COLOR=red][SIZE=3][B]Round 7 results: [/B] [/SIZE] [/COLOR] [B]Pos Entrant Qual Race Total (pts) [/B] 1 ron 5,00 7,59 12,59 2 Schuting Star 3,86 7,59 11,46 3 DeathMasteR 5,65 4,38 10,03 4 dnbn 7,11 2,57 9,68 5 Estwald 5,24 4,38 9,62 6 Nasty McBastard 3,62 5,78 9,41 Daisy 3,62 5,78 9,41 rookie 8 The Kanisteri 6,76 2,59 9,35 9 d_view7 3,49 5,78 9,27 10 Apex 5,00 4,03 9,03 Ventura 5,00 4,03 9,03 12 Viss1 4,27 4,70 8,97 13 skylark68 5,49 2,95 8,43 14 wioyet 5,35 3,05 8,41 15 Alapan 3,62 4,70 8,32 16 garth_b 5,00 3,05 8,05 17 pinin406 6,76 1,14 7,89 18 Ric Bol 5,24 2,59 7,84 19 KWSN - DSM 3,49 4,32 7,81 20 WillieF1 3,49 4,03 7,51 kismet 3,49 4,03 7,51 130R 3,49 4,03 7,51 23 Pioneer 2,51 4,65 7,16 24 Costaz 2,11 4,65 6,76 25 LB 3,62 3,05 6,68 26 Pine 5,49 1,14 6,62 27 Marcel Schot 3,86 2,59 6,46 28 AD 3,49 2,89 6,38 29 Crazy Canuck 3,62 2,59 6,22 30 Moanaman 3,49 2,59 6,08 AussieF1 3,49 2,59 6,08 32 chris_canuk 4.87 2.79 6,05 Prostfan 3,44 3,97 6,05 34 Makarias 3,97 1,14 5,11 35 Aren 3,89 1,14 5,03 36 QdfV 3,49 1,43 4,92 37 Jimmino 3,62 1,14 4,76
The average score was 7,77 which would’ve been good enough for the 20th place. The popular guess 1X2 11X 1XX 11X would’ve been worth 7,51 points and a joint 20th.
Moving on to the championship standings after round 7/18. No points for guessing who continues to hold on to the top spot; this is dnbn’s 6th consecutive race as the provisional first-ever F1 Pools champ. How does he do it? Elsewhere in the standings, Makarias graciously jumps off the podium, allowing ron, Viss1 and Estwald to leapfrog him. The biggest mover upwards this round is Schuting Star who climbs 7 places back to top 10.
[B][SIZE=3][COLOR=red]F1 Pools Top 40, Round 7/18:[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [/B] [B]Pos Entrant Points Change from previous[/B] 1 dnbn 72,89 0 2 ron 69,84 +1 3 Viss1 65,01 +1 4 Estwald 64,80 +1 5 Makarias 64,54 -3 6 Ventura 61,81 +1 7 Alapan 60,77 +1 8 Schuting Star 59,92 +7 9 Jimmino 58,58 -3 10 Ric Bol 57,68 +2 11 kismet 57,49 0 12 Apex 57,07 +4 13 QdfV 56,38 -4 14 Crazy Canuck 55,87 -1 15 AD 55,48 -1 16 Nasty McBastard 55,48 +4 17 Aren 55,25 -7 18 WillieF1 53,94 +1 19 d_view7 53,43 +5 20 LB 53,22 -3 21 pinin406 53,12 +1 22 Moanaman 52,61 -4 23 wioyet 52,29 +3 24 garth_b 51,48 +3 25 Prostfan 51,37 -4 26 Pine 51,35 -3 27 AussieF1 50,11 -2 28 DeathMasteR 49,90 +3 29 The Kanisteri 49,89 0 30 Marcel Schot 48,21 -2 31 Pioneer 47,41 -1 32 130R 46,65 0 33 KWSN – DSM 46,47 0 34 skylark68 44,18 0 35 chris_canuk 37,69 +3 36 Costaz 37,66 +4 37 Czesc 35,35 -2 38 TT6 34,38 -2 39 Bjorn 31,81 -2 40 rich42 31,44 -1
Let me know if there are any weird scores or suspect results around. I do my best to avoid unnecessary mistakes but, to quote a great philosopher: ”**** happens.” Oh, and to elaborate on the discussion I had with garth_b in the Monaco results thread, that ”retired but was classified” situation has actually happened before (Sato at Sepang). My ruling was the same back then, so at least I’m consistent even when contradicting myself.
I’ll post a new thread for round 8 guesses in a few days.