After another less than surprising victory for Sebastien Loeb, it looks like guessing the order further down the field is the key to this game. Makarias was the one most proficient at it this round, giving him his second win of the season. One of last season's star, but so far unlucky this year, mikk-ville scored second, while IMHO rounded out the podium. In the championship the battle is close, with Schuting Star holding on to the lead with IMHO, Makarias and Ric Bol all within ten points.
Awarding points for each guess gives the following expected result:
1. Loeb 114 (20.88%)
2. Solberg 92 (16.85%)
3. Gronholm 77 (14.1%)
4. Gardemeister 54 (9.89%)
5. Martin 50 (9.16%)
6. Rovanpera 27 (4.95%)
7. Galli 21 (3.85%)
8. Duval 13 (2.38%)
9. Sainz 9 (1.65%)
10. Kresta 4 (0.73%)
=. Atkinson 4 (0.73%)
12. Stohl 1 (0.18%)
=. Schwarz 1 (0.18%)
=. Paasonen 1 (0.18%)
Results:
1. Makarias (10/6/8/8/8/5/10/10) 65
2. mikko-ville (10/10/10/10/6/10/6/0) 62
B. AverageBot (10/8/8/10/8/8/8/0) 60
3. IMHO (10/10/10/10/0/8/10/0) 58
4. dnbn (8/8/10/10/5/8/8/0) 57
5. Schuting Star (10/8/8/10/10/10/0/0) 56
6. LB (8/8/6/8/8/6/10/0) 54
B. LazyBot (10/5/8/8/8/6/0/8) 53
7. Marcel Schot (10/10/10/8/8/6/0/0) 52
=. Ric Bol (10/8/8/10/6/10/0/0) 52
9. Jimmino (10/8/8/8/5/10/0/0) 49
10. Moanaman (10/5/8/8/8/8/0/0) 47
11. StickShift (10/6/8/8/8/5/0/0) 45
12. KWSN - DSM (8/6/6/6/0/5/0/0) 31
Points scored per driver:
1. Loeb 134
2. Gardemeister 122
3. Solberg 116
4. Gronholm 106
5. Martin 105
6. Rovanpera 88
7. Duval 52
8. Stohl 18
Overall standings after 9/16 rounds:
1. Schuting Star 417
2. IMHO 415
3. Makarias 413
4. Ric Bol 409
B. AverageBot 406 *
5. dnbn 395
6. Marcel Schot 386
7. StickShift 385
8. LB 369
9. Moanaman 359
10. mikko-ville 337
B. LazyBot 327 *
11. KWSN - DSM 315
12. Jimmino 313 *
13. TT6 265 *
14. race addicted 258 *
15. arcsine 181 *
16. TheKanisteri 144 *
17. Apex 114 *
18. babbel 95 *
19. Ickx 25 *
20. FordFan 23 *
* = did not compete in all rounds
The bots
We have 2 bots playing with us. LazyBot guesses the current championship standings, taking into account only those drivers who are entered into the rally. AverageBot guesses the average guess of all participants, as shown above.
Rules
The rules are fairly simple. All you have to do is predict the top 8 for the upcoming rally in the simple format of
your username/dvr1/dvr2/dvr3/dvr4/dvr5/dvr6/dvr7/dvr8
Scoring is done on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
10 points scored if your driver finishes in the position predicted, 8 points if your selection finishes 1 place away (i.e. 1st or 3rd when you said second), all the way down to 1 point if your selection finishes 7 places away. No points will be awarded if your selection finishes outside the points positions or if he retires from the rally.
A 20 point bonus will be awarded if you get them all correct, so you can in theory score 100 in each round.
Results will be posted at the end of each rally as soon as possible (can be an hour, can be 2 days, depending on whether I'm near a computer).
Entries must be in before the start of the first stage of the rally.
Finland
Post your entries below. The rally starts on Thursday, August 04, 2005 at 19:00 local time (GMT+3).
Entry list
