There were approx 298,736 engine changes over the weekend, with a corresponding amount of grid position changes.
So let me clarify something that is becoming obvious: What grid do we use for GtG?
The answer is (and has to be) the grid as qualified before penalties are taken into account
Why do we use that one?
The answer can best be shown with an example. Ralf Schumacher qualified 10th, based on his laptime (I know not exactly due to when his engine exploded, but the example stands), however he started in last place as we know, due to the engine change.
There is no way any of you (who aren't from the future, Frans
) could know that and factor it into your guesses.So we take the grid from where they actually qualify, not the start grid.
Now, to the results for Malaysia!!
Appropriately, our winner was fisichella_2001 with 15
fisichella_2001 15 Al. 14 Pets22 14 Punter 14 shays 14 Ladaman 14 JForce 13 kismet 13 Barty 12 coyoteBR 12 gerry nassar 12 jomaizta 12 LB 12 mark f1 12 Punisher6 12 SeanValen 12 sergino 12 AcuraF1 11 an1res 11 Czesc 11 Estwald 11 fifi 11 magicalonso 11 race addicted 11 scheivlak 11 slix 11 Memory Loss 11 Cadence 11 Zeus 11 Amanda 10 dnbn 10 estoril85 10 fullcourseyello 10 IMHO 10 Jimmino 10 k-one 10 mimin 10 Moanaman 10 Ric Bol 10 sek 10 skylark68 10 woftam 10 alapan 9 boost 9 Corners 9 dworsham 9 heki 9 Hotwheels 9 Makarias 9 Marcel Schot 9 riffola 9 SkorbiF1 9 StickShift 9 windsok 9 Costaz 9 fillern 9 Apex 8 armonico 8 Crazy Canuck 8 d_view7 8 KWSN - DSM 8 ray b 8 WillieF1 8 Witt 8 Zawed 8 D82 7
Current Leaderboard after the Malaysian Grand Prix:
It's tight at the top, as you would expect after just 2 races, but we have SeanValen, Punter, fisichella_2001 and Al. all on 27
Name Total Score SeanValen 27 Punter 27 fisichella_2001 27 Al. 27 SkorbiF1 26 race addicted 26 Punisher6 25 Pets22 25 jomaizta 25 fullcourseyello 25 Zeus 24 mimin 24 magicalonso 24 Ladaman 24 kismet 24 JForce 24 Zawed 23 StickShift 23 shays 23 sergino 23 scheivlak 23 mark f1 23 Estwald 23 Crazy Canuck 23 an1res 23 Witt 22 Memory Loss 22 Makarias 22 fifi 22 d_view7 22 Corners 22 woftam 21 skylark68 21 Marcel Schot 21 LB 21 heki 21 gerry nassar 21 coyoteBR 21 boost 21 AcuraF1 21 slix 20 KWSN - DSM 20 Jimmino 20 IMHO 20 estoril85 20 dworsham 20 Czesc 20 Cadence 20 Barty 20 Amanda 20 alapan 20 sek 19 Moanaman 19 Hotwheels 19 dnbn 19 D82 19 armonico 19 Apex 19 windsok 18 ray b 18 riffola 17 Ric Bol 17 Costaz 17 WillieF1 15 boostpressure 14 Hi Test 13 DeathMasteR 13 ukuli 12 turin 11 ghostrider 11 Big Block 8 11 k-one 10 330R 10 Will 9 fillern 9
