China results
Name Total Precision Top8 Driver Time(best 8) armonico [b]15[/b] 0 10 5 94.894 scheivlak [b]10[/b] 0 5 5 94.717 fisichella_2001 [b]8[/b] 0 8 0 94.761 race addicted [b]7[/b] 0 2 5 94.611 D82 [b]6[/b] 0 6 0 94.754 Estwald [b]6[/b] 0 1 5 94.545 an1res [b]5[/b] 0 0 5 Apex [b]5[/b] 0 0 5 AussieF1 [b]5[/b] 0 0 5 dnbn [b]5[/b] 0 0 5 estoril85 [b]5[/b] 0 0 5 jomaizta [b]5[/b] 0 0 5 magicalonso [b]5[/b] 0 0 5 panzani [b]5[/b] 0 0 5 KWSN - DSM [b]4[/b] 0 4 0 94.711 sek [b]3[/b] 0 3 0 94.700 Alapan [b]0[/b] 0 0 0 boost [b]0[/b] 0 0 0 d_view7 [b]0[/b] 0 0 0 dworsham [b]0[/b] 0 0 0 jangkrik [b]0[/b] 0 0 0 Jimmino [b]0[/b] 0 0 0 kismet [b]0[/b] 0 0 0 LB [b]0[/b] 0 0 0 Makarias [b]0[/b] 0 0 0 mimin [b]0[/b] 0 0 0 Punisher6 [b]0[/b] 0 0 0 Ric Bol [b]0[/b] 0 0 0 shays [b]0[/b] 0 0 0 THE HUMAN MAN [b]0[/b] 0 0 0 WillieF1 [b]0[/b] 0 0 0 Zawed [b]0[/b] 0 0 0Nobody anticipated rain, so the time guesses are all classified as ****. Alonso was a popular pole guess though, and he paid off well.
The Popularity Pole
PP was set by Fernando Alonso AND Michael Schumacher, with a time of 10.149 seconds; 0.289 seconds off the actual pole. If the PP was an entry in the competition, it would have scored 5 points, for a total of 61 points. (Alonso becomes the official Popularity Pole driver to balance out that a coin toss didn't favour the PP last time there was a draw, at the European GP)
This round had 32 entries; 32 guesses faster than pole, 0 slower than pole.
Slowest guess: 94.894s
Fastest guess: 93.393 s
Pole man Fernando Alonso was guessed correctly by 37.5% of the entrants. Four different drivers were guessed for pole.
The entries
Overall standings
Name Total Precision Top8 Driver armonico [b]117,5[/b] 59 41,5 17 jangkrik [b]115,5[/b] 66 31,5 18 dnbn [b]104[/b] 57 31 16 magicalonso [b]95[/b] 57 21 17 scheivlak [b]95[/b] 53 31 11 KWSN - DSM [b]94[/b] 49 27 18 fisichella_2001 [b]91[/b] 58 29 4 Punisher6 [b]90[/b] 55 28 7 sek [b]88,5[/b] 56 23,5 9 Alapan [b]83[/b] 50 22 11 mimin [b]81,5[/b] 52 11,5 18 race addicted [b]80,5[/b] 50 17,5 13 jomaizta [b]80[/b] 47 22 11 shays [b]80[/b] 49 15 16 Jimmino [b]77[/b] 46 16 15 estoril85 [b]74[/b] 51 11 12 an1res [b]73[/b] 38 21 14 AcuraF1 [b]72[/b] 43 22 7 d_view7 [b]71[/b] 47 16 8 Estwald [b]69,5[/b] 47 10,5 12 Apex [b]68[/b] 44 7 17 boost [b]67[/b] 44 11 12 LB [b]67[/b] 52 9 6 AussieF1 [b]66[/b] 48 9 9 panzani [b]65[/b] 45 11 9 Ric Bol [b]61[/b] 41 10 10 Makarias [b]60[/b] 43 1 16 dworsham [b]59[/b] 31 18 10 WillieF1 [b]59[/b] 45 7 7 Zawed [b]59[/b] 46 11 2 tbones [b]58[/b] 35 17 6 D82 [b]54[/b] 38 6 10 kismet [b]54[/b] 47 4 3 skylark68 [b]50[/b] 35 15 0 Moanaman [b]38[/b] 34 4 0 Ladaman [b]33[/b] 21 0 12 StickShift [b]32[/b] 22 2 8 SkorbiF1 [b]30[/b] 22 2 6 GreenLantern [b]29[/b] 20 3 6 fifi [b]22[/b] 13 0 9 Barty [b]20[/b] 16 0 4 gerry nassar [b]20[/b] 10 10 0 HoldenRT [b]16[/b] 8 8 0 Jecko [b]16[/b] 10 6 0 Marcel Schot [b]16[/b] 11 0 5 pungzilla [b]16[/b] 12 0 4 THE HUMAN MAN [b]14[/b] 14 0 0 windsok [b]13[/b] 10 3 0 SeanValen [b]12[/b] 7 0 5 Città nuova [b]11[/b] 6 0 5 330R [b]10[/b] 8 2 0 Crazy Canuck [b]9[/b] 9 0 0 Kooper [b]8[/b] 8 0 0 DeathMasteR [b]6[/b] 6 0 0 Leyser [b]5[/b] 2 0 3 Marilyn Manson [b]5[/b] 5 0 0 Agnis [b]4[/b] 4 0 0 Will [b]4[/b] 4 0 0 Sergino [b]3[/b] 3 0 0 fillern [b]1[/b] 1 0 0 HBoss [b]1[/b] 1 0 0 Sammyed [b]1[/b] 1 0 0
Oh boy, armonico's gamble on a slow time pays off big time, and there is a change for the lead! It's likely to be a fierce two way battle to the finish this year, although a few others still have an outside chance.