Ten position penalties are ignored (only) if they are due to disciplinary reasons.
Deadline:
Full entry is accepted only for entries submitted/edited before the start of first free practice.
Guesses entered or edited after first free practice will not get their driver guesses registered.
Final deadline is whenever I choose to register the entries; typically Friday evening CET. But always after first free practice. In case of me being absent and not able to register the entries in time, the absolute final deadline is the start of Saturday practice.
Scoring rules
-The best eight guessers (closest to the actual pole position time) Score points F1 style, 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.
-Precision points are given to every participant whose guess was sufficiently close the actual pole position time according to this list:
<-----------Time offsets-----------> Pts Default Modified Layout New Track [s] 10 - 0.050 - 0.100 - 0.150 8 - 0.100 - 0.200 - 0.300 6 - 0.200 - 0.400 - 0.600 5 - 0.400 - 0.800 - 1.200 4 - 0.600 - 1.200 - 1.800 3 - 0.800 - 1.600 - 2.400 2 - 1.200 - 2.400 - 3.600 1 - 2.000 - 4.000 - 6.000The first race of the season counts as a Modified Layout unless it's brand new.
A track that wasn't used the previous season also counts as a Modified Layout.
-Driver Points are given for correctly guessing the driver to take pole position. The amount of points given depends on the current value of the driver, according to this list:
Pts Recent qualifying results 5 0 front row starts in the previous five races 4 1 front row start in the previous five races 3 2 front row starts in the previous five races 2 3-5 front row starts in the previous five races
2007 standings
[b]Three latest poles at USA: Year Driver Pole time (s)[/b] 2006 M Schumacher 70.832 2005 Trulli 70.625 2004 Barrichello 70.223 [b]Driver values: Dri val[/b] Alon 2 Hami 2 Mass 2 REST 5 [b]2007 data: Time 2006 2006 fastest 2007/2006 GP Pole #2 (s) pole(s) race lap (s) (%) [/b] OZ Räik Alon 86.072 85.229 86.045 100.989 MAL Mass Alon 95.043 93.840 94.803 101.282 BAH Mass Hami 92.652 91.431 92.408 101.335 ESP Mass Alon 81.421 74.648 76.648 109.073 MON Alon Hami 75.726 73.898 75.143 102.474 CAN Hami Alon 75.707 74.942 75.841 101.021 USA 70.832 72.719 FRA 75.493 77.111 GB 80.253 81.599 GER 89.819 92.099 HUN 79.599 83.516 TUR 86.907 88.005 ITA 81.484 82.559 BEL ------ ------ ------ JAP ------ ------ ------ CHN 104.360 97.586 BRA 70.680 72.162
My guess for USA is 71.409 s by Fernando Alonso.
