OK, let's calm down here...
Mount Fuji is 4563 long, using the civilized unit of metres.
Here is a description of the track layout, with a very long main straight, twisty final section but overall probably quite high average speed.
[b]What average speed some laptimes around Fuji would give: Lap time [s] Av. speed [km/h][/b] 70 234.669 72.5 226.577 75 219.024 77.5 211.959 80 205.335 [b]Average speeds for this year's pole laps: GP Av. speed [km/h][/b] OZ 221.800 MAL 209.955 BAH 210.283 ESP 205.819 MON 158.782 CAN 207.373 USA 208.640 FRA 211.632 GB 231.353 EUR 202.655 HUN 197.686 TUR 220.050 ITA 254.336 Formula Nippon pole laptimes suggest that the average speed at Fuji is about 95% of what it is at Suzuka. This could of course depend upon characteristics for different racing series. [b]Three latest poles at Japan-Suzuka: Year Driver Pole time [s] Average speed[/b] 2006 Massa 89.599 233.320 2005 R Schumacher 106.106 197.022 2004 M Schumacher 93.542 223.485
How to enter: Just submit your guess for what the pole time will be, and who you think will take pole.
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 after Belgium
[b]Three latest poles at Japan-Fuji:[/b] BRAND NEW TRACK! [b]Driver values: Dri val[/b] Alon 2 Hami 2 Mass 3 Räik 3 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 Hami Alon 72.331 70.832 72.719 102.116 FRA Mass Hami 75.034 75.493 77.111 99.392 GB Hami Räik 79.997 80.253 81.599 99.681 GER Räik Alon 91.450 89.819 92.099 101.816 HUN Alon Hami 79.674 79.599 83.516 100.094 TUR Mass Hami 87.329 86.907 88.005 100.486 ITA Alon Hami 81.997 81.484 82.559 100.630 BEL Räik Mass 105.994 ------ ------ ------ JAP ------ ------ ------ CHN 104.360 97.586 BRA 70.680 72.162
My guess for Japan is 75.732 s by Lewis Hamilton.
