MODIFIED LAYOUT
Since the last time F1 raced in Melbourne in 2019, the track layout has been modified a bit. Turns 9 and 10 have been made faster and turn 13 has been reprofiled. The new layout should be faster than the old one.
Doubled timespans apply, for the umpteenth time in recent years.
How to enter: Just submit your guess for what the pole time will be, and who you think will take pole.
Grid penalties are ignored if and only if they are due to disciplinary reasons.
Deadline:
Entries are accepted only if they are submitted/edited before First Free Practice.
Entries that are edited after the beginning of First Free Practice but before I have registered the entries will be ignored.
Scoring rules
-The best ten guessers (closest to the actual pole position time) Score points F1 style, 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1.
-Precision points are given to every participant whose guess was sufficiently close to the actual pole position time according to this list:
<-----------Time offsets-----------> Pts Default Modified Layout New Track [s] 25 - 0.100 - 0.200 - 0.300 18 - 0.200 - 0.400 - 0.600 15 - 0.400 - 0.800 - 1.200 12 - 0.600 - 1.200 - 1.800 10 - 0.800 - 1.600 - 2.400 8 - 1.000 - 2.000 - 3.000 6 - 1.200 - 2.400 - 3.600 4 - 1.500 - 3.000 - 4.500 2 - 1.800 - 3.600 - 5.400 1 - 2.500 - 5.000 - 7.500The 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.
A track that hasn't been used for the previous five seasons counts as a New Track.
-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 18 0 front row starts in the previous five races 13 1 front row start in the previous five races 9 2 front row starts in the previous five races 6 3 front row starts in the previous five races 4 4 front row starts in the previous five races 3 5 front row starts in the previous five races
2022 standings
Five latest poles at Australia: Year Driver Pole time (s) 2019 Hamilton 80.486 2018 Hamilton 81.164 2017 Hamilton 82.188 2016 Hamilton 83.837 2015 Hamilton 86.327 Late 2021 front rows: GP Pole #2 QAT Hami Vers SAU Hami Bott ABU Vers Hami Driver values: Dri val Vers 6 Hami 6 Lecl 9 Bott 13 Pere 13 REST 18 2022 data: Time 2021 PP 2020 PP 2019 PP 2022/2021 2022/2020 2022/2019 GP Pole #2 (s) (s) (s) (s) (%) (%) (%) BAH Lecl Vers 90.558 88.997 87.264 87.866 101.754 103.775 103.064 SAU Pere Lecl 88.200 87.511 ------ ------ 100.787 ------ ------ OZ 0 ------ ------ 80.486 ------ ------ EMI 0 74.411 73.609 ------ ------ MIA 0 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ESP 0 75.584 75.584 75.406 MON 0 70.346 ------ 70.166 ------ AZE 0 101.218 ------ 100.495 ------ CAN 0 ------ ------ 70.240 ------ ------ GB 0 86.134 84.303 85.093 AUT 0 63.720 62.939 63.003 FRA 0 89.990 ------ 88.319 ------ HUN 0 75.419 73.447 74.572 BEL 0 119.765 101.252 102.519 NED 0 68.885 ------ ------ ------ ------ ITA 0 79.651 78.887 79.307 SIN 0 ------ ------ 96.217 ------ ------ JAP 0 ------ ------ 87.064 ------ ------ USA 0 92.910 ------ 92.029 ------ MEX 0 75.875 ------ 74.758 ------ BRA 0 68.372 ------ 67.508 ------ ABU 0 82.109 95.246 94.779My guess for Australia is 78.062 s by Carlos Sainz.
