*THIS POST HAS BEEN EDITED DUE TO A GHOST IN THE MACHINE*
**** The correct finishing order for the race in Bahrain is as follows:
Apologies to mark f1 and Masi Motor Racing for the mixup, and congratulations to LB and Jackie Sterwarts undercrackers for the major boost! I will not be changing the rest of the post because I don't want to lol, the results for Saudi Arabia will be posted later today.
Overall Standings - Bahrain GP Pos Name Team Name Cumulative Points Gap 1 Anderis The 2022 Champions 711 - 2 Big Willy You Can F1 These Nuts 673 38 3 GTA Unwelcome Guest 44 646 65 4 Makarias Insomnia 645 66 5 M2000-5 Spy Holdings F1 617 94 6 LB Jackie Stewarts undercrackers 613 98 7 Costaz 3D Grand Prix 608 103 8 scheivlak hunzerug 606 105 9 Brawn BGP 001 Insert Dodgy Sponsor Here F1 Team 563 148 10 jslains Rams F1 562 149 11 Jdubbya47 RIP Guenther 557 154 12 Kwissen Scorpion 555 156 13 weegi weegi an chelsi 551 160 14 mark f1 Masi Motor Racing 542 169 15 HutchTheVoice I'll Fix Ferrari Myself 541 170 16 koshernotra koshernotra 535 176 17 Osiris Whack-A-Mole 528 183 18 allysm4 Sainz, Sealed, Delivered 489 222
And the new season is off to the races!!! Congratulations to all teams getting off the starting line cleanly and swiftly! Of course, the race this weekend wasn't particularly special, Max barely broke a sweat, and it's looking like that's going to be a common sight for the foreseeable future, but what about our wonderful league here at BOFHQ!! I want to thank all of you for joining the league this year, we've increased the teams by 50% this season, from 12 up to 18! I remember when I was in middle school (that's age 12-13 for all the europeans that are reading) back in 2011/2012, and seeing around 50 entries! Of course games aren't getting that many players these days, but it's exciting to see more people joining the game, especially some of the new faces this year! But enough waffling about BOF history, let's jump right into this and see what happened this week!
Bahrain Results:
A familiar name takes the top step!!!!! The 2022 Champions win the inaugural race of the season, returning to their spetacular form from two seasons ago! A big congratulations as well to Masi Motor Racing, back with a vengeance after finishing in the lower half last season. And a shock podium from You Can F1 These Nuts in their first race back after a year hiatus!!! But there are more interesting things going on underneath the hood here. Let's look closely at the gaps between the positions.
1-2: 5
4-5: 1
7-8: 2
9-10: 1
10-13: 11
14-16: 6
Fifteen of eighteen teams are within 9 points of the team ahead or behind them. This might be one of the tightest opening races we've ever had. Every position is up for grabs, and with so much diversity in the team selections (the highest picked driver was Verstappen, and he was only selected by 50% of the teams), it's looking like there will be a lot of parity among the players this year. I'm amped!!!
The newcomers had a trial by fire in their first week of racing. 3D Grand Prix is the only team in the top half of the table that has not competed in the game before.
But with so many races left (23!), there's more than enough time for a hotshot rookie to steal the show.
Bahrain GP Pos Name Team Name Total Points Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4 Cons Eng Boss 1 Anderis The 2022 Champions 711 129 60 129 62 45 180 106 2 mark f1 Masi Motor Racing 706 155 30 51 9 61 174 62 3 Big Willy You Can F1 These Nuts 673 187 71 50 23 47 189 106 4 GTA Unwelcome Guest 44 646 89 19 129 62 120 176 51 5 Makarias Insomnia 645 102 60 129 14 58 176 106 6 M2000-5 Spy Holdings F1 617 187 60 51 9 72 176 62 7 Costaz 3D Grand Prix 608 187 66 14 62 58 170 51 8 scheivlak hunzerug 606 143 71 52 9 58 170 103 9 Brawn BGP 001 Insert Dodgy Sponsor Here F1 Team 563 113 66 14 15 45 204 106 10 jslains Rams F1 562 187 66 14 7 61 176 51 11 Jdubbya47 RIP Guenther 557 113 60 15 14 120 184 51 12 Kwissen Scorpion 555 113 104 50 12 45 180 51 13 weegi weegi an chelsi 551 89 52 48 7 72 180 103 14 HutchTheVoice I'll Fix Ferrari Myself 541 143 66 52 15 45 180 40 15 LB Jackie Stewarts undercrackers 536 187 66 52 15 47 184 62 16 koshernotra koshernotra 535 187 21 7 33 47 189 51 17 Osiris Whack-A-Mole 528 113 66 48 20 61 180 40 18 allysm4 Sainz, Sealed, Delivered 489 102 52 51 12 34 176 62
Medal Table:
Congratulations to Anderis for the first GOLD MEDAL of the year!!!! Congratulations to mark f1 for the first SILVER MEDAL of the year, and finally congratulations to Big Willy for the first BRONZE MEDAL of the year!!!! Well done to all of you! We will see if this form continues this upcoming weekend in Jeddah....
Position Name Gold Silver Bronze Medal Points
1 Anderis 1 0 0 5
2 mark f1 0 1 0 3
3 Big Willy 0 0 1 1
4 Jdubbya47 0 0 0 0
4 koshernotra 0 0 0 0
4 M2000-5 0 0 0 0
4 allysm4 0 0 0 0
4 Kwissen 0 0 0 0
4 LB 0 0 0 0
4 Osiris 0 0 0 0
4 jslains 0 0 0 0
4 Makarias 0 0 0 0
4 Costaz 0 0 0 0
4 weegi 0 0 0 0
4 Brawn BGP 001 0 0 0 0
4 HutchTheVoice 0 0 0 0
4 GTA 0 0 0 0
4 scheivlak 0 0 0 0
Driver & CEB Table:
Driver Number Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4 Lewis Hamilton 44 107 52 28 46 George Russell 63 129 83 89 49 Carlos Sainz 55 143 111 94 63 Charles Leclerc 16 143 52 58 58 Max Verstappen 1 187 131 129 89 Sergio Perez 11 155 104 57 84 Esteban Ocon 31 80 76 46 24 Pierre Gasly 10 78 35 5 23 Oscar Piastri 81 104 30 25 25 Lando Norris 4 113 87 74 43 Fernando Alonso 14 102 66 63 23 Lance Stroll 18 95 43 15 33 Kevin Magnussen 20 89 90 50 37 Nico Hulkenberg 27 90 19 15 15 Logan Sargeant 2 77 15 7 7 Alex Albon 23 88 60 52 12 Yuki Tsunoda 22 91 21 14 14 Daniel Ricciardo 3 89 71 51 20 Valtteri Bottas 77 81 16 9 9 Zhou Guanyu 24 88 118 48 62 Code Cons Eng Boss MERC 61 184 62 FER 72 189 51 RBR 120 204 103 ALP 34 170 62 MCL 58 184 40 AMF1 53 180 62 HAAS 47 176 73 RWR 40 171 40 VCARB 45 174 51 STAKE 43 176 106
Not many tables this week, as the overall standings and the recent form standings are simply the same as the race results, but the season is on, the teams are ready, and Jeddah is just around the corner...
See you all in the Corniche!!!
Edited by Jdubbya47, 12 March 2024 - 13:34.
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