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[gerry nassar]

Round 1 : Australian GP - Melbourne

After almost four F1 starved months the engines are about to rev for the season opener in Melbourne. In what looks to be one of the closest seasons for some time guessing the grid will be that much trickier. Welcome everyone to the Guess the Grid 2000 championship. I'm posting this thread just over 3 weeks before Round 1 in order to get as many participants as possible. Last years competition was fun and extremely close. In the end, MERLIN drove away with the championship. Could he make it back to back championships? We all have a chance to stop him, so here are the rules:


* Guess the top 10 QUALIFIERS for the race and NOT the race result.
* All guesses must be posted before Friday first practice of each Grand Prix. Any guesses posted after Friday first practice will render the post invalid.
* Your selections can be changed or edited anytime before Friday first practice. Any changes made after Friday first practice will render the post invalid.
* You cannot post more than one list (ie.) you cant hedge your bets by selecting a top 10 for dry weather and a top 10 "incase it rains". Just one top ten selection can be made. If you post another list at a later time, it will be counted as a replacement of your original guess list.
* Please keep the names as clear as possible to make things easier for Senna4ever to calculate the scores.
* If using initials please clarify who you are refering to in the following cases -
MS (Michael Schumacher) Vs MS (Mika Salo)
JV (Jaques Villenueve) Vs JV (Jos Verstappen)
If no distinctions are made then it will be assumed that MS means M Schumacher and JV means Villenueve.

If no distinction is made between the Schumacher brothers : (if both have been listed) - the higher one will be automatically recorded as Michael, not Ralf. If only one is listed will also be taken as being Michael.

Points will be allocated as follows:
3 points for guessing the correct position (ie. Selecting Hakkinen as 2 and he qualifies 2nd)
1 point for being one position away (ie. Selecting Trulli at 5 and he qualifies 4th or 6th)

The "Guess the Grid" thread will usually be posted atleast one weak before the next GP.
Senna4ever will post the results soon after qualifying in a separate results thread.

Were hoping this years championship will be even bigger than last years and everyone is invited to join in. Please remember that even if you miss out on placing your guesses for any particular round/s - dont give up because your chances of winning are still very good!

Good Luck and Enjoy!

Here are my predictions for Melbourne:

1. M Schumacher
2. Hakkinen
3. Barrichello
4. Coulthard
5. Frentzen
6. Trulli
7. Villenueve
8. Herbert
9. Fisichella
10. Irvine


[This message has been edited by gerry nassar (edited 02-18-2000).]

[Daemon]

1) M. Schumacher
2) Hakkinen
3) Barrichello
4) Coulthard
5) Herbert
6) Frentzen
7) Irvine
8) Villeneuve
9) Trulli
10)Zonta

[Daemon]

PS - thanks Gerry

[Samurai]

gerry and Senna4ever terrific work you both did last season. Thanks for this year too!!
Last year I sucked for sentimental reasons (I kept putting Damon a little too high), but this year
I am lean and mean!

[theMot]

R Barrichello
M shumacher
M Hakkinen
D Coulthard
J Trulli
H Frentzen
J Herbert
G Ficichella
J Villeneuve
E Irvine

Thats mine I didnt enter this last year. This year im gonna win it!

[JayWay]

Tks Gerry and Senna4Ever

He feels really nice to see this posted, as it gives you the feeling that FINNALY the season is apon us and we are back in action!

[Samurai]

1. R Barrichello
2. M Schumacher
3. M Hakkinen
4. D Coulthard
5. J Villeneuve
6. P de la Rosa
7. J. Verstappen
8. H Frentzen
9. J Trulli
10.J Herbert

unfortunately I suspect the Ferrari car will be just too dominant.

[mach4]

1. Barrichello
2. M Schumacher
3. Hakkinen
4. Frentzen
5. Coulthard
6. Trulli
7. Villeneuve
8. Herbert
9. Zonta
10. Irvine

I take the opportunity to introduce myself. I live in Brazil and have been watching F1 since the early 90's. I think you can guess who my favorite driver is ;)

[tom]

1 hakkinen
2 coulthard
3 barrichello
4 scumy
5 frentzen
6 villeneuve
7 trulli
8 heidfeld
9 salo
10 herbert

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irvine = w@nker

[JaqFan]

1. Hakkinen
2. M Schumacher
3. Barrichello
4. Frentzen
5. Coulthard
6. Villeneuve
7. Herbert
8. Fisichella
9. Irvine
10. Trulli

[Brent]

Cool i'll give it a nudge.

Is that Australian time?...or New Zealand time?

The one that comes first i guess...which means NZ ;)

[tacololo]

OK, here it is.

1. Hakkinen
2. M. Schumacher
3. Coulthard
4. Barrichello
5. Irvine
6. Frentzen
7. Trulli
8. Verstappen
9. Herbert
10. Salo

Taco

[F1DADDY]

1. M. Hakkinnen
2. R. Barrichello
3. M. Shumacher
4. H. H. Frenzen
5. D. Coulthard
6. J. Herbert
7. J. Trulli
8. R. Schumacher
9. G. Fisicella
10. J. Villneuve


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F1DADDY, Who's ya Daddy

[jsadie]

1: M Hakkinen
2: M Schumacher
3: D Coultard
4: R Barrichello
5: HHF
6: J Herbert
7: G Fisio
8: E Irvine
9: A Wurtz
10:J Trulli

[Byrellium]

1. Schumacher
2. Hakkinen
3. Barrichello
4. Coulthard
5. Frentzen
6. Irvine
7. Herbert
8. Trulli
9. Villeneuve
10. Fisichella

[Mobile_Chicane]

1. Hakkinen
2. Coulthard
3.Barichello
4. Schumacher M
5. Frentzen
6. Herbert
7. Trulli
8. J Villeneuve
9. Verstappen
10. Heidfeld

[A3]

1. M.Schumacher
2. R. Barrichello
3. M. Hakkinen
4. D. Coulthard
5. J. verstappen
6. H.H. Frentzen
7. P. de la Rosa
8. E. Irvine
9. J. Trulli
10. J Villeneuve

[Nikolas Garth]

1.Hakkinen
2.Cubehead
3.M.Schumacher
4.Ribena
5.HHF
6.Trulli the Destroyer
7.Fast Eddie Irvine
8.Crash Happy Herbert
9.Pissychella
10.Villy

[Spaceman]

Here are my predictions:

1. Häkkinen
2. M. Schumacher
3. Coulthard
4. Barrichello
5. Irvine
6. Villeneuve
7. Frentzen
8. R. Schumacher
9. Herbert
10. Verstappen

[smarty]

1. Hakkinen
2. Coulthard
3. M Schumacher
4. Barrichello
5. Frentzen
6. Trulli
7. Villenueve
8. Herbert
9. Irvine
10. Zonta

[Merlin]

Last years top ten:

Here is the championship table after 16 rounds:
=============================================
(The number in () is the number of rounds contested, followed by the average points per race)

1. Merlin(15/11) 165 pts
2. gerry nassar(16/10.1) 162 pts
3. KJR(15/10.1) 152 pts
4= coyoteBR(16/9.31), Senna4ever(16/9.31) 149 pts
6. Zeus(15/9.8) 147 pts
7. yr(16/9.13) 146 pts
8. SF(15/9.53) 143 pts
9= Makarias(15/9.2), Nikolas Garth(15/9.2), witt(16/8.63) 138 pts

[jimi]

1.Coulthard
2.Hakkinen
3.Barrichello
4.Frentzen
5.M.Schumacher
6.Trulli
7.Fisichella
8.Diniz
9.Salo
10.Villeneuve

[slc]

1. Häkkinen
2. Coulthard
3. Schummy
4. HHF
5. Ralf
6. Barrichello
7. Trulli
8. Irvine
9. Villeneuve
10. Fisichella

[The Dijk]

1)Häkkinen
2)Schumacher
3)Barichello
4)Coulthard
5)Frentzen
6)Villeneuve
7)Herbert
8)Verstappen
9)Trulli
10)De La Rosa

[This message has been edited by The Dijk (edited 02-21-2000).]

[babbel]

1 Hakkinen
2 Schumacher
3 Barrichello
4 Coulthard
5 Frentzen
6 Trulli
7 Villeneuve
8 Irvine
9 Herbert
10 Zonta

[Late]

1. Schumacher
2. Coulthard
3. Häkkinen
4. Barrichello
5. Trulli
6. Herbert
7. Frentzen
8. Irvine
9. Villeneuve
10.Diniz

[Antti]

Häkkinen
Coulthard
M.Schumacher
Barricello
Herbert
Frentzen
Trulli
Irvine
Villeneuve
R.Schumacher

Cheers

Antti

[selena]

To Gerry Nassar,

Okay, I am entering the contest just for the fun of it. Here is my top ten:

1. Michael Schumacher.
2. Mika Hakkinen.
3. Rubens Barichello
4. David Coulthard.
5. Ralf Schumacher.
6. Heinz-Harald Frentzen.
7. Johnny Herbert.
8. Eddie Irvine.
9. Jarno Trulli.
10.Jean Alesi.

Thanks for organising this competition.

[coyoteBR]

Is that time of the year again? At least! Woo-hoo! Now I know the season is really about to start, the Guessin' Grid competition is starting now!
Thanks a lot, Gerry.

OK, there goes my previsions for what I suspect will be a G'day, mates:

01 - M. Hakkinen
02 - Michael Schumacher
03 - R. Barrichello
04 - H. H. Frentzen
05 - D. Coulthard
06 - Jar-Jarno Truli (sorry, couldn't resist at least one joke)
07 - P. P. Diniz
08 - E. Irvine
09 - J. Herbert
10 - Jean Alesi (rack'em up!)

[AD_diction]

Thanks for organizing this competition. Piece of cake, I'd say. So, here it is...

1. M. Hakkinen
2. R. Barrichello
3. M. Schumacher
4. D. Coulthard
5. J. Trulli
6. HH Frentzen
7. R. Schumacher
8. M. Salo
9. J. Herbert
10. J. Villeneuve

Ciao, AD_diction

[petronas]

1. Hakkinen
2. Coulthard
3. Schumacher
4. Barrichello
5. Frentzen
6. Herbert
7. Salo
8. Irvine
9. Trulli
10. Villeneuve

[Steve]

1. Hakkinen
2. M Schumacher
3. Coulthard
4. Barichello
5. Frentzen
6. Herbert
7. Trulli
8. Irvine
9. Villeneuve
10. R Schumacher

[Uncle Dave]

Hi all! Not been around for a while, but I can't wait for the lights to go green in Melbourne!

Here's my guess:

1. M. Hakkinen
2. M. Schumacher
3. D. Coulthard
4. H. Frentzen
5. J. Herbert
6. J. Villeneuve
7. R. Barrichello
8. J. Trulli
9. G. Fisichella
10. R. Zonta

[Psychoman]

Schuey
Hakkinen
Barrichello
Coulthard
Ralf
HHF
Villeneuve
Irvine
Herbert
Trulli

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"Hey there, all you middle men
Throw away your fancy clothes
And while you're out there sittin' on a fence
So get off your ass and come down here
'Cause rock 'n' roll ain't no riddle man
To me it makes good, good sense"
-Brian Johnson

[Caronte]

01>Hakkinnen
02>Barrichello
03>M Schumacher
04>Coulthard
05>Frentzen
06>Trulli
07>Irvine
08>Herbert
09>Diniz
10>Heidfeld

[Bob Nomates]

Hakkinen
Schumacher
Coulthard
Rubeano
Frentzen
Trulli
Herbert
Villenuve
Irvine
Ralf

[Indian Chief]

Gerry,

In the end, Indian Chief drove away with the championship.

I did? Are you sure?
I wasn't aware of that.

[shemp]

1.- THE FLYING FINN
2.- Cubehead
3.- Jarno Trulli
4.- Schumy
5.- Villenueve
6.- Barrichello
7.- Frentzen
8.- Herbert
9.- Heidfeld
10.- Zonta
11.- R. Schumacher
12.- De La Rosa
13.- Alesi
14.- Fisico
15.- Irvine
16.- Whathappen
17.- Wurz
18.- Button
19.- Pedro Pablo Diniz
20.- Salo
21.- Gene
22.- Mazzacane

[toofani]

01 Hakkinen
02 M. Schumacher
03 Barichello
04 Frentzen
05 Coulthard
06 Irvine
07 Salo
08 Fisichella
09 Villeneuve
10 Truli

[CC Rider]

1. M. Schumacher
2. Hakkinen
3. Coulthard
4. Barrichello
5. Frentzen
6. Irvine
7. R. Schumacher
8. Villeneuve
9. Trulli
10.Alesi

[madmac]

Hi, here goes

1) Hakkinen
2) M Schumacher
3) Rubens
4) DC
5) H2F
6) Herbert
7) Irvine
8) Trulli
9) Jaques
10)Fisi


Thanks to Gerry & senna4ever for doing the hard work.

[calbars]

1. M. Hakkinen
2. M. Schumacher
3. J. Trulli
4. D. Coulthard
5. J. Villeneuve
6. R. Barrichello
7. J. Herbert
8. H.-H. Frentzen
9. E. Irvine
10.R. Zonta

[jack and gilles]

1. M Schumacher
2. Barichello
3. Hakkinen
4. Coulthard
5. Trulli
6. Herbert
7. Frentzen
8. Villeneuve
9. Irvine
10. Diniz



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The true north, strong and fast!

[RedFever]

1) Schumi Sr.
2) Hak
3) Barichello
4) HHF
5) DC
6) Trulli
7) Jaxs
8) Irvie
9) Herbert
10) Fisichella

[614david]

Hey ;)

okay here goes,

1) David Coulthard
2) Mika Hakkinen(misses pole by about a thousandth of a second)
3) Michael Scumacher
4) Rubens Barrichello
5) Heinz Harold Frentzen
6) Johnny Herbert
7) Jarno Trulli
8) Jaques Villeneuve
9) Ralf Schumacher
10) Giancarlo Fissichella

I'm not too sure about the McLarens
I think they will line up first and second, and be within one thousandth of a second of each other, or something rediculous like that
but i'm not too sure who will claim pole! They both always go so well in Australia ;)

[This message has been edited by 614david (edited 02-17-2000).]

[kenny]

1. DC
2. MH
3. RB
4. MS
5. JH
6. JV
7. RS
8. EI
9. RZ
10.GF

[bigblue]

1--MH
2--DC
3--M. Sch
4--HHF
5--RB
6--EI
7--JH
8--J. Vill
9--JT
10--RS

Thanks

[This message has been edited by bigblue (edited 02-17-2000).]

[BrundleBud]

1. Michael Schumacher
2. Mika Hakkinen
3. David Coulthard
4. Heinz-Harold Frentzen
5. Rubens Barrichello
6. Eddie Irvine
7. Jarno Trulli
8. Ralf Schumacher
9. Jenson Button
10. Jos Verstappen

[Mellon]

1. M Häkkinen
2. D Coulthard
3. HH Frentzen
4. M Schumacher
5. R Barrichello
6. J Villeneuve
7. J Trulli
8. E Irvine
9. M Salo
10 N Heidfeld

[ana]

1. MS
2. MH
3. HHF
4. DC
5. RB
6. JH
7. JT
8. EI
9. ... i'v run out of imagination.