[B]Qualifying duels:[/B] [B]Outcome:[/B] [B]Worth (points)[/B] 1 Ferrari - Renault 1 (77 %) 1.23 2 Williams – BAR X (25 %) 1.75 3 McLaren – Jaguar X (39 %) 1.61 4 Sauber – Toyota X (39 %) 1.61 5 Jordan – Minardi X (16 %) 1.84 6 Sauber – Jaguar X (68 %) 1.32 [B]Total for qualifying duels: 9.36 [/B] [B]Race duels:[/B] 7 Ferrari - Renault 1 (64 %) 1.36 8 Williams – BAR 1 (68 %) 1.32 9 McLaren – Jaguar 1 (52 %) 1.48 10 Sauber – Toyota X (18 %) 1.82 11 Jordan – Minardi X (34 %) 1.66 12 Sauber – Jaguar X (70 %) 1.30 [B]Total for race duels: 8.93[/B] [B]Overall maximum score 18.29[/B]
Observations:
Following an almost no-show at Albert Park, Xs strike back in full force – catching numerous players by surprise. In general, predicting a sweep for any team proves risky, especially in qualifying. And underrating Minardi (or overrating Jordan’s ability to trip up) claims plenty of victims too. Still, either you lot are improving or this was an easier round than the first one, as the average score was rather high (44.2 % of the maximum as opposed to 30.3 % for round 1).
Moving on to qualifying. No one manages a perfect qual result but Alapan makes a nice comeback from Melbourne’s back-of-the-grid slot snatching the pole right under the noses of dnbn and Makarias who tie at P2. All three are a correct guess ahead of the best of the rest, i.e. Crazy Canuck, Pine and Viss1 who complete the top 6 with identical qualifying efforts.
[B]Qualifying results:[/B] 1 Alapan 7,75 2 dnbn 7,61 Makarias 7,61 4 Crazy Canuck 5,77 Pine 5,77 Viss1 5,77 7 Ventura 4,91 8 arcsine 4,68 Marcel Schot 4,68 kismet 4,68 11 The Kanisteri 4,38 12 Bjorn 4,30 13 AD 4,16 Apex 4,16 Aren 4,16 AussieF1 4,16 Estwald 4,16 garth_b 4,16 Jimmino 4,16 QdfV 4,16 rich42 4,16 ron 4,16 Schuting Star 4,16 shays 4,16 TT6 4,16 26 Czesc 3,45 27 LB 3,36 pinin406 3,36 29 Moanaman 3,07 30 MKY206 2,93 31 KWSN – DSM 2,84 Led ZeppF1 2,84 33 Nasty McBastard 2,55 Pioneer 2,55 Prostfan 2,55 WillieF1 2,55 37 wioyet 1,75 38 lukywill 1,61 39 Costaz 1,23 d_view7 1,23 DeathMasteR 1,23 Ric Bol 1,23 Schummy 1,23 skylark68 1,23
Moving on to the race. TT6 produces the best race-day performance, closely followed by Schuting Star, dnbn, rich42, Crazy Canuck and LB – each with 5 guesses correct. And just to add a bit of self-promotion: kismet is the best of the rest. Sorry!
[B]Race results:[/B] 1 TT6 7,64 2 Schuting Star 7,61 3 dnbn 7,57 rich42 7,57 5 Crazy Canuck 7,27 LB 7,27 7 kismet 5,98 8 Moanaman 5,75 9 Jimmino 5,64 Pioneer 5,64 11 Makarias 5,45 ron 5,45 Ventura 5,45 14 d_view7 4,43 Nasty McBastard 4,43 16 Aren 4,32 The Kanisteri 4,32 18 Marcel Schot 4,27 MKY206 4,27 WillieF1 4,27 21 KWSN – DSM 4,16 lukywill 4,16 pinin406 4,16 Ric Bol 4,16 25 Viss1 4,14 26 QdfV 4,09 27 AD 3,98 Apex 3,98 Estwald 3,98 Prostfan 3,98 31 AussieF1 2,95 Czesc 2,95 33 DeathMasteR 2,84 Schummy 2,84 35 Costaz 2,80 wioyet 2,80 37 skylark68 2,77 38 Bjorn 2,68 Led ZeppF1 2,68 40 Alapan 2,66 Pine 2,66 shays 2,66 43 arcsine 2,61 44 garth_b 0,00
And what does this mean for the overall scores of round 2? Well, it means that congrats are in order for dnbn who continues his excellent form (4th in Melbourne) and takes over from ron to become the second-ever F1 Pools race winner. Makarias narrowly beats Crazy Canuck for P2. No podium but respectable points finishes for TT6, Schuting Star, rich42, kismet and LB as well. For reference, the popular guess 111 11X 111 11X would’ve been worth 8.00 points.
[B]Overall results, Round 2:[/B] 1 dnbn 15,18 2 Makarias 13,06 3 Crazy Canuck 13,05 4 TT6 11,80 5 Schuting Star 11,77 6 rich42 11,73 7 kismet 10,66 8 LB 10,64 9 Alapan 10,41 10 Ventura 10,36 11 Viss1 9,91 12 Jimmino 9,80 13 ron 9,61 14 Marcel Schot 8,95 15 Moanaman 8,82 16 The Kanisteri 8,70 17 Aren 8,48 18 Pine 8,43 19 QdfV 8,25 20 Pioneer 8,18 21 AD 8,14 Apex 8,14 Estwald 8,14 24 pinin406 7,52 25 arcsine 7,30 26 MKY206 7,20 27 AussieF1 7,11 28 KWSN – DSM 7,00 29 Bjorn 6,98 Nasty McBastard 6,98 31 shays 6,82 WillieF1 6,82 33 Prostfan 6,52 34 Czesc 6,41 35 lukywill 5,77 36 d_view7 5,66 37 Led ZeppF1 5,52 38 Ric Bol 5,39 39 wioyet 4,55 40 garth_b 4,16 41 DeathMasteR 4,07 Schummy 4,07 43 Costaz 4,02 44 skylark68 4,00
And off to the F1 Pools Championship Table after round 2. Following two top 4 finishes, dnbn is just about murdering the opposition with a commendable 4.79-point lead over Ventura who improves from 3rd to 2nd. Makarias gains 7 places and moves from a joint 10th to 3rd.
[B][COLOR=blue][SIZE=3]F1 Pools Championship, Round 2/18:[/SIZE] [/COLOR] [/B] 1 dnbn 26,09 2 Ventura 21,29 3 Makarias 20,86 4 ron 20,75 5 TT6 19,31 6 Schuting Star 19,14 7 Aren 17,71 8 Viss1 17,70 9 AD 17,65 10 Crazy Canuck 17,30 11 Apex 16,35 12 Estwald 16,21 13 Bjorn 16,07 14 rich42 15,96 15 Alapan 15,15 16 The Kanisteri 15,07 17 kismet 14,91 18 QdfV 14,09 19 Jimmino 14,00 20 Pine 13,83 21 shays 13,24 22 LB 13,22 23 Nasty McBastard 12,74 24 Ric Bol 12,43 25 Prostfan 12,17 26 pinin406 12,06 27 AussieF1 11,90 28 garth_b 11,65 29 d_view7 11,61 30 MaDDim 10,95 31 Marcel Schot 10,12 32 DeathMasteR 9,72 33 WillieF1 9,40 34 skylark68 8,91 35 Moanaman 8,82 36 lukywill 8,73 37 wioyet 8,50 38 Pioneer 8,18 39 130R 7,65 40 Czesc 7,57 41 arcsine 7,30 42 MKY206 7,20 43 KWSN – DSM 7,00 44 chris_canuk 5,70 45 ans 5,63 mach4 5,63 Pascal 5,63 48 Led ZeppF1 5,52 49 Schummy 4,07 50 Costaz 4,02
I've done my best to avoid mistakes but if you spot one (or several), PM me and I'll fix it asap.
Congrats to everyone who did well, dnbn in particular!
For others, better luck next time. I’ll be back with a new thread for round 3 guesses in due time.
I got te race result completely around te wrong way. I entered XXX 111 and it was 111 XXX.
