[pob]

Yep, I'll include it in the results.  

Hungary race recap: (only just watched it properly)
Ricciardo challenged the Mercs in the opening corners, but Hamilton and Rosberg ended up ahead. Hamilton possibly played silly buggers backing Rosberg into Ricciardo in the middle stint, which prompted Red Bull to aggressively pit Ricciardo early to try and undercut them, but it didn't work out as Hamilton had pace in hand. With a now compromised strategy, Ricciardo just held off Vettel for third.
The battle for fifth between Verstappen and Raikkonen was the most interesting part of the race. Raikkonen was recovering from a poor qualifying. Verstappen lost out a lot in the first round of pit stops after coming out behind Raikkonen who started on the soft tyre. Raikkonen then did two stints on the supersoft to effectively make up the time of an extra pit stop to close onto the back of the teenager in the final stint. Verstappen defended hard, and at one point possibly unfairly:
linky to video clip
but the stewards didn't investigate and with Raikkonen's front wing damaged, Verstappen was able to hold him off to the end.
Alonso was an excellent 7th for McLaren.Sainz, Bottas and Hulkenburg rounded out the points paying positions.

The Strategy Group (the group that propose regulation changes, comprised of 6 teams, FOM and the FIA) have decided that the radio restrictions on what the teams can say to their drivers are to be dropped completely from the next race.
The addition of the "halo" (intended to protect the driver's head) is to be put off until 2018.

[pob]

Germany Results

Bls gets the first win of the year for not606.
F1world have a lead of 25 points over cliptheapex going into the summer break.
Sportsbabble didn't place in the top 10 this race , but keep trying!
As always, if you made a prediction but don't see your name in the top 10 or list of also rans, please tell me.

Pos_nickname_____forum_______zdkf1_points__forum_points
1__bls___________not606___________58___________25
2__chelseamf_____ja606____________49___________18
3__alcig_________v2_______________49___________15
4__f1madgirl_____f1world__________47___________12
5__redfrog_______f1world__________47___________10
6__wb____________f1forumorg_______47____________8
7__2ndcoming_____f1forumorg_______46____________6
8__tranquilchaos_ja606____________45____________4
9__titch_________cliptheapex______42____________2
10_mr_swiss______motorsportforums_40____________1
scores for also rans from sportsbabble:
stairs 31
amelia 31
sco 30


League Table
Pos_Forum__________Points
1___f1world_________241
2___cliptheapex_____216
3___not606__________152
4___ja606___________120
5___sportsbabble_____86
6___f1technical______78
7___v2_______________69
8___f1onboard________66
9___motorsportforums_64
10__thefastlane______38
11__garagistasf1_____36
12__f1forumorg_______30
13__forumula1________16


Individual Championship
F1madgirl from f1world has taken the lead on 473 points.
F1onboard's dreggsf1 is now second on 471 points.
Alcig from v2 is in third on 470 points.

All players from sportsbabble:
nickname__points__pos (/63)__pos on zdkf1 (/287)
amelia_____397_______17______________107
stairs_____371_______26______________154
sco________347_______32______________192


Quali Trophy
Congratulations to f1forumorg's racechick for scoring the maximum 3 points, her guess was just 0.008s away from the actual pole time.
Six players scored 2 points for being within 0.25%.
Ten players scored 1 point for being within 1%.
Cider_and_toast from cliptheapex still leads:
pos_nickname_______forum_____points
1__cider_and_toast_cliptheapex_11
2__racechick_______f1forumorg__11
3__manutddaredevil_ja606________9
4__pob_____________various______8
5__dreggsf1________f1onboard____8
6__redfrog_________f1world______7
7__bls_____________not606_______7
8__king_arry_______ja606________7
9__sagi58__________forumula1____7
10_sgtbhaji________not606_______6

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Race recap:
Hamilton extends his lead in the championship with an easy win.
Ricciardo and Verstappen were both on the podium for Red Bull, meaning Red Bull move into second in the championship.
Rosberg had a poor race, spinning his wheels at the start dropped him from first to fourth. He was then given a 5 second penalty for this incident when overtaking Verstappen, which was exacerbated by his pit crew not timing the penalty properly in the pits. He then didn't have the pace to recover and could only manage fourth.
The Ferraris of Vettel and Raikkonen were disappointing in fifth and sixth respectively.
Hulkenburg, Button, Bottas and Perez rounded out the points paying positions.

A couple of talking points in the drivers market...
Alonso was cheeky on the radio with his engineer which will prompt more rumours that he is unhappy at McLaren.
Despite Force India claiming Perez will continue to race for the team next year, he is more coy about his future and I think he may end up alongside Grosjean at Haas next year with them both having an eye on Raikkonen's Ferrari seat for 2018.
Kvyat is feeling the pressure from his national media claiming he will be dropped completely from the Red Bull setup next season; he has struggled since his demotion to Toro Rosso and really needs to get his head straight during the summer break.

[pob]

Belgium Results

Apologies for the lateness of this, time has gotten away from me this week and I still haven't seen the race!
Pdk takes her second win of the year for league leaders f1world.
Sportsbabble just miss out on placing in the top 10 , but keep trying!
As always, if you made a prediction but don't see your name in the top 10 or list of also rans, please tell me.

Pos_nickname____forum_______zdkf1_points__forum_points
1__pdk__________f1world__________55___________25
2__alcig________v2_______________49___________18
3__chelseamf____ja606____________46___________15
4__wb___________f1forumorg_______42___________12
5__jambo________cliptheapex______42___________10
6__frontrun_____f1forumorg_______40____________8
7__f1madgirl____f1world__________40____________6
8__tazio________motorsportforums_40____________4
9__erwingreeven_thefastlane______38____________2
10_taeleon______not606___________37____________1
scores for also rans from sportsbabble:
stairs 36
amelia 35
sco 33


League Table
Pos_Forum__________Points
1___f1world_________272
2___cliptheapex_____226
3___not606__________153
4___ja606___________135
5___v2_______________87
6___sportsbabble_____86
7___f1technical______78
8___motorsportforums_68
9___f1onboard________66
10__f1forumorg_______50
11__thefastlane______40
12__garagistasf1_____36
13__forumula1________16


Individual Championship
Alcig from v2 has jumped into the lead on 518 points. Alcig has also taken the lead for the 6 tenths award for most league points.
F1madgirl from f1world is in second place on 513 points.
F1onboard's dreggsf1 is third on 503 points.

All players from sportsbabble:
nickname__points__pos_(/66)__pos_on_zdkf1_(/290)
amelia_____432______17________________99
stairs_____407______25_______________147
sco________380______29_______________187


Quali Trophy
A difficult race for pole time, with the cars slower than many expected due to the high temperatures and high minimum tyre pressures.
8 players scored 2 points for being within 0.25% (including stairs ).
12 players scored 1 point for being within 1% (including sco ).
Cider_and_toast from cliptheapex still leads:
pos_nickname_______forum_____points
1__cider_and_toast_cliptheapex_11
2__racechick_______f1forumorg__11
3__manutddaredevil_ja606_______10
4__dreggsf1________f1onboard____9
5__bls_____________not606_______8
6__pob_____________various______8
7__redfrog_________f1world______7
8__king_arry_______ja606________7
9__sagi58__________forumula1____7
10_f1madgirl_______f1world______6


Predictions for Monza are due later today!

[pob]

Belgium Race recap:
The story of the weekend was Hamilton taking a huge grid penalty and starting from the back for changing his power unit multiple times so he has enough new engines for the remainder of the season after suffering bad reliability at times this year. He came from the back row to a great third place.
Rosberg took the win easily, although Red Bull should be happy that Ricciardo was fairly close behind in second on a track where they should struggle.
Force India showed good pace with Hulkenburg in 4th and Perez 5th.
Ferrari's race went pearshaped at the first corner with Vettel and Raikkonen colliding with Verstappen. The first corner incident was probably Vettel's fault combined with Verstappen being a little overly optimistic . Verstappen was once again criticised for his late defensive moves when battling with Raikkonen, but the stewards didn't intervene. Vettel finished 6th and Raikkonen 9th.
Alonso had a great race coming from last on the grid to seventh for McLaren.
Bottas was eighth and Massa tenth for Williams.
Magnussen had a huge shunt in his Renault, and emerged shaken but was passed fit for the next race. This is the end of the crash:

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Italy Results

Titch takes cliptheapex's fifth victory of the year, which slashes the gap to league leaders f1world to 20 points.
Sportsbabble didn't place in the top 10 this race , but keep trying!
As always, if you made a prediction but don't see your name in the top 10 or list of also rans, please tell me.

Pos_nickname_______forum_______zdkf1_points__forum_points
1__titch___________cliptheapex______64____________25
2__king_arry_______ja606____________63____________18
3__onemanband______motorsportforums_57____________15
4__sgtbhaji________not606___________57____________12
5__manutddaredevil_ja606____________56____________10
6__dreggsf1________f1onboard________55_____________8
7__juliuscaesar____not606___________55_____________6
8__montecristo_____thefastlane______53_____________4
9__bigmangalhit____f1technical______52_____________2
10_teabagyokel_____cliptheapex______52_____________1
scores for also rans from sportsbabble:
stairs 43
sco 36
amelia 27


League Table
Pos_Forum__________Points
1___f1world_________272
2___cliptheapex_____252
3___not606__________171
4___ja606___________163
5___v2_______________87
6___sportsbabble_____86
7___motorsportforums_83
8___f1technical______80
9___f1onboard________74
10__f1forumorg_______50
11__thefastlane______44
12__garagistasf1_____36
13__forumula1________16


Individual Championship
Alcig from v2 leads on 563 points.
F1onboard's dreggsf1 has moved into second place on 558 points.
F1madgirl from f1world is now third on 551 points.

All players from sportsbabble:
nickname________points__pos_(/67)__pos_on_zdkf1_(/291)
amelia___________459_______21______________125
stairs___________450_______23______________142
sco______________416_______32______________186


Quali Trophy
Well done to onemanband from motorsportforums for scoring the maximum 3 points for best pole time guess on zdkf1.
4 other players got within 0.25% for 2 points.
10 players scored 1 point for being with 1%.
Cliptheapex's cider_and_toast still leads:
pos_nickname_______forum_____points
1__cider_and_toast_cliptheapex_12
2__manutddaredevil_ja606_______12
3__racechick_______f1forumorg__11
4__dreggsf1________f1onboard___10
5__pob_____________various______9
6__king_arry_______ja606________9
7__f1madgirl_______f1world______8
8__bls_____________not606_______8
9__vfc_cipher______f1technical__8
10_andykarter______f1world______7

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Race recap:
A bit of a boring race. Mercedes were much faster than anyone else, and the battle for the win was over at the first corner with Hamilton again struggling with his clutch giving him a poor get away gifting the victory to Rosberg. Hamilton just had to be patient to pass the two-stopping Ferraris to take second place. Vettel was third and Raikkonen fourth.
Ricciardo had a good race to fifth for RedBull, including what Martin Brundle called the overtake of the season when passing Bottas, who was sixth.
Verstappen had a quiet race to seventh, possibly due to having had a talking to for his aggressiveness.
Perez, Massa and Hulkenburg rounded out the points paying positions.

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Some news in the driver market:
Button will not race next year, but will have a 2 year contract as reserve for McLaren. He may come back after a year out if Alonso then retires.
Massa announced his retirement. He may be replaced by Canadian teenager Lance Stroll.
Perez has ended rumours of a move away from Force India, he will stay at the team.

[pob]

The results on the website are wrong and will hopefully be fixed shortly. This is what I expect the corrected results will be:
Pos_nickname_____forum_______zdkf1 points__forum points
1__tazio_________motorsportforums_46____________25
2__tranquilchaos_ja606____________46____________18
3__frontrun______f1forumorg_______44____________15
4__pdk___________f1world__________42____________12
5__joselorca_____forumula1________41____________10
6__bigmangalhit__f1technical______41_____________8
7__go_cellino_go_ja606____________40_____________6
8__f1madgirl_____f1world__________39_____________4
9__taeleon_______not606___________39_____________2
10_alcig_________v2_______________38_____________1
also rans:
stairs 36
sco 30
amelia 30

[pob]

The provisional Singapore results I posted were right, and the website was corrected eventually. Sorry to motorsportforums if this made the celebration of tazio's win feel a bit like the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Malaysia Results

Dogued takes the maiden victory for up and comers f1forumorg.
F1world have a 36 points lead over cliptheapex, but neither forum placed in the top 10 this race.
Stairs is tenth for sportsbabble.
As always, if you made a prediction but don't see your name in the top 10 or list of also rans, please tell me.

Pos_nickname____forum_______zdkf1_points__forum_points
1__dogued_______f1forumorg_______46____________25
2__pob__________f1technical______38____________18
3__sagi58_______forumula1________36____________15
4__montecristo__thefastlane______35____________12
5__chelseamf____ja606____________34____________10
6__dreggsf1_____f1onboard________33_____________8
7__bigmangalhit_f1technical______33_____________6
8__mr_swiss_____motorsportforums_33_____________4
9__lrw__________f1forumorg_______33_____________2
10_stairs_______sportsbabble_____32_____________1
scores for also rans from sportsbabble:
sco 22


League Table
Pos_Forum___________Points
1___f1world__________288
2___cliptheapex______252
3___ja606____________197
4___not606___________173
5___f1technical______112
6___motorsportforums_112
7___f1forumorg________92
8___v2________________88
9___sportsbabble______87
10__f1onboard_________82
11__thefastlane_______56
12__forumula1_________41
13__garagistasf1______36


Individual Championship
With just under a quarter of the season left, the individual champion will probably come from these three, but just 10 points separates them at the moment:
Alcig from v2 leads on 629 points.
F1madgirl from f1world is in second place on 621 points.
F1onboard's dreggsf1 is in third on 619 points.

All players from sportsbabble:
nickname________points__pos_(/68)__pos_on_zdkf1_(/293)
stairs___________518_______21______________123
amelia___________509_______23______________138
sco______________468_______32______________184


Quali Trophy
For Singapore, 6 players were within 0.25% for 2 points. 17 players scored 1 point for being with 1% (including sco and stairs ).
0 points for everyone for Malaysia as with the resurfaced track they were much faster than anyone expected.
Cliptheapex's cider_and_toast still leads:
pos_nickname_______forum_____points
1__cider_and_toast_cliptheapex_13
2__manutddaredevil_ja606_______13
3__racechick_______f1forumorg__12
4__dreggsf1________f1onboard___12
5__pob_____________f1technical_10
6__f1madgirl_______f1world______9
7__andykarter______f1world______9
8__king_arry_______ja606________9
9__bls_____________not606_______8
10_vfc_cipher______f1technical__8

[pob]

There's a mistake in the results on the website for Japan, hopefully it will be fixed soon. This is what I think the scores should be (although there's a higher chance than normal that I've made a mistake too because I've had to figure out the driver classes as I forgot to do my own prediction! ):

Pos_nickname__forum_______zdkf1_points__forum_points
1__chelseamf__ja606____________48____________25
2__pdk________f1world__________46____________18
3__vfc_cipher_f1technical______44____________15
4__mr_swiss___motorsportforums_43____________12
5__king_arry__ja606____________42____________10
6__alcig______v2_______________42_____________8
7__eternalmsc_not606___________42_____________6
8__mekola_____motorsportforums_41_____________4
9__taeleon____not606___________41_____________2
10_wb_________f1forumorg_______40_____________1
scores for also rans from sportsbabble:
sco 36
stairs 34

[pob]

Usa Results

F1madgirl wins for f1world, extending their lead in the league to 63 points with a maximum 129 points available.
Amelia is ninth for sportsbabble.
As always, if you made a prediction but don't see your name in the top 10 or list of also rans, please tell me.

Pos_nickname_______forum_______zdkf1_points__forum_points
1__f1madgirl_______f1world__________56____________25
2__koz_____________motorsportforums_49____________18
3__steveaki13______motorsportforums_47____________15
4__bigmangalhit____f1technical______47____________12
5__teabagyokel_____cliptheapex______42____________10
6__vfc_cipher______f1technical______42_____________8
7__greenlantern101_cliptheapex______42_____________6
8__taeleon_________not606___________40_____________4
9__amelia__________sportsbabble_____40_____________2
10_sgtbhaji________not606___________38_____________1

scores for also rans from sportsbabble:
sco 32
stairs 30



League Table
Pos_Forum___________Points
1___f1world__________331
2___cliptheapex______268
3___ja606____________232
4___not606___________186
5___motorsportforums_161
6___f1technical______147
7___v2________________96
8___f1forumorg________93
9___sportsbabble______89
10__f1onboard_________82
11__thefastlane_______56
12__forumula1_________41
13__garagistasf1______36



Individual Championship
F1madgirl from f1world has taken the lead on 705 points.
Alcig from v2 is in second, only one point behind.
F1onboard's dreggsf1 is third on 684 points.

All players from sportsbabble:
nickname________points__pos (/70)__pos on zdkf1 (/294)
stairs___________582_______22______________126
amelia___________576_______23______________130
sco______________536_______32______________172



Bernie Medal
With three races left, the Bernie medal for most victories could still go to literally anybody. F1world's pdk took the lead with her second place in Japan:
pos_nickname_forum_______wins__2nds__3rds
1__pdk_______f1world______2_____1_____1
2__jambo_____cliptheapex__2_____0_____1
3__f1madgirl_f1world______1_____2_____0



Six Tenths Awards
F1madgirl from f1world was moved into the lead for the Alonso Trophy for most league points:
pos_user_____forum____points
1__f1madgirl_f1world___107
2__pdk_______f1world___105
3__alcig_____v2_________96
4__redfrog___f1world____83
5__dreggsf1__f1onboard__82



Quali Trophy
Well done to not606's sgtbhaji for scoring the maximum 3 points for best pole time guess in Japan, the only interforum leaguer to get within 0.25%. 15 players scored 1 point for being within 1%.
For Austin, 2 players were within 0.25% to score 2 points, and 5 players scored 1 point for being within 1% (including sco ).
Dreggsf1 from f1onboard has taken the lead:
pos_nickname_______forum_____points
1__dreggsf1________f1onboard___15
2__manutddaredevil_ja606_______14
3__cider_and_toast_cliptheapex_14
4__racechick_______f1forumorg__13
5__sgtbhaji________not606______10
6__pob_____________f1technical_10
7__andykarter______f1world_____10
8__king_arry_______ja606_______10
9__f1madgirl_______f1world______9
10_vfc_cipher______f1technical__9

The deadline for Mexico is 10pm tonight!

[pob]

Mexico Results

I thought I was going to be prompt with the results this race but with the FIA fiddling with the result and then being without internet I've ended up later than I'd hoped.
Andykarter takes f1world's fifth win of the year, which means f1world seal their second league title with two races to spare! Personally I would have preferred it to be a closer affair like last year's 5-way fight , but they thoroughly deserve it. Congratulations f1world!
Sportsbabble didn't place in the top 10 this race , but keep trying!
As always, if you made a prediction but don't see your name in the top 10 or list of also rans, please tell me.

Pos_nickname_______forum__zdkf1_points__forum_points
1__andykarter______f1world_____59____________25
2__wb______________f1forumorg__57____________18
3__king_arry_______ja606_______55____________15
4__sgtbhaji________not606______54____________12
5__chelseamf_______ja606_______51____________10
6__montecristo_____thefastlane_49_____________8
7__pdk_____________f1world_____49_____________6
8__alcig___________v2__________48_____________4
9__natny___________f1forumorg__48_____________2
10_greenlantern101_cliptheapex_48_____________1

scores for also rans from sportsbabble:
sco 39
stairs 29
amelia 26



League Table
Pos_Forum___________Points
1___f1world__________362
2___cliptheapex______269
3___ja606____________257
4___not606___________198
5___motorsportforums_161
6___f1technical______147
7___f1forumorg_______113
8___v2_______________100
9___sportsbabble______89
10__f1onboard_________82
11__thefastlane_______64
12__forumula1_________41
13__garagistasf1______36



Individual Championship
Alcig from v2 has edged into the lead on 752 points.
F1madgirl from f1world has slipped to second place, on 747 points.
F1onboard's dreggsf1 is third on 730 points.

All players from sportsbabble:
nickname________points__pos_(/70)__pos_on_zdkf1_(/294)
stairs___________611_______22______________131
amelia___________602_______27______________143
sco______________575_______33______________165



Bernie Medal
The Bernie medal is likely to go down to the final race, although a win in Brazil would seal it for f1world's pdk.
pos_nickname_forum_______wins__2nds__3rds
1__pdk_______f1world______2_____1_____1
2__jambo_____cliptheapex__2_____0_____1
3__f1madgirl_f1world______1_____2_____0



Six Tenths Awards
Pdk's seventh place in Mexico is enough to move her into the lead for the Alonso trophy for most league points:
pos_user_____forum____points
1__pdk_______f1world___111
2__f1madgirl_f1world___107
3__alcig_____v2________100
4__chelseamf_ja606______88



Quali Trophy
Well done to dreggsf1 from f1onboard for scoring the maximum 3 points for best pole time guess on zdkf1. This has significantly extended his lead for the Trulli Trophy.
Only 2 other players were within 0.25% for 2 points.
11 players scored 1 point for being within 1%.
Only three players can catch dreggsf1 now:
pos_nickname_______forum_____points
1__dreggsf1________f1onboard___18
2__racechick_______f1forumorg__14
3__manutddaredevil_ja606_______14
4__cider_and_toast_cliptheapex_14

[pob]

Race recap (it's been a few races since I did one of these but the controversy of this race has prompted me to do one)
Both Hamilton and Rosberg cut the first corners, Hamilton after locking up, and Rosberg from a nudge by Vertappen:

The stewards decide to penalise no one, a decision that I initially agreed with but is important in the context of what happened at the end of the race... (and I have to be careful what I say as I know one of the stewards and want to stay on good terms with her)

So, Hamilton and Rosberg get another 1-2 for Mercedes, but in the closing laps things get really spicy in the battle for third. A one-stopping Verstappen is being chased by Vettel who also one-stopped but is on newer tyres after a much longer first stint, and both are being caught by a two-stopping Ricciardo. Vettel gets into the slipstream of Verstappen on the main straight and Verstappen outbrakes himself going into turn 1 and cuts the corner in a similar way to what Hamilton did on the opening lap. Vettel is furious and wants Verstappen to cede the position. The Red Bull team even ask Verstappen to give up the position but he refuses to yield. Ricciardo then makes this attempt to pass Vettel:

Ricciardo accuses Vettel of moving in the braking zone, which the stewards are meant to be cracking down on after Verstappen's bad press for doing late jinks to defend in recent races.
So, Verstappen crosses the line third on track and heads to the podium with Vettel still furious, even telling race director Charlie Whiting to f*** off:

but then news breaks of a 5 second penalty for Verstappen and he is removed form the prepodium room:

Vettel runs to the podium and accepts the trophy. But, 3 hours after the race the stewards decide to give Vettel a 10 second penalty for moving in the braking zone, which promotes Ricciardo to third, Verstappen to fourth, and leaves Vettel in fifth. Ricciardo then has his own little ceremony on the podium (even though nearly everyone has gone home):