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Spain Results

Thankfully the confusion over how to choose Verstappen or Kvyat hasn't affected the results much.
Cliptheapex score a 1-3 to retake the lead in the league, 21 points ahead of f1world.
Sportsbabble didn't place in the top 10 this race .
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.

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Pos nickname       forum       zdkf1 points  forum points
1  fb              cliptheapex      49           25
2  sgtbhaji        not606           44           18
3  jambo           cliptheapex      41           15
4  bls             not606           39           12
5  manutddaredevil ja606            38           10
6  rotaxmax125     f1world          36            8
7  redfrog         f1world          35            6
8  onemanband      motorsportforums 35            4
9  king_arry       ja606            34            2
10 sagi58          forumula1        34            1

scores for also rans from sportsbabble:

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stairs 28
amelia 21
sco 17

League Table
Pos_Forum__________Points
1___cliptheapex_____110
2___f1world__________89
3___not606___________55
4___sportsbabble_____49
5___ja606____________48
6___thefastlane______38
7___f1onboard________28
8___f1technical______27
9___garagistasf1_____24
10__v2_______________16
=___forumula1________16
12__motorsportforums__5


Individual Championship
Amelia from sportsbabble leads on 194 points . The closest chasers are cliptheapex's sardaor and f1onboard's dreggsf1, both on 185 points.


Quali Trophy
5 players got within 0.25% of the pole time to score 2 points; 3 other players got within 1% to score point.
Racecub from cliptheapex has taken the lead. Here's the top 10:

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pos nickname       forum      points
1  racecub         cliptheapex  5
2  sagi58          forumula1    5
3  cider_and_toast cliptheapex  4
4  pob             various      4
5  sco             sportsbabble 3
6  king_arry       ja606        3
7  pdk             f1world      2
8  andykarter      f1world      2
9  dreggssf1       f1onboard    2
10 bls             not606       2

The zdkf1 website is super slow at the moment ; if anyone has trouble posting their prediction for Monaco, post it here instead.
The deadline for Monaco is one day earlier than normal , on Wednesday evening instead of Thursday.

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Race recaps: (sorry I haven't been keeping up with these)

China: The stupid new qualifying system finally abandoned and a great race with loads of action (161 overtakes) but amazingly no retirements. Rosberg won easily again; Vettel and Hamilton coming back through the field to take 2nd and 7th respectively. Kvyat on the podium for Red Bull in third.

Russia: I felt this race was ruined by Pirelli going extremely conservative with their tyre compound choices and minimum pressures. Rosberg with his seventh victory in a row. Hamilton finished second and Raikkonen third. Vettel was taken out by a double collision with Kvyat on the opening lap. Kvyat was subsequently demoted to Toro Rosso (the Red Bull junior team), although this switch was probably planned before the incident in this race.

Spain:  Rosberg and Hamilton collide on the opening lap paved the way for a tense and tactical race for the win between Red Bull and Ferrari. Verstappen emerging victorious on his debut for Red Bull, becoming easily the youngest grand prix winner at just 18 years old. He held off Raikkonen, both on 2-stop strategies. Vettel and Ricciardo tusseled over third place, both on 3-stop strategies, Ricciardo faster but unable to get past, and then he picked up a puncture so had to to settle for fourth.