[pob]

Hi everyone,

the zdkf1 site has had an overhaul and, after skipping the opening race, is now ready for you to make your predictions for the season. If you haven't played before, it's really easy: sign up and start your nickname with "babble" and predict the top 10, pole sitter and pole time for each race. If you're a returning player, you will need to reset your password.

I believe ze Dutch Kiwi is planning a few more improvements to the website during the season, and the website is already a bit easier to use particularly for those on phones or tablets.

As always, slightly late predictions can be emailed to support@zdkf1.com and will be included at their discretion, but if you post them here too then I can at least include them towards the league. (I will be particularly kind with predictions for China as I am rather late posting this!)

I'll try and do a more fleshed out opening post after China, the only other thing to add for now is I think the risk bonus boundaries are still very safe ≤19, safe 20-22, moderate 23-25, risky 26-28, crazy 29+.

Good luck!

pob

[Amelia Chaffinch]

Not a good start - forgot to predict last evening 

[pob]

Post your prediction here and I'll include it anyway.

[Amelia Chaffinch]

Just done one for Bahrain.
I'll use the same for China. Better than nowt.
Qualifying
Pole Position : Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Pole Time : 90.21s
Race
1st : Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
2nd : Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
3rd : Felipe Massa Williams
4th : Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari
5th : Fernando Alonso McLaren
6th : Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull
7th : Marcus Ericsson Sauber
8th : Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso
9th : Kevin Magnussen Haas
10th : Nico Hülkenberg Renault
Thanks.

[pob]

China Results

Ham wins the opening round of the 2017 interforum league for f1forumorg.
Sportsbabble didn't place in the top 10 this race , but keep trying! Anyone who missed the opening race, don't worry, you will get some points on zdkf1 for any races you missed.
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__ham_____________f1forumorg_______46____________25
2__vintly__________cliptheapex______45____________18
3__vfc_cipher______f1technical______45____________15
4__tazio___________motorsportforums_45____________12
5__foxylady________f1forumorg_______45____________10
6__f1madgirl_______f1world__________43_____________8
7__mr_swiss________motorsportforums_43_____________6
8__go_cellino_go___ja606____________42_____________4
9__dddd____________ja606____________42_____________2
10_bigmangalhit____f1technical______41_____________1

scores for also rans from sportsbabble:
amelia 30



League Table
Pos_Forum___________Points
1___f1forumorg________35
2___cliptheapex_______18
3___motorsportforums__18
4___f1technical_______16
5___f1world____________8
6___ja606______________6
7___not606_____________0
=___v2_________________0
=___sportsbabble_______0
=___f1onboard__________0
=___thefastlane________0
=___forumula1__________0



Quali Trophy
2 players were within 0.25% for 2 points.
10 players scored 1 point for being within 1%.

[St Charles Owl]

Was away on holiday for the opening prediction, but now have it in for the Bahrain GP.

[Dogued]

Hi all!
I'm Dogued from F1Forum, and I ended up taking up the Interforum stuff when Pob went AWOL early in the season.

Unfortunately, I'm slack, and never got around to joining up the other forums to post results!

Obviously, with only 2 players, it was hard for Sports Babble to win overall, but you scored well and finished 7th out of the 11 registered forums.

SCO, despite not winning a round, finished as the 4th highest Top 10 points scorer through consistent results!
Amelia picked up enough points to help you stay ahead of the 8th placed forum, and had a highest finish of 4th in Spain.

I'll keep going in 2018 at this stage, and will ensure results are up to date each round. Unfortunately, I don't have the connection with the ZDKF1 guys that Pob did, so will need predictions to be done on time to be counted. If it's something you struggle with, what one of our guys did was predict the full season back in April, then update before each race if he remembered. He scored well on the predictions (although pole times were WAY off), so it's a valid strategy.