[pob]

Italy Results

Pdk gets f1world's fourth win of the year, closing the gap to 36 points to league leaders cliptheapex and also giving pdk the lead for the Bernie medal.
Sco places fifth and stairs tenth for sportsbabble.

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Pos nickname       forum   zdkf1 points  forum points
1  pdk             f1world      60           25
2  atis            f1technical  44           18
3  go_cellino_go   ja606        44           15
4  sardaor         cliptheapex  43           12
5  sco             sportsbabble 41           10
6  jb              not606       40            8
7  manutddaredevil ja606        40            6
8  lyria           grandprix    39            4
9  andykarter      f1world      39            2
10 stairs          sportsbabble 39            1

scores for also rans from sportsbabble:

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League table
Pos_Forum__________Points
1___cliptheapex_____239
2___f1world_________203
3___not606__________183
4___ja606___________176
5___grandprix_______133
6___sportsbabble____101
7___f1technical______69
8___garagistasf1_____60
9___f1onboard________31
10__v2_______________17


Individual championship
Not606's jb still leads the way on 492 points.
Bls, also from not606, remains second on 477 points.
Despite forgetting to predict for Italy, redfrog from f1world has moved into third place on 475 points.
The best player from sportsbabble is sco in 16th place on 417 points .


Quali trophy
Ja606's tranquilchaos scores the maximum 3 points for having the best pole time guess on zdkf1, just 0.003 away from the actual pole time.
7 other players got within 0.25% for 2 points, and 6 more players got within 1% for 1 point.
Bls from not606 has edged into the lead for the Trulli trophy:

Code:

pos nickname    forum     points
1  bls          not606      11
2  pdk          f1world     11
3  greenlantern cliptheapex 11
4  sardaor      cliptheapex 10
5  pob          f1technical 10
6  redfrog      f1world     10
7  teabagyokel  cliptheapex  9
8  andykarter   f1world      9
9  jb           not606       8
10 chelseamf    ja606        8

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Race recap:
The motor racing community mourned the loss of another former f1 driver, holding a minute silence for Justin Wilson who died two weeks ago in an Indycar race after being hit on the head by crash debris.

Both Ferrari and Mercedes brought engine upgrades to this race, although Mercedes' upgrade is primarily to prepare to lay the groundwork for next season's engine rather than looking for an instant performance gain.
The first two qualifying sessions were spoilt by the expectation of huge grid penalties for all the Renault and Honda engined drivers, but then Ferrari managed to spring a surprise in the final session by splitting the two Mercedes drivers.
Raikkonen struggled to get off the line from second on the grid and dropped to last, luckily everyone managed to avoid his stationary car.
Rosberg also had a poor start again, slipping to sixth place.
Lotus's bad luck returned, both drivers unfortunate to retire on the opening lap from collisions that weren't their fault.
Hamilton scampered off into an easy lead, with Vettel on his own in second and then the two Williams of Massa and Bottas. Rosberg managed to overtake Perez and then undercut both Massa and Bottas at the pitstops (Williams once again showing their tactical naivety). Rosberg's hopes of chasing down Vettel ended when his power unit failed with just a few laps left, leaving his championship hopes in tatters and out of his own hands with a gap of 53 points to Hamilton.
Hamilton's win was initially in doubt after the race as the stewards deliberated over punishing the Mercedes drivers for illegal tyre presssures, but the investigation was dropped after Mercedes were able to show that the tyres were at the right pressure when fitted and the low pressure was only due to the tyres losing an unusually large amount of heat after the tyre warmers were unplugged.
Massa just held onto third place from his teammate Bottas. Raikkonen had a great recovery drive to fifth place.
The Force Indias of Perez and Hulkenburg were next in sixth and seventh respectively.
Ricciardo in the Red Bull placed eighth, overtaking Ericsson's Sauber at the final corner. Kvyat's Red Bull rounded out the points places in tenth.

[pob]

Singapore Results

Bls takes the victory for not606, moving him into the lead for both the Bernie medal and six tenths award.
With league leaders cliptheapex failing to score in Singapore, the battle for the lead is the closest it's been all year with both not606 and f1world within biting distance, less than a win separating the three forums with just six races left.
A great race for sportsbabble with stairs taking second place and sco fourth .

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Pos nickname  forum   zdkf1 points  forum points
1  bls        not606       37           25
2  stairs     sportsbabble 37           18
3  lawrence   grandprix    35           15
4  sco        sportsbabble 32           12
5  pdk        f1world      32           10
6  jb         not606       31            8
7  atis       f1technical  30            6
8  mach       grandprix    30            4
9  andykarter f1world      29            2
10 pob        f1technical  28            1

scores for also rans from sportsbabble:
none


League table
Pos_Forum__________Points
1___cliptheapex_____239
2___not606__________216
3___f1world_________215
4___ja606___________176
5___grandprix_______152
6___sportsbabble____131
7___f1technical______76
8___garagistasf1_____60
9___f1onboard________31
10__v2_______________17


Individual championship
Not606's jb still leads the way on 523 points.
Bls, also from not606, remains second on 514 points.
Redfrog from f1world stays in third place on 500 points.
The best player from sportsbabble is sco in twelfth place on 449 points .


Quali trophy
Three players got within 0.25% of pole to score two points, five other players got within 1% for one point (including sco ).
Here's the top 10:

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pos nickname    forum     points
1  bls          not606      11
2  pdk          f1world     11
3  greenlantern cliptheapex 11
4  andykarter   f1world     10
5  sardaor      cliptheapex 10
6  pob          f1technical 10
7  redfrog      f1world     10
8  jb           not606       9
9  teabagyokel  cliptheapex  9
10 chelseamf    ja606        8

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Race recap:
The gruelling night race in Singapore can often throw up a surprise, and it was the case again this year with Mercedes losing nearly two seconds in lap pace compared to the opposition since the last Grand Prix.
Vettel dominated the race for Ferrari, controlling the race brilliantly despite two safety car periods, the first for this collision between Hulkenburg and Massa

and the second caused by a track invader:

Ricciardo in second place for Red Bull was little threat to Vettel, with Vettel even backing him up at one point to help his teammate Raikkonen who came third.
Rosberg was a disappointing fourth for Mercedes, but he will be happy that he at least made up ground on his teammate and championship leader Hamilton who retired halfway into the race.
Bottas was fifth for Williams, ahead of Kvyat in the other Red Bull who was unlucky to lose places in the first round of pitstops.
Perez placed for seventh for Force India, just managing to keep ahead of the hard charging Toro Rossos of Verstappen and Sainz. Verstappen was truly amazing all weekend, with some great overtakes once again after recovering from being over a lap down after stalling on the grid. Sainz may not feel so warmly towards his teammate after Verstappen refused to follow team orders to let Sainz through.
Nasr was tenth for Sauber in the final points paying place ahead of his teammate Ericsson. The Lotuses were next, Maldonado twelfth after colliding with Button's McLaren, and Grosjean classified thirteenth although he didn't make the finish line due to gearbox problems. The Manor Marussias finished two laps down, with American debutant Alexander Rossi having a good weekend despite a crash at the end of the first practice session. Both McLarens of Alonso and Button retired with gearbox problems.

[St Charles Owl]

Great week for Sportsbabble!! Holding our own in 6th with just the two of us taking part every week.

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Btw Stairs, that four races on the trot where both of us have finished in the top 10!!!

[pob]

Japan Results

Pob gets the first win of the year for f1technical.
Sportsbabble didn't place in the top 10 this race   , but keep trying!

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Pos nickname       forum   zdkf1 points  forum points
1  pob             f1technical  56            25
2  manutddaredevil ja606        45            18
3  lawrence        grandprix    45            15
4  wehateowls      garagistasf1 44            12
5  sardaor         cliptheapex  43            10
6  tranquilchaos   ja606        41             8
7  jb              not606       40             6
8  dreggsf1        f1onboard    40             4
9  redfrog         f1world      39             2
10 andykarter      f1world      39             1

scores for also rans from sportsbabble:

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31 stairs
24 sco

League table
Pos_Forum__________Points
1___cliptheapex_____249
2___not606__________222
3___f1world_________218
4___ja606___________202
5___grandprix_______167
6___sportsbabble____131
7___f1technical_____101
8___garagistasf1_____72
9___f1onboard________35
10__v2_______________17


Individual championship
Not606's jb still leads the way on 563 points.
Bls, also from not606, remains second on 550 points.
Redfrog from f1world stays in third place on 539 points.
The best player from sportsbabble is sco in 17th place out of 44 on 473 points   , and stairs is just 7 points behind   .


Quali trophy
A difficult race for predicting the pole time with only four players getting within 1%. Here's the top 10:

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pos user           forum     points
1  bls             not606      11
2  pdk             f1world     11
3  greenlantern101 cliptheapex 11
4  redfrog         f1world     11
5  andykarter      f1world     10
6  sardaor         cliptheapex 10
7  pob             f1technical 10
8  jb              not606       9
9  teabagyokel     cliptheapex  9
10 chelseamf       ja606        9

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Race recap:
Rosberg grabbed pole position which was cut short by this huge crash by Kvyat:

Hamilton managed to overtake Rosberg into turn 2 on the opening lap, pushing Rosberg off onto the runoff and causing him to slip to fourth.
Hamilton then went on to take an easy victory to match Senna's win total. Rosberg recovered to take second place ahead of the two Ferrari's of Vettel and Raikkonen and the Williams of Bottas.
Most of the action happened in the midfield. Hulkenburg equalled his best result of the season of sixth for Force India ahead of the Lotuses of Grosjean and Maldonado. Vertsappen once again showing his overtaking skill to recover from car problems in qualifying to take ninth ahead of his teammate Sainz in tenth.

[pob]

Russia Results

Mach gets grandprix's second win.
Mercedes may have wrapped up the WCC, but the interforum league remains wide open with cliptheapex's lead cut to just 20 points over not606.
Sportsbabble didn't place in the top 10 this race , but keep trying!

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Pos nickname       forum  zdkf1 points  forum points
1  mach            grandprix   34            25
2  elbando         not606      32            18
3  go_cellino_go   ja606       31            15
4  greenlantern101 cliptheapex 31            12
5  chelseamf       ja606       30            10
6  dreggsf1        f1onboard   30             8
7  lawrence        grandprix   29             6
8  f1madgirl       f1world     28             4
9  andykarter      f1world     27             2
10 jb              not606      25             1

scores for also rans from sportsbabble:

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21 sco
16 stairs

League table
Pos_Forum__________Points

1___cliptheapex_____261

2___not606__________241

3___ja606___________227

4___f1world_________224

5___grandprix_______198

6___sportsbabble____131

7___f1technical_____101

8___garagistasf1_____72

9___f1onboard________43

10__v2_______________17



Individual championship
Not606's jb still leads the way on 588 points.
Bls, also from not606, remains second on 571 points.
Redfrog from f1world stays in third place on 564 points.
The best player from sportsbabble is sco in 19th place on 494 points (stairs is only 8 points behind).


Quali trophy
Grandprix's mach turns his victory into a grand chelem with the best pole time guess on zdkf1 earning him the maximum 3 points. 5 other players got within 0.25% for 2 points, and 13 more got within 1% for 1 point (including sco).
Here's the top 10:

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pos user           forum     points
1  bls             not606      13
2  redfrog         f1world     13
3  pdk             f1world     12
4  greenlantern101 cliptheapex 12
5  andykarter      f1world     11
6  sardaor         cliptheapex 11
7  chelseamf       ja606       11
8  jb              not606      10
9  pob             f1technical 10
10 atis            f1technical  9

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Race recap:
Mercedes seal the constructors' championship with four races to go. Hamilton looks set to claim the drivers' championship after his ninth win of the season. Rosberg was having a good weekend, taking pole and leading early on until a broken throttle pedal brought an end to his race.
Bottas in the Williams intially battled with the two Ferrari's for second place; Vettel managed to get past at the pitstop, but Bottas would battle with Raikkonen for the rest of the race.
There was some variation in the strategies thanks to a safety car for a heavy crash by Grosjean. Some drivers pitted, notably Perez and Ricciardo, while the leaders stayed out. This led to a great last few laps with Perez in third place for Force India on old tyres being chased down by Bottas and Raikkonen. Both Finns found their way passed, but then a desperate dive by Raikkonen caused a collision which brought an end to Bottas's race and heavily damaged Raikkonen's Ferrari, eventually dropping him to eighth after a 30 second penalty for the incident, and letting Perez back into third place for his fifth ever podium.
After a difficult qualifying, Massa had a good race to fourth to salvage something for Williams.
Local boy Kvyat placed fifth for Red Bull. His teammate Ricciardo retired with suspension problems.
Nasr was a great sixth for Sauber, Maldonado a quiet seventh.
Button was ninth for McLaren, his teammate Alonso initially finished tenth but was given a post race penalty for repeatedly cutting a corner to drop him out of the points.
Verstappen was tenth for Toro Rosso, recovering from a puncture from an opening lap incident caused by Hulkenburg which also brought an early end to Ericsson's race. Sainz in the other Toro Rosso had a good race from last on the grid, a big accident in practice forcing him to miss qualifying, but he eventually retired with brake failure.

[pob]

United States Results

Grandprix's mach wins for the second race in a row, moving him into the lead for the Bernie medal.
Cliptheapex have extended their lead to 32 points over not606. With three races to go and a maximum 129 points available, five forums are still in contention for the title.
Stairs places fifth for sportsbabble .

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Pos nickname       forum   zdkf1 points  forum points
1  mach            grandprix    32            25
2  soccerman17     cliptheapex  31            18
3  manutddaredevil ja606        31            15
4  andykarter      f1world      30            12
5  stairs          sportsbabble 29            10
6  lawrence        grandprix    28             8
7  bls             not606       28             6
8  atis            f1technical  28             4
9  dreggsf1        f1onboard    28             2
10 redfrog         f1world      27             1

scores for also rans from sportsbabble:

Code:

25 sco

League table
Pos_Forum__________Points
1___cliptheapex_____279
2___not606__________247
3___ja606___________242
4___f1world_________237
5___grandprix_______231
6___sportsbabble____141
7___f1technical_____105
8___garagistasf1_____72
9___f1onboard________45
10__v2_______________17

Title race:



Individual championship
Not606's jb still leads the way on 614 points.
Bls, also from not606, remains second on 599 points.
Redfrog from f1world stays in third place on 591 points.
The best player from sportsbabble is sco in 18th place on 520 points.


Quali trophy
Sardaor from cliptheapex is the only person on zdkf1 to earn points for their pole time guess, moving him up to second place in the fight for the Trulli Trophy:

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pos user           forum     points
1  bls             not606      13
2  sardaor         cliptheapex 13
3  redfrog         f1world     13
4  pdk             f1world     12
5  greenlantern101 cliptheapex 12
6  andykarter      f1world     11
7  chelseamf       ja606       11
8  jb              not606      10
9  pob             f1technical 10
10 atis            f1technical  9

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Race recap:
A great race, probably race of the season with many of the drivers performing brilliantly, so go watch the highlights if you haven't seen it already!
A hurricane meant there was little running in practice and qualifying was postponed until Sunday morning and even that was cut short because of the weather.

The rain eased enough for the cars to start the race on intermediates. Rosberg was on pole but Hamilton forced his way past at the first corner, dropping Rosberg down to fourth. The red bulls coped best with the tricky conditions with Ricciardo even taking the lead. Meanwhile, the Ferraris of Vettel and Raikkonen were coming through the field after taking grid penalties for new engines.
As the track dried the Red Bulls began to struggle for pace. The battle for the win was between Vettel and the Mercedes drivers of Rosberg and Hamilton. There were several safety car periods which led to different strategy possibilities, although overall they probably didn't interfere too much with the final result. It looked as if Rosberg would take the win until an unusual mistake sent him off the track gifted Hamilton the win and sealing Hamilton's third title. Rosberg just held on to second from Vettel.
Verstappen was a great fourth again for Toro Rosso with some more amazing overtaking by the teenager. Teammate Sainz also had a good race coming from the back of the grid to seventh.
The McLarens had a competitive race with the rain meaning their engine disadvantage was less of a problem, Button placing a good sixth, but Alonso dropped out of the points with power problems towards the end of the race.
Perez was a good fifth for Force India, his teammate Hulkenburg retired after an uncharacteristic mistake when trying to overtake Riccirado, forcing Hulkenburg to retire and damaging Riccairdo's Red Bull. Ricciardo eventually finished a disappointing tenth and Kvyat in the other Red Bull crashed out.
The other points scorers were Maldonado in eighth for Lotus and Nasr ninth for Sauber.

[pob]

Mexico Results

Andykarter takes f1world's fifth win of the season, moving them into second place 30 points behind cliptheapex.
Sportsbabble didn't place in the top 10 this race , but keep trying because sportsbabble are in a close battle over sixth place in the league !

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Pos nickname  forum  zdkf1 points  forum points
1  andykarter f1world     50            25
2  pob        f1technical 43            18
3  sardaor    cliptheapex 41            15
4  bls        not606      39            12
5  chelseamf  ja606       37            10
6  wtcbu      ja606       36             8
7  lawrence   grandprix   36             6
8  elbando    not606      35             4
9  redfrog    f1world     34             2
10 atis       f1technical 33             1

scores for also rans from sportsbabble:

Code:

25 sco
24 stairs

League table
Pos_Forum__________Points
1___cliptheapex_____294
2___f1world_________264
3___not606__________263
4___ja606___________260
5___grandprix_______237
6___sportsbabble____141
7___f1technical_____124
8___garagistasf1_____72
9___f1onboard________45
10__v2_______________17
Title race:



Individual championship
Not606's jb still leads the way on 643 points.
Bls, also from not606, remains second on 638 points.
Redfrog from f1world stays in third place on 625 points.
Sportsbabble's sco and stairs are just short of qualifying to be on the end of season photo as drivers by being in the top 100 on zdkf1.
All players from sportsbabble:

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nickname  points  pos (/44)
sco        545      18
stairs     535      20
amelia     366      28

Bernie medal
Andykarter's victory moves him into the lead for the Bernie medal:

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nickname    forum      wins  2nds  3rds
andykarter  f1world     2     0     0
mach        grandprix   2     0     0
bls         not606      1     1     3
lawrence    grandprix   1     1     2
pdk         f1world     1     1     1
pob         f1technical 1     1     0
redfrog     f1world     1     1     0
jb          not606      1     1     0
soccerman17 cliptheapex 1     1     0
elbando     not606      1     1     0

Six tenths award
Seven players are still in contention for the six tenths award, which is given to the player who scores most league points. Last season's winner bls from not606 has a 9 point lead:

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pos nickname  forum    points
1  bls        not606    118
2  lawrence   grandprix 109
3  jb         not606     98
4  mach       grandprix  90
5  andykarter f1world    85
6  redfrog    f1world    74
7  pdk        f1world    69

Quali trophy
An understandably difficult race for guessing the pole time: only four players got within 1% of the pole time (including stairs ).
Last season's winner sardaor from cliptheapex has taken the lead:

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pos nickname       forum     points
1  sardaor         cliptheapex 14
2  bls             not606      13
3  redfrog         f1world     13
4  pdk             f1world     12
5  greenlantern101 cliptheapex 12
6  andykarter      f1world     11
7  chelseamf       ja606       11
8  jb              not606      10
9  pob             f1technical 10
10 atis            f1technical  9

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Race recap:
Mexico returned to the F1 calendar for the first time since 1992. It is one of my favourite tracks, although they have ruined the challenge of the final corner Peraltada. The atmosphere was great with the fans packing out the huge grandstands and cheering on local hero Sergio Perez. The newly surfaced track was very slippy which helped add to the excitement.
No one could challenge Mercedes, with Rosberg taking his fourth win of the season ahead of champion Hamilton.
Ferrari had a terrible race: Vettel collided with Ricciardo at the first corner forcing Vettel to pit with a puncture and then later he crashed out by himself. Raikkonen's race ended after a collision with Bottas (possibly in retaliation to their coming together in Russia).
Bottas was undamaged in the collision and came home third for Williams:

The Red Bulls of Kvyat and Ricciardo were fourth and fifth respectively, and Massa sixth for Williams.
The Force Indias of Hulkenburg and Perez were next, with Perez doing well to hold on to eighth on old tyres.
The final points paying positions went to Verstappen in the Toro Rosso in ninth and Grosjean for Lotus in tenth.

[pob]

Brazil Results

Pob leads a 1-3 for grandprix. Thankfully, Massa's exclusion doesn't interfere too much with the league points, although if Williams appeal is successful before the final race I will modify the results accordingly.
Cliptheapex's lead is reduced to 12 points over f1world with not606 a further 4 points behind. Grandprix and ja606 also have a chance of taking the title.
Sportsbabble didn't place in the top 10 this race    , but keep trying!   Sportsbabble are currently in a battle for sixth place in the league going into the final round.

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Pos nickname       forum  zdkf1 points  forum points
1  pob             grandprix   56           25
2  elbando         not606      52           18
3  lyria           grandprix   52           15
4  andykarter      f1world     50           12
5  f1madgirl       f1world     45           10
6  go_cellino_go   ja606       44            8
7  wtcbu           ja606       41            6
8  greenlantern101 cliptheapex 40            4
9  dreggsf1        f1onboard   40            2
10 jb              not606      38            1

scores for also rans from sportsbabble:

Code:

36 sco
33 stairs

League table
Pos_Forum__________Points
1___cliptheapex_____298
2___f1world_________286
3___not606__________282
4___grandprix_______277
5___ja606___________274
6___sportsbabble____141
7___f1technical_____124
8___garagistasf1_____72
9___f1onboard________47
10__v2_______________17

Title race:  



Sportsbabble currently have no players qualifying to be on the end of season photo as drivers for being in the top 100 on zdkf1, but a good result by sco or stairs in the final race could still see them qualify. This year, sportsbabble will be Lotus (very good for your debut season   ).
All players from sportsbabble:

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nickname  points  pos (/44)
sco        581      18
stairs     568      22
amelia     375      28

There's no babblers in still in contention for the individual awards, but here are the top standings for each award for posterity's sake...




Individual championship
With just Abu Dhabi to go, not606's jb has an 8 point lead. Anyone in the top 8 has a chance of overhauling him:

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pos nickname  forum      points
1  jb         not606      681
2  bls        not606      673
3  andykarter f1world     673
4  lawrence   grandprix   661
5  redfrog    f1world     661
6  pob        various     649
7  pdk        f1world     645
8  sardaor    cliptheapex 645

Bernie medal
Pob's victory moves him into the lead for the Bernie medal:

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nickname    forum      wins  2nds  3rds
pob         various     2     1     0
andykarter  f1world     2     0     0
mach        grandprix   2     0     0
elbando     not606      1     2     0
bls         not606      1     1     3
lawrence    grandprix   1     1     2
pdk         f1world     1     1     1

Six tenths award
Four players are still in contention for the six tenths award, which is given to the player who scores most league points. Last season's winner bls from not606 has a 9 point lead:

Code:

pos nickname  forum    points
1  bls        not606    118
2  lawrence   grandprix 109
3  jb         not606     99
4  andykarter f1world    97

Quali trophy
0 points for everyone this week, so cliptheapex's sardaor keeps the lead. 6 players are still in the fight for the Trulli Trophy:

Code:

pos nickname       forum     points
1  sardaor         cliptheapex 14
2  bls             not606      13
3  redfrog         f1world     13
4  pdk             f1world     12
5  greenlantern101 cliptheapex 12
6  andykarter      f1world     11

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Race recap:
A boring race with little action upfront. Rosberg taking the win ahead of Hamilton for Mercedes, with the Ferraris of Vettel and Raikkonen next.
Bottas was fifth for Williams. His teammate Massa was originally eighth, but was later excluded from the results for a technical infringement.
Hulkenburg was a good sixth for Force India, he always seems to be well in Brazil.
Kvyat placed seventh for Red Bull. The Lotuses of Grosjean and Maldonado were eighth and tenth respectively; Maldonado living up to his "Crashtor" reputation after colliding with Ericsson's Sauber.
Verstappen once again gave a master class in overtaking that defied his young age on his way to ninth for Toro Rosso.

[pob]

Here is the Sportsbabble Lotus for the traditional end of season photo:

[St Charles Owl]

Sweet, when do we get to take it out for a spin??