[pob]

China Results

Pedekay leads home a 1-4 for f1world, which catapults them from seventh in the league to second place, 11 points behind cliptheapex.
Sco claims fifth place 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.

Code:

Pos nickname       forum   zdkf1 points  forum points
1  pdk             f1world      58            25
2  wbf1            cliptheapex  56            18
3  cider_and_toast cliptheapex  55            15
4  f1madgirl       f1world      50            12
5  sco             sportsbabble 45            10
6  kai-star        thefastlane  43             8
7  wehateowls      garagistasf1 43             6
8  sgtbhaji        not606       42             4
9  dreggsf1        f1onboard    41             2
10 alcig           v2           39             1

scores for also rans from sportsbabble:

Code:

amelia 37
stairs 34

League Table
Pos_Forum__________Points
1___cliptheapex______66
2___f1world__________55
3___thefastlane______38
4___f1onboard________28
5___f1technical______27
6___ja606____________26
7___garagistasf1_____18
8___sportsbabble_____18
9___v2_______________16
10__not606____________5
11__forumula1_________0
=___motorsportforums__0



Quali trophy
The unsettled weather made it another difficult race for pole time predictions. Ten players got within 1% of the pole time to earn 1 point (including stairs ).
Sagi58 from forumula1 leads on 4 points; sportsbabble's sco is in second on 2 points .

[pob]

Russia Results

Amelia takes sportsbabble's maiden victory   , stairs is also in the points in seventh   , which moves the forum up from eighth in the league to third place   . Amelia has taken the lead in the individual championship for most zdkf1 points .
Defending champions f1world have taken the lead in the league, they are 5 points ahead of cliptheapex.
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.

Code:

Pos nickname     forum       zdkf1 points  forum points
1  amelia        sportsbabble     55            25
2  rotaxmax125   f1world          45            18
3  sagi58        forumula1        40            15
4  eternalmsc    not606           39            12
5  go_cellino_go ja606            37            10
6  bls           not606           36             8
7  stairs        sportsbabble     36             6
8  sardaor       cliptheapex      32             4
9  f1madgirl     f1world          32             2
10 tazio         motorsportforums 29             1

scores for also rans from sportsbabble:

Code:

sco 17

League Table
Pos_Forum__________Points
1___f1world__________75
2___cliptheapex______70
3___sportsbabble_____49
4___thefastlane______38
5___ja606____________36
6___f1onboard________28
7___f1technical______27
8___not606___________25
9___garagistasf1_____24
10__v2_______________16
11__forumula1________15
12__motorsportforums__1


Quali trophy
A good race for pole time predictions, four players scored 2 points for getting within 0.25% of the actual pole time); twelve others scored 1 point for being within 1% (including ]sco   ).
Sagi58 from forumula1 still leads.

[St Charles Owl]

Wow, fabulous performance Amelia!!!!

[Amelia Chaffinch]

I'd love to say it's skill but definitely down to luck!

[pob]

Red bull have switched Kvyat and Verstappen from the next race. If you haven't read the email from zdkf1, for this race at least, if you want to predict Kvyat you need to choose Verstappen and vice versa.
If anyone doesn't read this or the email before the deadline, and want their choice of Kvyat to actually mean Kvyat or their choice of Verstappen to actually mean Verstappen, just say on here.

[St Charles Owl]

Not sure we should be picking either of them currently but thanks for the update.

[pob]

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.

Code:

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:

Code:

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:

Code:

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.

[pob]

Less than 7 hours until the deadline , if you miss it remember that slightly late predictions can be emailed to support@zdkf1.com and will be included at zdkf1's discretion but if you post them on here too I will at least include them towards the league.


It's still the case that you need to select Kvyat if you want to predict Verstappen and vice versa.  If you want your prediction of Verstappen to actually mean Verstappen and/or your prediction of Kvyat to actually mean Kvyat then you need to say on here.

[pob]

The deadline has been extended until Friday evening.

[pob]

Monaco Results

Pob ( ) gets f1technical's first win of the year, which moves them from eighth to fourth in the league.
Cliptheapex are still the league leaders, 13 points ahead of reigning champions 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.

Code:

Pos nickname     forum       zdkf1 points  forum points
1  pob           f1technical      62           25
2  juliuscaesar  not606           52           18
3  dreggsf1      f1onboard        50           15
4  wehateowls    garagistasf1     50           12
5  f1madgirl     f1world          48           10
6  ilikeracing23 f1technical      47            8
7  sardaor       cliptheapex      46            6
8  redfrog       f1world          44            4
9  elbando       not606           42            2
10 onemanband    motorsportforums 39            1

scores for also rans from sportsbabble:

Code:

amelia 32
stairs 27
sco 20

League Table
Pos_Forum__________Points
1___cliptheapex_____116
2___f1world_________103
3___not606___________75
4___f1technical______60
5___sportsbabble_____49
6___ja606____________48
7___f1onboard________43
8___thefastlane______38
9___garagistasf1_____36
10__v2_______________16
=___forumula1________16
12__motorsportforums__6


Individual Championship
F1onboard's dreggsf1 has taken the lead on 235 points. He also has taken the lead for the Bernie medal and six tenths award.
Sardaor from cliptheapex is second on 231 points.
F1madgirl from f1world is third on 229 points.
All players from sportsbabble:

Code:

nickname  points  pos (/52)  pos on zdkf1 (/274)
amelia     226       5                27
stairs     181      27               155
sco        157      40               225

Quali Trophy
A good race for pole time predictions: 2 players got within 0.25% of the pole time to score 2 points; 19 other players got within 1% to score 1 point (including sco ).
Racecub from cliptheapex is still in the lead. Here's the top 10:

Code:

pos nickname       forum      points
1  racecub         cliptheapex  6
2  cider_and_toast cliptheapex  5
3  sagi58          forumula1    5
4  pob             various      5
5  sco             sportsbabble 4
6  king_arry       ja606        4
7  redfrog         f1world      3
8  pdk             f1world      3
9  dreggsf1        f1onboard    3
10 bls             not606       3

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Race recap:

Rain turned what is normally a boring procession at Monaco into a great race. Riccardo performed brilliantly all weekend only to be robbed of the win for Red Bull when his tyres weren't ready at a pitstop. This gifted the win to Hamilton & Mercedes, but even then there was intrigue as to whether Hamilton's ultrasoft tyres would last to the end of the race.
Monaco specialist Sergio Perez was an excellent third for Force India, at one stage it looked like he would even be able to challenge for the win.
Vettel was fourth for Ferrari.
Alonso a good fifth for McLaren.
Championship leader Rosberg had a bad race: he was slow in the wet to the point of having to allow his teammate Hamilton to pass him. He was passed by Hulkenburg on the final lap, leaving Rosberg in a lowly seventh place.