+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted March 23, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) Let's see if we can get this going. The idea: Guess the race result for each Grand Prix of the 2009 season before a car is on track. The rules: You have from Monday before each race until Thursday, 23:59 GMT before each race to guess the top 8 finishers. All guesses made after the deadline will be discarded. Points will be awarded as follows: Driver correctly guessed - 1 point Driver and position correctly guessed - 3 points All 8 drivers correctly guessed, order incorrect - 10 bonus points All 8 drivers guessed in the correct order - 20 bonus points You are free to modify your guess until the Thursday, 23:59 GMT deadline. Results will be collected in a separate thread. At the end of the season the winner gets as many virtual hobnobs as he has points. :p My guess for Australia: Jenson Button - Brawn Mercedes Kimi R?ikk?nen - Ferrari Felipe Massa - Ferrari Timo Glock - Toyota Fernando Alonso - Renault Mark Webber - Red Bull Renault Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Renault Lewis Hamilton - McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 2009 season thread Edited March 23, 2009 by Mephistopheles Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted March 23, 2009 Veteran Share Posted March 23, 2009 Fantasy F1 on Neowin? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590746338 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted March 23, 2009 Author Subscriber² Share Posted March 23, 2009 Fantasy F1 on Neowin? Why not? It's just for fun. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590746366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted March 23, 2009 Veteran Share Posted March 23, 2009 It'll be fun I know, but you'll have to do all the point tracking on your own. By the way you might want to link to the official season thread too. Barrichello - Brawn Mercedes Felipe Massa - Ferrari Timo Glock - Toyota Kimi R?ikk?nen - Ferrari Fernando Alonso - Renault Robert Kubica - BMW Sauber Jenson Button - Brawn Mercedes Lewis Hamilton - McLaren Mercedes Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Renault Nico Rosberg - Williams Toyota Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590746450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted March 23, 2009 Author Subscriber² Share Posted March 23, 2009 I'll do the points tracking in an Excel spreadsheet. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590746454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibby Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Jenson Button - Brawn Mercedes Felipe Massa - Ferrari Rubens Barrichello - Brawn Mercedes Lewis Hamilton - McLaren Mercedes Fernando Alonso - Renault Robert Kubica - BMW Sauber Kimi R?ikk?nen - Ferrari Nico Rosberg - WilliamsF1 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590746526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.mcman Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Nick Heidfeld - BMW Sauber F1 Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari Robert Kubica - BMW Sauber F1 Lewis Hamilton - McLaren Heikki Kovalainen - McLaren Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Felipe Massa - Ferrari Jenson Button - Brawn Mercedes :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590746528 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fourjays Veteran Posted March 23, 2009 Veteran Share Posted March 23, 2009 Barrichello - Brawn GP Button - Brawn GP Raikkonen - Ferrari Vettel - Red Bull Racing Massa - Ferrari Kubica - BMW Webber - Red Bull Racing Hamilton - McLaren Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590746678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentaal Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Kimi R?ikk?nen - Ferrari Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Fernando Alonso - Renault Felipe Massa - Ferrari Rubens Barrichello - Brawn Robert Kubica - BMW Jenson Button - Brawn Heikki Kovalainen - McLaren Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590746876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_ph0enix Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Ahh, why not. I suck at predictions but still, here they be: Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Mercedes. Felipe Massa - Ferrari. Fernando Alonso - Renault. Jenson Button - Brawn Mercedes. Kimi R?ikk?nen - Ferrari. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren Mercedes. Robert Kubica - BMW Sauber. Timo Glock - Toyota. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590747038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 1. Felipe Massa - Ferrari 2. Rubens Barrichello - Brawn Mercedes 3. Kimi R?ikk?nen - Ferrari 4. Jenson Button - Brawn Mercedes 5. Fernando Alonso - Renault 6. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren Mercedes 7. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Renault 8. Mark Webber - Red Bull Renault Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590748274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted March 23, 2009 Veteran Share Posted March 23, 2009 Driver correctly guessed - 1 point Driver and position correctly guessed - 2 points All 8 drivers correctly guessed, order incorrect - 5 bonus points All 8 drivers guessed in the correct order - 10 bonus points I just think we need to change the point system (unintentional irony). More points are needed to reflect on the probability of getting the order correct. Driver correctly guessed - 1 point Driver and position correctly guessed - 3 points All 8 drivers correctly guessed, order incorrect - 10 bonus points All 8 drivers guessed in the correct order - 20 bonus points Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590748304 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted March 23, 2009 Author Subscriber² Share Posted March 23, 2009 I just think we need to change the point system (unintentional irony). More points are needed to reflect on the probability of getting the order correct. Driver correctly guessed - 1 point Driver and position correctly guessed - 3 points All 8 drivers correctly guessed, order incorrect - 10 bonus points All 8 drivers guessed in the correct order - 20 bonus points Thanks for the suggestion. First post edited accordingly. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590748620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorned1 Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 +Mephistopheles : How can you not even have Barrichello in your top 8? Rubens Barrichello Fernando Alonso Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg Jenson Button Kimi R?ikk?nen Heikki Kovalainen Felipe Massa Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590750546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted March 24, 2009 Author Subscriber² Share Posted March 24, 2009 +Mephistopheles : How can you not even have Barrichello in your top 8? It's the first race of the season. Technical gremlins are likely to hit. And Mr Barichello has often been the driver to be hit by technical gremlins (think back to his time at Ferrari). I didn't include either of the BMW Saubers in my top 8 for the same reason. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590751252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 i read today, that m.schumacher will be with ferrari in australia, which means a bad weekend and a certain dnf for raikkonen. :p my guess for the race result is: 1. felipe massa - ferrari 2. rubens barrichello - brawn gp 3. jarno trulli - toyota 4. heiki kovalainen - mclaren 5. robert kubica - bmw 6. nelson piquet jr. - renault 7. lewis hamilton - mclaren 8. jenson button - brawn gp Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590751464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subject Delta Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I think Brawn are going to dominate, probably scoring a 1-2. Honestly I wouldn't like to guess the rest of the order though, testing times have been all over the chart, but I feel, sadly, that McLaren are gonna be struggling in the back end of the points, and that is if they have a problem free weekend Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590762258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorned1 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I can imagine a surprise turnaround because the likes of Button aren't used to having such a fast car and could easily make a disaster of the first corner. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590763044 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazysah Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Dam... I missed this... I will do it for the next race though! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590773388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted March 29, 2009 Author Subscriber² Share Posted March 29, 2009 (edited) Here are the results of this round: Shibby - 9 points mclaren2 - 8 points Mephistopheles - 6 points Martyn - 6 points HiroProtagonist1984 - 5 points Popcorned1 - 5 points sundayx - 5 points .mcman - 4 points Fourjays - 3 points brentaal - 3 points Congratulations to Shibby. The next round of guesses starts tomorrow. Thank you for playing. Edited March 29, 2009 by Mephistopheles Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590775778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 cant believe that i collected 8 points. :rofl: :D more than felipe - who was today again better than his teammate - did today. congrats 2 brawn gp and shibby from neowin :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590775786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted March 29, 2009 Veteran Share Posted March 29, 2009 Barrichello - Brawn Mercedes Felipe Massa - Ferrari Timo Glock - Toyota Kimi R?ikk?nen - Ferrari Robert Kubica - BMW Sauber Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Renault I believe I have 6 points:p:p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590775790 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted March 29, 2009 Author Subscriber² Share Posted March 29, 2009 I believe I have 6 points. :p No, 5 points. One more because of me making a typo in the results list. The point for Rosberg doesn't count since only the top 8 are counted - see first post. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590775806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 hmm looks like the results have to be changed :( trulli got DQ and hami got p3 now. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590775902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted March 29, 2009 Author Subscriber² Share Posted March 29, 2009 hmm looks like the results have to be changed :(trulli got DQ and hami got p3 now. Indeed. Revised results: Mephistopheles - 10 points Shibby - 9 points Martyn - 8 points sundayx - 7 points Popcorned1 - 7 points HiroProtagonist1984 - 5 points mclaren2 - 5 points Fourjays - 3 points brentaal - 3 points .mcman - 2 points Next time I'm going to wait for several hours after the race to compile the results... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/750084-formula-1-guess-the-result-race-1-australia/#findComment-590775962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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