.:: 2009 F1PU Predictions Championship - Round 13: ITA ::.

Welcome to round 13 of the Predictions Championship for 2009, as we return to last year's monsoon circuit in Italy!

This is how the game is played:

For each GP:
- Each person selects 4 teams, each ranked 1-10 and the total must come to a MINIMUM of 23. Ranking is as follows:
1 - Ferrari
2 - McLaren
3 - BMW
4 - Renault
5 - Toyota
6 - Toro Rosso
7 - Red Bull
8 - Williams
9 - Brawn GP
10 - Force India

- Of those 4 teams, the player chooses one driver from each to score their points for them in the race (I.E. Red Bull, Williams, Brawn GP & Force India, and the player chooses Vettel, Nakajima, Button & Fisichella). Points will be discussed later on.

- Extra points are available for correctly predicting who will have the fastest lap time in practice, the GP and who will hold pole. There are also points for who will be on the podium too. Every driver is available for selection, not just the drivers chosen earlier.

- Players may also select the Best constructor (the team with the best result in the weekend) and the Worst Constructor (the worst overall result).

POINTS

- For each constructor chosen (so both drivers from the 4 teams chosen), points are scored as follows:
1st: +10
2nd: +8
3rd: +6
4th: +5
5th: +4
6th: +3
7th: +2
8th: +1
All other cars running at finishing flag: +0.5
Cars not running at finishing flag: -5
Front row starting position on the grid: +5

- For the 4 drivers chosen, points score as follows:
1st: +10
2nd: +8
3rd: +6
4th: +5
5th: +4
6th: +3
7th: +2
8th: +1
All other cars running at finishing flag: +0.5

- For the 4 drivers chosen, for each position they move up the grid, they score an extra 3 points. E.G. a driver starts 18th and finishes 16th, the driver scores 6 points. No points are lost if they go backwards.

- The last load of points are scored as follows:
Correct Driver for fastest Practice lap: +3 pts
Pole Position: +3 pts.
Fastest race lap: +3 pts.
Podium finish: +3 pts.
OR
Correctly predicted podium place: +5 pts.
If all three in correct predicted places: +5 pts. extra (making 20 in total)
Best Constructor: +5 pts.
Worst Constructor: +5 pts.

Predictions should be made in the way as the example post below:

EXAMPLE POST
TEAMS: Red Bull, Williams, Brawn GP, Force India
DRIVERS: Vettel, Nakajima, Button, Fisichella
FASTEST PRACTICE LAP: Rosberg
POLE POSITION: Grosjean
PODIUM: Sutil, Kovalainen, Heidfeld
FASTEST RACE LAP: Kubica
BEST CONSTRUCTOR: Ferrari
WORST CONSTRUCTOR: McLaren

Successful entries can be found in the post below. If you post an invalid prediction, you will be PM'ed about it, and details of what needs to be corrected can be found in the "Amendments Required" section underneath the "Successful Entries" list. Time of closure of the thread can be found in the post below.

THREAD WILL BE LOCKED AT 9AM BST ON FRIDAY, 11TH SEPTEMBER. Reminder as always, the thread will close when the clock on the link states there is one hour left.

PLEASE NOTE!!!!!

Redders1989 is on holiday until Monday, 14th September 2009. There is no Successful Entries list, and therefore you must ensure you check yourself as to ensure your predictions are valid. Entries will only be checked by Redders himself on Tuesday, 15th September before he calculates the scores.

IMPORTANT!!!

Please note Giancarlo Fisichella has now replaced Luca Badoer at Ferrari. Any predictions which include Badoer, or Fisichella linked with Force India shall be deemed invalid.

IMPORTANT!!!

Please note Vitantonio Liuzzi has now replaced Giancarlo Fisichellaat Force India .

TEAMS: Ferrari, Brawn GP, Red Bull, Williams

DRIVERS: Fisichella, Button, Vettel, Rosberg

FASTEST PRACTICE LAP: Raikkonen

POLE: Button

PODIUM: Button, Vettel, Raikkonen

FASTEST RACE LAP: Vettel

BEST CONSTRUCTOR: Ferrari

WORST CONSTRUCTOR: Force India

Teams: McLaren, Toyota, Red Bull, Brawn GP.

Drivers : Hamilton, Glock, Webber, Button.

Fastest Practice Lap: Hamilton.

Pole Position: Webber.

Podium: Hamilton, Raikkonen, Webber.

Fastest Race Lap : Vettel.

Best Constructor : Ferrari.

Worst Constructor : Toro Rosso.

As Redders is away he asked me to post his predictions for him.

So here are Redders1989's predictions

TEAMS: Ferrari, Red Bull, Williams, Brawn GP
DRIVERS: Raikkonen, Vettel, Rosberg, Button
FASTEST PRACTICE LAP: Fisichella
POLE POSITION: Vettel
PODIUM: Raikkonen, Vettel, Hamilton
FASTEST RACE LAP: Hamilton
BEST CONSTRUCTOR: Ferrari
WORST CONSTRUCTOR: Toro Rosso

TEAMS: Ferrari, Renault, Brawn, Force India

DRIVERS: Raikkonen, Alonso, Barrichello, Sutil

FPL: Fisichella

POLE: Hamilton

PODIUM: Raikkonen, Hamilton, Webber

FRL: Raikkonen

BEST CONSTRUCTOR: Ferrari

WORST CONSTRUCTOR: Toro Rosso

TEAMS: Brawn GP, Red Bull, Williams, McLaren

DRIVERS: Barrichello, Vettel, Rosberg, Hamilton

FASTEST PRACTICE LAP: Hamilton

POLE: Hamilton

PODIUM: Hamilton, Barrichello, Button

FASTEST RACE LAP: Hamilton

BEST CONSTRUCTOR: Brawn GP

WORST CONSTRUCTOR:Toro Rosso

I disapprove of your tactics kip, but I shall let it slide this once. However, you will be fined £50,000 which will be made payable to the Federation Internationale Redders and will receive a reprimand. On a serious note though, for clear plagiarism tactics, you will only be allocated half points for your score.

Any repeat offence by anyone from now on, or any other means of clear plagiarism shall be penalised with a drive-through penalty... err, sorry, a banning from the GP entered and the following. Think wise people not to copy kip's idea.