.:: F1PU 2010 Predictions Championship Scores ::.

Right, in regards to the Italian GP results, my connection isn't actually going to be set up until the 23rd now, so what I'll do is a double-dose that following weekend: You'll get the Italian GP results and Singapore results at the same time.

As for the German results, I'll do them now. Keep an eye out, they're-a comin'!

GERMAN GP RESULTS

1. 69ANT69 (91.5 pts.)
2. KimisApprentice (83.5 pts.)
3. XSamFisherX (82.5 pts.)
4. nravasi (70.5 pts.)
5. kingdre (67.5 pts.)
6. wombat26 (64.5 pts.)
7. tony205 (61.5 pts.)
8. mjk1 (58.5 pts.)
9. Bigcol1611 (57.5 pts.)
10. SadPSPAddict (55.5 pts.)
11. Racky_rules (55.5 pts.)
12. mavediss (52 pts.)
13. Redders1989 (49 pts.)
14. sambob530 (13 pts.)

Anyone notice how 69ANT69 always does well when Ferrari win? It was him, not wombat26, who became the first double winner of 2010, and poor old KimisApprentice is still waiting on his first win this year!

Following the scores from the Belgian GP, wombat26's lead is reduced to 46.5 points by KimisApprentice. As a result of scoring high, 69ANT69 leaps both Redders1989 and SadPSPAddict who both had low-scoring rounds to 3rd. Both ANT and XSamFisherX were the main beneficiaries, moving up two places each.

Second place stalwart, how many times must I come SECOND! :DKimisApprentice

So far, 4 races (30.76%) out of 13 you've finished second :P

Wow. 13. That's 36 less than Redders, in second last, and nearly 80 less than 69ANT69. Anyone ever had a pointless finish, or am I nearly the record holder?sambob530

Still got a way to go. wombat26 holds the record for -18 points at the 2008 Australian GP.

ITALIAN GP RESULTS:

1. XSamFisherX (70.5 pts.)
2. 69ANT69 (62.5 pts.)
3. KimisApprentice (62.5 pts.)
4. wombat26 (59.5 pts.)
5. kingdre (56.5 pts.)
6. tony205 (49.5 pts.)
7. Redders1989 (46.5 pts.)
8. Racky_rules (44.5 pts.)
9. SadPSPAddict (41.5 pts.)
10. bloodling (36.5 pts.)
11. nravasi (36.5 pts.)
12. Bigcol1611 (29 pts.)
13. Garfield360UK (26.5 pts.)
14. sambob530 (21.5 pts.)
15. mavediss (15 pts.)

Stick with what you got, you'll still do well. XSamFisherX picks up win number 2 for the season, and - guess who? - yup, KimisApprentice picking up his 5th second place of the season, sharing the honours with 69ANT69, who again follows suit with Alonso and scores well when he wins.

With 5 races to go, KimisApprentice closes the gap to championship leader wombat26 even further to just 43.5 points, with all of the top 5 remaining unchanged. XSamFisherX jumps up another two places back up to 6th, as do tony205 and Bigcol1611 right behind him. mjk1 loses 4 places as a result of not entering.

[QUOTE="sambob530"]Wow. 13. That's 36 less than Redders, in second last, and nearly 80 less than 69ANT69. Anyone ever had a pointless finish, or am I nearly the record holder?Redders1989

Still got a way to go. wombat26 holds the record for -18 points at the 2008 Australian GP.

Wow.

Go me!XSamFisherX

Not bad for someone who hasn't changed his picks :D

 

[QUOTE="XSamFisherX"]Go me!KimisApprentice

Not bad for someone who hasn't changed his picks :D

How did somebody get negative points out of interest?Garfield360UK

D'ya remember when only 6 cars made the finish in the 2008 Australian GP? That's a lot of negative points for everyone.

What happened, lots of reliability issues?Garfield360UK

Crashed: Fisichella, Vettel, Davidson, Button, Webber, Coulthard, Glock, Kubica.
Engine: Massa, Raikkonen, Bourdais.
Hydraulics: Sutil.
Electrical: Trulli.
Clutch: Piquet Jnr.
Transmission: Sato.
Disqualified: Barrichello.

The only 6 to finish were (1st-6th) : Hamilton, Heidfeld, Rosberg, Alonso, Kovalainen, Nakajima.

Oh yeah, Massa and Raikkonen were both at Ferrari then were they? I seem to remember that as it was rare for them to have engine troubles at that point I think. Why was Barrichello disqualified? Was that the season Honda ran the Earth car?Garfield360UK

Barrichello was DQ'ed for leaving the pit when the light was red. If it wasn't bad enough, he had to come in when it was closed (so got a ten-second stop/go penalty), and he left whilst the fuel hose was only half-way out, injuring quite a few of the mechanics.

As for Ferrari engines, Bourdais in the Toro Rosso also had a Ferrari engine failure, so they had three in one race.

[QUOTE="Garfield360UK"]How did somebody get negative points out of interest?Redders1989

D'ya remember when only 6 cars made the finish in the 2008 Australian GP? That's a lot of negative points for everyone.

From memory, I think there were three or four of us with negative points. Still, not a great record to have and I think I'll be stuck with it for some time to come. :P

eeeeeeee I'm getting way to excited by this silly game.KimisApprentice

I'm not sure if my picks will be enough given kamui crashed and both kubica and sutil were low down in the points and kubica didn't move up very far from his starting place.

Still we'll have to wait and see what the results are like after Redders is done calculating them.

SINGAPORE GP RESULTS

1. KimisApprentice (66.5 pts.)
2. Redders1989 (61.5 pts.)
3. cjek (58 pts.)
4. XSamFisherX (57.5 pts.)
5. Racky_rules (55.5 pts.)
6. tony205 (53.5 pts.)
7. mavediss (42 pts.)
8. wombat26 (34.5 pts.)
9. mjk1 (32.5 pts.)
10. kingdre (27.5 pts.)
11. SadPSPAddict (27.5 pts.)
12. nravasi (24.5 pts.)
13. Bigcol1611 (11.5 pts.)
14. sambob530 (11 pts.)

It's the one we've all been waiting for - for only the second time, and for the first time this year, KimisApprentice finally wins! He'd been threatening it for so long but at last, the main title challenger gets the biggest score of the weekend.

And it's been a major boost in the championship hunt. wombat26 still leads, but the gap has been cut yet again and is now only 12 points with 4 races to go - it's beginning to look like a two-horse race for the title, but anything can happen! Redders1989 re-gains third after 69ANT69 fails to enter. mavediss and mjk1 both jump Bigcol1611 to 8th and 9th respectively, and cjek's return with a big score sees him jump two places to 14th.

****. Now I find out Sutil has a 20-second penalty, and (according to Williams) Hulkenberg also has one. This one ain't finished yet, folks.

Official, both Sutil and Hulkenberg have 20-second penalties. I'll update the score post above soon.

JAPANESE GP SCORES

1. SadPSPAddict (118 pts.)
2. wombat26 (111 pts.)
3. Bigcol1611 (110 pts.)
4. kingdre (106 pts.)
5. tony205 (105.5 pts.)
6. XSamFisherX (105 pts.)
7. Redders1989 (104 pts.)
8. KimisApprentice (100.5 pts.)
9. sambob530 (70 pts.)
10. Garfield360UK (60.5 pts.)
11. Racky_rules (38 pts.)

So close to the end of the season, and so close in scores - just 17.5 points covering the top 8, but it's SadPSPAddict who comes out on top to win his second race of the season as he tries desperately to hang on in the title race with only three races to go.

Crucially for the championship leader, wombat26 is able to buck the recent trend and increase his lead against nearest championship rival KimisApprentice, now sitting 22 points ahead with just Korea, Brazil and Abu Dhabi to go, but that lead is still next to nothing even with that amount of races left. Redders1989 and new 4th place SadPSPAddict continue to try and keep themselves in contention, but will it be too little too late? As a result of another non-entry by 69ANT69, XSamFisherX breaks in to the top 5.

Don't miss these final few races - this looks set to be even closer than the 2008 final!

KOREAN GP SCORES

1. kingdre (92 pts.)
2. sambob530 (88.5 pts.)
3. Racky_rules (62.5 pts.)
4. cjek (53.5 pts.)
5. Garfield360UK (46.5 pts.)
6. tony205 (45.5 pts.)
7. Redders1989 (45 pts.)
8. KimisApprentice (42.5 pts.)
9. mjk1 (42.5 pts.)
10. XSamFisherX (39.5 pts.)
11. SadPSPAddict (36 pts.)
12. Bigcol1611 (30 pts.)
13. wombat26 (30 pts.)

The inaugural Korean GP threw up many surprises, and there's more for the Predictions Championship - it's a win for kingdre and sambob530 finishing in 2nd, whilst the Championship leader wombat26 crashes out early and takes Rosberg ou... eh, sorry.

The championship race is getting stupidly awesome now. wombat26 still leads, but only by 9.5 points to KimisApprentice with just 2 races to go - it's safe to say now that the title is going to be contested between these two, but which one will prevail in the end?

BRAZILIAN GP SCORES

1. KimisApprentice (82.5 pts.)
2. kingdre (81.5 pts.)
3. mjk1 (80.5 pts.)
4. tony205 (80.5 pts.)
5. XSamFisherX (79.5 pts.)
6. sambob530 (77.5 pts.)
7. wombat26 (77.5 pts.)
8. Redders1989 (76.5 pts.)
9. Racky_rules (69.5 pts.)
10. Bigcol1611 (69 pts.)
11. mavediss (66 pts.)
12. SadPSPAddict (55 pts.)

At a vital point in the season, KimisApprentice picks up win number 2 in his bid to become champion in Abu Dhabi. What a win as well, where the top 8 were all separated by just 6 points!

Oh my. Oh my, my, oh my. wombat26 leads in to the final round, but by a mere 4.5 POINTS to KimisApprentice! Another round like this would see the challenger steal the title at the last moment - can wombat hold on just one more race to become the champion of 2010, or is KA going to live up to his name and Raikkonen this championship?

For the rest of the table, it's... a no-move for anyone. Everyone stays where they were in the table, but XSamFisherX is just two points behind SadPSPAddict with the final race to go - who will take 4th place here?

So many questions, with the answers to be revealed in Abu Dhabi - don't forget to predict, this is the closest we've ever had a prediction championship go - WHO WILL WIN!?!

ABU DHABI GP SCORES

1. Bigcol1611 (59 pts.)
2. tony205 (38.5 pts.)
3. Redders1989 (33.5 pts.)
4. sambob530 (33 pts.)
5. XSamFisherX (30.5 pts.)
6. KimisApprentice (29.5 pts.)
7. SadPSPAddict (27.5 pts.)
8. mjk1 (27.5 pts.)
9. wombat26 (27.5 pts.)
10. bloodling (24.5 pts.)

A brave move to select McLaren over Ferrari paid off - Bigcol1611 takes a dominant win to cap off what has been a truly remarkable season.

Whereas Vettel came from nowhere to take the crown on the track, KimisApprentice just quite couldn't do it - another two points taken off the lead, but it wasn't enough - wombat26 is the NEW F1PU Predictions Champion! The eventual lead was only a mere 2.5 points - the smallest in the game's short history - but wombat held on to the lead since the Spanish GP and never let it go. wombat also takes another place in the HoF, with the most wins for this year (despite only winning three times, such was the open nature of this year). Former champion Redders1989 finishes a respectable third, just 72 points off of the new champion. As a result, Redders has finished in the top three for every year the Predictions Championship has run - 2nd in 2008, winner in 2009 and now 3rd in 2010.

XSamFisherX narrowly steals 4th right at the end, only by one point from SadPSPAddict, who finished 5th in his first full season. Bigcol1611 jumped kingdre to finish 7th, and mjk1 finishes 9th after jumping 69ANT69 - the man who led the title race after Bahrain.

A massive thank you to everyone who took part in this year's game, and the new and improved Predictions Championship will be back for 2011!

And a massive thank you to you Redders for running the competition, union and keeping us all up to date and entertained!! Long may it continue!SadPSPAddict

I second this statement. Thank you kind Mr Redders.

I'll also be back to defend my title. ;)

But I agree with everyone else, thanks to Redders for running the competition and having the patience to tally the results.