From 103rd to first: SaloolaS leads the Predictions Championship
Three faces appeared before SaloolaS in a dream...
SaloolaS nailed the Monaco Grand Prix prediction, getting the pole sitter and top three correct, and zoomed straight to the top of the championship.
Last year’s leader Dougie is relegated to second in a tie with wasiF1 who, like SaloolaS, was ranked 103rd after the first round. Here’s the rankings in full.
The prizes
First place prize
- An original F1 painting by Rob Ijbema
- Five F1 DVDs from Duke Video: “Formula One 1970: The uncrowned champion”, “Formula Villeneuve: A tribute to Gilles Villeneuve”, “The World’s Greatest F1 Cars”, “Champion: Hill” and “Nine Days in Summer”
- £60 to spend on F1 merchandise at Onpole.com
3x Runners-up prizes
- Copies of “Lotus Goes Turbo” DVDs from Duke Video
- £30 to spend on F1 merchandise at Onpole.com
F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship standings
Other big climbers this week were TommyB (up 55 places to 12th), Journeyer (up 63 places to 16th), Mandev Theorem (up 89 places to 23rd) and JackB (up 134 places to 43rd).
| Name | Rank | Total | China | Bahrain | Spain | Monaco |
| SaloolaS | 1 | 105 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 60 |
| Dougie | 2 | 95 | 10 | 50 | 25 | 10 |
| wasiF1 | 2 | 95 | 5 | 50 | 20 | 20 |
| brouard21 | 4 | 90 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 10 |
| Rahzam | 4 | 90 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 35 |
| PawelF1 | 6 | 85 | 5 | 50 | 20 | 10 |
| ianhaycox | 7 | 80 | 0 | 60 | 10 | 10 |
| mar-E-o | 7 | 80 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 20 |
| Michel S. | 7 | 80 | 10 | 25 | 25 | 20 |
| Owen G | 7 | 80 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| PJA | 7 | 80 | 5 | 35 | 35 | 5 |
| gazzap | 12 | 75 | 5 | 50 | 10 | 10 |
| J-Canada | 12 | 75 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 10 |
| Robert | 12 | 75 | 0 | 50 | 20 | 5 |
| TommyB | 12 | 75 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 35 |
| benno | 16 | 70 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 10 |
| Journeyer | 16 | 70 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 35 |
| McFan | 16 | 70 | 5 | 25 | 35 | 5 |
| SamS | 16 | 70 | 10 | 25 | 20 | 15 |
| sas | 16 | 70 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 15 |
| simonrs | 16 | 70 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 10 |
| theo | 16 | 70 | 10 | 25 | 25 | 10 |
| ajokay | 23 | 65 | 10 | 35 | 10 | 10 |
| Cliffery | 23 | 65 | 10 | 25 | 20 | 10 |
| Dorian | 23 | 65 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 15 |
| F14EVA | 23 | 65 | 5 | 20 | 35 | 5 |
| Fer no.65 | 23 | 65 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 20 |
| greg76 | 23 | 65 | 10 | 50 | 0 | 5 |
| hamz0rs | 23 | 65 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 15 |
| Juha | 23 | 65 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 10 |
| Mandev Theorem | 23 | 65 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 35 |
| NEEVO | 23 | 65 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 10 |
| Paul | 23 | 65 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 15 |
| Pete Walker | 23 | 65 | 10 | 35 | 15 | 5 |
| Wesley | 23 | 65 | 0 | 25 | 35 | 5 |
| C J Kinniburgh | 36 | 60 | 10 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| Chua | 36 | 60 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 10 |
| Dave M | 36 | 60 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 10 |
| ecion | 36 | 60 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 25 |
| James_mc | 36 | 60 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 5 |
| Jess | 36 | 60 | 10 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Mikeman | 36 | 60 | 0 | 25 | 35 | 0 |
| Richard Evans | 36 | 60 | 10 | 25 | 15 | 10 |
| StrFerrari4Ever | 36 | 60 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 0 |
| ValveGuy | 36 | 60 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 10 |
| Andrew White | 46 | 55 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 10 |
| AndyM | 46 | 55 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 5 |
| Bigbadderboom | 46 | 55 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 20 |
| Biggles209 | 46 | 55 | 0 | 10 | 35 | 10 |
| Dank | 46 | 55 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 20 |
| dmw | 46 | 55 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| GDalcin | 46 | 55 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 10 |
| JackB | 46 | 55 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 35 |
| Kayleigh | 46 | 55 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 25 |
| Mandan | 46 | 55 | 10 | 35 | 10 | 0 |
| Nathan89 | 46 | 55 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 10 |
| Nayanesh | 46 | 55 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 5 |
| Oxley_K | 46 | 55 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 10 |
| Raceaddict | 46 | 55 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 15 |
| sacco | 46 | 55 | 0 | 35 | 15 | 5 |
| Siwongo | 46 | 55 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 5 |
| Timdoug | 46 | 55 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 20 |
| TomD11 | 46 | 55 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 10 |
| YeaMon | 46 | 55 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 20 |
| Amjad Elyyat | 65 | 50 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| Andy | 65 | 50 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 0 |
| Flying Wombat | 65 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 20 |
| Keith Collantine | 65 | 50 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 5 |
| Nirupam | 65 | 50 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 20 |
| Ozzi | 65 | 50 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 5 |
| Pankit | 65 | 50 | 5 | 25 | 10 | 10 |
| RedGreen | 65 | 50 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 5 |
| RJK224 | 65 | 50 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| Seedy001 | 65 | 50 | 5 | 25 | 5 | 15 |
| Steve_P | 65 | 50 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 |
| Ted Tofield | 65 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Toadette81 | 65 | 50 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 15 |
| Tristan | 65 | 50 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 15 |
Here are the results in full:
It’s still early days in our championship battle. With a maximum of 60 points up for grabs at each round anyone in the top 103 could be leading after the Turkish Grand Prix.
Housekeeping: Entries for ‘Johnny Legg’ and ‘JohnnyLegg’ combined as ‘Johnny Legg’; Entries for ‘djdaveyp’ and ‘djdaveyp85′ combined as ‘djdaveyp’; Entries for ‘The CableGuy60′ and ‘TheCableGuy60′ combined as #The CableGuy60′.
Dorian said on 27th May 2009, 7:28
23rd equal with 13 others……Brilliant :-)
Pete Walker said on 27th May 2009, 9:19
One of them is me!
There’s two ways of looking at it:
- Wow, we’re waaaay behind :(
- Hey, we’re ahead of Keith :)
Wesley said on 27th May 2009, 15:12
Ah…I am another of the proud 23rd.
Wen said on 27th May 2009, 7:37
whoah. must be a lot of work to compile all of this data
Rob said on 27th May 2009, 7:46
SaloolaS is a palindrome
Macademianut said on 27th May 2009, 18:08
So, is “1″ – current position.
Ronman said on 27th May 2009, 8:09
How can we get back to the original article that explains how points are awarded?
Dougie said on 27th May 2009, 8:14
It all went wrong on Saturday for me, but all things considered am very happy to be tied in second.
Congratulations to SaloolaS in what can only be the second time someone has nailed a top score! Nice One!
As Keith said, its wide open, everyone is in it to win it!
Bassfighter said on 27th May 2009, 18:02
pole right = 10 points
having 1 of the 3 finishes right on the right place = 10 points
having 2 of the 3 finishes right on the right place = 25 points
having all the 3 finishes on the right place = 50 points
and for every driver you had in the top 3 but on the wrong place you get 5 points;)
Rahzam said on 27th May 2009, 8:23
I predicted Ferrari for third. But I predicted Massa instead of Kimi. Kimi’s third position cost me 60 points :(
HounslowBusGarage said on 27th May 2009, 8:31
Well, at least I’m consistent.
Awful, but consistently awful.
SaloolaS said on 27th May 2009, 8:59
Wow. Didn’t see that coming.
PJA said on 27th May 2009, 9:27
Down to joint seventh for me. I have to learn no matter how much I want Williams to do well to just ignore Rosberg’s free practice pace, and to have Button for the pole and win every time.
Chua said on 27th May 2009, 12:22
Ahh, I stopped predicting Rosberg from Spain; Hasn’t done me much good :D
I’m thinking I’ll continue not going for Button next time round, since I’m still in the “THIS is the time he won’t win” mindset :)
Journeyer said on 27th May 2009, 9:35
T-16th and one of the top climbers to boot. Yeah! :D
Now, how to keep moving up… :)
ajokay said on 27th May 2009, 9:47
I think it’s disgusting that someone can shoot up so many places in one round. The points system is completely biast and I think it would be far better for the championship if success was based on the number of wins.
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*ahem*
Dougie said on 27th May 2009, 10:04
LOL!! :-D
Sush Meerkat said on 27th May 2009, 10:19
for sure if it was a medal system the championship would still be wide open for sure.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 27th May 2009, 23:48
Ajokay, you’re the Bernie Ecclestone of F1 Fanatic :-)
StrFerrari4Ever said on 27th May 2009, 11:38
Wow 10 people tied on 36th Position! I have to improve my predicting skills and to believe after China I was joint First :L
Fer no.65 said on 27th May 2009, 12:48
I’m 23rd :D… at least im consistent :P
TommyB said on 27th May 2009, 13:08
Wish the real championship was this close. 12th isn’t bad to say I’ve kept Pole and 1st and 2nd every race. Button and Barri
ajokay said on 27th May 2009, 14:55
Next round will be tricky to predict… Two Brawns and Massa in the top 3, but in which order?