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′.
Nirupam said on 27th May 2009, 15:03
In the 1st round I got 0!! :O
But 0-15-15-20 I am improving… (slow and steady! like Ferrari??) :P
By the way Keith, would not it be possible to add one more column (for the latest race only) so that we can view at a glance what we had predicted!
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 27th May 2009, 23:52
It’s a question of space – not too much room. I’ll have a think about it for next time, though.
I made a complete mess of my system for adding up the predictions at first and had to re-design the spreadsheet from scratch. Next year I’ll try to do some sort of form-based system instead to reduce the work at my end.
James G said on 27th May 2009, 16:32
79th, but I’m bringing some upgrades to Turkey.
And I think we have to all say a big thank you to Keith for all the work he’s put in. That’s a lot of people!
Macademianut said on 27th May 2009, 18:11
I was under the impression that we will go for the medals system even for these polls, given that Keith feels the it is a sound proposal. Only getting the winner right should count! :) No points for pole or any other places!
Flying Wombat said on 27th May 2009, 18:53
Equal 65th! GET IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lee said on 27th May 2009, 19:34
Keith…where am I?
Lee said on 27th May 2009, 19:40
Don’t worry…found myself :P
JUGNU said on 27th May 2009, 23:12
hint: Write any Brawn driver name in top 3 and u r guranteed some points.
TommyB said on 28th May 2009, 20:42
hint: Button Pole and first :-P
F1Yankee said on 28th May 2009, 3:32
from 103rd to first…just like jenson button!
Macca said on 28th May 2009, 7:08
If only the championship was this close.
Arun...india said on 28th May 2009, 10:24
Could u check again please i have got 0 points for monnaco…i had predicted button for pole and button and bari for 1 and 2………….The problem might be the number of dots between arun and india….
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 28th May 2009, 20:52
How about we just make it Arun.India in future?
Arun.india said on 29th May 2009, 12:09
point taken…..it is Arun.India from now onwards……
Arun.India said on 29th May 2009, 13:09
Have you updated my points??