SaloolaS is the 2009 F1 Fanatic Predictions Champion
A perfect prediction at Monaco put SaloolaS on course for the championship
SaloolaS has beaten competition from over 1,000 F1 Fanatic readers to become the first ever F1 Fanatic Predictions Champion.
A final score of 270 points means SaloolaS is the 2009 champion with 20 points more than closest runner-up, Dank.
Richard Evans takes third place and the second runner-up prize with 245 points.
But the final prize-winning place of fourth had to be decided on a count-back. In the end Dougie narrowly beat PJA – the pair both scored 240 points and both also predicted the same number of race winners (five) and second place finishers (four). Dougie took the place by dint of correctly predicting more third place finishers – four to PJA’s two.
That seems a harsh way to deprive PJA of a prize, so I’ll see if I can rustle up a worthwhile consolation gift. Here’s what the winners will receive:
First place: SaloolaS
- 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
Runners-up prizes: Dank, Richard Evans and Dougie
- Copies of “Lotus Goes Turbo” DVDs from Duke Video
- £30 to spend on F1 merchandise at Onpole.com
Thanks to everyone who joined in the predictions championship and special mentions go to all of you who entered every round and the 33 that out-scored me!
Thanks also to Ian Haycox for creating his excellent software that allowed me to run the championship much more effectively.
We’ll be back with a bigger and better competition next year so please offer any thoughts on how we can improve the contest.
Cranberry said on 4th November 2009, 16:05
I only found this site after the Istanbul GP, so I was late this year. Next year, however, you can count on my votes.
I also think it would be nice to have indivitual predictions secret. Maybe ater 100 predistions a graph could display what drivers have been voted on most?
It would be nice to be able to bet on who manages the fastest laptime.
Also, since you already make those graphs displaying who manages the most overtakes during the first lap, that could be a nice addition too. 2pkt awarded for guessing the correct driver and if more than one driver have the same amount of overtakes only one point is awarded.
Ciaran said on 4th November 2009, 16:42
Well done SaloolaS. I only started with 3 races to go, so 542nd isnt surprising to me!
Wesley said on 4th November 2009, 17:55
Thanks Keith and Ian!
Way to go SallolaS!
That was fun….I managed 160 points this season,watch out next year…I am running KERS!
vettelfan said on 4th November 2009, 17:59
I missed this for the 2009 season – as I saw no point in starting predicting when there was only 4/5 races left (which was when I found this).
But I will definitely be predicting for every race next season :)
MacademiaNut said on 4th November 2009, 18:22
This predictions championship is a great asset for this fan site! Great job Keith, particularly for making the nice change to the way we enter predictions during the second half of the season.
Congrats to Saloolas!
Sush Meerkat said on 4th November 2009, 19:07
Congrats to Saloolas, I couldn’t make my final prediction due to a holiday (stupid timing!)
Bring on next year.
Pankit said on 4th November 2009, 19:33
Hey Hearty Congratulations to SaloolaS for winning the championship !!!
Loved playing the game and look forward to playin it again next season !!!! hope these 6 months pass by quickly
EGC said on 4th November 2009, 21:17
:-) congratulations to the winners :-)
I’m 61 of 1000….not so bad, next year a will be far more ahead with Alonso ;-)
Cheers ;-)
Mike "the bike" Schumacher said on 4th November 2009, 23:17
YESSSSSSSSSS!!!! 188th (I only started towards the end). I wish I had started from the begining of the season. Great championship Keith. Bring on 2010!
PJA said on 5th November 2009, 9:41
With regards to any changes for next year I don’t think much needs to be changed honestly, the simplicity of predicted pole and the podium works, and they are the main results to predict anyway.
Some possible changes too consider would be to keep other peoples predictions secret until the deadline, and possibly changing the deadline to before qualifying starts.
Also while I don’t think you need to change what needs to be predicted, if you did decide to add something else such as fastest lap, or the number of classified finishers, I would only have them for one bonus point.
So while the main prediction scores wouldn’t be affected that much it may change the rankings slightly so not all the scores are multiples of five and so people may not be tied on the same points at the end of the season, which may help if you do not like using the count-back method.
Also I assume as the Predictions Championship is now established it will start from the first race next year and you won’t need to use it to test the system.
Thanks again for all effort gone into running the Championship this year.
Platine said on 8th November 2009, 20:20
Congrats to the winners, impresiive stuff, Ill be entering next year – this is so the best F1 site …
I take it you guys play on betfair, if you dont, you should be!