J-Canada edged into a narrow, three-point lead over Arpi_ in the Predictions’ Championship.
But Gaz was the highest scorer in the second round of the competition and wins a copy of “The Lotus Story” four-disc DVD box set.
There was a five-way tie for second place in the Australian Grand Prix predictions between Giuliano Vilela, Dean Costello, mkt, Dave Monks and David Livingstone. The runner-up prize goes to mkt on a tie-breaker as they were the closest with the rest of their predictions.
Mkt wins a 40x35cm print of Button on his way to victory in Sunday’s race.
The second round of the championship saw much lower scores. Gaz won this round with 19 points whereas J-Canada scored 48 at Bahrain. Gaz didn’t score in the first round and his 19 points puts him 64th overall.
Only 40 people picked Jenson Button to win and just six picked Robert Kubica for second. No-one got both the first and second-placed finishers correct, and 359 cursed when Sebastian Vettel spun out, having picked him to win…
See below for the full standings for over 2,200 players.
Predictions for the Malaysian round will be open soon. When they are open it will be announced in the daily round-up and there will be a reminder on the website on Friday.
Don’t miss a single round of the F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship. Subscribe to F1 Fanatic using RSS, email or Twitter: Click here for more information.
The prizes
This year we’re giving away a pair of prizes every race weekend.
On top of that at the end of the year the top 12 finishers all get prizes – and whoever scores the highest overall will be going to the 2011 British Grand Prix. Here are the prizes in full:
Grand prize: Two grandstands tickets to the 2011 British Grand Prix
The person who scores the most points in the 2010 F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship will win grandstand tickets to the 2011 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
This is the first time we’ve offered F1 race tickets as a prize at F1 Fanatic and I hope you all agree it’s a fitting reward for the F1 expert who can best predict who will be on top in 2010.
The grand prize winner will receive tickets to all three days of the 2011 British Grand Prix with reserved grandstand seating for the race.
Second place prize: An F1 painting of your choice
The second place finisher in the championship will win an F1 painting by Rob Ijbema.
You get to choose which F1 driver, present or past, will feature in the painting. Or you can pick one of the other motor racing paintings on Rob’s site Car-a-day.
Runners-up prizes: Autocourse 2010-2011
The ten players who finish in third to 12th positions in the championship will win a copy of the 2010-2011 edition of Autocourse.
The highly respected journal of Formula 1 and other major international four-wheeled racing series is published at the end of every season.
This year the publication marks its 60th anniversary edition.
NB. 2009 edition cover used for illustration
Race winners prize: The Lotus Story DVD Box Set
Duke Video are supplying the prize for the player who gets the highest score in each round.
With the Lotus name returning to F1 in 2010 what better prize than a DVD box set showing the history of this great team. This four-disc set “The Lotus Story” chronicles Lotus’s participation in F1 from the company’s beginning in 1948 up to its F1 withdrawal in 1994.
Duke are also offering a special promotion exclusive to all F1 Fanatic readers – whenever you order from them you can get 15% off using the promotional code F1Fanatic at the checkout.
Race runners-up prize: F1 race winner print
The second place finisher in each race will win a 40x35cm print of the race winner from Motorsport in Print.
How to enter
Entries will open in the week before every race. You have until the start of free practice three on Saturday to make your predictions. A reminder will be posted on the site after free practice two on Friday.
Each player may predict the pole sitter and the top five finishers in the race. See below for the rules in full.
Competition terms and conditions
1. Maximum one entry per household.
2. The competition is not open to employees, friends or family of F1 Fanatic, Silverstone Circuit, Duke Video, Motorsport in Print, Car-a-Day or Icon Publishing Ltd.
3. Predictions will open up to one week before the start of final practice on the Saturday of a Grand Prix weekend and will be promoted on the front page of F1 Fanatic before closing prior to the start of final practice.
4. In each round players are invited to predict (a) who will be on pole position and (b) what the top five finishers will be (five different drivers).
5. Players accumulate points in each round as follows:
a. Correctly naming the pole sitter: 2 points
b. Correctly naming one/two/three/four/five driver/s who finish in the top five: 1/2/3/5/8 points
c. Correctly predicting where one/two/three/four/five driver/s finish: 2/6/14/24/40 points
6. Whoever scores the most points over the 19 races from round one (Bahrain) to 19 (Abu Dhabi) wins the grand prize.
7. In the event of a tie on points the winner will be determined by who picked the most race winners correctly, then second places finishers and so on. If that fails to produce a winner the editor will choose a means of deciding who has won.
8. Predictions must be entered using the form or e-mailled to competition@f1fanatic.co.uk
9. Once a prediction has been made it cannot be altered.
10. In the event of a dispute the editor’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
11. No cash alternative is offered for any of the prizes.
12. Grand Prix tickets: Children must be accompanied by an adult. Accommodation and transport to the venue not included. Event date TBC.
13. Players who have won prizes will be notified by email within seven days of each Grand Prix. Lotus DVDs and F1 paintings will be despatched within 28 days of that email being sent. Grand Prix tickets will be despatched once they are available. Autocourse books will be despatched once they are published.
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Damon
30th March 2010, 12:41
Ha! I’ve been one of the top scorers in Australia with 9pts.
Too bad the new scoring system only awards predicting drivers on their correct positions, and that to an extent that makes eveyrthing else irrelevant.
MigueLP
30th March 2010, 20:36
I was very lucky scored 10 points im in 15th pos
chris g
30th March 2010, 12:42
when will the next race be avaliable to predict, I dont go by practices, I go by gut instinct, although waitng for practices may have helped with kubica
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
30th March 2010, 12:46
chris g
30th March 2010, 13:05
how soon is soon, I’ve got ten minuets, :)
irishlad (@irishlad)
30th March 2010, 12:43
coming 275th :D
to find your name easily press Ctrl+F and type in your name in the box.
ajokay
30th March 2010, 16:42
Same here. Although I lead the 275th-ers by alphabet, woo! The only way from here is up (I hope).
bob
30th March 2010, 16:45
Watch out from all people called Aaron :D
ajokay
30th March 2010, 16:55
Or Formula One fanatic aardvarks!
chris g
30th March 2010, 12:44
nice tip, cheers
BasCB
30th March 2010, 12:45
Not a great result, but i jumped from 1200+ to 330 position!
I did want to put Button higher in there, but i changed my mind and put him a little lower.
Bellof
30th March 2010, 15:56
joined you on 330 with a measley 11 points lol 1 scored 7 and 4 points i aint nothing if not consistent :)
Tango
30th March 2010, 17:33
Same here. Bit miffed really
Ronman
30th March 2010, 12:46
2 POINTS!!!!…. almost 20 years of watching F1 and i get two measly points….
well to be fair, i don’t remember my choices LOL….
this is a cool game and being ranked 82X out of 2200 is what i call steady progress…
Ronman
30th March 2010, 12:48
Willian and Co. you’re next
PeterG
30th March 2010, 12:50
I lost 13 points in the first round because my entry did not make it. I will have to fight my way up through the entire field :-)
You will see plenty of overtaking 8)
Damon
30th March 2010, 13:59
I expect to have a triple diffuser for the next round, so you won’t be overtaking me!
steph
30th March 2010, 12:51
Sorry to be having a thick moment here but does anyone remember what the key combination was to be able to search for your own results? Sorry but with over 2000 people I am far too lazy to search for my own :P
irishlad (@irishlad)
30th March 2010, 12:52
read the comments steph :D
to find your name easily press Ctrl+F and type in your name in the box.
steph
30th March 2010, 12:57
Thanks soirry on my mobile must have missed it :P Thanks very much! :)
BBT
30th March 2010, 13:01
I’m surprised I managed 4 pts, must do better.
Hyoko
30th March 2010, 13:07
For Mac users: cmf+F, not ctrl+F
Hyoko
30th March 2010, 13:08
sorry, I meant cmd+F
bob
30th March 2010, 13:07
looks like this weas a way more unpredictable race.
Btw cool prizes. In my country there is also F1 predictions, but each GP winner gets nuts ( all nuts together costs about 40 pounds) :D
Calum
30th March 2010, 16:04
Nuts magazine or like peanuts?
bob
30th March 2010, 16:06
peanuts :D http://www.alis-co.lv/uploaded-images/13/pistacijas.jpg
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
30th March 2010, 17:02
Really? That’s hilarious. Not very fair on people who are allergic!
Enigma
30th March 2010, 17:44
Are you from Latvia?
bob
30th March 2010, 17:49
Yeah, and BTW i just looked, they are not sponsoring Latvia’s F1 page, so i actually dont know are there any prizes now :D
bob
30th March 2010, 13:09
Im 2211th now :D Ill be predicting next GP :)
Varun
30th March 2010, 13:10
Great work Keith…. Must be a big job sorting out so many predictions…
Whether the race is interesting or not, this prediction game is real fun!
I didn’t score much… My total stands at 9 points. Have to try harder (think harder) next time.
sumedh
30th March 2010, 14:06
I assume Keith has some automatic program to sort out the results. Don’t you, Keith?
Rank 491, bad!!
Tip for next round: Put Vettel for pole. Don’t put either of Nico and Michael in top 5.
Saip
30th March 2010, 15:08
But Nico ends up coming 5th..!!
Enigma
30th March 2010, 17:59
Tip: Put Vettel on pole, but not in the top 5!
Chris P
30th March 2010, 13:11
Is there anyway to see just a table of this round of results? I picked Button and want to see how close I came to the top. Cheers.
Chris P
30th March 2010, 13:23
Not worry, I copied it into Excel and sorted by Mel column. Joint 9th! Woohoo!
GQsm
30th March 2010, 13:30
YEAH, I’m joint 1698th.
Already up on last year and it’s a long season.
Ciaran
30th March 2010, 13:46
Still 4th! Good stuff :)
John H
30th March 2010, 14:06
720th! Never thought I’d know what it feels like to be Schumacher :) (joke)
Just to mention when I browse the predictions I made for Melbourne it actually shows the ones from Bahrain, although I trust it’s not used to calculate the scores.
John H
30th March 2010, 14:08
https://www.racefans.net/2010/03/26/make-your-australian-grand-prix-predictions-now-to-win-f1-prizes/
gaz
30th March 2010, 14:28
yes yes yes…….
all good fun
Varun Mehta
30th March 2010, 14:43
That’s twice that Vettel has cost me. Next time I’ll pick him for pole but not the win.
Andrew White
30th March 2010, 15:32
I was very unlucky with my prediction this time. I got Vettel’s pole right, but here was my top 5 prediction: BUT, VET, ALO, MAS, MSC. Of my five drivers, in four cases their team mate finished in the respective position. I could have won the round :@
BNK Racing
30th March 2010, 16:02
there’s a lot of ppl who scored well in the first GP but 0 in the 2nd…i wonder if its because they forgot or just had a horrible prediction. i see about a third of the ppl here now making no further predictions or missing more than half of them.
Nelson Correa
30th March 2010, 16:09
Hi Keith,
Despite having used the same e-mail address in the two races, I realized that I used in Bahrain my name and surname and in Melbourne and I used only the name. Could you join the results of Nelson and Nelson Correa in one as both were written with the same e-mail address?
Thanks a lot.
Cheers,
Nelson Correa
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
30th March 2010, 16:59
No, sorry, you’ll have to make sure you use the correct name in future.
Mike
30th March 2010, 19:41
I guess you do it for one, you get stuck having to bend the rules for everyone?
Edu
30th March 2010, 16:40
Second time that I put Vettel for a win. I hate that Red Bull car!!!!!!!!!!
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
30th March 2010, 17:01
Of course, you know what’ll happen if you predict someone else to win next time…
Flying Wombat
30th March 2010, 18:14
Well, I’ve been predicting Trulli to win the last two races. I’m pretty sure I’ll be ok to back someone else… ;-)
Mike
30th March 2010, 19:43
Go on, do it, I bet he wins now…
(Still the one guy trying to get 0 points will s*** bricks)
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
30th March 2010, 17:01
Am considering adding a new rule that anyone commenting on their lack of success in the Predictions Championship must do so using only FIA-approved press conference terminology, e.g.:
“For sure”
“Fantastic job”
“The guys”
Etc…
verstappen
30th March 2010, 19:30
to be honest, I really think that would improve the show..
nannini
31st March 2010, 1:19
Great site,
As far as the championship is concerned, we are doing our maximum, trying to score valuable points. The championship is very long. I have to thank everybody in the team for doing their maximum and bla, bla, bla.
P.S. Sorry for not pitching in with anything else. By the way “loved Bahrain”.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
31st March 2010, 8:54
…and you get a bonus point for picking a username based on one of my favourite drivers!
Mike
30th March 2010, 17:17
Feeling smug on equal 46th ^^
But the top guys have way more points, like double mine,
also i’m confused, has Keith changed the scoring system as some comments have suggested? or is it just coincidence that the scores are lower?
Enigma
30th March 2010, 18:06
Not a change, not a coincidence – it was an unusual race and many people expected Red Bull on top, Alonso to beat Massa, Button not to win, Kubica not to be in top 5, Hamilton to be there…
Mike
30th March 2010, 18:59
Ahh that’s ok then, It’s the first post that confused me actually.
Varun Mehta
30th March 2010, 17:21
I’m rank 154 but it could have been better for sure. I think I did a fantastic job and the guys are charged up for Malaysia.
Next time I’m choosing Alonso because he brings 0.6 secs and Lewis because he brings 3 degrees of downforce. Can’t go wrong with that. For sure.
Mike
30th March 2010, 17:41
Even got 2 for sures in there, my god, If only I could Predict the Prediction Champion!
slr
30th March 2010, 17:38
154th place. I was 112th before, but 154th is still good.
Enigma
30th March 2010, 18:05
There are 2000 people who can lead after round 3!
Sirko
30th March 2010, 18:12
At least I saved 24th place :)
Joey-Poey
30th March 2010, 18:21
Y’know the team really worked on a good plan for these predictions and I think I’m satisfied with the results. We’re looking forward to Malaysia, though, and already pushing and maybe some of the keyboard developments will help us. I’m proud of the guys, they did a good job.
YeaMon
30th March 2010, 18:53
12th place, much better from what I expected. I think the Vettel pole saved me.
Good luck for Malaysia!
teeb123456789
30th March 2010, 19:01
Could you consider putting the results in alphbetical order so that it is easier to find your standing?
Cheers
Joey-Poey
30th March 2010, 19:16
ctrl+f and type your name
or cmd+f for mac
polishboy808
30th March 2010, 19:27
I geuss 275 out of 2200 is alright. But I’m glad I was one of only six that put Kubica as second! :D
verstappen
30th March 2010, 19:31
after a DNF in Bahrain,
Im now halfway the grid
US Williams Fan
30th March 2010, 20:00
You and me both Polishboy! I had KUB in second. He ran well!
That was just about the only thing that I did right!
polishboy808
31st March 2010, 16:59
Thats the only one I got too.
Oliver Cox
30th March 2010, 21:58
I may be joint 823, but there is quite a lot of bias in my choices :)
Massa to get pole and race victory every race :D
Untitled258
30th March 2010, 22:41
132. I was around that number after bahrain and i was annoyed, i still am. Im never happy unless i am top/winning. Im way to competitive i think :(
Metallion
31st March 2010, 0:24
Keith,
I was just wondering..I used different names for the Bahrain and Melbourne predictions but i used the same e-mail address. They’re now under different names in the standings so I was wondering if it’s possible to put them together? I figured it’d let me reach 566th place in the standings :D
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
1st April 2010, 14:12
No, sorry.
José Baudaier
31st March 2010, 2:37
Crap, I missed this race predicions. Can’t miss anymore.
Mike
31st March 2010, 4:11
Regarding missing them, I’m going away for the weekend, and I won’t have access to the interwebs, Any idea when the Malaysia predictions will open?
And is it possible, if I can’t make that, to say, send an email, or post them to the site in the comments instead?
Enigma
31st March 2010, 9:55
8. Predictions must be entered using the form or e-mailled to competition@f1fanatic.co.uk
Makrifayee
31st March 2010, 6:42
566.. As far the race pace(points) i am not that far away..But with regular upgrades and updates i must be on my way to middle of the pack :p
Ozzi
31st March 2010, 7:12
Keith, I thought I would have scored more points with my prediction?
Pole Mark Webber
Position 1 Fernando Alonso
Position 2 Mark Webber
Position 3 Felipe Massa
Position 4 Sebastian Vettel
Position 5 Nico Rosberg
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
31st March 2010, 9:01
That prediction would score nine points but your user name and email address matches to the following prediction:
Pole: Mark Webber
P1: Mark Webber
P2: Sebastian Vettel
P3: Fernando Alonso
P4: Lewis Hamilton
P5: Nico Rosberg
Disjunto
31st March 2010, 9:47
Well, 3 points for picking the race winner… good job me :D
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
31st March 2010, 14:03
The Malaysian Grand Prix predictions round is now open for those who want to get their picks in early. As ever you have until the start of free practice three on Saturday morning to make your predictions.
For the first time players are now invited to predict the pole position time. This prediction does not earn any extra points but it is used as a tie-breaker when needed.
Enter your predictions here: F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship
wasiF1
1st April 2010, 8:21
823rd with just two rounds gone,it’s tough work as both the time I predicted Vettel to win but it didn’t happened.
Arun Srini
1st April 2010, 13:46
Wheres the one for Malaysia?
bob
1st April 2010, 13:56
https://www.racefans.net/community/f1-fanatic-predictions-championship/
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
1st April 2010, 14:10
As it says in the article:
Also see the comment just above yours.