It’s time to make your predictions for the Spanish Grand Prix.
Name the pole sitter and the top five finishers to be in with a chance of winning tickets to the 2011 British Grand Prix plus loads more prizes.
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
This prize is supplied by 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.
You can post your predictions for the first race now below or wait until nearer the deadline. A reminder will be posted on the site after free practice two on Friday.
Each player may predict the pole sitter, the pole position lap time and the top five finishers in the race. See below for the rules in full.
Enter your pole position lap time prediction in the following format: MM:SS.ccc – e.g. for a lap of one minute, 25.386 seconds enter 01:25.386
Please try to pick an original and distinctive user name – something a bit more descriptive than just a first name. We had a lot of very similar entries last year!
After predictions for this round have closed you can view predictions for this race and previous races here: F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship race-by-race statistics.
View the F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship standings here
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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 came closest to predicting the pole position time correctly. 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 below. If you have trouble submitting your entry via the form please email 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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Ned Flanders
7th May 2010, 14:35
I’ve predicted Schumi to finish 3rd. Time will tell if that was an inspired or an idiotic decision!
TommyB
7th May 2010, 14:47
I’ve gone for second :P We’ll see Ned, we’ll see.
Victor.
7th May 2010, 17:31
Second for me as well!
SciF1Droid
8th May 2010, 0:24
4th for me… I reckon the Red Bulls will be reliable and run and hide, with Alonso finishing in 3rd with some Spanish fans extra turbo charging.
Mike
8th May 2010, 4:21
I also think the Red Bull’s will run away, But I think Hamiltons straight line speed will push him up to 3rd in the race, Schumacher 4th…. I rather hope I’m wrong and he wins.
Ma Haokun
8th May 2010, 7:40
Without ruling out the possibility of a mechanical failure, I put Hamilton in the top three instead of Webber. And yes, Schuey deserves a podium finish here and I gave him a third.
dsob
7th May 2010, 14:58
I predict Red Bull will lock out the front row, Webber will have a “marginal racing incident” that takes him out of contention and Vettel’s car will break while he is leading, taking him out of the race entirely.
panache
7th May 2010, 15:31
dsob, and how much do u charge for a horoscope reading ??? Just kidding buddy, don’t go hard on me now :-)
R.E.M.
7th May 2010, 15:35
I predict Schumi wins and everyone shuts up for awhile. :)
Sush Meerkat
7th May 2010, 16:45
No if he wins all the Schumi haters will pick on something he did and pronounce it illegal and un-sportsman like.
Dude can’t win.
PJA
7th May 2010, 17:45
I think when Schumacher beats Rosberg someone will say that Mercedes are designing the car to suit Schumacher while ignoring Rosberg.
DaveW
7th May 2010, 18:04
And where would they get that idea?
Sush Meerkat
7th May 2010, 18:36
Well Dave maybe its because he’s a seven time..
oh oh wait wait, your leading me into a trap aren’t you Dave?, what was that Admiral Ackbar?
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~dpadgett/ackbar.jpg
Patrickl
7th May 2010, 23:47
Rosberg already said that he feels they developed the car away from him.
SciF1Droid
8th May 2010, 0:25
No, Rosberg is saying they went the wrong way on setup, but will be back on the right settings tomorrow.
C.f
7th May 2010, 15:38
Hamilton to take pole if it rains :P
sato113
8th May 2010, 1:35
i’ve predicted my pole time based around a wet quali.
Steezy
7th May 2010, 15:38
Let’s hope rain ruins my predictions once again. I wouldn’t even mind a Schumacher win, that would spice things up. Even Alonso… god, anyone but Red Bull (I guess, so far so good then, mostly)
Ciaran Walsh
7th May 2010, 17:08
Is it normal for the predictions graphic to come up even if you have already entered?
paulkeba
7th May 2010, 17:08
I’m not alone in thinking Red Bull might have a problem on race day, I’m going for Vettel being a victim of engine gremlins!
sato113
8th May 2010, 1:38
i don’t mind red bull winning, i just hate it how they hog the podium with 1-2 finishs all the time.
Dave
8th May 2010, 5:13
I’m sure others weren’t moaning when Brawn were in that position. Red Bull have the best kart in the field and rightly so, they should enjoy the many successive pole positions.
DomPrez
7th May 2010, 17:37
Hi Kieth,
Seems like i can’t view the prediction once they have been entered. I initially thought it didnt go through, so i tried again and got the following:
“Your entry could not be saved to the database.
Duplicate entry \’DomPrez-25\’ for key 2”
…so im assuming it went through the first time. I’d just like to see the predictions now. is there anyway to do so at this point?
verstappen
7th May 2010, 20:42
same here.
Well, it did go well, but then I decided to click on the link Sush Meerkat provided…
After clicking the back button in IE7, the list was gone. To be sure, I tried to reenter, and yes, I got the duplicate message, but how to look at the list?
verstappen
7th May 2010, 20:43
Ah, I found a working workaround: add a comment and the list is back again
DomPrez
7th May 2010, 20:44
All seems to be well. closed the browser, cleared the cache. maybe it is just Chrome being buggy…
Rod
7th May 2010, 17:38
It won’t let me submit my predictions – any reason for this?
Rod
7th May 2010, 17:40
Never mind – after I posted this comment the prediction boxes opened up!
DaveW
7th May 2010, 18:09
It’s going to rain. A lot. It will be at best wet-dry on Sunday. We know that Schumacher 2.0 is rubbish in the rain and Nico will throw it off the road at the wrong moment. And we will be hearing another sad set of violins from Horner on Monday about how RedSwill would have just crushed the field in a “normal” race. Fred has a busted arm. Unless Massa decies to turn up, this leaves the silver cars (not grey). Kubica may sneak in there, but probably not.
Glenn
7th May 2010, 20:16
THIS!
Looking at the radar there is a healthy low pressure system heading squarely towards spain. In the last 4 hours the rain chances for tomorrow have increased from 70% to 80% surely tomorrow’s qualifying will be in the wet. and If it not raining the track will be wet and slick. Vettel and red bull have shown they do not have the pace during the wet. That where Im couting on Hamilton to come through and shine in Quali and the race.
Emil
7th May 2010, 18:50
I can’t submit my predictions – the boxes are not there…
Emil
7th May 2010, 18:55
never mind – they finally appeared
Zahir
7th May 2010, 21:07
Wow I thought more people would predict a wet qualy, I just looked at the forecast on the BBC website and it says its going to rain all day tomorrow, but then again I don’t know how reliable that is.
I hope i haven’t dropped the ball on this one.
Bob R
7th May 2010, 22:39
I put pole time 1:19.760 won’t work ?
SciF1Droid
8th May 2010, 0:26
You need to put 01:19.760
Bob R
8th May 2010, 3:31
That worked. Thank You
Regis
8th May 2010, 1:31
I don’t think they will go under 1:20 for the pole time…
BasCB
8th May 2010, 7:52
They wont if it rains, but otherwise i think Vettel or Hamilton can get close to 1:19.0
f1yankee
8th May 2010, 6:54
i predict….50 points for me!
SeattleChris
8th May 2010, 9:51
anyone know the link to watch practice 3 and quali?
Chris Powell
8th May 2010, 10:12
“Your entry has been saved but may not be counted as it is too late”
I submitted my prediction before the countdown timer finished. Why would it be too late?
anyone know?
thanks
F1 Novice
8th May 2010, 21:02
Pooh too late but I think….
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Wood caskets
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