Can you predict the pole sitter and top five finishers in the Canadian Grand Prix?
If so you could be in with the chance of winning F1 race tickets, DVDs and more. Enter your predictions below now.
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. (Please note this DVD is in PAL format).
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 and use the same name for every race you enter.
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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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Steezy
11th June 2010, 21:42
Gonna go for another Red Bull one-two. Worked spectacularly in Turkey. Who needs ride height adjustment ;)
George (@george)
11th June 2010, 21:58
Can’t say I’m feeling confident about this one, banking on Mercedes’ pace being better than Red Bull’s.
Zahir (@)
11th June 2010, 22:25
I had a dream that qualifying was wet and Hamilton ‘did a Malaysia’ which got me really annoyed because I predicted him to take pole and win the gp. I woke up and thought ‘Well looks like I have made my mind up about the predictions without even thinking about it!’
Surely thats the sign of a true fanatic, dreaming of F1?
Calum
11th June 2010, 23:40
Decided to give a unique top 5, I’ll look stupid if there’s no rain on Sunday :)
Ads21
12th June 2010, 9:57
Yer I’ve gone for a crazy race prediction as well, I think I’ll need to have a few safety cars and/or rain to make mine remotely plausable.
f1yankee
12th June 2010, 2:28
my prediction strategy:
Grampa Simpson: Put it all on 41. I’ve got a feeling about that number.
Roulette Operator: The wheel only goes to 36, sir.
Grampa Simpson: Okay, put it all on 36! I’ve got a feeling about that number.
Net Sticks
12th June 2010, 4:55
Go Lewis Go !!! Go McLaren Go !!!
Hamish
12th June 2010, 10:55
I think 99% of people should check todays weather for Montreal. Went for a bit of a balancing act given the weather predictions for the next 2 days. Have the front runners up there but in a bit of a “not usual” order.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
12th June 2010, 11:43
This has got to be the hardest prediction round so far.
Gurpz
12th June 2010, 11:54
Most definitely. I’m still pondering my choices as the weather and tyre graining make it very difficult to predict anything. It might be a crazy grid if anyone gets their tyre choice wrong. Could this be the first race where some of the top 10 start on the prime tyre??
Pink Pirelli
12th June 2010, 12:51
Keith, you should have an extra section for this round – correctly predict who will be the first one to make the acquaintance of the “Wall of Champions”. I vote for Petrov.
HG
12th June 2010, 15:02
I’ll go for Kobayashi
matty55
12th June 2010, 13:00
I’m banking my pole time on the basis that it might rain during qualifying. 1:21. Come on mother nature do me a favour!! (the rhyme wasn’t intended!!)
Rahim RG
12th June 2010, 13:57
Don’t know about quali but it luks like its gonna rain tomorrow…its actually hard to predict this weak….i’m sitting since 1 hour scratching my head thinking whom should i even put for pole…..
gillian
12th June 2010, 14:35
Anyone else having a problem submitting their prediction. Mine won’t go !
BasCB (@bascb)
12th June 2010, 14:48
I did have problems with submitting my prediction, but no technical ones.
Just not having a clue about who will be where in qualifying. Not having a clue about the pole time because of that and the weater and with a pretty much unpredictable race tomorrow (will 2 stop be neccicary, possible rain, accidents and SC periods etc) i am hard done to make a prediction i can live with.
So i ended up taking a gamble at Red Bull making it 8 in a row with Vettel. He will of cource succumb to the pressure, destroy his tyres and crash out during the first laps, but that only makes it harder to predict :-D
LucaBadoerFan
12th June 2010, 14:48
i’m probably going to be kicking myself for this, once the rain is over. one thing’s almost certain though: kubica is going to finish in the top five – he’s been VERY consistent this season. as has nico rosberg, for the most part. his two strong practice sessions made me decide to put him in the top five.
Rob Gallagher
12th June 2010, 15:48
Awww damn it! my internet wouldn’t work and I’m too late to enter.
Vincent1972
12th June 2010, 16:18
Any one knows why this shows – no race available for this championship. tried firefox, ie and chrome.
Reinaldo
12th June 2010, 16:29
I can’t sumbit my prediction too. Am I too late? Still one hour and half to the qualify…
Vincent1972
12th June 2010, 16:36
Kieth,
here’s my prediction for montreal:
01:16.021
HAM – pole
1st – ALO
2nd – HAM
3rd – MSC
4th – VET
5th – KUB
Electrolite
12th June 2010, 18:35
I’ve just got back from work! Being trying to predict since Q1 began, am I too late?
Electrolite
12th June 2010, 18:36
Well it’s worth trying.
01:15.880
VET – POLE
ROS
HAM
VET
KUB
BUT
Martin
12th June 2010, 19:20
after Q: Against my heart’s desire, Lewis (driver and car) is quite commanding at the mo, but (bleeding a little red right now) I think both top teams should be REALLY worried about Fernando.
NAZ3012
12th June 2010, 21:56
absolutely gutted, i missed predictions for this weekend :(
happy for hamilton though, would have been my pick ;)
MeNo
13th June 2010, 9:12
This is my 2nd missed GP predictions. Now I need to make up on European races.