The F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship is as closely-fought as ever with Scunnyman edging into a one-point lead over Arpi_ as we pass the halfwau mark.
Victory in round nine went to Mateusz (actually there should be several more ‘z’s in there) and Ace claimed the runners-up prize – by just three-thousandths of a second.
Our round nine winner was the only person to correctly predict the podium at Valencia. Ace tied for second place with Nelson Correa – but was 0.003s closer to correctly predicting the pole position time and so won the tie-breaker.
Mateusz wins a Lotus DVD box set courtesy of Duke Video and Ace’s prize is a paiting of Sebastian Vettel provided by Motorsport in Print.
Scunnyman leads the championship with 95 points to Arpi_’s 94 with a maximum of 500 remaining to be won. KeirdreF1 is third on 86, two points ahead of J-Canada who is another two ahead of Howsh.
View the F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship standings in full
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.
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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Guilherme Teixeira
29th June 2010, 23:19
Hey Keith, I don’t know if someone told you this already, but here it goes.
On Firefox I can’t see the whole standings. It gets cut near the end. I think it gets cut on the 2000th place. Here, a screenshot for you:
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr12/Captbill/F1F.jpg
I use Firefox 3.5.10 by the way and I can see the whole standings on IE!
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
30th June 2010, 5:19
I can’t replicate the fault, though I’m on Firefox 3.6.6. Anyone else got this problem?
Guilherme Teixeira
1st July 2010, 1:00
Just uploaded my Firefox… it’s working fine now, I can see the full standings =)
Cyclops
29th June 2010, 23:20
There’s something wrong with the standings. According to them, the winner Mateuszzzzz scored…0 in Valencia. Care to explain?
Cyclops
29th June 2010, 23:23
http://yfrog.com/3ubeztytuuyoep
And screen as evidence of this bizarre phenomena
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
30th June 2010, 5:17
It looks like there’s more than one Mateuszzzz…
BasCB (@bascb)
30th June 2010, 6:20
If only he would have entered with the same amount of ZZZ (or with the same e-mail address?) he might be a lot higher in the championship, entering almost each GP as a new entry?
How did you do that Mateuszzzzzzzzzzz.. ?
DaveW
29th June 2010, 23:49
So Mateuzz plays for the first time for Valencia and strikes gold. It gives us all hope.
Renzo
29th June 2010, 23:56
NOOO I forgot this time to give my entry!! shame on me
Ace
30th June 2010, 1:30
WOW! I won something!
I once won a frozen chook in a raffle. This is a MUCH better prize :)
Thanks Keith!
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
30th June 2010, 5:17
Well done Ace!
Pink Peril
30th June 2010, 3:50
I can’t see the standings at all :( I am desperate to know if I have vaulted up the order from my previous four hundred & something-th place
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
30th June 2010, 5:18
Just to be clear, you did click on the link, right? They’re not embedded in the article because the table was so large it was breaking the RSS feed.
Mike
30th June 2010, 5:53
Separating the results from this page was a good idea..
It was getting a little bit silly.
BasCB (@bascb)
30th June 2010, 6:22
here’s your results Pink Peril:
Pink Peril 496 5 0 2 5 7 3 5 5 3 35
Pink Peril
2nd July 2010, 1:28
Thanks guys, slight blonde moment not seeing the link. And after all that, I am still languishing down in the 400’s
Scalextric
30th June 2010, 4:49
I can’t see any standings in any browser. Until I click on the link in the middle of the article. Doh. What, just 2 points? I blame the Australian Air Force (WEB).
Arpi_
30th June 2010, 6:28
I know it’s a weak excuse but all week last week I focused on my university entrance examination (MSc studies). I hope it was worth to sacrifice my lead. :)
Congrats to the winners and ofcourse the new overal leader Scunnyman!
Rob Gallagher
30th June 2010, 9:46
I don’t see the standings at all?
Damon
30th June 2010, 17:00
No, you do see the standings.
HounslowBusGarage
30th June 2010, 21:35
I’m with you Rob, can’t see any standings – I’m on IE8.
Loo
30th June 2010, 11:58
Yandex
Congrats!!
sumedh
30th June 2010, 12:20
Rank 27, 66 points, not bad.
BTW, Keith, under what name do you play?
BBT
30th June 2010, 12:44
Just 4 points for me… curse that safety car.
Its just not fair :-) if I complain can I move up a few places. ;-)
Nathan Bradley
30th June 2010, 13:11
Keith, just a typo:
‘as we pass the halfwau mark.’
I think it should be halfway.
Nathan
Ned Flanders
30th June 2010, 13:56
2 points?! My worst score yet… I’m not as good as I thought at this predicting lark
mateuss
30th June 2010, 17:17
If only the ‘z’ would have been an ‘s’. Unfortunately I dropped out of top hundred to 101 after this difficult round.
Mateusz
30th June 2010, 23:03
Hellou!
Im the man if any questions, Im MATEUSZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=100000916806154