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| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
F1 Game - GermanyThree weeks to think about it this time, assuming F1 hasn't swallowed itself whole by then, or Max hasn't called off the rest of the season in a fit of pique. You need to guess the drivers who'll take pole position and fastest lap, and who'll finish in the top eight positions, and answer the bonus question:Which of the five German drivers (Glock, Heidfeld, Rosberg, Sutil, Vettel) will qualify closest to tenth place? Deadline: Friday 10 July 2359 GMT |
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| Big TC |
First one in, as i'll be on holiday...
Pole: Vettel F/L: Webber Bonus: Rosberg 1. Vettel 2. Button 3. Webber 4. Barichello 5. Massa 6. Trulli 7. Raikkonen 8. Rosberg |
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| Eff One |
Seems to have been a long time coming, this one. People diss the Nurburgring for being boring, but I rather like it - some decent fast sweepers, a couple of genuine overtaking opportunities and the ever-present threat of rain. Or indeed a flood, as we had last time out in 2007.
I think it's high time one of the 'number twos' made it to the top step. |
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| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
It has been a long time coming, but don't forget - tonight is the deadline for your guesses. | ||||
| Scouse |
Pole: Barrichello
F/L: Button Bonus: Rosberg 1. Button 2. Vettell 3. Rosberg 4. Barichello 5. Raikkonen 6. Massa 7. Webber 8. Hamilton |
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| BeN |
Pole: Vettel
Fastest: Vettel Bonus: Glock (11th, if you want accuracy. Rosberg will be in 8th  )
1) Vettel 2) Button 3) Webber 4) Barrichello 5) Massa 6) Alonso 7) Raikkonen 8) Glock |
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| Rodge |
Pole: Vettel
FL: Vettel Bonus: Rosberg 1: Vettel 2: Button 3: Glock 4: Webber 5: Barricello 6: Heidfeld 7: Alonso 8: Rosberg |
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| Big Blue |
Pole: Trulli
FL: Button Bonus: Glock 1: Button 2: Massa 3: Trulli 4: Vettel 5: Barricello 6: Heidfeld 7: Alonso 8: Hamilton |
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| Humphrey The Pug |
Pole: Vettel
F/L: Barrichello Bonus: Heidfeld 1: Button 2: Webber 3: Barichello 4: Glock 5: Hamilton 6: Nakajima 7: Alonso 8: Massa |
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| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
Pole: Vettel
F/L: Webber Bonus: Glock 1 Button 2 Vettel 3 Webber 4 Massa 5 Alonso 6 Trulli 7 Glock 8 Hamilton |
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| Eff One |
Pole: Webber
F/L: Button Bonus: Glock 1. Webber 2. Button 3. Barrichello 4. Trulli 5. Rosberg 6. Raikkonen 7. Nakajima 8. Fisichella |
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| Matt |
Pole: Vettel
FL: Button Bonus: Glock 1. Vettel 2. Button 3. Webber 4. Hamilton 5. Massa 6. Raikkonen 7. Barrichello 8. Rosberg |
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| the other ct |
Pole: Webber
F/L: Button Bonus: Glock 1. Webber 2. Button 3. Vettel 4. Massa 5. Barrichello 6. Rosberg 7. Raikkonen 7. Hamilton 8. Glock |
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| BJH |
Pole: Vettel
F/L: Webber Bonus: Heidfeld 1. Vettel 2. Button 3. Webber 4. Massa 5. Raikkonen 6. Hamilton 7. Barrichello 8. Alonso |
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| Skyhook |
Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Barrichello Bonus: Heidfeld 1st: Webber 2nd: Vettel 3rd: Massa 4th:Button 5th: Raikkonen 6th: Barrichello 7th: Glock 8th: Rosberg |
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| TimR |
Pole: Vettel
F/L: Trulli Bonus Rosberg 1) Button 2) Barrichello 3) Webber 4) Trulli 5) Hamilton 6) Massa 7) Rosberg 8) Bourdais |
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| Mrs Skyhook |
Pole: Vettel
F/L: Webber Bonus: Glock 1. Button 2. Vettel 3. Webber 4. Barrichello 5. Rosberg 6. Trulli 7. Massa 8. Kimi |
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| Sav |
1. Vettel
2. Button 3. Webber 4. Massa 5. Barrichello 6. Rosberg 7. Trulli 8. Räikkönen Pole: Vettel Fastest lap: Webber Bonus: Heidfeld |
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| Stuntman |
Pole: Vettel
Fastest: Vettel Bonus: Glock Vettel Button Webber Barrichello Kimi Rosberg Glock Hamilton |
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| Gooner |
Bit late I'm affraid, it's been so long since silverstone I forgot the German GP was this weekend!
Pole Vettel 1 Vettel 2 Webber 3 Button 4 Massa 5 Barrachello 6 Raikkonen 7 Glock 8 Rosberg Bonus: Rosberg |
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| Nice Guy Eddie |
Damn, I forgot about this but I'm in before quali. Does that count?
Pole - Vettel FL - Vettel Bonus - Rosberg 1. Vettel 2. Webber 3. Button 4. Hamilton 5. Barrichelo 6. Massa 7. Raikonnen 8. Alonso |
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| the other ct |
Oh dear! should read Pole: Webber F/L: Button Bonus: Glock 1. Webber 2. Button 3. Vettel 4. Massa 5. Barrichello 6. Rosberg 7. Raikkonen 8. Hamilton |
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| BeN |
Dammit. Glock qualified 19th. There goes my bonus...
Anyway, the answer is Heidfeld (11th), although Sutil's 7th place is incredible. |
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| BeN |
Well, what can I say, except well done Mark Webber. Fully deserved.
I feel a bit sorry for Force India though. They just don't have any luck to finish in the points. |
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| Nice Guy Eddie |
It looked like Brawn threw away a poss lead but certainly 2 podiums with there daft strategy of 3 stops. | ||||
| DaveGibson |
As it happened, yes but if they had managed to pass/keep in front of their rivals, you'd be saying what an inspired move it was. |
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| Eff One |
Webber - chuffing brilliant. I confess to having had a small tear in my eye when he took the flag. If they gave out trophies for sheer determination he'd have a caseful. Best of all, he didn't luck into it. He was just searingly fast from start to finish.
Some great drives behind him too - I thought Massa, Rosberg and Kovalainen all did well. Brawn need to regroup, don't they? That was a touch messy - and with Ferrari, Mclaren and Renault all showing signs of improvement, they can't afford too many weekends like that. |
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| ALF |
I was so pleased for Webber - I've always rated him much like Button - not quite the very top grade, but well able to get the job done and win races - perhaps even championships - in the right car. Nice bloke too - I hope he goes on to more wins. Given the somewhat bizarre issues (I assume tyres?) that Brawn had in the race, it seems likely Red Bull will seriously challenge now.
I was also glad Hamilton had a puncture, because for a moment there it looked like he had suffered total brain fade! I didn't really agree with the penalty, since he lost the place to Barrichello regardless... A certain Mr Schumacher routinely did a lot worse, if they wanted to make the starts cleaner, they are a decade or so too late because they never punished this before. |
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| Big Blue |
I laughed my ass off: he hit the KERS off the line and it bolted him forward; he then crossed the line and got a whole new KERS and drove like a housewife that has just seen the last car parking space near the entrance at WAITROSE |
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| Giant |
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| Rodge |
Great start from Hamilton but on cold tyres? Not a great idea!
See it below, ignore the music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pF_P_QC9vg |
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| Matt |
Couple of great videos here
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/1...g-1-500-fps-video-from-german-gp/ |
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| ALF |
I don't think the fact his tyre was sliced apart probably helped much 
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| Nice Guy Eddie |
I thought it was great having Hamilton back, although it was only for 5 seconds, trying to pull off a great move on the first corner. We need the front of the field to be slightly more diverse then the current Brawn and Red Bull show. | ||||
| SpecB |
If he hadn't had the puncture the race would have been really interesting. | ||||
| Sav |
Indeed. What was impressive about Hamilton's qualifying performance, is that fuel-corrected he was acually faster than both Brawn cars. As a Hamilton fan I was hopeful.  It was a carbon copy of 2007 too, made a geat start, then gets a cut tyre from a spinning Heidfeld.
The Hungaroring track should be kind to Mclaren though, with all those tight corners and more updates on the way - perhaps pole position.
Well done to Webber, a well deserved victory. Despite how much the FIA wanted to f*** him over can make a farce. |
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| TimR |
So did BBC Sport as on Saturday he was all they could talk about despite Jenson being ahead of him in qualifying and, of course, leading the Championship. JB never got a mention from them on Saturday evening
It's not even as if they have the excuse that he's Scottish
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| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
Pole: Webber
F/L: Alonso Bonus: Heidfeld (11th) Results 1 Webber 2 Vettel 3 Massa 4 Rosberg 5 Button 6 Babychello 7 Alonso 8 Kovalainen 9 Glock Scores: 14 - Skyhook 7 - the other ct 5 - Rodge, Big Blue, Humphrey, Eff One, BJH 4 - Scouse, Dr H, Mrs Skyhook, Sav, Gooner, Nice Guy Eddie 3 - BeN 2 - Matt 1 - Big TC, Stuntman 0 - Tim R Deemed (0 points): Chris M, Andy C, Giant Standings: 59 - Sav 54 - Big TC 52 - Chris M, Mrs Skyhook 51 - Rodge 50 - Big Blue 49 - Nice Guy Eddie 47 - Tim R, Humphrey, the other ct 46 - BJH 44 - Dr H 43 - Matt, Scouse, Skyhook 40 - BeN, Eff One 36 - Andy C, Stuntman 28 - Gooner 27 - Giant |
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| BeN |
Plummeting down... | ||||
| Scouse |
An Everton-like performance for the Scouser..... | ||||
| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
Well, Skyhook shows clearly how your fortunes can change in just one race. | ||||
| Skyhook |
A mighty 10 points taken off the leader! That leaves me ready to pounce from a healthy...... 13th place....
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| Chris M Wants a V-10 |
Did I get a deemed despite putting an entry in, or did I just score 0 ???
Edit - where did my post go? I definitely submitted an entry and saw it on Friday night and Saturday morning - I remember reading Nice Guy Eddie's comment when reviewing my prediction. I've been done :-( |
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| TimR |
I nearly forgot to post anything but looking at the results I would've gained a point with a deemed entry
Bugger. |
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| Big TC |
1 fekkin' point....?
Serves me right for watching the race in a bar in Hisaronu, outside temp around 40 degrees C, nice cold beer in hand... |
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| Chris M Wants a V-10 |
I'm still well p*%£d off about my post disappearing. I made a special effort to post my predictions on the Friday evening, and they disappeared into the ether :-( |