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| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
F1 Game - MonzaTime for more guesses that will doubtless be rent asunder by another random qualifying session, but come Monday you'll find you got nine points for getting the correct drivers in fifth, seventh and eighth. Or something.Anyway, have a go at guessing who'll finish in positions one to eight, who'll take pole and who'll annoy their team by setting fastest lap just before the finish, having been as slow as a slow thing all afternoon. And don't forget the bonus question, whose vagueness reflects that fact we don't yet know who'll be the second Ferrari: who will be the slowest driver in Q3? Deadline: Friday 11 September 2359 GMT (let's hope the CIA don't take me out for writing "dead" and "11 September" in the same paragraph) |
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| Big Blue |
Cheers Nick: you just reminded me I'll be on a plane on the morning of 11th September when I fly to Milan :sigh:
Result if I get to see an Italian driving a Ferrari at Monza; not a common sight. |
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| Gooner |
Who's gonna win? Who bloody knows! I'll try to guess once I know who's peddling the second Ferrari. | ||||
| DaveGibson |
Somebody selling it? 
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| Gooner |
Yeah, Badoa sneaked one away when noone was looking after hearing those filthy swine's were planning not to pay him for his show stopping performances. | ||||
| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
Indeed. |
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| Big Blue |
Might as well have a wild stab as I won't be anywhere near a computer on Friday.
1. Raikkonen 2. Hamilton 3. Vettel 4. Button 5. Webber 6. Trulli 7. Fisichella 8. Barrichello F/L: Hamilton Pole: Vettel Bonus: Rosberg |
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| BeN |
It's Thursday already.
1) Fisichella (going out on a limb here) 2) Raikkonen 3) Vettel 4) Button 5) Barrichello 6) Webber 7) Alonso 8) Hamilton Pole: Raikkonen Fastest: Fisichella (here's hoping!  )
Bonus: Alguesuari (or however you spell it) |
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| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
Hehehe ... good luck predicting this race after today's practice sessions: the McLarens were fastest in the morning session, but in the afternoon it was Sutil top, followed by Grosjean ...
Not a good second session for title contenders: Webber 14th, Barrichello 16th, Vettel 18th, Button 19th. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/m...t/formula_one/results/7921008.stm |
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| Scouse |
1) Raikkonen
2) Button 3) Hamilton 4) Fisichella 5) Barrichello 6) Webber 7) Vettel 8) Rosberg Pole: Raikkonen Fastest: Vettel Bonus: Alguewhatshisface |
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| Humphrey The Pug |
Pole: Hamilton
F/L: Glock Bonus: Liuzzi 1. Hamilton 2. Raikkonen 3. Sutil 4. Alonso 5. Button 6. Webber 7. Fisichella 8. Kovy |
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| Eff One |
Looks like KERS is quite an advantage. I thought both debutantes did a respectable job, despite Fisi ending up in the Badoer position. Three-quarters of a second down on Kimi ain't bad and there's more to come. Liuzzi was just under a second away from Sutil. I suspect that the margins will be rather smaller when they knuckle down and go for it tomorrow.
Pole: Sutil F/L: Kubica Bonus: Trulli 1. Kovalainen 2. Kubica 3. Raikkonen 4. Sutil 5. Heidfeld 6. Alonso 7. Barrichello 8. Webber |
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| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
Pole: Hamilton
Lap: Raikkonen Bonus: Grosjean 1 Hamilton 2 Raikkonen 3 Alonso 4 Button 5 Vettel 6 Sutil 7 Fisichella 8 Trulli |
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| TimR |
Pole: Trulli
Fastest Lap: Kimi Bonus: Rosberg 1 Kimi 2 Hamilton 3 Trulli 4 Fisi 5 Button 6 Barrichello 7 Vettel 8 Alonso |
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| Nice Guy Eddie |
Pole - Raikonnen
FL - Hamilton Bonus - Trulli 1. Hamilton 2. Raikonnen 3. Vettel 4. Webber 5. Barrichello 6. Button 7. Kovalinen 8. Alonso |
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| the other ct |
Pole: Hamilton
F/L: Bonus: Alguersuari 1. Kovalainen 2. Hamilton 3. Raikkonen 4. Button 5. Alonso 6. Barrichello 7. Fisichella 8. Vettel Oh and a prediction that Sutil will be looking really good for some decent points until a red car forces him off the track. |
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| Big TC |
Pole: Sutil
F/L: Kovalainen Bonus: Webber 1. Raikkonen 2. Alonso 3. Sutil 4. Hamilton 5. Grosjean 6. Kovalainen 7. Rosberg 8. Fisichella |
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| Rodge |
Pole: Hamilton
FL: Webber Bonus: Glock 1: Hamilton 2: Webber 3: Sutil 4: Raikkonen 5: Barricello 6: Fisicella 7: Button 8: Alonso |
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| Chris M Wants a V-10 |
Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Sutil Bonus: Alguersuari (copied and pasted from another site!) 1. Hamilton 2. Alonso 3. Fisichella 4. Sutil 5. Kovalainen 6. Raikkonen 7. Button 8. Barrichello |
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| Skyhook |
Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel Bonus: Liuzzi 1st: Hamilton 2nd: Raikkonen 3rd: Vettel 4th: Button 5th: Kovalainen 6th: Barrichello 7th: Webber 8th: Fisichella |
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| Mrs Skyhook |
Pole: Hamilton
F/L: Kimi Bonus: Button 1. Hamilton 2. Vettel 3. Kimi 4. Sutil 5. Barrichello 6. Webber 7. Rosberg 8. Heidfeld |
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| Sav |
1. Hamilton
2. Raikkonen 3. Barrichello 4. Kovalainen 5. Webber 6. Alonso 7. Fisichella 8. Vettel Pole position: Hamilton Fastest lap: Raikkonen Bonus question: Vettel |
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| BJH |
Pole: Hamilton
F/L: Sutil Bonus: Alguer.... 1. Hamilton 2. Kovalinen 3. Alonso 4. Sutil 5. Button 6. Heidfeld 7. Kimi 8. Fisi |
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| the other ct |
Not sure how/why I left fastest lap blank. F/L: Hamilton |
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| Matt |
Bugger, I forgot. | ||||
| DaveGibson |
Just rubbing it in, Matt, you could still have put in an entry. You had 22 minutes left because the deadline is 23:59 GMT. |
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| Gooner |
So did I, whoops! | ||||
| Matt |
Dang! |
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| BeN |
Fisichella must feel bummed. Regretting the move from Force India yet? | ||||
| Chris M Wants a V-10 |
Woo Hoo - got Sutil correct as F/L :-) | ||||
| Eff One |
Some quality driving there. I've never seen Ruby look so confident, and Button is right back where he belongs too. Raikkonen has returned to his 2007 levels of metronomic consistency and Sutil put in a storming effort after Fisi hogged the limelight at Spa. But I was even more impressed by Liuzzi - barely a hint of rustiness, I look forward to seeing him push Sutil very hard in the near future. Ferdy and Quick Nick were stealthily excellent, as usual.
Such was the standard that it threw Kovalainen's performance into sharp relief. Nothing wrong with his core pace, but there's clearly a problem there - presumably with his ability to make the tyres work in the early stages of a stint. Mind you, he still outscored Hamilton... no regrets my arse, that was a very silly mistake for a topline driver. |
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| Big TC |
Another one who was impressed by Liuzzi - I really thought he would struggle at Monza. To qually 7th having never driven a latest generation car is quuite remarkable, considering the hash Fisi was making of his Ferrari opportunity. | ||||
| TimR |
+1 for Liuzzi.
It was great to see Rubens driving the wheels off his car mid-race too. It actually came across like that from the in-car pictures. |
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| Chris M Wants a V-10 |
+1 from me on those comments too. Looks like Brawn have got to the bottom of their tyre-temperature worries and wouldn't it be great to see their 2 drivers battle for the title all the way down the line? Jenson was gracious in defeat too; wonderful to see 2 team-mates congratulating each other and both beaming like it were Christmas (unlike some of the other pretend expressions we have seen from time to time - Alonso and Hamilton, anyone?) |
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| Eff One |
Not quite true - he had driven the car several times in straightline aero tests so was familiar enough with its systems, clutch, etc - and has almost certainly spent time in Mclaren's simulator, too. |
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| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
Results:
Pole: Hamilton Lap: Sutil Bonus: Webber 1 Barrichello 2 Button 3 Raikkonen 4 Sutil 5 Alonso 6 Kovalainen 7 Heidfeld 8 Vettel 9 Fisichella Scores: 10 - the other ct 8 - Mrs Skyhook 7 - Eff One, BJH 6 - Big TC, Chris M, Sav 4 - Scouse, Humphrey 3 - Skyhook, Rodge 2 - Dr H, Nice Guy Eddie 1 - BeN, TimR 0 - Big Blue Deemed (0 points): Matt, Gooner, Stuntman, Andy C, Giant Standings: 79 - Sav 78 - Mrs Skyhook 75 - the other ct 67 - Nice Guy Eddie, Chris M, Big TC 60 - Big Blue, Humphrey 59 - Dr H, BJH 57 - Eff One, Rodge 56 - Skyhook 54 - Scouse 53 - TimR 52 - BeN 49 - Matt 45 - Gooner 41 - Stuntman 40 - Andy C 28 - Giant So well done the other ct, who now moves closer to the leaders, who themselves close up a bit. |
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| BeN |
Oh shit. I think many of us (me included) misread the bonus question.
It was slowest driver in Q3 (meaning 10th position), not slowest in qualifying. Bummer. |
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| the other ct |
Think I’m the Kimi of the forum F1 game! Rubbish in the first third of the season (by refusing to believe that the Brawns were as strong as they were), finally getting my act together and picking up some of the lower points, then a few podium finishes and a lucky(ish) win. | ||||
| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
The top three are certainly opening up a gap on the rest of us. But there are still 108 points up for grabs ... | ||||
| Rodge |
Dr H, I should be on 3 points as I got 3/4 places the wrong way around and also got Pole.
It puts me ahead of Skyhook! |
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| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
So you are - corrected! | ||||
| Chris M Wants a V-10 |
Yup, I fell for that one too 
...and I didn't manage to close the gap to Sav either
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| Big Blue |
What a tremendous effort by me. I couldn't have got 0 points if I'd deliberately tried to!
Shows how much I know about F1 so for the next race I'm going for the Renault with the Pit wall under the crossover. Cluedo is much easier. |
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| Big TC |
No offence to Sav, but I'd much rather see Mrs S win this year. Wonder if she'll be able to get to a 'puter for the next race's prediction, or will she have her hands full with something else???
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| Scouse |
Oh and by the way BBC. If the race is on at 1pm on BBC1,
WHY THE FUCK SHOW THE REPLAY AT 6PM ON BBC3 YOU CUNTS? |
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| Chris M Wants a V-10 |
No offence to Sav, Big TC or Mrs S, but i'd rather see ME win this year
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| DaveGibson |
12 points, Chris. Almost as many as Rubens. |