2011 FORZAMINARDI.COM CHALLENGE - ROUND 09 - GBR (8-10 JUL 2011)

2011 FORZAMINARDI.COM CHALLENGE - ROUND 09 - GBR (8-10 JUL 2011)


2011 FORZAMINARDI CHALLENGE: RULES:

1.0 Predict the following exactly and gain points each round:
a. Pole getter - 2 points (pole getter is defined as the one who is on pole
when the race is started)
b. Winner of GP - 4 points
c. Second in GP - 3 points
d. Third in GP - 2 points
e. Fourth in GP - 1 point
f. 1st car out after the race has started under the green lights whether
through DNF or DNS (through stalling for eg.) or through DQ (by black flag
for eg.) - 1 point (point given even if DQ is appealed)
g. Name the ex-Minardi driver who finishes in the highest
position in the race amongst all ex-minardi drivers - 2 points

All predictions above must be EXACTLY correct. Should any driver pull out
before the race weekend, his replacement is not automatically substituted in
the bets...the bettors MUST exercise the edit right as provided in clause 6
two days before race day (e.g. if race day is on Sunday, final edit right is
day-stamp of post Friday).

2.0 Prize for the winner with most points at end of season:
a. the glory of being the season's Forzaminardi.com champion...plus whatever additional prize R-J
or the others may want to throw in. :-)

3.0 The organisers are manlio27 and FactyCrab.

4.0 The qualifying and race results FIRST published by formula1.com will be
used to judge the bets placed unless the referees by a majority decision decide to use the amended results following any steward decisions made post race. No appeal to organisers' decision which is
final.

5.0 If the organisers cannot make a decision, they will consult R-J and/or
Neil_s and/or Minardi4eva who shall act as referees.

6.0. All bets must be submitted in the above 1.0 a to g order and must be
submitted before the first quali session starts. Any bets submitted after the
first quali starts will be invalid. All bets MUST be in by before the first
quali but no editing of any bets placed can be done after the end of friday
practices (or in the case of Monaco after Thursday's practices). This is
because when a post is edited, there is no time stated when such edits have
been done, it just says which date the edit was done.

7.0 DQ means disqualification during the race. so any disqualification
resulting from and/or with not starting the race does not fall under this description of
DQ.

8.0 Any additional rules can be added to aid clarity but not to change the
bets format and the points as and when deemed neccessary.

9.0 The referees of this 2011 ForzaMinardi Challenge are FactyCrab, manlio27,
Forzaminardi, Neil_s and Minardi4eva (if Neil, R-J, Facty and 4eva agree). A majority decision
from these 5 is required to settle any dispute. If the dispute concerns the
referee's bet, then the other 4 referees must adjudicate and arrive at a majority
decision.


Results after Rd 8 (EUR):
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Pos/Pos Before/Name/After Rd.5/Rd. 6/After Rd. 6
1. 1. Telstar 50 11 61
2. 2. PistonBroke 47 13 60
3. 3. JumpeySpyder 43 11 54
4. 5. SuperRoo 29 8 37
5. 4. Neil_s 30 4 34
6. 7. Manlio27 26 6 32
7. 6. Factycrab 28 0 28
8. 8. Lease 22 0 22
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Congrats to Telstar, winner in Canada, great race even though bad guesses for us, only 6 points for the winner, and to PistonBroke, winner in Valencia with an amazing 13 point score.
No point for the First out was awarded in Valencia, as all cars completed the race (sorry Neil, but Karthikeyan cannot be considered as First out :-))

Factyyyyyyyy, where are you?
RJ, can you please top this post, should you appear?
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And now my predictions for Silverstone:

Pole Vettel
1st Vettel
2nd Webbo
3rd Hamilton
4th Alonso
First out - Ricciardo
Best ex-Minardi Webber


By the way, as I am now in London, I AM actually going to see the race in Silverstone on Sunday!!!! I have no tickets, but can you guys confirm if is there any problem to get a Sunday general admission there on the spot? I never had problems with that in Monza, Barcelona and Spa, I hope it not to be a problem in Silverstone!