graniteharbor502 said:Rule 13. The competition results are calculated based strictly on the official results released by the FIA immediately following the conclusion of the race (the preliminary standings).
Look, it's talking about the race itself—there’s zero mention of Q3 here. I took it to mean this applies strictly to the final race results.
The championship works like this: you gotta post your full predicted grid within the deadline—basically how you think everyone will finish—plus two extra picks: whoever grabs pole position and whoever clocks the fastest lap.
So, I was crunching the numbers in Excel, and I've ended up in this annoying little dilemma—like, do I actually award 4 points to the prediction where Valtteri Bottas takes the PP, or go with the one where Lewis Hamilton gets it?
According to Article 2 of the rules, the PP goes to the driver who starts from the best grid position—which, in this specific scenario, would be Valtteri Bottas.
If anyone out there can dig through the rulebook and find some loophole that justifies giving Lewis Hamilton those 4 points for the PP instead, please, let me know right here.
1. Max Verstappen 2. Valtteri Bottas 3. Leclerc 4. Lando Norris 5. Lewis Hamilton 6. Perez 7. Ricciardo 8. Gasly 9. Fernando Alonso 10. Carlos Sainz 11. Ocon 12. Vettel 13. Lance Stroll 14. Russian 15. Nicholas Latifi 16. RAI 17. Monaco Grand Prix 17th
Hey everyone, I'm currently en route to Italy—traveling is a mess right now—so the results are probably going to have to wait until Tuesday at the earliest. If anyone is feeling desperate and wants me to fix their scores before then, just shoot me a DM and I might let you peek at my Excel sheet.
Anyway, before I completely lose my train of thought, here’s my prediction for the race:
1. Max Verstappen 2. Lewis Hamilton 3. Valtteri Bottas 4. Lando Norris 5. Charles Leclerc 6. Perez 7. Ricciardo 8. Gasly 9. Fernando Alonso 10. Carlos Sainz 11. Ocon 12. Vettel and Gasly 13. Lance Stroll 14. Russian 15. Nicholas Latifi 16. Kimi 17. Monaco Grand Prix 20th
Alright, I fixed that too—now Terry Carter2 and darkmarlin16 are tied for the top spot, though let’s be real, darkmarlin16 basically cost Robert Kubica his spot based on how vividlynx68 runs things
stormytiger4 said:shadowstag10, looks like you missed a beat on my scores, but I actually had my prediction ready. I was late getting my pick in for the last race, so you applied my joker, but that late entry should have counted as my first submission for this race.
My bad, I totally docked you 10 points by mistake—sorry about that! 👍
Check out the updated standings at the link below:
US Grand Prix
Huge thanks to everyone helping me double-check the math and pointing out where I messed up. 👍
1. Lewis Hamilton 2. Max Verstappen 3. Valtteri Bottas 4. Vettel and Gasly 5. Norris and Leclerc 6. Carlos Sainz 7. Lance Stroll 8. Gasly 9. Lando Norris 10. Fernando Alonso 11. Ricciardo 12. Ocon 13. Gio 14. Robert Kubica 15. Russian 16. Nicholas Latifi 17. Monaco Grand Prix 17th
Just a heads-up—since we’ve got a sprint race happening in Italy, all the predictions stay valid until Friday at 5:59 PM, right when qualifying kicks off. Last time around, we didn't play our ace, but this time we absolutely have to pull the joker since we've already ironed everything out and nobody had any complaints about the setup.
Both Templar and I are totally out of jokers—Rosi didn't bother putting down a prediction, and since we've got zero jokers left, we're stuck sitting at a big fat zero points.
Just a heads-up right off the bat: I'm sticking with my old prediction for next week just to be safe.😬
You can check out the results at the link below: Dutch GP
Man, the constructors' championship battle is getting seriously intense after these results.
So, after that absolute anti-climax of a race, I’m dropping the results here—minus the fastest lap, because honestly, I’d much rather just cut the points in half at this point.
@rosi - watch out, you've officially run out of jokers.