Posts by swifttiger75

Dammit! 🙂
The mods are clearly stuck in the pits—not a single one of them is out on the track! 🙂

stormybadger8 said:Not a bad call, but I’d tweak it a little....😁
If you nail an entire group, you get an extra 10 or 5 bonus points.😁

So, say you sweep a group:
Group 1-3 = 5+1 x 3 = 18 + 10 = 28
Group 4-10 = 3+1 x 7 = 28 + 10 = 38
Group 11-16 = 2+2 x 6 = 24 + 5 = 29
Group 17-22 = 1+2 x 6 = 18 + 5 = 23
DNF Group = 3+1 x however many there are, plus 5 bonus points if you hit them all.
Actually, maybe just a +5 bonus if you don't predict any DNFs and nobody actually drops out during the race...

PP and FL are already linked anyway, so adding extra group points there makes zero sense...
And DNQ doesn't even have exact positions or hits to work with...

Works for me. Well done! 😉

Terry Carter2 said:I can't say for certain, so I'll just say I don't know; you're more than welcome to go digging for answers yourself if you're so interested.
Whether it's stupid or not, it works fine for me, and you shouldn't think I'm an idiot just because we disagree. In fact, if you do think that, it says much more about your character than mine!

And frankly, your own suggestion isn't any better—try coming up with something actually substantial next time!
😁

Personally, I'd leave everything exactly as it is, maybe just add a 10-point bonus for correctly guessing the top three finishers.

Look, there's no need to overcomplicate this.

1. Trying to manipulate things just to chase double points is a massive gamble—you risk walking away with a big fat zero instead. That’s enough of a deterrent right there.

2. If someone really wants to play dirty while technically staying within the rules, here’s how: A prediction consists of 22 exact positions plus FL and PP—that’s 24 picks total. This means you could have 17 or 18 picks be identical to someone else's, and then just swap a couple of positions for the rest. Legally, it counts as a valid entry that either nets a mountain of points or nothing at all, yet it remains about 74% identical to the target.

3. A teammate of mine sent me some thoughts via DM before the race. He wanted me to bump up Lotus and drop Ferrari. I sent him my take, we played what we thought was best, and that was that.

4. If we actually want to nip this in the bud, the penalty needs to be draconian. Issue a ban for the next race and see if they still find it "exciting" to play when they're being forced to bend the rules.😁

Anyway, take care.

Even in the virtual world, we’re dealing with F1 team orders. 🤣 🤣 🤣

Every game has rules you can argue about. My take? Let's stick to the current framework for this season. The only thing that makes sense to me is adding a 10-point bonus for hitting the podium exactly as ranked. That should satisfy all the egoists out there. 🙂

Here’s some statistical ammunition from the testing sessions—if anyone can actually make sense of this... feel free to weigh in.

Unofficial test mileage (Drivers):

1. Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber - 2,768
2. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes - 2,640
3. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - 2,584
4. Sergio Perez, McLaren - 2,538
= Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber - 2,538
6. Max Chilton, Marussia - 2,536
7. Paul di Resta, Force India - 2,520
8. Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso - 2,455
9. Charles Pic, Caterham - 2,364
10. Valtteri Bottas, Williams - 2,352
11. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari - 2,351
12. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull - 2,343
13. Felipe Massa, Ferrari - 2,336
14. Romain Grosjean, Lotus - 2,270
15. Mark Webber, Red Bull - 2,265
16. Pastor Maldonado, Williams - 2,218
17. Giedo van der Garde, Caterham - 2,149
18. Jenson Button, McLaren - 2,091
19. Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso - 2,051
20. Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus - 1,182
21. Jules Bianchi, Force India/Marussia - 1,165
22. Adrian Sutil, Force India - 1,159
23. Luiz Razia, Marussia - 500
24. James Rossiter, Force India - 270
25. Pedro de la Rosa, Ferrari - 226
26. Davide Valsecchi, Lotus - 74

Unofficial test mileage (Teams):

1. Sauber - 5,307
2. Mercedes - 5,224
3. Ferrari - 4,913
4. McLaren - 4,629
5. Red Bull - 4,608
6. Williams - 4,570
7. Caterham - 4,513
8. Toro Rosso - 4,506
9. Force India - 4,481
10. Marussia - 3,669
11. Lotus - 3,527

917 sets of Pirelli tires were used during pre-season testing:
30 sets of supersoft spec
190 sets of soft spec
383 sets of medium spec
221 sets of hard spec
61 sets of intermediate spec
32 sets of wet spec

Longest runs per compound in Barcelona:
Supersoft - 16 laps
Soft - 31 laps
Medium - 36 laps
Hard - 24 laps
Intermediate - 47 laps
Wet - 48 laps

Unofficial aggregate times from both pre-season Barcelona tests:

1. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:20.130
2. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:20.494
3. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:20.588
4. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:21.266
5. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:21.444
6. Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber, 1:21.541
7. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 1:21.627
8. Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus, 1:21.658
9. Paul di Resta, Force India, 1:21.664
10. Sergio Perez, McLaren, 1:21.848
11. Romain Grosjean, Lotus, 1:22.188
12. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1:22.197
13. Pastor Maldonado, Williams, 1:22.305
14. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1:22.468
15. Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber, 1:22.553
16. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:22.658
17. Charles Pic, Caterham, 1:23.115
18. Jules Bianchi, Marussia, 1:23.167
19. Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, 1:23.223
20. Davide Valsecchi, Lotus, 1:23.448
21. Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso, 1:23.628
22. Max Chilton, Marussia, 1:24.103
23. Giedo van der Garde, Caterham, 1:24.235