Just four rounds left in the ultra-close F1 Fanatic predictions championship.
Join in with hundreds of players by predicting who you think will take pole position at Singapore, and who will be the top three finishers in the race.
The prizes
First place prize
- An original F1 painting by Rob Ijbema
- Five F1 DVDs from Duke Video: “Formula One 1970: The uncrowned champion”, “Formula Villeneuve: A tribute to Gilles Villeneuve”, “The World’s Greatest F1 Cars”, “Champion: Hill” and “Nine Days in Summer”
- £60 to spend on F1 merchandise at Onpole.com
3x Runners-up prizes
- Copies of “Lotus Goes Turbo” DVDs from Duke Video
- £30 to spend on F1 merchandise at Onpole.com
Here’s how the game works:
1. Predictions have to be made before the beginning of final practice on Saturday.
2. Only one set of predictions per person.
3. You have to predict (a) Who will be on pole position and (b) What the top three finishers (three different drivers) will be.
4. Players score:
a. ten points for correctly guessing the pole sitter
b. ten points for naming one of the top three in their correct position, 25 for naming two of the top three and 50 for naming the whole top three correctly
c. five points for correctly naming any other driver in the top three (but not in the correct position)
5. Predictions must be entered as described below and either posted in a comment below or emailled to competition-at-f1fanatic.co.uk
6. Whoever scores the most points over the 15 races from round three (China) to 17 (Abu Dhabi) wins the grand prize.
7. In the event of a tie the winner will be determined by who picked to most race winners correctly, then second places finishers and so on.
8. In the event of a dispute the editor’s decision is final.
See the current predictions championship scores
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NB. Update – Clarification: For the purposes of the competition the pole sitter is the driver who starts the original race from pole position. The race classification is that issued by the FIA.
mp4-19b
25th September 2009, 16:19
Ooh! This is going to be a toughie. I guess I’ll wait for saloolas & dougie to make theirs ;)
Sush Meerkat
25th September 2009, 18:07
LOL, You know what I never thought of that!, but i’m not the villain type.
Can I make a suggestion Keith and Ian?, since MP4 but forward such a good comment with regards to the F1Fanatic championship, could you hide the predictions until the start of Quali?.
Since if I start beating Dougie and Saloolas I then have the ability to see their predictions and then make my predictions exactly like theirs?, since doing so would assure me to stay ahead of them.
SaloolaS
25th September 2009, 20:01
That’s exactly what I’ll do to stay in front of you :)
SaloolaS
25th September 2009, 20:02
I do agree that we shouldn’t see each other’s predictions though.
Mike "the bike" Schumacher
25th September 2009, 22:27
ya but if ye are all wrong someone else might beat ye
UnicornF1
25th September 2009, 16:21
piece of cake :P
steph90
25th September 2009, 16:24
Can you start predictions any time? I know I have no hope of winning but it seems fun
:)mp4-19b
25th September 2009, 16:30
Haven’t you started yet?? There are I think 250+ points up for grabs & the leader saloolas & dougie are on 205 I think. So mathematically you’ve still got a chance.
Nirupam
25th September 2009, 16:53
Like Mathematically Vettel and Webber have every chance to win this years WDC
John H
26th September 2009, 9:27
Mathematically, Vettel and Webber have every chance to win the F1 Fanatic predictions championship.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
25th September 2009, 17:01
By all means, join in!
Sush Meerkat
25th September 2009, 18:04
join in Steph, its great fun, adds another dimension to the race, well for me it does.
as an example, Sutil is about to get pole at Monza, I start cheering since I love Sutil… then I stop and think “wait, he’s not on my prediction!, stop stop!”
SaloolaS
25th September 2009, 20:11
If you want to win, this is the last race to start with. With 3 races to go it will only be 180 more points available, which means that people who haven’t predicted yet can’t win.
steph90
25th September 2009, 16:34
thanks mp4 oo so I can start then, brilliant. I’ve been making up for not predicting on here by putting on bets…it wasn’t a good plan
:PGuilherme Teixeira
25th September 2009, 16:45
Keith, can you do me a favour? I’m the “The_Philosopher” guy on the championship table, but it’s a rubbish nickname I used to use when I was a kid in english-language forums, so can you please chance it to my name, Guilherme Teixeira?
I’ll enter my prediction as Guilherme Teixeira, so please, would you change it? =)
Sush Meerkat
25th September 2009, 18:03
I think the Philosopher is a rather good avatar name.
Stick to it, but I understand why you would want to change it to Guilherme Teixeira, since its a more “unique” name to have.
Guilherme Teixeira
25th September 2009, 16:51
Hey Steph, our predicions got messed up because we sent it at the same second! =O
(at least it’s messed up on my screen)
So here’s my prediction:
Barrichello
Barrichello
Button
Raikkonen (just to keep the streak of podiums \o/)
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
25th September 2009, 17:05
Actually I’d rather people stuck to the names they were using to begin with. It takes a bit of time to change them all round and that means I have less time to get other stuff done on the site. But as you’ve already used a different name I haven’t really got a choice. Can everyone else please stick to their original names at least until the end of the season?
Not sure why the table has corrupted there but I’ll get it sorted.
Robert
25th September 2009, 19:41
Hey Keith, i wonder if you could help. Ive been using the name Robert for the predictions since it began but someone has in this race has used the same name. Is there anything that could be done? Thanks.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
25th September 2009, 20:19
This is a problem we haven’t got a very good solution for at the moment. I’ve changed the prediction that was made for this round only from ‘Robert’ to ‘Robert2’ so you should be free to use your name. In future we need to find a way of tying usernames to email addresses.
Robert
25th September 2009, 20:24
Thankyou
LC Coelho
25th September 2009, 16:52
I wonder if alonso will go on a 14 lap strategy….
grosjean is also training it!
user328i
25th September 2009, 17:19
You are right. Looks like last year repeat :)
steph90
25th September 2009, 16:56
sorry guilherme
:(Guilherme Teixeira
25th September 2009, 18:33
@Steph: don’t worry about it. Think about it, I’ve messed up your prediction too, so we are even xD And this it’s good to find these glitches sooner than later.
@Keith: Sorry man, should’ve waited for your reply =\ Didn’t mean to take your time with this. Really sorry =(
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
25th September 2009, 20:12
No problem, don’t worry, I just don’t want everyone doing it!
Bartholomew
25th September 2009, 16:57
It would be remarcable if Alonso won on a 14 lap strategy and Ferrari messed up in the pits !
steph90
25th September 2009, 16:59
Keith my predictions are half missing
They were
Hamilton
Barrichello
Hamilton
Button
I think…lol today is just one of those days
:Pmp4-19b
25th September 2009, 17:05
What an inauspicious start Steph! But you never know, you might just walk away with 60 points.
ianhaycox
25th September 2009, 17:27
Opps – Minor error in the display routine in the code. I don’t have access to the database but it looks like the data is stored OK.
Keith emailed me and I’ve emailed Keith back with a fix so hopefully it should be OK later. Apologies
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
25th September 2009, 20:14
That should be it fixed now, thanks Ian.
steph90
25th September 2009, 17:19
I know mp4 first time and I cause havoc and nearly ruin someone elses predictions!
Thanks Keith, and sorry for inadvertently provoking a mess
:SUnicornF1
25th September 2009, 17:28
@steph90: Amazing “luck” :p It could be for good, you never know ;)
@Keith: Hey, you copied my prediction. Now I will never surpass you :lol:
steph90
25th September 2009, 17:33
hope so unicornf1
:)ILoveVettel
25th September 2009, 17:55
Keith,
Could you please guys add a ranking in the results along with the points scored. That gives a fair indication of the position everybody is in.
By the way, I am in mid table :D
Sush Meerkat
25th September 2009, 18:00
I prefer it without the ranking, it streamlines the table and makes it look alot cleaner… like a an Apple Mac product….
OH GOD CHANGE IT NOW! i want the ranking back!
Sush Meerkat
25th September 2009, 17:59
three cheers for Ian Haycox!, what a marvelous little plug in, this week my prediction went without a hitch but I think I was one of the first to predict so no doubling on the database.
Its a wonderful thing when the community of a website helps out the website founder in such a way, it actually makes me warm and fuzzy inside knowing my compatriots on this site like it as much as me yet have the ability to help Keith out.
Unless Ian is charging Keith, in which case, boo! BOOO!! your a nasty man! :D
ianhaycox
25th September 2009, 19:02
:-) It’s all Open Source and free. Just for that I’m going to have to out-predict you :-)
Sush Meerkat
25th September 2009, 19:21
boo boo! no your a nasty man!. :D
Have you seen my comemnt up top in reply to MP4, its a valid point I feel with regards to the closing stages of this league we have.
ianhaycox
25th September 2009, 21:14
There is already an option in the plugin to prevent showing predictions until after you have predicted.
If other predictors and Keith agree then it could be turned on/off. Personally I vote without looking first otherwise it might influence my decision then I’d be really annoyed if my first choice was better.
It’s a bit like looking at your mates lottery numbers and missing out on the jackpot :-)
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
25th September 2009, 20:19
Me too!
In fact, I’ve got a few ideas for other projects like this so if anyone wants to help out, please say so!
jacaru
25th September 2009, 18:43
Alonso will talk on the circuit while people keep bashing him without having the slightest idea.
Wesley
25th September 2009, 19:06
This was a tough one!
I will miss quali tomorrow because I’m off to Road Atlanta for Petit LeMans……yaaaa!!!!Even though it will probaly rain all day…..boooo!!!!
I think Vettel will make pole but,get beaten by the Brawns on srategy.Hamilton on podium too.
Wesley
25th September 2009, 19:08
*strategy
Alex Bkk
26th September 2009, 1:46
I think Button is in for a change of luck at the expense of Rubens. Things are just going to well for Rubens…(It’s just not his style something has to go wrong)
I’m giving Ham and Kimi the following spots on the podium because, well….I’m predicting.
kaushal
26th September 2009, 7:55
Star sports is not showing LIVE singapore GP qualifying:(
again
mp4-19b
26th September 2009, 9:15
That is cuz of some dumbo cricket match between India & pakistan. I personally think cricket & soccer matches must be banned during race week ends.
Alex Bkk
26th September 2009, 10:03
Ouch!
Steph90
26th September 2009, 10:04
If can help in anyway Keith I will, I’m sure many of us would love to help out as it is a truly great site you have created.
Harv's
26th September 2009, 10:11
lets hope button doesnt get pole and then win, f1 needs a show this weekend not just a brawn strategy show!
PLEASE, not another button driving off into the distance show
steph90
26th September 2009, 10:23
Agreed Harv’s
Pete Walker
26th September 2009, 11:09
Keith I keep getting the following error when trying to enter: “Your entry could not be saved to the database.
Cannot add or update a child row: a foreign key constraint fails”
Can I possibly enter the old way?
Pete Walker
Barrichello
Barrichello
Button
Hamilton
Thanks :)
mm
26th September 2009, 11:24
Yep Im gettign the error too – it wont let us pick a race.
for me:
mmck
Barrichello
Barrichello
Hamilton
Button
mm
26th September 2009, 11:16
Im confused – BBC one tv guide shows “live” qualifying at 2:00 whereas F1 site says qualifying starts at 12:00 – which is correct?
SaloolaS
26th September 2009, 11:24
Qualifying starts at 4 p.m. at our time (that’s 3 pm UK I think). It starts in 3 hours and 38 minutes.
mm
26th September 2009, 11:26
Thanks!
yep 3 hours and 38 minutes makes it 3:00… which would make sense if the tv program starts at 2:00.
http://www.formula1.com/ – strange it saying only 34 mins to qualifying :S
SaloolaS
26th September 2009, 11:37
It says 34 minutes till Free practice 3 :)
mm
26th September 2009, 12:04
Haha how did I miss that, ah I just looked at the big clock…
I guess that’s what happens on a Saturday morning when you check the f1 site whilst still in bed – To see if its worth getting up, or whether just to lay there and let the weekend begin :)
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
26th September 2009, 11:36
For some reason the clock on the predictions stopped one hour early. I don’t know why that happened but I’ve extended it by a further hour and now it’s working again. You should be able to enter your predictions once more. Sorry about that.
steph90
26th September 2009, 11:44
damn, looks like Bar is going to take the pentaly for changing gearbox
steven healey
26th September 2009, 11:54
Rubens
Fernando
Jensen
gazzap
26th September 2009, 12:31
Keith, I am getting an error with the form.
Can I just do them here instead?
Gazzap
Hamilton
Barichello
Button
Hamilton
Thanks
gazzap
26th September 2009, 12:32
Did you say Bar took a penalty? ah.
not sure if I can change to
gazzap
Hamilton
Button
Hamilton
Vettel
If not no worries. cheers
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
26th September 2009, 13:10
Barrichello hasn’t changed his race gearbox and predictions can’t be made after the start of FP3.
Watson Waterstone
26th September 2009, 13:45
Bah! I am too late! Again!
I think the rule that says predictions have to be made before P3 is lame, because usually (well, this season anyway) you can’t make any reasonable predictions based on the result of P3…
gazzap
26th September 2009, 22:11
does that mean my predictions did not go through? If so I am very disappointed because I tried to submit my predictions twice on Friday afternoon and the form did not work – it kept giving me an error so I thought I would try on saturday morning.