2012 FORZAMINARDI.COM CHALLENGE - ROUND 03 - Shanghai (13-15 APR 2012)

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2012 FORZAMINARDI.COM CHALLENGE - ROUND 03 - Shanghai (13 - 15 APR 2012)


2012 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 2012 ForzaMinardi Challenge are Lease, manlio27,
Forzaminardi, PistonBroke and Telstar (if Lease, R-J, Piston and Telstar 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.

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Pole: Rosberg

P1 - Hamilton
P2 - Button
P3 - Webber
P4 - Vettel

Best Ex - Webber

First Out - Grosjean (hat trick??)

SuperRoo

Pole: Button

P1 - Button
P2 - Vettel
P3 - Clewlis
P4 - Webber

Best Ex - Webber

First Out - Verne

forzaminardi

Pole: Lewis

P1 - Alonso
P2 - Vettel
P3 - Lewis
P4 - Perez

Best Ex - Alonso

First Out - Maldonado

PistonBroke

Pole: Hamilton

P1 - Hamilton
P2 - Vettel
P3 - Perez
P4 - Webber

Best Ex - Webber

First Out - Karthikeyan

manlio27

Pole: Button
1st: Button
2nd: Clewlis
3rd: Vettel
4th: M$
First out: Vergne
Best ex-Minardi: Webbo


Table after round 2:
Superoo 6-2-8

Telstar 7-0-7

Lease 4-2-6

Jumpeyspider 2-2-4

Pistonbroke 2-2-4

Manlio 0-3-3

JumpeySpyder

Pole: J. Button

P1 - J. Button
P2 - S. Vettel
P3 - L. Hamilton
P4 - M. Webber

Best Ex - M. Webber

First Out - T. Glock

Telstar

Seems I forgot about qualifying, at least only one of you had Rosberg for pole. Mercedes might help me limit the damage by throwing a wrench into everyone's picks for this round, or revert to their previous race pace.

Good luck everyone.

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Results after Round 3

Superoo 8-5-13

Lease 6-4-10

Jumpeyspider 4-5-9

Telstar 7-0-7

Pistonbroke 4-3-7

Manlio 3-2-5

Forza 0-2-2

I really am not sure why no-one else thought that a Merc would get pole on this circuit.

Telstar

Lease I think I will place my picks before I get into a project and forget again. This competition is still too wide open to make silly mistakes like that.

Bahrain

Pole: Rosberg

P1 - Rosberg
P2 - Button
P3 - Shumacher
P4 - Webber

Best Ex - M. Webber

First Out - Vettel

Lease

A prudent precaution one would think.

Not sure about Merc doing well in this one, and maybe not even getting pole. Tyre temps are going to be the key here, and folks like Perez could shine again. Button looking very good.