BOT HUL OCO
VER RAI MAG
HAM VET PER
SAI STR SIR
ALO VAN HAR
LEC ERI GRO
Lance Stroll was last on the grid so no bonuses this time - no changes in the standings this round but Wouter getting the joint top score with ursus closes the gaps at the top and bottom slightly.
nmrfox - 6 (86)
Wouter D - 8 (75)
longeared - 7 (67)
Kevin S - 5 (65)
Third rate Leszno - 5 (63)
ursus arctos - 8 (59)
Qualifying starts on Sat 29 September, 1500 local time, 1300 BST or 1200 UTC. Hulkenberg and Sirotkin sit this one out.
PER BOT RIC
RAI MAG VER
VET HAM ALO
GRO ERI OCO
LEC HAR STR
SAI VAN GAS
Bonus: Predict who will be in 8th place in the Driver Standings after the race.
For info:
7 Hulkenberg RENAULT 53 8 Alonso MCLAREN 50
9 Magnussen HAAS 49
10 Perez FORCE INDIA 46
11 Ocon FORCE INDIA 45
12 Sainz RENAULT 38
13 Gasly TORO ROSSO 28
14 Grosjean HAAS 27
Points for the race = 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1
Sorry, let this slip a little bit and should've set it up and bumped earlier.
F1 2018 Russian Grand Prix - the answers
BOT RIC PER
RAI VER MAG
HAM VET ALO
OCO GRO ERI
LEC STR HAR
VAN SAI GAS
The eighth placed driver is now Hulkenberg after Magnussen leapt past him. They both have 53 points but Magnussen has two 5th places to Hulkenberg's one (I think that's how it goes).
nmrfox - 7 (93)
Wouter D - d (75)
Kevin S - 5 (70)
longeared - d (67)
Third rate Leszno - 4 (67)
ursus arctos - d (59)
So foxy stretches his lead, and I got a free shot at the podium. Better put Suzuka up now then...
Apparently I missed a GP whilst I was wrapped up in my WRC bubble last weekend - only remembered when I heard the result on the radio on Sunday afternoon! Gah.
HAM BOT PER
RIC VET MAG
RAI ALO HUL
GRO OCO STR
SAI GAS ERI
HAR VAN SIR
Daniel Ricciardo put in a superb drive to get up from 15th to 4th and as a result foxy bags two bonus points, completing his century on the way to a probable title here as well. Otherwise, it was fives all round for anyone who spotted the thread...
nmrfox - 5+2 (100)
Wouter D - 5 (80)
Kevin S - 5 (75)
longeared - 5 (72)
Third rate Leszno - d (67)
ursus arctos - d (59)
Hopefully a week is long enough to think about this one! Qualifying at COTA is Saturday 20 October, 1600 local time (2200 BST, 2100 UTC). No Alonso from the top half or Ocon from the lower (which is actually the 10th and 11th drivers in the standings, fact fans).
HAM BOT PER
RIC MAG VER
VET HUL RAI
HAR SIR ERI
STR SAI GRO
GAS LEC VAN
To earn this race's bonus, you need to get all three of these team-mate qualifying head-to-heads correct. Who qualifies further ahead out of:
- RAI or VET
- HAR or GAS
- OCO or PER
So you just need to give the three names for those.
If I'd done a bit of research before that bonus, I could have found out the qualifying head to heads within each team for the season so far. It turns out, in fact, that the three teams I've chosen all have a 13-4 margin for qualifying from the 17 races so far (with VET, GAS, OCO being ahead of their team-mate by that margin in each case).
But I guess there's enough variation across the three for it to be interesting.
The tightest ones are Renault (HUL 9-8 SAI), Haas (GRO 7-10 MAG) and Williams (SIR 10-7 STR). McLaren is at the other end of the spectrum (ALO 17-0 VAN)
Four retirements and two DSQs in this one, and while the official website doesn't list the DSQs in the race result I'm placing Magnussen (DSQ) behind Ricciardo (DNF), which is what Wiki is doing.
Also the qualifying bonus is about their position in qualifying, i.e. before any grid penalties.
Right-o, the results:
HAM BOT PER
VER RIC MAG
RAI VET HUL
HAR ERI SIR
SAI STR GRO
VAN GAS LEC
So VET out-qualified RAI but was then penalised. GAS beat HAR and OCO beat PER.
VET, GAS, OCO, giving the bonus to TrL.
nmrfox - 5 (105)
Wouter D - d (80)
Kevin S - 5 (80)
Third rate Leszno - 4+2 (73)
longeared - d (72)
ursus arctos - d (59)
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