Chief F1 Fan

Hamilton drops 2 spots to 9th

F-C

We have a new leader! Chief overtakes Dougler for the top spot. This is Chief's first lead since the first race.
Bearcat strikes back by jumping six places to take third place.

Chief F1 Fan

Not counting on being up there long though

speedemon90

Hey bearcat! You better watch out!

Bearcat94

At least I'm not completely out of it. After my boneheaded "Hamiltonian" last race, I thought I was finished.

I would've been sitting pretty if I would've scored some points on the Spanish GP.

dallison

At least i'm only 43 points behind the leader.

F-C

I'm right behind you dallison.

F-C

Despite scoring only 4 points each, Chief and Dougler are still at the top of the charts. Lots of movement mid table.

speedemon90

fuck me...

speedemon90

i had the best pick going into the race too

Chief F1 Fan

So did I, dallison, West, F-C, the Dougler, speedemon, uzzman and bearcat to name but a few.

speedemon90

lol true, but looking at quali i had the best, but fawkin button had to take out alonso!

dallison

I'm coming to reclaim my position at the top.

Chief F1 Fan

^^^

CanopyFlyer

Does Ferrari even show up for these races anymore?

Chief F1 Fan

Did you see P1-P3 and Qualifying?? They have two more races before throwing in the towel and chasing 2012 with their efforts.

Bearcat94

Big move. Nice race for you.




Top 5 are within 20 points of the top; 30 points covers the top 9.

The Dougler

iTrader: (1)

great race everyone. im loving how close this year is.

speedemon90

blame button


took out my driver(hamilton)

and alonso

I may as well missed this week

F-C

I don't see too much of a backlash against Button in the race. Did the FIA issue any explainations? It could be argued that he took out both Alonso and Hamilton. Sure, the wet race made it tricky, but he still knocked those two out by contact.

imj0257

iTrader: (1)

My pick if it isn't too late to join:

Driver: Button (Yea, he's going to come back and steal it from Vettel!)
Team: Red Bull (Gives me wings)

F-C

Is that your prediction for the championship? If so, you're a couple month late submitting it.

imj0257

iTrader: (1)

^ Yes that is my prediction.

And I know I'm a month late, I just found out about the league now. No worries, I will come back and win it all

speedemon90

i dunno about doing the individual races, but your championship prediction doesnt count!

Either way, do you really think button is gonna come back and win it all?

F-C

That's a very bold or stupid prediction for the championship.

Chief F1 Fan

Are you a pot smoker Fokker?

imj0257

iTrader: (1)

No. I am . And Button's win at Montreal is the first of 10 straight.

CanopyFlyer

Yes, hence why I picked Alonso/ Ferrari...

However, qualifying means squat on race day.

What does "throw in the towel" mean? Will they withdraw from all future 2011 races? Or are they stopping all development on the current chassis, and just putting what they have on the track for the rest of the season. Putting all of their engineering resources into developing next year's car. I wouldn't think Alonso would sit still for that.

Chief F1 Fan

ohhh, so you're into the hallucinogenics then must be

Chief F1 Fan

I would disagree with your statement about qualifying being meaningless and apparently so would you as you seemingly picked Alonso/Ferrari based on quali/pace.

Ferrari will turn their attentions to next year's car and give up major development on this year's car if things don't turn around, the law of diminishing returns and all that I suspect. F1 teams do this every year and I highly doubt any driver, MS included when he was at his pinnacle, could instruct the factory what he wanted or didn't want done. Oh well, makes sense to me and let's hope the Scuderia get it right and SOON!!

CanopyFlyer

That was not really my point. The world's fastest qualifier gets nothing, if he isn't in the front the last lap of the race. While I do believe that qualifying can be indicative of race performance, it is not reliable. too many variables.

That makes sense. I wouldn't think Ferrari would completely withdraw, but I have seen such circumstances before in other leagues.

Thanks!

Bearcat94

Assuming you don't know the outcomes of the races and that you apply our F1 Fantasy League rules regards Driver and Team selection limits, I think the sheet below is the best possible score a single player could achive, YTD - a "Perfect Season", if you will.




Knowing the outcome of the races, you could optimize this for maximum possible points, but that wouldn't be in the spirit of how a player's selections are constrained.

speedemon90

hmm interesting, I still have one vettel left, I really hope when I use it, he doesnt get anything below first.

F-C

Thanks for making me feel better. Out of a possible 257.5 points, I only got 175.5 points.

F-C

Dougler opens a gap at the top. Second to fifth is only seperated by 3 points!

speedemon90

on the bright side, i have some extra pics left

F-C

Exactly. Missing one race is not the end of the world. At the end of the season, when people are choosing Alguersuari or di Resta, it's only a couple of points anyway.

speedemon90

sucks that the race before I got 4 points

that and missing it threw me out of the race for first, lets see how high i can get though. Going for top 3!!

Chief F1 Fan

Last 2 races FN killed me

dallison

I just need to make sure vettel wins the championship to get the extra points at teh end of the year.