Join in our Predictions Competition - Malaysian GP

By Karl King
March 19 2008

As it was announced so soon to the Australian GP, our Predictions Competition will properly get underway this weekend for the Malaysian GP. The competition is running on our message board, and all you need to do is post your predictions for various positions during the upcoming GP, and the overall winner at the end of the season, we hope, will win a prize (TBC).

If you'd like to join in, visit the mesage board here and click on the thread at the top of the page ('Force Fans Prediction Competition - Round 2') to post your predictions for the Malaysian GP.

And if you're thinking that there's no point in joining in as you've already missed the first race, think again as due to the high attrition rate, the highest points 'haul' from the race was 2 points so you won't be at much of a disadvantage!

If you aren't yet registered on SportNetwork, and therefore can't post on our message board, it's quick and easy to do so right here.

Here's how it works:

1. All picks must be submitted and will be only accepted as valid before qualifying begins for the GP. You can edit your picks up until 30 minutes before qualifying. Any predictions submitted after this will be invalid and you won’t be able to predict for that GP weekend. In cases of dispute, I will use the time Sportnetwork posted your message and compare it to the advertised start time of qualifying.

2. Your most recent prediction for each race within the time limit will be used. If you wish to change your prediction, I would prefer it if you edited the post containing your prediction, though adding a post to the end of the prediction thread will also be acceptable.

3. The things to be predicted are:
- Pole Position: 2 points
- Race Winner: 10
- 2nd: 8
- 3rd: 6
- 4th: 5
- 5th: 4
- 6th: 3
- 7th: 2
- 8th: 1
- Fastest Lap: 2 points.
- First Retirement: 1 (if there is a tie e.g. three cars take themselves out at the first corner, anyone predicting any of the drivers who tied for first retirement will receive the point).
- Correct finishing position (including DNF) of the Force India drivers: 2 points each for correct position, 1 point for each DNF.
- 1 bonus point for correctly predicting a points score for a specific Force India driver, and 1 extra bonus point for choosing the correct points-scoring position for that driver.

Here is a base template which you can use to list your predictions for each race:

- Pole Position:
- Race Winner:
- 2nd:
- 3rd:
- 4th:
- 5th:
- 6th:
- 7th:
- 8th:
- Fastest Lap:
- First Retirement:
- Finishing Position of Car 20 (Adrian Sutil):
- Finishing Position of Car 21 (Giancarlo Fisichella):

4. All predictions above must be exactly correct. Should any driver pull out before the race weekend, his replacement is not automatically substituted in the predictions. You can edit your choice as per usual earlier than 30 minutes before qualifying.

5. The prize for the winner will be announced later in the season. The prize for everyone else will be enjoying competing with each other.

6. In the first instance, Alianora La Canta will adjudicate and organise. In extraordinary circumstances, Kinger HRF1 will be consulted. His decision is final.

7. The qualifying and race results first published by formula1.com will be used to judge the predictions placed. No appeal to organiser's decision which is final.

8. Retirement means not finishing the race after the race has started. So any retirement resulting from not starting the race does not fall under this description. The retirement can be due to an accident, mechanical or judicial reason.

9. Any additional rules can be added to aid clarity but not to change the predictions format and the points as and when deemed necessary.

10. During the following week of each Grand Prix, all scores will be tallied and updates made to the competition standings. At the end of the 2008 season, the people who are 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the competition will be announced.

11. If there are any problems, please let Alianora La Canta know and she'll try to sort it out. Otherwise, enjoy yourself and good luck.