In Australia, pmhorrocks took the victory and the twenty-five points. In Malaysia, monza972 stole it. And so, we arrived in China, with a hint of the speed of each team; who would come out on top?
Well, amazingly, we have a four-way tie at the top, meaning each of the top four receive only 17.5 points each. A bit of a blow when you finish at the top, but four players picked the same drivers, who all scored, and so they were inseparable.
A few quick stats before the results:
- The highest possible score was, I think, 72: Hamilton, Vettel, Webber, Rosberg and Schumacher. I can’t say I’m surprised no one picked this!
- Most Valuable Pick (MVP): Hamilton at 2.91 points. Rosberg was the next-best at 2.38.
- Most-picked driver: Hamilton (14 picks). Despite Vettel’s ever-increasing price, which will go up again in China, he was picked 13 times.
- Massa and Petrov were picked just once each. Petrov was particularly bad value in China.
So, time for the results (race score in brackets):
- first equal:ferrari_fuhrer, Forza Ferrari (70), +17.5 points;
- first equal:forzavale, Mercedes Moaners (70), +17.5 points;
- first equal:paprys91, Renault Renaissance (70), +17.5 points;
- first equal: steph90, Forza Ferrari (70), + 17.5 points;
- schueyfan, Lotus Legends (69), +10 points;
- alexs, Red Bull Rogues (64), +8 points;
- jkblues, Sauber Start-Ups (63), +6 points;
- pmhorrocks, Sauber Start-Ups (63), +4 points;
- sallys, Reb Bull Rogues (61), +2 points;
- schumistar, Mercedes Moaners (59), +1 point;
- lizzy91, HRT Horror Show (56);
- monza972, Renault Renaissance (56);
- martin_d, HRT Horror Show (54);
- marcsmeed, Wayward Williams (50);
- wilkie84, Wayward Williams (41);
- sasjag, Lotus Legends (27.5*).
So, ferrari_fuhrer, forzavale, paprys91 and step90 share the spoils, with Forza Ferrari doing particularly well. Lizzy91 has now finished 10th, 10th and 11th, and now lies 14th in the standings, only in front of those who haven’t yet scored… Alexs has finally scored! And wilkie84, well, he was winning half way through the race… but that counts for nothing! Monza972 continues the trend of the previous winner not scoring, so it’ll be interesting to see what happens in China! It should also be noted that Wayward Williams are just that, having scored… 0 points!
The Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championship scores can be found on the current standings page. Don’t forget to make your picks for Turkey! You have just under a week to do it…