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USA:

1. Hamilton
2. Verstappen
3. Ricciardo

USA 2017

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Daniel Ricciardo

Exediron wrote:2017 United States GP
Podium Prediction
1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Valtteri Bottas

Changing my picks to prevent losing the knockout cup by automation to Icemanjee1

Looks like it's back with Bottas for me.

TypingChicane wrote:USA:

1. Hamilton
2. Verstappen
3. Ricciardo

Still not sure if Verstappen will take a grid penalty or not. I'm guessing yes, so changing to:

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Ricciardo

TypingChicane wrote:Still not sure if Verstappen will take a grid penalty or not. I'm guessing yes, so changing to:

Yeah, I've also been going on the assumption that he will, but the lack of any announcement even now is making me wonder if we've all got it massively wrong...

Update for everyone waiting for the results: I forgot to take my usual scoring file with me (oops!) so I didn't get the results up last night. I'll try to make sure to do it manually later today, and hopefully without any errors.

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2017 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX RESULTS

A very exciting race once again yields a fairly flat result in the predictions championship: almost everyone correctly foresaw that Lewis Hamilton would continue his dominant form - both in Austin and, lately, everywhere - and the vast majority also saw that Sebastian Vettel would slot into his now-accustomed place of second. It was on the issue of third place that the predictions were more varied, with entrants going for both Red Bull drivers, Bottas, or even Vettel.

However, not a single one went for Kimi Raikkonen, the man who actually ended up in that position! So there's a huge pile of joint-winners with first and second correct.

Honorable mention to Fountoukos13, who was the winner with a Perfect Podium for about two minutes.

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First Place - 8 points
TypingChicane, Icemanjee1, robins13, Exediron, Mayhem, Jenson's Understeer, mcdo, Lotus49, Herb, Bentrovato, TheDamus, Fountoukos13

Second Place - 5 points
Black_Flag_11, Remmirath

The Rest - 0 points
Jezza13, cm97

Did Not Start
theferret

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With pretty much everybody scoring the same thing, there isn't too much movement. What there is mostly consists of those who failed to match the prevailing prediction tumbling down the charts.

The first of those is Black_Flag_11, but it's a small tumble; having predicted Hamilton correctly - but not Vettel - he only loses a single place to Icemanjee1, although Exediron is now very close as well. Jezza13 is less fortunate; scoring no points at all in a generally high-scoring round, he falls from 5th all the way to 9th, and is now the first of those more than a Perfect Podium outside the lead.

Further down, cm97 also failed to score and loses two positions, falling to 12th behind Mayhem and Jenson's Understeer. The other entrant to lose places is theferret, who once again fails to enter a round and falls to last place. He won't be declassified from the championship, since he's actually on a team - but if Bentrovato finds another driver to replace him, he will be.

Individual Standings - Round Seventeen

1. TypingChicane --- 78 Points
2. mcdo --- 76 Points
3. TheDamus --- 72 Points
4. Icemanjee1 --- 69 Points
5. Black_Flag_11 --- 68 Points
6. Exediron --- 67 Points
7. Bentrovato --- 65 Points (2 Perfect Podiums)
8. Herb -- 65 Points (1 Perfect Podium)
9. Jezza13 --- 62 Points
10. Mayhem --- 57 Points
11. Jenson's Understeer --- 56 Points
12. cm97 --- 54 Points
13. Fountoukos13 --- 50 Points
14. Lotus49 --- 48 Points
15. robins13 --- 46 Points
16. Remmirath --- 42 Points
17. theferret --- 39 Points

In the team standings, things are surprisingly a bit livelier! The top two teams both contained one of the two entrants who failed to score a point, and as a result have seen their leads dashed apart. Jalopy Racing maintains the top spot for the moment, but Bernie's Bwoah has lost at least one position to McLotus. Since my championship file with all the tiebreakers isn't on my laptop, I don't know if they've lost third place to No Limit Excedrin Racing as well - we'll have to wait and see about that one, but the top four are now separated by just 4 points!

A little further back, Mind Your Manors slips ever so slightly off the rear of the 2015 champs due to Black_Flag_11 dropping 3 points on the No Limit drivers, but they're still very much in the hunt. The Drive Sauber partnership scored the same as the 2016 champions, and maintain their 4-point gap.

At the back, we finally have a fight on our hands once more; Sand Bag'n may have waited too long to take the sand bags off, but they're finally scoring again, and scoring well. With theferret out of the picture right now, they've reeled in Bentrovato's one-man team (something I think I've said before; he doesn't have the best luck with teammates) and are now in position to actually occupy a place other than last. Exciting times are upon us!

Team Standings - Round Seventeen

1. Jalopy Racing (Herb & Jezza13) --- 127 Points
2. McLotus (Lotus49 & mcdo) --- 124 Points
3. Bernie's Bwoah (Icemanjee1 & cm97) --- 123 Points
4. No Limit Excedrin Racing (Exediron & Jenson's Understeer) --- 123 Points
5. Mind Your Manors (Black_Flag_11 & Fountoukos13) --- 118 Points
6. Drive Sauber (Remmirath & TheDamus) --- 114 Points
7. Massa Attack (theferret & Bentrovato) --- 104 Points
8. Sand Bag'n (robins13 & Mayhem) --- 103 Points

CHAMPIONSHIP PICTURE

With 42 points left to play for, everyone is still in mathematical contention for the championship. However, that won't stay true for very long; if theferret fails to score a Perfect Podium in Mexico he will be the first to be eliminated, and as many as 11 drivers stand to be potentially eliminated if the leader scores a Perfect Podium of his own and they fail to gather a point.

Starting with next race, eliminated contestants will have their names marked in red on the standings table. No teams will be eliminated until at least the next race, but the same will be true for them once they start to fall out of mathematical contention.

Further note! Since I'm typing these results up manually without my usual file, please check them for accuracy, and if you think your results are not correct, let me know!

Banker for Mexico:

Vet
Ham
Ver

Exediron wrote:
At the back, we finally have a fight on our hands once more; Sand Bag'n may have waited too long to take the sand bags off, but they're finally scoring again, and scoring well. With theferret out of the picture right now, they've reeled in Bentrovato's one-man team (something I think I've said before; he doesn't have the best luck with teammates) and are now in position to actually occupy a place other than last. Exciting times are upon us!

Another excellent write up Excediron!
Lol that’s so funny... I think you said the same thing last year when my partner ruste13 bailed halfway through. All I can do now is finish as best as I can in the drivers championship with the hopes that CarlPotters Top Three has a silly season and I can be paired up with a competitive driver for 2018

Mexico

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Verstappen

Knockout Cup: semi-final update #3

I really wanted this to be more exciting but... all four of our semi-finalists scored eight points. Which means that the matches end as follows:

Icemanjee1 (8) 10 vs. 8 (8) Exediron
Herb (8) 11 vs. 14 (8) TypingChicane

Both Icemanjee1, the #2 seed, and TypingChicane (seeded #5) hold on to book a place in the Knockout Cup final! Interestingly, TypingChicane heads the individual standings while Icemanjee1 has dropped to fourth, so despite being the lower seed you could argue that TypingChicane is the favourite. With Red Bull getting into the mix getting a perfect podium could be a harder challenge than it was earlier on in the season, so hopefully it'll be a good fight to see who succeeds Black_Flag_11 as the second Knockout Cup Champion!

Mexico

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Verstappen

Mexican Grand Prix
1. Daniel Ricciardo
2. Max Verstappen
3. Valtteri Bottas

A bold prediction is the only thing that could salvage my season at this point and save me from the race to the bottom, so it's past time for my predictions to get dicier!

Let's get dangerous.

2017 Mexican GP
Podium Prediction
1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Daniel Ricciardo
3. Max Verstappen

This could get interesting


1. Vettel
2. Ricciardo
3. Hamilton

Mexico

The Ham
Vettel
Riccardo

I wouldn't be at all surprised to see the most varied picks of the year here. I really have no idea how it is going to go down. A perfect podium by the right person here could win the championship.

Mexico

1. HAM
2. RIC
3. VET

Mehico

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Verstappen

Mexico
1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Verstappen

Mexico:

1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Ricciardo

Mexico:
Hamilton
Vettel
Ricciardo

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Verstappen

Mexico GP 2017

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Max Verstappen
3. Daniel Ricciardo

Mexico

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Ricciardo

Mexico

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Ricciardo

Not looking like a lot of high scores so far, based on quali...

Just to let everyone know, I'll be driving pretty much all day tomorrow: I hope to watch the race on my laptop after I get into the hotel, but if the internet is poor I might not be able to. Results will therefore be delayed until at least late Sunday night.

Well that quali sure makes my picks look horrible. I don't even see how much can happen to make my picks possible.

Unofficial result: TypingChicane scores 5 points, everyone else scores 0.

I'm too tired to do a full write-up tonight, so it'll probably be some time tomorrow. But I'm pretty sure that's what it's gonna be.

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2017 MEXICAN GRAND PRIX RESULTS

Delayed results, so I'm going to keep these short and (if you're TypingChicane) sweet.

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First Place - 5 points
TypingChicane

The Rest - 0 points
Everybody Else

Did Not Start
theferret

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TypingChicane extends his lead.

Individual Standings - Round Eighteen

1. TypingChicane --- 83 Points
2. mcdo --- 76 Points
3. TheDamus --- 72 Points
4. Icemanjee1 --- 69 Points
5. Black_Flag_11 --- 68 Points
6. Exediron --- 67 Points
7. Bentrovato --- 65 Points (2 Perfect Podiums)
8. Herb -- 65 Points (1 Perfect Podium)
9. Jezza13 --- 62 Points
10. Mayhem --- 57 Points
11. Jenson's Understeer --- 56 Points
12. cm97 --- 54 Points
13. Fountoukos13 --- 50 Points
14. Lotus49 --- 48 Points
15. robins13 --- 46 Points
16. Remmirath --- 42 Points
17. theferret --- 39 Points

TypingChicane doesn't have a team, so no changes at all here!

Team Standings - Round Eighteen

1. Jalopy Racing (Herb & Jezza13) --- 127 Points
2. McLotus (Lotus49 & mcdo) --- 124 Points
3. Bernie's Bwoah (Icemanjee1 & cm97) --- 123 Points
4. No Limit Excedrin Racing (Exediron & Jenson's Understeer) --- 123 Points
5. Mind Your Manors (Black_Flag_11 & Fountoukos13) --- 118 Points
6. Drive Sauber (Remmirath & TheDamus) --- 114 Points
7. Massa Attack (theferret & Bentrovato) --- 104 Points
8. Sand Bag'n (robins13 & Mayhem) --- 103 Points

CHAMPIONSHIP PICTURE

A huge swath of people have removed themselves from any contention by failing to score. With 28 points still available over the course of two races, 55 points are needed to remain in with a mathematical shot at the title.

CLINCHING SCENARIOS FOR BRAZIL

TypingChicane is the only competitor who can clinch the title in Brazil, and he needs to do it by scoring at a minimum 8 points with mcdo not scoring. If he scores a Perfect Podium, he will be champion providing that mcdo fails to score at least 8 points, and TheDamus and Icemanjee1 don't also score perfect podiums.

There is no possibility for a team to clinch the title in Brazil, aside from a double perfect podium by Jalopy Racing and no points scored by any other team.

Ah, this is the part where I have to do the acceptance speech and say that I'm kinda surprised I was the only one who thought Max was going to win in Mexico!

TypingChicane wrote:Ah, this is the part where I have to do the acceptance speech and say that I'm kinda surprised I was the only one who thought Max was going to win in Mexico!

We were all fools for not predicting it as soon as Dani Kvyat got dripped for good.

Knockout Cup: final update #1

Icemanjee1 0 (0) vs. 5 (5) TypingChicane

Advantage: TypingChicane! As the only person to score a point in Mexico, the overall leader takes a step towards becoming the first Top Three Championship/Knockout Cup double winner, opening up a five-point lead on Icemanjee1. TypingChicane could secure the Knockout Cup in Brasil if they manage to score a perfect podium and Icemanjee1 fails to correctly predict the race winner. Any other combination of results would mean the second Knockout Cup winner will be crowned after Abu Dhabi.

So my title challenge ends in horrible fashion
I should have done a Rosberg and quit last season itself
BTW, there are still 28 points to play for, not 24 I think. So my partner Mayhem and Jenson's understeer still having a mathematical chance.

robins13 wrote:So my title challenge ends in horrible fashion
I should have done a Rosberg and quit last season itself
BTW, there are still 28 points to play for, not 24 I think. So my partner Mayhem and Jenson's understeer still having a mathematical chance.

Two perfect podiums and TypingChicane scoring no points, as well as a bunch of others scoring badly? It's perfectly doable

robins13 wrote:BTW, there are still 28 points to play for, not 24 I think. So my partner Mayhem and Jenson's understeer still having a mathematical chance.

You're correct; I've edit the post to reflect that slightly more people have a desperate hope at the title.

BRazil:

VET
HAM
RIC

Time to pull one out of the hat

Brasil

1. Vettel
2. Verstappen
3. Hamilton

Brazil

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Verstappen

Banker prediction, but look for it to change if TypingChicane makes the same one...

2017 Brazilian GP
Podium Prediction
1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Valtteri Bottas
3. Max Verstappen

EDITED 11/10/2017 - 17:26 EST

Gotta risk it for the chocolate biscuit. There's no scenario that has me winning the title if I have the same top two as TypingChicane.

EDITED 11/10/2017 - 19:48 EST

Un-risked it a little bit, in preference for the team championship...

Brazil:

1. Hamilton
2. Verstappen
3. Bottas

Brazil

1. Hamilton
2. Verstappen
3. Vettel