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Round 20: Sao Paulo, Brazil

The start of the race saw pole man Hamilton lead away whist fellow front row starter Vettel was passed into the first corner by Bottas. The Ferrari's of Vettel and Raikkonen struggled in the early laps as they started on the harder soft tyres this enabled Verstappen to pass both drivers and it wasn't long before he was also passed Bottas into second place.

Hamilton managed to keep Verstappen at bay but further back Vettel ran wide enabling Raikkonen by into 4th place whilst Ricciardo was up to 6th from 11th on the grid after taking a 5 place engine related grid penalty.

The Mercedes cars started to struggle with their tyres wearing and both Bottas and soon after Hamilton had to pit onto the hardest medium tyre, the Ferrari's of Vettel and then a few laps latter Raikkonen were able to pit much later on the medium tyres, Vettel pitting before Raikkonen allowed him back in front of his teammate.

The Red Bull drivers Verstappen and Ricciardo stayed out even later than the Ferrari's which meant they could go to the end of the race on the quicker soft tyres when they pitted, Verstappen rejoined the race only a few seconds behind the leader Hamilton and on the fresher and softer tyres it wasn't long before he went by Hamilton for the lead of the race.

Further back a team order was given for Raikkonen to pass his teammate Vettel who was struggling for pace, Bottas held up Raikkonen for several laps before he was passed likewise Ricciardo went by the struggling Vettel, with nothing left to lose soon after Vettel pitted for more tyres going onto the softest range of tyres, the super soft tyres.

Bottas was then passed by Ricciardo, a decision then was taken to pit Bottas onto the soft tyres to safeguard his 5th position against Vettel, meanwhile up front Ocon had pitted for fresh tyres and rather than being held up by the leader Verstappen decided to pass and unlap himself, Verstappen decided to defend his position on the track and the two cars collided and spun which allowed Hamilton back into the lead, Ocon received a 10 second penalty for the collision.

This left Verstappen 5 seconds behind Hamilton and even though his car was carrying damaged he started to close down the gap to the leader and towards the end of the race this had closed to under 2 seconds but Hamilton managed to hold on for the win, with Raikkonen in third from Ricciardo, Bottas and Vettel.

In third place with 141 points and receiving the "Reliable Raikkonen Trophy"

OnAGivenDay

In second place with 147 points and receiving the "Furious Verstappen Trophy"

KCGP28

In first place with 164 points and receiving the "Gifted Hamilton Trophy"

Jenson's Understeer


PF1 PICK 10 CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 - ROUND 20 - BRAZIL

1. Jenson's Understeer 182 (FP2 Penalty -18) 164
2. KCGP28 147
3. OnAGivenDay 141
4. Flash2k11 138
5. Black_Flag_11 136
5. TheDamus 136
7. Tufty 134
8. Laz_T800 133
9. MistaVega23 132
9. robins13 157 (FP3 Penalty -25) 132
9. Pisco Sour 132
12. P-F1 Mod 129
13. cm97 126
14. purchville 125
14. Dom1511 125
16. Icemanjee1 123
17. Mod Titanium 120
17. Mayhem 120
19. Exediron 117
20. paul85 131 (FP1 Penalty -15) 116
20. UnlikeUday 116
22. Bentrovato 114
22. tim3003 114
24. Lotus49 113
25. pokerman 111
26. specdecible 110
27. Remmirath 108
27. F1_Ernie 108
29. Herb 104
30. SteveW 103
31. jzusy 100
32. Covalent 98
33. JN23 96

I'm assuming that Jenson easily winning with a strategic penalty is going to reignite the debate we just had!

PF1 PICK 10 COMPETITION 2018 - LEADERBOARD GOING INTO ABU DHABI

1. Flash2k11 (R) 2451
2. Remmirath 2425
3. pokerman 2416
4. cm97 2413
5. Jenson's Understeer 2404
6. Laz_T800 2403
7. paul85 2398
8. Bentrovato 2395
9. Mod Titanium (R) 2393
10. P-F1 Mod 2390
11. Icemanjee1 2383
11. F1_Ernie 2383
13. Black_Flag_11 2378
14. Covalent 2376
15. Mayhem 2371
16. tim3003 2359
17. MistaVega23 2327
18. Exediron 2320
19. purchville 2316
20. Lotus49 2311
21. jzusy 2310
21. Herb 2310
23. KCGP28 (R) 2296
24. UnlikeUday 2293
25. OnAGivenDay (R) 2288
26. robins13 2230
27. SteveW 2224
28. JN23 (R) 2220
29. Tufty 2206
30. Dom1511 (R) 2185
31. Pisco Sour 2137
32. TheDamus 2125
33. specdecible 2092
34. Migen 2065
35. Kleefton 1295
36. TypingChicane 1287
37. Blackhander 1065
38. Marck 971
39. IXIAN 934
40. Invade 823
41. Warheart01 640
42. Colesy917 574
43. whitewolfartic 409
44. sandman1347 190
45. McPrancingBull 133
46. KingVoid 114
47. Olly-44 114
48. otisp 107

(R) = Rookie

Well, I wasn't expecting that.

Exediron wrote:I'm assuming that Jenson easily winning with a strategic penalty is going to reignite the debate we just had!

When the penalty rule gets changed, the new one had better be referred to as the ‘Jenson’s Understeer rule’

Jenson's Understeer wrote:

Exediron wrote:I'm assuming that Jenson easily winning with a strategic penalty is going to reignite the debate we just had!

When the penalty rule gets changed, the new one had better be referred to as the ‘Jenson’s Understeer rule’

Like the Verstappen rule?

People seem to be ok with how it is.

Well, I managed to shoot myself in the foot... Now I lost any chance for a top 3 championship finish because I forgot to add my predictions before FP1

Exediron wrote:

Exediron wrote: 2018 BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX
Top 10 Prediction

1. Lewis Hamilton 25
2. Sebastian Vettel 10
3. Kimi Raikkonen 25
4. Valtteri Bottas 18
5. Max Verstappen 12
6. Daniel Ricciardo 15
7. Nico Hulkenberg N/A
8. Carlos Sainz, Jr. N/A
9. Esteban Ocon N/A
10. Charles Leclerc 12

117 points. Not my best prediction. I didn't think Haas would be strong, and that's where I lost a lot of points.

I thought they would be strong but I simply don't trust the drivers and with no one else really picking them it seemed a bit risky, go for it for the title or play safe in a relative strong position hoping to just gain a few points?

Jenson's Understeer wrote:

Exediron wrote:I'm assuming that Jenson easily winning with a strategic penalty is going to reignite the debate we just had!

When the penalty rule gets changed, the new one had better be referred to as the ‘Jenson’s Understeer rule’

It's rare that the top 10 finish nearly in grid order, which, save for Eriksson, is what happened.

pokerman wrote:

Exediron wrote:

Exediron wrote: 2018 BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX
Top 10 Prediction

1. Lewis Hamilton 25
2. Sebastian Vettel 10
3. Kimi Raikkonen 25
4. Valtteri Bottas 18
5. Max Verstappen 12
6. Daniel Ricciardo 15
7. Nico Hulkenberg N/A
8. Carlos Sainz, Jr. N/A
9. Esteban Ocon N/A
10. Charles Leclerc 12

117 points. Not my best prediction. I didn't think Haas would be strong, and that's where I lost a lot of points.

I thought they would be strong but I simply don't trust the drivers and with no one else really picking them it seemed a bit risky, go for it for the title or play safe in a relative strong position hoping to just gain a few points?

I'd convinced myself it was going to be wet, and that Grosjean would be the first in the wall, hence hedging my bets by including Hulk. That didn't work out either. What no one really could have forseen pre-penalty time was just how strong Sauber were going to be. All of the top 6 actually finishing too tends to keep the scores fairly even, but the order this time was heavily messed about by Vettel being so low, I got pretty lucky on this front.

I read last years competition topic to see how many points the winner got, and while doing so, saw that you got the top 10 to PM you their picks for the final round, are you gonna be doing this again? And if so, are you deferring it to someone else as you are still right in the race? I'm almost nervous

Flash2k11 wrote:

pokerman wrote:

Exediron wrote:

Exediron wrote: 2018 BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX
Top 10 Prediction

1. Lewis Hamilton 25
2. Sebastian Vettel 10
3. Kimi Raikkonen 25
4. Valtteri Bottas 18
5. Max Verstappen 12
6. Daniel Ricciardo 15
7. Nico Hulkenberg N/A
8. Carlos Sainz, Jr. N/A
9. Esteban Ocon N/A
10. Charles Leclerc 12

117 points. Not my best prediction. I didn't think Haas would be strong, and that's where I lost a lot of points.

I thought they would be strong but I simply don't trust the drivers and with no one else really picking them it seemed a bit risky, go for it for the title or play safe in a relative strong position hoping to just gain a few points?

I'd convinced myself it was going to be wet, and that Grosjean would be the first in the wall, hence hedging my bets by including Hulk. That didn't work out either. What no one really could have forseen pre-penalty time was just how strong Sauber were going to be. All of the top 6 actually finishing too tends to keep the scores fairly even, but the order this time was heavily messed about by Vettel being so low, I got pretty lucky on this front.

I read last years competition topic to see how many points the winner got, and while doing so, saw that you got the top 10 to PM you their picks for the final round, are you gonna be doing this again? And if so, are you deferring it to someone else as you are still right in the race? I'm almost nervous

Yeah I've just contacted someone today to see if he's happy to receive the secret entries of the top 10 players, like you say it can't be me otherwise being in 3rd place I would have an unfair advantage, I was going to ask one of the mods but they've both somehow managed to squeeze themselves into the top 10.

Maybe someone would like to volunteer?

pokerman wrote:Yeah I've just contacted someone today to see if he's happy to receive the secret entries of the top 10 players, like you say it can't be me otherwise being in 3rd place I would have an unfair advantage, I was going to ask one of the mods but they've both somehow managed to squeeze themselves into the top 10.

Maybe someone would like to volunteer?

I could do it if your other lead doesn't work out. I curate the Top Three Championship, so I'm used to this sort of thing - and I'm not realistically in this race at all.

Exediron wrote:

pokerman wrote:Yeah I've just contacted someone today to see if he's happy to receive the secret entries of the top 10 players, like you say it can't be me otherwise being in 3rd place I would have an unfair advantage, I was going to ask one of the mods but they've both somehow managed to squeeze themselves into the top 10.

Maybe someone would like to volunteer?

I could do it if your other lead doesn't work out. I curate the Top Three Championship, so I'm used to this sort of thing - and I'm not realistically in this race at all.

That's fine by me, he's still not replied, my guess is that he's not a frequent user of the board and it's better this is sorted sooner rather than later, I will pm you.

For the final round of the competition the top 10 players have the option of using a secret entry which needs to be pmed to Exediron, this basically safeguards your entry against any possible game playing, the top 10 players are:-

Flash2k11
Remmirath
pokerman
cm97
Jenson's Understeer
Laz_T800
paul85
Bentrovato
Mod Titanium
P-F1 Mod

Best of luck ladies and gentlemen, it's been a blast

Flash2k11 wrote:Best of luck ladies and gentlemen, it's been a blast

After the last round you are a strong favourite now.

Would I be correct in thinking that a 26-point advantage is the highest anyone has entered the final race with?

Exediron wrote:Would I be correct in thinking that a 26-point advantage is the highest anyone has entered the final race with?

Off the top of my head I would say no, from experience 26 points is reasonably close.

Edit: Just checked in 2016 Covalent had a 56 point lead over somebody called Exediron.

Entry submitted to Exediron for Abu Dhabi.

pokerman wrote:

Exediron wrote:Would I be correct in thinking that a 26-point advantage is the highest anyone has entered the final race with?

Off the top of my head I would say no, from experience 26 points is reasonably close.

Edit: Just checked in 2016 Covalent had a 56 point lead over somebody called Exediron.

I tried to forget about that!

Abu Dhabi '18

1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Raikkonen
4. Verstappen
5. Bottas
6. Ricciardo
7. Hulkenberg
8. Perez
9. Leclerc
10. Grojean

The end is near... Abu Dhabi

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Vettel
4. Raikkonen
5. Ricciardo
6. Verstappen
7. Hulkenberg
8. Leclerc
9. Perez
10. Magnussen

Abu Dhabi:

Vettel
Hamilton
Raikkonnen
Bottas
Verstappen
Ricciardo
Magnussen
Sainz
Grosjean
Leclerc

1. Bottas
2. Verstappen
3. Hamilton
4. Vettel
5. Ricciardo
6. Raikkonen
7. Leclerc
8. Sainz
9. Grosjean
10. Ocon

AD

1. Bottas
2. Vettel
3. Ricciardo
4. Verstappen
5. Raikkonen
6. Hamilton
7. Ocon
8. Leclerc
9. Hulkenberg
10. Perez

With 3 podiums out of my 4 Abu Dhabi predictions, I feel like I have some expectations to stand up to here...

2018 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX
Top 10 Prediction

1. Valtteri Bottas
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. Sebastian Vettel
4. Max Verstappen
5. Kimi Raikkonen
6. Daniel Ricciardo
7. Charles Leclerc
8. Romain Grosjean
9. Kevin Magnussen
10. Marcus Ericsson

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Also, a reminder: I only have predictions from two of the top ten as of yet. Don't leave it too late and get a penalty!

Just submitted mine... I'm taking a high risk approach and expect to finish the season around 23rd...

Abu Dhabi

1 HAM
2 VET
3 BOT
4 VER
5 RAI
6 RIC
7 OCO
8 PER
9 HUL
10 LEC

Abu Dhabi
1. Bottas
2. Vettel
3. Raikkonen
4. Hamilton
5. Ricciardo
6. Verstappen
7. Ocon
8. Magnussen
9. Hulkenberg
10. Perez

Abu Dhabi :

1 bot
2 ham
3 ver
4 ric
5 vet
6 rai
7 hul
8 oco
9 sai
10 per

Abu dhabi

Hamilton
Vettel
Verstappen
Bottas
Raikkonen
Ricciardo
Grosjean
Sainz
Ocon
Leclerc

Hoping for another strong weekend after my first podium in Brazil,

Abu Dhabi

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Vettel
4. Verstappen
5. Ricciardo
6. Raikkonen
7. Hulkenberg
8. Ocon
9. Leclerc
10. Magnussen

Abu Dhabi:

1. BOT
2. HAM
3. VET
4. VER
5. RAI
6. HUL
7. PER
8. LEC
9. OCO
10. ERI

Picks submitted to Exediron. Good luck, all!

I currently have predictions from the following people:

Laz_T800
Jenson's Understeer
paul85
Flash2k11
P-F1 Mod
Remmirath

Still waiting on predictions from:

pokerman
cm97
Bentrovato
Mod Titanium

Reminder that the deadline to avoid a penalty is 8 hours and 30 minutes from now.

Picks submitted, without outside influence just go with my gut feeling this time which would have paid off for me in Brazil, cheers Exediron.

Abu Dhabi:

1. Vettel
2. Bottas
3. Raikkonen
4. Hamilton
5. Verstappen
6. Ricciardo
7. Perez
8. Magnussen
9. Hulkenberg
10. Ocon

Exediron wrote:I currently have predictions from the following people:

Laz_T800
Jenson's Understeer
paul85
Flash2k11
P-F1 Mod
Remmirath

Still waiting on predictions from:

pokerman
cm97
Bentrovato
Mod Titanium

Reminder that the deadline to avoid a penalty is 8 hours and 30 minutes from now.

Entry submitted, thanks mate.

cm97 wrote:Entry submitted, thanks mate.

Just waiting for Bentrovato and Mod Titanium, then.

Here we go, season finale!

Abu Dhabi

1. Bottas
2. Raikkonen
3. Vettel
4. Hamilton
5. Verstappen
6. Ricciardo
7. Perez
8. Leclerc
9. Grosjean
10. Gasly