planetf1.com

I also realize that was really hard work (so thank you).
Nearly fifty members were competing in the last stages of the season (quite a lot)

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the future of the great champion is unknown

Well I'm back, but I have a lot of work to catch up on so I wont get a chance to calculate the results for a few more days

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PF1 Pick 10 Competition
Best Round Result: 1st (Monaco 2012)
Podiums: 4
2013 Championship Standing: 78th

The last race of the year, and as usual Brazil never fails to deliver an exciting title finale. So how did everyone go this round? The rain threw quite a few curve balls this round with Vettel almost retiring on the first lap but saved many points by getting back inside the top 10. The Williams double retirement, along with Perez and Grosjeans off hurt many as well did Hamiltons tangle with Hulkenberg for the lead and Di Resta's last lap crash. However on the plus side the majority of the top players stayed in the top 10 to the end saving everyone from a substandard score.

Now onto the final podium of the season

In third we have a tie, both on 117 points and sharing the "Fearless Felipe" Trophy goes too...

IXIAN & Lotus38


For the win we also have a tie with only 1 point ahead of third, winners of the Brazilian Grand Prix and sharing the "Almost Alonso" and "Ballsy Button" Trophies goes too...



Nil85 & amirb


Congratulations to the top finishers and to all the podium placers throughout the year as we look at the full round results.

Brazilian Grand Prix Round Results:
(R) = Rookie (Indicates who is new this round)

=1st - Nil85: 118
=1st - amirb: 118
=3rd - IXIAN: 117
=3rd - Lotus38: 117
5th - rewas: 114
=6th - phyz: 110
=6th - davidb23: 110
8th - coulthards chin: 109
9th - dobaderernz: 107
10th - Sevenfest: 106
11th - 2HEKTK: 105
12th - tamalon55: 104
=13th - cinthorc: 101
=13th - specdecible: 101
=15th - robgowen90: 98
=15th - ozzykel: 98
17th - DaveStebbins: 95
=18th - deSiRiuS: 94
=18th - Jenson's Understeer: 94
=18th - fatboy72: 94
=21st - tmzxaar: 93
=21st - Race2win: 93 (R)
=23rd - Moore: 90
=23rd - fuelscoops: 90
=23rd - Bat014: 90
=23rd - ManicOversteer: 90
=27th - UnlikeUday: 88
=27th - imbrugliaboy: 88
=29th - Gothnak: 87
=29th - Hannu: 87
=31st - theferret: 84
=31st - housemsq: 84
=33rd - Juggles: 83
=33rd - OnAGivenDay: 83
=33rd - Ipadf1: 83
=33rd - benmc: 98 Penalty (FP1) 83
=37th - danielsr20: 82
=37th - Sharkattack: 82
39th - Peter2673: 78
=40th - robins13: 77
=40th - kpagg: 77
42nd - xenon: 90 Penalty (FP2) 72
43rd - nexus: 86 Penalty (FP1) 71
=44th - Covalent: 70
=44th - Water: 88 Penalty (FP2) 70
46th - Furball: 69
47th - kaka007: 66
=48th - Razoola: 64
=48th - K.F.: 64
=48th - backdoc: 64
51st - soosk: 88 Penalty (FP3) 63
52nd - DanmanFIN: 77 Penalty (FP1) 62
53rd - otisp: 61
54th - Invincible: 60


Now we move onto the championship standings, but before we go too far there are still some more awards to give out...

The PF1 Pick 10 Competition - 2012 Edition Minor Awards

The Black Flag Trophy
This award is presented to the participant who has lost the most amount of points throughout the year due to penalties, and the winner is...

soosk - A total of 6 Penalties equal to a loss of 109 points


Rosberg's Chinese Getaway Trophy
This award is presented to the participant who has the highest score for any round throughout the year, and the winner is...

UnlikeUday - 225 Points, Round 17 India


Hamilton's "We Should Retire" Trophy
This award is presented to the participant who has the lowest score for any round throughout the year, and the winner is...

OnAGivenDay - 10 Points, Round 6 Monaco


Back of the Pack Trophy
This award is presented to the participant who is the highest placing Rookie in the championship with the most rounds missed, and the winner is...

Water - 45th with 3 Rounds missed


The Bernie Did He Really Mean That? Trophy
This award is presented to the participant who has nominated the most outrageous picks for any round throughout the year, and the winner is...

fuelscoops - Round 20 Brazil


That concludes the Minor awards and now we come to our first Major award:
The Caterham Rookie Champion Trophy
This is awarded to the winner of the Rookie Class.

With a score of 1888 and missing the first 2 rounds of the championship, the winner of The Caterham Rookie Champion Trophy is...

Ipadf1



So now we come to it, 20 rounds, 200 picks, 139 entrants and 1 championship... The countdown to the winner of the:
PF1 Pick 10 Competition - 2012 Edition Championship!


Due to a tie we have no 25th, so sharing 24th and Winners of the HRT Special Pedro de la Rosa and Narain Karthikeyan Trophies goes too...



Gothnak & tamalon55


In 23rd, Winner of the Jerome D'Ambrosio Trophy goes too...

Lotus38


In 22nd, Winner of the Heikki Kovalainen Trophy goes too...

Nil85


In 21st, Winner of the Charles Pic Trophy goes too

dobaderernz


In 20th, Winner of the Timo Glock Trophy goes too...

Covalent


In 19, Winner of the Vitaly Petrov Trophy goes too...

imbrugliaboy


In 18th, Winner of the Daniel Ricciardo Trophy goes too...

DaveStebbins


In 17th, Winner of the Jean-Eric Vergne Trophy goes too...

Furball


In 15th we have a tie, Winners of the Williams Special Bruno Senna and Pastor Maldonado Trophies goes too...



Bat014 & cinthorc


In 14th, Winner of the Paul di Resta Trophy goes too...

Invincible


In 13th, Winner of the Michael Schumacher Trophy goes too...

robins13


In 12th, Winner of the Kamui Kobayashi Trophy goes too...

Sharkattack


In 11th, Winner of the Nico Hulkenberg Trophy goes too...

Jenson's Understeer


Now we get into the top 10, with a tie for 9th Winners of the Sergio Perez and Nico Rosberg Trophies goes too...



backdoc & fatboy72


In 8th, Winner of the Romain Grosjean Trophy goes too...

Juggles


In 7th, Winner of the Felipe Massa Trophy goes too...

ozzykel


In 6th, Winner of the Mark Webber Trophy goes too...

deSiRiuS


In 5th, Winner of the Jenson Button Trophy goes too...

phyz


In 4th, Winner of the Lewis Hamilton Trophy goes too...

ManicOversteer


Now we come to the final part of this championship, the all important top 3:
In 3rd place with a score of 2216, Winner of the Kimi Räikkönen Trophy goes too...

davidb23


In 2nd place with a score of 2233, Winner of the Fernando Alonso Trophy goes too...

robgowen90


So now only 1 remains, with a final charge to the championship and with only 6 points between 1st and second with a final score of 2239, ladies and gentlemen I present to you the recipient of the Sebastian Vettel Trophy and the overall winner of the:
PF1 Pick 10 Competition - 2012 Edition Champion!

2HEKTK


Here is the full list of the championship standings

Final Championship Standings:
(R) = Rookie (Indicates who missed the opening round)

1st - 2HEKTK: 2239
2nd - robgowen90: 2233
3rd - davidb23: 2216
4th - ManicOversteer: 2160
5th - phyz: 2149
6th - deSiRiuS: 2126
7th - ozzykel: 2102
8th - Juggles: 2098
=9th - backdoc: 2093
=9th - fatboy72: 2093
11th - Jenson's Understeer: 2092
12th - Sharkattack: 2091
13th - robins13: 2079
14th - Invincible: 2067
=15th - Bat014: 2058
=15th - cinthorc: 2058
17th - Furball: 2052
18th - DaveStebbins: 2051
19th - imbrugliaboy: 2050
20th - Covalent: 2045
21st - dobaderernz: 2045
22nd - Nil85: 2041
23rd - Lotus38: 2037
=24th - Gothnak: 2024
=24th - tamalon55: 2024
26th - Hannu: 2015
27th - tmzxaar: 1998
28th - amirb: 1997
29th - benmc: 1980
30th - Sevenfest: 1979
31st - specdecible: 1976
32nd - xenon: 1968
33rd - housemsq: 1950
34th - IXIAN: 1933
35th - UnlikeUday: 1931
36th - kpagg: 1928
37th - rewas: 1923
38th - theferret: 1901
39th - Razoola: 1899
40th - Ipadf1: 1888 (R/2)
41st - K.F.: 1867
=42nd - danielsr20: 1865
=42nd - fuelscoops: 1865
44th - Peter2673: 1860
45th - Water: 1815 (R/3)
46th - DanmanFIN: 1783
47th - otisp: 1760
48th - soosk: 1752 (R)
49th - annac: 1720
50th - nexus: 1697
51st - OnAGivenDay: 1678
52nd - JLR1501: 1665
53rd - Volantary: 1612
54th - need4speed: 1508 (R/2)
55th - Tumppi57: 1399
56th - rachelxx: 1314
57th - Marck: 1257
58th - Intruder: 1095
59th - Hello: 1086 (R)
60th - kendall: 1076 (R/6)
61st - Infidelity: 1069
62nd - fifthace: 1058
63rd - CB1300: 1027
64th - Farina: 967
65th - BBKing: 938 (R)
66th - Laura23: 909
67th - excrucio: 889 (R)
68th - rjca92: 869
69th - Trody: 811 (R/4)
70th - James Snowdon: 722
71st - kaka007: 685 (R/12)
72nd - Moore: 570
73rd - Fountoukos13: 568 (R/13)
74th - coulthards chin: 557 (R/16)
75th - Delfino: 552 (R)
76th - teammpp: 451
77th - missb: 435
78th - f1aroo: 425
79th - NetWorKzz: 407
80th - Honda Quick: 365
81st - DangerMouse11: 363
82nd - rillist: 343
83rd - Anupam: 328
84th - SJM1337: 291
85th - cunc: 256
86th - emb1496: 255
87th - Chris_Booth: 254
88th - Santuri9: 253 (R/2)
89th - Raifosa: 245
90th - Geri: 229 (R/14)
91st - robertos: 227
92nd - Strong Haircut 209 (R)
93rd - bubbly: 200
94th - Alter_Ego: 183
95th - kimandsally: 174 (R)
96th - Georgest: 165
97th - purchville: 164 (R/13)
98th - racerjay: 145 (R)
99th - AxlPose: 143
=100th - jimbo-macca: 138
=100th - veemax: 138 (R/13)
102nd - myf1space: 137
=103rd - jakehilton89: 134
=103rd - snowrider: 134
105th - SwSpeed: 133 (R/2)
106th - John_Silver: 131
107th - Venomal: 129 (R/10)
108th - dabi: 128
109th - Joempower: 127
110th - ohwell: 126
=111th - LITE992: 122
=111th - CldF1: 122
113th - Wuxa: 116
114th - bourbon19: 115
115th - orbthef1fan: 113
116th - ManojHS: 112
117th - Balibari: 109
=118th - Tael: 108
=118th - rickyf1: 108
=120th - uk in ny: 107 (R/2)
=120th - M.Nader -DODZ-: 107 (R/2)
122nd - Frozeni: 104
123rd - matrix: 102
124th - BRAIN OF IRELAND: 100
125th - F1Mad: 97
126th - fisichella on fire: 95
=127th - Zekenwolf: 93
=127th - IngenGrenser: 93 (R/2)
=127th - KimiHayden: 93 (R/4)
=127th - Race2win: 93 (R/19)
131st - rioferdinand: 88
132nd - chilli_boy3: 86 (R/2)
133rd - redbull165: 83 (R/6)
=134th - AnttiRokki: 78
=134th - Qwertys: 78
=134th - V12: 78 (R/2)
137th - alexa: 71 (R)
138th - f1driverwanabe: 65 (R/5)
139th - kopecky: 52 (R/2)



Congratulations to 2HEKTK, robgowen90, davidb23, all the round winners and podium finishers throughout the year for what turned out to be a thrilling down to the wire season and a big thank you for everyones support and to everyone who competed in the PF1 Pick 10 Competition - 2012 Edition making it such a successful season. Also a big mention to Furball whose help regarding the spreadsheet which has made this season much easier to manage.
Thank You

Regards
specdecible

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PF1 Pick 10 Competition
Best Round Result: 1st (Monaco 2012)
Podiums: 4
2013 Championship Standing: 78th

Aw, damn it, a point away from a top ten finish! Although as a Nico Hulkenberg fan, it worked out quite well. Pretty awesome choice of picture, too!

Congrats to those who did better than me, and a massive thanks, for the second year running, to Spec for taking the time to run this competition. I'm sure I'm not the only one who enjoys the F1 season that little bit more thanks to participating in this. Thanks, Spec, and I look forward to trying (and no doubt, failing) to break into the top 10 next year

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Currently cheering for: Felipe Massa; Nico Hulkenberg; Romain Grosjean; Felipe Nasr. Oh, and of course, the Toronto Maple Leafs

Placed 6th in my first year. Nice!. Thanks for all the hard work specdecible. Congratulations to all.

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PF1 Pick 10 Competition
2012 Championship finish: 6th place

Wow 1st rookie -The Caterham Rookie Champion Trophy

Never expected so much fun picking the results an watching in anticipation.

Thanks for everyone for such a sporting game/event.

Hope the same/similar event is run next season.

Yay, last of the named drivers... This means next year i'll have to be 22nd...

I did say the fabled 25th place (or should that be 24th equal) would be mine!

Well, that was a terrible year, no podiums at all compared to a win and a couple of podiums last year. Congrats to the winners and thanks Spec for another year or fun!

Hooray to no Michael Schumacher next year so i don't have to force myself to not pick a front runner anymore!

Congratulations 2HEKTK on winning this years championship, well won.

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2011 Winner of PF1's pick 10 competition.

Firstly, thank you specdecible for all your efforts this year in putting this together. Huge comp to manage so I hope you're not getting a wife/partner or a full on job so you can do it again next year.

Secondly, congratulations 2HEKTK on winning this years championship.

Thirdly, 9th in my debut season. Like Perez, I feel I am ready to step up next year, and to quote the young man, "My target is to win the championship already next year"

Thanks specdecible for an awesome competition, your time and effort that you put in doesn't go unnoticed. Wishing you and your family a fantastic Christmas, the same to all other competitors. Will look forward to this again next year!

No awarding of the Kobiyashi-Schumacher-Maldonaldo Trophy, for achieving only a single podium for the season? j/k

Thanks for effort on this specdecible. Looking forward to 2013.

Congrats to Vettel. Also to Kimi, 0 DNF'S for season.

I'll gladly give you 24th Gothnak, I've been gunning for 25th for a long time now (see my signature) woo hoo I did it!

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PF1 Pick 10 Competition - 2013 Edition
Best Finish: =2nd Monaco 2011
Current 2013 Championship standing: I don't even want to say... 79th

30th.. Yeah I'll take that, especially considering some of my earlier scores. Also managed to beat you right at the end Spec Just.

Echoing everyone's sentiments, thanks for putting the time into this Specdecible. Hoping you'll do this next year!

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I AM THE THREAD KILLER.

Thank you so much for organising this Specdecible, this was really fun.

Thank you spec!

Fifth place in my first year, not bad at all! So, who wants to put down their picks for Australia 2013?

Thanks Spec for the awesome tournament & your hard work in assembling the data.

Already excited for this tournament for 2013.

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Always S(mile)!
Unlike Uday!

PF1 Pick 10 Competition
Best Results: 1st with highest ever score of 225 (India 2012) & 2nd (Silverstone 2012)
Recipient of : Rosberg's Chinese Getaway Trophy

Thanks for all the hard work, first year for me, and already looking forward to next year

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PF1 Pick 10 Competition
Best Round Result: 3rd (Australia 2013)
Podiums: 1
2012 Championship Standing: 15th

Huge thanks to Spec for running this, it was hugely enjoyable especially early on in the season when I was scoring podiums and wins! Many apologies though, a combination of real life and poor form (think I was in the bottom 5 3 races running) meant I kinda lost interest toward the end. I shall be more committed next year

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Awesome, awesome, awesome...

Big congrats to 2HEKTK for the championship in what turned out to be a very close finish. Just like the real thing.

However. I`ve got to say that, for me, the biggest champion this year has got to be you Spec. Putting in so much effort, for us, a bunch of random peeps you`ve never met
YOU ARE DA MAN!!

Merry christmas all and here`s to a great new year and a great new season.

Love and hugs

Fuelscoops xxx.

It was an up and down year, and I have to be satisfied with 18th overall, even if my aim was much higher after last year.

Thanks very much specdecible, for putting in all the time required to run this tournament. As Jenson's Understeer said so well, it makes all the races just that much more fun to watch when I have a stake in all ten points positions. This competition is something I look forward to every race weekend, now, and I would really miss it if it were gone.

Thank you to all the participants for making this such an enjoyable competition. Congratulations again to UnlikeUday for the very-nearly-perfect picks in India; very impressive. Special thanks to tamalon55, Gothnak and specdecible for making me look good in the standings all year; and Razoola this year, too! I am looking forward to trouncing you all next year as well.

Congratulations to 2HEKTK for the win and to all that took part, but specially to specdecible, great fun for all and I'm sure a great effort on his part.

Regarding my own performance I think I placed 20 last year, this year's 23rd position sucks, but after missing out Austin completely I only have myself to blame, even with a poor score I am pretty sure I would have made top 5. BUT.. that means next year it will be much easier to improve!!

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PF1 Pick 10 Competition Podiums:
2011 Silverstone 1st
2012 Spa 1st
2012 Interlagos 3rd

I guess I took your 20th position, which I'm kind of proud of since this is the first time I'm participating!

I also would like to thank Specdecible for all his work in this competition!

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Räikkönen - Vettel - Rosberg - Bottas

wohooho , winner of the Micheal Schumacher trophy

Congratulations 2HEKTK
and a big thanks to Spec for running this

thanks for running this. A win to finish and 28th overall

I'm thrilled with the Grosjean trophy and I feel it sums up my season quite well: a couple of unexpected podiums with the odd train wreck along the way, but providing hope for the future.

Thanks Specdecible, as several others have said the competition really does enhance my enjoyment of a Grand Prix weekend and forces me to look further down the field than I otherwise would. How you manage to process all this information and barely make a single mistake I'll never know.

See you all in Australia, I'm gunning for the Hamilton trophy next season provided he finishes in the top 10!

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The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights

Really happy I achieved my target for the year and finished in 4th overall.
Spec you are the man! Thanks again for all your work at keeping the competition going.

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Massa Vettel Grosjean Perez

PF1s Pick 10 Competition
2011: 17th |2012: 4th |2013: 3rd
Wins: 2 (Malaysia and Singapore 2012)
Winner of the 2011 Rubens Barrichello Trophy
Winner of the 2012 Lewis Hamilton Trophy

This looks beyond cool to me. Will there be a 2013 championship too?

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PF1 Competition: 57th with 551 points
In it to win it

Glad I finished in top 10

Great job running this Spec and I along with all the others really appreciate all the effort that must go into keeping this going

Here's to the 2013 edition.........

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PF1 Pick 10 Competition
Best Round Result: =2nd (Europe 2012)
Podiums: 2 (Europe 2012, Singapore 2012)
Top 10 finishes: 5
2012 Championship Standing: =9th

Hi everyone,

Thought i'd share a fantasy f1 game I played last year. Unlike the others I found, this one only required a few minutes each week as there's no complex budgets to work out etc, just predictions for qually, podium finishers and first retired. No prizes.... but it's free.

http://www.fantasyf1league.co.uk

Be good to get some folk from here involved.....

If necessary I'd volunteer to correct the first 6 GP's of 2013. Although I'd very much like to win, I would do it honestly.

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PF1 Competition: 57th with 551 points
In it to win it

Will there be a 2013 edition?

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Räikkönen - Vettel - Rosberg - Bottas

My picks are ready and skull-cracking

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PF1 Competition: 57th with 551 points
In it to win it

Can we get a standing ovation for SPECDECIBLE please?!?!
Spec, please start this season's Pick 10, please!

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PF1 Pick 10 Competition - 2013 Edition
Best Finish: =2nd Monaco 2011
Current 2013 Championship standing: I don't even want to say... 79th