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As mentioned above it will probably be best if the championship contenders PM me their predictions rather than posting in here.

Obviously you will want to leave it until the last minute to avoid other contenders seeing but that runs the risk of missing the deadline.


I will then post them myself after the 8pm deadline for everyone to see.

Rumors that this is in response to No Limit Excedrin Racing's last-minute changes ahead of the Brazilian GP went unanswered in a press conference held by the competition management...

That sounds fair to me, in fact. We haven't discussed our strategy yet (and being both in contention I'm sure there will be discussion to be had ), but we'll be sure to get those to you by some time early in the morning of Thursday or thereabouts.

Good luck, everybody, and let's hope for a good race and a nail-biting finish to what has arguably been a more exciting year in our little competition than in the pinnacle of motorsport!

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PICK 10 COMPETITION (4 wins, 15 podiums): 3rd in 2016
TOP THREE CHAMPIONSHIP (No Limit Excedrin Racing): Champions in 2015 & 2018 | 2nd in 2017
AUTOSPORT GP PREDICTOR: 2017 USA & P-F1 Champion | #2 in the world in 2017

I was just looking through the thread, and these two posts really stood out to me as painful at this point in the competition


That was 5 points lost...


And that was 6 points lost!

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PICK 10 COMPETITION (4 wins, 15 podiums): 3rd in 2016
TOP THREE CHAMPIONSHIP (No Limit Excedrin Racing): Champions in 2015 & 2018 | 2nd in 2017
AUTOSPORT GP PREDICTOR: 2017 USA & P-F1 Champion | #2 in the world in 2017

I have updated the championship contenders table to include perfect podium and round win tallies.

In the case of a points tie it is decided by perfect podiums, if that is also tied then it is down to round wins. If it is still tied I will go back through and work out who has more second places and so on until we have a winner.

I've shared my prediction with Black_Flag_11. May the best member/team win!

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PF1 Pick 10 Competition: 10th (2014); 8th (2015)

PF1 Pick 3 Competition: 1st (2014); 1st (2015)

My prediction (preliminary at least) is in as well. Good luck everyone!

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PICK 10 COMPETITION (4 wins, 15 podiums): 3rd in 2016
TOP THREE CHAMPIONSHIP (No Limit Excedrin Racing): Champions in 2015 & 2018 | 2nd in 2017
AUTOSPORT GP PREDICTOR: 2017 USA & P-F1 Champion | #2 in the world in 2017

Abu dahbi

Rosberg
The ham
Vet

#no fear

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PF1 pick 10 2016: 7th (1 win, 4 podiums), 2017: 17th (3 podiums)
Awards: Sergio perez trophy & Podium specialist
PF1 pick 3 2015: constructors 2nd, singles 5th
Autosport Gp 2016/17 - 5th
F1 Oracle 2017: 2nd (6 wins), 2016:5th (2wins)

Abu Dhabi
Ros
Ham
Vet

Abu Dhabi Do

1. Rosberg
2. Hamilton
3. Vettel

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The two most powerful warriors are patience and time…so remember: great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.

rounding out a disappointing campaign with a suitably disappointing prediction

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel

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Pick 10 Competition:
2013 - 10th
2014 - 9th
2015 - 6th

Pick 10 Podiums:
1st Place: USA 2012, Japan 2013, USA 2015
2nd Place: Bahrain 2015, Barcelona 2015
3rd Place: China 2014

Abu Dhabi
1.Rosberg
2.Hamilton
3.Vettel

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This circuit is interesting because it has inclines and declines. Not just up, but down as well

I had 56 points (and the lead!) up to and including Hungary. Then I made the mistake of changing my usual Ham - Ros - Vet predicting for that race, and have managed just 19 points since, including that race. What might have been...

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel

Let's close out with a PP.

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Pick 10 | 1st x3, 2nd x3, 3rd x8
2019: 11th | 2018: 5th | 2017: 6th | 2016: 8th | 2015: 2nd | 2014: 15th | 2013: 17th | 2012: 11th

May as well think outside the box...

Abu Dhabi 2015

1. Rosberg
2. Hamilton
3. Raikkonen

Good luck everyone

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#Keep Fighting Michael

Abudhabi
Vettel
Raikkonen
Rosberg

Tell me about it!! I'm very upset to have lost the lead. Oh well, that's racin'

Abu Dhabi

1. Rosberg
2. Hamilton
3. Raikkonen

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Top 10 Competition
2016: 12th, Podiums: 2nd Great Britain

Top 3 Competition
2016: 5th, Wins in: Spain, 1st Great Britain

F1 Oracle 2016: 2nd, Wins in: Australia, Russia, Canada, Great Britain

Group Pick'em 6th, Podiums: 2nd Monaco

Abu Dhabi

1.Kimi Raikkonen
2.Lewis Hamilton
3.Sebastian Vettel

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One & only - 'Iceman' Kimi Räikkönen

Pick 10|'19: ,'18: P9 ,'17: P8,'16: P12,'14: P24
Top 3|'19: /'18: P7,Team: P2/'17: P4,Team: P3 /'16: P8,Team: P2
Group Pick'em|'19: /'18: P3/'17: P6/'16: P6
F1 Oracle|'17: P3{3W}/'16: P2{4W}

Last race, I'm going big!

Abu Dhabi
1. Vettel
2. Rosberg
3. Hamilton

Abu Dhabi

1. Rosberg
2. Hamilton
3. Vettel

Worked last time so why not

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I don't rely entirely on God

I rely on Prost

Okay so the title protagonists predictions are as follows:

GPG - received by PM Wednesday 12:00am
1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Nico Rosberg
3. Sebastian Vettel


jimmyj - received by PM Thursday 8:11am (overruling post made to thread: Thursday 8:09am)
1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Nico Rosberg
3. Sebastian Vettel


Exediron - received by PM Tuesday 9:47pm
1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Nico Rosberg
3. Sebastian Vettel


Saz - posted to main thread Thursday 8:25am
1. Nico Rosberg
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. Sebastian Vettel


Mayhem - received by PM Friday 4:29pm (overruling post made to thread Wednesday 10:35pm)
1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Nico Rosberg
3. Sebastian Vettel

Q1 must have been a great laugh!

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I don't rely entirely on God

I rely on Prost

Well Saz is looking like the class of the group.

That said that I think the Merc plan for this race was a croc. I really think Hammy could have taken Nico if they'd pitted him just a few laps after Nico in the middle of the race. It is what it is, but it aggravates me when I feel the race result was manipulated.

Cheers to all of you who played along this year, it was a good competition! I wonder if we will ever see Carl again.

CarlPotter's Top Three Championship 2015: Abu Dhabi



http://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2015/11/27/hamilton-quickest-in-opening-abu-dhabi-practice/

Well that's it, another season of F1 has come and gone. The final race of the 2015 season at Abu Dhabi saw Kimi Raikkonen finish 3rd to take his 3rd podium of the season. Lewis Hamilton came home a comfotable 2nd place while Nico Rosberg took his 3rd win in a row to finish the season on a high.

A low scoring round for most as many entrants had Vettel somewhere in their top 3. The same couldnt be said for cm97 and Fountoukos13 who correctly predicted all 3 places, finishing the season with the round win & a perfect podium too.

Results: Abu Dhabi
1. cm97 - 14pts
=. Fountoukos13 - 14pts
2. Saz - 8pts
=. mcdo - 8pts
=. Peter2673 - 8pts
3. Icemanjee1 - 3pts
=. GPG - 0pts
=. jimmyj - 0pts
=. Exediron - 0pts
=. Mayhem - 0pts
=. Jenson's Understeer - 0pts
=. coulthards chin - 0pts
=. robins13 - 0pts
=. Bentrovato - 0pts
=. Black_Flag_11 - 0pts
=. Herb - 0pts
=. dislexik - 0pts
=. pubpokerplayer - 0pts
=. fatsi - 0pts
=. 78aj - 0pts
=. Lotus49 - 0pts

CarlPotter's Top Three Championship 2015: Final Standings

He's done it again! The Top Three champion of 2015 is: GPG

CarlPotter's Top Three Championship 2015: Singles Standings
1. GPG - 104pts
2. Saz - 99pts
3. jimmyj - 97pts
4. Exediron - 95pts
5. Mayhem - 88pts
6. mcdo - 85pts
7. cm97 - 84pts
8. Jenson's Understeer - 75pts
9. coulthards chin - 69pts
10. Fountoukos13 - 66pts
11. Icemanjee1 - 62pts
12. robins13 - 61pts
13. Bentrovato - 55pts
14. Black_Flag_11 - 48pts
15. Peter2673 - 43pts
16. Herb - 40pts
17. dislexik - 24pts
18. pubpokerplayer - 22pts
19. fatsi - 9pts
20. 78aj - 8pts
21. Lotus49 - 8pts


GPG took his second consecutive championship with a late run of strong form as he did in 2014. Saz took second place after a strong final round with jimmyj finishing 2 points further back to round out the top 3.








Congratulations to the Top Three constructors champions of 2015: No Limit Excedrin Racing

CarlPotter's Top Three Championship 2015: Constructors' Standings
1. No Limit Excedrin Racing - (Exediron & GPG) - 193pts
2. F1 Mayhem (jimmyj & Mayhem) - 185pts
3. Fire & Ice (robins13 & Saz) - 160pts
4. Multi21 (cm97 & Icemanjee1) - 146pts
5. Force Indian Takeaway - (coulthards chin & Jenson's Understeer) - 144pts
6. My Heart Will Grosjean - (Black_Flag_11 & Fountoukos13) - 114pts
7. McLotus (Lotus49 & mcdo) - 93pts
8. Team 4 (Bentrovato & dizlexik) - 79pts


With no points scored by either of the top teams in the final round the standing remained as they were. No Limit Excedrin Racing take the championship, F1 Mayhem finish in 2nd place and Fire & Ice finish in 3rd place as they did in 2014.

Last years winning constructors Force Indian Takeaway ended the season in 5th and will be looking to bounce back next year.




Thank you everyone for participating! Hopefully a team or two can catch up to Mercedes over the winter and give us an even tougher competition in 2016.


Cheers









CarlPotter's Top Three Championship: Hall of Fame

Champions
2013: CarlPotter
2014: GPG
2015: GPG


Constructors Champions
2014: Force Indian Takeaway
2015: No Limit Excedrin Racing

A great ending to an entertaining season. Happy to have won both titles this year

Thanks to all who have participated. I'd also like to thank Black_Flag_11 for his effort in organizing the championship and Exediron for being an excellent teamleader

See you all next season, already looking forward to it.

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PF1 Pick 10 Competition: 10th (2014); 8th (2015)

PF1 Pick 3 Competition: 1st (2014); 1st (2015)

8th and 5th, what a disaster of a year!

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Pick 10 | 1st x3, 2nd x3, 3rd x8
2019: 11th | 2018: 5th | 2017: 6th | 2016: 8th | 2015: 2nd | 2014: 15th | 2013: 17th | 2012: 11th

Well done all. I'll be back next year and looking for a teammate if anyone fancies it!

Congratulations to our champions!!

Nice to finish the season on a high with a perfect prediction. Looking forward to improve and challange for first place next season

Many thanks to my teammate Black_Flag_11 for helding this competition.

Good job to everyone competing!

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Top 10 Competition
2016: 12th, Podiums: 2nd Great Britain

Top 3 Competition
2016: 5th, Wins in: Spain, 1st Great Britain

F1 Oracle 2016: 2nd, Wins in: Australia, Russia, Canada, Great Britain

Group Pick'em 6th, Podiums: 2nd Monaco

WE ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS! WORLD CHAMPIONS!





Pretty unbelievable considering at one point in the season this team looked like we had no hope of winning. Congratulations to Mayhem F1 for providing a great benchmark to chase, to my teammate GPG for stepping into the team and sealing the first-ever double in the history of the Pick 3 championship, and last (but not least!) to pubpokerplayer for his contribution in co-founding the team and keeping us competitive in the early part of the season.

And of course special thanks to Black_Flag_11 for running this competition and giving us all something to care about every race weekend - no matter how boring the action on track has been, it's always been exciting in here. Hopefully next year there will be genuine competition for the top 3 spots - while I've enjoyed the all-or-nothing jeopardy of picking the winning two in 2015, one year (or two) of that is enough!

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PICK 10 COMPETITION (4 wins, 15 podiums): 3rd in 2016
TOP THREE CHAMPIONSHIP (No Limit Excedrin Racing): Champions in 2015 & 2018 | 2nd in 2017
AUTOSPORT GP PREDICTOR: 2017 USA & P-F1 Champion | #2 in the world in 2017

My one man team didn't come last! Wayhey!

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I don't rely entirely on God

I rely on Prost

Can't be too disappointed with 2nd (singles) and 3rd (Constructors) in my first season. Many thanks to Robins13 for teaming up with me

Congrats to GPG for the singles championship and to Limit Excedrin Racing for the constructors title.

And a final congrats and thank you to Black_Flag_F1 for running the championship. You did a bang up job mate

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The two most powerful warriors are patience and time…so remember: great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.

Congrats to exedirin & gpg very well played. Heck of a season.... Thanks to black flag for hosting.... Thanks to my team mate jimmy for taking a chance on me for my rookie season. What a run..... Hope to see you all again for more seasons to come...

Suggestion for next season allow different picks between the drivers and constructors standings. Allowing you to make different selections incase you wanna take risk in one championship and not the other.

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PF1 pick 10 2016: 7th (1 win, 4 podiums), 2017: 17th (3 podiums)
Awards: Sergio perez trophy & Podium specialist
PF1 pick 3 2015: constructors 2nd, singles 5th
Autosport Gp 2016/17 - 5th
F1 Oracle 2017: 2nd (6 wins), 2016:5th (2wins)

Yeah I never said thanks Black_Flag_11 either... so... thanks!

If you want a hand next year I'd be willing to offer one, some weeks I think wasn't at the top of your priority list. Another participant could lighten the load somewhat

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I don't rely entirely on God

I rely on Prost

thats a pretty poor performance from me, but thanks to Saz we made to podium on constructors side.

Thanks BlackFlag for running the show and a special thanks to my partner Saz.

I know it's a bit late, but congratulations to the winners!
Also a shout out to my teammate icemanjee...there's always next year mate
And most importantly, thanks to blackflag for making this all possible.

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#Keep Fighting Michael

Probably a bit early for this really but with it being the off season I'm not sure how often people will be checking this part of the forum.

I may have a problem running the competition this year, I'm going to be restarting my studies so I'm not sure how much time I will get on the weekends to update and nothing confirmed yet but I may be unable to update at all for 3+ months at some point in the year.

So would anyone else like to take over the running of this? If no one fancies it I will continue to do so and try my best to keep it updated on time.

I'd be able to take it over if no one else steps forward. I'm almost always free on weekends and I stay up late, so more often than not I should be able to get an update out either the same day or the next. I certainly enjoy this competition too much to let it die out if you're no longer able.

Either way, big thanks for stepping in and running it these past years. Good luck with your studies!

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PICK 10 COMPETITION (4 wins, 15 podiums): 3rd in 2016
TOP THREE CHAMPIONSHIP (No Limit Excedrin Racing): Champions in 2015 & 2018 | 2nd in 2017
AUTOSPORT GP PREDICTOR: 2017 USA & P-F1 Champion | #2 in the world in 2017

Great

Thanks I will need it

Almost time to start up again.....

Suggestion, can we have ability to make separate picks between constructors and singles to allow for different strats between the two championships

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PF1 pick 10 2016: 7th (1 win, 4 podiums), 2017: 17th (3 podiums)
Awards: Sergio perez trophy & Podium specialist
PF1 pick 3 2015: constructors 2nd, singles 5th
Autosport Gp 2016/17 - 5th
F1 Oracle 2017: 2nd (6 wins), 2016:5th (2wins)

I'll be putting up a new thread either later today or tomorrow; when I do that, I can add a section for topics we're thinking of changing ahead of the new season and maybe take a vote. One that I'd like to see is changing the time limit from 20:00 UK time on Friday to just any time before FP3 starts. And no, it isn't just because the 20:00 limit arguably cost me the title last year!

Should I also post an announcement in the main forum to attract some new entrants?

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PICK 10 COMPETITION (4 wins, 15 podiums): 3rd in 2016
TOP THREE CHAMPIONSHIP (No Limit Excedrin Racing): Champions in 2015 & 2018 | 2nd in 2017
AUTOSPORT GP PREDICTOR: 2017 USA & P-F1 Champion | #2 in the world in 2017