Round of Japan '18 - Picks and comments

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Round of Japan '18 - Picks and comments

Post by 10 n Pole Admin » Mon Oct 01, 2018 8:11 am

10 'n' Pole players, post your picks for the 17th race of the season in Suzuka.

You can log-in to the new 10 'n' Pole site and submit your picks at http://newsonf1.net/10npole/ then paste your picks here and tell us why you think your picks will be the correct ones.

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The deadline for submitting the picks is the start of Saturday practice. That is at 12:00 Suzuka time (03:00 GMT).

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Re: Round of Japan '18 - Picks and comments

Post by cmlean » Wed Oct 03, 2018 7:48 pm

I have had a couple of ordinary rounds lately so I may as well kill my season just like Sebastian Vettel has to to his.

Winner: Valtteri Bottas
Second: Lewis Hamilton
Third: Max Verstappen
Fourth: Sebastian Vettel
Fifth: Daniel Ricciardo
Sixth: Kimi Raikkonen
Seventh: Romain Grosjean
Eighth: Sergio Perez
Ninth: Esteban Ocon
Tenth: Charles Leclerc
Pole: Valtteri Bottas

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Re: Round of Japan '18 - Picks and comments

Post by Jim Watt » Sat Oct 06, 2018 7:44 am

:D :D Hi CM LEAN! You and I agree mostly this week. The last time Sebastian won at Suzuka was 2013 (for Red Bull). Since then Mercedes has won every single race in Japan (Lewis in 2014, 2015, & 2017; Nico in 2016. Unless something goes incredibly wrong at Mercedes (like borrowing their tactics from Ferrari's Arrivabene, or forgetting to connect the batteries in their hybrid engines) they'll repeat last week's one-two, this time, presumably gifting the Finn with the win.

Last year the best Kimi could manage was fifth, after starting tenth. Both Red Bulls and both Mercs were ahead of him. I'm assuming that this year the Ferrari team will check Seb's spark plugs before the race :oops: but I doubt if it will keep Max from getting past him. :x

So. Here's me picks:

1. Valeri Bottas, smiling from the pole position :roll:
2. Lewis Hamilton, cruising politely behind him :roll: :roll:
3. Max Verstappen, gathering more fans eager to see him in a Merc or a Ferrari :burnout:
4. Seb, still grinning gamely -- but inwardly sick to his stomach :cry:
5. Ice Man on a mission Kimi (who'll be grinning, too, but for an entirely different reason) :wink:
6. Daniel Ricciardo (who well follow Max past both Ferraris) :clap: :clap:
7. Esteban Ocon will get the Pink team some more points :ROTFLMAO:
8. Romaine Grosjean will get points for Haas :clap:
9. Ericsson will add some more points to the resrugent Sauber team :cheers: (but not Leclerc, not this week) :(
10. and Sergio Perez will get the last point for the Pink team :rolling:

And the pole will be Valteri's this week, too. :?

The Renaults will not even make Q2 this week. One wonders how soon the bean counters at headquarters will throw up their hands and cut bait? As for Williams, aren't there any billionaires left in England to rescue English pride? How can F.I. get bailed out to the tune of $70 million --and all those bankers in London sit on their hands? Are there no more wealthy sportsmen left in G.B.? Maybe some Scot can re-brand Wms with a tartan livery? And McLaren. What can I say? They should paint the cars black. All black.
As to Yamamoto's yammering about Honda's new spec-3; where have I heard this before? Poor Toro Rosso. Poor F1. It's becoming a boring carousel: the same tune every week. :P :twisted: :evil:
My Racing Gods: Fangio, Vukovich; Senna & Mears --all racers all the time; graceful winners & generous in defeat, but never giving up!!

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Re: Round of Japan '18 - Picks and comments

Post by 10 n Pole Admin » Mon Oct 08, 2018 2:30 pm

Congratulations to the winners of the Round of Japan '18

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Rank	Score	Player		Country
1	77	BimmerDave	Canada
2	76	Helena		Canada
2	76	Couzens		United States
4	75	Armin		Australia
5	74	teine_riiul	Estonia
5	74	bombo		Australia
7	73	JTodd		United States
7	73	Bob Bates	United States
7	73	Maxtreme	Netherlands
10	72	Midgetgem	United Kingdom
10	72	none		United States
10	72	sad boi		United States

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Re: Round of Japan '18 - Picks and comments

Post by 10 n Pole Admin » Mon Oct 08, 2018 5:24 pm

10 'n' Pole standings after the Round of Japan '18

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Rank	Score	Player		Country
1	922	NuvolariF1	United States
2	921	sad boi		United States
3	919	Binny		Australia
4	913	Dom		United Kingdom
4	913	JTodd		United States
6	908	Joe		United States
7	906	Armin		Australia
8	899	Down Under Dave	New Zealand
9	896	TJ		United States
9	896	MrGSir		United Kingdom
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