Round of Spain 2010 - Picks and comments

[10 n Pole Admin]

10 'n' Pole players, post your picks for the fifth race of the season in Spain.

You can submit your picks at http://www.newsonf1.com/10npole/submit.htm then paste your picks here and tell us why you think your picks will be the correct ones.

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Please note that the deadline for submitting the picks is now midnight local time of Friday practice on the 7th of May.

Good luck

[mlittle]

First to post picks for the round of Spain...................



1st} Fernando Alonso(hey, if Jorge Lorenzo can win at Jerez, surely I can win at Catalunya........... )
2nd} Jenson Button(second...................second??!...........WTH? )
3rd} Felipe Massa( )
4th} Lewis Hamilton(no podium this week for ole' Lewis..............)
5th} Sebastien Vettel(not enough RedBull in the car this week.............. )
6th} Michael Schumacher(calls agent and asks, "Is it too late to see if there are any available Indy 500 rides open still? )
7th} Mark Webber(calls agent and asks, "Are rides for this year's Bathurst 1000 still available?
)
8th} Adrian Sutil(maybe I should be driving one of the red cars.............)
9th} Rubens Barrichello(I did, Adrian..........look where it got me. )
10th} Robert Kubica(someone has to finish 10th...........this week its' Kubica! )

And for pole position.........................Fernando Alonso.

[jido]

You have registered the following picks :
Winner : Sebastian Vettel

Second : Mark Webber

Third : Robert Kubica

Fourth : Fernando Alonso

Fifth : Adrian Sutil

Sixth : Lewis Hamilton

Seventh : Jenson Button

Eighth : Rubens Barrichello

Ninth : Vetaly Petrov

Tenth : Nico Rosberg

Pole : Mark Webber

I am not waiting for Mercedes or Williams this round, rather for Renault and Force India.

Whatever the outcome looking forward to the race!

[Lloyd]

Ahhh Spain

Winner : Mark Webber

Second : Fernando Alonso

Third : Sebastian Vettel

Fourth : Lewis Hamilton

Fifth : Nico Rosberg

Sixth : Jenson Button

Seventh : Felipe Massa

Eighth : Michael Schumacher

Ninth : Sebastien Buemi

Tenth : Robert Kubica

Pole : Mark Webber

[Jim Watt]

Greetings Chaps! I'm with Jido this round:

Pole: Seb. Vettel RBR
1. Seb Vettel RBR (finally he gets a race where it all comes TO him )
2. Mark Webber RBR (the loyal Mark is no match for the superbly talented Sebastien! )
3. Fernado Alonso Ferrari (It's HIS home race )
4. Lewis Hamilton McLaren (was second in 07 here; just pipping Fernando, this time it's reversed and slightly lower )
5. Massa Ferrari (time is slipping away for him, just like it did for Rubens )
6. Rosberg Merc (kid's all right and the car's not bad either )
7. Schumacher Merc (he's been lo-balling and so may surprise us; this used to be HIS race (FOUR wins in a row 01-04)!
8. Button McLaren (a long way from last year Jense!
9. Kubica Renault (somebody please give the Pole a race car!!
10. Petrov (he's getting the hang of things, I think

That's it from here; Enjoy the race Jim Watt

[Lloyd]

Greetings Chaps! I'm with Jido this round:

Pole: Seb. Vettel RBR
1. Seb Vettel RBR (finally he gets a race where it all comes TO him )
2. Mark Webber RBR (the loyal Mark is no match for the superbly talented Sebastien! )
3. Fernado Alonso Ferrari (It's HIS home race )

So wrong

[Jim Watt]

Right you are, Lloyd! The race, in fact, was the Webbo's from the first turn... or even before, if you count Saturday's Pole!

And if the BORE-celona race came to anyone, it was Fernando!! Wasn't he a little flustered at the post race interview

It appears that the pressure is getting to Seb. He sort of rattled on about how he couldn't figure out how Mark out-qualyed him on Saturday and then, on Sunday, he suggested he didn't know what was wrong with his car... and how he was having a hard time figuring out what went wrong.

...but I'm still thinking the kid will do well next Sunday in the streets of Monaco. I haven't decided yet if I'm picking him to win...

...let me do some research first. I'll get back to you later.

Jim Watt

[10 n Pole Admin]

Here are the Top 3 and Pole statistics for the round of Spain!

Winner
Sebastian Vettel 46.83%
Fernando Alonso 18.31%
Lewis Hamilton 13.73%
Jenson Button 11.62%
Mark Webber 6.34%
Felipe Massa 1.41%

Second
Lewis Hamilton 24.65%
Sebastian Vettel 23.24%
Fernando Alonso 21.83%
Mark Webber 12.68%
Jenson Button 9.51%
Felipe Massa 3.87%
Nico Rosberg 3.17%

Third
Lewis Hamilton 21.48%
Jenson Button 19.37%
Fernando Alonso 17.96%
Sebastian Vettel 11.97%
Mark Webber 10.92%
Nico Rosberg 6.69%
Felipe Massa 5.63%
Michael Schumacher 4.58%
Robert Kubica 1.06%

Pole
Sebastian Vettel 62.68%
Fernando Alonso 13.73%
Lewis Hamilton 9.86%
Mark Webber 6.34%
Jenson Button 5.99%

Results shortly

[GhoGho]

It appears that the pressure is getting to Seb. He sort of rattled on about how he couldn't figure out how Mark out-qualyed him on Saturday and then, on Sunday, he suggested he didn't know what was wrong with his car... and how he was having a hard time figuring out what went wrong.

Jim, it seems like he wasn't wrong about the car according to this article:

http://en.espnf1.com/redbull/motorsport ... 17788.html

We will have to wait and see in Turkey if the car was to blame or if MW has just found something more......

[10 n Pole Admin]

Col top scores this round with 70 points.

The average score was 47.47.

Congratulations to Col, you have won a NewsOnF1 Compact Smart Digital Clock with Alarm.
Col managed to pick 9 out of the the top 10 finishers with 1st, 2nd and 3rd in their exact finishing place. Picking Mark Webber for pole earned Col 6 additional points and scored a bonus 10 points for picking 9 and Pole!

The Overall Top 20 is available here

The Spanish Top 200 is available here

The Popularity Picks for the round of Spain is available here

[10 n Pole Admin]

Results for Monaco in a couple of days.

Apologies for the delay