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8 'n' Pole players, post your picks for the eleventh race of the season at the Valencia street circuit.

Note 1: Luca Badoer is the temporary replacement for Felipe Massa. If you want to pick Luca Badoer, select Felipe Massa from the drop down menu, you will be scored according to the position Luca Badoer finishes.

Note 2: The Renault ban has been overturned and therefore the team will race at this event. The team has yet to announce who will replace Nelson Piquet although it is likely to be Romain Grosjean. If you want to pick Nelson Piquet's replacement, just pick Nelson Piquet for the time being.

You can submit your picks at http://www.newsonf1.com/8npole/submit.htm 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 for Europe is the 21st of August prior to the start of the first Friday practice session.

Good luck

Winner: Sebastian Vettel

Second: Lewis Hamilton

Third: Mark Webber

Fourth: Kimi Raikkonen

Fifth: Jenson Button

Sixth: Felipe Massa

Seventh: Heikki Kovalainen

Eighth: Fernando Alonso

Pole: Sebastian Vettel

The picks you have entered are:

Winner: Fernando Alonso

Second: Jenson Button

Third: Sebastian Vettel

Fourth: Robert Kubica

Fifth: Lewis Hamilton

Sixth: Mark Webber

Seventh: Jarno Trulli

Eighth: Felipe Massa

Pole: Fernando Alonso

Greetings Mates!

Well, it's been a VERY LONG break; so long I kept hoping to read that Bernie & Max had fetched up at an old folks home with matching dementias!

I think that because it's a street circuit and because Fernando now has nothing, nada, zero, to lose that this will be the one he takes in great fashion; first by taking the pole on fumes then by putting a gap between him and the McLarens and pitting early (say lap 8 or 9) and then coming back and driving the wheels off his Renault

So here are me picks:

Fernando Alonso; 2 WDC's; 21 (now 22) wins & 18 (now 19) poles
his old Nemesis, Lewis Hamilton in the re-juvenated McLaren
Mark Webber in the best looking car on the grid
4th: Jenson Button, quietly putting points in the bank in the solid Braun/Merc
5th: Seb. Vetell in the other beautiful new Newey machine
6th: Kimi Raikkonen fighting for his reputation in the sludgemobile Ferarri
7th: Rubens, old dependable (following a Ferrari out of habit?):lol:
8th & final point will go to Luca B. in the other Red Machine

Have a good race, chaps!
I'm in Durango, CO & have to get up at 4:30 A.M.

Jim Watt

Winner: Mark Webber

Second: Sebastian Vettel

Third: Kimi Raikkonen

Fourth: Lewis Hamilton

Fifth: Nico Rosberg

Sixth: Fernando Alonso

Seventh: Jenson Button

Eighth: Romain Grosjean

Pole: Mark Webber

dear JacFan:

I almost picked the Webbo to win meself! Good Luck!

Jim Watt

A few picking Alonso to win

I hope so but I am putting him for 3rd as I try to recover some ground in the competition!!

I reckon:

Winner: Mark Webber - I think he has a real chance of winning the title this year
Second: Sebastian Vettel - lack of experience starts to show
Third: Fernando Alonso - Only Alonso can put the Renault here
Fourth: Jenson Button - lack of development showing
Fifth: Kimi Raikkonen - practicing for his rally switch!!
Sixth: Nico Rosberg - his usual place
Seventh: Rubens Barrichello - I said the Brawn is now lacking!!
Eighth: Jarno Trulli - what's new
Pole: Fernando Alonso - A good show in front of the home crowd but as Jim says on low fuel

JayVee wrote:A few picking Alonso to win

I hope so but I am putting him for 3rd as I try to recover some ground in the competition!!

I reckon:

Winner: Mark Webber - I think he has a real chance of winning the title this year
Second: Sebastian Vettel - lack of experience starts to show
Third: Fernando Alonso - Only Alonso can put the Renault here
Fourth: Jenson Button - lack of development showing
Fifth: Kimi Raikkonen - practicing for his rally switch!!
Sixth: Nico Rosberg - his usual place
Seventh: Rubens Barrichello - I said the Brawn is now lacking!!
Eighth: Jarno Trulli - what's new
Pole: Fernando Alonso - A good show in front of the home crowd but as Jim says on low fuel

I have a funny feeling that Vettel will take Alonso out....................or it could have been the the fact that I had mexican for lunch, that I am now awake.

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

Winner
Sebastian Vettel 30.82%
Lewis Hamilton 30.47%
Mark Webber 17.92%
Jenson Button 10.39%
Kimi Raikkonen 6.09%
Felipe Massa 2.15%
Fernando Alonso 1.79%


Second
Mark Webber 26.16%
Sebastian Vettel 23.66%
Lewis Hamilton 16.85%
Jenson Button 13.62%
Kimi Raikkonen 10.39%
Fernando Alonso 3.94%
Rubens Barrichello 2.51%
Heikki Kovalainen 1.43%


Third
Mark Webber 21.51%
Sebastian Vettel 17.92%
Jenson Button 16.13%
Lewis Hamilton 15.05%
Kimi Raikkonen 14.34%
Fernando Alonso 6.45%
Rubens Barrichello 2.87%
Heikki Kovalainen 1.79%
Felipe Massa's replacement 1.08%

Pole
Sebastian Vettel 33.69%
Lewis Hamilton 22.22%
Mark Webber 17.20%
Fernando Alonso 9.32%
Jenson Button 8.96%
Kimi Raikkonen 4.66%
Felipe Massa 1.43%
Timo Glock 1.08%

Results shortly

Lightfoot top scores this round with a score of 41 points.

It was another relatively low scoring round with an average score of 19.91. It was the 5th lowest average score so far this season.
The Winner for this round:

Congratulations to Lightfoot, you have won a NewsOnF1 Compact Smart Digital Clock with Alarm.
Lightfoot managed to pick 6 of the top 8 finishers with 5th, 6th and 7th in their exact finishing place. Picking Lewis Hamilton for pole earned Lightfoot 4 additional points and scored 4 bonus points for picking 6 and Pole!

Please give us your comments on how you've managed such a stunning pick!
All other players can contribute here as well. We'd love to hear from you.

Overall, Texancow has taken the lead following this round. Dom drops to second just a single point behind while Lightfoot moves up 12 places into 3rd after winning this round.

The Overall Top 20 is available here

The Europe Top 200 is available here

The Popularity Picks for the round of Europe is available here