Round of Hungary 08 - Picks and comments

8 n Pole Admin · Post by **8 n Pole Admin** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:09 am

The Hungarian Grand Prix is on the 3rd of August. Pick submissions close on the 1st of August prior to the start of the 1st Friday practice session at 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT).

Go ahead and submit your picks here then come back and paste your picks on this thread let the rest know why you think this pick is the right one.

Good luck!

DanoF1 · Post by **DanoF1** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:18 am

Winner : Lewis Hamilton

Second : Felipe Massa

Third : Kimi Raikkonen

Fourth : Heikki Kovalainen

Fifth : Robert Kubica

Sixth : Nick Heidfeld

Seventh : Fernando Alonso

Eighth : Jarno Trulli

Pole : Lewis Hamilton

Jim Watt · Post by **Jim Watt** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:07 am

Greetings Race Fanatics!

I have been busy lately moving and so missed seeing the fabulous German Grand Prix. You may imagine my surprise when I picked up the paper to see a Renault (and not Mr. Alonso's) on the podium! I am assuming that Kimi's comments about a similar run of bad luck around this time last year explain the miserable performance of the Maranello gang.

So, probably never learning from experience, as usual, I am sticking to my guns and picking for

Kimi Raikkonen, the driver we all remember as ridiculously fast and talented in addition to being the unluckiest chap in years

Lewis Hamilton, who should now be in 'defensive' mode --having learned from last year that points matter more than winning

Heikki Kovalainen, he seems on the upswing --at last!
4th: Felipe Massa: he'd better get some points, at least!

5th: [Quick] Nick Heidfeld, the chap is figuring it out and letting his teammate do the work for him

6th: Robert Kubica --I just can't leave him out of the points

7th: Fernando Alonso --sorry JayVee, he doesn't seem to be really his old self at all

and the last point goes to: Mark Webber, who is even unluckier than Kimi, I think

The Pole, naturally, will be Kimi's.

Looking forward to Practice, Qualifications and race. Plan to immerse self in this week's Hungarian Goulash!

Maybe, I'll be able to crawl back into the first century. Last week dropped me to something like 167th in Pole n8 Points.

Jim Watt

Lloyd · Post by **Lloyd** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:42 am

Winner: Kimi Raikkonen

Second: Lewis Hamilton

Third: Heikki Kovalainen

Fourth: Robert Kubica

Fifth: Nick Heidfeld

Sixth: Felipe Massa

Seventh: Kazuki Nakajima

Eighth: Mark Webber

Pole: Lewis Hamilton

Hopefully this round I will get a few more points

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:38 am

With my recent round scores, I think I'm starting to understand what the phrase "treading water" means..........well, let's keep treading water then!!!

Picks for the round of Hungary..............
1st} Felipe Massa(just throwin' some monkey wrenches into Lewis's plans for world.....well, I thought about saying 'world domination'.....how about just 'world conquest'?......

)
2nd} Lewis Hamilton(.......

..............)
3rd} Kimi Raikkonen(.......what now, Massa?......

)
4th} Fernando Alonso(things could be worse.....I could be driving for AGR over in North America.....

)
5th} Nick Heidfeld(.........

)
6th} Nelson Piquet, Jr.(at least I can now say to my father, I stood on an F1 podium..........

)
7th} Robert Kubica(...........

................)
8th} David Coulthard(someone's gotta' finish 8th....this week its' "the Retiring Scot")

And for pole position.............Kimi Raikkonen

Southernman · Post by **Southernman** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:24 am

Winner : Lewis Hamilton - Most determined driver racing at the moment.

Second : Felipe Massa- Quick but not quick enough

Third : Kimi Raikkonen- Does he really want to be two time champ bad enough

Fourth : Robert Kubica - Safe bet for mid points finish.
Fifth : Nick Heidfeld - same reason as Kubica.
Sixth : Heikki Kovalainen - Improving as the year goes on.
Seventh : Mark Webber- I rate him alot more highly than most people do.
Eighth : Kazuki Nakajima- Never picked him before.

Pole : Lewis Hamilton- He likes to start on pole.

jido · Post by **jido** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:11 am

My picks for Hungary were:

You have registered the following picks :
Winner : Kimi Raikkonen

Second : Felipe Massa

Third : Nick Heidfeld

Fourth : Heikki Kovalainen

Fifth : Jarno Trulli

Sixth : Lewis Hamilton

Seventh : Mark Webber

Eighth : Fernando Alonso

Pole : Kimi Raikkonen

Err.... Well I was not the only one thinking the BMW would do better. I will try to get a better score next time

8 n Pole Admin · Post by **8 n Pole Admin** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:50 pm

Pat and onion top scored this round with 36 points.

Scoring was below the average in terms of scoring. Average score was 21.89 points.

Pat and onion top scored this round with 36 points each. Pat submitted picks for this round earlier than onion and is the winner of this round so congratulations to Pat, you have won a NewsOnF1 Compact Smart Digital Clock with Alarm.
Pat managed to pick 6 of the top 8 finishers with 6th and 7th in their exact finishing place. Picking Lewis Hamilton for pole earned Pat 4 additional points and scored a bonus 4 points for picking 6 and Pole!
onion managed to pick 7 of the top 8 finishers with 3rd and 7th in their exact finishing place. Picking Lewis Hamilton for pole earned onion 4 additional points and scored a bonus 6 points for picking 7 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.

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Good luck in the next round of Europe (Valencia). Deadline for submitting your picks is on Friday the 22nd of August at 10:00 AM Valencia time (that is 08:00 GMT)!