Round of Brazil '08 - Picks and comments

8 n Pole Admin · Post by **8 n Pole Admin** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:44 pm

The Brazilian Formula 1 Grand Prix is on the 2nd of November. Pick submissions close on the 30th of October prior to the start of the 1st Friday practice session at 10:00 local time (12:00 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.

This is the final round of the 2008 season, good luck!

Jim Watt · Post by **Jim Watt** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:27 am

Order

in the Court!
Here will be my picks for the way I WANT the race to play out. Even though I have crawled back into the second hundred from my picks last week, I am going to go for the storybook ending here.

will go to Felipe Massa, who will WIN THE WDC! and the whole country will go nuts

will be Kimi Raikkonen who will drown his team mate in Champagne!

will be Fernando Alonso, two-time WDC, making a podium with Four WDC's on it!

4th Place will be Robert Kubica's, doing his part in denying the Brit his WDC, and managing to be cheerful about it

5th Place, the one Lewis HAS TO HAVE, will go to Quick Nick Heidfeld in the other BMW Sauber, a guy who knows what it is to be close, but no cigar!

in 6th Place, even after a desperate last lap effort to overtake Nick, will be this era's Michael Schumacher, a brilliant driver that nobody loves, Lewis-- 'always a bridesmaid'-- Hamilton.

& Ron Dennis will be in shock

I mean SHOCK

7th Place will go to Heikki K., once again managing to do Nothing, or next to it, for his Team.
and the final point 8th Place, will be David Coulthard's, a fitting end to an excellent career!

The Pole will, naturally, be Felipe's

It's been an excellent season; let's hope it has an excellent finish.

Now. If someone will just do SOMETHING about the terrible

Mr. E.

before he manages to completely destroy F1!!

Jim Watt

See you next Year!

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:41 am

Well like Jim I am going for the way I want it to pan out..... I have to have something to believe in.

Winner: Felipe Massa ~ WDC

Second: Fernando Alonso ~ He still has the fire in the belly

Third: Kimi Raikkonen ~ He likes the podium

Fourth: Sebastian Vettel ~ the surprise packet of the year

Fifth: Mark Webber ~ Please have some luck

Sixth: Rubens Barrichello ~ He loves the home crowd

Seventh: Lewis Hamilton ~ Lewis will probably take out Coultard, Button on the first lap while trying to get to the front of the pack... be given a 10 second stop and go penalty.... then he will force Nelson Piquet off the track and get a drive through penalty and finally the team will stuff up his last pit stop causing Ron Dennis to pull out what is left of his hair and Lewis to be no longer Ron's number one!!!

Eighth: Nico Rosberg ~ Managed to avoid LH.

Pole: Felipe Massa

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:21 am

As usual, here's my contarian picks for the season-finale in Brazil....

1st} Felipe Massa(wins for the hometown folks, but it ain't enough........

)
2nd} Lewis Hamilton(like a certain sci-fi heroine, ole' Lewis carried out his duties irrespective of what others thought or said.......and ended up winning the WDC right in Felipe's backyard........

)
3rd} Fernando Alonso(Congratulations, Lewis.....welcome to the world of a world champion!

)
4th} Sebastien Vettel(proving that he is a legit contender.....for next year's WDC.......

)
5th} Kimi Raikkonen(..............

........................)
6th} Jarno Trulli(anybody need a veteran driver for next year......anyone?........anyone?.................Bueller?........)
7th} Sebastien Bourdais(good luck over at Red Bull next year, Sebby V.....you'll need it!

)
8th} David Coulthard(it's only fitting that the Scotsman scores a point in his final F1 race.......Congratulations on a long, successful career in F1, David!

)

And for pole position..............................Lewis Hamilton

Lloyd · Post by **Lloyd** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:44 am

Hello Brazil and goodbye for the 08 season
For me this was what the cards said again

I promise to get a better system for next year.

Winner: Felipe Massa from pole to flag

Second: Heikki Kovalainen Doing his best to impress Ron after Lewis stuffs up under pressure

Third: Sebastien Bourdais Hoping to keep a drive next yr takes a risk pill and goes for it

Fourth: Kimi Raikkonen What can i say

Fifth: Sebastian Vettel Good car, Good engine

Sixth: Robert Kubica Trying till the end

Seventh: Jarno Trulli Deserved points

Eighth: Nelson Piquet Jr Beat a Renault engine (the good ones) can manage

Pole: Felipe Massa

Coultard will come to grief again. Sad end to his career.

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:10 pm

Interesting to see how many are voting with their hearts

Same here

Winner: Felipe Massa - Only way to win the championship
Second: Kimi Raikkonen - Hopes to do better next time
Third: Fernando Alonso - A good end to a poor year
Fourth: Heikki Kovalainen - Fits McLaren's strategy
Fifth: Robert Kubica - The BMW isn't so good in Brazil
Sixth: Nelson Piquet Jr - Trying to retain his seat
Seventh: Nick Heidfeld - BMW must be wondering why they decided to keep him!!
Eighth: Sebastian Vettel - The best of the rest!
Pole: Felipe Massa - Who else

Farewell to David Coulthard

Oh and Hamilton will retire, it is his turn

8 n Pole Admin · Post by **8 n Pole Admin** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:13 pm

Kaps top scored this round with a score of 46 points.

The round of Brazil was an above average scoring round. Average score was 28.50 points.

Congratulations to Kaps, you have won a NewsOnF1 Compact Smart Digital Clock with Alarm.

Kaps managed to pick 7 of the top 8 finishers with 1st, 7th and 8th in their exact finishing place. Picking Felipe Massa for pole earned Kaps 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.

The Overall Top 20 is available here

The Brazilian Top 200 is available here

The Popularity Picks for the round of Brazil is available here

Results for individuals and groups are all being sent via email.

We hope that you have enjoyed the 2008 8 'n' Pole Competition and hope to see you again in 2009

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:13 pm

Hey congrat Kaps on a great finish to the year.

Kapel · Post by **Kapel** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:23 pm

Thanks Jacfan!!
Congrats Gho Gho for winning the Idiots group n finishing 6th!!

Kindly pray for the people of Mumbai,these are very tough times we are going through.

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:28 pm

Kapel wrote:Thanks Jacfan!!
Congrats Gho Gho for winning the Idiots group n finishing 6th!!

Kindly pray for the people of Mumbai,these are very tough times we are going through.

Hi Kapel. Glad to hear that you are ok. My thoughts and prayers are with all the victims and their families following such a horrific act against innocent people.

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:02 am

Well done Kapel for winning the round

Glad to hear you are well and our thoughts are with all those affected by these terrible attacks

Kapel · Post by **Kapel** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 3:06 pm

JayVee wrote:Well done Kapel for winning the round

Glad to hear you are well and our thoughts are with all those affected by these terrible attacks

Thanks JayVee....finally i won a round this year

The competition is getting tough here...what do we do to get tht 250pounds prize...ED shouldnt there be a prize for Idiots group top 3 also?

All's well now in Mumbai..all the terrorist are killed n one detained...city back to its normal life.