Round of Italy 2010 - Picks and comments

[10 n Pole Admin]

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

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 on Friday the 10th of September.

Good luck

[Thaddeus]

Here are my picks:

Winner: Lewis Hamilton

Second: Sebastian Vettel

Third: Jenson Button

Fourth: Robert Kubica

Fifth: Fernando Alonso

Sixth: Felipe Massa

Seventh: Nico Rosberg

Eighth: Adrian Sutil

Ninth: Vetaly Petrov

Tenth: Rubens Barrichello

Pole: Lewis Hamilton

Got a feeling Webber will not do well. Not sure why.

[Julian Mayo]

I am not game to pick Sebashem Vettel.

[jacfan]

Sebashem..... I like it.


Well now for my picks. This time since I did not have a clue.... I asked Poppy and her advice was the following....

Winner: Mark Webber

Second: Felipe Massa

Third: Lewis Hamilton

Fourth: Sebastian Vettel

Fifth: Fernando Alonso

Sixth: Nico Rosberg

Seventh: Jenson Button

Eighth: Adrian Sutil

Ninth: Rubens Barrichello

Tenth: Michael Schumacher

Pole: Mark Webber

[Jim Watt]

Happy to see that JacFan and I agree this race is Webbo's!

my picks:
1. Mark Webber
2. Jenson Button
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Seb Vettel (even tho Julian is not game to pick the lad)
5. Fernando the Cute
6. Robert, the Quick, Kubica
7. Felipe, the game, Massa
8. Nico Rosberg, next year's contender
9. Valery Petrov,the lucky
10. Michael Schumacher, the grand old man

pole: Lewis Hamilton of course

How, you ask, will Lewis lose the lead? Ah, that's why they actually run the race.

cheers,

Jim Watt

[Julian Mayo]

How, you ask, will Lewis lose the lead? Ah, that's why they actually run the race.

I am not game to be picking Sebashem because there are several drivers out there who, if not in a point scoring position, might show him the wall, and an early shower...

[Jim Watt]

Julian:

Interesting notion that Jense or some of the other chaps might want to squeeze the kid into the wall or a nice gravel patch. But Jense, for example, has too much to lose messing with that sort of game. Same for Robert Kubica. And remember, if anyone has a beef with him it's his team mate, but he, too, is too smart for such shenanigans. If he gets too close to Fernando ... maybe. Anyway, I look forward to the race.

Jim Watt

[Thaddeus]

Hmm. I think I got just about everything wrong. Quite an impressive feat

Really surprised how far off the pace Vettel was in qualifying.

[10 n Pole Admin]

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

Winner
Lewis Hamilton 51.87%
Mark Webber 16.36%
Fernando Alonso 11.21%
Sebastian Vettel 11.21%
Jenson Button 7.48%
Felipe Massa 1.40%

Second
Mark Webber 23.36%
Lewis Hamilton 21.96%
Jenson Button 20.09%
Fernando Alonso 15.89%
Sebastian Vettel 14.02%
Felipe Massa 4.21%

Third
Sebastian Vettel 26.17%
Mark Webber 19.16%
Fernando Alonso 18.69%
Jenson Button 13.08%
Lewis Hamilton 13.08%
Felipe Massa 4.67%
Robert Kubica 2.80%
Michael Schumacher 1.40%

Pole
Lewis Hamilton 45.79%
Sebastian Vettel 21.03%
Mark Webber 17.29%
Fernando Alonso 8.88%
Jenson Button 3.27%
Felipe Massa 1.40%

Results shortly

[10 n Pole Admin]

Torres09 top scores this round with 73 points.

The average score was 47.17.

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Torres09 managed to pick 9 of the top 10 finishers with 1st, 3rd, 4th, 8th, 9th and 10th in their exact finishing place. Picking Fernando Alonso for pole earned Torres09 6 additional points and scored a bonus 10 points for picking 9 and Pole!

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