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[McG 6969]

1 hour ago, GrumpyGnome said:

 

They have partly done it - the mini-league shows the original, pre objection points. But your team breakdown will still be wrong.

 

... sorry, but I don't understand it... I mean the siuation remains 'grey' here at Fantasy.

In my breakdown points, Alonso still remains at 0 for race and bonus points...

Some patience needed once more... especially with GP stuff...

 

Chris

 

[John Privett]

Evenin' all!

 

Moving on for the moment from the Red Bull penalty and the 'adjustments' to last weekend's results,  it's Mexico this weekend.  And again it's a late start for us on this side of the pond. So first;

 

Don't forget your predictions!

 

P2 is underway now - or at least it would be if it hadn't been red-flagged due to Leclerc stuffing his car backwards into the barriers.  But he's out of the car and ok.  Up to now, Russell had fastest time in P2, nearly a second faster than Tsunoda, with Ocon and Hamilton next.  But there's still about 2/3 of the session still to run.

 

P1 saw a Ferrari 1-2 with Sainz ahead of Leclerc.  The Red Bulls were next, with Perez ahead of Verstappen, then Hamilton and Alonso.  All pretty close though with less than 0.2 seconds separating the top 6.

 

P3 is at 6pm (BST) tomorrow, ahead of qualifying at 9pm.  After the clocks go back,  Sunday's race is at 8pm (UTC/GMT)

 

Good luck everyone!

Edited October 28, 2022 by John Privett

[John Privett]

I've delayed hitting the "Submit Reply" button, as once again with a late-in-the-day race the UK Ch.4 hightlights have only just started... 

 

So,  the usual warning/disclaimer - If you're watching the Ch.4 recorded highlights,  and don't want to know the results,  then please read no further!  (And indeed,  browsing the web is probably not a great idea if you don't want to stumble across the results anyway!)

 

So first up, here are our scores from Mexico;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	1 0	Igoronic racing	iqon	125
2	3 1	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	124
3	9 0	PSS Power	Flyer	122
4	4 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	122
5	2 1	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	118
6	10 1	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	117
7	5 0	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	113
8	8 0	Oyster f1	Glenn Philbrick	111
9	6 0	Revers Racing	Pete B	110
10	14 0	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	103
11	11 1	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	102
12	7 0	LetsGoTotoLetsGo	GrumpyGnome	98
13	15 0	Hans Brake	Zoonie	88
14	12 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	85
15	13 0	teewrex	John Tee	71

 

 

A fairly small range in the scores today,  and first place goes to Iqon on 125 points.

 

Just one point behind is Tony who takes second place with 124 points.

 

Scoring 122 points each, Ade and John S share 3rd,  although the results show them 3rd and 4th.

 

Well done to today's top 3 (or 4!)

 

Moving next to the overall table after today;

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	1 0	Igoronic racing	iqon	2873
2	2 1	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	2778
3	3 1	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	2759
4	4 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	2641
5	5 0	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	2485
6	6 0	Revers Racing	Pete B	2426
7	7 0	LetsGoTotoLetsGo	GrumpyGnome	2359
8	8 0	Oyster f1	Glenn Philbrick	2317
9	9 0	PSS Power	Flyer	2297
10	10 1	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	2289
11	11 1	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	2275
12	12 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	2207
13	13 0	teewrex	John Tee	2071
14	14 0	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	2051
15	15 0	Hans Brake	Zoonie	2033

 

 

Iqon (not surprisingly as today's highest scorer!) holds on to top spot. 

 

But there's a "change" indicated as Chris moves up to second above Tony.  Except that - as far as I can see - that's only a change compared to the first revision of the USA points,  and not to the results after the second revision following the overturning of Alonso's penalty.  So Chris was really already second, and Tony has actually closed the gap to Chris by 6 points today!

 

The other place change today is Charles taking 10th from Kev.

 

Next up is Brazil in 2 weeks time,  and then the season finalé in Abu Dhabi the week after.

 

[John Tee]

For the second time this season I did my predictions and then either didn't save them or Fantasygp had a glitch as they were logged as not entered in the results. Must take more care next time. At least two predictions right so would have had a better score than 71.

 

getting lower in the league but may just stay off bottom.

 

John

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Cheers John.

Again a bizarre sport, you trash a competitors car, he's out the race, you score points ?

Racing incident ? Then why the 10 second penalty ?

Well done Max/RB and when did Ferrari strat team move to Merc ? 😉

[McG 6969]

John, you really must avoid to ask 'pertinent' questions... ??? ... this is Formula One, you know...   🙃

 

Regarding the strat team, I guess it is just a 'short-term-lease'? ...

As far as on-track-performance, they have just exchanged/switched their respective Performance Managers...  😉

 

Chris

[John Privett]

Evening all!

 

Brazil this weekend,  and it's a Sprint weekend. 

 

P1 saw Red Bull taking 1st and 3rd, Ferrari 2nd and 4th, with Mercedes 5th and 6th. The order was Perez, Leclerc, Verstappen, Sainz, Hamilton and Russell.  But only 0.004 seconds sepating the top 2, and the same margin between 2nd and 3rd.  And the top 6 times were covered by just over 0.2 seconds.

 

The next session was the qualifying for tomorrow's Sprint race,  and here Magnussen grabbed pole from Verstappen with Russell 3rd. Norris, Sainz, Ocon and Alonso followed,  with Hamilton 8th.

 

So,  the timely reminder;

 

Don't forget your predictions!

 

P2 is tomorrow at 15:30 GMT/UTC,  with the Sprint race at 19:30.  The race on Sunday is at 18:00.

 

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Ferrari pit crew as per usual I see, Sainz has 5 place penalty for the race.

[John Privett]

Evening all!

 

With the Channel 4 highlights now coming to a close,  let's have a look at how we all scored in today's race;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	7 0	LetsGoTotoLetsGo	GrumpyGnome	185
2	6 0	Revers Racing	Pete B	153
3	3 0	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	140
4	8 0	Oyster f1	Glenn Philbrick	136
5	10 1	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	132
6	2 0	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	130
7	9 1	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	124
8	15 0	Hans Brake	Zoonie	110
9	1 0	Igoronic racing	iqon	99
10	5 0	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	97
11	14 0	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	97
12	4 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	96
13	13 0	teewrex	John Tee	95
14	12 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	91
15	11 2	PSS Power	Flyer	91

 

 

Topping today's chart with an impressive 185 points is GrumpyGnome.

Second, and 32 points behind, with 153 points is Pete B.

And third today with 140 points is Tony.

 

Well done to today's top 3!

 

Looking now at how this affects the overall table;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	1 0	Igoronic racing	iqon	2972
2	2 0	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	2908
3	3 0	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	2899
4	4 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	2737
5	5 0	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	2582
6	6 0	Revers Racing	Pete B	2579
7	7 0	LetsGoTotoLetsGo	GrumpyGnome	2544
8	8 0	Oyster f1	Glenn Philbrick	2453
9	9 1	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	2413
10	10 1	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	2407
11	11 2	PSS Power	Flyer	2388
12	12 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	2298
13	13 0	teewrex	John Tee	2166
14	14 0	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	2148
15	15 0	Hans Brake	Zoonie	2143

 

 

No changes to any positions in the top half of the table - Iqon is still in first, with Chris second and Tony third.

 

Looking a little further down though, Charles and Kev have both moved up a place to 9th and 10th respectively,  displacing Ade to 11th.

 

All other positions remain unchanged.

 

Next up is the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi.  This is next weekend,  and as an evening race is at 'normal' European times (ie. early afternoon!) 

 

Looking at our table, there's still quite a few battles to be fought.  Iqon looks relatively secure in top spot - 64 points ahead of Chris.  But Chris is probably looking nervously over his shoulder at Tony,  just 9 points adrift...   A little further down, Pete is sneaking up on Simon - just a 3-point gap there!  And Kev is just 6 points behind Charles, but only 19 points ahead of Ade.  Finally, I have Zoonie just 5 points behind me,  but John T possibly in reach,  just 18 points ahead of me. 

 

Lots of places to play for next week!

 

 

[iqon]

Well done GrumpyGnome.

Chris forget about whats in front keep checking your mirrors.......

( Glad there is only one race left. ).

[GrumpyGnome]

Well, I didn't expect that!  Cheers.

[McG 6969]

Well done GrumpyG, Pete & Tony...

 

Despite my team doing an acceptable job, with just half a prediction right here in Brasil, I can only blame myself.

 

No point of getting nervous though, I think Tony can close that small gap with ease.

 

Ceasar would say "Alea iacta est"... AD here we come...

 

Cheers

 

Chris

 

 

 

[Tony Clark]

Good result for Grumpy Gnome and Pete, well done!

Chris either of us could slip up, hard to  make a call on final placings.

[McG 6969]

On 14/11/2022 at 15:13, Tony Clark said:

Chris either of us could slip up, hard to make a call on final placings.

 

You're entirely right, Tony.

 

On the other hand, ending second is the first 'losing' place...

 

In Belgium, we call that 'doing a Poulidor'.

Back in the days, Poulidor was a French cyclist who very often finished a cycle race second behind Belgian Eddy Merckx...

 

But i'll manage to remain on the podium, I guess...

 

Cheers

 

Chris

 

[John Privett]

Evening all!

 

Here we are at the season finalé - Abu Dhabi.  So, for the final time in 2022, the customary reminder;

 

Don't forget your predictions!

 

P1 saw a Mercedes 1-2, though in the opposite order to last weekend's race.  Hamilton was 0.22 s quicker than Russell,  with Leclerc only 0.035 s slower.  Perez was 4th ahead of rookie Lawson in Verstappen's car.  Lawson was one of eight reserve drivers in P1, driving in the second of their sessions this year, as mandated by the 2022 regulations.

 

P2 was run under conditions closer to the likely qualifying and race conditions,  and with the 'rookie' drivers replaced by the 'regular' drivers.  Verstappen set fastest time, 0.341 s ahead of Russell.  Leclerc was, again, 3rd with Hamilton 4th, Perez 5th and Sainz 6th.

 

P3 is at 10:30 GMT/UTC tomorrow for those who want to wait before setting their predictions.  Qualifying is at 14:00,  with Sunday's race at 13:00.

 

Good luck everyone! 

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Cheers John.

Done mine, can't see Igor beating me this weekend. 😉

[iqon]

3 hours ago, john stones 1 - Moderator said:

Cheers John.

Done mine, can't see Igor beating me this weekend. 😉

Having looked over your shoulder, easy....... 😆

[John Privett]

Evening all!  

 

The last race of the season has been run,  and the highlights shown on Channel 4,  so lets have a look at our scores today!

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	4 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	138
2	3 0	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	129
3	2 0	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	128
4	1 0	Igoronic racing	iqon	127
5	5 0	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	122
6	13 0	teewrex	John Tee	122
7	9 2	PSS Power	Flyer	120
8	8 0	Oyster f1	Glenn Philbrick	107
9	12 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	103
10	14 1	Hans Brake	Zoonie	100
11	15 1	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	92
12	10 1	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	92
13	11 1	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	90
14	6 0	Revers Racing	Pete B	75
15	7 0	LetsGoTotoLetsGo	GrumpyGnome	72

 

 

Top scorer today was John S with 138 points.

Tony was 9 points back on 129 points.

And Chris takes third close behind Tony, on 128 points.

An 'honourable mention' to Iqon in 4th,  just one point behind Chris!

 

Well done to today's top 3 (or 4!)

 

So...  How does affect the overall table?

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	1 0	Igoronic racing	iqon	3099
2	2 0	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	3036
3	3 0	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	3028
4	4 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	2875
5	5 0	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	2704
6	6 0	Revers Racing	Pete B	2654
7	7 0	LetsGoTotoLetsGo	GrumpyGnome	2616
8	8 0	Oyster f1	Glenn Philbrick	2560
9	9 2	PSS Power	Flyer	2508
10	10 1	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	2505
11	11 1	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	2497
12	12 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	2401
13	13 0	teewrex	John Tee	2288
14	14 1	Hans Brake	Zoonie	2243
15	15 1	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	2240

 

 

No changes in the top half of the table today.  

 

So our overall winner for 2022 is Iqon!

Chris holds on to second.

And Tony finishes third,  just 8 points adrift.

 

Well done to our season's top three! 🍾

 

There's a few changes in the lower half of the table...

Ade moves up 2 places to 9th,  just 3 points ahead of Charles in 10th. Kev slips to 11th just 8 points behind Charles.

At the foot of the table I have managed to grab last place back from Zoonie - another 3-point margin!

 

We now have just over three months until we start all over again in Bahrain on 5 March 2023.  

 

 

[Simon Webb]

Thanks as always to the great John P! 🏆

 

Well done Iqon....I could have beat you but I let you win this year as you are a really nice bloke.....😀

 

Congrats to everybody that took part....well done!

 

I am really pleased with coming 5th, as I hate coming 6th! 

 

😎

 

 

[iqon]

Yay.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[iqon]

Thanks JP for running this "again". Well done.

[John Tee]

Congrats to Icon, Chris and Tony,  a good tussle. Many thanks to John for your hard work in running the league, a sometimes thankless task!!

 

There is always next year I suppose.

 

John

 

 

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Thank you as ever JP, your efforts are much appreciated. 👍

 

Well done Me for winning today and to Tony and Chris.

Igor triumphs again but why he has a picture of Brad Pitt on, I've no idea. 😮

Well done Chris and Tony on podium finishes.

 

Me I came Forth again, off to part the Red sea.

[Zflyer]

Thanks for running the league. I didnt think I had made any predictions for the last GP so moving off the bottom was great.

Next year!!!

[McG 6969]

Hello all,

 

A very big thank you to John P once more.   👍  🏁

 

Congrats to John S, Tony and... me (!?) for this final race podium.

 

As I kept my season's final second place, I suppose I'm the one who 'll be called Chris 'Poulidor' McG...

Anyhow, I'll survive it long enough to meet you all here next season...

 

Cheers

 

Chris