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[Charles Pic]

Well done to those who moved up the table. Having McLaren in my team is really giving my results a boost lately - who knew it would be them to take the fight to Red Bull this year? Didn’t look likely at the start of the year. 
 

Seems Piastri made a good call!

[Erfolg]

I do not know if any one else noticed (watched the highlights again) that both the McLaren and Ferrari following Verstappen exceeded the track limits consistently on one or maybe more corners.

 

I expect that RB will be bringing any observation to the officials notice. We did not want a repeat of a past event where the stewards composition was queried, then being seen as to Anglo Saxon in composition. 

 

Are RBs easy wins behind them, if so it did not last as long as the Mercedes dominance. 

 

Verstappen needs a better team mate, than his present one, to keep the pursuing hoards at bay, as the unwritten team interest prevailed at Mercedes.

[John Privett]

Evening all!

 

Monaco this weekend,  and some interesting leaderboards coming out of P1 and P2.  But first, the customary reminder!

 

Don't forget your predictions!

 

P1 saw the best times set by Mercedes and McLaren.  Hamilton set fastest time ahead of Piastri, with Russell and Norris next.  Verstappen and Perez set 11th and 12th fastest times - though that was on 'medium' compund tyres, rather than softs.

 

P2 saw Leclerc setting fastest time from Hamilton with Alonso third and Verstappen 4th - though still over half a second adrift of Leclerc's time.

 

So, once again, as I wondered last weekend - will Red Bull get their act together for P3 and/or qualifying and/or the race?  P3 is tomorrow at 11:30 UK-time.  Might be a good idea to set some predictions now and be ready to update them (or not!) after P3.  Qualifying follows at 15:00,  with Sunday's race at 14:00.

 

Bonne chance à tous!

 

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Few in the mix for pole, passing nigh on impossible so it's a bigger deal than usual.

[iqon]

Predictions done easy choice

 

 

 

 

 

 

( I just look over JS shoulder 🤣 )

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

22 minutes ago, iqon said:

Predictions done easy choice

 

 

 

 

 

 

( I just look over JS shoulder 🤣 )

 

Did mine Wednesday, as was supposed to be away.

[John Privett]

Evening all!

 

With channel 4's programme safely finished,  it's time to look at our results from today's race;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	2 3	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	202
2	1 1	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	166
3	3 1	Revers Racing	Pete B	164
4	7 4	Hidden Cucumber	fat brownie	151
5	6 0	PSS Power	Flyer	140
=	9 1	Pitts Specials	john stones	140
7	8 0	Iqonic racing	iqon	130
8	16 0	Hans Brake	Zoonie	120
9	12 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	115
10	10 1	teewrex	John Tee	112
11	13 1	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	98
12	4 1	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	92
13	11 4	LetsGoTotoLetsGo	GrumpyGnome	77
14	15 0	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	66
15	14 1	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	54
16	5 4	Mannschaft	Carl Brotherton	37

 

Quite a spread of scores today!  But top spot today is taken by Charles with an impressive 202 points.  Well done, Charles!

 

Second today on 166 points is Tony, with Pete just 2 points further back taking 3rd place.

 

Well done again to Charles and to the rest of our 'podum places' today.

 

Several of us failed to even reach double-figures with our scores today - myself included...

 

Looking now at the overall table;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	1 1	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	1363
2	2 3	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	1329
3	3 1	Revers Racing	Pete B	1302
4	4 1	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	1256
5	5 4	Mannschaft	Carl Brotherton	1248
6	6 0	PSS Power	Flyer	1237
7	7 4	Hidden Cucumber	fat brownie	1181
8	8 0	Iqonic racing	iqon	1179
9	9 1	Pitts Specials	john stones	1174
10	10 1	teewrex	John Tee	1154
11	11 4	LetsGoTotoLetsGo	GrumpyGnome	1133
12	12 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	1102
13	13 1	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	1061
14	14 1	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	1027
15	15 0	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	967
16	16 0	Hans Brake	Zoonie	944

 

So Tony is back up to top place.  Carl had briefly taken top place after Imola, but unfortunately his last place score of 55 points today means he falls 4 places to 5th. Charles' win today means he jumps 3 places to 2nd, with Pete moving up a place to 3rd.  

 

Amongst other changes, fat brownie is also heading upwards,  4 places up to 7th, and GrumpyGnome moves down 4 places to 11th.  

 

Canada is next, at Montreal, in 2 weeks time - and that means evening qualifying and race times for us in the UK.

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Well done top 3, and how on earth did you get that score Erf ?

[GrumpyGnome]

I'm surprised I only dropped four places!

 

Well done to those that scored well; commiserations to the rest of us.

[Charles Pic]

Crumbs, that was a good one! That’s what having Piastri and LeClerc, and Ferrari and McLaren in your team uwill do for you when Verstappen’s having an off day!

[iqon]

Well done top 3

[Erfolg]

Monaco is less a race, more about qualification.

 

Felt for Chico, the suggestion that there is and was a reluctance to implement a penalty as the potential offender would almost certainly be suspended, again calls into question the authorities and vested interests, than consistent impartial decisions.

 

As for being bottom.😢

[John Privett]

Evening all,

 

Back to North America this weekend.  Its Canada this time, and specifically Montréal.  And of course this means everything is a few hours later than normal for us.

 

P1 was delayed by a rain storm, and started 21 minutes late.  As the track dried out it was only in the last 5 minutes that any vaguely-representative times could be set,  and Norris was fastest ahead of Sainz and Leclerc.  Hamilton set 4th fastest, though over 1.5 seconds down on Norris with Verstappen 2 seconds adrift of Norris in 5th.  

 

So not really a useful indication of anything - except for how badly weather-affected the session was!  P2 starts in around 90 minutes from now - at 22:00 UK time.  P3 is at 17:30 tomorrow with qualifying at 21:00.  So, the customary reminder...

 

Don't forget your predictions!

 

Get them done before 21:00 on Saturday.  Sunday's race is at 19:00.

[John Privett]

Morning all!

 

By now the Channel 4 highlights programme should be well underway, so anybody who is watching that and doesn't want any clues about the results - please look away now, and get back to watching the race!

 

So first, our results from Canada;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	4 2	PSS Power	Flyer	143
2	7 1	Iqonic racing	iqon	142
3	15 0	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	140
4	13 1	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	139
5	10 1	LetsGoTotoLetsGo	GrumpyGnome	137
6	8 1	Hidden Cucumber	fat brownie	133
7	12 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	131
8	1 0	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	130
9	2 1	Revers Racing	Pete B	127
10	16 0	Hans Brake	Zoonie	124
11	9 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	116
12	11 1	teewrex	John Tee	114
13	5 0	Mannschaft	Carl Brotherton	111
14	6 2	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	100
15	14 1	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	96
16	3 1	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	83

 

And some close scores at the top!

Today's winner is Ade with 143 points.

Iqon is just one point behind with 142 points and takes second.

Kev is only two points further back on 140 and takes third.

 

Well done to today's top 3 - and the close scoring continues,  with just 6 points separating the top 5.

 

Looking now at the overall table after Canada;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	1 0	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	1493
2	2 1	Revers Racing	Pete B	1429
3	3 1	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	1412
4	4 2	PSS Power	Flyer	1380
5	5 0	Mannschaft	Carl Brotherton	1359
6	6 2	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	1356
7	7 1	Iqonic racing	iqon	1321
8	8 1	Hidden Cucumber	fat brownie	1314
9	9 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	1290
10	10 1	LetsGoTotoLetsGo	GrumpyGnome	1270
11	11 1	teewrex	John Tee	1268
12	12 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	1233
13	13 1	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	1166
14	14 1	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	1157
15	15 0	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	1107
16	16 0	Hans Brake	Zoonie	1068

 

Tony holds on to top place.  But there are a few place swaps,  most significantly Pete moves up to take 2nd from Charles who slips to third,  and Ade and Simon exchange places, Ade taking 4th, Simon 6th.

 

Next up is Spain in two weeks time.

[iqon]

I`m Happy, I was lucky you all did worse than me. 🤣

[Flyer]

Ooooo  Now how did that happen??  Good race to watch as anything could happen at any time.  Well done all, just shows' it's a lottery.  Now I need to buy a ticket...........

 

 

Cheers Ade

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Well done lads, I'm rubbish this year.

 

[Charles Pic]

Yikes!  I’m not sure I hit save after making my predictions! 😆

[GrumpyGnome]

I often wish I hadn't pressed the Save button......

[John Privett]

Evening all!

 

Back to Europe this weekend,  and it's the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.  So first, the customary reminder;

 

Don't forget your predictions!

 

We've had P1 and P2 already today.  In P1 Norris set fastest time from Verstappen, but only by 0.024 seconds, with Sainz a third of a second slower in third.  Russell was very slightly slower, ahead of Perez, Piastri and Hamilton. 

 

P2 was even closer, with Hamilton fastest, 0.022 s ahead of Sainz and 0.055 s ahead of Norris. Gasly, Verstappen and Leclerc were next,  the top 6 being separated by only a third of a second.

 

P3 is at 11:30 UK-time tomorrow,  with qualifying at 15:00 - so get your predictions done (or updated!) before then.

Sunday's race is at 14:00.

 

Good luck everyone!

[John Privett]

Evening all!

 

With the channel4 highlights safely finished,  time to have a look at our results today;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	7 2	Pitts Specials	john stones	167
2	2 0	Revers Racing	Pete B	148
3	1 0	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	146
=	10 0	LetsGoTotoLetsGo	GrumpyGnome	146
5	15 0	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	144
6	6 1	Iqonic racing	iqon	139
7	3 0	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	138
8	12 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	135
9	4 0	PSS Power	Flyer	126
10	9 1	Hidden Cucumber	fat brownie	124
11	11 0	teewrex	John Tee	123
12	5 0	Mannschaft	Carl Brotherton	120
13	13 0	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	115
14	14 0	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	106
15	8 2	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	90
16	16 0	Hans Brake	Zoonie	69

 

 

Our clear winner today is John S with 167 points.

Second today, almost 20 points behind, is Pete B with 148 points.

And joint third. just a couple of points back, Tony and GrumpyGnome both scored 146 points.

 

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

 

Looking now at the overall table;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	1 0	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	1639
2	2 0	Revers Racing	Pete B	1577
3	3 0	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	1550
4	4 0	PSS Power	Flyer	1506
5	5 0	Mannschaft	Carl Brotherton	1479
6	6 1	Iqonic racing	iqon	1460
7	7 2	Pitts Specials	john stones	1457
8	8 2	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	1446
9	9 1	Hidden Cucumber	fat brownie	1438
10	10 0	LetsGoTotoLetsGo	GrumpyGnome	1416
11	11 0	teewrex	John Tee	1391
12	12 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	1368
13	13 0	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	1281
14	14 0	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	1263
15	15 0	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	1251
16	16 0	Hans Brake	Zoonie	1137

 

 

No changes in the top 5,  or in the bottom 7.  All today's changes are mid-table.

Iqon moves up 1 to 6th with John S moving up 2 to 7th.  Heading in the other direction, Simon moves down 2 to 8th, fat brownie is down 1 to 9th.

 

Next up in a week's time is Austria and it's a Sprint weekend.  That means our predictions must be in my the start of Sprint qualifying on FRIDAY.

I'll be travelling to Vancouver on Friday and will be away until after the British GP - so my updates for Austria dn the British GP might be at rather odd hours of the day - UK-time!

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Yaay, won one. 🙂

[iqon]

Well done top 3.

[GrumpyGnome]

Yaay, letting the cat make my predictions worked! Will try the tortoise for next time - if I have the patience....

[Erfolg]

Just keep getting worse😢

 

Perez's days must be numbered, so distanced from his team mate? This could be the best chance for Verstappen for a fourth title, possibly hamstrung not having a team mate that could hinder the pack.

 

Mercedes appear to be back, as is McLaren. 

 

Lewis has probably made a wise decision, for next year, becoming really marketable, having driven for the most charismatic  teams of the legendary Silver Bullets and the prancing red horse. I guess we all expect a big shake up of the team hierarchy, next season.