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[John Privett]

Evening all!

 

Quick, belated reminder before I head off for Canada in the morning...

 

Sprint qualifying is at 15:30 UK time on FRIDAY

 

Please get your predictions done by then!

[Zflyer]

I havent done the last two predictions.

I did catch the comments post todat race though did not get to see it.

Nice to see the Stewards placing the blame in the right diercetion.

Nice to see the analysis showing they were right

Nice to see Andrea STELLA making the honest comments about previous unpunished Red Bull incidents.

Fully expected the response fro Two time World Champion Verstappen. (He was gifted one)

Nice to see Horner turning into Ron Dennis.

 

Currently watching England being neaten by Slovikia, I cant understand how they scored given we have eleven players in our own half!!!!

[John Privett]

Afternoon (B.C. time!) all,

 

Sounds like an interesting race - I didn't see it.  So first,  our scores today;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	1 0	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	211
2	2 0	Revers Racing	Pete B	207
=	16 0	Hans Brake	Zoonie	207
4	6 0	Iqonic racing	iqon	201
=	8 2	LetsGoTotoLetsGo	GrumpyGnome	201
6	7 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	190
7	5 0	Mannschaft	Carl Brotherton	188
=	4 0	PSS Power	Flyer	188
9	3 0	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	184
10	13 1	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	171
11	9 1	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	163
12	10 1	Hidden Cucumber	fat brownie	155
13	11 0	teewrex	John Tee	152
14	14 1	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	147
15	12 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	126
16	15 0	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	123

 

Top place today goes to Tony with 211 points.

 

Tied for second today are Pete and Zoonie on 207 points.

 

Well done to today's top 3!

 

Turning now to the overall league positions after today's race;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	1 0	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	1850
2	2 0	Revers Racing	Pete B	1784
3	3 0	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	1734
4	4 0	PSS Power	Flyer	1694
5	5 0	Mannschaft	Carl Brotherton	1667
6	6 0	Iqonic racing	iqon	1661
7	7 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	1647
8	8 2	LetsGoTotoLetsGo	GrumpyGnome	1617
9	9 1	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	1609
10	10 1	Hidden Cucumber	fat brownie	1593
11	11 0	teewrex	John Tee	1543
12	12 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	1494
13	13 1	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	1434
14	14 1	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	1428
15	15 0	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	1374
16	16 0	Hans Brake	Zoonie	1344

 

No changes in the top 8, so Tony (not surprisingly with today's win!) holds on to top place.

 

Further down the table, GrumpyGnome moves up 2 to 8th, displacing Simon and fat brownie to 9th and 10th.

And our sadly departed friend Chris had made a team selection that, even with no predictions made, manages to move up a place ahead of me today!

 

Next up is Silverstone next weekend.

[iqon]

Well done top 4.

🤫

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Well done lads, was on for a full house of predictions till they came together.

[John Privett]

Evening (B.C.-time) all!

 

Just a quick, early, reminder as my day is currently 8 hours behind most of yours...

 

Silverstone this weekend,  and a 'normal' race - no sprint - so the usual 2 practice sessions on Friday, with P3 on Saturday then qualifying at 3pm.  Sunday's race is also at 3pm - or 7am for me!  I'll end for now with the usual reminder;

 

Don't forget your predictions!

 

[John Privett]

Morning all - just coming up to 9am here in Vancouver,  and no TV coverage of the race available to me where I am,  but it looked like quite a race from viewing the live timing screen...  With channel 4 having live coverage this week, no need to wait for them,  just for fantasygp.com to update their tables - which they've now done.

 

So first, today's results in our league;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	9 1	Hidden Cucumber	fat brownie	136
2	1 0	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	126
3	7 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	122
4	2 0	Revers Racing	Pete B	121
5	5 1	Iqonic racing	iqon	116
=	16 0	Hans Brake	Zoonie	116
=	8 0	LetsGoTotoLetsGo	GrumpyGnome	116
8	3 0	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	114
9	13 1	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	113
10	6 1	Mannschaft	Carl Brotherton	110
11	12 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	109
=	4 0	PSS Power	Flyer	109
=	11 0	teewrex	John Tee	109
14	14 1	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	102
15	15 0	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	100
16	10 1	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	97

 

 

Top place today goes to fat brownie on 136 points.

Second today, 10 points back, is Tony on 126 points.

Third today is John S with 122 points.

 

Well done to today's top 3!

 

Now, looking at the overall table after today's race;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	1 0	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	1976
2	2 0	Revers Racing	Pete B	1905
3	3 0	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	1848
4	4 0	PSS Power	Flyer	1803
5	5 1	Iqonic racing	iqon	1777
=	6 1	Mannschaft	Carl Brotherton	1777
7	7 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	1769
8	8 0	LetsGoTotoLetsGo	GrumpyGnome	1733
9	9 1	Hidden Cucumber	fat brownie	1709
10	10 1	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	1706
11	11 0	teewrex	John Tee	1652
12	12 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	1603
13	13 1	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	1541
14	14 1	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	1536
15	15 0	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	1474
16	16 0	Hans Brake	Zoonie	1460

 

No changes in the top 4 today, but iqon moves up to 5th, dropping Carl to 6th.  Fat brownie's win today moves him up a place to 9th pushing Simon to 10th.  And I move up to 13th ahead of Chris.

 

Next up is Hungary in 2 weeks time.

[iqon]

Well done top 3. 👏

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Doesn't match what it says on GPs results ?

[iqon]

I demand a recount....latest results have to be wrong..... lol

[John Tee]

Same for me minus 10 points 109 not 119.

 

John

[iqon]

I vote we leave as is. 🤔

[John Privett]

Hmmm...  looks like the scores on fantasygp changed some time after I copied and posted them!

 

So today's scores are now as follows;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	9 1	Hidden Cucumber	fat brownie	146
2	1 0	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	136
3	6 1	Pitts Specials	john stones	132
4	2 0	Revers Racing	Pete B	131
5	16 0	Hans Brake	Zoonie	126
6	13 1	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	123
7	5 0	Mannschaft	Carl Brotherton	120
8	11 0	teewrex	John Tee	119
9	7 1	Iqonic racing	iqon	116
=	8 0	LetsGoTotoLetsGo	GrumpyGnome	116
11	3 0	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	114
12	15 0	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	110
13	12 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	109
=	4 0	PSS Power	Flyer	109
15	10 1	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	107
16	14 1	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	102

 

The top three places are unchanged, though with an additional 10 points each.  And many - though not all of us - also now have an additional 10 points compared to the initial results posted.  So the overall table now looks like this;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	1 0	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	1986
2	2 0	Revers Racing	Pete B	1915
3	3 0	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	1848
4	4 0	PSS Power	Flyer	1803
5	5 0	Mannschaft	Carl Brotherton	1787
6	6 1	Pitts Specials	john stones	1779
7	7 1	Iqonic racing	iqon	1777
8	8 0	LetsGoTotoLetsGo	GrumpyGnome	1733
9	9 1	Hidden Cucumber	fat brownie	1719
10	10 1	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	1716
11	11 0	teewrex	John Tee	1662
12	12 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	1603
13	13 1	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	1551
14	14 1	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	1536
15	15 0	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	1484
16	16 0	Hans Brake	Zoonie	1470

 

The top 5 now remain unchanged with John S overtaking iqon to take 6th.  Other place changes remain the same.

[John Tee]

Thanks John

[John Privett]

Evening all!

 

Back to normality... I'm back from my travels and it's a 'normal' GP weekend - this time in Hungary.  So without further ado;

 

Don't forget your predictions!

 

P1 saw the Ferraris of Sainz and Leclerc setting fastest and third fastest times, sandwiching Verstappen in 2nd.  Mercedes had Russell setting 4th fastest, with Hamilton 10th,  McLarens were 6th and 7th.

 

P2 was topped by Norris, though Piastri was only 13th.  Verstappen was again 2nd with Sainz 3rd but Leclerc only 18th.  Mercedes were 5th (Russell) and 7th (Hamilton.)

 

P3 is tomorrow at 11:30 (UK-time) - will that provide any more clues to base our predictions on?  Qualifying is at 15:00 with Sunday's race at 14:00.

 

Good luck everyone!

[John Privett]

Evening all!

 

Channel 4's coverage should have finished by now,  so let's get on with today's results;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	2 0	Revers Racing	Pete B	178
2	7 2	Hidden Cucumber	fat brownie	170
3	3 0	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	166
4	5 2	Iqonic racing	iqon	164
5	1 0	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	161
6	6 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	143
7	4 0	PSS Power	Flyer	139
8	15 0	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	137
9	10 1	teewrex	John Tee	134
10	13 1	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	129
11	12 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	106
12	16 0	Hans Brake	Zoonie	93
13	9 1	LetsGoTotoLetsGo	GrumpyGnome	81
14	14 1	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	73
15	11 1	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	70
16	8 3	Mannschaft	Carl Brotherton	68

 

Quite a range of scores today,  but topping our chart today is Pete B with 178 points.

Second today is fat brownie with 170.

And third, with 166 points, is Charles.

 

Well done to today's top three!

 

I mentioned a wide range of scores,  and 5 of us only managed to scrape together a 2-digit score...

 

Looking now at the overall table after today's race;

 

os	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	1 0	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	2147
2	2 0	Revers Racing	Pete B	2093
3	3 0	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	1994
4	4 0	PSS Power	Flyer	1942
5	5 2	Iqonic racing	iqon	1941
6	6 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	1922
7	7 2	Hidden Cucumber	fat brownie	1859
8	8 3	Mannschaft	Carl Brotherton	1855
9	9 1	LetsGoTotoLetsGo	GrumpyGnome	1814
10	10 1	teewrex	John Tee	1796
11	11 1	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	1786
12	12 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	1709
13	13 1	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	1665
14	14 1	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	1624
15	15 0	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	1621
16	16 0	Hans Brake	Zoonie	1563

 

 

No changes at the top,  so Tony holds on to first place overall from Pete and Charles.

 

Iqon moves up 2 places to 5th, fat brownie also moves 2 to 7th.  Clearly this means we have players heading in the opposite direction - Carl drops 3 places to 8th and GrumpyGnome drops 1 to 9th.

 

Further swaps see John T take 10th from Simon who moves to 11th.  Finally our sadly-departed friend Chris clearly made a great job of picking his initial team.  Even with no predictions now being made, he outscored 6 of us today and takes 13 place from me in the overall table.

 

Belgium, and Spa, next weekend before the 4-week summer break.

 

[Pete B]

Hi folks, just looking in mid-season after my (unexpected!) win last week! Very sorry to learn of Chris McG's passing - we had some entertaining chat and banter in times gone by....

 

I made it to the Spanish GP this year (not that I benefited from any inside info!) having had to lose out last year as I was between camping-cars - swapping to a French driving licence meant I lost my >3.5t category - but I'm now mobile with a smaller French one, so all's good. The track facilities were massively improved on two years ago and it's a real shame Barcelona will lose the race to Madrid in 2026. Not a fan of street circuits but that seems to be the way Liberty want to go😒

 

We had the Tour de France pass through our village a couple of weeks ago (never seen so many people there!) and I jumped into the camper afterwards and whizzed down to the Col de Tourmalet to watch them again on the Saturday. Great three week's entertainment!

 

So pleased to see how very different this season is to the last two. I can only attribute my current position to some inspired team picking and revisions, certainly not to predictions as it's now a bit of a lottery, particularly on Sprint weekends!

 

Once again, thanks to John P for his stewardship of the league and best of luck to you all for the rest of the season👍😃

 

 

 

 

[John Privett]

Evenng all!  

 

Quick reminder time,  it's the final race weekend before the summer break,  and Spa in Belgium this weekend.  So first the customary reminder;

 

Don't forget your predictions!

 

P1 saw Verstappen setting fastest time,  over half a second ahead of Piastri, with Albon third, followed by the Mercedes duo led by Russell.

P2 saw Norris heading the charts, 0.2 s ahead of Piastri with Verstappen third fastest. The two Ferraris were next followed by Russell.

 

P3 is tomorrow at 11:30, followed by qualifying at 15:00 UK-time.  Rain is likely tomorrow though, and possibly Sunday too for the race which starts at 14:00.

 

Don't forget,  Verstappen is taking a 10-place grid penalty for exceeding the permitted number of engines used in the season.  Points for the pole prediction though are based on the qualifying results,  regardless of any penalties - at least according to the game guide!

 

Good luck everybody!

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Hi Pete, nice to hear from you, did you run up the Col de T after the bikes ?

[Pete B]

Ha ha, John - I wish!🤣 Didn't throw any crisps at the riders, either😀

 

I'd learnt my lesson this year, though. Last Sept I camped in the town at the foot of the climb, Luz St Saveur and rode my e-bike up to about 4km from the top to watch a stage of the Vuelta. I thought I'd left enough battery but I hadn't and it was a hard push for about 1km back uphill to the camper when I came down😰

 

No TV picture can truly show just how unrelenting steep that climb is from bottom to top.

 

This time, I parked the camper on the side of the road about 5km from the top and rode up just a couple of km on the day. The legs ain't what they used to be...

 

Whoops, rather off-topic, better go before I'm modded!😉

[John Privett]

Evenng all!  

 

Well I had hoped to be posting the results now that the Channel 4 highlights have finished,  but fantasygp seems to be still updating...

 

I watched the race live - closest finish I can remember for a long, long time! 

 

Then I went out for a longish bike ride (no T-d-F stages, Pete,  and a proper - not e - bike too!😇) and came back to find that Russell had been disqualifed for being 1.5 kg under-weight. 

 

So I guess we'lll have to wait until fantasygp finish updating themselves...

 

[Update - posted on twitter/X 5 hours ago;  "Points are in for Spa, but we are looking into a small glitch with the predictions, which will be updated in due course."]

Edited July 28 by John Privett
extra info added

[iqon]

oops  - george disqualified. May take longer.

 

Underweight

Edited July 28 by iqon

[John Privett]

So, checking the fantasygp Facebook page,  it seems the "small glitch with the predictions" was that they were not awarding predictions points for Verstappen getting pole - and as I mentioned in Friday's post;  "Points for the pole prediction though are based on the qualifying results,  regardless of any penalties - at least according to the game guide!"  And then the Russell disqualification...  We may need to wait until Monday to get the result!

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Not the only glitch. 🤪

Lowest score ever for me.

 

[iqon]

18 minutes ago, john stones 1 - Moderator said:

Not the only glitch. 🤪

Lowest score ever for me.

 

Fingers crossed.......... 🤣