2008 GP2 Two Worlds Prediction Comp - R01 Barcelona

Welcome to the Round 1 of the 2008 GP2 Two Worlds Prediction Competition!

The Circuit de Catalunya will be the place of of the opening of 2008 GP2 Series championship. The new Dallara cars were already tested here, now is the time of truth and see if the GP2 Asia contenders could match with the newcomers and series returnées. The show is about to begin!

In all GP2 race weekends, we'll post our predictions for these items: race 1 polesitter, top 8 finishers of Race 1, top 6 finishers of Race 2 and fastest lap scorers of races 1 and 2. The deadline will be at 8:00 AM GMT Hour of Friday, April 25th.

Don't forget to post HERE your 2008 GP2 Drivers Championship predictions! (http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=105942)

Gentlemen, start your engines! Best of all lucks for everyone!

In order to help concursants in their predictions, I left here the entrylist of GP2 Series teams and drivers:

01. Karun Chandhok (IND) - iSport International
02. Bruno Senna (BR) - iSport International
03. Luca Filippi (I) - Art Grand Prix
04. Romain Grosjean (F) - Art Grand Prix
05. Vitaly Petrov (RUS) - Campos Grand Prix
06. Ben Hanley (GB) - Campos Grand Prix
07. Christian Bakkerud (DK) - Super Nova Racing
08. Alvaro Parente (P) - Super Nova Racing
09. Jerome D’Ambrosio (B) - DAMS
10. Kamui Kobayashi (J) - DAMS
11. Javier Villa (E) - Racing Engineering
12. Giorgio Pantano (I) - Racing Engineering
14. Sebastian Buemi (CH) - Trust Team Arden
15. Yelmer Buurman (NL) - Trust Team Arden
16. Davide Valsecchi (I) - Durango
17. Albero Valerio (BR) - Durango
18. Adrian Vallés (E) - Fisichella Motor Sport International
19. Andy Soucek (E) - Fisichella Motor Sport International
20. Mike Conway (GB) - Trident Racing
21. Ho-Pin Tung (CHN) - Trident Racing
22. Andreas Zuber (UAE) - Piquet Sports
23. Pastor Maldonado (YV) - Piquet Sports
24. Michael Herck (RO) - David Price Racing
25. Diego Nunes (BR) - David Price Racing
26. Paolo Nocera (I) - BCN Competition
27. Milos Pavlovic (SRB) - BCN Competition

Pole: Filippi

Race 1:

1. Filippi
2. Senna
3. Grosjean
4. Maldonado
5. Petrov
6. Valles
7. Soucek
8. Hanley

Fastest Lap: Senna

Race 2:

1. Soucek
2. Maldonado
3. Grosjean
4. Senna
5. Filippi
6. Petrov

Fastest Lap: Grosjean

Pole Position: Romain Grosjean

Race 1:
#1 Romain Grosjean
#2 Adrian Valles
#3 Javier Villa
#4 Kamui Kobayashi
#5 Giorgio Pantano
#6 Luca Filippi
#7 Andreas Zuber
#8 Yelmer Buurman
Fastest Lap: Giorgio Pantano

Race 2:
#1 Giorgio Pantano
#2 Andreas Zuber
#3 Romain Grosjean
#4 Luca Filippi
#5 Sebastien Buemi
#6 Kamui Kobayashi
Fastest Lap: Sebastien Buemi

Pole: Grosjean

Race 1:
1. Grosjean
2. Buemi
3. Kobayashi
4. Hanley
5. Pantano
6. Senna
7. Petrov
8. Villa
FL. Senna

Race 2:
1. Villa
2. Petrov
3. Grosjean
4. Hanley
5. Kobayashi
6. Valsecchi
FL. Grosjean

Pole: Grosjean

1. Grosjean
2. Maldonado
3. Chandhok
4. Villa
5. Senna
6. Soucek
7. Conway
8. Hanley

FL. Senna

Race 2:
1. Soucek
2. Villa
3. Grosjean
4. Maldonado
5. Senna
6. Buemi

FL. Grosjean

Pole: Villa

1. Villa
2. Pantano
3. Grosjean
4. Senna
5. Petrov
6. Soucek
7. Buemi
8. Hanley

FL. Villa

Race 2:
1. Pantano
2. Villa
3. Grosjean
4. Maldonado
5. Senna
6. Buemi

FL. Pantano

Pole: Grosjean

Race 1:

1. Grosjean
2. Zuber
3. Villa
4. Pantano
5. Senna
6. Valles
7. Buurman
8. Parente

F/Lap: Villa

Race 2:

1. Senna
2. Valles
3. Grosjean
4. Villa
5. Petrov
6. Valsecchi

F/Lap: Senna

Pole: Grosjean

1. Grosjean
2. Senna
3. Filippi
4. Maldonado
5. Pantano
6. Buemi
7. Villa
8. Zuber

FL: Grosjean

Race 2:

1. Grosjean
2. Senna
3. Filippi
4. Maldonado
5. Pantano
6. Buemi

FL: Grosjean

Pole: Filippi
1. Grosjean
2. Senna
3. Filippi
4. Petrov
5. Pantano
6. Buemi
7. Maldonado
8. Villa
FL: Parente

1. Villa
2. Buemi
3. Grosjean
4. Pantano
5. Senna
6. Filippi
FL: Zuber

Pole: Senna
1. Senna
2. Grosjean
3. Filippi
4. Maldonado
5. Pantano
6. Buemi
7. Valles
8. Villa
FL: Grosjean

1. Villa
2. Filippi
3. Grosjean
4. Valles
5. Senna
6. Buemi
FL: Senna

Pole. Grosjean

1. Pantano
2. Senna
3. Grosjean
4. Zuber
5. Maldonado
6. Villa
7. Conway
8. Hanley

FL. Senna

1. Villa
2. Maldonado
3. Grosjean
4. Zuber
5. Senna
6. Pavlovic

FL. Maldonado

Soucek has left FMS - replaced by Rodriguez

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66762

Pole: Grosjean

Race 1
1-Grosjean
2-Senna
3-Maldonado
4-Pantano
5-Filippi
6-Valles
7-Zuber
8-Buemi
FL:Senna

Race 2
1-Zuber
2-Buemi
3-Grosjean
4-Villa
5-Maldonado
6-Senna
FL: Grosjean

I will be in the circuit to see the races, already I have desire:) :) .

Can I change my picks for Soucek into Kamui Kobayashi?

Of course you can, Daisy. :)

ATTENTION: Driver change (+ reminder)

It's now public that Spaniard Roldán Rodríguez will replace countryman Andy Soucek at FMSI car #19 for next Barcelona GP2 weekend. According to our Rulebook, it means that, during current GP2 TWPC round, all entries where Soucek is predicted in the results, will be considered as Rodríguez's. Users of GP2 Two Worlds Prediction Competition are free to modify their predictions before deadline.

Alas, is a small reminder about the shorter form to post predictions, that contemplates reverse race 1 predictions as race 2 ones. You could put your predictions as usual, or put your Pole, Race 1 normal forecasts and simply "REVERSE" at Race 2. In that case, it considers your Race 1 forecasts (3rd to 8th) in reversed way as your predictions for Race 2.

This is an example of the shorter form to post predictions:

Pole: Driver A

Race 1
1. Driver A
2. Driver B
3. Driver C
4. Driver D
5. Driver E
6. Driver F
7. Driver G
8. Driver H
FL. Driver A

Race 2 REVERSE
FL. Driver B

(This form considers automatically the order H-G-F-E-D-C as your race 2 predictions).

Pole: Grosjean

1. Grosjean
2. Senna
3. Pantano
4. Filippi
5. Buemi
6. Valles
7. Petrov
8. Villa

FL. Grosjean

Race 2:
1. Grosjean
2. Villa
3. Pantano
4.Senna
5. Buemi
6. Petrov

FL. Grosjean

ATTENTION: Another Driver Changed By Bucks

Musical chairs are playing again before season, and now public that Belgian-Romanian Michael Herck left his place at DPR car #24, then Italian Giacomo Ricci will be at his place at the next Barcelona GP2 weekend. According to our Rulebook, it means that, during current GP2 TWPC round, all entries where Herck is predicted in the results, will be considered as Ricci's. Users of GP2 Two Worlds Prediction Competition, again, are free to modify their predictions before deadline.

Pole: Grosjean

1: Grosjean
2: Senna
3: Buemi
4: Hanley
5: Chandhok
6: Maldonado
7: Petrov
8: Villa

Fastest Lap: Grosjean

Race 2:

1: Grosjean
2: Petrov
3: Senna
4: Villa
5: Hanley
6: Buemi

Fastest Lap: Grosjean

I would like to change mine - I said Soucek would be 7th in race 1 and win race 2... however, I don't think Roldan will do the same so:

Pole: Filippi

Race 1:

1. Filippi
2. Senna
3. Grosjean
4. Maldonado
5. Petrov
6. Valles
7. Villa
8. Hanley

Fastest Lap: Senna

Race 2:

1. Villa
2. Maldonado
3. Grosjean
4. Senna
5. Filippi
6. Petrov

Fastest Lap: Grosjean

T-Minus 001 - Last day to post predictions!

Pole: Grosjean

Race 1:
1. Maldonado
2. Grosjean
3. Filippi
4. Senna
5. Zuber
6. Villa
7. Kobayashi
8. Pantano
Fastest Lap: Grosjean

Race 2:
1. Zuber
2. Villa
3. Grosjean
4. Maldonado
5. Kobayashi
6. Petrov
Fastest Lap: Zuber

Trying to switch it up...

Pole: Grosjean

Race 1:
1. Grosjean
2. Buemi
3. Filippi
4. Kobayashi
5. Petrov
6. Senna
7. D'Ambrosio
8. Villa
F/Lap - Senna

Race 2:
1. Filippi
2. Villa
3. Grosjean
4. Senna
5. Pantano
6. Kobayashi
F/Lap: Grosjean

Pole: Zuber

Race 1:
1. Zuber
2. Buemi
3. Filippi
4. Maldonado
5. Pantano
6. Grosjean
7. Filippi
8. Villa
F/Lap - Zuber

Race 2:
1. Filippi
2. Zuber
3. Grosjean
4. Chandhok
5. Maldonado
6. Bakkerud
F/Lap: Grosjean

Pole Zuber

Race 1
1 Grosjean
2 Zuber
3 Pantano
4 Buemi
5 Buurman
6 Senna
7 Conway
8 Valles

FL Grosjean

Race 2

1 Conway
2 Valles
3 Buurman
4 Kobyashi
5 Grosjean
6 Chandhok

FL Grosjean

Round closed - Good luck to all participants!

Mekola - if you want to leave this thread completely closed, I apologise, and in future won't reply in the thread after the round closes.

However, I've decided that it would be interesting to see how people's perceptions of how competative a driver is change with time. To do this, I decided to assume that others make predictions the same way I do (ie, that race 1 pretty much represents how good you think people will do on a pure skill basis), and use this as a measure. Obviously, some people take into account locality, previous experience on the track, etc, and hence their predictions won't exactly match how competative they think a given driver is. But as a qualitatitive measure, I think it should work pretty well.

Anyway, I added up the predictions (using standard 10-8-6 scoring), and tabled up who was favourite. I normalized them to a score of 100, so that successive weekends can be compared.

1 Grosjean 100.0
2 Senna 63.3
3 Pantano 41.5
4 Filippi 39.5
5 Maldonado 36.1
6 Buemi 34.7
7 Zuber 27.2
8 Villa 26.5
9 Valles 17.7
10 Petrov 15.6
11 Kobayashi 12.2
12 Hanley 9.5
13 Chandhok 6.8
14 Soucek 5.4
15 Buurman 4.8
16 Conway 4.1
17 Parente 3.4
18 D'Ambrosio 1.4

With the new rules regarding FL, which one is correct. The one who set it or the one who gets awarded point for it? (meaning top 10 finish)

Feature: Valles vs. Parente
Sprint: Grosjean vs. Kobayashi

Bleu: Normally, in the predictions (as is stated in the Rulebook) I consider the Fastest Lap scorer the driver who gets awarded point for it, according to GP2 Series Sporting Rules.