Congratulations to steve_r on becoming world champion for the first time. :D:):woot::gogirl::beer::chflag::winner::burn::cheers::party:
He joins the roster of Predictions Contest world champions and wins the (much-coveted, I'm sure!) world champion's mug!
World Champions
2024 - steve_r
2023 - Born Racer Fan
2022 - BTCC frog
2021 - smellysocks
2020 - Born Racer Fan
2019 - smellysocks
2018 - smellysocks
2017 - F1Guy
2016 - Born Racer
In the end, he was the only competitor to surpass 2000 points with the dropped scores and the only change in those standings was me moving up to the runner-up slot, pipping Gnussi at the post. In fact, if you look at the points, you will see what a wonderfully competitive season it was. A lot of close finishes in the table!
Congrats must also go to wolfhound who won the final round in Abu Dhabi. :beer: He takes the most wins this season, with 5. While working out the points, I thought I was in with a shout of a hat trick, but both wolfhound and Teretonga finished ahead - both entrants who didn't put in an entry for this round!
I'd like to thank you all for racing this season. As always, it's been a blast.
Happy Christmas and new year and see you in 2025. :Santa::xmas::happyny1:
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Results
1. Norris
2. Sainz
3. Leclerc
4. Hamilton
5. Russell
6. Verstappen
7. Gasly
8. Hülkenberg
9. Alonso
10. Piastri
Qualifying
1. Norris
2. Piastri
3. Sainz
Fastest lap: Haas
Fastest pit stop: McLaren
Weather: Dry
formula1.com Driver of the Day: Leclerc
Driver of the Grand Prix: Leclerc
Team of the Grand Prix: McLaren
Rate the Grand Prix: 7 (mode and mean, rounded up from 6.6470588235294).
Number of finishers: 16-17
Number of pit stops: 1
Number of safety cars or virtual safety cars deployed: 1
Number of penalties given: 3 or more
Abu Dhabi Predictions Contest Results
Italics refer to someone not putting in a new entry for this round, so we are using the predictions of the last round they put in an entry for.
1.
wolfhound - 99
2.
Teretonga - 97
3. Born Racer - 95
4. Gnussi - 92
5.
BTCC frog - 90
6. elianne - 89
7. steve_r - 87
8. TrapezeArtist - 86
9. Beau2 - 83
10.
Adam43 - 82
11. smellysocks - 81
12.
Aysedasi - 78
13. TCT - 75
= Notso Swift - 75
15. crmalcolm - 62
Championship standings after Round 24 of 24 (without dropped scores)
1. steve_r - 2427
2. Born Racer - 2381
3. Beau2 - 2333
4. BTCC frog - 2321
5. wolfhound - 2289
6. Gnussi - 2284
7. Teretonga - 2278
8. TrapezeArtist - 2250
9. Notso Swift - 2207
10. smellysocks - 2138
11. elianne - 2101
12. TCT - 2063
13. Aysedasi - 2051
14. Adam43 - 1677
15. crmalcolm - 1549
Final championship standings with dropped scores
1. steve_r - 2025
2. Born Racer - 1863
3. Gnussi - 1861
4. wolfhound - 1859
5. Beau2 - 1835
6. BTCC frog - 1834
7. Teretonga - 1778
8. smellysocks - 1760
9. Notso Swift - 1753
10. TrapezeArtist - 1752
11. elianne - 1704
12. TCT - 1646
13. Aysedasi - 1612
14. Adam43 - 1500
15. crmalcolm - 1276
Championship spreadsheet:
https://we.tl/t-UuUMkRcZWE
Number of wins this season
wolfhound - 5
BTCC frog - 3
Beau2 - 3
Born Racer - 3
Notso Swift - 2
Gnussi - 2
TrapezeArtist - 2
Teretonga - 1
TCT - 1
smellysocks - 1
steve_r - 1
Winners by event
Bahrain: BTCC frog
Saudi Arabia: Born Racer
Australia: wolfhound
Japan: Gnussi
China: BTCC frog
Miami: TrapezeArtist
Emilia-Romagna: Teretonga
Monaco: Notso Swift
Canada: Beau2
Spain: wolfhound
Austria: BTCC frog
Britain: TCT
Hungary: Notso Swift
Belgium: Gnussi
The Netherlands: smellysocks
Italy: Beau2
Azerbaijan: wolfhound
Singapore: steve_r
United States: wolfhound
Mexico: TrapezeArtist
Brazil: Beau2
Las Vegas: Born Racer
Qatar: Born Racer
Abu Dhabi: wolfhound
