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"SR F1 Championship - Malaysia Preview"

Before the preview starts, remember to put your predictions in. The preview can provide some clues for your predictions and I'll try to give as many clues as possible.

So, round 2 of the championship is in Malaysia and it's either one of two things, weather wise. It's either super hot and humid or raining monsoon conditions. Amazingly, both of the previous years in Malaysia have had dry qualifying but a wet race.

Last season saw Jarno Trulli take pole position in the Renault, in what was a good season for Renault. Jordan took 2nd and 3rd on the grid with Fisichella just ahead of Firman. It seems Renault and Jordan go well around here as Alonso took a clean sweep at the front of the grid for those 2 teams with 4th.

Of course, Trulli and Alonso are not involved in this season so you may want to look a little further back to find Raikkonen in 6th, Montoya 7th and Button 8th.

As I mentioned previously, the races have been slippery affairs in torrential rain. Renault proved their good speed with Trulli winning the race ahead of Raikkonen, who took the lead in the World Championship after this race. Firman took 3rd with Pizzonia, De La Rosa and Verstappen taking the top 6 placings.

Here is some information that might prove helpful:

Lap Records:
Qualifying: 1m35.088s Raikkonen (2002)
Race: 1m47.726s Trulli (2003)

Previous winners:
Frentzen (2002)
Trulli (2003)

Top 3 Qualifying:
1st Trulli
2nd Fisichella
3rd Firman

Top 3 Race:
1st Trulli
2nd Raikkonen
3rd Firman

Top 3 drivers after round 2:
1st Raikkonen 16pts
2nd Trulli 15pts
3rd Firman 12pts

Top 3 constructors:
1st Jordan 22pts
2nd Renault 19pts
3rd McLaren 16pts

If you can't remember the drivers, [URL]http://www.freewebs.com/gpsr/srf1.htm[/URL]

Okay, 11 of the 21 participants put up predictions and here is your chance to get your predictions in!

Who will qualify in pole position? (10 points)
Who will be last on the grid? (10 points)
The top 8 qualifiers (1 point for driver being in the top 8, 3 points for driver being in the correct place)
Who will make up the most positions in the race? (8 points)
Which team will score the most points in the race? (5 points)
Who will win the race? (12 points)
Who will be the first retirement? (10 points)
The top 8 finishers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)

TIE BREAKER:
The fastest race lap time will be?

If Australia was anything to go by, this season will be a cracker!

Virtuoso wrote:
> The top 8 finishers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for
> driver being in correct place)
> ---
> 1.Coulthard

Glad you've got faith in me.
I certainly haven't...

Who will qualify in pole position? (10 points)
---
Montoya

Who will be last on the grid? (10 points)
---
Pantano

The top 8 qualifiers (1 point for driver being in the top 8, 3 points for driver being in the correct place)
---
1: Villeneuve
2. Montoya
3. De La Rosa
4. R Schumacher
5. Sato
6. Firman
7. Frentzen
8. Salo

Who will make up the most positions in the race? (8 points)
---
Villenueve


Which team will score the most points in the race? (5 points)
---
Jaguar


Who will win the race? (12 points)
---
Button


Who will be the first retirement? (10 points)
---
Pantano


The top 8 finishers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
---
1.Coulthard
2.Firman
3.Villenueve
4.Salo
5.De La Rosa
6.M Schumacher
7.Barrichello
8.Raikkonen

TIE BREAKER:
The fastest race lap time will be?
---
1:46.944

no problem GP

Who will qualify in pole position? (10 points)
Sato

Who will be last on the grid? (10 points)
Patano

The top 8 qualifiers (1 point for driver being in the top 8, 3 points for driver being in the correct place)

1. Sato
2. Fisichella
3. Frentzen
4. Firman
5. Villeneuve
6. Raikonnen
7. Button
8. Montoya

Who will make up the most positions in the race? (8 points)
De La Rosa


Which team will score the most points in the race? (5 points)
Jordan

Who will win the race? (12 points)
Fisichella

Who will be the first retirement? (10 points)
Da Matta

The top 8 finishers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1. Fisichella
2. Sato
3. Firman
4. Villeneuve
5. Button
6. De la Rosa
7. Montoya
8. Salo

TIE BREAKER:
The fastest race lap time will be?
- 1:44.347

Thanks Biggie for editing that for me.

i have edited mine.

ah, i see, unaware of that tactic.
when is qualifying?

<<>> wrote:
> you're the retard as you got it wrong, i was only try'na help.

Muh.
See what Mr. GP said.

And it wasn't so much that, but the fact you quoted at all, let alone everything.

Shhhheeeeeshhhhhhh.

It's called hedging your bets in a bid to get more points. It's a perfectly legit tactic.

(Edit: Qualifying will be posted next Saturday so you have until then to get your predictions in.)

you're the retard as you got it wrong, i was only try'na help.