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10 'n' Pole players, post your picks for the second race of the season in Australia.

You can submit your picks at http://www.newsonf1.com/10npole/submit.htm then paste your picks here and tell us why you think your picks will be the correct ones.

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The deadline for submitting the picks is midnight local time of Friday practice.

Good luck

Ha! First to post picks for the Round of Australia.................


1st} Mark Webber(.........to win a GP race on home soil is indeed an honor..... .....)
2nd} Fernando Alonso(....yeah, but to win the WDC, Mark, is even better! ....)
3rd} Lewis Hamilton(.......for once I agree w/Alonso....... )
4th} Michael Schumacher(........silences them both by flashing all seven WDC's at both Alonso and Hamilton......)
5th} Felipe Massa(.............. ..........)
6th} Jenson Button(something tells me this won't my finest hour either.......... )
7th} Sebastien Vettel( )
8th} Robert Kubica(excuse me.......does anyone have a seat for the 24 Hours of LeMans? Anyone......anyone...........Bueller?
9th} Rubens Barichello(.........scrolls down on the Blackberry to see how his fellow Brazilians in the IndyCar Series are doing at St. Pete this weekend.......)
10th} Nico Rosberg(someone's gotta' finish 10th........this week's it's Schuey's teammate...........)

And for Pole Position................Fernando Alonso.

Winner: Felipe Massa

Second: Mark Webber

Third: Fernando Alonso

Fourth: Lewis Hamilton

Fifth: Sebastian Vettel

Sixth: Michael Schumacher

Seventh: Jenson Button

Eighth: Nico Rosberg

Ninth: Adrian Sutil

Tenth: Rubens Barrichello

Pole: Felipe Massa

The picks you have entered are:

Winner: Lewis Hamilton - let this be clear: I am not going to put Lewis at this position for every race!

Second: Sebastian Vettel - whizzing past

Third: Mark Webber - Aussies! that's for you

Fourth: Fernando Alonso - "Eh, I'll climb back on the top step soon enough!"

Fifth: Nico Rosberg - When things go right...

Sixth: Felipe Massa

Seventh: Robert Kubica - Wonder what's going on at Renault?

Eighth: Michael Schumacher - Still getting used to it

Ninth: Pedro de la Rosa - Good form

Tenth: Rubens Barrichello - Experience speaks

Pole: Sebastian Vettel

I still can't believe that I didn't put my picks in for Bahrain I was sure that I did but I guess that I didn't!!

So I have a steep mountain to climb so here is hoping for a great recovery!!

Winner : Fernando Alonso - Who can stop him ?
Second : Felipe Massa - Maybe saving fuel again!!
Third : Mark Webber - Should beat Vettel in Oz
Fourth : Sebastian Vettel - Will not be happy!!
Fifth : Lewis Hamilton - He reckons they are behind Ferrari and Red Bull so ..
Sixth : Nico Rosberg - Where is Michael
Seventh : Jenson Button - Making up the numbers in the top 8
Eighth : Rubens Barrichello - He'll be around here
Ninth : Adrian Sutil - Should score points
Tenth : Robert Kubica - Sad to see such a good driver down in 10th

Pole : Fernando Alonso - Again who can stop him ?

Having just seen today's race, I'm of two thoughts.....................
(1)This was one heck of a race..............
and...............
(2)My points for this round won't be as good as the race was...................

mlittle wrote:Having just seen today's race, I'm of two thoughts.....................
(1)This was one heck of a race..............
and...............
(2)My points for this round won't be as good as the race was...................

My picks look nothing like the results. Darn

We all said this season will be interesting

Wish I chose Jenson instead of Lewis as my McLaren winner but heh

What a race....
Was sure Vettel had it signed sealed and delivered !!
Hope I can improve on #331 with this upset result.

We expect to send out the results for Australia by Thursday evening

Here are the Top 3 and Pole statistics for the round of Australia!

Winner
Sebastian Vettel 38.90%
Fernando Alonso 26.63%
Mark Webber 12.01%
Lewis Hamilton 9.92%
Felipe Massa 8.09%
Jenson Button 2.09%
Michael Schumacher 2.09%

Second
Fernando Alonso 27.15%
Sebastian Vettel 25.85%
Felipe Massa 21.41%
Lewis Hamilton 10.97%
Mark Webber 6.53%
Jenson Button 4.18%
Michael Schumacher 2.61%

Third
Fernando Alonso 23.76%
Felipe Massa 22.45%
Lewis Hamilton 18.02%
Sebastian Vettel 11.23%
Mark Webber 9.92%
Michael Schumacher 8.62%
Jenson Button 3.39%
Nico Rosberg 2.09%

Pole
Sebastian Vettel 46.48%
Fernando Alonso 20.89%
Mark Webber 12.79%
Felipe Massa 8.36%
Lewis Hamilton 6.53%
Jenson Button 2.35%
Michael Schumacher 2.09%

Results shortly

NZLChewy top scores this round with 58 points.

The average score was 44.50.

Congratulations to NZLChewy, you have won a NewsOnF1 Compact Smart Digital Clock with Alarm.
NZLChewy managed to pick 9 of the top 10 finishers with 1st and 2nd in their exact finishing place. Picking Jenson Button for pole earned NZLChewy 2 additional points and scored a bonus 10 points for picking 9 and 4th of the Grid!

The Overall Top 20 is available here

The Australia Top 200 is available here

The Popularity Picks for the round of Australia is available here