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

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Here's my expert guesswork

The picks you have entered are:

Winner: Jenson Button

Second: Lewis Hamilton

Third: Fernando Alonso

Fourth: Sebastian Vettel

Fifth: Felipe Massa

Sixth: Nick Heidfeld

Seventh: Vitaly Petrov

Eighth: Mark Webber

Ninth: Michael Schumacher

Tenth: Paul di Resta

Pole: Lewis Hamilton

I read that Red Bull will be without KERS, and that this might hurt them, plus McLaren and Ferrari are trying to get upgrades ready for the race.

Grreetings Race Fans!

Before I list my picks, I must note with glee that Montezemulo --however you spell his name-- has said he's 100% behind StephanNO Domenicali!! this means, I hope, that there will soon come a complete shakedown at Ferrari Racing! In the first place, StephaNO says, and I quote: ...today, we had the possibility to leap up onto the podium."!!! Ferrari is supposed to OWN the podium and graciously allow their rivals to sit on the third step. He also said: "Back at the factory we need to have a big push to understand our lack of performance." No Kidding!! You need to build a formula one car worthy of the prancing horse.
That said, I was happy to see Fernando push hard enough in his clunker to tear off his front wing and ruin Lewis's chances at least. That's probably the last time this season he'll get in sight of a McLaren

Oh well, it'll be good, I suppose, for the sport for young Seb to repeat his title.

Enough complaining! Here are my picks for China:

Lewis Hamilton in an up-dated McLaren will get his first win of the season and give Seb something to worry about.
Sebastian Vettel will follow Lewis closely, but never quite have the necessary push to get by him (maybe they should just junk the KERS altogether? )
Mark Webber will finally get some hardware

4th Place will go to Quick Nick Heidfeld This time I don't think he'll get a chance to go wheel to wheel with Lewis...
5th Place: I have to put Jenson in here, but he may, in fact, go higher
6th will be V. Petrov's --if he can keep it on the track

7th will be Fernando Alonso's ... not that he'll care one bit
8th will be little Felipe Massa's ... but only if he doesn't get caught behind a Sauber or a Force India!

9th (I can't believe they're giving points for NINTH but I expect Kobayashi's Sauber/Ferrari to be somewhere in the neighborhood...
10th will go to Rosberg's once-proud bearer of the three pointed star, a so-called Mercedes (Ross: why didn't you quit while you were a champion!? Think of how you'd look now if you had!!:lol:)

My overall rank has increased a little after my disastrous opening picks in Australia; I'm now in the second century: 178 of 3069. Hopefully these, slightly unusual, picks will boost me a little higher

Jim Watt

Difficult to make my picks, not much info filtering through the F1 websites.

You have registered the following picks :
Winner : Sebastian Vettel

Second : Mark Webber

Third : Nick Heidfeld

Fourth : Jenson Button

Fifth : Vitaly Petrov

Sixth : Lewis Hamilton

Seventh : Fernando Alonso

Eighth : Michael Schumacher

Ninth : Kamui Kobayashi

Tenth : Felipe Massa

Pole : Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull to lead, McLaren to fight with Lotus Renault, Ferrari and Mercedes to follow. Kamui is my joker.

With 2 rounds in the books(still can't believe I'm in the top-15 overall.............) here are my picks for Shanghai..............


1st} Sebastien Vettel(even with the bloody, non-working KERS, no one can stop the Sebmeister........... ....)
2nd} Lewis Hamilton(just like Prince Harry in the British royal order of succession, Hamilton's just one step from being first...... )
3rd} Jenson Button(things could be worse, Lewis..........we could be driving Ferraris' this year...... )
4th} Mark Webber(thinks to himself, "when can I talk to my compatriots in IndyCar and see about getting an Indy 500 ride?" )
5th} Felipe Massa(........just playing out the string w/the Scuderia.........)
6th} Fernando Alonso(........ )
7th} Vitaly Petrov(continuing to claw his way up the F1 ladder........)
8th} Kamui Kobayashi( )
9th} Nico Rosberg(can't believe I beat my teammate again...........wait, who's my teammate again?...... )
10th} Paul di Resta(hey, if my cousin Dario can win IndyCar races, maybe I can score a few points this year..... )

And for pole position.................Lewis Hamilton.

Thank you for submitting your 10 'n' Pole picks for the Grand Prix of China.
You have registered the following picks :

Winner : Jenson Button - I think McLaren and KERS will benefit with the loooong straights
Second : Lewis Hamilton - See above
Third : Sebastian Vettel - This kid is talented and will make up some of the lack of speed
Fourth : Nick Heidfeld - These Renaults are going well. This time two will finish
Fifth : Mark Webber - Trying but I hope he does better
Sixth : Vitaly Petrov - Again, the Renaults are going well
Seventh : Fernando Alonso - Just the lack of speed for some reason. Maybe an aero upgrade will help
Eighth : Felipe Massa - See above, but he will finish behind the team leader
Ninth : Nico Rosberg - Just don't know but the Mercedes should be faster
Tenth : Kamui Kobayashi - Best of the rest.

Pole : Lewis Hamilton - The circuit will suit him for the one lap dash.

Wow a really mixed bag picks wise.

now for mine.

Winner: Mark Webber

Second: Jenson Button

Third: Sebastian Vettel

Fourth: Fernando Alonso

Fifth: Vitaly Petrov

Sixth: Lewis Hamilton

Seventh: Felipe Massa

Eighth: Nico Rosberg

Ninth: Adrian Sutil

Tenth: Nick Heidfeld

Pole: Mark Webber

yes the enternal optimist strikes again!!!!

The final pick percentages for the round of China are (top 5 picks for each position):

Winner Percentage
Sebastian Vettel 74.68 %
Lewis Hamilton 12.01 %
Mark Webber 6.82 %
Jenson Button 4.22 %
Fernando Alonso 1.95 %

Second Percentage
Lewis Hamilton 42.86 %
Mark Webber 28.57 %
Sebastian Vettel 12.99 %
Jenson Button 8.44 %
Fernando Alonso 5.52 %

Third Percentage
Jenson Button 26.95 %
Mark Webber 25.65 %
Lewis Hamilton 25.65 %
Fernando Alonso 10.06 %
Sebastian Vettel 7.47 %

Fourth Percentage
Jenson Button 30.52 %
Mark Webber 23.38 %
Fernando Alonso 23.38 %
Lewis Hamilton 9.42 %
Nick Heidfeld 5.84 %

Fifth Percentage
Fernando Alonso 36.04 %
Jenson Button 17.53 %
Nick Heidfeld 13.31 %
Felipe Massa 8.77 %
Mark Webber 8.44 %

Sixth Percentage
Nick Heidfeld 28.57 %
Felipe Massa 21.43 %
Fernando Alonso 13.64 %
Vitaly Petrov 12.34 %
Jenson Button 5.52 %

Seventh Percentage
Felipe Massa 28.9 %
Nick Heidfeld 21.75 %
Vitaly Petrov 16.88 %
Michael Schumacher 8.44 %
Nico Rosberg 7.79 %

Eighth Percentage
Vitaly Petrov 23.05 %
Felipe Massa 19.81 %
Nico Rosberg 17.53 %
Michael Schumacher 15.26 %
Nick Heidfeld 9.09 %

Ninth Percentage
Michael Schumacher 22.4 %
Nico Rosberg 19.48 %
Kamui Kobayashi 18.18 %
Vitaly Petrov 12.99 %
Felipe Massa 5.84 %

Tenth Percentage
Nico Rosberg 18.51 %
Michael Schumacher 17.53 %
Kamui Kobayashi 16.88 %
Vitaly Petrov 12.01 %
Rubens Barrichello 6.17 %

Pole Perctentage
Sebastian Vettel 80.19 %
Lewis Hamilton 12.66 %
Mark Webber 5.19 %
Jenson Button 0.97 %
Fernando Alonso 0.97 %

mlittle wrote:With 2 rounds in the books(still can't believe I'm in the top-15 overall.............) here are my picks for Shanghai..............


1st} Sebastien Vettel(even with the bloody, non-working KERS, no one can stop the Sebmeister........... ....)
2nd} Lewis Hamilton(just like Prince Harry in the British royal order of succession, Hamilton's just one step from being first...... )
3rd} Jenson Button(things could be worse, Lewis..........we could be driving Ferraris' this year...... )
4th} Mark Webber(thinks to himself, "when can I talk to my compatriots in IndyCar and see about getting an Indy 500 ride?" )
5th} Felipe Massa(........just playing out the string w/the Scuderia.........)
6th} Fernando Alonso(........ )
7th} Vitaly Petrov(continuing to claw his way up the F1 ladder........)
8th} Kamui Kobayashi( )
9th} Nico Rosberg(can't believe I beat my teammate again...........wait, who's my teammate again?...... )
10th} Paul di Resta(hey, if my cousin Dario can win IndyCar races, maybe I can score a few points this year..... )

And for pole position.................Lewis Hamilton.

Like your picks mfer.
1st. almost correct
2nd. almost correct
3rd. almost correct
4th. almost correct
5th - 9th. almost but damn you're good

Pole. close

Note to self................Self, put yer bloody tips in, yer bloody drongo.

Julian Mayo wrote:Note to self................Self, put yer bloody tips in, yer bloody drongo.

Sometimes it can work for you. If your tips were somewhat close when you did put them in.

Sal Moretto and Packer top scored this round, Sal Moretto submitted picks for this round while Packer rolled the picks from a previous round. Sol Moretto having submitted picks for the round is the winner for this round.

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Sal Moretto managed to pick 10 of the top 10 finishers with 3rd, 6th, 8th and 9th in their exact finishing place and had 1st and 2nd swapped around. Picking Sebastian Vettel for pole earned Sal Moretto 6 additional points and scored a bonus 16 points for picking 10 and Pole!

Packer also managed to pick 10 of the top 10 finishers with 2nd, 5th, 9th and 10th in their exact finishing place. Picking Sebastian Vettel for pole earned Packer 6 additional points and scored a bonus 16 points for picking 10 and Pole!

This year we are have automated most of the scoring system meaning less time to produce the results. We now also list the top 100 overall and top 300 per race.
You can also check your score for each race online.

The Overall Top 100 is available here

The Chinese Top 300 is available here

The Popularity Picks (top 5 for each position) for the round of China is available here

Please note that for a few minutes a different set of results were posted here, however those results were incorrect.