TMR Game 2011 – Week 16 – I Watch Too Much Racing

Hello and welcome to TMR Game Week 16.

This post accepts entries for:

– MotoGP Le Mans (Bugatti Circuit)
– DTM Zandvoort
– NASCAR Cup Dover

Housekeeping

Each week you pick 10 entries with a maximum of 7 of those coming from a single championship. You can have any mix of races from those listed in this post, and you don’t have to use all of them.

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Scores

Top Tens

	Wk 15	Formula 1	NASCAR Cup
	*Points*	Istanbul	*Darlington*
1	50	Sebastian Vettel	Regan Smith
2	40	Mark Webber	Carl Edwards
3	35	Fernando Alonso	Brad Keselowski
4	32	Lewis Hamilton	Kasey Kahne
5	30	Nico Rosberg	Ryan Newman
6	28	Jenson Button	Denny Hamlin
7	26	Nick Heidfeld	Tony Stewart
8	24	Vitaly Petrov	Greg Biffle
9	22	Sebastien Buemi	Jamie McMurray
10	20	Kamui Kobayashi	Martin Truex Jr

		ILMC / LMS
	Points	*Spa-Francorchamps*
1	50	#7 Peugeot Sport Total
2	40	#8 Peugeot Sport Total
3	35	#3 Audi Sport North America
4	32	#1 Audi Sport Team Joest
5	30	#2 Audi Sport Team Joest
6	28	#16 Pescarolo Team
7	26	#12 Rebellion Racing
8	24	#9 Peugeot Sport Total
9	22	#13 Rebellion Racing
10	20	#10 Team Oreca Matmut

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I really enjoyed the Spa race, so good to get some LMP action again with a decently-sized field, and the GTE battle was pretty good too. The Turkish GP was all-action throughout, I couldn’t turn away. Two great races. I missed the NASCAR but with that topsy-turvey finishing order, dare I ask whether it was a good one?

Scores This Week

Player	*Formula One*	*ILMC / LMS*	*NASCAR Cup*	*Week 15*
Felipe Gana	185	157	28	370
RubberGoat	211	157	0	368
Sean	185	181	0	366
Sebastian X	150	211	0	361
Maverick	150	211	0	361
Pat W	150	177	19	346
Jackie	164	109	59	332
The Speedgeek	152	151	24	327
Startledbunny	136	117	64	317
The Crooked Cap	140	67	102	309
Ryan	199	50	31	280
Dylanpt24	117	70	91	278
No Entry Received: 80% of lowest score
James				222
Jay				222
Mike Rice				222

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Congratulations Felipe! Good scores too from Rubbergoat, Sean, Sebastian and Maverick, who’d picked the same as Sebastian. Indeed the top six all correctly picked the top 4 ILMC finishers as well as 1st, 2nd and 4th in the F1 race.

Commiserations to Ryan and Dylan who bring up the rear after making a few NASCAR picks which didn’t pay off.

As Sean identified in the comments of last week’s post, this table proves the right strategy with Darlington on the schedule is to go for a strong sportscar/F1 mix. Do also take a look at the more detailed sheet produced by Sebastian.

Leaderboard

*Pos*	*Pre*	*+/-*	*Name*	*Prior*	*Wk 15*	*Total*
1	1	0	Sean	2645	366	3011
2	2	0	Sebastian X	2545	361	2906
3	4	1	RubberGoat	2424	368	2792
4	5	1	Pat W	2403	346	2749
5	7	2	Felipe Gana	2361	370	2731
6	6	0	The Crooked Cap	2384	309	2693
7	3	-4	James	2445	222	2667
8	9	1	Startledbunny	2347	317	2664
9	8	-1	Dylanpt24	2355	278	2633
10	10	0	Jackie	2268	332	2600
11	14	3	Maverick	2221	361	2582
12	13	1	The Speedgeek	2236	327	2563
13	11	-2	Ryan	2260	280	2540
14	12	-2	Jay	2245	222	2467
15	15	0	Mike Rice	1884	222	2106

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Sean edges a few more points further away from Sebastian.

Rubbergoat moves into 3rd position, with myself 4th and Felipe jumps two spots to claim 5th. Sadly James drops several places after not entering, at least we have the 80% rule now so he’s still in contention for a top 3 or 4 finish.

‘Bunny is up into 8th. Maverick made some good gains to regain some lost ground on fellow VivaF1 player Jackie. Speedgeek moved up a spot too, while Ryan and Jay drop back. It seems as though Mike is no longer playing.

Upcoming Races

There are three races this weekend which count towards the game.

MotoGP: French Grand Prix, Le Mans

The hairpins of the Bugatti Circuit play host to the French round of the series, which for some reason seems to attract rain if I remember the past few years correctly. www.motogp.com

DTM: Zandvoort

The second round of the late-starting DTM series visits the sandy Dutch track, the modern version of which has a reputation for a lack of passing. That seems an apt fit for a championship with a modern reputation for a lack of passing. Such a shame when both the series and venue in past versions used to be known for their overtaking possibilities. www.dtm.com (EN)

NASCAR Cup: Dover

To Delaware and the one-miler paved with concrete, ‘the Monster Mile’. www.nascar.com

Good luck!

16 thoughts on “TMR Game 2011 – Week 16”

Amazing reliability for the LMP1 cars at Spa with all ten that started finishing top-ten. I was deeply unimpressed by Harvick; he repeatedly drove into Kyle’s car and then went ape after Busch hit his car.

DTM:
Bruno Spengler
Gary Paffett
Timo Scheider
Mattias Ekström
Jamie Green

MotoGP:
Jorge Lorenzo
Dani Pedrosa
Casey Stoner
Andrea Dovizioso
Valentino Rossi