TMR Game 2011 – Week 18 – I Watch Too Much Racing

Hello and welcome to TMR Game Week 18.

This post accepts entries for this great trio of blue-riband events:

– F1 Monaco
– IndyCar Indianapolis
– NASCAR Charlotte

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.

See this page for the game rules.

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Scores

Top Tens

	Week 17	Formula 1
	Points	Barcelona
1	50	Sebastian Vettel
2	40	Lewis Hamilton
3	35	Jenson Button
4	32	Mark Webber
5	30	Fernando Alonso
6	28	Michael Schumacher
7	26	Nico Rosberg
8	24	Nick Heidfeld
9	22	Sergio Perez
10	20	Kamui Kobayashi

Scores This Week

Player	F1	Week 17
Sebastian X	237	237
RubberGoat	237	237
Felipe Gana	233	233
James	232	232
The Speedgeek	231	231
Pat W	229	229
Maverick	221	221
Jackie	221	221
Startledbunny	221	221
Jay	221	221
Sean	219	219
Dylanpt24	215	215
Ryan	205	205
No Entry Received: 80% of lowest score
Mike Rice		164
The Crooked Cap		164

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Congratulations Sebastian and Gavin! Both would’ve had a full set of positions 1-7 had it not been for that pesky Schumacher.

As expected it was a very closely-matched week, with a tie for the win and a four-way tie in the mix as well.

Ryan was hoping for a Vettel retirement I think, no such luck there with him winning another race. Six players were unlucky though, picking Massa who did post a retirement and only netted 8 points when you might expect him to score at least 20.

Do check the more detailed sheet produced by Sebastian.

Leaderboard

Pos	Pre	+/-	Name	Prior	Wk 17	Total	Gap
1	1	0	Sean	3312	219	3531
2	2	0	Sebastian X	3226	237	3463	68
3	3	0	RubberGoat	3104	237	3341	122
4	4	0	Pat W	3082	229	3311	30
5	5	0	Felipe Gana	3033	233	3266	45
6	7	1	James	2950	232	3182	84
7	8	1	Startledbunny	2940	221	3161	21
8	6	-2	The Crooked Cap	2995	164	3159	2
9	9	0	Dylanpt24	2928	215	3143	16
10	10	0	Jackie	2911	221	3132	11
11	12	1	The Speedgeek	2892	231	3123	9
12	11	-1	Maverick	2900	221	3121	2
13	13	0	Ryan	2841	205	3046	75
14	14	0	Jay	2755	221	2976	70
15	15	0	Mike Rice	2327	164	2491	485

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James and Startledbunny pass the non-entering Crooked Cap. Speedgeek makes a place on Maverick although they are only two points apart.

‘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 huge races this weekend which should be one of the favourite weekends of the racing year for any fan. Those races are, in chronological order:

F1: Monaco Grand Prix

I love the Monaco GP. It has a lot of critics but they are all wrong. You can pass there without a DRS with a bit of opportunism, at the chicane or maybe, just maybe if you are lucky, into Ste.Devote. It rewards someone willing to give it a go, but punishes them if they get it wrong – something of a theme for the 3 tracks this week. Sadly a very real problem this year could be the mass of Pirelli marbles. www.f1.com

IndyCar: Indianapolis 500

A venue so completely different to Monaco in every way, except it also so very similar. A one-line race track which both rewards and punishes those who pass or push hard. Very much more than the usual ‘four corners turing left’. Some unusual cars were fast in qualifying but I still expect the Ganassis and Penskes to pull through for the race – we say that every year and yet by the end there’s always an unexpected pursuer close behind such as Dan Wheldon, maybe this year that’ll be Alex Tagliani, maybe he could win? At the time of writing notable Andretti Autosport drivers Ryan Hunter-Reay and Mike Conway have failed to qualify, though there is talk of getting RHR into Bruno Junqueira’s car. www.indycar.com

NASCAR Cup: Charlotte

The Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte is the last of our epic triple-header and it is also the longest. It is a bit like a sportscar race in that if you want to watch it all, you’ll be there a while. There is no way I’m going to predict the outcome of a 600-mile NASCAR race with all the potential for crashes and whatnot. www.nascar.com

Don’t forget to watch Kimi on Saturday night, again at Charlotte.

Good luck!

17 thoughts on “TMR Game 2011 – Week 18”

God I hope a non Red wins….

Indy: Ed Carpenter