Welcome all to Week Forty. This is the busiest week remaining with five events, comprising of MotoGP (Sepang), WRC (Sardinia), DTM (Hockenheim), ALMS/ELMS (Petit Le Mans), and NASCAR (Kansas). Please pick ten drivers/riders/sports-cars up to a maximum of seven in any one event in a comment on this post before 6 AM BST Friday 19th October (1 AM ET) (essentially late Thursday night).
Drewe’s Performance Charts
Do visit Drewe’s fine charts and tables to see such as the Full Year Difference Chart and Form Guide, which Drewe is updating every week.
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Scores
Results – Top Tens
| Formula 1 | MotoGP | WEC | NASCAR | ||||
| Yeongam | Motegi | Fuji | Charlotte | ||||
| 1 | Vettel | Pedrosa | #7 Toyota | Bowyer | |||
| 2 | Webber | Lorenzo | #1 Audi | Hamlin | |||
| 3 | Alonso | Bautista | #2 Audi | Johnson | |||
| 4 | Massa | Dovizioso | #12 Rebellion | Biffle | |||
| 5 | Räikkönen | Stoner | #22 JRM | Kyle B. | |||
| 6 | Hulkenberg | Bradl | #21 Strakka | Martin | |||
| 7 | Grosjean | Rossi | #13 Rebellion | Edwards | |||
| 8 | Vergne | Hayden | #25 ADR Delta | Kahne | |||
| 9 | Ricciardo | Nakasuga | #44 Starworks | Logano | |||
| 10 | Hamilton | Barbera | #24 Oak | Truex |
Webber was on pole, but, as usual, made a weak start, with Vettel snatching the lead for a commanding win, albeit with some late doubts about the integrity of his right-front tyre. Button was clouted by Kobayashi at the start, leaving Jenson’s front-right at an ugly angle (24th).
At Motegi, Lorenzo got the jump at the start, but Pedrosa was able to pass him with thirteen to go and pull away for the victory. Stoner struggled with aches and pains which compromised his performance as the race progressed. Crutchlow was fighting with Bautista for third-place, but the Brit ran out of fuel on the last lap (17th).
Toyota won at Fuji by eleven seconds after a close battle with the #2 Audi. In the fourth hour, Treluyer hit the GTE Aston Martin of Stefan Mucke, was able to swap the Audi’s damaged nose during the consequent safety-car period, but the #2 was given a stop-and-go for the incident. Toyota had to make an extra splash-and-dash at the end but were able to rejoin with a few seconds in hand.
The NASCAR race at Charlotte came down to a fuel-mileage contest won by Clint Bowyer. Keselowski ran out of fuel earlier in the race, eventually only managing eleventh, causing a reduction in his Chase points-lead.
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Non-entries get 305 according to the 90% rule. RubberGoat and I tied for fifth-place, with just column-order based on my posting sooner.
Congratulations aplenty to Chris for his fifth outright win (plus two joint-wins) of the season. Chris was the only player to pick ten top-five finishers, and avoiding the McLarens in F1 paid very well. Maverick and Drewe were unfortunate indeed to not only be blighted by Button’s retirement (along with most of us), but also to be hit hard by Crutchlow’s fuel disaster.
Leaderboard
| Pos | Pre | +/- | Name | Prior | Wk 39 | Total | Differences | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian | 10324 | 356 | 10680 | 0 | - | |
| 2 | 3 | +1 | iomracer | 10150 | 368 | 10518 | 162 | 162 |
| 3 | 2 | -1 | Maverick | 10157 | 351 | 10508 | 172 | 10 |
| 4 | 4 | RubberGoat | 10130 | 356 | 10486 | 194 | 22 | |
| 5 | 5 | Pat W. | 10013 | 378 | 10391 | 289 | 95 | |
| 6 | 6 | Chris W. | 9988 | 392 | 10380 | 300 | 11 | |
| 7 | 7 | Drewe | 9871 | 339 | 10210 | 470 | 170 | |
| 8 | 8 | The Speedgeek | 9761 | 365 | 10126 | 554 | 84 | |
| 9 | 9 | Jackie | 9172 | 305 | 9477 | 1203 | 649 | |
| 10 | 10 | Matt | 8743 | 305 | 9048 | 1532 | 429 | |
| 11 | 11 | Ryan | 8247 | 305 | 8552 | 2128 | 496 | |
| 12 | 12 | Jay | 8033 | 305 | 8338 | 2342 | 214 | |
| 13 | 13 | James | 7964 | 305 | 8269 | 2411 | 69 | |
| 14 | 14 | New players | 7945 | 305 | 8250 | 2430 | 19 | |
iomracer makes up his second position in two weeks, this time taking second at Maverick’s expense. iomracer also takes another twelve points off me. With only six weeks left, I would take a lot of catching, but a bad week or two for me could make a huge difference. There are quite a few gaps between players that could easily be eradicated in the remaining weeks.
This Week
Roster
· MotoGP – Sepang, Malaysia
· WRC – Sardinia, Italy
· DTM – Hockenheim, Germany
· ALMS/ELMS – Atlanta, USA
· NASCAR – Kansas, USA
The deadline is 6 AM BST Friday 19th October (1 AM ET). Also remember the countdown widget rounds up on days.
Pick ten drivers/riders/sports-cars up to a maximum of seven in any one event.
The points system is
50-40-35-32-30-28-26-24-22-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.
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Congats Chris. Sorry Mav, I picked Stoner because you picked Crutchlow … had he not ran out of gas you’d have beaten me this week. Onward to what seems to me to be a difficult week to make just 10 picks:
WRC:
1) Sebastian Loeb (nothing left for him to win, so he’ll be relaxed … and hence probably faster!)
2) Mikko Hirvonen (needs to do well to make Citroen feel good that they’re making him #1 next year)
I think Solberg will do well if he doesn’t crash, he could inherit the #1 spot at Ford if Latvala goes to VW next year, so he needs Ford to believe in him. Latvala on the other hand already has 2 contract offers for next year (Ford and VW), so hard to say how that will affect his driving. Neuville could be a good pick again – he’s the hereditary #2 for Citreon next year, and needs to continue giving them confidence in him. But with so many other picks elsewhere …
MotoGP:
3) Dani Pedrosa
4) Jorge Lorenzo
5) Andrea Dovizioso
DTM:
6) Bruno Spengler
7) Jamie Green
8) Gary Paffett
ALMS:
9) #6 (Luhr/Graf/Dumas)
10) #16 (Dyson/Smith/Kane)
In every race where a P1 was there at the end (any P1 car) it has been #6/#16 1 and 2 (except the opener at Sebring)
Comment by iomracer — October 15, 2012 @ 9:49 pm
A few risks in whom I selected, and indeed one or two I excluded, but I hope I have made the right calls.
MotoGP:
Jorge Lorenzo
Dani Pedrosa
Casey Stoner
WRC:
Sébastian Loeb
Mikko Hirvonen
Mads Østberg
DTM:
Gary Paffett
Jamie Green
ALMS:
#6 Muscle Milk (Luhr/Graf/Dumas)
NASCAR:
Jimmie Johnston
Comment by Sebastian X — October 16, 2012 @ 9:41 pm
Heads up – Ford out of WRC, but MSport looking to keep the team in play in any case – but no longer with Manufacturer support….. Shouldn’t affect this week – but – there could be some uncertainty in the team.
WRC
Loeb
Hirvonen
DTM
Paffet
Spengler
ALMS
#6 Muscle Milk
#12 Rebellion
MotoGP
Pedrosa
Lorenzo
Stoner
NASCAR
Keselowski
Comment by Drewe — October 17, 2012 @ 3:58 am
Two weeks in a row now. Can we go by the positions on the penultimate lap this week, please?
MotoGP:
Jorge Lorenzo
Dani Pedrosa
Andrea Dovizioso
WRC:
Sébastian Loeb
Mikko Hirvonen
(When Latvala starts saying “rally wins all that matter now”, I start thinking he won’t finish)
DTM:
Gary Paffett
Jamie Green
ALMS:
#6 (Luhr/Graf/Dumas)
#16 (Dyson/Smith/Kane)
NASCAR:
Jimmie Johnston
Comment by Mav — October 17, 2012 @ 1:24 pm
ALMS
#6 Muscle Milk
#12 Rebellion
#16 Dyson
- Rebellion will make this an exciting race and the P2 class will be great fun.
MotoGP
Pedrosa
Lorenzo
Dovizioso
DTM
Green
Paffett
Rockenfeller
WRC
Loeb
A week I wish we had 2 races so I could pick deeper into the fields, can’t risk doing that though.
Comment by Pat W — October 17, 2012 @ 9:02 pm
MotoGP:
1) Pedrosa
2) Lorenzo
3) Stoner (he WILL come good soon!)
ALMS
4) #6 Muscle Milk
5) #12 Rebellion
6) #16 Dyson
DTM:
7) Paffett
8) Spengler
9) Green
10) Rockenfeller
Comment by rubbergoat — October 18, 2012 @ 7:58 am
Woohoo! Glad to have another win on the books. It looks like my form is improving, although it may be too late in the game.
DTM:
Paffett
Spengler
Green
ALMS:
#6 Muscle Milk
#16 Dyson
MotoGP:
Pedrosa
Stoner
Lorenzo
WRC:
Loeb
Hirvonen
Good luck all!
Comment by Chris W — October 18, 2012 @ 7:30 pm
WRC:
Loeb
Lattvala
Petter Solberg
MotoGP:
Pedrosa
Lorenzo
Crutchlow
ALMS:
#7 Pickett HPD
#16 Dyson Lola-Mazda
#12 Rebellion Lola-Toyota
#37 Conquest Morgan
Comment by The Speedgeek — October 19, 2012 @ 4:43 am