Thanks for playing the 2019 edition of “The Motor Racing Game”. Results below. No plans for a 2020 season at this time, but if you’re interested in playing please go to http://www.roadracetracks.com/motorracinggame.shtml, click on “New Players Click Here” under “Who are you?” and sign up now!
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Scores from week 45:
F1 Abu Dhabi:
| Results – Week 45 | |
| Pos | F1 |
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton |
| 2 | Max Verstappen |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc |
| 4 | Valtteri Bottas |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel |
| 6 | Alexander Albon |
| 7 | Sergio Perez |
| 8 | Lando Norris |
| 9 | Daniil Kvyat |
| 10 | Carlos Sainz |
The start of F1 race in Abu Dhabi saw a much-anticipated front row with Lewis Hamilton on pole and Max Verstappen along side him. For good measure the two Ferraris were on the row behind, but with a cloud over Charles Leclerc, 3rd on the grid, who started with too much fuel onboard, something that the stewards would take a look at after the race. They stayed in order through the first few corners, but before the end of the first lap Leclerc showed the speed of the Ferrari by making an easy looking pass on Verstappen. Sebastian Vettel however, could not get around Verstappen. Once everyone switched to hard tires it seemed better handling for Verstappen’s Red Bull Honda let him get back around Leclerc and into second place. Meantime Vettel, who had started on soft tires, started to struggle and fell behind Alex Albon and a hard charging Valtteri Bottas, who had started at the back of the grid after an engine change. With two laps to go Vettel at least managed to get back around Albon, but Bottas had got much further ahead and in fact looked like he might challenge Leclerc for third. But it wasn’t to be, and at the finish the podium positions had Hamilton on the top step, Verstappen second, and Leclerc third. Bottas was fourth followed by Vettel and Albon. Carlos Sainz finished in tenth, one place ahead of Daniel Ricciardo. In the matter of Leclerc’s fuel issue, after the race it was announced he’d keep his third place with the team getting a fine instead.
| Week-45 Player’s Scores | iom | seb |
| F1 | ||
| Lewis Hamilton | 50 | 50 |
| Max Verstappen | 40 | 40 |
| Charles Leclerc | 35 | 35 |
| Valtteri Bottas | 32 | 32 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 30 | 30 |
| Alexander Albon | 28 | 28 |
| Carlos Sainz | 20 | |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 19 | |
| Totals: | 234 | 235 |
Congratulations to Sebastian and his 26th win of the year, with the obvious difference being between the Sainz and Ricciardo picks. Double congratulations to Sebastian for winning the season. That’s four years in a row that Sebastian has won the season. Many thanks to Sebastian for keeping the game alive for all these years, it’s been a lot of fun. Final standings…
| Standings after week 45: | |||||||
| Pos | Pre | Name | Total | Diff | Latest | Prior | Diff |
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian | 12854 | 235 | 12619 | ||
| 2 | 2 | iomracer | 12596 | -258 | 234 | 12362 | -257 |
| 3 | 3 | New Players | 11162 | -1434 | 211 | 10951 | -1411 |
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