Welcome to Grid Bids - Formula 1 Prediction Game

A cool Formula One game brought to you by www.farzadsf1gallery.com.

How to play:

• You start with 45 bid points to spend on drivers. You can select as many drivers as you like but your total expenditure can not exceed 45 bid points.
• The cost of each driver is listed beside the drivers name.
• The aim is to select drivers that will be classified in the top 10.
• You will be given championship points based on the following scoring system for the top 10 finishers.

  Winner	25		6th	8
  2nd	18		7th	6
  3rd	15		8th	4
  4th	12		9th	2
  5th	10		10th	1

• So you pick the drivers and get championship points depending on where they finish in the top 10.
• The person with the most championship points (not bid points - those 45 points are only for buying drivers for each race) at the end of the season wins huge bragging rights.
• Now you're asking how the cost of each driver is determined. Let me tell you ...
  • The cost of each driver is actually the average number of points they have scored for the last 5 races based on our scoring system listed above.
  • So logically the cost of each driver will change throughout the season since we only use the last 5 races.
  • We determine the initial cost of each driver based on results from last year as well as a rigorous mathematical model to determine the cost for new drivers and drivers who have changed teams.
  • No not really. We didn't use a rigorous model. We guessed, but we're pretty smart and it's all good so just make your picks and enjoy the season.

Tips & Strategy:

• Don't jump on the bandwagon. (Pick drivers who have been scoring lower than they should, not higher.)
• Your choice of "dark horse" (Sutil or Petrov or ...?) can make a big difference to your position.
• Picking all backmarkers is a poor strategy.
• Consider the weather -- certain drivers do better in the rain, and more backmarkers score.

Make your picks for the Australian Grand Prix

Submit picks as often as you like until the deadline
Your previous picks will be simply replaced by your most recent picks

Deadline for submitting picks: 2012-01-15 21:30:00 EDT (Montreal Summer Time, GMT-4)

Make sure you click on the icon for some information on the driver

Sebastien Vettel	10.0		Mark Webber	10.0
Jenson Button	10.0		Lewis Hamilton	10.0
Felipe Massa	10.0		Fernando Alonso	10.0
Michael Schumacher	10.0		Nico Rosberg	10.0
Kimi Räikkönen	4.0		Roman Grosjean	4.0
Nico Hulkenberg	4.0		Paul di Resta	4.0
Kamui Kobayashi	4.0		Sergio Perez	4.0
Jean-Eric Vergne	1.0		Daniel Ricciardo	1.0
Bruno Senna	1.0		Pastor Maldonado	1.0
Jarno Trulli	1.0		Heikki Kovalainen	1.0
Juan Pablo Montoya	1.0		Pedro de la Rosa	1.0
Timo Glock	1.0		Charles Pic	1.0

Bid points remaining out of 45 total points allowed.

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