2015 F1 News and Prediction Tournament

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United States GP qualifying to run on Sunday after heavy rain

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/34629593

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Qualifying results:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/2015/ ... qualifying

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Updated starting grid for Texas. Vettel, and Raikkonen 10 places, Bottas 5 places due to penalities. http://planetf1.com/news/updated-grid-a ... s-penalty/

Updated Grid:
1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull
4 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull
5 Sergio Perez Force India
6 Nico Hulkenberg Force India
7 Felipe Massa Williams
8 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso
9 Fernando Alonso McLaren
10 Romain Grosjean Lotus
11 Jenson Button McLaren
12 Pastor Maldonado Lotus
13 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
14 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
15 Valtteri Bottas Williams
16 Felipe Nasr Sauber
17 Alexander Rossi Manor
18 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari
19 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso
20 Will Stevens Manor

[PeteC]

BREAKING NEWS

Lewis Hamilton wins his third F1 World Championship

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/34633569

More results later.................

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Texas results:

Result
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:50.52.703
2 Nico Rosberg Mercedes +2.8 (Fastest Lap)
3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari +3.3
4 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso +22.3
5 Sergio Perez Force India +24.4
6 Jenson Button McLaren +28.0
7 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso +30.6
8 Pastor Maldonado Lotus +32.2
9 Felipe Nasr Sauber +40.2
10 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull +53.3
11 Fernando Alonso McLaren +54.8
12 Alexander Rossi Manor +75.2

Did Not Finish
Daniil Kvyat Red Bull +15 Laps
Nico Hulkenberg Force India +21 Laps
Marcus Ericsson Sauber +31 Laps
Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari +31 Laps
Felipe Massa Williams +33 Laps
Romain Grosjean Lotus +46 Laps
Valtteri Bottas Williams +51 Laps
Will Stevens Manor +55 Laps

[PeteC]

As mentioned above, Hamilton wins his third championship by winning in Texas. Vettel makes an outstanding effort finishing third after starting in 14th. Once again happy to see Button in the points and finishing ahead of Alonso. Both Williams teams out and the fact we didn't have much to work with when making picks made this a low scoring race. RZR had the best race with 13.5 points. The top three are now Lindosfan, RZR and Pete. Next up is Mexico next weekend. Good luck to all! Pete

1 - lindosfan 236.00
2 - redzonerocker (Yellow Cap) 232.50
3 ▲1 Pete 231.00
4 ▼1 BigBoy 230.50
5 ▲1 mwbrown 229.00
6 ▼1 pharvey 227.50
7 - Vital Spark 226.00
8 ▲2 Terry 221.00
9 ▼1 Parahandy 220.50
10 ▼1 bsdk1960 217.00
11 - JJBones 98.00
12 - Richard 58.00
13 - buksida 20.50

Mexico GP

http://planetf1.com/grand-prix/mexico/circuit-guide/

Qualifying

Saturday 31 Oct 13:00 (local)
Sunday 1 Nov 02:00 (Thai time)

Race

Sunday 1 Nov 13:00 (local)
Monday 2 Nov 02:00 (Thai time)

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Mexico qualifying:

Driver Team Fastest Lap
1 ROS Mercedes 1:19.480
2 HAM Mercedes 1:19.668
3 VET Ferrari 1:19.850
4 KVY Red Bull 1:20.398
5 RIC Red Bull 1:20.399
6 BOT Williams 1:20.448
7 MAS Williams 1:20.567
8 VPN Toro Rosso 1:20.710
9 PER Force India 1:20.716
10 HUL Force India 1:20.788
11 SAI Toro Rosso 1:20.942
12 GRO Lotus 1:21.038
13 MAL Lotus 1:21.261
14 ERI Sauber 1:21.544
15 RAI Ferrari 1:22.494
16 ALO McLaren 1:21.779
17 NAS Sauber 1:21.788
18 RSI Manor 1:24.136
19 STE Manor 1:24.563
20 BUT McLaren

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Mexico results, more later:

1. Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes-Mercedes 71 laps (Fastest Lap)
2. Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes-Mercedes +1.9s
3. Valtteri Bottas FIN Williams-Mercedes +14.5s
4. Daniil Kvyat RUS Red Bull-Renault +16.5s
5. Daniel Ricciardo AUS Red Bull-Renault +19.6s
6. Felipe Massa BRZ Williams-Mercedes +21.4s
7. Nico Hulkenberg GER Force India-Mercedes +25.8s
8. Sergio Perez MEX Force India-Mercedes +34.3s
9. Max Verstappen NED Toro Rosso-Renault +35.2s
10. Romain Grosjean FRA Lotus-Mercedes +37.9s
11. Pastor Maldonado VEN Lotus-Mercedes +38.5s
12. Marcus Ericsson SWE Sauber-Ferrari +40.1s
13. Carlos Sainz Jr ESP Toro Rosso-Renault +48.7s
14. Jenson Button GBR McLaren-Honda +49.2s
15. Alexander Rossi USA Manor Marussia-Ferrari +2 laps
16. Will Stevens GBR Manor Marussia-Ferrari +2 laps

Rtd. Felipe Nasr BRZ Sauber-Ferrari brake failure
Rtd. Sebastian Vettel GER Ferrari-Ferrari crash
Rtd. Kimi Raikkonen FIN Ferrari-Ferrari crash
Rtd. Fernando Alonso ESP McLaren-Honda power unit failure

[PeteC]

Some excitement this race. Both Ferraris crashed, and Hamilton didn't believe his tires were bad forcing a second pit stop and losing a possible first place over Rosberg. He's asked for proof the tires were bad....the result not published and may never be.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/34694679

BSDK1960 had the best race with 17.0 points. The top three are now Lindosfan, RZR and Pete. We have a real dog fight going into the last 2 races, with Lindosfan and RZR tied except for the type of points achieved.

1 - lindosfan 248.00
2 - redzonerocker 248.00
3 - Pete [Pool captain] 245.50
4 - BigBoy 245.00
5 - mwbrown 239.50
6 - pharvey 238.00
7 - Vital Spark 236.50
8 ▲2 bsdk1960 (Yellow Cap) 234.00
9 ▼1 Terry 231.50
10 ▼1 Parahandy 231.00
11 - JJBones 98.00
12 - Richard 58.00
13 - buksida 20.50

Next up is Brazil on November 15. Good luck to all! Pete

http://planetf1.com/grand-prix/brazil/circuit-guide/

Brazil GP

Qualifying

Saturday 14 Nov 14:00 (local)
Saturday 14 Nov 23:00 (Thai time)

Race
Sunday 15 Nov 15:00 (local)
Monday 16 Nov 00:00 (Thai time)

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Brazil practice results:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/2015/ ... s/practice

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Brazil qualifying:

1 ROS Mercedes 1:11.282
2 HAM Mercedes 1:11.360
3 VET Ferrari 1:11.804
4 BOT Williams 1:12.085
5 RAI Ferrari 1:12.144
6 HUL Force India 1:12.265
7 KVY Red Bull 1:12.322
8 MAS Williams 1:12.415
9 RIC Red Bull 1:12.417
10 VPN Toro Rosso 1:12.739
11 NAS Sauber 1:12.989
12 SAI Toro Rosso 1:13.045
13 PER Force India 1:13.147
14 ERI Sauber 1:13.233
15 GRO Lotus 1:13.913
16 MAL Lotus 1:13.385
17 BUT McLaren 1:13.425
18 RSI Manor 1:16.151
19 STE Manor 1:16.283
20 ALO McLaren

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Brazil results:

1. Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes-Mercedes 71 laps 1hr 31m 09.090s
2. Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes-Mercedes +07.7s (Fastest Lap)
3. Sebastian Vettel GER Ferrari-Ferrari +14.2s
4. Kimi Raikkonen FIN Ferrari-Ferrari +47.5s
5. Valtteri Bottas FIN Williams-Mercedes +1 lap
6. Nico Hulkenberg GER Force India-Mercedes +1 lap
7. Daniil Kvyat RUS Red Bull-Renault +1 lap
8. Felipe Massa BRZ Williams-Mercedes +1 lap
9 Romain Grosjean FRA Lotus-Mercedes +1 lap
10 Max Verstappen NED Toro Rosso-Renault +1 lap

11 Pastor Maldonado VEN Lotus-Mercedes +1 lap
12 Daniel Ricciardo AUS Red Bull-Renault +1 lap
13 Sergio Perez MEX Force India-Mercedes +1 lap
14. Felipe Nasr BRZ Sauber-Ferrari +1 lap
15. Jenson Button GBR McLaren-Honda +1 lap
16. Fernando Alonso ESP McLaren-Honda +1 lap
17. Marcus Ericsson SWE Sauber-Ferrari +2 lap
18. Will Stevens GBR Manor-Ferrari +4 laps
19. Alexander Rossi USA Manor-Ferrari +4 laps

Rtd Carlos Sainz Jr ESP Toro Rosso-Renault 0 laps completed

[PeteC]

Rosberg wins for his second in a row. Once again tires more or less dictated the result.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/34827746

Lindosfan knocked everyone's socks off with the best race of 24.5 points. That may be the highest race total for the year, I'll have to check later. The top three are now Lindosfan, RZR and Big Boy.

1 - lindosfan (Yellow Cap) 272.50
2 - redzonerocker 263.50
3 ▲1 BigBoy 261.50
4 ▼1 Pete 261.00
5 - mwbrown 259.00
6 ▲1 Vital Spark 254.00
7 ▼1 pharvey 249.50
8 - bsdk1960 247.50
9 - Terry 247.00
10 - Parahandy 244.50
11 - JJBones 98.00
12 - Richard 58.00
13 - buksida 20.50

Next up and last for the season is Abu Dhabi. Good luck to all! Pete

Abu Dhabi GP

https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-we ... Dhabi.html

Qualifying

Saturday 28 Nov 17:00 (local)
Saturday 28 Nov 20:00 (Thai time)

Race

Sunday 29 Nov 17:00 (local)
Sunday 29 Nov 20:00 (Thai time)