Official British Grand Prix - Predictions Contest 2023 - Round 11 of 23 - Results

Congratulations to steve_r for winning the British Grand Prix and for becoming the eighth different winner in ten rounds. :beer:


What happened in Britain

There were 14 entries.

All the following percentages are rounded up or down.

13/14 predicted Verstappen as the winner (93%).

Apart from him, Albon was the most correctly predicted driver in his position (4/14, or 29%).

Stroll was the most commonly-predicted non-top 10 finisher (by 12/14 or 86%).

Piastri was the least commonly-predicted actual top 10 finisher (just by me, or 7%).

I got the most top 10 finishers (all ten).

TCT got the fewest, with just 6.

TrapezeArtist and crmalcolm got the most correct finishing positions in their top 10s (Verstappen, Russell and Albon, and Verstappen, Hamilton and Pérez, respectively).

TCT got the fewest (no-one).

13/14 (or 93%) got Verstappen on pole.

No-one got any other qualifying positions right.

11/14, or 79%, got that Red Bull would achieve fastest lap.

Only the winner (7% of entries) steve_r got McLaren's fastest pit stop.

12/14, or 86%, got that the weather would be dry.

Despite Norris taking both driver polls last time out, no-one opted for him, nor did they get Team of the Grand Prix.

6/14, or 43%, got the Rate the Grand Prix score of 7 or 8 (with 2 going for an 8).

7/14 (so, 50%) predicted 18-19 finishers.

No-one predicted the mode of the pit stops would be 1.


British Grand Prix Results

1. Verstappen
2. Norris
3. Hamilton
4. Piastri
5. Russell
6. Pérez
7. Alonso
8. Albon
9. Leclerc
10. Sainz

Qualifying
1. Verstappen
2. Norris
3. Piastri

Fastest lap: Red Bull
Fastest pit stop: McLaren
Weather: Dry
formula1.com Driver of the Day: Norris
Driver of the Grand Prix: Norris
Team of the Grand Prix: McLaren
Rate the Grand Prix: 8 (mode) & 7 (mean, rounded up from 6.95238095).
Number of finishers: 18-19
Number of pit stops: 1


British Grand Prix Predictions Contest Results

1. steve_r - 86
2. Aysedasi - 81
3. Born Racer - 79
4. TrapezeArtist - 76
5. Born Racer Fan - 74
= Gnussi - 74
7. crmalcolm - 70
8. rika - 69
9. smellysocks - 68
= wolfhound - 68
11. Beau2 - 65
12. Notso Swift - 63
= Teretonga - 63
14. TCT - 32


Championship standings after Round 11 of 23

1. Born Racer Fan - 984
2. Beau2 - 938
3. Born Racer - 918
4. Gnussi - 916
5. TrapezeArtist - 895
6. Notso Swift - 892
7. rika - 852
8. steve_r - 820
9. Teretonga - 806
10. wolfhound - 802
11. smellysocks - 768
12. BTCC frog - 741
13. TCT - 680
14. Aysedasi - 635
15. crmalcolm - 369


Number of wins so far this season

Beau2 - 3

Born Racer Fan - 2

wolfhound - 1
rika - 1
Born Racer - 1
BTCC frog - 1
Notso Swift - 1
steve_r - 1


Winners by event

Bahrain: Beau2
Saudi Arabia: Beau2
Australia: wolfhound
Azerbaijan: rika
Miami: Born Racer
Monaco: Beau2
Spain: Born Racer Fan
Canada: BTCC frog & Born Racer Fan
Austria: Notso Swift
Britain: steve_r


Predictions for Budapest are now open. :beer: https://tentenths.com/forum/showthre...73#post4168873