BTCC Predictions Competition 2008 : Brands Hatch 1

[Hazard]

Hello all,

Welcome to the BTCC Predictions Competition for 2008.

Please throw in your predictions for the season opening event at Brands Hatch . This seasons prize is a years subscription for Ten-Tenths! (Which means for one thing, no banners etc. to irritate, plus some other advantages too)...you can sign up now and not wait, and then get next year free if you want!

Pole Sitter:
1.

Race 1 Top 3 Results:
1.
2.
3.

Race 2 Top 3 Results:
1.
2.
3.

Race 3 Top 3 Results:
1.
2.
3.

Random Prediction:
Who will be the first retirement of 2008?*
:

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The tie-breaker question (enter as soon as you can)
What will the winning margin to the nearest 1000th of a second be between 1st and 2nd at the season ending race (3rd race at Brands Hatch in September)

For this season the points will be awarded as follows:

Predicting correct pole: 4 pts
Predicting correct winner: 5 pts
Predicting correct 2nd: 3 pts
Predicting correct 3rd: 3 pts
Predicting driver but not in correct position: 1 pts
Predicting correctly the random prediction: 4 pts


* Retirement is that. The driver must start the race and withdraw after the event. In the event of a multicar incident, we'll go with whoever MST lists as the last placed driver.

Good luck.

Closing Date: 23:59 GMT on March 28th

[mattt]

Pole Sitter:
1. Giovanardi

Race 1 Top 3 Results:
1. Giovanardi
2. Turkington
3. Chilton

Race 2 Top 3 Results:
1. Turkington
2. Giovarnardi
3. Plato

Race 3 Top 3 Results:
1. Jackson
2. Chilton
3. Giovanardi

Random Prediction:
Who will be the first retirement of 2008?*
: Neal

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The tie-breaker question (enter as soon as you can)
What will the winning margin to the nearest 1000th of a second be between 1st and 2nd at the season ending race (3rd race at Brands Hatch in September)

:- 0.098

[Robbe]

Pole Sitter:
1. Turkington

Race 1 Top 3 Results:
1. Giovanardi
2. Turkington
3. Plato

Race 2 Top 3 Results:
1. Turkington
2. Giovanardi
3. Plato

Race 3 Top 3 Results:
1. Neal
2. Shedden
3. Jackson

Random Prediction:
Who will be the first retirement of 2008?*
: Collard

The tie-breaker question (enter as soon as you can)
What will the winning margin to the nearest 1000th of a second be between 1st and 2nd at the season ending race (3rd race at Brands Hatch in September): 1.349

[BootsOntheSide]

Pole Sitter:
1. Plato

Race 1 Top 3 Results:
1. Plato
2. Turner
3. Giovanardi

Race 2 Top 3 Results:
1. Plato
2. Turner
3. Giovanardi

Race 3 Top 3 Results:
1. Turkington
2. M Jordan
3. Jackson

Random Prediction:
Who will be the first retirement of 2008?*
: Erkut

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The tie-breaker question (enter as soon as you can)
What will the winning margin to the nearest 1000th of a second be between 1st and 2nd at the season ending race (3rd race at Brands Hatch in September) 1.276

[awrb]

Pole Sitter:
1. Turkington

Race 1 Top 3 Results:
1. Turkington
2. Giovanardi
3. Turner

Race 2 Top 3 Results:
1. Giovanardi
2. Chilton
3. Turkington

Race 3 Top 3 Results:
1. Shedden
2. Onslow-Cole
3. Plato

Random Prediction:
Who will be the first retirement of 2008?*
: Stockton

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The tie-breaker question (enter as soon as you can)
What will the winning margin to the nearest 1000th of a second be between 1st and 2nd at the season ending race (3rd race at Brands Hatch in September)

:- 0.915

[duke_toaster]

So first retirement is the first DNFer in race 1, yeah?

Pole - Plato

Race 1

1st - Plato
2nd - Giovanardi
3rd - Turner

Race 2

1st - Plato
2ns - Turner
3rd - Turkington

Race 3

1st - Neal
2nd - Jackson
3rd - Onslow-Cole

Retirement - Allison

Gap - 1.599 seconds.

[Hazard]

Originally Posted by duke_toaster

So first retirement is the first DNFer in race 1, yeah?

Yeah. So not whoever can't make it to the grid cos they forgot their engine - basically I'm after the one that's probably going to shunt into the barrier at the start as usual, though they may surprise us!

[btcckid]

pole-is this for race 1 only?-im guessing it is

pole
turkington

Race 1
1st - turkington
2nd - Giovanardi
3rd - chilton

race 2
1st - plato
2nd - jelley
3rd - jackson

race 3
1st - giovanardi
2nd - neal
3rd - plato

first retirment
turner-intersting choice

The tie-breaker question
What will the winning margin to the nearest 1000th of a second be between 1st and 2nd at the season ending race (3rd race at Brands Hatch in September)

2.426

[kerrmanningjarv]

Pole Sitter:
1. Turkington

Race 1 Top 3 Results:
1. Turkington
2. Giovanardi
3. Shedden

Race 3 Top 3 Results:
1. Plato
2. Onslow-Cole
3. M. Jordan

Random Prediction:
Who will be the first retirement of 2008?*
: Gore

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The tie-breaker question (enter as soon as you can)
What will the winning margin to the nearest 1000th of a second be between 1st and 2nd at the season ending race (3rd race at Brands Hatch in September)

:- 1.023

[mattt]

Originally Posted by kerrmanningjarv

Pole Sitter:
1. Turkington

Race 1 Top 3 Results:
1. Turkington
2. Giovanardi
3. Shedden

Race 3 Top 3 Results:
1. Plato
2. Onslow-Cole
3. M. Jordan

Random Prediction:
Who will be the first retirement of 2008?*
: Gore

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The tie-breaker question (enter as soon as you can)
What will the winning margin to the nearest 1000th of a second be between 1st and 2nd at the season ending race (3rd race at Brands Hatch in September)

:- 1.023

and what about race 2

[kerrmanningjarv]

^ Thanks a lot, must have deleted it by accident...

Race 2 Top 3 Results:

1. Giovanardi
2. Turkington
3. Shedden

[Spaced Invader]

Pole Sitter:
1. Turkington

Race 1 Top 3 Results:
1. Turkington
2. Giovanardi
3. Plato

Race 2 Top 3 Results:
1. Giovanardi
2. Turkington
3. Plato

Race 3 Top 3 Results:
1. Jackson
2. Chilton
3. Turner

Random Prediction:
Who will be the first retirement of 2008?*

: Vaulkhard

The tie-breaker question (enter as soon as you can)
What will the winning margin to the nearest 1000th of a second be between 1st and 2nd at the season ending race (3rd race at Brands Hatch in September)

- 1.315

[ScotsBrutesFan]

Pole Sitter:
1. Tom Chilton

Race 1 Top 3 Results:
1. Turkington
2. Neal
3. Giovanardi

Race 2 Top 3 Results:
1. Neal
2. Jelley
3. Plato

Race 3 Top 3 Results:
1. Plato
2. Giovanardi
3. Jackson

Random Prediction:
Who will be the first retirement of 2008?*
: Tom Chilton

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The tie-breaker question (enter as soon as you can)
What will the winning margin to the nearest 1000th of a second be between 1st and 2nd at the season ending race (3rd race at Brands Hatch in September)

3.105 seconds

[mattt]

Originally Posted by Hazard

* Retirement is that. The driver must start the race and withdraw after the event. In the event of a multicar incident, we'll go with whoever MST lists as the last placed driver.

if they do what turner did last year at rockingham and break down on the grid, im guessing this counts as a retirement

[Hazard]

Originally Posted by mattt

if they do what turner did last year at rockingham and break down on the grid, im guessing this counts as a retirement

As long as it's when the red lights go off as it's a DNF, as technically the car was there at the start. If it doesn't even make the parade lap, then it's a DNS usually - will let timing decide.

[Hazard]

Pole Sitter:
1. Turner

Race 1 Top 3 Results:
1. Turner
2. Giovanardi
3. Neal

Race 2 Top 3 Results:
1. Neal
2. Plato
3. Jones

Race 3 Top 3 Results:
1. Plato
2. Turkington
3. Shedden

Random Prediction:
Who will be the first retirement of 2008?*
: Hughes

What will the winning margin to the nearest 1000th of a second be between 1st and 2nd at the season ending race (3rd race at Brands Hatch in September)

1.922

[medius]

Pole Sitter:
1. Neal

Race 1 Top 3 Results:
1. Giovanardi
2. Plato
3. Neal

Race 2 Top 3 Results:
1. Turkington
2. Neal
3. Plato

Race 3 Top 3 Results:
1. Jackson
2. Shedden
3. Turkington

Random Prediction:
Who will be the first retirement of 2008?*
: Hughes

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The tie-breaker question (enter as soon as you can)
What will the winning margin to the nearest 1000th of a second be between 1st and 2nd at the season ending race (3rd race at Brands Hatch in September)

:- 2.606

[crmalcolm]

Pole Sitter:
1. Shedden

Race 1 Top 3 Results:
1. Shedden
2. Giovanardi
3. Jackson

Race 2 Top 3 Results:
1. Giovanardi
2. Shedden
3. Turkington

Race 3 Top 3 Results:
1. Plato
2. Turkington
3. Chilton

Random Prediction:
Who will be the first retirement of 2008?*
: Plato (probably Matt Neal related!!!)

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The tie-breaker question: What will the winning margin to the nearest 1000th of a second be between 1st and 2nd at the season ending race (3rd race at Brands Hatch in September):

4.418

[rdjones]

Time to get my title defence going:-

Pole Sitter:
1. Turkington

Race 1 Top 3 Results:
1. Turkington
2. Neal
3. Plato

Race 2 Top 3 Results:
1. Jackson
2. Giovanardi
3. Chilton

Race 3 Top 3 Results:
1. Shedden
2. Turkington
3. A Jordan

Random Prediction:
Who will be the first retirement of 2008?*
: Collard

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The tie-breaker question (enter as soon as you can)
What will the winning margin to the nearest 1000th of a second be between 1st and 2nd at the season ending race (3rd race at Brands Hatch in September)

3.378

[touringlegend]

Pole Sitter:
1. Turkington

Race 1 Top 3 Results:
1. Turkington
2. Giovanardi
3. Plato

Race 2 Top 3 Results:
1. Plato
2. Jackson
3. Neal

Race 3 Top 3 Results:
1. Shedden
2. Jones
3. Turner

Random Prediction:
Who will be the first retirement of 2008?*
: Stephen Jelley

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The tie-breaker question (enter as soon as you can)
What will the winning margin to the nearest 1000th of a second be between 1st and 2nd at the season ending race (3rd race at Brands Hatch in September)
1.325 seconds

[NendoShisu]

Pole Sitter:
1. Colin Turkington

Race 1 Top 3 Results:
1. Colin Turkington
2. Fabrizio Giovanardi
3. Matt Neal

Race 2 Top 3 Results:
1. Fabrizio Giovanardi
2. Mat Jackson
3. Gordon Shedden

Race 3 Top 3 Results:
1. Colin Turkington
2. Matt Neal
3. Fabrizio Giovanardi

Random Prediction:
Who will be the first retirement of 2008?*
:Erkut Kizilirmak

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The tie-breaker question (enter as soon as you can)
What will the winning margin to the nearest 1000th of a second be between 1st and 2nd at the season ending race (3rd race at Brands Hatch in September)
0.004s

[JMeissner]

Pole Sitter:
1. Turkington

Race 1 Top 3 Results:
1. Turkington
2. Giovanardi
3. Jackson

Race 2 Top 3 Results:
1. Jackson
2. Neal
3. Plato

Race 3 Top 3 Results:
1. Giovanardi
2. Turkington
3. Plato

Random Prediction:
Who will be the first retirement of 2008?
Stephen Jelley

[Koulle]

Pole Sitter:
1. Jackson

Race 1 Top 3 Results:
1. Giovanardi
2. Jackson
3. Turkington

Race 2 Top 3 Results:
1. Giovanardi
2. Jackson
3. Plato

Race 3 Top 3 Results:
1. Onslow-Cole
2. Sheddon
3. Turner

Random Prediction:
Who will be the first retirement of 2008?
Stephen Jelley

[SALEEN S7R]

Unfortunately i've missed the deadline, although I would like to ask Hazard if he would consider allowing my entry for this round. If not though I completly understand.

Pole Sitter:
1: Plato

Race 1 Top 3 Results:
1: Plato
2: Turkington
3: Giovanardi

Race 2 Top 3 Results:
1: Neal
2: Turner
3: Plato

Race 3 Top 3 Results:
1: Plato
2: Sheddon
3: Neal

Random Prediction:
Who will be the first retirement of 2008?
Hughes

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The tie-breaker question (enter as soon as you can)
What will the winning margin to the nearest 1000th of a second be between 1st and 2nd at the season ending race (3rd race at Brands Hatch in September)

1.645

[kerrmanningjarv]

Can I change my "Who will be the first retirement of 2008?" prediction from Matthew Gore to John George, please? Gore won't drive this weekend.