F3000 Two Worlds Prediction Competition - Round 1, Imola

[Mekola]

Welcome to the F3000 Two Worlds Prediction Competition!
Due to the success of many of fantasy and prediction competitions in the forums, I present here the one in that you can predict the results of the 2004 Formula 3000 Races, and put then behind this message. This is my first experience as a ruler of a prediction competition, and I hope it will be for fun for all us.

The name of the Competition, Two Worlds is cos it will be disputed in two forums simultaneously: in Ten-Tenths.com (the forum that you read an that is the main forum of F3000.com) and the Spanish-speaking forum Corsadigital.com. Two forums that are like two different "worlds" (due to their different composition, criteria, etc.) and this competition is made, at some fact, to evaluate the F3000 knowledge of the users of both forums.

Rules:

Each Wednesday, one week before the race, the new results prediction topic will be posted. Since this time, all users of the forums involved in this competition can post their predictions. The deadline for posting predictions will be set at 4:00 AM GMT of the day of the qualifying for the race; usually it'll be at Fridays, except for the Monaco GP in what will be on Thursday.

The concursants not represents only themselves, but also the forum where they post their predictions. For identify reasons, in the results and stats Ten-Tenths users will be marked in BLUE, and Corsadigital users will be marked in RED. In case of the forum users that post the predictions at both of these forums (like Mekola) they must decide what forum will they represent. In my case, I'll be marked as a Corsadigital forum user.

The system to get points in this Competition is similar to the F1 Prediction Competition of Ten-Tenths: 2 Points will be awarded for each driver in the correctly predicted place and 1 point shall be awarded for a chosen driver in the top eight in a position other than that predicted. 1 Point shall be awarded for predict the correct poleman.

You must all make sure to post your predictions in such a manner that I understand who you are picking for which position. If I have any doubt whatsoever, your prediction could be partially or totally annulled. Above all though, this is a fun competition, so I will do my best to contact you prior to the deadline if I am in doubt over who you have selected, and you will then be given the opportunity to clarify your predictions before the deadline.

After posting your entry, you also have one opportunity to revise your choices. Please make it clear in any additional post on the thread that you are revising your choices.

The scores from the predictions of the final standings will be added to the scores from each round, giving us two forum winners and the general winner (the forum winner with more points scored) of the F3000 Two Worlds Predictions Competition. The method to define the forum and general winners are this: If two or more users are tied on points, the winner will be the one with the best predictions for the final standings. If that results in a tie, the winner will be the one with the highest number of points in one single round. In addition will be an inteforum championship of major percentage of effectivity, in that the winner will be the forum with higher average score (nearer to 16.909 points).

For this first round I suggest the concursants to bring, in addition for their predictions for Imola, the prediction of the final result of the F3000 Drivers Championship of this year (more precisely, the list of the first eight drivers of this championship). The point system of it is the same of those awarded for the first eight drivers arrived in the race (2 Points for each driver in the correctly predicted place and 1 point sfor a chosen driver in the top eight in a position other than that predicted).

If you at any point during the competition should be unable to post your predictions in the predictions thread due to technical problems, you can send it via e-mail to: mekola@uolsinectis.com.ar. If you are going to be absent, and thus not be able to post your predictions during the week in which the predictions thread will be open, you can post your predictions in advance, either in the previous predictions thread, or you can send your predictions to me by PM or email.

The game has started! Post your predictions below...

[DanFlag]

Sounds like a lot of fun. There is just one thing I'm not sure of Mekola, you want us to post our 8 choices for round #1 right now (or before 4:00 AM GMT of the day of the qualifying for the race) I mean, plus also our predictions of the final result of the F3000 Drivers Championship of this year.

Will this also be part of the competition or is it just for fun?

[Mekola]

This is a part of the competition Dany. The prediction of the final results will be added to the score after all rounds to determinate the winner, as is in the F1 Pred Comp.

[Mekola]

I send a list of F3000 drivers to help your recognition making the predictions:

LIST OF 2004 F3000 DRIVERS

1. Vitantonio Liuzzi (I) - Arden International
2. Robert Doornbos (NL) - Arden International
3. José MarÃ*a López (RA) - CMS Performance
4. Matthias Lauda (A) - CMS Performance
5. Yannick Schroeder (F) - Durango Formula
6. Rodrigo Ribeiro (BR) - Durango Formula
7. Jeffrey van Hooydonk (B) - Coloni Motorsport
8. Can Artam (TR) - Coloni Motorsport
9. Alan van der Merwe (ZA) - SuperNova Racing
10. Patrick Friesacher (A) - SuperNova Racing
11. Jan Heylen (B) - Team Astromega
12. Nico Verdonck (B) - Team Astromega
14. Enrico Toccacelo (I) - BCN Competición F3000
15. (TBA) - BCN Competición F3000
16. Tomas Enge (CZ) - Ma-Con Eingenieering
17. Tony Schmidt (D) - Ma-Con Eingenieering
18. Raffaele Giammaria (I) - AEZ Racing
19. Ferdinando Monfardini (I) - AEZ Racing

[Mekola]

And here, my predictions:

For the 1st 2004 F3000 race at Imola:

Pole: Liuzzi

1. López
2. Liuzzi
3. Toccacelo
4. van Hooydonk
5. Friesacher
6. Enge
7. Doornbos
8. van der Merwe

For the 2004 F3000 Championship (final positions):

1. López
2. Liuzzi
3. Friesacher
4. Enge
5. Toccacelo
6. Doornbos
7. Giammaria
8. Lauda

[Daisy]

2004 Championship
1. José-Maria Lopez
2. Vitantonio Liuzzi
3. Jeffrey van Hooydonk
4. Enrico Toccacelo
5. Patrick Friesacher
6. Robert Doornbos
7. Tomas Enge
8. Yannick Schroeder

IMOLA
Pole: Liuzzi
Race:
1. Vitantonio Liuzzi
2. José-Maria Lopez
3. Robert Doornbos
4. Jeffrey van Hooydonk
5. Enrico Toccacelo
6. Tomas Enge
7. Patrick Friesacher
8. Jan Heylen

[DanFlag]

Originally posted by Mekola
This is a part of the competition Dany. The prediction of the final results will be added to the score after all rounds to determinate the winner, as is in the F1 Pred Comp.

All right Mekola, thank you for the precision, I will send my choices soon

[Mekola]

Originally posted by Mekola
Rules:
...
The concursants not represents only themselves, but also the forum where they post their predictions. For identify reasons, in the results and stats Ten-Tenths users will be marked in BLUE, and Corsadigital users will be marked in RED. In case of the forum users that post the predictions at both of these forums (like Mekola) they must decide what forum will they represent. In my case, I'll be marked as a Corsadigital forum user.
...

Amendment to this Rule

Because the 10-Tenths forums doesn't allow the use of different font colors, in the results and stats posted at this forum Ten-Tenths users will be marked in Bold-Italic, and Corsadigital users will be marked only in Italic. For the other forum the identify rules won´t change.

[DanFlag]

I would like to thank Mekola for this idea and wish him and all participants good luck!

[DanFlag]

Mekola, lots of inscription yet on the other forum?

I'm still waiting to see if there are last minute changes before posting my choices...

[Mekola]

Dany, some users and the moderators of the other forum are interested in the competitions, despite I didn't received any predictions there for the moment, because they didn't know much about F3000 or are waiting if Esteban Guerrieri will race with BCN team or not.
About the rules, I will do my best to not make any other changes to the Prediction competition rules. I remember the concursants that you have the opportunity to post the predictions of the final results of the F3000 Driver championship only for this round.

Regards from Mekola.

[Mekola]

There are FOUR days remaining to compete in the F3000 Two Worlds Prediction Competition!
Post your predictions for polesitter and the top 8 finishers of the Imola F3000 race. You can add to this (but you'd better add to this) the predictions for the top 8 drivers of the final results of the F3000 Championship.
You have time up to 4:00 AM GMT Hour of Friday before the race. Hurry up!

[Mekola]

Here is, again, the structure you have to fill to participate in this round of the 2004 F3000 Prediction Competition:

1st race at Imola:
Poleman:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

2004 F3000 Championship (final positions):
1º (Champion).
2º.
3º.
4º.
5º.
6º.
7º.
8º.

[x_dt]

Imola
Pole: Liuzzi
1. Liuzzi
2. Friesacher
3. Lopez
4. van Hooydonk
5. Doornbos
6. Heylen
7. Schroeder
8. van der Merwe

Championship positions:
1. Liuzzi
2. Lopez
3. Friesacher
4. Enge
5. Doornbos
6. van der Merwe
7. Schroeder
8. Toccacelo

[beau]

1st race at Imola:
Poleman:Liuzzi

1.Liuzzi
2.Lopez
3.Frisacher
4.Heylen
5.Van Hooydonk
6.Enge
7.VAN der merwe
8.Schroeder

2004 F3000 Championship (final positions):
1º Lopez (Champion).
2º.Enge
3º.Liuzzi
4º.Frisacher
5º.Lauda
6º.Toccacelo
7º.Hooydonk
8º.Schroedor

[Mekola]

There are one day and a half remaining!
Post your predictions for polesitter and the top 8 finishers of the Imola F3000 race. You can add to this (but you'd better add to this) the predictions for the top 8 drivers of the final results of the F3000 Championship. You can see examples of predictions above.
Go on and impress with your F3000 knowledge with your predictions!!!

[DanFlag]

1st race at Imola:

Poleman: Vitantonio Liuzzi, ARDEN
1. Vitantonio Liuzzi, ARDEN
2. Mathias Lauda, CMS PERFORMANCE
3. Jeffrey van Hooydonk, COLONI MOTORSPORT
4. Tomas Enge, MA-CON ENGINEERING
5. Jose Maria Lopez CMS PERFORMANCE
6. Patrick Friesacher, SUPER NOVA RACING LTD
7. Enrico Toccacelo, BCN COMPETICION
8. Robert Doornbos, ARDEN

2004 F3000 Championship (final positions):
1º. (Champion). Vitantonio Liuzzi, ARDEN
2º. Mathias Lauda, CMS PERFORMANCE
3º. Robert Doornbos, ARDEN
4º. Jeffrey van Hooydonk, COLONI MOTORSPORT
5º. Tomas Enge, MA-CON ENGINEERING
6º. Can Artam, COLONI MOTORSPORT
7º. Jose Maria Lopez CMS PERFORMANCE
8º. Enrico Toccacelo, BCN COMPETICION

[formule3000]

1st race at Imola:
Poleman: Vitantonio Liuzzi

1. Vitantonio Liuzzi
2. Jose Maria Lopez
3. Patrick Friesacher
4. Jeffrey Van Hooydonk
5. Yannick Schroeder
6. Raffaele Gianmaria
7. Enrico Toccacelo
8. Robert Doornbos

2004 F3000 Championship (final positions):
1º Vitantonio Liuzzi (Champion).
2º. Jose Maria Lopez
3º. Patrick Friesacher
4º. Robert Doornbos
5º. Raffaele Gianmaria
6º. Enrico Toccacelo
7º. Yannick Schroeder
8º. Jeffrey Van Hooydonk

[DanFlag]

Hummm, seems Guerreri will race for BCN, so I'm not taking any chance...I'm switching Toccacello for Schroeder

1st race at Imola:

Poleman: Vitantonio Liuzzi, ARDEN
1. Vitantonio Liuzzi, ARDEN
2. Mathias Lauda, CMS PERFORMANCE
3. Jeffrey van Hooydonk, COLONI MOTORSPORT
4. Tomas Enge, MA-CON ENGINEERING
5. Jose Maria Lopez CMS PERFORMANCE
6. Patrick Friesacher, SUPER NOVA RACING LTD
7. Yannick Schroeder, DURANGO
8. Robert Doornbos, ARDEN

2004 F3000 Championship (final positions):
1º. (Champion). Vitantonio Liuzzi, ARDEN
2º. Mathias Lauda, CMS PERFORMANCE
3º. Robert Doornbos, ARDEN
4º. Jeffrey van Hooydonk, COLONI MOTORSPORT
5º. Tomas Enge, MA-CON ENGINEERING
6º. Can Artam, COLONI MOTORSPORT
7º. Jose Maria Lopez, CMS PERFORMANCE
8º. Yannick Schroeder, DURANGO

[Mekola]

Well, time's up! Good luck to all participants!!!

[lolitalie]

sorry i m maybe too late but if it s ok i would like too play too.
PLEASE.......

so if you accept here is my choise..

1st race at imola
Poleman: LIUZZI

1. LIUZZI
2. DOORNBOS
3. LOPEZ
4. FRIESACHER
5. TOCACCELO
6. VAN HOOYDONK
7. LAUDA
8. ENGE

2004 F3000 Championship (final positions)

1° (Champion) TONIO LIUZZI
2° FRIESACHER
3° TOCACCELO
4° VAN HOOYDONK
5° DOORNBOS
6° ENGE
7° LOPEZ
8° LAUDA