Like last year, there will be a prize for each of the top three finishers. This will be determined on points The prizes will be revealed considerably closer to the time.

The Rules

The rules are largely similar to last year. However, feedback from last year's participants has led to a change in policy concerning multiple predictions. If you make two bets which are incompatible with one another. For example, you predict Adrian Sutil finishes 8th in the race finish list, but then predict Car 20 (his car) will finish 11th, the only prediction given first in the post will be valid.

The full rules are given below:

1. All picks must be submitted and will be only accepted as valid before qualifying begins for the GP. You can edit your picks up until 30 minutes before qualifying. Any predictions submitted after this will be invalid and you won’t be able to predict for that GP weekend. In cases of dispute, I will use the time Sportnetwork posted your message and compare it to the advertised start time of qualifying.

2. Your most recent prediction for each race within the time limit will be used. If you wish to change your prediction, I would prefer it if you edited the post containing your prediction, though adding a post to the end of the prediction thread will also be acceptable.

3. The things to be predicted are:

- Pole Position: 2 points
- Race Winner: 10
- 2nd: 8
- 3rd: 6
- 4th: 5
- 5th: 4
- 6th: 3
- 7th: 2
- 8th: 1
- Fastest Lap: 2 points.
- First Retirement: 1 (if there is a tie e.g. three cars take themselves out at the first corner, anyone predicting any of the drivers who tied for first retirement will receive the point).
- Correct finishing position (including DNF) of the Force India drivers: 2 points each for correct position, 1 point for each DNF.
- 1 bonus point for correctly predicting a points score for a specific Force India driver, and 1 extra bonus point for choosing the correct points-scoring position for that driver.

If you copy-and-paste the following template and put your predictions in it, it will make organising the predictions easier:

- Pole Position: 2 points
- Race Winner:
- 2nd:
- 3rd:
- 4th:
- 5th:
- 6th:
- 7th:
- 8th:
- Fastest Lap:
- First Retirement:
- Finishing Position of Car 20 (Adrian Sutil):
- Finishing Position of Car 21 (Giancarlo Fisichella):


4. All predictions above must be exactly correct. Should any driver pull out before the race weekend, his replacement is not automatically substituted in the predictions. You can edit your choice as per usual earlier than 30 minutes before qualifying.

5. The prize for the winner will be announced later in the season. The prize for everyone else will be enjoying competing with each other.

6. In the first instance, Alianora La Canta will adjudicate and organise. Should she appoint anyone to assist or to be the new predictions organiser, the assistant/predictions organiser may be consulted and this rule will be modified to confirm the identity(ies) of that person/people. His or her word should be interpreted as binding subject to any appeals to Alianora La Canta.

7. The qualifying and race results first published by formula1.com will be used to judge the predictions placed. Appeal to organiser's decision which is final.

8. Retirement means not finishing the race after the race has started. So any retirement resulting from not starting the race does not fall under this description. The retirement can be due to an accident, mechanical or judicial reason.

9. If contradictory predictions are given, only the first one in the post will be valid. Any subsequent contradictory predictions will automatically score zero points.

10. Any additional rules can be added to aid clarity but not to change the predictions format and the points as and when deemed necessary.

11. During the following week of each Grand Prix, all scores will be tallied and updates made to the competition standings. At the end of the 2008 season, 1st, 2nd and 3rd placegetters will be announced.

12. If there are any problems, please let Alianora La Canta know and she will try to help. Otherwise, enjoy yourself and good luck.

Sunset-Taker won last year, but with seemingly everything changing in F1, who knows who will win this time?

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