[Greg Nelson]

Thanks Paul, I totally got blindsided by the season starting, I’ve been on the road for the last couple of weeks and dealing with a lot of work and personal issues that distracted me.  Sorry to everyone that plays on EKarting, but I’m just not going to be able to do this again this year with working 6 days a week.

[Greg Nelson]

Huh, …….I thought I did this already, I must have not enter the final points right and it never got published.

Heck I thought I logged in a few minutes ago and screwed that up, so anyway, yes Jim you win, I picked poorly and got passed by Dizzy for 4th, heck I got beat by guys who only pick 2-3 times all year.

Congrats to Hir and the honorable Lord Derring (I been watching a lot of Game of Thrones lately on On Demand) for top points at Abu, they each gained 92 points, but in completely different ways.

Final 2014 Podium Picker Standings
1-J Derrig          1143
2-Hir                  1118
3-JD Gomez     1053
4-G Dzielinski  1025
5-G Nelson       998
6-L Andrews   962
7- K McHale    899
8-F Brun-Wibuax   671
9-J Martin      608

10- R Jones   196

So next year they already have more  changes to the F1 rules, no dumb double points final, power unit penalties are broken down into smaller parts replaced and lesser penalties.  Still the most needlessly expensive spec series, but it’s what we got.  Hey weird to see Vettel in a Ferrari red uniform. Lets see if Honda can accomplish anything this year, or is this  huge mistake by McLaren?

Stay tuned

 

[Greg Nelson]

Q- Hammy, Rosburg, Vettel

 

R- Rosburg, Vettel, Riccardo

[Greg Nelson]

Brasil: Time for some drama so it’s not just a runaway for Hammy.

As usual for Q, but time for Hamilton’s bad luck to return and make things a little more interesting- DNF? Bad pit late?  Get picked off by a backmarker?  Massa’s last hurrah?

Q Rosburg    Hamilton   Riccardo

R Rosburg    Massa    Bottas

[Greg Nelson]

Q Rosburg    Hamilton     Alonso

R Hamilton   Riccardo   Rosburg

[Greg Nelson]

Standings after  Russian GP Q
1-J Derrig  6 Q+ 5 bp = 852

2-Hir     0 Q + 5 bp = 851
3-JD Gomez    1 Q + 0 bp = 795
4-G Dzielinski  5 Q + 5 bp = 791
5-G Nelson   6Q + 5 bp = 767
6-L Andrews    0 Q + 0 bp = 728
7- K McHale   0 Q + 5 bp = 632
8-J Martin     0 Q + 0 bp = 519
9-F Brun-Wibuax  3 Q + 0 bp= 511

 

Change at the top Jim D got Q perfect, and new pick bonus, now leads Paul by 1 point.

[Greg Nelson]

Q =  Hamilton  Rosburg   Bottas

R =  Hamilton        Rosburg     Riccardo

[Greg Nelson]

Standings after  Japanese GP Race
1-P Hir     788 +48R + 10 bp = 846
2-J Derrig  779 + 52R + 10 bp = 841
3-JD Gomez  744 + 45 R + 5 bp = 794
4-G Dzielinski  721 + 50 R + 10 bp = 781
5-G Nelson   716 + 40 R = 756
6-L Andrews   678 + 45R + 5 bp = 728
7- K McHale  570 + 48 R + 10 bp = 628
8-J Martin     486 + 33 R = 519
9-F Brun-Wibuax 468 + 40 R = 508

[Greg Nelson]

Standings after  Japanese GP qualifying
1-P Hir     778 +  5 npb + 5 Q = 788
2-J Derrig  773 + 1 Q + 5 npb = 779
3-JD Gomez  738 + 6 Q = 744
4-G Dzielinski  711 + 5 npb + 5 Q = 721
5-G Nelson   705 + 6Q + 5 npb = 716
6-L Andrews   678
7- K McHale  559 + 5 npb + 6Q = 570
8-J Martin     486
9-F Brun-Wibuax 468 + 2 Q = 470

Gomez nailed the Q order without new picks, McHale and I got Q right as well.

Where do you think Vettel will go next year?  Alonso?  The silly season is here.

[Greg Nelson]

Q = Rosburg    Hamilton   Bottas

R= Rosburg   Bottas  Alonso

[Greg Nelson]

Q: Hamilton
Alonso
Vettel

R: Hamilton
Riccardo
Alonso

[Greg Nelson]

Gearbox change for Nico will drop him 5 on the grid,
Q Ham, Alonzo, Vettel
R Bottas, Alonso, Hamilton

[Greg Nelson]

Might change my mind by then, but here goes!
Q Ham, Massa, Rosberg
R Bottas, Riccardo, Alonso
I do think Hammy will take Rosberg and Massa out at the start and Vettel will be close to or at the front but will succumb to Bottas and follow orders and let Riccardo go, but Vettel’s car will fail him again, letting Alonso onto the podium for a small Ferrari victory that will still disappoint he home crowd.

[Greg Nelson]

Current standings after Belgium GP at Spa:
1-P Hir 617 + 5 npb + 0 Q + 43 R + 5 pbp = 655
2-J Derrig 607 + 0 Q + 43 R = 650
3-JD Gomez 604 + 5 npb + 0 Q + 33 R = 637
4-G Dzielinski 568 + 5 npb + 0 Q + 30 R + 10 pbp = 608
5-G Nelson 530 + 5npb +0 Q+ 58 R + 5B pbp = 598
6-L Andrews 528 + 0 Q + 43 R = 571
7- K McHale 433 + 5 npb + 5 Q + 39 R + 10 pbp = 492
8-J Martin 394 + 0 Q + 28 R = 422
9-F Brun-Wibuax 364 + 0 Q + 16 R = 380

npb= new pick bonus pbp= podium bonus pts

Next up: Italy

[Greg Nelson]

Q: Nico Rosberg Valtteri Bottas Lewis Hamilton

R: Nico Rosberg Daniel Ricciardo Valtteri Bottas

[Greg Nelson]

Current standings after Hungarian GP:
1-P Hir 560 + 57 = 617
2-J Derrig 569 + 38 = 607
3-JD Gomez 556 + 48 = 604
4-G Dzielinski 530 + 38 = 568
5-G Nelson 480 + 50 = 530
6-L Andrews 476 + 52 = 528
7- K McHale 395 + 38 = 433
8-F Brun-Wibuax 325 + 39 = 364
9-J Martin 276 + 18 = 394

[Greg Nelson]

My final Hungarian GP picks:
Q Ham Ros Vett
R Ham Ros Alonso

[Greg Nelson]

Current standings after German GP:
1-J Derrig 516 + 53 = 569
2-JD Gomez 498 + 58 = 556
3-P Hir 489 + 71= 560
4-G Dzielinski 455+ 75= 530
5-G Nelson 398 + 82= 480
6-L Andrews 425+51= 476
7- K McHale 334 + 61 = 395
8-F Brun-Wibuax 288+ 37 =325
9-J Martin 239 + 37 = 276

[Greg Nelson]

Q Rosberg Hamilton Massa
R Rosberg Bottas Hamilton

[Greg Nelson]

Bam!!! Kimi out with an injury. Shades of last year bailing early on Lotus or legit? With Ferrari having difficulties this year, will this stir the pot? what if the team improves? What does everyone thing about the 18″ wheels that are being tested? so far just on the Lotus test car and with the normal brakes that fit in the 13″ rims, what could the lower profile tire, larger brakes mean to racing? Other than the 10″ fronts on Tyrrell’s P34, it’s been 13″ since the early 70″s (not sure if they 60’s cars had them, but the older 50’s and older wire wheel cars had to be bigger than 13″, right?) I kinda like the 13″, but wish they would change to the profiles and stance of the 70’s, back then, they almost looked like shifter karts now, smaller diameter, medium wide fronts and big fat rears, stretched out to at all four corners. And bring back a choice between sports car noses or single element front wings. All the layers of crap, flaps and barge boards, yeech! I can deal with gills, fins and vents, even wings, but there’s too much crap tacked on on these cars.

[Greg Nelson]

Current standings after British GP:

1-J Derrig 473 + 43 = 516
2-JD Gomez 445 + 53 = 498
3-P Hir 434 + 55 = 489
4-G Dzielinski 405 + 50 = 455
5-L Andrews 380 + 45 = 425
6-G Nelson 353 + 45 = 398
7- K McHale 309 + 25 = 334
8-F Brun-Wibuax 278 +10 = 288
9-J Martin 229 + 10 = 239

[Greg Nelson]

Q Hamilton Rosberg Alonso
R Hamilton Rosberg Vettel

[Greg Nelson]

Even thought qualifying is broadcast later (at least on Comcast it is), picks are still due before actual qualifying at 8 am eastern.

[Greg Nelson]

Well, Williams has throw a monkey wrench into it. I think I have to change up things, Qualifying: Ham, Rosburg, Massa and Race Ham, Massa, Rosburg.

[Greg Nelson]

Dude, thanks for starting it off this race, been swamped, nice title and comment Juan David. Personally, I like Monster, white can zero carb. It was great to see the MB total domination halted at Canada and you have to wonder when Vettel will get off the snide. Early picks are, Qualifying: Rosburg, Ham, Ric and Race is Ham, Vettel, Alonso. Gotta wonder what’s going on at Red Bull, Riccardo finishes well most of the time, Vettel, not so much, anything that can go wrong, does, but yet is in fifth place, 80 points behind Rosburg, who has proven he’s the tortoise/hare hybrid. With 12 races and 300 points left, can Vettel start finishing on top and average 6 1/2 points per race more than Nico? Does Red Bull start team orders in favor of Riccardo with only 19 more points? I wouldn’t say no, but for either one, but unless something changes now, it’s a two horse, oops, Bull race and with Hammy’s rep, Nico is my favorite for the title.

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