Top prize goes to Zing Zang in Predictions Championship round eight

Zing Zang won round eight of the F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship – coming out on top of a three-way tie on points with two other players.

The ‘guess the pole time’ tie-breaker decided the ultimate winner and Zing Zang’s guess was 0.005 seconds closer than runner-up Choltz’s.

Zing Zang wins a copy of “The Lotus Story” on DVD while Choltz claims a picture of winner Lewis Hamilton from Motorsport in Print.

Suffolkpunch tied with them on points but didn’t get close enough to the pole position time to win a prize. However they have the highest overall score in the championship of the three, moving up to 16th on 66.

And spare a thought for Bellof who would have been the first person this year to get a full 50 points for a perfect prediction – until Jenson Button passed Fernando Alonso for second!

Scunnyman slashed Arpi_’s lead to a single point in a round when many players scored in double-digits.

See below for the standings in full. Predictions for the next round will open in the week preceding the Grand Prix.

Find statistics on the Predictions Championship so far here: F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship race-by-race statistics

The prizes

This year we’re giving away a pair of prizes every race weekend.

On top of that at the end of the year the top 12 finishers all get prizes – and whoever scores the highest overall will be going to the 2011 British Grand Prix. Here are the prizes in full:

Grand prize: Two grandstands tickets to the 2011 British Grand Prix

The person who scores the most points in the 2010 F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship will win grandstand tickets to the 2011 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

This is the first time we’ve offered F1 race tickets as a prize at F1 Fanatic and I hope you all agree it’s a fitting reward for the F1 expert who can best predict who will be on top in 2010.

The grand prize winner will receive tickets to all three days of the 2011 British Grand Prix with reserved grandstand seating for the race.

Second place prize: An F1 painting of your choice

The second place finisher in the championship will win an F1 painting by Rob Ijbema.

You get to choose which F1 driver, present or past, will feature in the painting. Or you can pick one of the other motor racing paintings on Rob’s site Car-a-day.

Runners-up prizes: Autocourse 2010-2011

The ten players who finish in third to 12th positions in the championship will win a copy of the 2010-2011 edition of Autocourse.

The highly respected journal of Formula 1 and other major international four-wheeled racing series is published at the end of every season.

This year the publication marks its 60th anniversary edition.

NB. 2009 edition cover used for illustration

Race winners prize: The Lotus Story DVD Box Set

Duke Video are supplying the prize for the player who gets the highest score in each round.

With the Lotus name returning to F1 in 2010 what better prize than a DVD box set showing the history of this great team. This four-disc set “The Lotus Story” chronicles Lotus’s participation in F1 from the company’s beginning in 1948 up to its F1 withdrawal in 1994. (Please note this DVD is in PAL format).

Duke are also offering a special promotion exclusive to all F1 Fanatic readers – whenever you order from them you can get 15% off using the promotional code F1Fanatic at the checkout.

Race runners-up prize: F1 race winner print

The second place finisher in each race will win a 40x35cm print of the race winner

This prize is supplied by Motorsport in Print.