A huge number of players correctly predicted Sebastian Vettel’s Indian Grand Prix success.
Yet despite that this wasn’t a very high-scoring round of the Predictions Championship. Two players shared the top score of 19 and Tamsin Shuker won the pole position tie breaker – impressively her predictions was just five thousandths of a second off Vettel’s actual time.
@Loup-Garou therefore took second ahead of @Mitchibob, who won another tie-breaker for third place.
Having lost the lead of the championship in the last round @Sebsronnie hit back in India, taking four points out of @Adaptalis. Even in this late stage in the championship there are still over 1,000 players who could take the top prize of tickets to next year’s British Grand Prix.
Here’s the details of what the top three players won in the Indian Grand Prix round:
Position | Player | Prize |
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First | Tamsin Shuker (@Supershuker) | A Pirelli podium cap plus copies of Codemasters’ F1 2013: Classic Edition and F1 Race Stars |
Second | @Loup-Garou | A Grand Prix Heroes DVD and a Pirelli tyres wristband |
Third | @Mitchibob | A Pirelli tyres wristband |
Remember there’s another race this weekend so enter your predictions for below – you can update your predictions for any race whenever you like before the deadline expires. See the updated points standings in full here:
Here are the predictions from the top-scoring players in this round:
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Most popular predictions: Indian Grand Prix
Most popular pick | % of players | |
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Pole Position | Sebastian Vettel | 95.3% |
Winner | Sebastian Vettel | 89.9% |
More Predictions Championship statistics from this race here:
2013 F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship prize details
2014 British Grand Prix tickets and Back Stage passes
F1 Fanatic has teamed up with Silverstone to offer one lucky winner the opportunity to revel in all the drama, glamour and exhilarating ‘live’ F1 experience with a pair of grandstand tickets for all three days of the 2014 British Grand Prix.
In addition, the winner will get behind the scenes at the post-race Grand Prix Party with a pair of backstage passes, providing the opportunity to get as close to the drivers as most fans ever will.
Supporting the thrilling on-track action will be a host of entertainment, including air displays, Entertainment Zones, free concerts and the post-race Grand Prix Party, guaranteeing an unforgettable three days at the Home of British Motor Racing.
- Buy British Grand Prix tickets via the Silverstone website or call the ticket hotline on 0844 3728 300
�200 to spent at mementoexclusives.com
You could win �200 to spend on your choice of products from the incredible range of F1 memorabilia and F1 merchandise at mementoexclusives.com.
From race-used car parts to Formula One artwork, innovative F1 designer, furnishings and official F1 team merchandise, you will have no trouble finding items to spend your �200 on!
Car-a-Day painting by Rob Ijbema
The third place finisher will win one of Rob Ijbema’s vivid and colourful Formula One paintings.
The lucky winner will be able to choose which Formula One driver, present or past, will feature in their painting.
Alternatively they can pick one of the other motor racing paintings on Rob’s site which includes a huge selection of F1 imagery plus sports cars, rally cars and more:
F1 2013: Classic Edition and F1 Race Stars
The player with the highest score in each round will win this brilliant double prize from Codemasters.
The team behind the official Formula One game will provide the winner of each race with the brand new official Formula One game F1 2013: Classic Edition for the format of your choice.
The fourth instalment of Codemasters’ official Formula One game series features all the official cars and tracks from the 2013 F1 season.
But it packs in much more than that. For the first time Codemasters have added classic cars and tracks to their game. Five Ferraris are among the retro F1 cars on offer, including the 1976 312 T2 raced by Niki Lauda and featured in the new film Rush.
There are seven more classic cars on offer plus four former F1 grand prix tracks to race them on: Brands Hatch, Imola, Jerez and Estoril.
F1 2013 comes in two editions, but only the Classic Edition includes all the retro cars and tracks.
The top predictors will also win Codemasters’ F1 Race Stars, a fun-packed karting game which takes players on a world tour of iconic Formula One locations recreated as fantastical racing circuits, and delivers four-player split-screen racing.
F1 2013 and F1 Race Stars are available for Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Windows PC.
Pirelli podium hats and wristbands
There will be no mistaking who’s won each round of the Predictions Championship as they will be wearing the same cap as the winner of the race.
Pirelli, the official tyre supplier of Formula One, will give the winner of each race a replica podium cap.
Pirelli will also provide the second and third-placed prize winners for each race with a set of their rubber wristbands.
This official Pirelli product identifies each of the six varieties of tyre used in Formula One: Super Soft, Soft, Medium, Hard, Intermediate and Rain.
Grand Prix Heroes DVDs
The second-placed player in each race will win their choice of one of Duke Video’s Grand Prix Heroes DVDs.
Videos are available on such famous F1 figures as Niki Lauda, James Hunt, Mika Hakkinen, Jackie Stewart, Mario Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi, Jody Scheckter, Ronnie Peterson, Peter Revson and Frank Williams.
Make your predictions
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Rules and how to enter
You have until the start of qualifying on Saturday to make your predictions for each round.
A reminder will be posted on the site after second practice on Friday as well as on the F1 Fanatic Twitter account and F1 Fanatic Facebook page.
To enter, predict the pole sitter and the top five finishers in the race. You can also enter a prediction for the pole position lap time – this may be used as a tie-breaker.
Enter your pole position lap time prediction as follows: MM:SS.ccc
For example, for a lap of one minute, 27.720 seconds you would enter 01:27.720
You need to log in using an F1 Fanatic account to make your prediction.
If you haven’t got one yet, the sign-up process is quick, simple and entirely free: Get your F1 Fanatic account here and read more about registering here.
After submitting your prediction you will receive an email confirming your entry. If this does not happen, or you are concerned your prediction has not been received, please get in touch using the contact form.
Competition terms and conditions
1. Maximum one entry per household.
2. The competition is not open to employees, friends or family of F1 Fanatic, Silverstone Circuit, Memento Exclusives, Car-a-Day, GP International, Codemasters, Pirelli or Duke Video.
3. Predictions will be promoted on the front page of F1 Fanatic before closing prior to the start of qualifying.
4. In each round players are invited to predict (a) who will be on pole position and (b) what the top five finishers will be (five different drivers) and will score points in each round as follows:
a. Correctly naming the pole sitter: 2 points
b. Correctly naming one/two/three/four/five driver/s who finish in the top five: 1/2/3/5/8 points
c. Correctly predicting where one/two/three/four/five driver/s finish: 2/6/14/24/40 points
5. Whoever scores the most points in every race counting towards the Formula One World Championship wins the grand prize.
6. In the event of a tie on points the winner will be determined by who is closest to predicting the pole position time correctly. If that fails to produce a winner the editor will choose a means of deciding who has won.
7. Predictions must be entered using the form above. If you have trouble submitting your entry via the form please contact F1 Fanatic via email and send your prediction using the contact form.
8. In the event of a dispute the editor’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
9. No cash alternative is offered for any of the prizes.
10. Grand Prix tickets: Children must be accompanied by an adult. Accommodation and transport to the venue not included.
11. Players who have won prizes will be notified by email within seven days of each Grand Prix. Grand Prix tickets will be despatched once they are available.
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alexf1man (@alexf1man)
29th October 2013, 17:16
So close to getting 13 points – putting Massa in place of Alonso would’ve done it!
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
29th October 2013, 17:17
A grand total of 6! If only Webber hadn’t retired I’d have had him and Grosjean in the correct positions :/
wsrgo (@wsrgo)
29th October 2013, 17:20
10 points. Had been considering putting Rosberg in the top five, but..there you go..Still, joint 8th overall isn’t bad..
AdrianMorse (@adrianmorse)
29th October 2013, 17:41
@wsrgo, same here. I had pole, Vettel, and Grosjean right.
wsrgo (@wsrgo)
29th October 2013, 18:02
@adrianmorse Was a topsy-turvy race in terms of results..
Deej92 (@deej92)
29th October 2013, 17:37
I think I’ve become worse as the season has gone on. Australia was my best score.
Just a thought – how about allowing us to predict the pole time, and then 2nd to 7th instead of pole-sitter and winner for the remaining races? ;)
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
29th October 2013, 18:17
@deej92 I don’t want to mess around with the points system for no good reason. I’m not the FIA :-)
BasCB (@bascb)
30th October 2013, 11:10
LOL @keithcollantine.
I must say that this year is not by best – I might do an Alonso (no, not throwing my toys out of the pram) and just sit on my points for a couple of races now, because I like the number (a straight 100). Not making a helmet for it though
George (@george)
29th October 2013, 18:20
11 points, best round this season :P.
Yoshisune (@yobo01)
29th October 2013, 18:42
10 points, not bad, considering the result was a bit crazy.
Anyway, only three chances left to win F1 2013. I’m afrad I’m not going to win it :(
OmarR-Pepper (@)
29th October 2013, 19:57
Well, RIP Isohunt which gave me my copy :P
Diceman (@diceman)
29th October 2013, 18:45
So I just need to take a massive sprint from p. 697 and those tickets are mine!
Merv (@)
29th October 2013, 19:02
I really need to up my game in the predictions championship, although 10 points seems to have been a fairly good score this round.
I need to stop predicting what I want to happen and start predicting what I really think will happen :)
Diego (@ironcito)
29th October 2013, 19:26
A nice twist would be to award points according to how popular the choice was. Like odds in gambling. So if the choice is obvious and 90% choose Vettel for the win, few points would be awarded for getting it right. But if someone chooses, say, Perez to win and he does, it would award more points.
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
29th October 2013, 19:59
Complexities I suppose as Keith said earlier ;)
Kirill (@)
29th October 2013, 19:47
Where can I look up my points?:)
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
29th October 2013, 20:02
@sunlounger here, and use Ctrl-F on PC, Cmd-F on Mac or the search bar on Apple touch devices and type your @mention (so yours would be of course @sounlounger) – it should then locate you in the standings and you can check your points! (I assume you’ll have many more than myself :P)
Kirill (@)
29th October 2013, 20:46
Wrong! It was only my second attempt:)
Kirill (@)
29th October 2013, 20:47
@vettel1 thanks!
OmarR-Pepper (@)
29th October 2013, 19:59
My championship is going worse than Webber’s. I put Hulk in the top 5 and he abandoned. I guess nobody saw Perez coming!
Karthikeyan (@ridiculous)
30th October 2013, 1:54
Wohoooo 100 points overall
sato113 (@sato113)
30th October 2013, 12:59
@keithcollantine if we win and dont want the F1 game (because we might already own it), can we kindly turn down the prize?
Ben (@scuderia29)
30th October 2013, 15:21
3 points..i knew i’d done badly this race, equals my worst ever points