The 2016 F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship was won by SBFIM29, who racked up a score of 334 points over the course of the season including a pair of perfect scores.
Congratulations to our top winner who scoops the grand prize of a table made from a race-used Force India F1 wheel, signed by drivers Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg.
Second place – and a signed, limited edition The Great Challenge portrait set – goes to @Rpneto.
Here are this year’s top prize winners:
| Position | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| First | @SBFIM29 | Signed Force India F1 wheel table |
| Second | @rpneto | The Great Challenge F1 portrait book set |
| Third | @ndalesi | F1 painting |
| Fourth | @OEL-F1 | F1: The Knowledge |
| Fifth | @defixio | F1: The Knowledge |
| Sixth | @bokdawg | Lego Technic race kart |
| Seventh | @wallbreaker | Lego Technic race kart |
| Eighth | @JohnNik | Lego Technic race kart |
| Ninth | @LuvinF1 | Lego Technic race kart |
| Tenth | @chrissie13 | Lego Technic race kart |
| Eleventh | @ArenK. | Lego Technic race kart |
| Twelfth | @commonmonsoon | Lego Technic race kart |
See the final championship standings here:
Congratulations also to our Abu Dhabi race weekend winner @veldaarF1, who wins a copy of F1 2016, and runner-up @AlonsoWDC, who has won a copy of the 2015 F1 season review video.
Thanks to everyone who joined in the 2016 F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship. The competition will be back again next year and I hope you all enjoy playing again in 2017.
t3x (@t3x)
30th November 2016, 7:36
Can we see the full final standings?
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
30th November 2016, 8:22
@t3x Apologies, the link wasn’t displaying. It’s there now.
Gurpz (@gurpz)
1st December 2016, 11:48
Please check your emails re: prizes for Japan 2013 and 2016. Have not received a response from you. @keithcollantine
barkun (@barkun)
30th November 2016, 8:26
awww I was in the top 12 for the majority of the season.. ended up 18th. :(
anyways, thanks and well done @keithcollantine the Predictions Championship; it made this F1 season even more exciting.. looking forward for 2017 !
t3x
30th November 2016, 9:30
Me too, I was in the top 12 nearly all year however I could not watch practice 3 for the last 4 rounds so I had to kinda guess after practice 2.
Congratulations to the winner !
Corey (@dragon86)
30th November 2016, 14:52
I hear you. Was up to 2nd at one point but dropped to 24th at the end. If only I had put in picks for Monaco.
Congratulations to the winners. I shall try again next year.
PaulK (@paulk)
30th November 2016, 9:10
Congratulations to all the winners and specially @SBFIM29 for the first place.
John Beak (@johnbeak)
30th November 2016, 10:54
Thanks everybody for an entertaining season. Glory to the winners, honour to the losers.
Thankfully I employed the correct strategy at the last two races so I managed to avoid receiving a prize. I mean – my room is already cramped with stuff and I couldn’t possibly accommodate anything extra.
Retired (@jeff1s)
30th November 2016, 14:27
Congrats to everyone who entered.
I finished far off the field, but when they both lapped me over and over I saw @rpneto trying to back @sbfim29 up into fourth place.
Reinaldo (@rpneto)
30th November 2016, 23:24
Thanks to this competition, those last races were extra fun to watch, because While I was cheering for Lewis, I was also trying to get close to @SBFIM29. It was incredible to see how we both score the same amount of points in many of the closing stages even having different bets.
Thanks @keithcollantine for keeping this great blog.
Muhammad Izhar Fazril (@sbfim29)
1st December 2016, 0:08
This prediction championship was kinda intense for me. I was quite strong in the first half of the championship. But @rpneto was closing in on me during the second half of the season. I would’ve not been on top if it weren’t for the Mexico race.
Thank you for the great fight everyone.
BM (@baburm)
30th November 2016, 15:51
Congrats @SBFIM29
Though I think @rpnet deserved it more ;)
Reinaldo (@rpneto)
30th November 2016, 23:16
My computer and this blog were working flawlessly all the season, so I cannot blame anybody or anything ;-).
Congratulations @SBFIM29!
George (@george)
30th November 2016, 18:04
Joint 298th, so-so I suppose. I think other people must be getting better because my scores are pretty reasonable!
Tenerifeman (@tenerifeman)
30th November 2016, 18:30
87th after having been top 30, trying to throw in some odd results didn’t work as usual. Enjoy your prizes.
Tenerifeman (@tenerifeman)
30th November 2016, 18:32
I wonder …. now that the season has finished and things have quietened down if I can somehow contact Keith. I no longer have access to my e-mail that I used to use here. I have tried several times to change it but with no success. Have you checked your system to see if it does work Keith?
Ian Bond (@ianbond001)
30th November 2016, 18:36
Congrats to the winners.
reh1v2.0 (@reh1v2-0)
30th November 2016, 19:41
Thanks Keith. You’re doing a great job. Will not be easy to wait for next season.
Also, congratulations to all the winners, and better luck next year to all others.
Alonso (@alonshow)
1st December 2016, 8:28
Some pointless but interesting statistics:
– The most unpredictable race for us was Baku, with an average score of just 4.4 and a maximum score of 19. I guess not many of us expected to see Pérez in the podium. Paradoxically, we also regarded it as one of the worst races in recent years (www.f1fanatic.co.uk/rate-the-race/f1-fanatic-bottom-10).
– The most predictable race was, unsurprisingly, the last one, Abu Dhabi, with an average score of 17.1 and 21 perfect scores. Mexico had more perfect scores, though: 30.
– The average score of all the predictions was 9.7.
– The average score of the winner (congratulations!) was 15.9.
– There was a surprisingly steady decline in the number of predictions throughout the season, from a high of 1066 in Australia to a low of 504 in Abu Dhabi. I wonder what that means.
Note: These statistics assume that a score of 0 means no prediction. This is certainly correct in most cases, but there must be a few cases where it actually means a prediction which scored 0 points. That means that these numbers aren’t 100% accurate, but the inaccuracy is probably minimal.
Scalextric (@scalextric)
3rd December 2016, 1:59
Congrats to the winners. Second time I’ve finished (tied for) one place out of the prizes!
Derfel17 (@derfel17)
1st January 2017, 13:52
Hi, cant see the full list. Is it still up?