[SlurmRacer]

Thanks, Keith. Given the outcome of quali, the question is moot. For what it’s worth, I think the term “pole sitter” standing alone is ambiguous especially because the FIA’s post-race procedures seem to treat the fastest driver in Q3 as the “pole sitter” — e.g., the car is parked in the P1 position and the driver is interviewed. Technically, I think one also could say Hamilton’s penalty does not kick in until the FIA publishes the official grid showing the penalty such that, if he had been fastest, he would have been the formal “pole sitter” until that moment.

That’s not meant as a complaint, just giving some feedback. The predictions contest is good fun.

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