* Edit after the Renault disqualifications: see the following post for the revised results. *
Congratulations to gert once again, who takes his second win of the season and second in a row.
Japanese Grand Prix Results
1. Bottas
2. Vettel
3. Hamilton
4. Albon
5. Sainz
6. Ricciardo
7. Leclerc
8. Gasly
9. Pérez
10. Hülkenberg
Qualifying
1. Vettel
2. Leclerc
3. Bottas
Fastest lap: Hamilton
Fastest pit stop: Williams
Weather: Dry
formula1.com Driver of the Day: Bottas
Driver of the Grand Prix: Bottas
Team of the Grand Prix: Mercedes
Rate the Grand Prix: 6/ 7
Analysis
In the championship, things stay fairly stable, with smellysocks stretching his championship lead out over me by 2 points from 60 to 62. Everyone stays in their championship positions.
Japan was the first time this season that nobody predicted any of the top three in their positions in qualifying.
Although scores were generally high, only 5 race finishing positions were predicted exactly, Bottas in 1st for Notso Swift and gert, Pérez in 9th for Born Racer Fan and Pérez and Hülkenberg in 10th for myself.
Apart from crmalcolm, everyone got all but 2 top 10 finishers (apart from runner-up Notso Swift, who got all but 1), which was impressive going considering it wasn't to be predictable that Verstappen wouldn't score.
Japanese Grand Prix Predictions Contest Results
1. gert 96
2. Notso Swift 95
3. smellysocks 82
4. Born Racer Fan 80
= Born Racer 80
6. wolfhound 76
7. crmalcolm 51
Number of wins so far this season
wolfhound 4
smellysocks 4
Born Racer 3
gert 2
ApexTurtle 1
Born Racer Fan 1
crmalcolm 1
Notso Swift 1
Winners by race
Australia: smellysocks
Bahrain: ApexTurtle
China: smellysocks
Azerbaijan: smellysocks
Spain: wolfhound
Monaco: Born Racer Fan
Canada: crmalcolm
France: Born Racer
Austria: Born Racer
Britain: wolfhound
Germany: Notso Swift
Hungary: Born Racer
Belgium: wolfhound
Italy: wolfhound
Singapore: smellysocks
Russia: gert
Japan: gert
Championship standings after Round 17 of 21
1. smellysocks 1374
2. Born Racer 1312
3. Born Racer Fan 1276
4. wolfhound 1267
5. Notso Swift 1191
6. crmalcolm 1109
7. gert 905
8. ApexTurtle 457
9. wallslammer 286
10. TrapezeArtist 65
Get those predictions in before Mexican qualifying this weekend here:
https://tentenths.com/forum/showthre...13#post3936513