[Official] Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Predictions Contest 2023 - Final Round - Final Standings

[Born Racer]

Congratulations to our new double world champion, Born Racer Fan!

I shall have to rename myself Born Racer Fan Fan.

Beau2 put up a really good battle all season long and only slightly reduced the final margin with dropped scores.

Congrats to rika on the Abu Dhabi win too and harsh luck to Gnussi, who was close to a win, grabbing 15 points for the 20 finishers, but not quite making it to a victory this season, although he did very well in the championship.

Thanks to everyone for taking part. It's been a blast.

Just to inform you, the reason for the secret predictions in the last round was to avoid anyone duplicating other people's for strategic reasons (for instance, if someone only needed to copy a rival's predictions to hold position, they might do that). It also added a fun element, I thought.

I welcome all feedback on the competition, good or bad. I look forward to seeing you join us next year and hopefully even more people will too. Spread the word!

I don't think Mrs Born Racer will be wanting my champion's mug. Apparently she wants some other gift!


Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Results

1. Verstappen
2. Leclerc
3. Russell
4. Pérez
5. Norris
6. Piastri
7. Alonso
8. Tsunoda
9. Hamilton
10. Stroll

Qualifying
1. Verstappen
2. Leclerc
3. Piastri

Fastest lap: Red Bull
Fastest pit stop: Ferrari
Weather: Dry
formula1.com Driver of the Day: Tsunoda
Driver of the Grand Prix: Tsunoda
Team of the Grand Prix: Mercedes & McLaren
Rate the Grand Prix: 3 & 6 (mode) & 5 (mean, rounded up from 4.75).
Number of finishers: 20
Number of pit stops: 2


Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Predictions Contest Results

1. rika - 101
2. Gnussi - 94
3. steve_r - 91
4. smellysocks - 88
= Born Racer Fan - 88
6. Born Racer - 84
7. Aysedasi - 81
8. Beau2 - 77
9. TrapezeArtist - 76
10. Teretonga - 75
11. wolfhound - 74
12. Notso Swift - 69
13. TCT - 66
14. crmalcolm - 65


Final Championship Standings (with dropped scores calculated)

1. Born Racer Fan - 1792
2. Beau2 - 1689
3. Gnussi - 1655
4. smellysocks - 1653
5. Notso Swift - 1623
6. steve_r - 1622
7. Born Racer - 1613
8. wolfhound - 1581
9. TrapezeArtist - 1552
10. rika - 1535
11. Teretonga - 1439
12. Aysedasi - 1288
13. crmalcolm - 1183
14. BTCC frog - 1110
15. TCT - 1031



Points summary (total points):

1. Born Racer Fan - 2180
2. Beau2 - 2063
3. Gnussi - 2024
4. Notso Swift - 1971
5. Born Racer - 1934
6. steve_r - 1929
7. TrapezeArtist - 1857
8. smellysocks - 1752
9. Teretonga - 1746
10. wolfhound - 1644
11. rika - 1745
12. Aysedasi - 1585
13. crmalcolm - 1371
14. BTCC frog - 1203
15. TCT - 1031


Number of wins in 2023

Born Racer Fan - 6

Beau2 - 4

rika - 3

TrapezeArtist - 2
Notso Swift - 2

wolfhound - 1
Born Racer - 1
BTCC frog - 1
steve_r - 1
smellysocks - 1
crmalcolm - 1


Winners by event

Bahrain: Beau2
Saudi Arabia: Beau2
Australia: wolfhound
Azerbaijan: rika
Miami: Born Racer
Monaco: Beau2
Spain: Born Racer Fan
Canada: BTCC frog & Born Racer Fan
Austria: Notso Swift
Britain: steve_r
Hungary: smellysocks
Belgium: crmalcolm
The Netherlands: TrapezeArtist
Italy: Born Racer Fan
Singapore: rika
Japan: Born Racer Fan
Qatar: TrapezeArtist
United States: Beau2
Mexico: Born Racer Fan
Brazil: Born Racer Fan
Las Vegas: Notso Swift
Abu Dhabi: rika



Merry Christmas, All.