TWPC 2012 WSR 3.5 Predictions - FINAL RESULTS

[Mekola]

Formula Renault 3.5 finished its eighth season at Barcelona, with the double victory of Antonio Félix Da Costa and Robin Frijns as the new champion crowned. With this, we begin the final report of 2012 WSR 3.5 Two Worlds Prediction Competiton, starting with the result of Barcelona round PLUS the ones of the Championships Round:

Results of the Weekend - Formula Renault 3.5 Round # 9 Barcelona (20-31/10/2012)

Race 1 (20/10/2012)
Poleman = Jules Bianchi
Winner = Antonio Félix Da Costa
2nd place = Sam Bird
3rd place = Robin Frijns
4th place = Will Stevens
5th place = Kevin Magnussen
6th place = Kevin Korjus
7th place = Jules Bianchi
8th place = Aaro Vainio
9th place = Mikhail Aleshin
10thplace = Marco Sorensen

Race 2 (21/10/2012)
Poleman = Mikhail Aleshin
Winner = Antonio Félix Da Costa
2nd place = Mikhail Aleshin
3rd place = Aaro Vainio
4th place = Kevin Magnussen
5th place = Alexander Rossi
6th place = Arthur Pic
7th place = Sam Bird
8th place = André Negrão
9th place = Will Stevens
10thplace = Walter Grubmüller

Results of the 2012 WSR 3.5 Two Worlds Prediction Competition - Round # 9 Barcelona (21/10/2012)

1 - 15 points = Daisy (TT), kurski (TT)
3 - 14 points = albertascari (NA), masahiro (NA), Mekola (TH), SUTIL80 (NA)
7 - 13 points = chunterer (TT), fisichellaeldos (TH), lotusien (NA), Makarias (AS)
11 - 12 points = F1wingwins (TH), scheivlak (AS)
13 - 11 points = p-matt (TT)

2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Championship Final Standings (21/10/2012)

Drivers Championship
Champion = Robin Frijns
2nd place = Jules Bianchi
3rd place = Sam Bird
4th place = Antonio Félix Da Costa
5th place = Nick Yelloly
6th place = Marco Sorensen
7th place = Kevin Magnussen
8th place = Arthur Pic
9th place = Nico Müller
10thplace = Kevin Korjus

Teams Championship
Champion = Tech 1 Racing
2nd place = Arden Caterham
3rd place = Fortec Motorsport
4th place = Igor Salaquarda Racing (ISR)
5th place = Carlin Motorsport
6th place = Lotus Gravity Charouz

Results of the 2012 WSR 3.5 Two Worlds Prediction Competition - Championships Round (21/10/2012)

1 - 16 points = p-matt (TT)
2 - 15 points = scheivlak (AS)
3 - 14 points = chunterer (TT), lotusien (NA), masahiro (NA), vino_93 (NA)
7 - 13 points = Daisy (TT), kerrmanningjarv (TT), Mekola (TH)
10 - 12 points = F1wingwins (TH), SUTIL80 (NA)

Congratulations to Daisy (TT) and kurski (TT) for winning the last round of the season, and for p-matt (TT) who was the best one predicting final positions of both 2012 FR 3.5 Drivers and Teams Championships. Mention to scheivlak (AS), the only one who predicted correctly the Drivers Champion, within the runner-up, in correct positions!
Observations:
R09 Barcelona:
- masahiro (NA): Wrote two drivers (Da Costa and Müller) for 5th in R2, then this part of his forecast wasn't valid.
- F1wingwins (TH) and fisichellaeldos (TH): Put Ramos in their predictions, but the drivers' place changed hands two times. We'll consider their predictions as they have posted Korjus, Ramos' ultimate replacement, for this round. In case of the last one of the predictors, also forgot poleman of Race 2.
- p-matt (TT): Inscribed Sorensen twice (4th and 9th) in his R2 forecasts, so these parts of it weren't valid.

With all round results cleared, we present...

The FINAL STANDINGS of the 2012 WSR 3.5 Two Worlds Prediction Competition (21/10/2012) !!!

1 - 135 points = p-matt (TT)
2 - 133 points = Daisy (TT)
3 - 132 points = lotusien (NA)
4 - 131 points = SUTIL80 (NA)
5 - 127 points = scheivlak (AS)
6 - 125 points = masahiro (NA)
7 - 124 points = chunterer (TT)
8 - 123 points = Mekola (TH)
9 - 118 points = Makarias (AS)
10 - 85 points = F1wingwins (TH)
11 - 62 points = Dispenser89 (AS)
12 - 55 points = kurski (TT)
13 - 33 points = albertascari (NA)
14 - 24 points = kerrmanningjarv (TT)
15 - 23 points = vino_93 (NA)
16 - 20 points = Big one (NA)
17 - 13 points = fisichellaeldos (TH)
18 - 11 points = renaultargentina (TH)
19 - 8 points = nobster (TT)

Final Forum Standings after the definition of the Competition (21/10/2012)

1º - Ten-Tenths.com Forum - 479 points
2º - Nextgen-Auto.com Forum - 455 points
3º - Autosport.com Forum - 307 points
4º - CarAndDriverTheF1.com Forum - 232 points

In this new Competition, took the lead after Spa-Francorchamps round, conquered it after Nürburgring, lost it for a while but re-took it after Silverstone round, and remained there until the end of the season. Ladies and gentlemen, we welcome p-matt as the new Champion of 2012 WSR 3.5 Two Worlds Prediction Competition! The glory is yours!!!
Merry congrats to Ten-Tenths, who earned another Forums Championship, this time regarding other well-known series.

Check your predictions at:
http://perso.wanadoo.es/gp2twpc/2012WSRTWPC.zip

Defined the final standings, it's turn to show the general stats of the season, a report about the progress of the forums, and the WINNING ATTITUDE ACHIEVEMENTS of our concursants of the Competition of this year.

[Mekola]

Ramblings about forum progressions in the 2012 WSR Two Worlds Prediction Competition:

Ten-Tenths: The core forum of TWPC finally got another championship in the hands of p-matt. He, the eternal Daisy and kurski were round winners.

Nextgen-Auto: Thanks for the full support by Azur, our official French translator, the Competition ran at full speed in the Francophone section of this forum. lotusien was the best scorer of the forum and round winner; Big one, masahiro[/b], and SUTIL80 were also round winners.

Autosport: They conformed a compact but effective group headed by scheivlak, best scorer, and Makarias and Dispenser89. All three were round winners. Wonder what would happen if the latter didn't withdraw of the Competition at mid-season, when he was leading the stats.

CarAndDriverTheF1: Caused by no presence of Spanish drivers in the series, the interest of this forum was tiny during the season. I was the best scorer, and F1wingwins was the only other consistent player, with the esporadical presence of other users in some rounds.

In an aftermath, the season showed consistency in the number of players, in the rank of 10-13 entries per round. Also showed an increase in point scorings up to the peak of 20 points by one of them in the second part of the season, showing the level of accuracy of our players. Fortunately the series had TV in Europe and Latin America, so people of forums of those latitudes could see the races during the year. But after all, we have to show gratitude to many users who trusted and put consistence to participate in this Competition.

About 2013, Autosport, Nextgen-Auto, Ten-Tenths, and CarAndDriverTheF1 are ensured to continue. Alas, we're opened to new forums to join - If you are in a forum where is interest on Formula Renault 3.5 and want our Prediction Competition running there, give notice to us!

On a last note, you may have noted this FR 3.5 Two Worlds Prediction competition was running alongside GP2 one - that is cause that both series are the main feeder series of F1, regarding drivers. These politics are keen to continue in 2013. As we said before, the key name of the competition is "Two", since that number refers that the nature of the Two Worlds Prediction Competitions are following the predictions of the most important runner-up formula series which are under Formula One.

[Mekola]

2012 WSR TWPC GENERAL STATS:

Competition Champions:

Competition Champion: p-matt (TT) with 135 points
Forums Champion: Ten-Tenths.com Forum with 479 points

Best concursant of Ten-Tenths: p-matt with 135 points
Best concursant of Nextgen-Auto: lotusien with 132 points
Best concursant of Autosport: scheivlak with 127 points
Best concursant of CarAndDriverTheF1: Mekola with 123 points

Round Entries:

Championships Round: 11 (TT04, NA04, TH02, AS01)
R01 Alcañiz: 13 (NA05, TT03, AS03, TH02)
R02 Montecarlo: 13 (TT04, NA04, AS03, TH02)
R03 Spa-Francorchamps: 12 (TT04, NA03, AS03, TH02)
R04 Nürburgring: 11 (TT03, NA03, AS03, TH02)
R05 Moscow: 13 (TT04, NA03, AS03, TH03)
R06 Silverstone: 10 (TT03, NA03, AS02, TH02)
R07 Hungaroring: 10 (TT04, NA03, AS02, TH01)
R08 Paul Ricard: 11 (TT04, NA04, AS02, TH01)
R09 Barcelona: 13 (TT04, NA04, TH03, AS02)

Round Winners:

R01 Alcañiz: Big one (NA), lotusien (NA) and SUTIL80 (NA) with 12 points
R02 Montecarlo: scheivlak (AS) with 10 points
R03 Spa-Francorchamps: Makarias (AS) and p-matt (TT) with 14 points
R04 Nürburgring: p-matt (TT) and SUTIL80 (NA) with 17 points
R05 Moscow: Dispenser89 (AS) with 19 points
R06 Silverstone: Makarias (AS) and masahiro (NA) with 14 points
R07 Hungaroring: lotusien (NA) with 19 points
R08 Paul Ricard: scheivlak (AS) with 20 points
R09 Barcelona: Daisy (TT) and kurski (TT) with 15 points
Championships Round: p-matt (TT) with 16 points

Competition Leaders after each round:

R01 Alcañiz: Big one (NA), lotusien (NA) and SUTIL80 (NA) with 12 points, Nextgen-Auto.com Forum with 45 points
R02 Montecarlo: Big one (NA) and lotusien (NA) with 20 points, Nextgen-Auto.com Forum with 73 points
R03 Spa-Francorchamps: p-matt (TT) and scheivlak (AS) with 31 points, Nextgen-Auto.com Forum with 106 points
R04 Nürburgring: p-matt (TT) with 48 points, Nextgen-Auto.com and Ten-Tenths.com Forums with 151 points
R05 Moscow: Dispenser89 (AS) with 62 points, Ten-Tenths.com Forum with 205 points
R06 Silverstone: p-matt (TT) with 74 points, Ten-Tenths.com Forum with 240 points
R07 Hungaroring: p-matt (TT) with 90 points, Ten-Tenths.com Forum with 301 points
R08 Paul Ricard: p-matt (TT) with 108 points, Ten-Tenths.com Forum with 369 points
Final Standings: p-matt (TT) with 135 points, Ten-Tenths.com Forum with 479 points

Hall of Fame:

2004 F3000 TWPC Champion: Daisy (TT) with 89 points
2005 GP2 TWPC Champion: DanFlag (TT) with 121 points
2006 GP2 TWPC Champion: knowlesy (TT) with 116 points
2007 GP2 TWPC Champion: Mekola (VT) with 95 points
2008 GP2 Asia TWPC Champion: pericu (TT) with 56 points
2008 GP2 TWPC Champion: SpiritCrusher (GL) with 93 points
2009 GP2 Asia TWPC Champion: OJB (TT) with 68 points
2009 GP2 TWPC Champion: kamikaze666 (CB) with 104 points
2009 F2 TWPC Champion: WSR Fan (TT) with 93 points
2010 GP2 Asia TWPC Champion: kamikaze666 (CB) with 44 points
2010 GP2 TWPC Champion: IVAN (LA) with 99 points
2011 GP2 Asia TWPC Champion: Melendi (TH) with 31 points
2011 GP2 TWPC Champion: chunterer (TT) with 107 points
2012 GP2 TWPC Champion: Josef1 (CB) with 177 points
2012 WSR TWPC Champion: p-matt (TT) with 135 points

and now... see the
2012 WSR TWPC WINNING ATTITUDE ACHIEVEMENTS:

Best Forum Presentation: Nextgen-Auto
Best Forum Spirit: Nextgen-Auto
Best Forum Communications: Nextgen-Auto
Outstanding Forumer of the Season: SUTIL80 (NA)
Most Friendly/Welcoming Forum: CarAndDriverTheF1
Best Engineered Forum: Ten-Tenths
Best Forum Strategists: Ten-Tenths
Best Forum Support: Nextgen-Auto
Most Improved Driver of the Season: lotusien (NA)
Overtaking Manoeuvre of the Season: p-matt (TT) over Dispenser89 (AS) after Silverstone round
Best Prediction Style: scheivlak (AS) on Paul Ricard round
Best Forum Marketing: CarAndDriverTheF1
Special Mentions to: All WSR people, professionals and fans, who followed this Competition.

And a Special Acknowledgement to all 19 concursants who entered at this Competition through this season. We might see again with the 2013 WSR Two Worlds Prediction Competition. Be seeing all you!

Happy Motoring, and GOOD SHOW!

Note: For identify reasons, is used the following code, that denotes which forum is used by each concursant to participate here:
(AS) Autosport.com Forum
(NA) Nextgen-Auto.com Forum
(TH) CarAndDriverTheF1.com Forum
(TT) Ten-Tenths.com Forum

[chunterer]

Excellent work once again Mekola, thanks for hosting the competition!

Great show from Ten Tenths there and congrats to p-matt!!

See you all again next season!

[Daisy]

Ahh ... that was close. Well done matt and good to see Ten Tenths on top again.

And of course Mekola thanks for another excellent organisation.