pimmy's BTCC game 2019

[pimmy]

Now that we know this year's entry list, it's time to start the game again.

All you need to do is pick one driver per race and their finishing position is the number of points you will score. The person with the lowest score at the end of the season will win. For instance, if you pick Ashley Sutton for a race and he wins then you score 1 point... Should you choose Tom Chilton and he finishes 30th, then you score 30 points.

I've tried to keep it simple and allow you to enter now and basically forget about it for the rest of the season.

PLEASE READ THE RULES!

The Rules:
01) The player with the lowest total score at the end of the season will be the winner.
02) Pick one driver per race (first name and surname, only the driver, not the finishing position).
03) You can only choose each driver once in the season. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have not picked a driver more than once. Any duplicate picks will earn a maximum score (30 points), regardless of how many cars are entered for that race.
04) Points will be awarded based on the finishing position of the driver picked... i.e. 1st scores 1 point, down to 30 points for a 30th place finish.
05) Should a driver retire from a race, then you will score points for the equivalent position they finish in... i.e. the driver to retire first finishes 30th, therefore 30 points will be scored.
06) Should more than one driver retire on the same lap, then those drivers will score the same number of points... e.g. if five drivers retire on the first lap, each of those drivers will score 30 points.
07) Should a driver fail to start a race or be disqualified/excluded, then you will score points equivalent to the total number of cars entered for the race.
08) Should a driver be replaced or substituted, the replacement will count as your pick. For the avoidance of doubt, this game only takes the drivers into account and not the teams they drive for. For example in 2017, Dan Lloyd left 888 and the series mid-season. Josh Cook filled the gap at that team. Dennis Strandberg then joined the series to fill the gap left by Cook at Maximum Motorsport. Stewart Lines then replaced Strandberg for the rest of the year. In this situation, Strandberg was seen as the replacement for Lloyd, and Lines the replacement for Strandberg. Cook never left, so any occasion on which he was picked was unaffected.
09) In rare cases where multiple drivers are replaced at the same time, teams WILL be taken into account. For example, if Driver A leaves Team A (and the series) and Driver B leaves Team B (and the series), and Driver C joins Team A (and the series) and Driver D joins Team B (and the series), then Driver C will be seen as the replacement for Driver A and Driver D the replacement for Driver B.
10) Should a driver miss a round and not be replaced, each player's best 29 race scores will count towards the game. Should a second driver miss a round, only 28 scores will count, and so on.
11) If a driver misses a round without being replaced and nobody picks them for that round, the above rule will be ignored.
12) For the purposes of scoring and avoidance of doubt, the results of each race will be taken from tsl-timing.com
13) Picks can only be entered, changed, updated or amended up until 00:00 BST Saturday 6th April 2019. Late entries will not be permitted.
14) Scores will be updated as soon as possible after each event.
15) If scores are tied at the end of the game, the player who picked a winning driver the most times will be ranked higher. If tied players pick winning drivers the same number of times, the player who picked the most second place finishers will be ranked higher. If players are still tied, picks of third place finishers (and so on) will be used to break the tie.
16) If scores are still tied after the above process then whoever picked a winning driver earliest in the season will be ranked higher. If there is still a tie, the process will be repeated for second place finishers then third place finishers, and so on.
17) If scores are still tied after the above two rules have been followed, the player who submitted their picks the earliest will be ranked higher.
18) Most of these rules are included for clarity and are really only for me to worry about. Players should not, and do not need to, change their picks during the season.
19) This game has been posted on multiple forums.
20) Please post all picks in this thread as follows:

1) Brands Hatch - Driver Name
2) Brands Hatch -
3) Brands Hatch -
4) Donington Park -
5) Donington Park -
6) Donington Park -
7) Thruxton -
8) Thruxton -
9) Thruxton -
10) Croft -
11) Croft -
12) Croft -
13) Oulton Park -
14) Oulton Park -
15) Oulton Park -
16) Snetterton -
17) Snetterton -
18) Snetterton -
19) Thruxton -
20) Thruxton -
21) Thruxton -
22) Knockhill -
23) Knockhill -
24) Knockhill -
25) Silverstone -
26) Silverstone -
27) Silverstone -
28) Brands Hatch -
29) Brands Hatch -
30) Brands Hatch -

The entry list can be found here.

PLEASE READ THE RULES!

Good luck!