Welcome to Round 5 of murf enterprises's 2011 Formula 1 predictions game.

Is the excitement all a bit too much for you so far this year? The races are less of a drag this year thanks to the aptly named Drag Reduction System and the insistence on using tyres that fall apart quicker than a 12 year girl at her first Justin Bieber concert. So how does that effect who will come where and can you really predict that?

Each race will be a separate competition where the winner gets 25 points towards the season competition, second 18, third 12, down to 1 for 10th just like the real thing.
Everybody is welcome to have a go. All you have to do is predict the top 10 finishers and you score points depending on how accurate you are. Best man wins. Full points details etc in the Series thread.

As well as the main championship, we will again be tallying total scores over all 19 races for the Form Crown and having 2 sidecomps.

Simple picking rules
- pick your top 10
- stick to the template
- use driver surnames only
- No witty comments / smileys on the predictions lines as these are copied directly into the spreadsheet
- use the correct spelling

BBC Driver List

Please double check your spelling and remove comments or the automated spreadsheet WILL steal your points!
IF I spot your mistake I will give you a nod to change it. Yellow card system - just one warning/nod each. The spreadsheet has been refined since last year so badly spelt picks will get 0 points.

DEADLINE
Entries must be in by start time of first qualifying session - see below. Edits and tweaks allowed until that final deadline.

TIMETABLE
Friday 20 May: Practice one - 0900-1030; Practice two - 1300-1430
Saturday 21 May: Practice three - 1000-1100; DEADLINE = Qualifying: 1300-1400
Sunday 22 May: Race - 1300

EUROPEAN CUP

FIRST ROUND - SECOND LEG

Spinynorman v Rookster (1st leg 148 v 141)
pa102aw v Two left feet (92 v 132)
greenman v Spencer4 (110 v 125)
chrismar v Mintman (95 v 104)

BYES
1 Shaggy365
2 bluenosey
3 tommymooney
4 -
5 murf
6 Tom QC
7 Darbyand
8 Lone Ranger
9 the dude abides
10 Surprised
11 AKNel1
12 Arabian Knight
13 Digsby

Note - if any of the byes are 'no-shows' in both this and the next GP (2nd rd - 1st leg) then they will be kicked out and there will be a reprieve for the highest scoring loser to keep numbers at 16

TABLE


FORM GUIDE
Shaggy365 561
Digsby 531
the dude abides 526
AKNel1 521
Darbyand 521
Spinynorman 520
tommymooney 520
Tom QC 519
murf 514
Rookster 505
Surprised 504
bluenosey 496
Lone Ranger 496
Two left feet 493
Spencer4 484
greenman 469
chrismar 442
Arabian Knight 392
pa102aw 280
jpk100 221
Mintman 193
Ashers 131
owenclass 106

1st (but not last?) edit:

Vettel
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Alonso
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Rosberg
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First practice now live on murfTV

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Kobayashi

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12 in so far.

1pm (uk) deadline.

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HP

RESULTS
1 chrismar 170
2 AKNel1 169
3 the dude abides 163
4 Surprised 162
5 Tom QC 159
6 tommymooney 156
7 Shaggy365 156
8 greenman 155
9 bluenosey 151
10 Arabian Knight 147
Digsby 146
Darbyand 142
Spencer4 140
Lone Ranger 130
Two left feet 128
murf 124
Rookster 121
Mintman 109

Using up all my bad luck before my European Cup campaign starts.....

EUROPEAN CUP

FIRST ROUND - SECOND LEG

Spinynorman 0! v 121 Rookster (Agg 148 v 262)
pa102aw 0! v 128 Two left feet (92 v 260)
greenman 155 v 140 Spencer4 (265 v 265 - AWAY GOALS!)
chrismar 170 v 109 Mintman (265 v 213 - a solid comeback)

Very unlucky there greenman

TABLE

Shaggy365 starts to hint at past form but the 5 just below him, led by the dude abides and Surprised are showing consistent recent form. chrimar is a new entry, matching my season long tally with his first set of points.



FORM GUIDE

Slowly closing on shaggy here too...

Shaggy365 717
AKNel1 690
the dude abides 689
Tom QC 678
Digsby 677
tommymooney 676
Surprised 666
Darbyand 663
bluenosey 647
murf 638
Lone Ranger 626
Rookster 626
greenman 624
Spencer4 624
Two left feet 621
chrismar 612
Arabian Knight 539
Spinynorman 520
Mintman 302
pa102aw 280
jpk100 221
Ashers 131
owenclass 106

Hopefully the engine trouble I suffered in races 2 and 3 stays away!!

Note the Monaco GP is this coming weekend, no rest for the wicked (or the Cote d'Azur jet set)... except on a Friday after first practice on thursday. Quali / deadline is still on saturday.