Paul Winalski, winalski@zko
[Last updated 4 February 1996]
Welcome to the F1 Pick6 competition! Here, for your reference, are the complete rules for the competition.
Formula One Pick Six (or, for short, F1P6) is a competition among the fans of F1 racing on the Internet to see who can do the best job predicting the points paying positions (1-6) of the Grands Prix. There's no money or prizes or anything, other than bragging rights.
Before each Formula One Grand Prix, fill in the form with your predictions (picks) for 1st through 6th place. If for some reason the form is not working for you, you can also send in your picks using electronic mail. Please use the form if at all possible.
Picks are due by the start of first untimed practice for the race. Usually this is 9:00 AM Friday morning, local time of the race site, but some races (e.g., Monaco) hold first practice on Thursday. We choose this time so that those who have access to early practice and qualifying information won't have an unfair advantage over those who don't.
If you use the Internet form, your pick is registered immediately.
If you send your pick by e-mail, it is your responsibility to see that it arrives in the pick6 mailbox by the due date. The processing programs go by the time the e-mail arrives in the mailbox, NOT the time that you sent the message. Picks arriving after the deadline will be flagged as late in the standings reports and are subject to review and possible rejection at the end of the season.
You may send in picks as far in advance of a race as you wish, and you may change your pick as many times as you wish, up to the dead- line. The last pick received and allowed will be the one that is used.
It is each player's responsibility to get their picks in on time. I send out a reminder message a week in advance of the due date, but because of the unreliability of network mail, you shouldn't depend on the reminders as your only way to remember to send in a pick.
Here is the F1 Grand Prix calendar for 1996, complete with the deadline time for each race. I suggest printing it out and saving it.
If you fail to send in a pick for a race, or if your pick arrives too late to be counted, your pick for the last race will be used again, but it will only be carried over once (e.g., if you fail to enter a pick for race #3, race #2's pick will be used, but if you fail to enter again, race #2's pick will not be used for race #4).
You score points for each race based on how well your picks match the actual race results. For each driver that you picked, you score points based on where the driver finished versus where you predicted he'd finish:
didn't finish in the top 6 0 points finished exactly where predicted 10 points finished 1 place off from where predicted 6 points finished 2 places off from where predicted 4 points finished 3 places off from where predicted 3 points finished 4 places off from where predicted 2 points finished 5 places off from where predicted 1 point
For example, if you picked Schumacher to come in 3rd and he did finish 3rd, you'd score 10 points, but if he finished 5th, you'd score 4 points. If he finished 7th, you'd score 0 points.
Your total score for a race is the sum of the points scored for each driver in your pick.
If your pick includes the name of a driver who did not participate in the race, you do not score any points for that position. If a team substitutes one driver for another, you do not score anything if the substitute finishes in the points and you had picked the original driver.
If you accidentally pick the same driver more than once in your pick, you will not score any points for any of the positions in which that driver's name appears.
The F1 Pick6 Champion will be the player who scores the most total points over the season. All 16 Grands Prix will count towards the total.
If multiple players share the top score, they will be declared co-champions.
Questions, comments, and whatnot concerning the running of the F1 Pick6 competition should be directed to the F1 Pick6 Coordinator, Paul Winalski, who can be reached by e-mail at winalski@zko.dec.com. Do not use the pick6 mailbox for this purpose. The pick-processing program only understands picks and won't answer your questions.
If your e-mail address changes, please send mail to winalski@zko.dec.com informing the Coordinator of the change so he can update the distribution list.
If you decide to leave the competition, please send the Coordinator a note about it so he can remove you from the distribution list. He doesn't like sending out unwanted e-mail any more than you enjoy receiving it!