TWPC 2011 GP2 Predictions - R08 Spa-Francorchamps

Welcome to the Round 8 of 2011 GP2 Two Worlds Prediction Competition!

This time, GP2 Series goes to Spa-Francorchamps, an exciting circuit with memorable names, where rain is ever a possibility. Grosjean is the leader and title favourite, but has rivals that would want to excel in this great track. Who will win in this weekend?

In all GP2 race weekends, we'll post our predictions for these items: race 1 polesitter, top 8 finishers of Race 1, top 6 finishers of Race 2 and fastest lap scorers of races 1 and 2. The deadline will be at 10:00 AM GMT Hour of Friday, August 26th.

Best of all lucks for everyone!

As a guide to help our concursants, here it is the provisional list of 2011 GP2 Series teams and drivers:

1. Fabio Leimer (CH) - Rapax Team
2. Omar-Julián Leal (CO) - Rapax Team
3. Charles Pic (F) - Barwa Addax Team
4. Giedo Van der Garde (NL) - Barwa Addax Team
5. Jules Bianchi (F) - Lotus ART Grand Prix
6. Esteban Gutiérrez (MEX) - Lotus ART Grand Prix
7. Dani Clos (E) - Racing Engineering
8. Christian Vietoris (D) - Racing Engineering
9. Sam Bird (GB) - iSport International
10. Marcus Ericsson (S) - iSport International
11. Romain Grosjean (F) - Dams
12. Pål Varhaug (NO) - Dams
14. Josef Kral (CZ) - Arden International
15. Jolyon Palmer (GB) - Arden International
16. Fairuz Fauzy (MAS) - SuperNova Racing
17. Adam Carroll (GB) - SuperNova Racing
18. Michael Herck (RO) - Scudería Coloni
19. Luca Filippi (I) - Scudería Coloni
19. Davide Rigon (I) - Scudería Coloni
20. Rodolfo González (YV) - Trident Racing
21. Stefano Coletti (MON) - Trident Racing
22. Kevin Mirocha (D) - Ocean Racing Technology
23. Johnny Cecotto Jr. (YV) - Ocean Racing Technology
24. Max Chilton (GB) - Carlin Motorsport
25. Álvaro Parente (P) - Carlin Motorsport
26. Luiz Razia (BR) - Team Air Asia
27. Davide Valsecchi (I) - Team Air Asia

In Italics, drivers TBC

ATTENTION

Russian Mikhail Aleshin replaces Álvaro Parente at Car #25 of Carlin Motorsport. Then all Parente predictions will count for Aleshin.

BTW, Luca Filippi was confirmed at car #19 of Coloni for Spa-Francorchamps.

Pole: Grosjean

Race 1:
1. Grosjean
2. Filippi
3. Bianchi
4. Bird
5. Van der Garde
6. Pic
7. Valsecchi
8. Razia
FL. Grosjean

Race 2:
1. Pic
2. Valsecchi
3. Grosjean
4. Bird
5. Clos
6. Carroll
FL. Bianchi

T-Minus 001 - Last day to post predictions!

Round closed - Good luck to all concursants!

TWPC 2011 GP2 Predictions - R08 Spa-Francorchamps RESULTS

Spa-Francorchamps gave us the champion of this season: Romain Grosjean. Alas, Christian Vietoris and Luca Filippi has won the weekend races. Let's see the results of this GP2 Two Worlds Prediction Competition round:

Results of the Weekend - GP2 Round # 8 Spa-Francorchamps (27-28/08/2011)

Poleman = Christian Vietoris

Race 1 (27/08/2011)
Winner = Christian Vietoris
2nd place = Jules Bianchi
3rd place = Romain Grosjean
4th place = Luca Filippi
5th place = Brendon Hartley
6th place = Dani Clos
7th place = Fairuz Fauzy
8th place = Josef Kral
Fastest lap = Christian Vietoris

Race 2 (28/08/2011)
Winner = Luca Filippi
2nd place = Jules Bianchi
3rd place = Josef Kral
4th place = Romain Grosjean
5th place = Sam Bird
6th place = Dani Clos
Fastest lap = Luca Filippi

Results and Standings of the GP2 Two Worlds Prediction Competition at Motorsport Forums community after R08 Spa-Francorchamps (28/08/2011)

1 - 7 points = Nikki Katz

Nikki Katz still is the forum leader. With no entries at this round, the Competition is a piece of cake for Motorsport Forum users in order to be the inner champion. So don't hesitate and go into the Competition, in a quest for glory! :)

Results of the 2011 GP2 Two Worlds Prediction Competition - Round # 8 Spa-Francorchamps (28/08/2011)

1 - 13 points = scheivlak (AS)
2 - 12 points = El Pana (LA)
3 - 10 points = facha (LT), nano de turdera (LT), Panda (NA), Speedworx (TT)
7 - 9 points = Big one (NA), Carlew (TH), chunterer (TT), Greimito (NA), p-matt (TT), theTardis (AS), WSR Fan (TT)
14 - 8 points = F1wingwins (TH), frederick (ST), Iscurrega (AS), Josef1 (CB), lotusien (NA), Makarias (AS), masahiro (NA), Robbe (TT), Sissi (NA), wilsoriano (LA)
24 - 7 points = adrian1310 (TH), BT-44 (CB), Daisy (TT), Dispenser89 (AS), IVAN (LA), jeans (LA), Jilhou (NA), kamikaze666 (CB), lolo1977 (CB), Marcos_F1 (CB), Melendi (TH), Sedicivalvole (LT), SUTIL80 (NA)
37 - 6 points = artur177 (TT), Azur (NA), Bessone Motorsport (LT), fisichellaeldos (TH), Mekola (LT)
42 - 5 points = 13 (NA), renaultargentina (TH)
44 - 4 points = pelagra (TH)

Standings of the GP2 Two Worlds Prediction Competition after 8th Round (Spa-Francorchamps - 28/08/2011)

1 - 78 points = theTardis (AS)
2 - 77 points = Carlew (TH)
3 - 75 points = chunterer (TT), IVAN (LA), p-matt (TT)
6 - 74 points = scheivlak (AS)
7 - 73 points = Makarias (AS)
8 - 72 points = Dispenser89 (AS), Speedworx (TT)
10 - 71 points = Daisy (TT)
11 - 70 points = Josef1 (CB), Melendi (TH)
13 - 69 points = adrian1310 (TH), frederick (ST), Robbe (TT)
16 - 67 points = El Pana (LA), lolo1977 (CB), lotusien (NA)
19 - 66 points = Roberto.R (LT)
20 - 65 points = Bessone Motorsport (LT), F1wingwins (TH), Marcos_F1 (CB)
23 - 64 points = Mekola (LT), WSR Fan (TT)
25 - 62 points = facha (LT), kamikaze666 (CB)
27 - 61 points = Greimito (NA)
28 - 60 points = Big one (NA), jeans (LA)
30 - 56 points = Jilhou (NA)
31 - 55 points = Azur (NA), Panda (NA)
33 - 54 points = SUTIL80 (NA)
34 - 53 points = Sedicivalvole (LT)
35 - 52 points = 13 (NA), BT-44 (CB), nano de turdera (LT), renaultargentina (TH)
39 - 51 points = vino_93 (NA)
40 - 50 points = Ignacio.R (LT)
41 - 48 points = pelagra (TH)
42 - 47 points = TOLEMAN HART (LA), wilsoriano (LA)
44 - 33 points = artur177 (TT)
45 - 29 points = Lam Pak (TT)
46 - 28 points = sir jackie walker (AS)
47 - 26 points = Miki (NA)
48 - 25 points = Christian 4 ruedas (LT), fisichellaeldos (TH)
50 - 22 points = Luck (NA)
51 - 21 points = masahiro (NA)
52 - 19 points = mario0211 (TH)
53 - 18 points = Docky (NA)
54 - 12 points = brucelok2003 (TT)
55 - 10 points = BeckMax (ST), runshaw (TT)
57 - 9 points = DAV (TH)
58 - 8 points = Iscurrega (AS), Sissi (NA)
60 - 7 points = Nikki Katz (MF), Supertec (TT)

Forum Standings after 8th Round (Spa-Francorchamps - 28/08/2011)

1º - Ten-Tenths.com Forum - 312 points
2º - Autosport.com Forum - 307 points
3º - CarAndDriverTheF1.com Forum - 305 points
4º - Nextgen-Auto.com Forum - 298 points
5º - Los-Tuercas.com.ar Forum - 291 points
6º - ClubF1.es Forum - 273 points
7º - F1Latam.com Forum - 271 points
8º - FórmulaStock / Grand Prix Forum - 79 points
9º - MotorsportForums.com Forum - 7 points

Hooray to scheivlak (AS), winner of this round! Mentions to Iscurrega (AS), a newbie who aswered correctly Filippi as Race 2 winners, as lotusien (NA).
theTardis (AS) is still the leader, and Carlew (TH) still the runner-up; at Forums Championship, Autosport went up to second position, over CarAndDriverTheF1.
Observations:
- All predictions were correctly posted and in time. :)
- In all predictions, were considered driver replacements in this form: Hartley x Mirocha, Aleshin x Parente y Aleshin and Turvey.

You could check your predictions at:
http://perso.wanadoo.es/gp2twpc/2011GP2TWPC.zip

Soon we'll open the next round of the GP2 Two Worlds Prediction Competition, about the following weekend at Monza, Italy, which will be raced next September 10th an 11th. Enjoy the pasta!

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
(CB) ClubF1.es Forum
(LA) F1Latam.com Forum
(LT) Los-Tuercas.com.ar Forum
(MF) MotorsportForums.com Forum
(NA) Nextgen-Auto.com Forum
(ST) FormulaStock / Grand Prix Forum
(TH) CarAndDriverTheF1.com Forum
(TT) Ten-Tenths.com Forum