_{Well don't know about anyone else but no thanks to Grosjean, my picks were an unmitigated disaster!}

_{Gruffs and Will_G came out on top with 7 points each, with R7KY D just behind on 6.75. Not a massive scoring round and with only 12 players picking, difference between the top and bottom was 2 points.}

_{Leaderboard therefore looks like this:}

1. _{Nelson - 88.75}
   
2. _{Coops - 87.00}
   
3. _{Rickyboy - 86.50}
   
4. _{R7KY D - 85.50}
   
5. _{Rhino - 85.00}
   
6. _{techie - 83.00}
   
7. _{Mitch - 82.50}
   
8. _{Matty1 - 79.75}
   
9. _{Will_G - 78.50}
   
10. _{Gruffs - 76.50}
    
11. _{daiking - 71.75}
    
12. _{bigman888 - 65.50}
    
13. _{scrim - 61.50}
    
14. _{Sausage Roll - 58.50}
    
15. _{matt1chelski - 56.75}
    
16. _{skud vrs - 53.25}
    
17. _{james01 - 44.75}
    
18. _{MartynVRS - 27.00}
    
19. _{Shug - 26.00}
    
20. _{Scheuy - 25.75}
    
21. _{occyoccyoccy - 21.50}
    
22. _{PhilP1903 - 18.50}
    
23. _{dew1911 - 16.50}
    

_{Roll on Italian GP!!}

Despite the off track rumours, Hamilton brushed them all aside and produced a great lights to flag race to keep the pressure up on Alonso at the top of the drivers championship. Unfortunately Button couldn't consolidate his 2nd place in qualifying, dropping out with a fuel issue - this certainly lost me some points!

The race proved to be a better scoring affair than last week with 3 players scoring over 10 points (nelson, Coops and Rickyboy), which doesn't really alter the board that much

1. nelson - 100.25
   
2. Coops - 97.25
   
3. Rickyboy - 97.00
   
4. R7KY D - 92.00
   
5. Rhino - 91.75
   
6. techie - 90.50
   
7. Mitch - 88.75
   
8. Matty1 - 86.50
   
9. Will_G - 85.75
   
10. Gruffs - 84.00
    
11. daiking - 71.75
    
12. scrim - 71.25
    
13. bigman888 - 65.50
    
14. matt1chelski - 63.50
    
15. Sausage Roll - 58.50
    
16. skud vrs - 58.25
    
17. james01 - 44.75
    
18. MartynVRS - 27.00
    
19. Shug - 26.00
    
20. Schuey - 25.75
    
21. occyoccyoccy - 21.50
    
22. PhilP1903 - 18.50
    
23. dew1911 - 16.50
    

Next up is Singapore in 2 weeks time.

Still holding sixth, quite chuffed with that

Another interesting race under the lights in Singapore, and one which leaves Hamilton slipping down the championship.

Congratulations must go to Schumacher for making it a double of "hits" in the same GP - last year Perez and this year Vergne, which follows on from his accident with Senna in Spain earlier in the year.

In the end it was Vettel who cruised to victory with Button a galant second. The title must surely be between Vettel and Alonso now.

Meanwhile in the Team Brisky DW league, Will_G pulled some great picks and came out on top this week with 10 points, Rhino and nelson came in just behind with 9.25 pts. techie continues his good form with 7.75 pts along with Rickyboy, Gruffs, and R7KY D. I had a complete mare and came in with a lowly 6.25.

nelson now consolidates his lead at the top by 4.75 points over Rickyboy, then Coops, Rhino and R7KYD:

1. nelson - 109.50
   
2. Rickyboy - 104.75
   
3. Coops - 103.50
   
4. Rhino - 101.00
   
5. R7KY D - 99.75
   
6. techie - 98.25
   
7. Will_G - 95.75
   
8. Matty1 - 95.50
   
9. Mitch - 93.50
   
10. Gruffs - 91.75
    
11. scrim - 78.75
    
12. daiking - 71.75 *
    
13. bigman888 - 65.50 *
    
14. matt1chelski - 63.50 *
    
15. Sausage Roll - 58.50 *
    
16. skud vrs - 58.25 *
    
17. james01 - 44.75 *
    
18. MartynVRS - 27.00 *
    
19. Shug - 26.00 *
    
20. Schuey - 25.75 *
    
21. occyoccyoccy - 21.50 *
    
22. PhilP1903 - 18.50 *
    
23. dew1911 - 16.50 *
    

* denotes not actively taking part anymore

Thanks to those who continue to persevere and pick every week, next up is the Japanese GP on 7th October. Will Hamilton have re-signed with McLaren by then or will Merc have a new driver line up for next year???

I didn't have a chance to do my picks as I was driving back from Prague.

It's not a dig at anyone skud - just a comment. League had started off really well but some have appeared to have fallen by the wayside.

Anyways, after quite a hectic week regarding driver changes for next season, the circus continues in earnest with the Japanese GP @ Suzuka. With the pressue off a lot of drivers - Hamilton, Schumacher, Perez et al, it could make for a very exciting last few races.

Get your picks done guys!

First practise session is over with Webber leading Hamilton:

1. Mark Webber - Red Bull 1:32.193

2. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren 1:32.707

3. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull 1:32.836

4. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India 1:32.987

5. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari 1:33.093

6. Romain Grosjean - Lotus 1:33.107

7. Jenson Button - McLaren 1:33.349

8. Bruno Senna - Williams 1:32.499

9. Felipe Massa - Ferrari 1:32.614

10. Michael Schumacher - Mercedes 1:32.750

1. Vettel

2. Lewis

3. Alonso

4. Button

5. Schumacher

6. Rosberg

7 hulkenberg

8.webber

9. Raikkonen

10. Di resta

Morning guys - haven't watched the race so can't comment on it!!! But obviously know that Alonso had a mare on the first lap resulting in retirement thus allowing Vettel to romp to victory and close the gap at the top of championship.

Meanwhile in the prediction league, it was a four way tie for results this weekend with Rhino, Rickyboy, Matty1 and techie on 7.75 pts. Will_G and nelson followed up with 7.25 pts.

Commiserations to Gruffs who had a bit of a disaster with his picks, running in with 4.5 pts.

Still not much change in the leaderboard although Will_G's good result along with Matty1 will certainly assist them in the top 10:

1. nelson - 116.25
   
2. Rickyboy - 112.50
   
3. Coops - 109.75
   
4. Rhino - 108.75
   
5. techie - 106.50
   
6. R7KY D - 105.25
   
7. Matty1 - 103.25
   
8. Will_G - 103.00
   
9. Gruffs - 96.25
   
10. Mitch - 92.50
    
11. scrim - 85.25
    
12. daiking - 71.75
    
13. bigman888 - 65.50
    
14. skud vrs - 63.75
    
15. matt1chelski - 63.50
    
16. Sausage Roll - 58.50
    
17. james01 - 44.75
    
18. MartynVRS - 27.00
    
19. Shug - 26.00
    
20. Schuey - 25.75
    
21. occyoccyoccy - 21.50
    
22. PhilP1903 - 18.50
    
23. dew1911 - 16.50
    

Rhino appears to be the secret assassin, slowly creeping up the leaderboard.

Korean GP on Sunday - get your picks in by Friday because of the time difference!!!

Another Asia race this weekend boys so get those picks done today otherwise like me last weekend you'll miss out and totally screw your picks up.

The top 10 after FP2 was Vettel, Webber, Alonso, Button, Schumacher, Massa, Rosberg, Hamilton, Hulkenberg, Kimi

Just missed out as I had Vettel for pole, points were in the bag until Webber pulled out a stormer of a lap.

Same here techie At least I got Vettel right as the winner but it all went downhill after that

Yet another boring race (IMO) but one which leaves only 2 horses left in the title race.

techie came out on top this week, with Rickyboy and Will_G just behind - pretty high scoring round by everyone really, all above 6 points this week.

Overall the standings are as follows:

1. nelson - 125.25
   
2. Rickyboy - 121.75
   
3. Coops - 118.25
   
4. Rhino - 117.50
   
5. techie - 116.00
   
6. R7KY D - 113.75
   
7. Will_G - 112.25
   
8. Matty1 - 109.50
   
9. Gruffs - 105.00
   
10. scrim - 93.00
    
11. Mitch - 92.50
    
12. daiking - 71.75
    
13. skud vrs - 70.50
    
14. bigman888 - 65.50
    
15. matt1chelski - 63.50
    
16. Sausage Roll - 58.50
    
17. james01 - 44.75
    
18. MartynVRS - 27.00
    
19. Shug - 26.00
    
20. Schuey - 25.75
    
21. occyoccyoccy - 21.50
    
22. PhilP1903 - 18.50
    
23. dew1911 - 16.50
    

and what about the rumour of Vettel signing for Ferrari for 2014 season? Just a rumour by Ferrari to put Red Bull off??

If it is true I think it's a first for someone to be signed that far in advance.

All credit to Kimi though for a great drive and superb first win in 2012 for him and Lotus.

More importantly, in all that mele I managed to come out on top of the points, the single point from Lewis' pole must have helped! R7KY D, Rhino, Rickyboy, Will_G and scrim also did well - nelson so so good this week dropped a few points with Matty1, skud vrs and techie bringing up the rear.

The league leaderboard with 2 rounds to go then is:

1. nelson - 143.00
   
2. Rickyboy - 139.50
   
3. Rhino - 137.50
   
4. Coops - 137.00
   
5. R7KY D - 132.50
   
6. techie - 130.00
   
7. Matty1 - 123.75
   
8. Gruffs - 118.00
   
9. scrim - 110.75
   
10. Mitch - 92.50
    
11. skud vrs - 80.75
    
12. daiking - 71.75
    
13. bigman888 - 63.50
    
14. matt1chelski - 63.50
    
15. Sausage Roll - 58.50
    
16. JMCC21 - 44.75 (? who ?)
    
17. MartynVRS - 27.00
    
18. Shug - 26.00
    
19. Schuey - 25.75
    
20. occyoccyoccy - 21.50
    
21. PhilP1903 - 18.50
    
22. dew1911 - 16.50
    

techie bringing up the rear.

Charming

Pick made for this weekend. New track for everyone, could be good

Nice one techie, going to be a tricky one this weekend with the new track.

Just this race and the next to go for the league.

Thanks to Ferrari's "little" strategy consideration resulting in the seal being removed from Massa's gearbox, the title race will come down to the final race of the season in Brazil.

The removal of the seal gave Massa the mandatory penalty but crucially meant that Alonso started on the "clean" side of the track and he capitalised on that by finishing in 3rd behind Vettlel. Although Vettel couldn't celebrate the drivers crown, Red Bull took their third consecutive constructors championship.

Ferrari offered no apology in doing what they did, it's a strange sport where you can gain an advantage by sabotaging a team mate!

Fair play to Hamilton, drove a good race and gains some confidence back after a dismissal string of problems recently.

So in a similar position, the Team DW Brisky league will also head to the final race to secure their champion, although I think it will be a tall order to catch nelson at the top. A relatively high scoring round by all - Rhino & Rickyboy came out on top with 10.25 each, Matty1, R7KY D and nelson following in the 9s. So the leaderboard going into next weekend:

1. nelson - 152.75
   
2. Rickyboy - 149.75
   
3. Rhino - 147.75
   
4. Coops - 145.50
   
5. R7KY D - 142.00
   
6. techie - 139.25
   
7. Will_G - 135.00
   
8. Matty1 - 133.50
   
9. Gruffs - 126.75
   
10. scrim - 118.25
    
11. Mitch - 92.50
    
12. skud vrs - 86.50
    
13. daiking - 71.75
    
14. bigman888 - 65.50
    
15. matt1chelski - 63.50
    
16. Sausage Roll - 58.50
    
17. JMCC21 - 44.75
    
18. MartynVRS - 27.00
    
19. Shug - 26.00
    
20. Scheuy - 25.75
    
21. occyoccyoccy - 21.50
    
22. PhilP1903 - 18.50
    
23. dew1911 - 16.50
    

Roll on Brazil

Crapped out big time there.

But what a brilliant race.

End it is then - the final race weekend of the 2012 season. It's gonna go down to the wire - what are the chances of Massa driving into Vettel at some point!

Get those picks in nice and early, and enjoy race!!

So thats it - the longest F1 calendar has been completed with 20 high charged races throughout the year.

Brazil, as ever, delivered in ensuring that the WDC didn't conclude until the very last lap (well, perhaps one lap before after Di Resta stacked it into the wall!!).

Congratulations to Vettel, comiserations to Alonso and good luck to Hamilton.

Matty1 headed the Team Brisky DW results this week with 8.25, followed by Rhino (7.75), Coops (7.5) and techie (7.25). The balance of the field was on 6.75 points - skud vrs, nelson, Rickyboy, scrim and R7KY D.

The results did little to change the overall leaderboard with nelson taking top spot in the inaugral "Team Brisky DW" prediction league:

1. nelson - 159.00
   
2. Rickyboy - 156.50
   
3. Rhino - 155.50
   
4. Coops - 153.00
   
5. R7KY D - 148.75
   
6. techie - 146.50
   
7. Matty1 - 141.75
   
8. Will_G - 135.00
   
9. Gruffs - 126.75
   
10. scrim - 125.00
    
11. skud vrs - 93.25
    
12. Mitch - 92.50
    
13. daiking - 71.75
    
14. bigman888 - 65.50
    
15. matt1chelski - 63.50
    
16. Sausage Roll - 58.50
    
17. JMCC21 - 44.75
    
18. MartynVRS - 27.00
    
19. Shug - 26.00
    
20. Schuey - 25.75
    
21. occyoccyoccy - 21.50
    
22. dew1911 - 16.50
    

Already looking forward to next season with the changes already afoot.

Many thanks for everyone who took part in the prediction - we'll reconvene next March!!! Thanks again.

Good fun, 6th ain't bad