Nosecone destruction championship

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 19 Apr 2009, 13:16

Well, I have collected the damaged front wings this year. Here's what I have caught so far this year. Only ones where driver pits and continues are counted, so if you retire from the crash, that doesn't count. I think bonus must be awarded if driver destroys two front wings in same race. So second one in one race is worth of two.

Australia: Webber, Sutil, Barrichello
Malaysia: Buemi
China: Piquet x2, Kubica x2, Glock, Buemi

So we have at the moment:
Piquet 3
Kubica 3
Buemi 2
Webber 1
Sutil 1
Barrichello 1
Glock 1

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 19 Apr 2009, 13:20

Now all we need is a DNF/DSQ championship :lol:

Anyways I think this should be the points system:
1 point if you lose a front wing in a race
2 points for the 2nd and 1 more point for every wing thereafter
5 points if you take someone out in the process (That means Webber, Barichello and Kubica all get 5 extra points :lol:

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StoneColdSpider · Post by **StoneColdSpider** » 19 Apr 2009, 14:26

i like that idea Wizzie

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 19 Apr 2009, 18:10

Barrichello had his front wing damaged in collision with Räikkönen around lap 8 in Melbourne, so he doesn't deserve bonus. But it's good idea to give bonus points if other driver retires.

StoneColdSpider · Post by **StoneColdSpider** » 20 Apr 2009, 05:08

Blue i think u will find that he had damaged it before on the 1st corner crash (which i think he took out Hekki in) and it was already damaged when he slightly tagged Kimi's ferrari and the piece finally came off....

Captain Hammer · Post by **Captain Hammer** » 20 Apr 2009, 09:14

I think Adrian Sutil should get double point for what he did down at turn five yesterday.

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 20 Apr 2009, 09:28

Captain Hammer wrote:I think Adrian Sutil should get double point for what he did down at turn five yesterday.

Plus a nice trophy and all the Indian beer he wants. :mrgreen:

ZBF1 · Post by **ZBF1** » 20 Apr 2009, 12:49

you do know Piquet will win this title

even if he does only last a few more races

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 24 Apr 2009, 20:57

Does Piquet's nose change during practice count as a point?

Nin13 · Post by **Nin13** » 25 Apr 2009, 12:20

tristan1117 wrote:Does Piquet's nose change during practice count as a point?

If that's the case then Piquet Jr. will win the championship during pre-season testing itself........... Unfair on other drivers...............

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 26 Apr 2009, 11:26

I decided that causing another driver to retire would give you triple points. So it's three points for normal situation and six points with your second nosecone. I think that deciding factor is on which car you destroy your front wing. So if car A (A loses front wing) hits car B and car B hits then car C who retires, no bonus points for A.

Regarding practice incidents I don't follow every practice so it could cause me to lose someone and I would like so I wouldn't give points for that.

So with those rules:
Kubica 5
Piquet 3
Webber 3
Buemi 2
Sutil 1
Barrichello 1
Glock 1

First tiebreaker will be the amount of nosecone changes.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 26 Apr 2009, 15:20

Kubica, Heidfeld, Massa and Nakajima for the points today.

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 01 May 2009, 19:43

i think we should settle the drivers title this way.... not the ABBA method....

Reverie Planetarian · Post by **Reverie Planetarian** » 01 May 2009, 19:45

Well it WOULD be quicker and more conclusive...

Yannick · Post by **Yannick** » 01 May 2009, 20:27

I'm actually pretty surprised by Kubica's strong performance in this discipline. Before the start of the season, I hadn't expected him to be anywhere close to where he is in the points standings now.

Keirdre · Post by **Keirdre** » 06 May 2009, 19:08

Top stuff, I'm going to enjoy this.

Nin13 · Post by **Nin13** » 07 May 2009, 16:22

I think Piquet Jr. will take over the lead this week in Spain!!

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 07 May 2009, 16:38

Nin13 wrote:I think Piquet Jr. will take over the lead this week in Spain!!

He can't lose three in one weekend at the most bland racetrack in F1...

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 07 May 2009, 16:48

thehemogoblin wrote:
Nin13 wrote:I think Piquet Jr. will take over the lead this week in Spain!!

He can't lose three in one weekend at the most bland racetrack in F1...

Hmmm...

Faustus · Post by **Faustus** » 07 May 2009, 18:54

thehemogoblin wrote:
Nin13 wrote:I think Piquet Jr. will take over the lead this week in Spain!!

He can't lose three in one weekend at the most bland racetrack in F1...

Don't underestimate him!

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 07 May 2009, 20:47

After Bahrain GP I thought about other bonus points: double points for hitting team-mate, which would give Kubica and Massa double there. Heidfeld had his front wing damaged on other contact. Causing your team-mate would be worth of 6 points (causing retirement+team-mate)

Kubica 7 (0-0-5-2)
Piquet 3 (0-0-3-0)
Webber 3 (3-0-0-0)
Buemi 2 (0-1-1-0)
Massa 2 (0-0-0-2)
Sutil 1 (1-0-0-0)
Barrichello 1 (1-0-0-0)
Glock 1 (0-0-1-0)
Heidfeld 1 (0-0-0-1)
Nakajima 1 (0-0-0-1)

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 07 May 2009, 20:50

I agree, Bleu. With something like that system, all Nelsinho has to do is aim for the other anvil-nosed car when he's lapped and that's instant success!

hclw · Post by **hclw** » 07 May 2009, 21:46

The system should be rigged so that Nelson Piquet is always at the top

This is the natural order of things

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 07 May 2009, 22:09

hclw wrote:The system should be rigged so that Nelson Piquet is always at the top

This is the natural order of things

Let's just say that the rate of inflation for nosecones for Brazilian drivers is 4 times as high as nosecones for drivers of other nationalities.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 08 May 2009, 10:14

Nin13 wrote:I think Piquet Jr. will take over the lead this week in Spain!!

From the way the season's gone so far, though, I wouldn't go against Kubica. He's had a brilliant start to this championship, and the way the things are going in the alternate championship, I don't think he'd want to waste this golden oppurtunity

Yannick · Post by **Yannick** » 11 May 2009, 13:30

So who scored in the Nosecone Championship in Spain? I think the collision at the start was the only reason for nosecones coming off, wasn't it?

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 11 May 2009, 18:58

Nakajima got his front wing damaged, but he didn't seem to be part of those two incidents which took four cars out so no bonus for him.

Yannick · Post by **Yannick** » 14 May 2009, 15:11

Bleu, does that mean that merely one driver scored a point in the nosecone championship in Spain?

Yannick · Post by **Yannick** » 25 May 2009, 09:26

It was utterly surprising at least to me that no driver damaged the nosecone of his car on the first lap in Monaco. Wow!

Still, Massa's spin at the swimming pool in qualifying damaged one, and Kovalainen's race-ending spin at the same spot did so, too. If I recall correctly, Hamilton had one changed during a pitstop. And when Buemi went into the back of Nelsinho, that destroyed the nosecone for sure.
I'm sure I missed somebody here.

What's the new highscore in the nosecone championship after the Monaco GP?

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 25 May 2009, 11:47

Didn't one of the Toyotas or Beamers pit for a new nosecone as well?

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 25 May 2009, 12:19

Kubica's early pit stop was due to puncture.

I recall that Hamilton was only one who had nosecone changed following his earlier clash with Heidfeld. So Lewis only for the point.

Code: Select all

Kubica   0   0   5   2   0   0                                    7
Piquet   0   0   3   0   0   0                                    3
Webber   3   0   0   0   0   0                                    3
Buemi   0   1   1   0   0   0                                    2
Nakajima   0   0   0   1   1   0                                    2
Massa   0   0   0   2   0   0                                    2
Sutil   1   0   0   0   0   0                                    1
Barrichello   1   0   0   0   0   0                                    1
Glock   0   0   1   0   0   0                                    1
Heidfeld   0   0   0   1   0   0                                    1
Hamilton   0   0   0   0   0   1                                    1

rffp · Post by **rffp** » 25 May 2009, 12:28

Buemi destroyed his nosecone in Monaco, shouldn't he get a point?

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 25 May 2009, 15:01

rffp wrote:Buemi destroyed his nosecone in Monaco, shouldn't he get a point?

He was out on the spot so no points.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 08 Jun 2009, 07:18

Turkish Grand Prix brought points for Barrichello and Räikkönen.

Code: Select all

KUB   0   0   5   2   0   0   0                                 7   3
PIQ   0   0   3   0   0   0   0                                 3   2
WEB   3   0   0   0   0   0   0                                 3   1
BUE   0   1   1   0   0   0   0                                 2   2
NAK   0   0   0   1   1   0   0                                 2   2
BAR   1   0   0   0   0   0   1                                 2   2
MAS   0   0   0   2   0   0   0                                 2   1
SUT   1   0   0   0   0   0   0                                 1   1
GLO   0   0   1   0   0   0   0                                 1   1
HEI   0   0   0   1   0   0   0                                 1   1
HAM   0   0   0   0   0   1   0                                 1   1
RAI   0   0   0   0   0   0   1                                 1   1

Last two numbers there are overall points and number of destroyed nosecones.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 08 Jun 2009, 11:01

I do remember seeing Raikkonen damage his front wing but I can't remember him changing it.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 08 Jun 2009, 14:40

His pit stop was missed by tv cameras but he said it in his comments for Finnish TV.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 21 Sep 2009, 19:28

Just remembered I had not updated this.

British GP
Heidfeld, Bourdais

German GP
Trulli, Sutil

Hungarian GP
Vettel

European GP
Buemi, Grosjean

Belgian GP
Sutil

Italian GP
Kubica

Kubica gets bonus for Webber DNF, as did Bourdais for tangle with Kovalainen

Kubica 10 4
Buemi 3 3
Sutil 3 3
Piquet 3 2
Webber 3 1
Bourdais 3 1
Nakajima 2 2
Barrichello 2 2
Heidfeld 2 2
Massa 2 1
Glock 1 1
Hamilton 1 1
Räikkönen 1 1
Trulli 1 1
Vettel 1 1
Grosjean 1 1

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 21 Sep 2009, 21:12

Well, at least Kubica's winning something this year. And quite handily, I might add.

Cynon · Post by **Cynon** » 21 Sep 2009, 23:17

Perhaps this is the championship Murray Walker predicted Kubica would win...

Yannick · Post by **Yannick** » 25 Sep 2009, 11:01

Yeah! Nosecones is back! Thank you for updating this tally.