Tipping Rules

REGISTRATION

All entry money must be paid by the end of March (F1) or start of season (MotoGP), no exceptions.

All tips must be submitted via the website by the start of Qualifying at each round. No tips are accepted via email, sms or facebook.

SCORING

SEASON: Before the start of Round 1, each person is to select 1 driver and 1 team who they think will win the year's World Drivers Championship (WDC) and World Constructors Championship (WCC).

RACE: Each round you must select a driver for Pole Position, and 3 drivers for the race. Points are weighted such that the emphasis is on selecting your 1st driver to finish 1st, 2nd in 2nd and 3rd in 3rd.

For each of your 3 drivers, they are assigned points whenever they finish in the Top 5, as per this table:

points_table

* 5 Bonus points will be awarded for tipping a Perfect Round of Pole, 1st driver 1st, 2nd in 2nd and 3rd in 3rd.

Maximum score for any round is 67 points (perfect round including bonus points).

JACKPOT SCORING

In the F1, a Round Jackpot has been introduced to try and add a bit of spice to each round as well as keep the comp interesting for those that may find themselves out of contention before the end of the season. WDC and WCC points do not contribute to the weekly jackpot scores if they are won mid-season by a driver or team. This jackpot will start in Round 2.

Depending on numbers, the MotoGP will have occassional jackpots for round scores or novelty selections.

As the flow chart explains, the Round Jackpot will go to the highest scoring tipster as long, as they are the sole highest scorer. The high score does not have to be a perfect round. If there are joint highest scorers then the money will jackpot to the following round.

flowchart

In the event of the jackpot not being won in the final round a countback will occur:

  • Total points since last jackpot was paid.
  • If still locked on points the money will be split

FORGETTING TO TIP

If you forgot to tip for any race during the season prior to the start of the qualifying session, you will be given your Pole, Driver 1, Driver 2 and Driver 3 selections from the previous race. However, you will only receive HALF POINTS (rounded up to nearest full point) and you are ineligible to win the jackpot for that round. The best advice is to tip early and then re-tip if you decide to change your selections. There is no limit to the number of times that you can change your tips prior to the cut-off.

END OF SEASON COUNTBACK

In the event of final tipping positions finishing in a draw the following countback will occur in a similar way to how the actual WDC & WCC are decided.

Countback stages will be as follows, until a winner is decided:

  • Total number of perfect rounds selected
  • Total number of times selecting 1st, 2nd & 3rd in correct order
  • Total number of times selecting 1st, 2nd in correct order & pole
  • Total number of times selecting 1st, 2nd in correct order
  • Total number of times selecting 1st & pole
  • Total number of times selecting 1st
  • If still equal the money will be split

PRIZE MONEY

Prize Money will be determined once final numbers are known. The top 10% of the field will receive prize money, scaled accordingly.

All entry money is pooled and returned as prize money (end of season and jackpot prizes)

In the event scores are still tied the money will be split in the following manner:

OBJECTIONS

At the end of the day, this is a bit of fun. All final rulings to be made by Trent. 😉

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