- Purpose of the Competition
The Pick Six is a group of competitions among
fans of motor racing on the Internet to see who can do the best job
predicting the top six finishing positions of the races in a series.
(There are initally Pick6 competitions for Formula One, CART, IRL,
and the World Rally Championship. Other series may be added later).
There's no money or prizes or anything, other than bragging rights.
- How to participate
The first thing you must do is register for the competitions.
To do this, visit
the registration page and fill out the form there.
Your UserID and email address will not be displayed to
other participants, and we will not furnish your email address
to third parties - it will be used solely for the purposes of
running the competitions. We do ask that you supply
your real name, not a nickname, as part of the registration
process. Registrants who do not abide by this will be asked
to furnish a real name. Refusal (or supplying a name which
later turns out to be invalid) could well result in exclusion from
the competitions - we've had problems with identity assumption
in the past.
We also ask that each player only register once. Obviously
we have no way of checking to see if two distinct email addresses
belong to the same person, so we'll have to trust you on this.
Before each race, fill in the appropriate form.
with your predictions (picks) for 1st through 6th place.
- Deadlines for picks
Picks are due by 6:00am, local time, on the day
of first untimed practice for the race.
Usually this is 6:00 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.
Your pick is validated and registered immediately.
You can confirm this by going to the Pick Query page
Late picks will not be accepted.
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 deadline.
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.
A schedule for each race series can be found on the competition site,
complete with the deadline time for each race. I suggest printing it
out and saving it.
- Picks may be carried over for one race
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 (so 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).
- Scoring
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 8 0 points
finished exactly where predicted 10 points
finished 1 place off from where predicted 8 points
finished 2 places off from where predicted 6 points
finished 3 places off from where predicted 5 points
finished 4 places off from where predicted 4 points
finished 5 places off from where predicted 3 points
finished 6 places off from where predicted 2 points
finished 7 places off from where predicted 1 point
For example, if you picked Alonso to come in 3rd and he did
finish 3rd, you'd score 10 points, but if he finished 5th, you'd
score 6 points. If he finished 9th, 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 somehow manage to 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.
- Determining the Pick6 Champion
The Pick6 Champion will be the player who scores the most total
points over the season. All races will count towards the total.
If multiple players share the top score, they will be declared co-champions.
- The Nations' Cup
In addition to the individual Pick6 Champion, there will be a
"Nations' Cup" awarded. For each race, each country's score towards
the Nations' Cup will be calculated from the scores of players
from that country, based on how many players there are from that
country, as follows:
players from country Country's score determined by
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1 - 4 top player score
5 - 8 mean average of top 2 player scores
9 - 16 mean average of top 3 player scores
17 - 32 mean average of top 4 player scores
33 - 64 mean average of top 5 player scores
65 - 128 mean average of top 6 player scores
129 - 256 mean average of top 7 player scores
257 - 512 mean average of top 8 player scores
513 - 1024 mean average of top 9 player scores
more than 1024 mean average of top 10 player scores
The Nations' Cup champion will be the country that
scores the most total Nations' Cup points over the season.
- The driver Popularity Poll.
You'll notice one "player" in the standings summary called
Popularity Poll. The Popularity Poll's pick for each race is
determined by treating each player's pick for the race as though it
were the real race results, assigning points to the drivers accordingly,
(using the same scoring values as we use in the Pick 6 competitions)
and then taking the top 6 drivers as the pick.
The Popularity Poll thus indicates the collective wisdom of all the
players. For the last several years, it has performed well above average.
- Questions, Comments, etc.
Questions, comments, and whatnot concerning the running of the Pick6
competition should be directed to the Pick6 Coordinator, John Francis,
p6admin@motorsport.com
