• **2026 Pool** Race 2, Chinese GP

    From Mark@mpconmy@gmail.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Mar 10 09:31:44 2026
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    Please post your predictions for the GP in China before the start
    of P1 on 13/03/2026. Times for various timezones appear below, but
    the cutoff is start of practice.

    Pole position:

    P1:
    P2:
    P3:

    There is a web page here where you can see the points/predictions as
    they stand as well as looking at past competitions/scoring systems:

    http://www.conmy.co.uk/f1/f1.cgi

    Track (Shanghai) 13/03/2026 11:30 CST
    Las Vegas 12/03/2026 20:30 PDT
    Austin 12/03/2026 22:30 CDT
    West Coast USA 12/03/2026 20:30 PDT
    East Coast USA 12/03/2026 23:30 EDT
    Ireland/Portugal/UK 13/03/2026 03:30 GMT
    Central Europe 13/03/2026 04:30 CET
    Most of Arabia 13/03/2026 06:30 AST
    Oman/UAE 13/03/2026 07:30 GST
    China 13/03/2026 11:30 CST
    Japan/Korea 13/03/2026 12:30 JST
    Perth 13/03/2026 11:30 AWST
    Adelaide/Darwin 13/03/2026 14:00 ACDT Melbourne/Canberra/Sydney 13/03/2026 14:30 AEDT
    New Zealand 13/03/2026 16:30 NZDT
    Ukraine 13/03/2026 05:30 EET
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  • From Mark@mpconmy@gmail.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Mar 10 09:32:53 2026
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    Well, that couldn't have started worse for me. Let's try again.

    Pole position: RUS

    P1: RUS
    P2: LEC
    P3: ANT
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  • From Martin Harran@martinharran@gmail.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Mar 10 10:29:05 2026
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    Pole position: RUS

    P1: RUS
    P2: VER
    P3: HAM
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  • From vintageapplemac@vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Mar 10 11:20:51 2026
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    In article <10oooe0$46e8$2@dont-email.me>, Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> wrote:

    Please post your predictions for the GP in China before the start
    of P1 on 13/03/2026. Times for various timezones appear below, but
    the cutoff is start of practice.

    Pole position: RUS

    P1: ANT
    P2: RUS
    P3: HAM
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  • From Carl Keehn@carlkeehn@bellsouth.net to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Mar 10 08:17:40 2026
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    On 3/10/2026 5:31 AM, Mark wrote:
    Please post your predictions for the GP in China before the start
    of P1 on 13/03/2026. Times for various timezones appear below, but
    the cutoff is start of practice.

    Pole position:

    P1:
    P2:
    P3:


    Pole Position : Antonelli

    P1: Hamilton
    P2: LeClerc
    P3: Russell
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  • From Phil Carmody@pc+usenet@asdf.org to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Mar 10 14:58:29 2026
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    Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> writes:
    Please post your predictions for the GP in China before the start
    of P1 on 13/03/2026. Times for various timezones appear below, but
    the cutoff is start of practice.

    Pole position: RUS
    P1: RUS
    P2: ANT
    P3: LEC

    Phil
    --
    We are no longer hunters and nomads. No longer awed and frightened, as we have gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization.
    -- NotSanguine on SoylentNews, after Eugen Weber in /The Western Tradition/
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  • From Sreekumar A@sreekumail-jnk@yahoo.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Mar 10 20:34:32 2026
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    Pole position: RUS

    P1: RUS
    P2: LEC
    P3: HAM

    Sreekumar
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  • From Hornplayer9599@Hornplayer9599@aol.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Mar 10 15:42:24 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

    On 3/10/2026 04:31, Mark wrote:
    Please post your predictions for the GP in China before the start
    of P1 on 13/03/2026. Times for various timezones appear below, but
    the cutoff is start of practice.


    Pole: RUS

    P1: RUS
    P2: LEC
    P3: HAM
    --

    Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
    --Carl Sagan
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  • From Mark Jackson@mjackson@alumni.caltech.edu to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Mar 10 17:18:23 2026
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    Pole position: Russell

    P1: Leclerc
    P2: Russell
    P3: Hamilton
    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    The "i" in "LLM" stands for intelligence.
    - Daniel Stenberg
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  • From Hugh Johnson@hugh@nospam.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Mar 10 17:08:39 2026
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    My McLaren boys were nowhere last week. Piastri didn't even make the
    race. SMH For this week I will take:

    Pole: RUS

    P1: RUS
    P2: ANT
    P3: LEC
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  • From dmunz@dlmunz@gmail.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Wed Mar 11 01:39:03 2026
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    Pole position: LEC

    P1: LEC
    P2: RUS
    P3: ANT
    --
    ...hovering like a fly waiting for the windshield on the freeway...rCY
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  • From a425couple@a425couple@hotmail.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Mar 10 20:24:37 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

    On 3/10/26 02:31, Mark wrote:
    Please post your predictions for the GP in China before the start
    of P1 on 13/03/2026. Times for various timezones appear below, but
    the cutoff is start of practice.


    a425couple unimaginatively predicts

    Pole - RUS

    P1 - RUS
    P2 - Ant
    P3 - LEC



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  • From durian@durian@invalid.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Wed Mar 11 13:55:37 2026
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    On 2026-03-10, Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> wrote:

    Please post your predictions for the GP in China before the start
    of P1 on 13/03/2026. Times for various timezones appear below, but
    the cutoff is start of practice.

    Pole: RUS
    P1: RUS
    P2: LEC
    P3: ANT

    -peter

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  • From Mark@mpconmy@gmail.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Wed Mar 11 16:03:23 2026
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    Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> wrote:

    Please post your predictions for the GP in China before the start
    of P1 on 13/03/2026. Times for various timezones appear below, but
    the cutoff is start of practice.

    Pole position:

    P1:
    P2:
    P3:

    I am waiting on:

    Eric
    User8270
    Sir Tim
    ceg
    Ar
    Shaun
    JohnM
    mairsz
    EB5AGV
    Alan Baker

    I have:

    Entrant Pole 1 2 3
    Mark RUS RUS LEC ANT
    Mark Jackson RUS LEC RUS HAM
    Phil Carmody RUS RUS ANT LEC
    D Munz LEC LEC RUS ANT
    Hornplayer9599 RUS RUS LEC HAM
    Martin Harran RUS RUS VER HAM
    Carl Keehn ANT HAM LEC RUS
    scole RUS ANT RUS HAM
    Sreekumar A RUS RUS LEC HAM
    a425couple RUS RUS ANT LEC
    durian RUS RUS LEC ANT
    Hugh RUS RUS ANT LEC
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  • From ~misfit~@shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Thu Mar 12 09:57:50 2026
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    On 10/03/2026 10:31 pm, Mark wrote:

    Pole: RUS

    P1: RUS
    P2: ANT
    P3: HAM
    Thanks Mark.
    --
    Shaun.

    "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification
    in the DSM"
    David Melville.
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  • From Eric@nawww@afraidnot.org to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Wed Mar 11 17:25:02 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

    On 2026-03-10 3:31am, Mark wrote:
    Please post your predictions for the GP in China before the start
    of P1 on 13/03/2026. Times for various timezones appear below, but
    the cutoff is start of practice.


    Pole: RUS
    P1: RUS
    P2: HAM
    P3: ANT

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  • From User8270@usenet.8270@protonmail.ch to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Thu Mar 12 02:27:15 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

    On 2026-03-10 5:31 a.m., Mark wrote:
    Please post your predictions for the GP in China before the start
    of P1 on 13/03/2026. Times for various timezones appear below, but
    the cutoff is start of practice.

    Pole: RUS

    P1: RUS
    P2: LEC
    P3: VER
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  • From Sir Tim@no_email@invalid.invalid to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Thu Mar 12 07:56:45 2026
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    Pole position: RUS

    P1: RUS

    P2: ANT

    P3: VER
    --
    Sir Tim
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  • From JohnM@john.milner@gmx.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Thu Mar 12 09:15:11 2026
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    Pole position: RUS

    P1: RUS

    P2: LEC

    P3: VER
    --
    JohnM
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  • From EB5AGV@jose.gavila@gmail.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Thu Mar 12 10:19:52 2026
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    Pole position: RUS

    P1: RUS
    P2: ANT
    P3: VER
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  • From ceg@mpconmy@gmail.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Thu Mar 12 09:24:14 2026
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    Posting for ceg...

    Pole position: RUS

    P1: RUS
    P2: ANT
    P3: VER

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  • From Mark@mpconmy@gmail.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Thu Mar 12 09:26:42 2026
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    Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> wrote:

    Please post your predictions for the GP in China before the start
    of P1 on 13/03/2026. Times for various timezones appear below, but
    the cutoff is start of practice.

    Pole position:

    P1:
    P2:
    P3:

    Unsurprisingly, the voting is pretty clear for pole and win, but a bit
    more mixed after that...

    P: RUS(17), with 1: LEC, ANT
    1: RUS(15), LEC(2), with 1: HAM, ANT
    2: LEC(7), ANT(7), RUS(3), with 1: VER, HAM
    3: HAM(6), VER(5), ANT(4), LEC(3), with 1: RUS

    I am waiting on:

    Ar
    mairsz
    Alan Baker

    I have:

    Entrant Pole 1 2 3
    Mark RUS RUS LEC ANT
    Mark Jackson RUS LEC RUS HAM
    Phil Carmody RUS RUS ANT LEC
    D Munz LEC LEC RUS ANT
    Hornplayer9599 RUS RUS LEC HAM
    Eric RUS RUS HAM ANT
    User8270 RUS RUS LEC VER
    Martin Harran RUS RUS VER HAM
    Sir Tim RUS RUS ANT VER
    Carl Keehn ANT HAM LEC RUS
    scole RUS ANT RUS HAM
    Sreekumar A RUS RUS LEC HAM
    ceg RUS RUS ANT VER
    Shaun RUS RUS ANT HAM
    JohnM RUS RUS LEC VER
    a425couple RUS RUS ANT LEC
    EB5AGV RUS RUS ANT VER
    durian RUS RUS LEC ANT
    Hugh RUS RUS ANT LEC
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  • From Ar@Ar@127.0.0.1 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Thu Mar 12 15:23:04 2026
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    On 10/03/2026 09:31, Mark wrote:

    Pole position: George Russell

    P1: Charles Leclerc
    P2: George Russell
    P3: Lando Norris

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  • From Alan@nuh-uh@nope.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Thu Mar 12 12:48:49 2026
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    On 2026-03-10 02:31, Mark wrote:
    Please post your predictions for the GP in China before the start
    of P1 on 13/03/2026. Times for various timezones appear below, but
    the cutoff is start of practice.



    Pole position: Russell

    P1: Russell
    P2: Leclerc
    P3: Antonelli
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  • From Mark@mpconmy@gmail.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Fri Mar 13 10:55:20 2026
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    Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> wrote:

    Please post your predictions for the GP in China before the start
    of P1 on 13/03/2026. Times for various timezones appear below, but
    the cutoff is start of practice.

    Pole position:

    P1:
    P2:
    P3:

    I have:

    Entrant Pole 1 2 3
    Mark RUS RUS LEC ANT
    Mark Jackson RUS LEC RUS HAM
    Phil Carmody RUS RUS ANT LEC
    D Munz LEC LEC RUS ANT
    Hornplayer9599 RUS RUS LEC HAM
    Eric RUS RUS HAM ANT
    User8270 RUS RUS LEC VER
    Martin Harran RUS RUS VER HAM
    Sir Tim RUS RUS ANT VER
    Carl Keehn ANT HAM LEC RUS
    scole RUS ANT RUS HAM
    Sreekumar A RUS RUS LEC HAM
    ceg RUS RUS ANT VER
    Ar RUS LEC RUS NOR
    Shaun RUS RUS ANT HAM
    JohnM RUS RUS LEC VER
    mairsz RUS RUS LEC ANT
    a425couple RUS RUS ANT LEC
    EB5AGV RUS RUS ANT VER
    durian RUS RUS LEC ANT
    Hugh RUS RUS ANT LEC
    Alan Baker RUS RUS LEC ANT
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