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Japan	USA	Italy	Hungary
Germany	Britain	France	Europe
Canada	Monaco	Austria	Spain
San Marino	Brazil	Malaysia	Australia
Overall

Top 10 Japan

The final round of the season had a below average score as several of the top team drivers either retired or had problems. Still a number of players managed to correctly pick 6 out of the top 8 finishers.

The top scorers for this round:

Gordy top scored this round with 33 points after managing to pick 5 of the top 8 finishers with 1st and 3rd in their exact place as well as a perfect Pole pick. transam and Prof were tied for 2nd with 32 points each while yesfilis and Zguy ended up tied in 4th with 30 points each.

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Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	Gordy	Australia	33
2	transam	United States	32
2	Prof	Australia	32
4	yesfilis	Greece	30
4	Zguy	United States	30
6	bcainslc	United States	29
6	bengerman	Canada	29
8	Tracey63	Australia	28
9	Schumi Rulez	Malaysia	27
9	Impending Doom	Canada	27
9	aqualaren	Indonesia	27
9	Jman	Finland	27
9	gdbenz	India	27
9	scuderia	Burundi	27

High Score : 33
Low Score : 7
Average Score: 18.08
Popular Pick Score: 16

Top 10 USA

A low scoring round due to several drivers from the top 4 teams not finishing. Despite the odd result, a number of players did manage to pick 6 of the top 8 finishers correctly!

The top scorers for this round:

Hamish top scores this round with 37 points and with a 4 point margin over SANJU in second place. Puskok in 3rd was 9 points behind.
Hamish picked 6 of the top 8 finishers and had 1st, 4th, 5th and 6th in their exact places but like most of the players, Hamish didn't pick the pole pick and hence only scored 2 overall bonus points. SANJU on the other hand had only 5 of the top 8 finishers and only 1st and 2nd in their exact place but picking the correct pole winner helped boost SANJU's score.

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Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	Hamish	Ireland	37
2	SANJU	India	33
3	Pushok	Russian Federation	28
4	ozzieoz	New Zealand	27
4	Dee Dodecanise	Australia	27
4	andy looi	Malaysia	27
4	Blacky	Australia	27
8	The Meanest	New Zealand	26
8	KevinF	Australia	26
8	Alan Liu	China	26
8	slinger256	Canada	26

High Score : 37
Low Score : 5
Average Score: 18.41
Popular Pick Score: 14

Top 10 Italy

The second highest average score so far this season thanks to a very predictable top 5 (those picking Ralf Schumacher got his replacement's result). Despite that, no player managed to pick all 8 but the majority had 7 or 6 correct picks. The variation in the scores was mainly to do with the order of those picks.

The top scorers for this round:

Alli top scored this round with 51 points even though only 6 correct picks were picked. But those 6 picks were all in their exact place thus earning Alli 2 bonus points for each of those. lkeesoon and Poppy in 2nd and 3rd also only managed 6 picks but had the top 5 in the correct place.

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Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	Alli	Philippines	51
2	lkeesoon	Malaysia	50
3	Poppy	Australia	49
4	Stepp	United States	48
5	JAC	United States	47
5	Shannon Harding	Australia	47
5	Alvin	United Kingdom	47
5	Jim	Australia	47
5	Lara	Australia	47
5	Bashar	Saudi Arabia	47

High Score : 51
Low Score : 15
Average Score: 34.52
Popular Pick Score: 29

Top 10 Hungary

The average score this round was just slightly above the average for the whole season despite most players picking 6 or more drivers correctly however very few have picked in the correct order and hence the relatively lower scoring.

The top scorers for this round:

majorthorn top scored this round with 42 points after picking 7 of the top 8 finishers with 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 7th in their exact places. major thorn also scored 2 points for the Pole pick and an overall 6 bonus points.
DC was second with 40 points while Gary McGuigan and Will were equal third with 39 points each.
8 players managed to pick all 8 correctly but none of them scored any points for their Pole pick which also resulted in halving their overall bonus points. BimmerDave and wen where the highest scoring players with 8 picks with 38 points.

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Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	majorthorn	New Zealand	42
2	DC	Canada	40
3	Gary McGuigan	Australia	39
3	Will	South Africa	39
5	Whoopla	New Zealand	38
5	BimmerDave	Canada	38
5	wen	Australia	38
8	Spritely	Australia	37
8	Stuck	Greece	37
8	Sas	Australia	37

High Score : 42
Low Score : 9
Average Score: 26.21
Popular Pick Score: 29

Top 10 Germany

The second lowest scoring round of the season so far thanks to the retirement of 3 of the top 8 drivers on the first lap and Michael Schumacher's tyre failure towards the end of the race dropping him from a potential 2nd to 7th place.
Add to that the fact that Michael Schumacher didn't make the top 3 on the grid on Saturday and that dropped the average score even further..

The top scorers for this round:

TotoMooto top scored this round with 37 points after picking 6 of the top 8 finishers with the top 3 in their exact places.
mail4gus and PCARVA tied for second with 34 points each while Alli and Bubba tied for 4th with 32 points each.
10 players managed to pick 6 out of the top 8 finishers.

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Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	TotoMooto	Falkland Islands	37
2	mail4gus	United States	34
2	PCARVA	Argentina	34
4	Alli	Philippines	32
4	Bubba	United States	32
6	WinstonCHL	Canada	31
7	Doubleur	Australia	29
8	Stew	Australia	28
9	effone	Canada	27
9	jclab	Canada	27
9	BimmerDave	Canada	27

High Score : 37
Low Score : 5
Average Score: 16.77
Popular Pick Score: 15

Top 10 Britain

An exciting race that had an unusual starting grid, 2 safety car conditions and lots of overtaking.
With Rubens Barrichello winning and Michael Schumacher only managing 4th as well as Ralf not finishing in the points, the scores in the competition were affected and the average score this round was 26.92.

The top scorers for this round:

'Rubens the best' and 'JFDI Racing' top score this round with 39 points each. 'Rubens the best' managed to pick 6 of the top 8 finishers with 1st in the exact place and unlike most in the competition, 'Rubens the best' scored 4 points for the Pole pick - naturally!
'JFDI Racing' managed to pick 7 out of the top 8 finishers with 3rd, 5th and 7th in the exact place. Unfortunately like most in the competition 'JFDI Racing' didn't score any points for the Pole pick and thus halving the overall bonus awarded.
No player managed to pick all 8 drivers and only 8 players managed to pick 7 out of the top 8.

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Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	Rubens the best	Syria	39
1	JFDI Racing	Australia	39
3	BAKKUS	Australia	38
3	petro	Romania	38
3	Minardifan2002	United Kingdom	38
3	jclab	Canada	38
3	Tracey63	Australia	38
8	Teaser	United Kingdom	37
8	Chicane6	United States	37
8	Fred	Philippines	37
8	Cunning Runt	United States	37

High Score : 39
Low Score : 14
Average Score: 26.92
Popular Pick Score: 27

Top 10 France

With the double retirement from Renault and the dominance of Williams for the second race in a row, the results this round have significantly affected the overall rank of some players.
Michael Schumacher still retains the top spot in the popularity picks but only by a tiny margin over Kimi Raikkonen with Juan Pablo Montoya close behind. And for the first time this season, Mark Webber manages to take Jarno Trulli's place in the top 8 following his recent solid run of points finishes.

The top scorers for this round:

Filip-Danie top scores this round despite picking only 6 out of the top 8 finishers but 5 of the picks were in their exact places earning Flip-Danie valuable bonus points. 30 harry came second just a point behind after picking 7 of the top 8 finishers but only 3 of them in the exact place.
Only one player (Tris ranked 15th this round) in the competition managed to pick all the top 8 finishers but had only 1 pick in the exact place.

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Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	Filip-Danie	Romania	49
2	30 harry	Canada	48
3	Fisico	United States	44
3	Andy Pandy	Australia	44
3	ROAR	United States	44
6	Dale Perrin	Australia	43
6	tan vicious	Malaysia	43
6	JL	Australia	43
6	Maria Elias	Australia	43
6	Hondo Lane	Ireland	43

High Score : 49
Low Score : 11
Average Score: 31.34
Popular Pick Score: 34

Top 10 Europe

With 3 retirements out of the top 4 teams and Michael Schumacher finishing in 5th, scoring for this round was the 3rd lowest so far this season with an average of 25.7.

The top scorers for this round:

Chinna defies the trend and scores 42 points picking 7 out of the 8 finishers with 3rd, 4th and 7th in their exact places. cigy came a close second with 40 points also picking 7 out of the 8 finishers with 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th. cigy however scored 0 for the pole pick and halved the overall bonus to 3 points.
None of the players managed to pick all 8 (regardless of order) correctly this round. A total of 9 players managed to pick 7 out of the 8 finishers.

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Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	Chinna	India	42
2	cigy	Australia	40
3	robracer	Canada	37
4	Whiteman	Australia	36
4	tan vicious	Malaysia	36
6	Tomcat	Untied Kingdom	35
6	zuzi	United States	35
6	Rachie	Australia	35
9	Stormking	Australia	34
9	GAZ914	Australia	34
9	asrar	Malaysia	34
9	Kev	Australia	34
9	Hal	United States	34
9	Wasicun	United States	34
9	amenlo	Malaysia	34
9	Gally	United Kingdom	34
9	JR	United Kingdom	34
9	Vattonero	Italy	34

High Score : 42
Low Score : 12
Average Score: 25.70
Popular Pick Score: 26

Top 10 Canada

Whilst there was a high failure rate in Canada, it was mainly with the midfield runners. Only 2 out of the 8 top cars failed to finish in the top 8. This resulted in a relatively high scoring round in the competition.

The top scorers for this round:

mosh wins this round with 47 points after picking 7 out of the top 8 with 1st, 4th, 6th and 7th in the exact place. Rah came in second with 45 with McMash in 3rd.
None of the players managed to pick all 8 (regardless of order) correctly this round.

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Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	mosh	Romania	47
2	Rah	Australia	45
3	McMash	Austria	44
4	Shannon Harding	Australia	42
4	Porsche	Hong Kong	42
6	KevinF	Australia	41
6	estuardo avila	Guatemala	41
6	asrar	Malaysia	41
9	Dale Perrin	Australia	40
9	Tomcat	United Kingdom	40
9	milsfromnz	New Zealand	40
9	Locky	Australia	40
9	Craigg	Australia	40
9	vagfin	Greece	40
9	Johnny	Australia	40
9	Alan Liu	Australia	40

High Score : 47
Low Score : 13
Average Score: 31.01
Popular Pick Score: 35

Top 10 Monaco

This year the Monaco Grand Prix produced results that weren't so unpredictable but since most players expected an unpredictable result the overall scoring wasn't that high.

The top scorers for this round:

Fakhrul wins this round with 48 points after picking all 8 with 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th in the exact place as well as picking Montoya for Pole earning Fakhrul maximum overall bonus points. Michael Buffinton and darby were tied in second. Michael only managed 7 correct picks but had 1st, 2,d and 3rd in the exact place. darby managed all 8 but had only 4th and 6th in the exact place.
A total of 55 players had picked all 8 drivers in the top 8.

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Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	Fakhrul	Malaysia	48
2	Michael Buffinton	Australia	43
2	darby	Australia	43
4	Stuck	Greece	41
4	jagermeister	United States	41
4	fyza	Malaysia	41
7	adiles	Romania	40
7	Alberto Rojas	Paraguay	40
7	Fisico	United States	40
10	MG	Romania	39
10	foon	United States	39
10	Greg	South Africa	39
10	frankye	Canada	39

High Score : 48
Low Score : 9
Average Score: 27.51
Popular Pick Score: 30

Top 10 Austria

The second highest average-score so far this season behind San Marino. Out of the top 4 teams only Montoya and Alonso didn't make it and hence the relatively high score.

The top scorers for this round:

Monte and Deac top scored this round, each picking 6 in their exact place (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 8th) as well as the pole pick.
charles DeLorenzo, bengerman and KevinF all managed to pick 7 of the top 8 finishers but each had 3 or more of the drivers not in their exact finishing place.

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Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	Monte	Australia	49
1	Deac	United States	49
3	charles DeLorenzo	United States	48
3	bengerman	Canada	48
3	KevinF	Australia	48
6	Ashish	India	47
6	Bob	Malaysia	47
6	Saba	Australia	47
6	Steve Burn	Australia	47
10	Meghan	Australia	46
10	Tris	Australia	46
10	hardwolf	United States	46

High Score : 49
Low Score : 11
Average Score: 33.51
Popular Pick Score: 41

Top 10 Spain

An above average scoring round which is a bit surprising given that neither McLaren finished and nor did Trulli but it appears that a lot of players had expected some of the other teams to be strong here.

The top scorers for this round:

Tris and spaceymcnutty top score this round with 41 points each. The way each managed to score though was completely different!. Tris only managed to pick 5 out of the 8 drivers but all 5 were in the exact position (1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th). Tris also picked the Pole correctly. spaceymcnutty managed 7 (the only player in the competition to do so) but only 3 were in the exact place (1st, 4th, 7th). spaceymcnutty picked 2nd on the grid for Pole scoring points but not the maximum.
3 players shared third place and 6 players shared 6th!!.

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Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	Tris	Australia	41
1	spaceymcnutty	United States	41
3	delf	Australia	40
3	JAC	United States	40
3	Lyn	New Zealand	40
6	bengerman	Canada	39
6	Mickey	United Kingdom	39
6	Ned	Australia	39
6	vexxev	Australia	39
6	Gazza	Untied Kingdom	39
6	Chris Herbert	Australia	39

High Score : 41
Low Score : 5
Average Score: 27.90
Popular Pick Score: 31

Top 10 San Marino

A high scoring round thanks to no retirements from the top 4 teams. Jenson Button was the only driver out of the top 4 teams to make it into the top 8.

The top scorers for this round:

For the first time in the competition we have players who picked all 8 correctly. 8 players did so but none managed to pick all 8 in the exact place. The closest was chumbawa who managed to pick 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th and 8th with 4th and 5th swapped. chumbawa also picked Michael Schumacher for Pole and thus receiving maximum points for Pole and also received 10 bonus points. Anakin was second after picking 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th. Anakin's pole pick was Rubens Barrichello and thus scoring just 1 points for pole. Still Anakin managed 10 bonus points.
5 players shared third place, two of whom managed to pick 8 while the other 3 managed to pick 7 but had more exact places in their picks.
It is worth noting that chumbawa had only entered the competition at the round of Brazil, following the round of San Marino chumbawa is up into 81st place overall. With a score of 61 (the perfect score is 66) chumbawa is now almost guaranteed to be among the top 5 individual scorers who will win a prize by the end of the season.

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Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	chumbawa	New Zealand	61
2	Anakin	United Kingdom	55
3	Kev	Australia	50
3	Chinna	India	50
3	flyingcave	Spain	50
3	Leshik	Russian Federation	50
3	Pablo Senna	Canada	50
8	Bran	United States	49
9	keme	Malaysia	48
9	Lyn	New Zealand	48
9	DC	Canada	48
9	Steven Pazin	Australia	48
9	Sumo	Australia	48

High Score : 61
Low Score : 3
Average Score: 34.72
Popular Pick Score: 48

Top 10 Brazil

A low scoring round due to the high attrition rate and the strange result that followed!. The top score this round was 28 while the average score was just 15.72!

The top scorers for this round:

5 players share the top spot for this round. VLNV managed to pick 7 out of the top 8 with only 2nd place in the exact finishing order. The rest managed to correctly pick 6 out of the top8. Scoring this round was very close with the top 10 players separated by just 2 points!

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Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	VLNV	Australia	28
1	jagermeister	United States	28
1	Viv	Canada	28
1	zuzi	United States	28
1	VivekS	Canada	28
6	pauline wallace	United Kingdom	27
6	GhoGho	United States	27
6	Neo	Romania	27
9	Vash824	United States	26
9	aabc01	Brazil	26
9	Vova J	Russian Federation	26
9	biye	Malaysia	26
9	Prof	Australia	26

High Score : 28
Low Score : 6
Average Score: 15.72
Popular Pick Score: 18

Top 10 Malaysia

The first corner incident caused a bit of mixup resulting in an unexpected result. With Coulthard and Montoya out of the points and Michael Schumacher finishing 6th, a lot of players didn't score too well, however those who decided not to pick them this round got lucky and scored well!

The top scorers for this round:

Mark Coffey scored 39 points after picking 7 out of the top 8, 6 other players also managed to pick 7, however Mark was closest to the mark picking 2nd, 4th and 8th in the exact place picking up bonus points there.
Raceace also managed to pick 7 out of the top 8 however only had 2nd and 8th in the exact place. Raceace scored 38 points.
Gates managed to also score 38 points despite only picking 6 out of the top 8 but had 2nd, 4th and 5th in the exact place.
All top 3 picked Michael Schumacher for pole scoring 1 point and maximising their bonus points depending on the number of their correct picks.

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Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	Mark Coffey	United States	39
2	Raceace	United Kingdom	38
2	Gates	New Zealand	38
4	Screwface	Australia	36
4	amenlo	Malaysia	36
4	KNIGHT RACING	United Kingdom	36
7	bububoy	Malaysia	35
7	John Iannantuono	Australia	35
9	Red Arrows	Ireland	34
9	aabc01	Brazil	34

High Score : 39
Low Score : 3
Average Score: 21.89
Popular Pick Score: 22

Top 10 Australia

The first race of the 2003 season didn't turn out to be as unpredictable as expected and that was mainly due to the good reliability of the cars and no first corner incidents!.

The top scorers for this round:

elherrero only managed to pick 5 out of the top 8 but managed to pick 2nd, 3rd and 5th in their exact places thus scoring bonus points for those three.
Alli managed to pick 7 out of the top 8 however only the 2nd place pick was in the exact place.
goggles pizano managed to pick 6 out of the top 8 with only the first pick in the exact place.
All top 3 managed a perfect Pole score thus maximising their bonus points depending on the number of their correct picks.
No player managed to pick all 8 this round. 24 players managed to pick 7 out of the top 8.

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Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	elherrero	Dominican Republic	39
1	Alli	Philippines	39
3	goggles pizano	Canada	38
4	EFFONE	Canada	37
4	Jezza	Australia	37
6	Skruff	New Zealand	36
6	pit5bul	Romania	36
6	Ashish	India	36
6	Amminadab	Australia	36
10	Vic	Australia	35
10	boicus	Romania	35
10	jagermeister	United States	35
10	Yvann	Philippines	35