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Before the qualifying period for each race begins, you must pick who do you
think will take the pole, who will have the fastest race lap and which
drivers will finish in the top 12 positions.
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To enter, first register at Speedpick.com. Once you are registered you are free to enter all the Speedpick competions:
You will be asked for your Name, E-Mail address, Password, Nationality and E-Mail preferences.
Your name should of
course not change through the season, but if you need to change your e-mail
address, enter using the new combination, and the forms will guide you as
to what you need to do.
The competition is only open to people with valid e-mail addresses. If you
make an entry, and your confirmation e-mail bounces, your entry will be
removed. The names of players who's e-mail bounces will be posted on the
Pick12 Homepage - this is not a punishment, in the absence of a valid
address, it is the only way I can contact you.
You may re-submit your entry using a valid address.
NOTE: Although there's no limit on the number of participants that can enter
the contest using the same e-mail address (you can have as many people
as you want using your e-mail address), for the prizes, here are some
important details to be aware of, as follows:
Just one entry per individual. The player name must be a full name
that can be identified with picture ID when (if!) a prize is delivered.
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Error handling procedure
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If one or more of your picks is empty, you'll lose those
potentially valuable points.
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If the same driver's name appears more than once in your top 12
picks, only the first/highest occurrence will be scored. The
other(s) will be treated as if no pick was supplied for that
particular position (where it was repeated), thus loosing
potentially valuable points.
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Although the Pick12 server is located in California, entries times
are based on UTC/Zulu/GMT. Picks are due by 08:00:00 UTC time of the
Friday (Thursday for the Saturday races)
preceding the race. This is so that those who have access to
early practice and qualifying information won't have an unfair
advantage over those who don't. The entry form
will not allow you to make a late entry. So, hit the submit button by
the entry time, or be refused entry.
For a list of the 2014 races, look at the Pick12 homepage.
You will be allowed one roll-over, if you fail to
make an entry for a race the competition will use the entry for
the preceding race, but if that entry was also a roll-over, you
will not be entered.
The entry form will parse, and confirm your entry, so you should
always be guaranteed a legal pick. In addition, the entry system,
will e-mail you a return receipt to confirm your entry to the race..
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In the event of a rain-out at qualification time, the starting
lineup for the race will be placed on the grid according to the
current points standings or practice standings. If this
occurs, all Pick12 entrants will receive zero points for their
pole pick for that race. The race will be scored solely on the
first 12 places (10 places for Formula 1) and Bonus scores (Most Laps led and Pole position).
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Players score points for each race based on how well their picks match the
actual race results. For each driver that you pick, you will score points
based on where the driver finished compared to where you predicted he would
finish, note that only if the driver finishes in the top 12 you will score
points, if it finishes 13th or lower you won't get any points at all.
Scoring goes like this:
| Correctly predicted the Friday pole winner | 5 points |
| Correctly predicted the Saturday pole winner | 5 points |
| Correctly predicted the fastest lapper | 5 points |
| driver finished exactly where predicted | 20 points |
| driver finished 1 place off from where predicted | 16 points |
| driver finished 2 places off from where predicted | 14 points |
| driver finished 3 places off from where predicted | 12 points |
| driver finished 4 places off from where predicted | 10 points |
| driver finished 5 places off from where predicted | 8 points |
| driver finished 6 places off from where predicted | 6 points |
| driver finished 7 places off from where predicted | 5 points |
| driver finished 8 places off from where predicted | 4 points |
| driver finished 9 places off from where predicted | 3 points |
| driver finished 10 places off from where predicted | 2 points |
| driver finished 11 places off from where predicted | 1 point |
| driver didn't finish in the top 12 | 0 points |
Now for the interesting part, the points you get as specified above will
then be multiplied by a determined number (called multiplier or weight) to give
more emphasis/importance/weight to the top picks.
The multipliers work as follows:
| Pole:
| points awarded as above x
| 12
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| Most Laps Led:
| points awarded as above x
| 12
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| 1st place:
| points awarded as above x
| 12
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| 2nd place:
| points awarded as above x
| 11
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| 3rd place:
| points awarded as above x
| 10
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| 4th place:
| points awarded as above x
| 9
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| 5th place:
| points awarded as above x
| 8
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| 6th place:
| points awarded as above x
| 7
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| 7th place:
| points awarded as above x
| 6
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| 8th place:
| points awarded as above x
| 5
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| 9th place:
| points awarded as above x
| 4
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| 10th place:
| points awarded as above x
| 3
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| 11th place:
| points awarded as above x
| 2
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| 12th place:
| points awarded as above
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| Maximum points possible:
| 1740
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Your total score for a race is the sum of the points scored for each driver
in your entry.
If a driver finishes lower than you predicted, the multiplier is the one
for the real finishing position (not the place you predicted); if he
finishes higher than predicted, the multiplier is the one for your
predicted finishing position.
For example, if you picked Scott Dixon to finish 3rd and he
finished 3rd, you would score 20x10 points (20 because he finished exactly
where you predicted and 10 because that's the multiplier for 3rd position,
where you put him in your entry). On the other hand, if you picked Scott
to finish 3rd and he finished 1st, you would score 14x10 points (14
because he finished 2 places off of where you predicted and 10 because
that's the multiplier for 3rd position, where you put him in your entry).
If you picked him to finish 3rd, and he really finished 5th, you would
score 14x8 (Again, 14 for finishing two places of where you picked, and
then 8 for the multiplier for 5th place). This is so that an incorrect
pick does not score more than a correct one.
After each race, SpeedPick will post various scoring reports to the web pages.
Individual players will also be sent an e-mail that summarizes their score
for that race.
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Should we have any ties at any given event and/or at the end of the season,
tie-breakers will be handled in the following order until the ties are
broken:
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Highest number of picks on position for the season (including pole and
fastest lapper picks)
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Highest number of picks that scored for the season (including pole and
fastest lapper/most laps led picks)
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Highest event score (from any single event)
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If there's still a tie at this point (there's always the chance that
the picks were identical), it will be treated as an overall tie.
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The Pick12 Champion will be the player who scores the most
total points over the season. All races will count for the
total. Any questions, ideas, suggestions, criticism, etc. can
be sent comments to the feedback e-mail on our welcome page.
Last update 05/05/2014
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