THE BIGGEST LOSERS IN PORTUGAL
What's the most dramatic thing to happen in Portugal? The Roman conquest of Iberia? The overthrow of dictatorship in the Revolution of the Carnations? Vettel pulling into the McLaren pitstop by mistake?
Wrong. It's DRS. One of the key features in modern Formula One is DRS (Drag Reduction System), the booster button that allows cars to overtake. For the F1 Losers League, we have stolen this idea: we created our own DRS (Double Race Scores) function and in Portugal, 22 Losers Teams had theirs activated. Points all over the place!
This means if you did well in Portugal, you did *really* well in Portugal. And if you did badly...
Let's have a peek at the Losers Teams points in Portugal. Read on.
Almost every Losers Team had their DRS triggered in Portugal, doubling their points for the race. Three teams transferred their DRS to other races in the hopes of jumping the others in the F1 Losers equivalent of an alternative pit stop strategy. Let's see how all this is working out (although first, see the points we gave out to drivers and constructors).
Tardi Minardi and VroomDoom followed up their Imola success by topping the Portugal points, scoring 118 points apiece thanks to having Mazepin and Alfa Romeo on their teams. Back of the shed scored their second third place of the season, ending up with 108 points: perhaps a little let down by Ocon scoring zero Losers Points.
The only other teams to score triple figures at Portimão, thanks to that DRS boost, were Not good on the BENds, Panda Pops and Clean Trolls.
It's also worth mentioning the teams that were plucky enough to play a Pitlane Punt in Portugal. HAASN'T A CHANCE and Murraylivesforeverinourhearts each took a risk on the Giantkiller Punt, betting on Hamilton or Verstappen not winning the race. Hamilton's win crushed their dreams, costing them 10 and 20 Losers Points respectively.
Have a look at all the Portuguese team scores further down this page.
PODIUM OF SHAME
Who let us down in Portugal by not scoring enough Losers Points? Let's put them in the stocks and splatter them with delicious rotten tomatoes.
The most disappointing team was Murraylivesforeverinourhearts. Not satisfied with scoring zero points in Bahrain, their Punt loss makes them the first Losers Team to score negative points in a race. Their one saving grace was they deferred their DRS to a future race, saving them the embarrassment of having their minus score doubled.
As with Murraylivesforeverinourhearts, three of Mancunian Badboy Racing's choices scored zero points, making them the second un-loserest team in Portugal. And adjusting for DRS, Steady Jordan are the third most pathetic non-losers.
Booooo to all of you. BooooooOooOoooo! We have printed off all of these teams' pictures and attached them to dart boards.
LOSERS TEAM SCORES IN PORTUGAL
|
Tardi Minardi |
118 |
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VroomDoom |
118 |
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Back of the shed |
108 |
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Not good on the BENds |
104 |
|
Panda Pops |
102 |
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Clean Trolls |
100 |
|
Gunther's Gonna Get Ya |
88 |
|
Team Name |
88 |
|
NEEEOOOOWWWW |
80 |
|
Cruthers Car Co. |
72 |
|
Nikita Mazepimp |
64 |
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The Pit Lockers |
64 |
|
Haas Beens |
62 |
|
The Tour de France is Better |
60 |
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Fernando Analonso |
52 |
|
LockedDownLosers |
52 |
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Thomas's Tractors |
52 |
|
WereDrivingInReverse |
50 |
|
Lou-sers |
48 |
|
It’s a trap Lando! |
46 |
|
Pierre Ghastly |
42* |
|
HAASN'T A CHANCE |
34*^ |
|
Steady Jordan |
34 |
|
Mancunian Badboy Racing |
14 |
|
Murraylivesforeverinourhearts |
–16*^ |
* No DRS played at this race
^ Pitlane Punt played and lost
MORE POINTS
Here are the Drivers and Constructors Points for Portugal.
And here's how it's affected the Standings.
WHAT'S NEXT?
This coming Sunday, we tootle up the road to Barcelona for the Spanish grand prix, then on May 23rd it's time to thread a motorcar through the eye of a needle at the Monaco grand prix. It's a big moment for the F1 Losers League on May 26th: this is when we unlock every team's first Ejector Seat. Expect some Losers Team changes. Meanwhile, there are still Pitlane Punts to play and DRS allocations to shift around.
