Losers Team scores: Mexican grand prix

BIGGEST LOSERS IN MEXICO

This was a great race at which to run a Boost Button: it dislodged the US grand prix as the third highest scoring race of the year. Here are the biggest losers in Mexico City.

• Pierre Ghastly spotted our sweary new Motormouth Pitlane Punt and made good f***ing use of it. Their massive Punt win plus a Boost Button gave them 186 points and 1st place in Mexico, 99 points ahead of their nearest rival.
• Bottas's woes helped Tardi Minardi to 2nd place with 87 points. A well-placed Boost Button, there.
• Team Name benefitted from high scores from Tsunoda and Haas alongside a Boost, scoring 3rd place and 75 points in Mexico.
• HAASN'T A CHANCE have become very good at Fast Forecasts. Even without a Boost Button, they find themselves in 4th with 55 points.
• And then we have a gaggle of Losers teams in 5th place with 53 points, namely Cruthers Car Co., Steady Jordan and The Pit Lockers. Well done YOU.

Carry on reading for the full Losers team carnage in Mexico.

TEAM ACTIONS IN MEXICO

Boost Buttons: 

• Tardi Minardi bossed their Boost Button, coining in an extra 46 points in Mexico. Can they Boost as well in Brazil next weekend?
• Team Name ran their Button for a second race, and did much better this time with an additional 45 points.
• Pierre Ghastly pressed their button for Mexico and get an extra 43 points. They'll boost again in Brazil.
• Less successful was Steady Jordan's Boost, although their additional 29 is not to be sniffed at. 
• Want to Boost your own team? Do it here.
  
  

Pitlane Punts:

• Pierre Ghastly played the brand new Motormouth Pitlane Punt, which paid off when Verstappen dropped the f-bomb after being distracted in qualifying. 20 points at 5:1 means 100 points for Ghastly.
• The usually reliable Mazespin Pitlane Punt didn't land in Mexico. Mazepin's car control cost LockedDownLosers and HAASN'T A CHANCE a 30-point stake each.
• Team Name played the Giantkiller for a second race in a row. Verstappen's dominant win cost them their 15 point stake.
• LockedDownLosers and HAASN'T A CHANCE continue to play the Hungry Hungry Yuki punt, until 29 November and 3 December respectively. This punt is now closed to new entries.
• There are three teams still hoping on the Wildlife Wager, which runs for five races. LockedDownLosers are on their first race, Team Name on their second and Thomas's Tractors on their third. This punt is also now closed to new entries. 
• Haas Beens and LockedDownLosers each played the Russell Hustle punt (the former because of Break Assist). No luck in Mexico, but they both have another chance in Brazil.
  
  

Fast Forecasts:

• HAASN'T A CHANCE did another great job with their Fast Forecasts. They won 25 points for guessing Giovinazzi would finish 11th, and 25 points for guessing Schumacher would lose places on the opening lap (he got smushed into retirement). They lose some points for an incorrect Race Result guess for Vettel and an incorrect Opening Lap guess for Mazepin, but overall walk away with a 40 point gain.
• It’s a trap Lando! were Break Assisted into a Penalty forecast for Bottas. No FIA penalty, but Lando! get a 5-point Almost-Win because of Bottas's Backwards Bonus points.
• LockedDownLosers placed a Qualifying prediction for Giovinazzi. They were a couple of places off, but get an almost-correct 5 points. Points which were immediately cancelled out by incorrectly guessing Russell's qualifying position. Net zero.
• Steady Jordan picked Giovinazzi for a Penalty forecast, but were wrong. Minus 5 points to them. 
• Tardi Minardi placed a Stop Time Forecast for Leclerc, who ended up having the fourth fastest pitstop time and so cost the totally wrong Tardi 5 points.
• Make a Fast Forecast for the next race now!

Ejector Seats: 

• At the last race, Clean Trolls were Break-Assisted into an Ejector Seat. They lost Perez, who was randomly replaced by Tsunoda. Good job: this earned the Trolls an extra 15 points in Mexico alone.

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PODIUM OF SHAME

Do you remember Eddie the Eagle Edwards? The following Losers teams scored very few points in Mexico. In fact, we're so ashamed with their un-losing, we don't even think they're even eagles. They're sparrows. Chaffinches in our eyes. Tiny helpless birds we want to crush under our boot. Shame!

• For the Podium of Shame (and for Break Assist), we ignore Boost doubling. This means Steady Jordan find themselves in 23rd place with a pre-Boosted 24 points. Steady Jordan, you may have claimed 6th place in Mexico, but you are secretly a tiny wren.
• Zero scores from Gasly and Leclerc mean Murraylivesforeverinourhearts are in 24th place with 17 points. Murraylives, you are a weakling blue tit.
• Being third in the League standings didn't stop LockedDownLosers ending up last in Mexico, with just 15 points after a failed Pitlane Punt. LockedDown, you are a diseased seagull.

Break Assist: 

Poor scores? You're about to be punished with Break Assist, our annoying tool that makes teams carry out team actions against their will.

• The randomly-chosen team plumping for a Fast Forecast is Lou-sers. They will be playing an Opening Lap Forecast for the Brazil grand prix, hoping Latifi will drop three or more places at the start. The League will waive any points losses.
• Our tombola of terror chooses Nikita Mazepimp to play a random Pitlane Punt. They'll be betting 30 points on the Romeo Oh Romeo punt for Brazil. The odds are 4:1, and the League will waive any stake lost.
• LockedDownLosers came last in Mexico, so are forced into launching a randomly-generated Ejector Seat. Not what they need when they're fighting so hard for the lead of the League. Their newly-adopted Raikkonen is ejected, and Vettel joins their team with immediate effect.
• Personal team pages will be updated soon.

LOSERS TEAM SCORES IN MEXICO

1st	Pierre Ghastly BB PP	186
2nd	Tardi Minardi BB FF	87
3rd	Team Name BB PP	75
4th	HAASN'T A CHANCE FF PP	55
5th	Cruthers Car Co.	53
5th	Steady Jordan BB FF	53
5th	The Pit Lockers	53
8th	VroomDoom	51
9th	The Tour de France is Better	50
10th	Clean Trolls EJ	48
11th	NEEEOOOOWWWW	47
12th	Haas Beens PP	46
12th	Panda Pops	46
14th	Gunther's Gonna Get Ya	45
15th	WereDrivingInReverse	42
16th	Back of the shed	39
17th	Not good on the BENds	35
18th	Fernando Analonso	34
18th	It’s a trap Lando! FF	34
18th	Thomas's Tractors PP	34
21st	Mancunian Badboy Racing	32
22nd	Nikita Mazepimp	31
23rd	Lou-sers	30
24th	Murraylivesforeverinourhearts	17
25th	LockedDownLosers FF PP	15

BB = Boost Button pressed

FF = Fast Forecast played

PP = Pitlane Punt played or playing

EJ = Ejector Seat launched

LS = Lucky Spanner used

MORE POINTS

Here are the Race points for Mexico.

And here's how it's affected the Standings.

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WHAT'S NEXT?

We're hurtling towards the end of the F1 season, like a lemming towards a cliff edge. We've just released our last lot of Pitlane Punts. The Brazil (Nov 14th) and Qatar (Nov 21st) grands prix will be on us quicker than a flesh-eating supervirus. And on December 1st, all unpressed Boost Buttons will get automatically pressed resulting in climactic carnage in the last two races.