Wednesday 22 March 2023

Losers team commentary: Saudi Arabia grand prix 2023

Lewis Hamilton and Will Smith huddling, Will saying "Keep the name of the Losers League out of your mouth"

BIGGEST LOSERS IN SAUDI ARABIA

    1st  |  The Porpoise Driven Life  |  76  |  A healthy Ejector bonus and a close Fast Forecast

    2nd  |  The Spanish translation of Mancunian Badboy Racing  |  75  |  A double Boost flatters their score

    3rd  |  Barge Bored  |  69  |  A single Boost on very good Track Points, and a close Fast Forecast to boot

    4th  |  Skid Blocked  |  56  |  Helped by a close Fast Forecast and a Boost Button

    5th  |  Spoiler Alert  |  55  |  Best Track Pointer of the race AND the only team to get a perfect Fast Forecast

    You can see the full scores for this race on the data page.


    TOP TRACK POINTS IN 
    SAUDI ARABIA

    🔢 Spoiler Alert scored the most Track Points, scoring 43 thanks to having two retirees on their team in the form of Stroll and Williams

    🔢 Barge Bored, Teds Shorts and VroomDoom each tot up an impressive 35 Track Points, although Barge Bored was the only team that boosted

    🔢 And Alfa Romeo's poor race helped Einstürzhou Neubottas to 33 Track Points

    See the full Track Points on the data page

    PODIUM OF SHAME

    At each race, the bottom three Track Pointing teams will be forced into an Ejector Seat at the next race in the season. Here are those teams and the changes we're forcing them to make. Teams on this list can still Eject again before the next race.

    😳 Steady Jordan  |  Ejected: Alpine [G]  |  Replacement: Williams [A]

    😳 Play to Win (Ultimate Champions)  |  Ejected: Red Bull [J]  |  Replacement: Williams [A]

    😳 Oh no (again) |  Ejected: Kevin Magnussen [C]  |  Replacement: Lando Norris [F]

    Team pages will be updated soon.


    EJECTOR SEATS IN 
    SAUDI ARABIA

    💺  Highest-scoring new team member: Piastri  |  14 bonus points to Dodgy Bob's Repair Shop  |  14 bonus points to The Porpoise Driven Life

    💺  Other Ejected teams for this race were: Einstürzhou Neubottas, Oh no, Spoiler Alert, Steady Jordan, Strolling the Ranks, VroomierDoomier, 🍩🦓

    Edit: We missed bonuses for 🍩🦓 and Strolling the Ranks. This will be corrected at the next race.


    BOOST BUTTONS IN SAUDI ARABIA

    🔴 Top Booster: Barge Bored  |  Second top Boost in a row, handing them a significant season advantage

    🔴 Worst Booster: Mancunian Badboy Racing  |  Double-boosted a poor Track Points score, making them double unlucky

    🔴 All eight Boosted teams can be seen on the data page


    FAST FORECASTS IN 
    SAUDI ARABIA

    Grid Forecast  |  Perfect = Sargeant  |  Close = De Vries, Norris

    Start Forecast  |  Perfect = Piastri (lost 12 places)  |  Close = Bottas, Hulkenberg, Perez, Sainz

    Race Forecast  |  Perfect = Bottas  |  Close = Norris, Sargeant

    🔮 Perfect guess: Spoiler Alert (best Forecaster of the race)

    🔮 Close guess: Barge Bored, Skid Blocked, Steady Jordan, Tardi Minardi, The Porpoise Driven Life, What Verstappened x2, 🍩🦓, 😖🛴

    🔮 Wrong guess: everyone else


    PITLANE PUNTS IN 
    SAUDI ARABIA

    🎲 F I Eh?  |  No result yet  |  Being played by six teams

    🎲 Oscar the Slouch  |  Failed: Oscar finished 15th  |  Seven teams lose points

    🎲 Parts Penalty Peril  |  Leclerc did indeed get a penalty  |  Failed for five teams who played the Punt too late


    MORE POINTS

    Here are the driver and constructor Track Points in Saudi Arabia.

    Here is the complete Losers team data for Saudi Arabia.

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

    Access your personal team page here.


    WHAT'S NEXT?

    April 2nd: Australia Grand Prix - team actions close 6am GMT
    Mid-April: More Pitlane Punts for you to play
    April 30th: Azerbaijan Grand Prix

    Eject your team members  |  Multiply with a Boost Button  |  Gamble with a Pitlane Punt  |  Predict with a Fast Forecast