About
What this is
A fan-made record of the predictions game on the Formula 1 podcast P1 with Matt and Tommy. It is unofficial and not affiliated with the show, Stak, or Formula 1.
How the game works
Before each race weekend, Matt Gallagher and Tommy Bellingham each make a set of predictions. After the race they score them at the end of the race review episode. The running score decides the season.
The hosts have never published a rulebook. Everything below is pieced together from what they say on the show, so treat it as a best understanding.
- Good surprise
- Who beats expectations. A team scores two, a driver one.
- Big flop
- Who falls short. A team scores two, a driver one.
- Sprint pole
- Fastest in sprint qualifying.
- Sprint winner
- First in the sprint.
- Pole
- Fastest in qualifying.
- P3
- Third in the race.
- P2
- Second in the race.
- Winner
- First in the race.
- P-What
- Who finishes in a randomly drawn position. One point for closest, two for exact, nothing for a tie.
- Crazy prediction
- One long shot each.
- Patreon pick
- A prediction adopted from a Patreon member.
- A correct pick is worth one point. The exceptions: naming a whole team as good surprise or big flop scores two, and so does an exact P-What.
- Sprint weekends add a sprint pole and a sprint winner pick.
- The hosts cannot pick the same driver in the same category. Whoever goes second has to change on the fly.
- Good surprise and big flop are judgment calls. Disputes go to a listener vote, and the ruling often lands a week later. Points have also been handed back, and changed after the fact when a race result changed.
- The family top three is a separate side league. Each host phones a relative, who names a podium. One point per driver in the exact position.
Where the data comes from
Picks and scores are taken from the episodes themselves. The points shown are the ones the hosts awarded, even where a ruling was generous or harsh. Calls that are still unsettled are listed as open questions on the race page.
Official results are used only to double-check objective picks such as pole and the podium. Results data comes from the Jolpica F1 API, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Listen to the show
The predictions are much better heard than read. Find P1 with Matt and Tommy wherever you get podcasts, or on the Stak show page.