Welcome back to The Gurgler’s F1 Season G-Power Rankings – our way of using various F1 based stats for 2022 to determine the most recent race and the season’s best drivers so far. Our 2022 Canadian Grand Prix Ratings is a unique collection of stats that try and find a different way to determine the best drivers.
Our 2022 F1 Season Power Rankings goes a little bit deeper than just points scored on the Sunday. We take on board Free Practice, Qualifying, performance in relation to team mate, fastest lap, and a few more stats that are attempting to highlight a driver outperforming the car. Even the occasional Sprint Race when they happen.
A full explanation on what is included and the points awarded is below the visuals.
Our 2022 Canadian Grand Prix Ratings is more than just a score for driver of the day, we have the race results, season progress, and so many F1 based points of interest in easy to consume visuals.
2022 F1 Season Power Rankings – Race 9 2022 Canadian Grand Prix Ratings
Here is the breakdown of the best and blurst driver from the most recent race at Baku.
Our ratings points gives the driver of the race to Carlos Sainz, but only just, and because we gave him the five points for best race. But since Max wins everything, surely we can give this one to Carlos.
Good weekend for Lewis Hamilton for a change and for the Alpines. Daniel Ricciardo had a better weekend than usual but the actual result sucked.
Nicholas Latifi may have driven his last grand prix if you believe the rumours, and if so signs off with a negative score.
2022 F1 Season Power Rankings Progress – Martini Medal Driver of the Year
Here are the current overall standings for our Driver of the Year winner – the Martini Medal. Named in honour of one of F1’s most unsung heroes – Pierluigi Martini of Minardi fame.
We have the overall scores as they stand, plus a visual which shows the flow of each driver’s position throughout the season.
Like the actual Championship Max Verstappen extends his lead at the top. A lot of movement below the top two with George Russell moving into third best 2022 driver position (according to us) and gains for Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton.
2022 F1 Season Power Rankings – Other Interesting Stats
DRIVER 2022 H2H RECORD
A couple of drivers staring down the barrel of a 2022 season spanking.
Alex Albon keeps the outright lead for H2H, and despite having the easiest job on the grid for H2H, he has had a brilliant season in the Williams.
Carlos Sainz’s great weekend sees him move off the bottom for H2H.
QUALIFYING
Here our qualifying analysis covers the average grid position as well as the gap to pole.
For the gap to pole the % from pole is relative to the fastest lap in whichever qualifying session was the final one for each driver.
Charles Leclerc had the best grid position average, and the best % from Pole Position result before Canada, but his woes and Verstappen’s pole has switched the order at the top.
Our second qualifying visual shows quite a gap opening up to the midfield which is as tightly packed as ever.
Finally we have qualifying results split into the type of track – Modern, Street and Classic.
It all shows that Leclerc is the king of qualifying on modern tracks and street circuits, but Max has the advantage on classic circuits.
FIRST LAP POSITION GAINS
Here is the summary and details for first lap movement for the 2022 season so far.
Some drivers are punished for first lap shenanigans, but maybe they should behave themselves.
Max Verstappen is one of three full time drivers yet to lose a place on the first lap. The others being Alex Albon, Esteban Ocon.
Carlos Sainz and Valtteri Bottas are the only drivers to not gain a spot on the first lap at any grand prix this season.
Charles Leclerc made his first place on the first lap this race. It hasn’t helped previously for Leclerc that he’s on pole all the time.
Bottas has (bad) form for first lap movement. Here’s the score from this season and last, 2021 of course is when he had a much better car from higher grid position.
FASTEST LAP
Fastest Laps are a glory run for that extra point, but it can also point towards race pace, or how much is left in the tank at the end of a race.
So here are some fastest laps stats for fun.
FREE PRACTICE
Not enough for you?
Here have some Free Practice stats, to see is building their weekend best so far.
2022 F1 Season Power Rankings – Points Explanation
Here’s how the points work this season. Essentially the perfect race (Win from Pole, Fastest Lap, thrash team mate, best in race etc) should amount to the perfect 100 points.
FIRST LAP GAINS +0.5pts per position gained -0.5pts per position lost.
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS – 25pts to 1pt as per World Championship – Sprint Race Points added.
BEAT TEAM MATE (RACE) – 10pts (if both finish or other driver got self inflicted DNF)
FASTEST LAP – 5pts – 1pt for top five drivers.
GRID POSITION TO RACE POSITION – formula +/- relative finish to grid
BEST OF THE REST (RACE) – 5pts to 1pt – top five non Mercedes-Red Bull drivers
QUALIFYING – 20pts to 1pt – Grid Position 1 to 20.
BEAT TEAM MATE (QUALIFYING) – 5pts
BEST OF THE REST (QUALIFYING) – 5pts to 1pt – top five non Mercedes-Red Bull drivers
GREAT/GRAPE – 5pts Great 2pts Honourable Mention -2Pts Dishonourable Mention -5Pts Grape
BEAT TEAM MATE (QUALIFYING) Time Gap – Formula for % beaten team mate by
BEAT TEAM MATE (QUALIFYING) Position – 0.5 Pts for every position team mate is beaten by. 0 points for second car.
FREE PRACTICE HERO – 10Pts to 1Pt – Average Position across all three practice sessions.
WIN FROM POLE – Bonus 5 Points
WIN FROM POLE WITH FASTEST LAP – Bonus 10 Points
SPRINT RACE – Points awarded as per F1 points from 8 to 1.
SPRINT RACE RACE GAIN – Net position from Qualifying divided by two.
Was the first State of Origin for 2022 not enough for you? Well game two is nearly here and so is our Barely Interesting 2022 State of Origin Game 2 Preview.
Our Barely Interesting 2022 State of Origin Game 2 Preview is much like our weekly NRL previews – lots of barely interesting facts, some colourful visuals, and took a long time to do and likely very few readers.
Some of the stats might get you maroon/blue blood flowing, or change your bet for the big game, or settle an argument or two. Or feature in pubs and RSL bars around Perth.
Either way the Barely Interesting 2022 State of Origin Game 2 Preview is ready for those who love their stats.
STATE OF ORIGIN 2 PREVIEW – GAME STATS
GAME ONE STATS
Queensland have now taken the lead for Game One of a three match State of Origin Series over NSW by 21-20.
Queensland have now won the last three Game One matches in Sydney – 2022, 2016 and 2015.
GAME TWO BLUES
NSW lead Queensland by 23-17 for the second match of three game series.
NSW also lead the H2H by 12-8 when Queensland win the first game of a series.
NSW have won both of the game two matches played on a Sunday following a Queensland win, and quite convincingly too. 26-8 in 2001 and 38-6 in Perth in 2019.
In fact, NSW have won all four games on a Sunday when it is the second match.
NSW have won the last four Game Two matches by a combined 116-30.
MATCHES AT NEUTRAL VENUES
NSW lead Queensland 6-5 for games at Neutral venues.
NSW are undefeated for games played on a Sunday at neutral venues. Which is also the only game played in Perth. Good signs for NSW then.
NSW have won 5/6 neutral games when the match is the second game of the series.
Here is the breakdown of margins and total points scored at the three different venue types.
Neutral
Total Points 31.9 Margin 9.36
NSW
Total Points 30.4 Margin 8.45
NSW
Total Points 34.7 Margin 12.23
SUNDAY NIGHT’S ALL RIGHT
NSW lead Queensland 4-2 for State of Origin games on a Sunday.
NSW have also won the last three straight on a Sunday. The Blues have won those three games by a combined 82-20.
DOES WINNING THE FIRST GAME OF THE SERIES LEAD TO A SERIES WIN?
Yes, it’s pretty convincing. Out of the 40 three game series since 1982 – 30 times the team that won the first game goes onto winning the series.
But who has the better strike rate?
Out of Queensland’s 20 wins in the first game of a three game series they have gone on to win the series 16 times. For NSW it is 14/20.
WHAT ABOUT IF QLD WIN THE FIRST GAME IN SYDNEY
Queensland have won the first match of a three game series in Sydney eight times now. Of the previous seven times, Queensland went on to win the series six times.
MARGIN OF ERROR
Here are some barely interesting facts on which day and game has the closest margins.
Day
Av Margin
Mon
6.4
Tue
10.0
Wed
10.2
Thu
12.0
Fri
15.0
Sun
20.7
Game
Av Margin
3
11.7
2
10.9
1
8.7
If you exclude NSW’s 2021 Game One thrashing of Queensland, the average margin for game one going back to 2003 is 6.1 points.
STATE OF ORIGIN GAME TWO PREVIEW – PLAYER STATS
Have the NSW Blues made changes that will make the side better? Are Queensland’s replacements up to the job? Is Patrick Carrigan as good on 2022 season stats as he was for Origin Game One?
Answers to those and many other things are available in our next section, where we compile various 2022 player stats and show them side by side by position.
It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times, and now the Wooden Spooners have returned to cast their eye over the latest weekend of rugby league that was with the NRL Round 15 Results & Headlines.
Going beyond the scores, the NRL Round 15 Results & Headlines gives the extra insight in the NRL that only the Wooden Spooners can.
All reports are unconfirmed and please contact our Legal team or Buzz Rothfield aka Hans Moleman for complaints.
SOUTHS FANS COMPARE THE RABBITOHS FIRST HALF V DRAGONS AS WORSE THAN OWNER RUSSELL CROWE’S A GOOD YEAR MOVIE
Long time Rabbitohs supporter Cliff Clifferson (fake name) was watching his beloved Rabbitohs on Thursday night from his local watering hole with his fellow Bunnies supporters and they were horrified with what they saw.
As the half time break neared, the Wooden Spooners team wandered over to their table to lend an ear.
“That’s the worst half of football in the Russell Crowe era. Dead set, it was vintage early 2000’s dross when we all wondered why we marched to get them back in.”
When we challenged to think of a Russell Crowe analogy Cliff thought about it and offered up one possibility.
“It was as bad as Rusty’s movie A Good Year. You know, the one with Meg Ryan. Truly awful. Like Souths.”
The table all abandoned their viewing before the half time break, looking to avoid reliving the nightmare and Cooper Cronk’s painful over-analysis, preferring to play Pokies for two hours before getting the courtesy bus home.
MANLY FAN SLEEPING OFF TOO MANY POST WORK FRIDAY ARVO DRINKS WONDERS WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED
Nigel Steamer (fake name) was doing his mandatory one day in the office last Friday, and like most Fridays the workday was full of meetings and a lunch time exit to the pub for a few. But this week instead of pretending to go back and move the mouse enough to register a green light in Microsoft Teams the gang settled in and went for it.
With a standard drink count that would have seem them in a reserve grade jersey back in the 80’s, they finished off with just enough time to get home and watch the Sea Eagles. All of the staff from the Warringah business were Manly fans.
Nigel was well pleased with what he was seeing going into the last ten minutes of Friday’s game, so he allowed himself a little rest of the eyes.
Meanwhile the Cowboys scored three tries in four minutes to steal the game and break the hearts of Manly fans.
Many hours later Nigel Steamer woke up to the post Storm-Broncos analysis and checked his Twitter account which was full of jibes from his non-Manly fans and loads of swearing from his still awake work mates.
FOX LEAGUE CONSIDERING NEW RED BUTTON OPTIONS INCLUDING CRAIG-CAM, MUTING REFEREES MIC, MUTING ENNIS COMMENTARY
Rumours swirl that Fox League are considering trialing some new broadcast options during the Origin period, to try and boost interest in the competition while the NRL turns its full attention to State of Origin.
Aside from regular articles trying to land Shane Flanagan a job, Fox League had a think-tank and a Blue-Sky session and the Wooden Spooners have an exclusive sneak peek into some new options that will be available on trial in July.
Craig-Cam – one camera focused on Melbourne Coach Craig Bellamy with the mic turned up. Viewers will have to be 18+ with a warning of language and rage.
Offside Referee – choose an audio feed that eliminates any noise from the referee during broadcasts.
No Menace Ennis – Michael Ennis adds great insights into rugby league with his commentary, but not everyone is a fan. So this option will see Michael Ennis’ commentary replaced with a Rodney Rude laugh track. Rumours of Shane Flanagan’s commentary being replaced by an Eeyore impression voiceover couldn’t be confirmed.
COFFS HARBOUR LEAGUE FANS ASKS NRL FOR NEW TEAMS AS NRL FAILS TO BE BETTER HAN GROUP TWO ACTION
Coffs Harbour got their annual game of NRL on Saturday and the clash between the Sharks and Titans wasn’t much of a spectacle. In fact, according to some locals, it was the worst game they’d seen all season, including all the home games in the Group Two competition.
One local remarked to the Wooden Spooners as we waited for taxi back to the local pub.
“We wait all year for this game, and it was terrible. Complete dross. Especially that second half.”
“Can’t we get Penrith here next season. Even if the game is sh!t at least we get to watch one good side.”
He added “I think the Sharks might go OK in Group Two, but the Titans might struggle.”
Michael Maguire was sacked/left by mutual consent with best wishes by the Wests Tigers, but unlike English football or the Bulldogs there has been no new coach bounce.
In fact, their loss to the Bulldogs was one of their poorer efforts in a 2022 season where they haven’t been as bad as they have been made out by certain Fox League identities trying to get jobs for their mates.
Wests Tigers fans will have every right to be super pissed if Maguire is given the arse for anyone other than Cameron Ciraldo in 2023. Perhaps CEO Justin Pascoe will change his car and number plates. Or quit.
The Bulldogs have now won two in a row and have suddenly become point scoring machines. Given they have averaged 26.8 points per game under Michael Potter, 16 points under Phil Gould in his one game in charge, and 8.9 points under Trent Barrett it’s safe to say that it’s all Trent Barrett’s fault.
Or it’s all Gus’ good work. Depends on the channel.
RYAN MATTERSON DIALS A DOLPHIN AND WINS
Rugby League gun for hire Ryan Matterson has been impressive in 2022, which has seen him selected and scape-goated for NSW for Origin Game One.
So it was no surprise then with Matterson’s value sky-high that he wanted to shop himself around for his next NRL contract.
Of course like any player on the market for 2023 and beyond, the shrewd Eels forward Dialled-A-Dolphin.
If you aren’t aware of the Dial-A-Dolphin service it is a free NRL Recruitment Service designed to get NRL players a better deal for the next phase of their career.
The New Zealand Warriors finished their stint as the house band for Redcliffe on Saturday, and while the result didn’t go the way they wanted, it was a glorious stint for the bayside.
Having seen so much NRL action in 2021 and 2022 it’s a shame the Dolphins aka Redcliffe Dolphins will play just two games there next season.
Of course it was always known the 17th team would have to play mostly out of Suncorp. But let’s hope the club and NRL stick by the bayside for at least the two games next season.
SOCIALS OF THE WEEK
Our NRL Social of the Week is from a Simpsons Related NRL Memes Facebook Pagelike it always is these days which is a must for those who love NRL, Simpsons and a laugh.
THE SHANE FLANAGAN NEW COACHING GIG-O-METER
With Shane Flanagan in the commentary box for Fox League in 2022, we can continue to expect subtle digs at teams who are struggling and that he can see a possible way in for.
So each week as part of the Wooden Spooner’s NRL Headlines, we’ll bring you the New Coaching Gig-O-Meter. This features which teams are hot for a new coach, or a team that was and is going cool.
With so many coaches gone or teams in poor form, the Coaching Gig-O-Meter is going off the charts.
Or refer to the Fox Sports website where the weekly white-ant article for NRL coaches is being brewed.
A new mobile game based on a popular TV show has proved underwhelming.
Peter is a fan of crime drama Rescue Force, and was looking forward to playing the free mobile/iPad game.
Unfortunately, that enthusiasm didn’t last long.
”It’s absolute garbage!” said Peter. “All you do is send crew members out on rescue missions, wait a certain amount of time for the mission to finish, collect the cash, send out a new team, upgrade the headquarters with the cash you earn, rinse and repeat. You don’t even see any cool rescues! Obviously they wanted to cut corners on the animation budget so they could make more money off the b*****t micro-transactions you can use to speed things up!”
While Peter enjoyed the accurate in-game text dialogue, he uninstalled the game after 30 minutes and left scathing reviews on the Android Play Store and his favourite Rescue Force Facebook fan group.
”Serves me right for thinking a ‘free’ mobile game would actually be good! They may release a proper console version one day, but I’m not holding my breath,” said Peter as he sat down to rewatch Rescue Force season one (for the third time) to make himself feel better.
Everyday News is a brand new general news/parody section of The Gurgler, and definitely not a lame rip-off of ‘The Betoota Advocate’. We swear.
GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 19: Hamish Blake poses with the 2022 Gold Logie at the 62nd TV Week Logie Awards on June 19, 2022 in Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)
Everyday News staff writers were planning to write a biting parody article on the Logies, but they completely forgot it was on and watched the new Adam Sandler basketball movie Hustle on Netflix instead.
The staff writers all agreed it was one of The Sandman’s best sports movies after the timeless Happy Gilmore.
MONTREAL, QUEBEC - JUNE 19: Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (1) Oracle Red Bull Racing RB18 leads Carlos Sainz of Spain driving (55) the Ferrari F1-75 during the F1 Grand Prix of Canada at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 19, 2022 in Montreal, Quebec. (Photo by Peter Fox/Getty Images)
F1 jumps across the Atlantic for what is usually the race of the season in Montreal. The Canadian race returns after a Covid enforced break, and it didn’t disappoint. Talking of disappointment, here is our 2022 Canadian Grand Prix Results, Lap by Lap, Review & Summary.
Our review covers what happened in the race so you don’t have to in the laps that matter. Plus we throw in our Race Ratings, the Best (Great) and Worst (Grape) drivers of the race weekend.
The perfect bite sized review for those who couldn’t be bothered, or don’t have enough time.
2022 Canadian Grand Prix Results, Lap by Lap, Review & Summary gives you just enough to catch up with. With just a small serving of cynicism.
2022 Canadian Grand Prix Results
THE LAPS THAT MATTERED
Didn’t see the race live? Don’t have time to watch the whole race? Well here are the top laps where stuff happened. We write these live as we go, sort of like a minute by minute for the football, but marginally more interesting.
Setting the Scene – After a rain affected qualifying that shook up the grid, Sunday’s race day was dry, but no need to be disappointed as this is a track where stuff happens anyway. Throw in a mixed up grid because of qualifying woes and/or penalties for Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez and you have a lot of fun ahead. Even with Max Verstappen on pole, who has Fernando Alonso for company on the front row.
TOP 10 GRID – VER ALO SAI HAM MAG MSC OCO RUS RIC ZHO
Lap 1 – Max Verstappen gets the jump on the field and is well ahead by the first corner. Surprisingly all cars get through that first chicane without running into each other. Not much movement within the top ten either. Mick Schumacher dropping a couple of places to Ocon and Russell. As for the cars towards the back – Leclerc is up to 17th from 19th and Perez is up to 11th from 14th. Neither of the occasionally hopeless Canadian drivers has crashed yet. Latifi is last though, in what is rumoured to be his last race. Fine by us as an Aussie F1 fan with Oscar Piastri the potential replacement.
ORDER – VER ALO SAI HAM MAG OCO RUS MSC RIC ZHO
Lap 3 – Carlos Sainz gets past Fernando Alonso for second down the straight leading into the final chicane with ease. Hamilton spends lap four on this tail too but doesn’t get past. Alonso will be saving all of his cartoonish villain work to annoy Lewis Hamilton no doubt.
Lap 5 – George Russell gets past Kevin Magnussen for fifth, the Haas driver with a slightly broken front wing. Unsurprisingly we missed Russell getting past Ocon before that. Further back it looks like one of those days for Daniel Ricciardo as he is easily passed by Alfa Romeo rookie Guanyu Zhou.
Lap 7 – With nothing to worry about, Max Verstappen is three second ahead of Carlos Sainz and getting a nice and easy Sunday drive. Kevin Magnussen pits to replace his front wing.
Lap 8 – Maybe spoke too soon on that “easy” Sunday drive. Sergio Perez slows to a crawl, his Red Bull broken. That will alert and/or alarm his race leading team mate. For the neutral, how great it is that these cars aren’t so boringly reliable anymore. Virtual Safety Car is declared, pit stops for Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton who drop from 1st and 4th to 3rd and 6th.
Lap 11 – Race restarts proper with two Spaniards at the front. Further back the top ten is still a good mix of cars, and Championship hopeful Charles Leclerc is only 13th.
ORDER – SAI ALO VER RUS OCO HAM MSC ZHO RIC ALB
Lap 12 – Just to annoy us after writing the above Order update Lewis Hamilton passes Esteban Ocon for 5th on the pit straight.
Lap 15 – Max Verstappen breezes past Fernando Alonso to take second.
Lap 18 – Growing frustration for Charles Leclerc as he is stuck behind Valtteri Bottas and Alex Albon for 10th, 11th etc. Although just as we finish typing this Bottas gets past Albon into the final chicane and Leclerc gets by Albon too on the pit straight in double disappointment for the Williams driver.
Lap 20 – Guanyu Zhou passes Mick Schumacher for 7th, who celebrates his demotion by parking the car where Sergio Perez did. As for the Red Bull retirement, the Virtual Safety Car is declared. A few more teams decide to pit, including race leader Carlos Sainz who drops to third. The stubborn Alonso doesn’t pit this time either. Virtual Safety Car ends too.
ORDER – VER ALO SAI HAM RUS OCO BOT LEC STR ZHO
Lap 22 – Charles Leclerc overtakes Valtteri Bottas into the final chicane for 7th. But he is yet to pit. Carlos Sainz makes easy work of Alonso for second too.
Lap 23 – Replays show that McLaren stuffed both pitstops for the driver, with credit given to the team for consistency. Lewis Hamilton also gets past Fernando Alonso pretty easy. Meanwhile Max Verstappen is nine seconds up the road.
Lap 29 – Fernando Alonso pits for tyres and drops to seventh. Talking of Alpines, the car not the forest, Ocon is hanging on for 5th in front of a growingly frustrated Leclerc.
Lap 34 – Max Verstappen, race and leader and early pit stopper, is on the radio advising his tyres are starting to go off. It’s not even halfway yet, so he’ll need another pit stop.
ORDER – VER SAI HAM RUS OCO LEC ALO BOT STR ZHO
Lap 37 – Lance Stroll continues to hold up Zhou, Tsunoda and Ricciardo. We wish someone who hurry up and overtake him, or run into each other trying. Leclerc is also still behind Ocon.
Lap 42 – Obviously as bored as us with his inability to get past Ocon, Leclerc pitted for new tyres, The bold decision by Ferrari wasted as the change took double the time of the premium stops, and those seconds prove crucial as he comes out on the back of the Stroll train.
Lap 44 – Max Verstappen pits for new tyres, and comes out alongside Lewis Hamilton who sneaks in front of his 2021 title rivals. This presents Verstappen with his first point of frustration of the day. Just as we start to dream about a little clash on circuit to liven things up, Hamilton pits for tyres too.
Lap 45 – Charles Leclerc, determined to avoid public transport on the Stroll train, picks off Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda in quick succession. That leaves him 10th now with 7th the likely apex for his efforts today. Make that 9th as he passes Zhou a few laps later. A lap after that Leclerc passes Stroll, well sort of, he was passing him but Stroll finally pit for new tyres.
ORDER – SAI VER HAM RUS OCO ALO BOT LEC ZHO RIC
Lap 49 – Yuki Tsunoda provides some interest in the race. Did he crash? Pushed off the track? Mechanical issues? If you picked ran straight into the wall coming out of the pits then you win whatever prize we can offer.
His crash also brings out the Safety Car which will liven things up in front. Carlos Sainz gets new boots for his Ferrari, so this will give him slightly better tyres for the end. More pit stops throughout the field, with those who had yet to stop being rewarded for their hard work.
Lap 53 – Lapped cars are allowed to overtake the Safety Car. Looks like they managed to do this one properly eh?
Lap 55 – Safety car leaves and the race resumes with the cars all nicely bunched up. Leader Max Verstappen backs them all up nicely before restarting to hopefully maximise chaos. No chaos as the top cars stay as they were, but at least they’re plenty close now.
Lap 57 – Carlos Sainz is really having a go at Max Verstappen now. Sets fastest lap, and has real look into the final chicane. He continues to press the leader and Lewis Hamilton is not far away in third waiting for scraps if the top two clash.
Lap 59 – Leclerc has got past Alonso for sixth, and was almost ahead of Ocon for fifth but goes straight on at the final chicane. He does it for good a lap later. Good damage limitation now for Leclerc.
Lap 63 – Sainz continues to pressure Max Verstappen but just can’t get close enough going into the final chicane where he has been 20 km/h quicker down the straight.
Lap 68 – More of the same as above. Carlos Sainz gets close, but not close enough to make a move. Especially against a driver like Verstappen.
Last Lap – Max Verstappen is far enough ahead to stay in front of Carlos Sainz as they cross the finish line. Lewis Hamilton is not far behind in third, and a rare 2022 podium. Further back George Russell is mentioned for the first time in our report for finishing 4th, and Charles Leclerc does well to end up 5th from 19th.
FINAL ORDER – VER SAI HAM RUS LEC OCO ALO BOT ZHO STR
2022 Canadian Grand Prix Results
RACE RATING
Was it a good race, loads of action, tense, or just a big, fat, snooze-fest.
We rate the big race itself so we know which races to go back and watch in the off season or one to simply remember the winner for the post season quiz nights.
SEASON IMPORTANCE – 6 / 10
A points extending race for Max Verstappen, but also a decent bout of damage limitation for Charles Leclerc after taking a penalty in qualifying and starting second last. Perez’s retirement shows that Red Bull aren’t immune from a DNF here and there either. Which could bite Max Verstappen in later races.
ON TRACK ACTION – 7 / 10
Hard to complain about the racing early with loads of overtaking throughout the field for all the positions except first. Mixed up grid helped but that was all early. A lot of the second half of the race was about cars trying really hard to overtake but not doing so. A convenient safety car towards the end livened things up.
ENDING 8 / 10
A Safety Car on Lap 49 injected a bit of life into the race, because otherwise it was heading for a winding down period of drivers moaning about new tyres. This led to battles throughout the top ten including Carlos Sainz putting Max Verstappen under pressure for the first time in the race. The battle for first was a fascinating one, but one that just never quite looked like seeing a move attempted.
OVERALL RATING 21 / 30
An exciting enough race, with overtaking throughout the field, and what looked an easy win for Verstappen being turned around with a Safety Car with 20 laps to go.
2022 SEASON RATINGS SO FAR
Want to know what we thought of previous races? Or which ones to to back and watch?
2022 Canadian Grand Prix Results
GREAT & GRAPE OF THE RACE
Here we go through the field and highlight the very best (Great) of the race, and the plodders, the over-ambitious, the out of luck, and simply hopeless (Grape).
These points get added to our Driver of the Season scores. Five points for a great nomination, and -5 for the worst or grapest driver in the pack. Then it is +2 /-2 for honourable or dishonourable mentions.
It used to be called the good, bad and ugly, but everyone is using that now. And who doesn’t like grapes.
THE GREAT-EST – CARLOS SAINZ
Probably should have gone to Max Verstappen, but the winner always getting our top award is getting boring. And Carlos could do with a little love after a lot of bad luck in 2022. The Ferrari driver stepped up with his team mate a penalty-induced 19th on the grid. He charged after the Safety Car and pressure Max Verstappen for the win for the last ten laps. Not quite good enough for first today, but sure he’ll be happy with our tick of approval.
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
MAX VERSTAPPEN – Doesn’t get much easier for the Championship leader. With his main rival Charles Leclerc at the back and needing to fight his way through the field, and nearest points challenger Sergio Perez retired it was Max-imum points collection for the Championship. But he had to battle for it late under pressure from Carlos Sainz.
LEWIS HAMILTON – Outqualified his team mate, finished ahead of his team mate, podium finish, doesn’t feel like he has ridden in a rodeo instead of driving an F1 car is a season highlight thus far in 2022.
FERNANDO ALONSO – Fernando Alonso turning back the years with a front row in qualifying and maintaining top five in the first half of the race. Faded late in the race but still good fun, and still feisty too, discussing his team mate’s pace in the closing laps while stuck behind.
GUANYU ZHOU – Solid drive from the Alfa Romeo rookie. In and around the top ten for most of the race.
CHARLES LECLERC – Good damage limitation from 19th on the grid to fifth. Still loses out to Max Verstappen for points, but at least the car finished.
THE GRAPE-EST – SERGIO PREZ
Anyone daring to talk up a fanciful Championship run for Perez only needs to look at this race. An off in qualifying leaves him outside the top ten, and then in the race he gets the bad luck with unreliability.
DIS-HONOURABLE MENTIONS
HAAS DRIVERS – Qualified fifth and sixth on the grid, but neither managed to turn that into points
McLAREN DRIVERS – Another poor race for McLaren, with at least Daniel Ricciardo outperforming Lando Norris, just. Ricciardo being blow off the track by Lance Stroll for 10th in the closing stages all you need to know about their race. Norris’ race compromised by mechanical failure in qualifying, but he never made much progress in the race.
YUKI TSUNODA – Was having a decent race, near the top ten and ahead of his much more hyped team mate, but then runs straight on into the wall after pitting for new tyres.
2022 F1 Season Power Rankings
Stay tuned for our Power Rankings from the race soon as it is currently being calculated.
Coming soon from GurglerVision – The Gurgler’s Premium Entertainment channel – is the Greg Norman LIV Golf story, which will be featured as a three part mini series next month.
The biggest story in golf over the past few months has been the Saudi backed LIV golf series trying to revolutionise the golfing landscape by throwing absurd an absurd amount of money at as many big name golfers as they can.
They may have got a few big names like Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau, who have been given insane sing on fees in addition to tournaments with winning prize pool that surpass the current swags of cash already offered. As if golfers needed to be overpaid anymore for what they do.
But the Greg Norman LIV are doing just that, and making headlines around the world. Which is a little different from the more recent headlines generated by Greg Norman.
We’d like to add at this point that if the Greg Norman LIV Golf Series was serious about entertaining golfing superstars, where the hell is Miguel Angel Jiminez. Without doubt Golf’s most interesting compeditor for the last 20 years. Probably since Greg Norman was a golfer himself.
The Gregfather – Greg Norman LIV Golf Mini Series has come about after Greg Norman was accused of being a mafia-style figure or a Godfather style head of the LIV Golf Series, lurking in background of TV interviews or influencing the daily operations.
This made-for-TV mini series will tell the LIV Golf Series story, from beginning to current, and answers the question why Greg Norman is involved at all.
So stay tuned for more information of sign up to the Gurglervision Premium channel for this year’s big mini series.
WARNING:
Series is rated MA and includes Nudity, Adult Themes, Language, Use of a Broomstick Putter, and images of the 1996 US Masters.
Welcome to our Queensland Cup Round 12 Preview and Stats, which as always features as many barely interesting stats as we could muster. We also throw in some expert tips. Plus ours.
There’s a game by game preview of each match this weekend, with some nice H2H visuals and insights to impress family and friends ahead of the upcoming round.
This round features the return of Queensland Cup to Hervey Bay, and is one of two games to be played this weekend between two five sides. At the other end of the ladder are Magpies and Jets who face each other this weekend with just the one win between them. It could be a pivotal game for the wooden spoon battle.
Time to get on board some great local rugby league and our HostPlus Cup-Queensland Cup Round 12 preview.
Queensland Cup Round 12 Predictions
The merge of Intrust Super and HostPlus may have seen the competition name change from Intrust Super Cup to HostPlus Cup, but we still have Intrust Super’s former CEO and long time Q Cup fan Brendan O’Farrell joining us for the 2022 season again. He is the multiple reigning champion for our website after all.
New for 2022 is Matt Pritchard – the main man of the local independent rugby League website Nothing But League. They have outstanding rugby league coverage and still have time for Queensland Cup here too.
Their tips and ours will be underneath each of the match previews.
QUEENSLAND CUP 2022 SEASON STATS
2022 QUEENSLAND CUP SEASON SUMMARY
Here’s a colourful and quick way to see how the 2022 season is going for the teams.
2022 QUEENSLAND CUP SEASON FORM GUIDE
Here’s how the team’s season is going by round.
MORE 2022 QUEENSLAND CUP SEASON STATS – TEAM RECORD V TOP AND BOTTOM SIDES
Top 8 / Bottom 6 are determined at time of match not current ladder.
2022 QUEENSLAND CUP ROUND 12 BARELY INTERESTING STATS
Before we leave Round 11 we thought we’d point out some barely interesting things. There were two occurrences of the same score line being repeated – 26-22 and 32-22 featured twice last weekend. And 11/14 teams scored either 22, 26 or 32 points.
Redcliffe and Burleigh are the only teams left with a 100% record since the bye round/s.
The Central Capras haven’t beaten Redcliffe in 14 attempts going back to 2014. But before last weekend’s win over Townsville, they hadn’t beaten the Blackhawks either.
This weekend will see the Central Capras complete the set of six of away games v Brisbane clubs, not a bad effort by Round 12. Their win record away to Brisbane teams is currently 60%.
Tweed Heads Seagulls have quite a good record v clubs from Rockhampton north. Since 2018 their record is W15 D3 L5
This weekend sees the third game at Hervey Bay, and this season it is between Wynnum and Sunshine Coast. The Falcons have featured in both of the previous games for a W1 L1 record.
SunshineCoast have won all five matches against Brisbane opposition this season.
Townsville are on a run of four straight wins over the Tigers. They have also lost just 1/6 games v Tigers on a Saturday.
Winless Ipswich Jets are averaging 50 points a game against away from home.
Souths Logan are unbeaten at their secondary home ground Marsden High. Albeit a win, a draw, and a postponement.
Burleigh are unbeaten in four matches v Brisbane sides this season. They have also lost just one of their last 12 matches at home to Brisbane sides.
QUEENSLAND CUP ROUND 12 MATCH BY MATCH PREVIEWS
SATURDAY 11th JUNE 2:30PM @ REDCLIFFE
Predictions: Brendan O’Farrell (BOF) Coming soon Matt Pritchard – Nothing But League (MP) Capras The Gurgler Website (US) Dolphins
SATURDAY 11th JUNE 3PM @ PIGGABEEN
Predictions: BOF Coming soon MP Tweed Heads US Tweed Heads
SATURDAY 11th JUNE 3PM @ HERVEY BAY
Predictions: BOF Coming soon MP Falcons US Falcons
SATURDAY 11th JUNE 4PM @ TOWNSVILLE
Predictions: BOF Coming soon MP Blackhawks US Tigers
SATURDAY 11th JUNE 6PM @ MARSDEN HIGH
Predictions: BOF Coming soon MP Magpies US Magpies
SUNDAY 19th JUNE 2PM @ BURLEIGH
Predictions: BOF Coming soon MP Devils US Bears
SUNDAY 19th JUNE 2:10PM @ CAIRNS
Predictions: BOF Coming soon MP Pride US Hunters
Queensland Cup 2022 Predictions Season Results
Here’s the tipping record of all of our tipsters for the 2022 season.
BRENDAN O’FARRELL
REIGNING GURGLER QLD CUP TIPPING CHAMP
FORMERLY OF INTRUST SUPER
2022 Stats 44/69 (64%)
GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 04: Jules Robinson and Cameron Merchant from Married at First Sight attends the 61st TV WEEK Logie Awards voting launch event at The Star Gold Coast on March 04, 2019 in Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)
The programming genuises at Channel Nein have announced an exciting new spin-off to Married at First Sight for 2023.
Maths at First Sight will see six couples tasked with solving complicated maths problems. A panel of mathematical experts will judge the answers, based on if the answer’s correct, how the couple works together to solve it, and process they go through. The worst-performing couple will be eliminated every week, with the last couple standing winning a lavish wedding, an exclusive story in whatever gossip rags Uncle Rupert owns, and a two-week Las Vegas honeymoon.
Lovable Channel Nein larrikin Karl Stefanovic will host MathsAFS after mathematical whiz/celebrity/comedian Adam Spencer refused a handsome offer. To quote Spencer’s terse email reply to MathsAFS staff: “I have far, far, far better things to do than host some trashy reality show that only exists because of a stupid pun! Now leave me alone!”
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MathsAFS will air in February 2023 and Nein insiders are hoping the six-episode run will be a nice lead-in to the next season on MAFS.
But some TV critics are less optimistic.
“Who the hell wants to watch people do maths on TV? Maths is boring enough as it is!” said one veteran critic, who wished to stay anonymous to protect their reputation. “It’ll be lucky to last two weeks before it’s dumped on GEM to be forgotten forever.”
Everyday News is a brand new general news/parody section of The Gurgler, and definitely not a lame rip-off of ‘The Betoota Advocate’. We swear.
Welcome to our weekly look at the upcoming weekend of NRL, it’s just a regular old week, with some regular old tips featured in our NRL Round 15 Predictions Stats Preview + Alternative Tips.
Each week we offer up a quick preview glance for each match, a bunch of barely interesting stats which seem to be growing every week, our own Form-O-Meter on which side is hot and not, and our own thoughts on who will win.
We also offer up some alternative tips. These alternative tips are often based on a rugby league stat, and sometimes something completely absurd, and are aimed at those NRL tipsters who just can’t be bothered.
This week it’s based on Winter. How nice.
So enjoy the 2022 NRL Round 15 Predictions Stats Preview + Alternative Tips where there’s something for everyone. Mostly.
2022 NRL Round 15 Predictions – Alternative Tips – Winning % during Winter since 1998
Short on inspiration already? Or looking for that edge to your tipping that no one else in your competition has? Well here are the Alternative NRL Tips for this round.
With the change in the season recently, and a lot of cold weather in Australia, what better time than now to use each team’s form across the coldest months.
So this week we have worked out the winning % for each team in June, July and August from 1998 and whichever team has the higher winning % gets this week’s tip. Simples.
ALTERNATIVE TIPS 2022 PROGRESS – 59% – 64/108
2022 NRL Round 15 Predictions – Gurgler Tips
Can we beat our own Alternative NRL tips? Usually not, so again we’ll have to keep trying.
RABBITOHS to beat Dragons
COWBOYS to beat Sea Eagles
STORM to beat Broncos
SHARKS to beat Titans
PANTHERS to beat Warriors
EELS to beat Roosters
RAIDERS to beat Knights
BULLDOGS to beat Tigers
OUR TIPS – 64% – 70/108
2022 NRL Round 15 Weekly H2H Stats
Looking for a cheat sheet for the weekend’s upcoming games?
Much like Noah and his ark, ours come in twos.
Here’s as much information that we could cram into one visual, or two. Click on the images for a closer look. It looks marginally more impressive closer up.
Here we take the best points of interest for each match coming up this weekend, and share them with you for no cost. Feel free to share with friends and family.
Dragons have lost their last three on a Thursday at WIN Stadium. They have also never beaten South Sydney on a Thursday in three attempts anywhere.
Dragons have won three n a row v Sydney teams. Prior to that it was 12 straight losses.
Manly have won all four contests v North Queensland on a Friday. Although Manly have lost six in a row on a Friday v all teams.
Brisbane have beaten Melbourne just twice in the past 22 matches going back to 2011. But at least both of those wins were at AAMI Park. And one was on a Friday.
Broncos and Melbourne have met 22 times on a Friday since the Storm entered the competition, and Broncos have won three times.
Melbourne have won 14/15 clashes v Queensland sides at home on a Friday. They have also won their last eight home matches on a Friday and last lost in April 2019.
Sharks are undefeated at Coffs Harbour v Gold Coast (1/1)
Gold Coast’s record at NSW grounds that aren’t in Sydney or Newcastle is 2/13.
Sharks have won six straight at home to Qld sides.
Penrith have lost only twice since the start of 2020 to teams from outside NSW. One was the 2020 Grand Final, both losses have been to Melbourne.
Parramatta have lost four in a row v Sydney sides on a Saturday.
Canberra have lost their last four games to Newcastle on a Sunday and have conceded exactly 34 points on three of the four occasions.
Newcastle have lost four in a row on a Sunday v all opposition, and scored just ten points in the last three.
Bulldogs have lost nine on a row at CommBank Stadium. They have lost all five Sunday games at the ground.
Wests Tigers have lost seven in a row on a Sunday – the average just 6.5 points per game during that run.
NRL TEAMS WINNING RECORD IN WINTER
Since it has got colder, what better time than to see all the team’s record side by side in the cold.
2022 NRL Round 15 NRL 2022 Season – Team Stats
We have taken the best of the NRL data and turned them into visuals you can use to enjoy your rugby league this weekend.
There’s run metres, kicking stats, errors, tackled and lack of tackles.
Plus we also have each team’s record against the top and bottom teams and home v away.
There’s so much you’ll need to stop halfway to catch your breath.
TEAM RECORD V TOP & BOTTOM EIGHT SIDES
Note – top / bottom eight is decided at time of match not current ladder.
TEAM RECORD – HOME & AWAY
Note – not the awful soap on Channel 7
KICKING STATS
Note: last graph is a 100% breakdown of kick types.
RUNNING STATS
TACKLES
BAD BOYS
2022 NRL Season Prediction Results
Our tips jumped ahead of the alternative tips last week, so now onto bigger and better things.
ALTERNATIVE TIPS – 59% – 57/96 6/8 First Round Form 4/8 More Dangerous Mascot 3/8 Best H2H 6/8 April Fools 7/8 Bad Boy Points (Penalties/Sin Bins etc) 5/8 Greens Votes 6/8 Marginal Seats 5/8 Covid Cases 6/8 May Record 3/8 Suncorp Stadium Record 4/8 ALP Voting 2/8 Green / Teal Colour Wheel 1/4 June Form since 1998 6/8 Post Origin I Form
