Predicament Predictions - 2011 Japanese Grand Prix

[TomWazzleshaw]

Deadline is the conclusion of FP2 on Friday as per usual. Hopefully the server won't crap itself again.

Wizzie's Predictions
2011 Japanese Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Webber
3. Button
4. Alonso
5. Hamilton
6. Kobayashi
7. Petrov
8. Alguersuari
9. Massa
10. Di Resta

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Sutil
ROTR: Buemi (Throws away Q3 qualifying effort with early exit from race)
IIDOTR: Kobayashi (Has absolutely blinding race and almost catches Hamilton hand over fist at the end)
DBTMOTR: Sutil
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: None

[Londoner]

East Londoner's Predictions
2011 Japanese Grand Prix

1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Hamilton
4. Webber
5. Rosberg
6. Schumacher
7. Kobayashi
8. Sutil
9. Di Resta
10. Alonso

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Button
First retirement: D'Ambrosio attempts to emulate Di Grassi's crash last year, on the first lap this time
ROTR: Ferrari (nightmare qualifying, Massa's engine blows, Alonso clashes with Webber and has to drive back up the field)
IIDOTR: Kobayashi comprehensivly thrashes Perez
DBTMOTR: Perez
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: None

[Klon]

Klon's Predictions
2011 Japanese Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Alonso
4. Webber
5. Hamilton
6. Rosberg
7. Massa
8. Schumacher
9. Di Resta
10. Maldonado

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Button
First retirement: Senna
ROTR: Hamilton (despite being warned about it, he does "it" again)
IIDOTR: Maldonado
DBTMOTR: Barrichello
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: None

[Shizuka]

Shizuka's predictions, 2011 Japanese Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Webber
3. Button
4. Hamilton
5. Alonso
6. Massa
7. Rosberg
8. Sutil
9. Kobayashi
10. Di Resta

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Button
First retirement: Buemi
ROTR: Toro Rosso
IIDOTR: Kobayashi for another speedy drive
DBTMOTR: Perez (finishes only 14th)
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: None

USING DOUBLE POINTS

[tommykl]

tommykl's Predictions
2011 Japanese Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Webber
4. Hamilton
5. Alonso
6. Massa
7. Sutil
8. Schumacher
9. Rosberg
10. Pérez

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Button
First retirement: Glock
ROTR: Buemi, destroys the midfield at the start
IIDOTR: Sutil; from 18th on the grid
DBTMOTR: di Resta
MLP: Pérez
DNQ: None

[DOSBoot]

DOSBoot's perdictions:

1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Webber
4. Alonso
5. Hamilton
6. Kobayashi
7. Rosberg
8. Shumacher
9. Di Resta
10. Sutil

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Senna
ROTR: The Green Lotus Team
IIDOTR: Kobayashi
DNQ: None

[Aerospeed]

JeremyMcClean's Predictions
2011 Japanese Grand Prix
1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Webber
4. Button
5. Schumacher
6. Alonso
7. di Resta
8. Rosberg
9. Kobayashi
10. Alguersuari

Pole: Webber
Fastest Lap: Button
First Retirement: Sutil
ROTR: Massa (Where was he again??)
IIDOTR: Hamilton (didn't have an incident all weekend!)
DBTMOTR: Massa...
MLP: Di Resta
Non-Qualifiers: None

[the Masked Lapwing]

TMLW's Predictions
2011 Japanese Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Button
4. Webber
5. Alonso
6. Rosberg
7. Massa
8. Schumacher
9. Sutil
10. Alguersuari

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Glock
ROTR: Di Resta (Sutil was catching Schumacher at the rate of knots, and made Q3. Di Resta? Absolutely nowhere all weekend.)
IIDOTR: Hamilton (For having a clean race, and actually battling Vettel at the end.)
DBTMOTR: Di Resta
MLP: Perez
DNQ: None

[Benetton]

Benetton's Predictions
2011 Japanese Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Button
4. Webber
5. Alonso
6. Rosberg
7. Schumacher
8. Sutil
9. Alguersuari
10. Kobayashi

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Perez
ROTR: Group Bahar Renault for the 2nd race in succession
IIDOTR: Sutil
DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: None

[mario]

2011 Japanese Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Webber
3. Button
4. Alonso
5. Hamilton
6. Rosberg
7. Massa
8. Schumacher
9. Di Resta
10. Alguersuari

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Buemi
ROTR: Williams
IIDOTR: Di Resta
DBTMOTR: Buemi
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: None

[Row Man Gross-Gene]

RMG-G's 2011 Japanese Grand Prix Predictions

1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Hamilton
4. Alonso
5. Webber
6. Rosberg
7. Massa
8. Schumacher
9. di Resta
10. Kobayashi

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Webber
First retirement: Perez
ROTR: Perez
IIDOTR: Hamilton
DBTMOTR: Buemi
MLP: di Resta
DNQ: None

[Dj_bereta]

1. Vettel
2. Webber
3. Hamilton
4. Button
5. Massa
6. Rosberg
7. Schumacher
8. Kobayashi
9. Senna
10. Perez

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Glock
ROTR: Alonso
IIDOTR: Kobayashi
DBTMOTR: Alonso
MLP: Perez
DNQ: None

[shinji]

It seems like these are my only posts these days, oh well.

1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Alonso
4. Webber
5. Hamilton
6. Schumacher
7. Kamui
8. Sutil
9. Petrov
10. di Resta
Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: D'Ambrosio
ROTR: Someone
IIDOTR: Kamui
DBTMOTR: Perez
MLP: di Resta

May as well use me some double points.

[Phoenix]

Phoenix's predictions:

1.-Vettel
2.-Alonso
3.-Button
4.-Hamilton
5.-Kobayashi
6.-Webber
7.-Petrov
8.-Schumacher
9.-Rosberg
10.-Sutil

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Alguersuari
ROTR: Toro Rosso
IIDOTR: Cowboyashi
DBTMOTR: Pérez
MLP: di Resta

[QuickYoda41]

2011 Japanese Grand Prix
QuickYoda41's predictions:

1.-Vettel
2.-Webber
3.-Button
4.-Hamilton
5.-Alonso
6.-Kobayashi
7.-Schumacher
8.-Massa
9.-Rosberg
10.-Sutil

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Webber
First retirement: Maldonado
ROTR: Renault (now they'll be behind HRT)
IIDOTR: Kobayashi
DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP: di Resta

[ranig]

Ranig prediction

1.-Button
2.-Vettel
3.-Webber
4.-Alonso
5.-Schumacher
6.-Hamilton
7.-Massa
8.-di Resta
9.-Sutil
10.-Perez

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Webber
First retirement: Kobayashi (causes an accident on the first turn)
ROTR: Renault
IIDOTR: Perez (last to point position)
DBTMOTR: Trulli (strggling with HRT while Kova finishes before both Renaults)
MLP: di Resta
Non-Qualifiers: None

Let's go crazy and let's use double points.

[Ed24]

2011 Japanese Grand Prix
Ed24's predictions:

1. Vettel
2. Webber
3. Hamilton
4. Alonso
5. Button
6. Massa
7. Schumacher
8. Rosberg
9. Sutil
10. Buemi

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Petrov
ROTR: Sauber (unfortunately)
IIDOTR: Buemi (has often been strong at Suzuka)
DBTMOTR: Trulli (back to the old power steering system...)
MLP: di Resta

DOUBLE POINTS

[sswishbone]

sswishbone's Predictions
2011 Japanese Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Button
4. Alonso
5. Webber
6. Rosberg
7. Kobayashi
8. Massa
9. Schumacher
10. Di Resta

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: D'ambrosio
ROTR: Perez (Blows Q3 performance by crashing at Degner in racetrim)
IIDOTR: Kovaleinen (comes 12th on merit)
DBTMOTR: Buemi
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: None

[dr-baker]

1. Button
2. Webber
3. Alonso
4. Rosberg
5. Schumacher
6. di Resta
7. Kobayashi
8. Sutil
9. Senna
10. Petrov

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Button
First retirement: Vettel/Massa/Hamilton in a first-corner shunt
ROTR: Vettel, for failing to wrap up the title at a track well-known for title deciders
IIDOTR: Kobayashi
DBTMOTR: D'Ambrosio Custard
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: None

[Tealy]

Tealy's predictions:

1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Webber
4. Alonso
5. Hamilton
6. Massa
7. Rosberg
8. Schumacher
9. Sutil
10. Di Resta

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Trulli
ROTR: Petrov
IIDOTR: Di Resta
DBTMOTR: Petrov
MLP: di Resta

USING DOUBLE POINTS

[Priceless]

Had to sit out last round due to time constraints... but here goes, now.

Priceless' Predictions
2011 Japanese Grand Prix

1. Sebastian Vettel
2. Jenson Button
3. Mark Webber
4. Fernando Alonso
5. Kamui Kobayashi
6. Felipe Massa
7. Paul di Resta
8. Michael Schumacher
9. Adrian Sutil
10. Bruno Senna

Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap: Jenson Button
First retirement: Lewis Hamilton
ROTR: Lewis Hamilton (for crashing and getting 1st Ret)
IIDOTR: Kamui Kobayashi (another photo-finish with Massa, but finishing in front this time)
DBTMOTR: Rubens Barrichello
MLP: Paul di Resta
DNQ: None

Using double points, as I haven't done so until now.

[kobayashiftw]

2011 Japanese Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Webber
3. Button
4. Alonso
5. Ramilton
6. Kobayashi
7. Senna
8. Barrichello
9. Maldonaldo
10. Schumacher

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Rosberg
ROTR: Di Resta (Drives like Deletraz all race,takes out one of the Toro Rossos.
IIDOTR: Willams (Gets both cars in the points after a disastrous season)
DBTMOTR: Di Resta
MLP: Maldonaldo
DNQ: None

DOUBLE POINTS

[tristan1117]

2011 Japanese Grand Prix

1. Button
2. Webber
3. Hamilton
4. Alonso
5. Massa
6. Petrov
7. Senna
8. Di Resta
9. Kobayashi
10. Sutil

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Button
First retirement: Vettel
ROTR: Mercedes (double dnf)
IIDOTR: Senna
DBTMOTR: Vettel
MLP: Maldonaldo
DNQ: None

[razta]

Wizzie's Predictions
2011 Japanese Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Alonso
4. Hamilton
5. Schumacher
6. Rosberg
7. Webber
8. Alguersuari
9. Massa
10. Di Resta

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Sutil
ROTR: Buemi (Throws away Q3 qualifying effort with early exit from race)
IIDOTR: Alguesuari
DBTMOTR: Petrov
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: None

[Bleu]

1. Vettel
2. Webber
3. Button
4. Alonso
5. Hamilton
6. Rosberg
7. Schumacher
8. Kobayashi
9. di Resta
10. Sutil
Pole: Vettel
FL: Webber
1st Ret: d'Ambrosio
ROTR: Toro Rosso
IIDOTR: Kobayashi
DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: None

[RAK]

RAK's Predictions

1) Vettel
2) Button
3) Hamilton
4) Webber
5) Alonso
6) Massa
7) Schumacher
8) Rosberg
9) Petrov
10) Buemi

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: D'Ambrosio
ROTR: Kobayashi
IIDOTR: Petrov
DBTMOTR: Alguersuari
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: None

[DanielPT]

DanielPT's Predictions

1) Vettel
2) Button
3) Alonso
4) Hamilton
5) Webber
6) Massa
7) Rosberg
8) Sutil
9) Schumacher
10) Kobayashi

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Trulli
ROTR: Barrichello
IIDOTR: Kobayashi
DBTMOTR: Perez
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: None

[Enforcer]

1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Alonso
4. Webber
5. Button
6. Rosberg
7. Massa
8. Schumacher
9. Senna
10. Kobayashi

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Glock
ROTR: Everyone except Sebastian Vettel
IIDOTR: Hamilton, for not crashing into anything for a change.
DBTMOTR: Petrov
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: None.

[IceG]

OK, my first time at this so, like Ferrari for 2012, I'm going radical:

1. Button
2. Alonso
3. Di Resta
4. Hamilton
5. Kobayashi (home race!)
6. Massa
7. Rosberg
8. Schumacher
9. Kovalainen
10. Algersuari

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Button
First Retirement: Vettel (out-accelerated by Button from pole and turns in on Webber coming up in third taking them both out)
ROTR: Sebastian Vettel
IIDOTR: Kovalainen
DBTMOTR: Trulli
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: None.

and the championship continues for another race!

[TomWazzleshaw]

Normally I would give you a 10 point penalty for late submission but since this is your first time and you joined the forum yesterday I'm gonna let you off this time. DanielPT and Enforcer aren't so lucky however

[tommykl]

Normally I would give you a 10 point penalty for late submission but since this is your first time and you joined the forum yesterday I'm gonna let you off this time. DanielPT and Enforcer aren't so lucky however

Now that will do me a whole world of good in the championship

[IceG]

My apologies for late submission and thanks for your flexibility.

I thought the deadline was end of 3rd practice.

[TomWazzleshaw]

My apologies for late submission and thanks for your flexibility.

I thought the deadline was end of 3rd practice.

No problem. I'm usually flexible with first time participants. For future reference the deadline is the conclusion of FP2 in Friday unless stated otherwise.

[DanielPT]

DanielPT and Enforcer aren't so lucky however

Damn... I messed up the time zones and though the 1st and 2nd FPs were early Saturday. Rules are rules, though! I just wish I had Martin Withmarsh to excuse me from my stupid mistakes!

[Enforcer]

Normally I would give you a 10 point penalty for late submission but since this is your first time and you joined the forum yesterday I'm gonna let you off this time. DanielPT and Enforcer aren't so lucky however

Derp.

Forgot the early race time.

[Londoner]

2011 Japanese Grand Prix

1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Alonso
4. Webber
5. Hamilton
6. Schumacher
7. Massa
8. Perez
9. Petrov
10. Rosberg

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Button
First retirement: Buemi
ROTR: Kobayashi
IIDOTR: Perez
DBTMOTR: N/A, though it'll probably be Kobayashi
MLP: N/A
DNQ: Rosberg, Liuzzi

Standings
1. Ranig: 34 points #
2. Shinji: 26 points #
3. Shizuka: 22 points #
4. Ed24: 20 points #
5= East Londoner: 18 points
5= Priceless: 18 points
5= kobayashiftw/eurobrun: 18 points #
8. Klon: 16 points
9= Mario: 13 points
9= IceG: 13 points
11= tommykl: 12 points
11= dr-baker: 12 points
11= Tristan1117: 12 points
11= razta: 12 points
15= The Masked Lapwing: 11 points
15= Row Man Gross-Gene: 11 points
17= Wizzie: 10 points
17= DOSBoot: 10 points
17= Benetton: 10 points
17= Dj_bereta: 10 points
17= QuickYoda41: 10 points
17= sswishbone: 10 points
17= Tealy: 10 points
17= Bleu: 10 points
17= RAK: 10 points
26. Phoenix: 9 points
27. JeremyMcClean: 8 points
28. Enforcer: 3 points *
29. DanielPT: 2 points *

# = Used double points
* = 10 point penalty for missing the deadline

Again, these are provisional, and will remain so until Wizzie compiles the final standings.

[TomWazzleshaw]

DBTMOTR: Senna
MLP: Perez

Standings
1. Ranig: 34 points #
2. Shinji: 26 points #
3. Shizuka: 22 points #
4. Ed24: 20 points #
5= East Londoner: 18 points
5= Priceless: 18 points
5= kobayashiftw/eurobrun: 18 points #
6. Klon: 16 points
7. tommykl: 14 points
8= Mario: 13 points
8= IceG: 13 points
8= The Masked Lapwing: 13 points
9= dr-baker: 12 points
9= Tristan1117: 12 points
9= razta: 12 points
9= Dj_bereta: 12 points
10. Row Man Gross-Gene: 11 points
11= Wizzie: 10 points
11= DOSBoot: 10 points
11= Benetton: 10 points
11= QuickYoda41: 10 points
11= sswishbone: 10 points
11= Tealy: 10 points
11= Bleu: 10 points
11= RAK: 10 points
12. Phoenix: 9 points
13. JeremyMcClean: 8 points
14. Enforcer: 3 points *
15. DanielPT: 2 points *

# = Used double points
* = 10 point penalty for missing the deadline