Predicament Predictions - 2012 Chinese Grand Prix

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 11 Apr 2012, 23:43

Because I'm such an incompetent fool sometimes, the deadline is now the beginning of Q1 and no penalties will apply this weekend unless you do something REALLY stupid.

Wizzie's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Hamilton
3. Raikkonen
4. Vettel
5. Schumacher
6. Grosjean
7. Perez
8. Maldonado
9. Kobayashi
10. Alonso

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Schumacher
First Retirement: Rosberg/Webber
ROTR: Nico Rosberg (Blows Q3 lap yet again before taking Webber out on the first lap)
IIDOTR: Raikkonen (Comeback podium and nearly steals 2nd from Hamilton)
DBTMOTR: Rosberg
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: None

Post by **Londoner** » 11 Apr 2012, 23:50

East Londoner's Predictions
2011 Chinese Grand Prix

1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Webber
4. Raikkonen
5. Hamilton
6. Kobayashi
7. Perez
8. Alonso
9. Maldonado
10. Grosjean

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Button
First Retirement: Massa/Hulkenberg (Massa repeats what he did in Japan back in 2010, writing off a Force India by the first corner)
ROTR: Mercedes (Both cars end up running out of tyre sets and miles out of the points! 8-)

)
IIDOTR: Grosjean (Keeps it on the black stuff for once)
DBTMOTR: A certain fella by the name of Felipe Massa...
MLP: Grosjean
DNQ: None

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 11 Apr 2012, 23:52

Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Webber
4. Hamilton
5. Schumacher
6. Raikkonen
7. Perez
8. Kobayashi
9. Alonso
10. Senna

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Glock
ROTR: Glock (Hits a spinning Hulkenberg on the first lap, eliminating them both)
IIDOTR: Schumacher
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Vernge (11th)
Non-Qualifiers: Cucumber

Post by **Londoner** » 11 Apr 2012, 23:54

eurobrun wrote:Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Webber
4. Vettel
5. Schumacher
6. Raikkonen
7. Perez
8. Kobayashi
9. Alonso
10. Senna

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Glock
ROTR: Glock (Hits a spinning Hulkenberg on the first lap, eliminating them both)
IIDOTR: Schumacher
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Vernge (11th)
Non-Qualifiers: Cucumber

Shite, Helmut Marko's activated his Vettel cloning machine! Run!

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 12 Apr 2012, 00:09

TMLW's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Webber
4. Button
5. Raikkonen
6. Alonso
7. Maldonado
8. Perez
9. Senna
10. Ricciardo

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Petrov
ROTR: Caterham (Double DNF in opening laps)
IIDOTR: Maldonado (for a change)
DBTMOTR: Grosjean
MLP: Ricciardo
DNQ: None

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 12 Apr 2012, 00:20

Wizzie wrote: no penalties will apply this weekend unless you do something REALLY stupid.

Just being fecetious but what would that take?

Note: Posting predictions on Friday

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 12 Apr 2012, 00:27

JeremyMcClean wrote:
Wizzie wrote: no penalties will apply this weekend unless you do something REALLY stupid.

Just being fecetious but what would that take?

Note: Posting predictions on Friday

That my friend solely depends on what mood I'm in when I get around to doing the standings :lol:

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 12 Apr 2012, 00:28

East Londoner wrote:
eurobrun wrote:Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Webber
4. Vettel
5. Schumacher
6. Raikkonen
7. Perez
8. Kobayashi
9. Alonso
10. Senna

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Glock
ROTR: Glock (Hits a spinning Hulkenberg on the first lap, eliminating them both)
IIDOTR: Schumacher
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Vernge (11th)
Non-Qualifiers: Cucumber

Shite, Helmut Marko's activated his Vettel cloning machine! Run!

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Meh, I will fix it

Enforcer · Post by **Enforcer** » 12 Apr 2012, 00:41

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

Pole: Schumacher
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Kovalainen
ROTR: Massa
IIDOTR: Senna
DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP: Grosjean
DNQ: None

Priceless · Post by **Priceless** » 12 Apr 2012, 02:11

Priceless' Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Jenson Button
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. Sebastian Vettel
4. Michael Schumacher
5. Kimi Räikkönen
6. Fernando Alonso
7. Sergio Pérez
8. Bruno Senna
9. Kamui Kobayashi
10. Paul di Resta

Pole: Mark Webber
Fastest lap: Michael Schumacher
First Retirement: Rmmnnn Grrrjnnn / Mark Webber (the latter slow-starting and getting collected by the former)
ROTR: Rmmnnn Grrrjnnn
IIDOTR: Michael Schumacher
DBTMOTR: Nico Rosberg
Minor League Premiership: Jean-Eric Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

* whoops, forgot Senna is not eligible for MLP, but it's before deadline so I guess it's OK to change...

razta · Post by **razta** » 12 Apr 2012, 03:46

Razta's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Schumacher
3. Raikkonen
4. Hamilton
5. Rosberg
6. Grosjean
7. Vettel
8. Alonso
9. Kobayashi
10. Webber

Pole: Schumacher
Fastest lap: Schumacher
First Retirement: Webber
ROTR: Vettel
IIDOTR: Raikkonen
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: None

Post by **tommykl** » 12 Apr 2012, 07:08

tommykl's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Webber
3. Raikkonen
4. Vettel
5. Hamilton
6. Alonso
7. Maldonado
8. Pérez
9. Kobayashi
10. Hülkenberg

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Webber
First Retirement: Grosjean (they say things come in threes...)
ROTR: Massa
IIDOTR: Maldonado
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 12 Apr 2012, 07:39

Aerond's predictions

1.Hamilton
2.Button
3.Vettel
4.Raikkonen
5.Alonso
6.Di Resta
7.Perez
8.Webber
9.Grosjean
10.Ricciardo

Pole: Schumacher
Fastest lap: Button
First retirement: Petrov
ROTR: Mercedes
IIDOTR: Di Resta
DBTMOTR: Massa, as per usual
MLP: Vergne
NQ: none

razta · Post by **razta** » 12 Apr 2012, 07:49

Hamilton isn't getting POLE.. in the last 48 hours, his gearbox "FAILED" .. now he has a penalty..
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/98713 :lol:

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 12 Apr 2012, 08:16

Klon's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Hamilton
2. Button
3. Vettel
4. Grosjean
5. Räikkönen
6. Perez
7. Alonso
8. Maldonado
9. Schumacher
10. Di Resta

Pole: Schumacher
Fastest lap: Räikkönen
First Retirement: Kobayashi
ROTR: Webber (looked good for finishing in front of Vettel, could've even had Button, but third-to-last lap crash spoils all)
IIDOTR: Grosjean (finishes!

)
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: None

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 12 Apr 2012, 08:50

2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Hamilton
4. Webber
5. Räikkönen
6. Perez
7. Alonso
8. Maldonado
9. Schumacher
10. Senna

Pole: Schumacher
Fastest lap: Räikkönen
First Retirement: Vergne
ROTR: Rosberg
IIDOTR: Maldonado
DBTMOTR: Rosberg
Minor League Premiership: Ricciardo
Non-Qualifiers: None

ranig · Post by **ranig** » 12 Apr 2012, 09:18

Ranig's predictions, 2012 Chinese GP
1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Alonso
4. Webber
5. Schumacher
6. Kobayashi
7. Maldonado
8. Raikkonen
9. Hulkenberg
10. Vergne

Pole: Button
Fastest Lap: Schumacher
First Retirement: Grosjean [screwing Hamilton's race in the process]
ROTR: Rosberg
IIDOTR: Hulkenberg [eliminated in Q3, get points]
DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP: Vergne
DNQ: Khartikeyan

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 12 Apr 2012, 09:42

2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Schumacher
3. Hamilton
4. Perez
5. Alonso
6. Senna
7. Vergne
8. Raikkonen
9. Rosberg
10. Massa

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Button
First Retirement: GRJN
ROTR: Bahrain GP
IIDOTR: Perez
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

Boomstick · Post by **Boomstick** » 12 Apr 2012, 09:51

2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Webber
3. Hamilton
4. Pastor
5. Alonso
6. Senna
7. GRJN
8. Raikkonen
9. Rosberg
10. Vergne

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Button
First Retirement: Vettel
ROTR: Mercedes
IIDOTR: Pastor
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

Post by **Nuppiz** » 12 Apr 2012, 10:39

Nuppiz's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Schumacher
4. Hamilton
5. Webber
6. Räikkönen
7. Perez
8. Alonso
9. Rosberg
10. Kobayashi

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Räikkönen
First retirement: Grosjean
ROTR: Grosjean, first-lap collision that takes out multiple cars with him
IIDOTR: Perez
DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP: Vergne
DNQ: None

razta · Post by **razta** » 12 Apr 2012, 11:00

Boomstick wrote:2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Webber
3. Hamilton
4. Pastor
5. Alonso
6. Senna
7. GRJN
8. Raikkonen
9. Rosberg
10. Vergne

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Button
First Retirement: Vettel
ROTR: Mercedes
IIDOTR: Pastor
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

erm Hamilton has been handed a 5 place Penalty

Ed24 · Post by **Ed24** » 12 Apr 2012, 11:06

Thanks for the deadline change, it gives me much more flexibility to update my tips after Friday!

Ed24's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:

1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Raikkonen
4. Hamilton
5. Schumacher
6. Alonso
7. Webber
8. Massa
9. Ricciardo
10. Grosjean

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First Retirement: Maldonado
ROTR: Rosberg
IIDOTR: Ricciardo
DBTMOTR: Rosberg
Minor League Premiership: Ricciardo
Non-Qualifiers: None

DOSBoot · Post by **DOSBoot** » 12 Apr 2012, 11:19

DOSBoot's Perdictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix

1. Webber
2. Vettel
3. Button
4. Hamilton
5. Alonso
6. Perez
7. Raikkonen
8. Rosberg
9. Grojean
10. Kobayashi

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First Retirement: Petrov
ROTR: Glock
IIDOTR: Grojean
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Grojean
Non-Qualifiers: None

RAK · Post by **RAK** » 12 Apr 2012, 11:31

RAK's Predictions

1) Button
2) Vettel
3) Hamilton
4) Alonso
5) Webber
6) Schumacher
7) Raikkonen
8) Kobayashi
9) Perez
10) Grosjean

Pole: Hamilton (if this indicates the fastest time during Q3)/Button(if this indicates who is on pole position when grid penalties are taken into account)
Fastest Lap: Button
First Retirement: Grosjean (hedging my bets)
ROTR: Rosberg
IIDOTR: Alonso
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: None

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] · Post by **Sunshine_Baby_[IT]** » 12 Apr 2012, 12:16

2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Webber
2. Button
3. Vettel
4. Hamilton
5. Alonso
6. Raikkonen
7. Perez
8. Maldonado
9. Massa
10. Senna

Pole: Webber
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Pic
ROTR: Grosjean
IIDOTR: Schumacher
DBTMOTR: Grosjean
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: Karthikeyan

big_sly_doc · Post by **big_sly_doc** » 12 Apr 2012, 14:07

Big Sly's Chinese Grand Prix predictions

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

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Pic
ROTR: Ferrari
IIDOTR: Senna
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

Dj_bereta · Post by **Dj_bereta** » 12 Apr 2012, 14:56

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First Retirement: Alonso
ROTR: Ferrari
IIDOTR: Raikkonen
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: None

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 12 Apr 2012, 15:03

tristan1117's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Webber
2. Button
3. Vettel
4. Raikkonen
5. Rosberg
6. Alonso
7. Senna
8. Kobayashi
9. Perez
10. Vergne

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First Retirement: Maldonado gets tangled with Desi Arnaz at Turn 1.
ROTR: Caterham
IIDOTR: Raikkonen
DBTMOTR: Grosjean
Minor League Premiership: Senna
Non-Qualifiers: None

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 12 Apr 2012, 17:35

Bleu's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Hamilton
4. Webber
5. Räikkönen
6. Grosjean
7. Schumacher
8. Perez
9. Rosberg
10. Senna

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Vergne
First Retirement: Massa
ROTR: Force India
IIDOTR: Grosjean
DBTMOTR: Kobayashi
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: None

QuickYoda41 · Post by **QuickYoda41** » 12 Apr 2012, 17:41

QuickYoda41's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Räikkönen
3. Webber
4. Hamilton
5. Vettel
6. Rosberg
7. Kobayashi
8. Alonso
9. Perez
10. Grosjean

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Webber
First Retirement: Karthikeyan
ROTR: Schumacher (a 2004-like performance

)
IIDOTR: Räikkönen
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: None

Post by **mario** » 12 Apr 2012, 17:49

2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Webber
4. Hamilton
5. Raikkonen
6. Alonso
7. Grosjean
8. Perez
9. Schumacher
10. Rosberg

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Button
First Retirement: Massa
ROTR: Massa
IIDOTR: Grosjean (mainly because he finally doesn't crash into another car off the start)
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: None

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 12 Apr 2012, 18:26

Phoenix's predictions:
1.- Button
2.- Vettel
3.- Hamilton
4.- Alonso
5.- Räikkönen
6.- Webber
7.- Grosjean
8.- Kobayashi
9.- Rosberg
10.- Schumacher

Pole position: Button
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Vergne
RotR: Massa
DBTMotR: Massa
IIDotR: Petrov
MLP: Grosjean
DNQs: no one

Enforcer · Post by **Enforcer** » 12 Apr 2012, 21:39

Two changes made to mine.

Hamilton & Vettel swapped. MLP changed to Grosjean.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 12 Apr 2012, 22:58

AdrianSutil's Predictions:

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

Pole Position: Hamilton (before grid penalty)
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First retirement: Pic
ROTR: Massa (As usual)
DBTMOTR: Hulkenberg
IIDOTR: Di Resta
MLP: Grosjean
DNQ: No cars

RealRacingRoots · Post by **RealRacingRoots** » 13 Apr 2012, 04:28

RRR's Predictions
2012 Communist State Grand Prix

1. Button
2. Webber
3. Vettel
4. Raikkonen
5. Hamilton
6. Alonso
7. Kobayashi
8. Massa
9. Ricciardo
10. Grosjean

Pole Position: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Webber
First retirement: Rosberg
ROTR: Mercedes
DBTMOTR: Vergne
IIDOTR: Kobayashi
MLP: Ricciardo
DNQ: No One

MinardiFan95 · Post by **MinardiFan95** » 13 Apr 2012, 05:56

MinardiFan's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Webber
4. Hamilton
5. Raikonnen
6. Rosberg
7. Maldonado
8. Alonso
9. Perez
10. Di Resta

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Raikonnen
First Retirement: Pic
ROTR: Massa
IIDOTR: Maldonado
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

Post by **Ataxia** » 13 Apr 2012, 10:53

BLN's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Hamilton
3. Rosberg
4. Schumacher
5. Vettel
6. Kobayashi
7. Hulkenberg
8. Alonso
9. Perez
10. Raikkonen

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Rosberg
First Retirement: Grosjean
ROTR: Grosjean, because he was crap again
IIDOTR: Kovalainen, touching distance of les points
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Ricciardo
Non-Qualifiers: None

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 13 Apr 2012, 13:55

DanielPT's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Hamilton
4. Schumacher
5. Webber
6. Raikkonen
7. Alonso
8. Kobayashi
9. Perez
10. Senna

Pole: Schumacher
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First Retirement: Grosjean
ROTR: Rosberg
IIDOTR: Kobayashi
DBTMOTR: Rosberg
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

IceG · Post by **IceG** » 13 Apr 2012, 16:53

IceG's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Schumacher
3. Hamilton
4. Webber
5. Perez
6. Raikkonen
7. Grosjean
8. Maldonado
9. Kobayashi
10. Alonso

Pole: Hamilton (before penalty)
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Massa (taking Vettel off in the first corner when out-braking himself)
ROTR: Massa
IIDOTR: Schumacher (well Perez has proven himself now hasn't he?)
DBTMOTR: Senna
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: None

sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 13 Apr 2012, 19:52

sswishbone's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Button
4. Raikonnen
5. Rosberg
6. Alonso
7. Perez
8. Senna
9. Kobayashi
10. Grosjean

Pole: Schumacher
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Glock
ROTR: Schumacher (Blows pole position with first corner failure)
IIDOTR: Grosjean (actually completes race to bag a point)
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Ricciardo
Non-Qualifiers: None