Predicament Predictions - 2012 Italian Grand Prix

[TomWazzleshaw]

With such a short turnaround between Belgium and Italy, our F1 deprivation should well and truly be cured. Deadline is the conclusion of FP3 on Saturday

Wizzie's Predictions
2012 Tifosi's backyard Grand Prix
1. Hamilton
2. Raikkonen
3. Vettel
4. Alonso
5. D'Ambrosio
6. Kobayashi
7. Hulkenberg
8. Button
9. Perez
10. Rosberg

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Button
First Retirement: Schumacher
ROTR: Maldonado (Takes out Schumacher at the start before collecting his pitcrew in the pitlane and getting a multi-race ban for his troubles)
IIDOTR: D'Ambrosio (Takes front row start and would have scored a podium if it wasn't for yet another daft Lotus strategy)
DBTMOTR: Di Resta
Minor League Premiership: Ricciardo
The Fall Guy: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

For the record, D'Ambrosio does NOT qualify for the Minor League Premiership award.

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Predictions
2012 When will Wizzie update the standings Grand Prix
1. Raikkonen
2. Webber
3. Vettel
4. Kobayashi
5. Hamilton
6. Rosberg
7. Alonso
8. Button
9. Perez
10. Ricciardo

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Karthikayen
ROTR: Vernge (Hits D'Ambrosio at the chicane, ruining both their races)
IIDOTR: Kobayashi
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Ricciardo
The Fall Guy: Di Resta
Non-Qualifiers: None

[WaffleCat]

WaffleCat's Predictions
2012 OMG SUPAR FAST SPEED!11!! GP
1. Raikkonen
2. Hamilton
3. Alonso
4. D'Ambrosio
5. Button
6. Perez
7. Webber
8. Massa
9. Kobayashi
10. Rosberg

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: D'Ambrosio
First Retirement: Schumacher
ROTR: Schumacher(Messes up)
IIDOTR: D'Ambrosio
DBTMOTR: Schumacher
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
The Fall Guy: Webber(Wild guess...)
Non-Qualifiers: None

[the Masked Lapwing]

TMLW's predictions
2012 Italian Grand Prix
1. Alonso
2. Button
3. Perez
4. Vettel
5. Schumacher
6. Massa
7. Webber
8. Rosberg
9. Senna
10. D'Ambrosio

Pole: Alonso
Fastest lap: Perez
First retirement: Raikkonen/Hamilton
ROTR: Raikkonen
IIDOTR: D'Ambrosio
DBTMOTR: Hamilton
MLP: Ricciardo
The Fall Guy: D'Ambrosio
DNQ: None

[tommykl]

tommykl's predictions
2012 Jérôme d'Ambrosio's second home Grand Prix
1. Alonso
2. Webber
3. Button
4. d'Ambrosio
5. Vettel
6. Pérez
7. Rosberg
8. Massa
9. Ricciardo
10. Kobayashi

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Pérez
First retirement: Räikkönen
ROTR: Hamilton
IIDOTR: d'Ambrosio
DBTMOTR: Hamilton
MLP: Ricciardo
The Fall Guy: di Resta
DNQ: none

[Salamander]

BlindCaveSalamander's predictions
2012 Kinda Shoe-ish Looking Grand Prix
1. Button
2. Hamilton
3. Raikkonen
4. Kobayashi
5. Alonso
6. Vettel
7. Perez
8. d'Ambrosio
9. Massa
10. Hulkenberg

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First retirement: Webber
ROTR: Webber
IIDOTR: Kobayashi
DBTMOTR: Webber
MLP: Vergne
The Fall Guy: Maldonado
DNQ: none

[ranig]

ranig's predictions
2012 Another lame excuse from Lotus Grand Prix
1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Raikkonen
4. Alonso
5. Button
6. Hulkemberg
7. Maldonado
8. whoever will drive the second Lotus
9. Massa
10. Kobayashi

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First retirement: Vergne
ROTR: Webbwe
IIDOTR: Hulkenberg
DBTMOTR: Webber
MLP: Ricciardo
The Fall Guy: Vergne
DNQ: none

[Londoner]

East Londoner's Predictions
2012 Banana-flavoured Custard Grand Prix

1. D'Ambrosio (seems legit)
2. Alonso
3. Raikkonen
4. Button
5. Vettel
6. Hamilton
7. Perez
8. Hulkenberg
9. Schumacher
10. Webber

Pole: Webber
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First retirement: Rosberg (he and Webber are hit by the Reverend in the first chicane )
ROTR: Maldonado (gets slapped with a long-overdue race ban for his troubles)
IIDOTR: D'Ambrosio takes a shock victory
DBTMOTR: Di Resta
MLP: Vergne
The Fall Guy: Di Resta
DNQ: None

[Shizuka]

2012 Minardi, Osella, Nowhere. Zakspeed Also Grand Prix (this has to be the stupidest acronym)
1. Hamilton
2. Button
3. Vettel
4. Alonso
5. Räikkönen
6. Perez
7. Webber
8. Massa
9. D'Ambrosio
10. Schumacher

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Senna
First Retirement: Maldonado
ROTR: Maldonado (First corner clash. Takes out Kobayashi, Rosberg, Hülkenberg)
IIDOTR: Perez - with an extra pitstop, finishes 6th on a one-stopper, without it, a podium would have been possible
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Ricciardo (11th)
The Fall Guy: Vergne (seriously, JEV, you can't win this all the time)
Non-Qualifiers: None

[Bleu]

2012 Missing Rrrmnn Grssssjjjn Grand Prix
1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Räikkönen
4. Alonso
5. Kobayashi
6. Perez
7. Schumacher
8. Rosberg
9. Hülkenberg
10.d'Ambrosio

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Senna
First Retirement: Maldonado
ROTR: Maldonado
IIDOTR: Kobayashi
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Pic
The Fall Guy: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

[dr-baker]

2012 Massa Only Now Zooms Around Grand Prix
1. Alonso
2. Massa
3. Vettel
4. Button
5. Hamilton
6. Webber
7. Raikkonen
8. Rosberg
9. Schumacher
10. Custard

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Button
First Retirement: Maldonado plus whoever he crashes into at the Rettifilo chicane
ROTR: Maldonado (finally also gets a race ban for first-corner incident)
IIDOTR: Massa
DBTMOTR: Custard
Minor League Premiership: Ricciardo
The Fall Guy: Senna
Non-Qualifiers: None

[Ataxia]

BLN's predictions
2012 When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that's amore Grand Prix

1. Alonso
2. Button
3. Räikkönen
4. d'Ambrosio
5. Vettel
6. Hamilton
7. Massa
8. Kobayashi
9. Hülkenberg
10. Perez

Pole: Alonso
Fastest lap: Hulkenberg
First Retirement: Ricciardo
ROTR: Mercedes
IIDOTR: d'Ambrosio
DBTMOTR: Wibbah
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
The Fall Guy: Schumacher
Non-Qualifiers: None

[Copersucar]

Copersucar's predictions - 2012 Dolmio's Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Massa
4. Hamilton
5. Alonso
6. Raikkonen
7. D'Ambrosio
8. Webber
9. Hulkenburg
10. Perez

ROTR: Rosberg
IIDOTR: Massa
First Retirement: Petrov
Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Massa
DNQ: None

[Aerospeed]

JeremyMcClean's Predictions
2012 d'Ambrosio Appreciation Grand Prix
1. Vettel
2. Raikkonen
3. d'Ambrosio (or whoever replaces Clownjean)
4. Button
5. Kobayashi
6. Alonso
7. Hamilton
8. Hulkenburg
9. Di Resta
10. Perez

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Di Resta
First Retirement: Webber/Massa/Rosberg/Maldonado
ROTR: Maldonad'oh (Takes out Webber, Massa and Rosberg on first lap. A race-ban ensues.)
IIDOTR: d'Ambrosio
DBTMOTR: Perez
MLP: Does d'Ambrosio count? If not, Vergne
Fall Guy: Ricciardo (I am confident that Caterham will likely never make it out of Q1 this season)
DNQ: None

[UncreativeUsername37]

2012 A Lot Like the Old Hockenheim Grand Prix
1. Alonso
2. Hamilton
3. Vettel
4. Maldonado
5. Raikkonen
6. Button
7. Webber
8. d'Ambrosio
9. Perez
10. Kobayashi

Pole: Alonso
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: None
ROTR: Mercedes
IIDOTR: Pic (beats both Caterhams)
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Pic
The Fall Guy: Vergne
DNQ: None

[Meatwad]

Meatwad's predictions

2012 Spaghetti Culture Grand Prix *
1. Alonso
2. Hamilton
3. Button
4. Vettel
5. Kobayashi
6. Räikkönen
7. Webber
8. Massa
9. D'Ambrosio (or whoever replaces Grosjean)
10. Senna

Pole: Alonso
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Petrov
ROTR: Mercedes (nightmare weekend, both cars out in Q2, Schumacher retires and Rosberg only manages to finish twelfth)
IIDOTR: D'Ambrosio (has a disappointing qualifying but finishes in points after a brilliant race)
DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP: Ricciardo
Fall Guy: D'Ambrosio
DNQ: None

* As I couldn't come up with a song title, I included a Niki Lauda reference.

[pasta_maldonado]

Pasta's Predictions

2012 Boot Grand Prix

1. d'Ambrosio
2. Alonso
3. Button
4. Vettel
5. Hamilton
6. Raikkonen
7. Maldonado
8. Webber
9. Hulkenberg
10. Perez

Pole: Alonso
Fastest lap: Button
First Retirement: Schumacher
ROTR: Mercedes (Awful all weekend)
IIDOTR: D'Ambrosio (Takes front row start and wins the race after Karthikeyan holds up Alonso. Honourable mentions for Maldonado who doesn't crash)
DBTMOTR: Di Resta
Minor League Premiership: Ricciardo
The Fall Guy: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

[solarcold]

2012 Monza Onza Nza Za A Grand Prix solarcold's predictions

1. Raikkonen
2. Webber
3. Maldonado
4. D'Ambrosio
5. Hamilton
6. Alonso
7. Button
8. Perez
9. Massa
10. Senna

Pole: D'Ambrosio
Fastest lap: Webber
First Retirement: Vettel
ROTR: Vettel (everything goes wrong, DNF)
IIDOTR: Maldonado (does well)
DBTMOTR: Vettel
Minor League Premiership: Ricciardo
The Fall Guy: Vettel
Non-Qualifiers: None

[Nuppiz]

2012 Parmigiano-Reggiano Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Webber
4. Räikkönen
5. Alonso
6. Hamilton
7. Hülkenberg
8. Massa
9. Perez
10. D'Ambrosio

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Räikkönen
First Retirement: Maldonado
ROTR: Maldonado
IIDOTR: D'Ambrosio
DBTMOTR: Kobayashi
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
The Fall Guy: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

[FullMetalJack]

2012 Pistol Grand Prix

It's back to random by the way, other than the winner. I'm thinking ultra wishfully though.

I do from 1 to 36 for ROTR and IIDOTR, teams from 25 to 36

1. D'Ambrosio
2. Hamilton
3. Schumacher
4. Webber
5. Rosberg
6. Vettel
7. De La Rosa
8. Kobayashi
9. Vergne
10. Perez

Pole: Kobayashi
Fastest Lap: Rosberg
First Retirement: Kovalainen
ROTR: Ferrari
IIDOTR: Marussia
DBTMOTR: Glock
MLP: Pic
The Fall Guy: Vettel
DNQ: None

[Pointrox]

2012 No Italian On The Grid Grand Prix
1. Raikkonen
2. Button
3. D'Ambrosio
4. Vettel
5. Alonso
6. Perez
7. Hulkenberg
8. Schumacher
9. Kobayashi
10. Rosberg

Pole: Raikkonen
Fastest lap: as random as Senna's FL in Belgium
First retirement: Glock
ROTR: Toro Rosso
IIDOTR: D'Ambrosio for being a super-sub
DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP: Vergne
Fall Guy: Ricciardo
DNQ: None

[FullMetalJack]

Fall Guy: Kobayashi (great qualifying with another Q3 under his belt, but piss poor race)

The Fall Guy means you get knocked out in Q1.

[Rocks with Salt]

2012 Tifosi-fest GP Predictions
1. Alonso
2. Hamilton
3. Vettel
4. Button
5. Webber
6. Raikkonen
7. Di Resta
8. Schumacher
9. Massa
10. d'Ambrosio

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Webber
First Retirement: Glock
ROTR: Rosberg
IIDOTR: Di Resta
DBTMOTR: Rosberg
Minor League Premiership: Riccardo
The Fall Guy: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

[AdrianSutil]

AdrianSutil's predictions:*
2012 "Take it easy in the first corner lads OH SHTZ ITZ F'KN MALDONADO! F'KN RUNN!!!1!1" grand prix

1. Alonso (Cue massive Tifosi riot!)
2. Vettel
3. Hamilton
4. Button
5. Raikkonen
6. Massa
7. Di Resta
8. D'Ambrosio
9. Schumacher
10. Perez

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Raikkonen
First retirement: whoever Maldonado hits in the Retifilio on lap 1.
ROTR: Maldonado
IIDOTR: D'Ambrosio (come on, if he scores a point it's instant IIDOTR from us sentimental-love-underdog-lot)
DBTMOTR: Rosberg (fail)
MLP: Ricciardo
The Fall Guy: Rosberg (epic fail)
DNQ: Nobody unless illness/massive crash/couldn't be bothered anymore (looking at you Glock)


* As monza is double-points round, do I get double-double-points if I use my double point card? (seems a legit question).

[Pamphlet]

Pamphlet's Predictions
2012 There's A Red Car At The Front And It's Not The Usual One Oh My God What Is Going On In This Grand Prix
1. Massa
2. Schumacher
3. d'Ambrosio
4. Vettel
5. Button
6. Raikkonen
7. Hamilton
8. Maldonado
9. Webber
10. Kobayashi

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First Retirement: Rosberg (taken out by Alonso in the first lap)
ROTR: Alonso (gets soundly beaten in every qualifying session by Massa, causes a first lap incident and limps back to the pits with terminal damage)
IIDOTR: Massa (makes an emphatic return to the top and almost fully makes up for Alonso's terrible weekend)
DBTMOTR: Alonso
Minor League Premiership: Ricciardo
The Fall Guy: Senna
Non-Qualifiers: None

[Eryx]

1.Button
2.Massa
3.Kobayashi
4.Hamilton
5.Perez
6.Schumi
7.Rosberg
8.Ambrosia Custard
9.Senna
10.Di Resta

I also believe HRT will finish ahead of the Marussia's.

[DOSBoot]

DOSBoot's Perdictions:

2012 Italian Grand Prix

1. Button
2. Hamilton
3. Alonso
4. Webber
5. Vettel
6. Raikkonen
7. Kobayashi
8. Massa
9. D'Ambrosio
10. Di Resta

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Button
First Retirement: Maldonaldo
ROTR: Maldonaldo
IIDOTR: D'Ambrosio
DBTMOTR: Rosberg
Minor League Premiership: Ricciardo
The Fall Guy: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

[Sunshine_Baby_[IT]]

DOSBoot's Perdictions:

2012 Italian Grand Prix

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Webber
First Retirement: D'Ambrosio
ROTR: Vettel
IIDOTR: Webber
DBTMOTR: Vettel
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
The Fall Guy: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

[Phoenix]

Phoenix's predictions

2012 Fernando Alonso GP
1.- Button
2.- Alonso
3.- Kobayashi (I hope!)
4.- Hamilton
5.- Pérez
6.- Räikkönen
7.- Vettel
8.- Hülkenberg
9.- Rosberg
10.- Massa

Pole position: Button
Fastest lap: Kobayashi
First retirement: Schumacher
ROTR: d'Ambrosio, I fear
IIDOTR: Kobayashi, the first Japanese on a podium since Takuma Sato in 2004.
DBTMOTR: d'Ambrosio
MLP: Ricciardo
The Fall Guy: Senna
DNQs: none

[sswishbone]

sswishbone's Predictions
2012 Most famous race to be exclusive to Sky
1. Button
2. Alonso
3. Schumacher
4. Hamilton
5. Raikonnen
6. Webber
7. Vettel
8. Maldonado
9. Perez
10. D'Ambrosio

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Perez
First Retirement: Pic
ROTR: Rosberg (Crawls home well out of the points while Schumi scores unlikely podium)
IIDOTR: Maldonado (Silences critics with storming drive to points recovery from penalty start)
DBTMOTR: Rosberg
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
The Fall Guy: Ricciardo
Non-Qualifiers: None

[Ed24]

Ed24's Predictions
2012 'at least we might get a clean first lap without Grosjean' Grand Prix

1. Button
2. Alonso
3. Hamilton
4. Massa
5. Vettel
6. Perez
7. Raikkonen
8. Kobayashi
9. Hulkenberg
10. Schumacher

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Massa
First Retirement: Maldonado
ROTR: Maldonado
IIDOTR: Massa
DBTMOTR: D'Ambrosio
Minor League Premiership: Ricciardo
The Fall Guy: D'Ambrosio
Non-Qualifiers: None

[Shizuka]

As monza is double-points round, do I get double-double-points if I use my double point card? (seems a legit question).

That is a good question indeed...

[DOSBoot]

DOSBoot's Perdictions:

2012 Italian Grand Prix

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Webber
First Retirement: D'Ambrosio
ROTR: Vettel
IIDOTR: Webber
DBTMOTR: Vettel
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
The Fall Guy: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

DOPPLEGANGER!!! I've already made my perdictions! Unless you're going to give me extra points for that, I suggest you change the name of whose perdictions those were!

[TomWazzleshaw]

As monza is double-points round, do I get double-double-points if I use my double point card? (seems a legit question).

That is a good question indeed...

Mostly to make my life easier, you're not allowed to use your double points joker at the Italian GP.

[Aerospeed]

Could someone forfeit their double points in Italy and use it for another race?

[TomWazzleshaw]

Could someone forfeit their double points in Italy and use it for another race?

No. Because that would ruin the point of the anniversary double points gimmick

[Dj_bereta]

1.- Hamilton
2.- Kobayashi
3.- Raikkonen
4.- Button
5.- Rosberg
6.- Vettel
7.- Perez
8.- Webber
9.- Maldonado
10.- Hulkenberg

Pole position: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Kobayashi
First retirement: Schumacher
ROTR: Schumacher (first lap crash)
IIDOTR: Kobayashi.
DBTMOTR: D'Ambrosio
MLP: Vergne
The Fall Guy: D'Ambrosio
DNQs: none

[FantometteBR]

(Vic's) FantometteBR'a 2012 Grrrrjjjnnnn-less Grand Prix

1.-Alonso
2.- Vettel
3.- Rosberg
4.- Hamilton
5.- Webber
6.- Kobayashi
7.- Maldonado
8.- Button
9.- D'Ambrosio
10.-Massa

Pole position: Vettel
Fastest lap: Massa
First retirement: Senna
ROTR: The first corner (expect lots of smashes and fun, get nothing)
IIDOTR: D'Ambrosio (Does a nice and respectful race to reach points) or Pic (yes, a Marussia will front 'the other three')
DBTMOTR: Schumacher (is not like he has a Ferrari anymore)
MLP: Vergne
The Fall Guy: Perez
DNQs: none

[RAK]

RAK's Predictions:
2012 "If it isn't red, we're not interested" Grand Prix

1) Alonso
2) Hamilton
3) Vettel
4) Button
5) Webber
6) Raikkonen
7) Rosberg
8) Kobayashi
9) D'Ambrosio
10) Massa

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Schumacher
ROTR: Schumacher's engine - bad luck strikes again
IIDOTR: D'Ambrosio
DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP: Vergne
The Fall Guy: Vergne
DNQ: None

[TheBigJ]

The Big J's Predictions:
2012 "Ferrari's International Assistance" Grand Prix

1)Button
2) Schumacher (has a point to prove)
3) D'Ambrosio (ditto, and in a car he's drived before at Mugello)
4) Alonso
5) Webber
6) Raikkonen
7) Kobayashi
8) Perez
9) Di Resta
10) Massa

Pole: Button
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Hamilton in a moment of madness crash.
ROTR: Hamilton for having such a poor weekend again and being unprofessional.
IIDOTR: D'Ambrosio
DBTMOTR: Hamilton
MLP: Vergne
The Fall Guy: Ricciardo
DNQ: None