Predicament Predictions - 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix

[TomWazzleshaw]

Deadline is the conclusion of FP3 on Saturday. And I promise to get around to doing the standings for the first three rounds eventually.

Wizzie's Predictions
2013 Bahrain Grand Prix

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

Pole: Rosberg
Fastest Lap: Raikkonen
First DNF: Vergne
ROTR: Perez (Bins it early on after embarrassing Q1 exit)
IIDOTR: Vergne (Running in top 5 late in the race before a frightening suspension failure)
DBTMOTR: Perez
MLP: Gutierrez
DNQ: None

[the Masked Lapwing]

TMLW's Predictions
2013 Bahrain Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Alonso
4. Webber
5. Rosberg
6. Button
7. Raikkonen
8. Sutil
9. Ricciardo
10. Vergne

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Chilton
ROTR: Vettel (throws the car off the road in the final laps)
IIDOTR: STR
DBTMOTR: Perez
MLP: Bottas
DNQ: None

[UncreativeUsername37]

UgncreativeUsergname's Predictions
2013 If You Build It, They Will Come Because There is Nowhere Else to Go Since There are Only Twenty or Thirty Grade 1 Circuits in the World Grand Prix

1. Vedull
2. Alonso
3. Massa
4. New Villeneuve
5. Ice(cream)man
6. Vedull's #2 driver
7. N. Rosberg
8. Jenson AL Button
9. Roh-mane Gross-gene
10. Hülkenberg

Pole: Ve-TELL
Fastest lap: Ve-TELL
First retirement: Daniel "the Rock" Ricciardo (exhaust)
RotR: Ricciardo's exhaust
IIDotR: Jules "the Rock" Bianchi (beats a Williams for real this time)
DBTMotR: McLaren's Mexican sponsorship guy
MLP: Sauber's Mexican sponsorship guy
DNQ: Giedo "the Rock" van der Garde

[FantometteBR]

FantometteBR's Predictions
2013 And Qatar Only Got MotoGP Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Massa
4. Raikkonen
5. Sutil
6. Webber
7. Button
8. Hulkenberg
9. Maldonado
10. Rosberg

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First DNF: Ricciardo/Di Resta/Gutierrez (Riccy spins and collects both in the way)
ROTR: Marussia (yes, they will get behind Caterhams, mind you)
IIDOTR: Maldonado (drags the dumpcrap Williams to points, mind you again)
DBTMOTR: Alonso (Gets Q3, but does nothing and then retires)
MLP: Bottas
DNQ: Todos Entram, Todos Largam

[Ataxia]

Ataxia's Predictions
2013 Every TV Introduction Will Have Sand, Camels And That Bahrain Flag Made Up Of Lots Of Little Flags In It Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Alonso
3. Raikkonen
4. Hamilton
5. Rosberg
6. Sutil
7. Massa
8. Grosjean
9. Button
10. Hulkenberg

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Perez
First DNF: None
ROTR: Bahrain International Circuit, for providing such a dull race that it makes Paul Di Resta seem as flamboyant as Eddie Jordan's paisley shirts.
IIDOTR: Sutil
DBTMOTR: Webber
MLP: Gutierrez
DNQ: None

[go_Rubens]

go_Rubens's Predicament Predictions:
2013 Race of Middle Eastern Chaos

1. Button (really wishful thinking)
2. Hulkenberg
3. Perez
4. Di Resta (how the hell that happened no one will know)
5. Sutil
6. Ricciardo
7. Bottas
8. Bianchi
9. Maldonado
10. van der Garde (retired)


Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Hulkenberg
First DNF: Rosberg/Hamilton/Alonso/Vettel/Raikkonen/Grojean (first corner pileup)
ROTR: Everyone who crashed out plus Pic
IIDOTR: Bianchi (four points plus beating Maldonado)
DBMOTR: Chilton
MLP: Guiterrez
DNQ: Pic

Feel free to bash this prediction. I am really thinking this is kind of evil.

[Dj_bereta]

1-Raikkonen
2-Hamilton
3-Vettel
4-Webber
5-Alonso
6-Massa
7-Rosberg
8-Sutil
9-Hulkenberg
10-Perez

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Raikkonen
First DNF: Button
ROTR: Mclaren
IIDOTR: Bianchi
DBMOTR: Grosjean
MLP: Guiterrez
DNQ: none

[DOSBoot]

DOSBoot's Perdictions:

2013 Boring Grand Prix
1. Vettel
2. Webber
3. Raikkonen
4. Hamilton
5. Alonso
6. Sutil
7. Massa
8. Button
9. Rosberg
10. Grojean

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Webber
First DNF: Maldonaldo
ROTR: Chilton
IIDOTR: Sutil
DBTMOTR: Perez
MLP: Bottas
DNQ: None

[Hound55]

DOSBoot's Perdictions:

2013 Boring Grand Prix

Hmmph...

Hound55's less than accurate blind guesses:
2013 Most Spectacular Grand Prix of All Time

1. Rosberg
2. Vettel
3. Raikkonen
4. Perez
5. Hulkenburg
6. Ricciardo
7. Alonso
8. Massa
9. Gutierrez
10. Maldonaldo

Pole: Alonso
Fast Lap: Massa
First DNF: Button
ROTR: It would have been Ferrari for an atrocious strategy, but the shear attrition of Mercedes engines means that Mercedes engines get the award
IIDOTR: Perez
DBTMOTR: RoGro
MLP: Gutierrez decides to get some points
DNQ: None

[Shizuka]

Typo of the round goes to Wizzie:

Preciament Predictions

So, here's my precions

2013 Bo(il)ring GP
1. Vettel
2. Räikkönen
3. Alonso
4. Hamilton
5. Webber
6. Massa
7. Button
8. Sutil
9. Ricciardo
10. Hülkenberg

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First DNF: Gutierrez Gutierrez
ROTR: Williams
IIDOTR: Sutil
DBTMOTR: Grosjean
MLP: Bottas
DNQ: None
Alex Yoong Award: van der Garde

[pi314159]

Predictions: 2013 Much oil, few spectators GP:
1. Vettel
2. Alonso
3. Räikkönen
4. Hamilton
5. Webber
6. Grosjean
7. Button
8. Ricciardo
9. Massa
10. di Resta

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: di Resta (due to running on a different strategy)
ROTR: Bahrain International Circuit
IIDOTR: Ricciardo
First Retirement: Rosberg
DBTMOTR: Vergne
MLP: Bianchi
DNQ: none
Alex Yoong Award: van der Garde

[Divina_Galica]

DGs Predictions
2013 Less-than-Bohrain Grand Prix

1. Raikkonen
2. Alonso
3. Vettel
4. Webber
5. Button
6. Massa
7. Rosberg
8. di Resta
9. Vergne
10. Ricciardo

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Raikkonen
First DNF: Hamilton
ROTR: Perez (nightmare with tyres - again)
IIDOTR: Button
DBTMOTR: Perez
MLP: Bottas
DNQ: None[/quote]

DG

[TomWazzleshaw]

Typo of the round goes to Wizzie:

Preciament Predictions

So, here's my precions

Shite. I knew there was something odd about it when I was typing it up this morning but how that got through the system is beyond me

[takagi_for_the_win]

Takagis "predictions"

2013 I Can't Think Of A Witty Title Grand Prix

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First DNF: Webber (mysterious failure at the first corner)
ROTR: Williams (Bianchi beats both drivers on merit. This will happen)
IIDOTR: Hulkenberg
DBTMOTR: dI Resta
MLP: Gutierrez
DNQ: None

[Salamander]

2013 Rain? Bah! Grand Prix

... I don't actually have any predictions, I just wanted to say that.

[Londoner]

East Londoner's Predictions
2013 Two Hours Guaranteed Naptime, Or Your Money Back Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Raikkonen
3. Hamilton
4. Alonso
5. Rosberg
6. Sutil
7. Button
8. Webber
9. Hulkenberg
10. Bottas

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Grosjean/Perez (Perez slams into GRSJN at the first corner, yet GRSJN gets the blame from the uneducated scumbag media. )
ROTR: Bahrain International Circuit (The entire weekend is a Vettel snorefest.)
IIDOTR: Bottas (gets that bloody Williams working for once, and scores his first point)
DBTMOTR: Webber (who else? )
MLP: Bottas
DNQ: Not likely mate.

[Aerospeed]

JeremyMcClean's predictions
2013 Bahrain Grand Prix

1. Alonso (yes really)
2. Rosberg
3. Hamilton
4. Raikkonen
5. Vettel
6. Hulkenberg
7. Button
8. Webber
9. Maldonado
10. Ricciardo

Pole: Raikkonen
Fastest lap: Alonso
First DNF: van der Garde
ROTR: Q3 Tyre rule
IIDOTR: Rosberg
DBTMOTR: GGGGrrrrrjjjjnnnn
MLP: Bottas
DNQ: None

[tommykl]

tommykl's predictions
2013 not-quite-Qatar Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Räikkönen
3. Alonso
4. Vettel
5. Rosberg
6. Webber
7. Button
8. Hülkenberg
9. Pérez
10. Ricciardo

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Hülkenberg
First DNF: Chilton
ROTR: Bottas
IIDOTR: Hamilton
DBTMOTR: Grosjean
MLP: Gutierrez
DNQ: None

DOUBLE POINTS!

[DidNotQualify]

DidNotQualify's Predictions:
2013 Oil & Petroleum Grand Prix

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First Retirement: Rosberg (more mechanical gremlins)
ROTR: Mercedes' reliability (killing any chance of a challenge for the WCC)
IIDOTR: Bianchi (in a race where nobody stands out up front Jules is the default choice)
DBTMOTR: Grosjean (messy race, such a contrast from last year's podium)
Minor League Premiership: Bottas
Non-Qualifiers: None

[Ed24]

Ed24's Predictions
2013 Ba Ba Ba Ba Barbahr Ain Grand Prix

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Raikkonen
First DNF: Ricciardo
ROTR: Maldonado
IIDOTR: Sutil
DBTMOTR: Gutierrez
MLP: Bianchi
DNQ: None

[Bleu]

Bleu's Predictions

2013 Al-Khalifa Grand Prix
1. Alonso
2. Räikkönen
3. Vettel
4. Massa
5. Grosjean
6. Hamilton
7. Rosberg
8. Sutil
9. Hülkenberg
10. Bianchi

Pole: Alonso
FL: Vergne
1st DNF: Webber
ROTR: Webber
IIDOTR: Bianchi
DBTMOTR: Gutierrez
MLP: Bianchi
DNQ: None

[wsrgo]

wsrgo's Predictions

2013 Grand Prix of Waard
1. Vettel
2. Alonso
3. Webber
4. Raikkonen
5. Hamilton
6. Button
7. di Resta
8. Grosjean
9. Sutil
10. Hulkenberg

Pole: Vettel
FL: Vettel
1st DNF: Massa
ROTR: Maldonado
IIDOTR: di Resta
DBTMOTR: Gutierrez
MLP: Bianchi
DNQ: Safety Car

[Meatwad]

Meatwad's predictions

2013 No Force India in FP2 Grand Prix
1. Vettel
2. Alonso
3. Räikkönen
4. Massa
5. Hamilton
6. Webber
7. Rosberg
8. Grosjean
9. Button
10. Hülkenberg

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Pérez
ROTR: Bahrain International Circuit
IIDOTR: Hülkenberg
DBTMOTR: Gutiérrez
MLP: Bottas
DNQ: None

[GwilymJJames]

Gwilym's predictions
The 2013 Grand Prix where one group will ask another group awkward questions like "Why are we in Bahrain given what's happening?" and the second group will ask the first group awkward questions like "Why haven't you said the word 'Bahrain' once in the last 51 weeks?"

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Raikkonen
4. Alonso
5. Rosberg
6. Massa
7. Webber
8. di Resta
9. Hulkenberg
10. Grosjean

Pole: Alonso
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Gutierrez
ROTR: McLaren
IIDOTR: Bianchi
DBTMOTR: Webber
MLP: #BOTTAS
DNQ: None

[Rocks with Salt]

Rocks with Salt's Predictions
2013 I'm Doing this on a Cell Phone During Class So I Don't Forget; Bear With Me Bahrain Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Alonso
3. Webber
4. Vettel
5. Raikkonen
6. Massa
7. Rosberg
8. Grosjean
9. Sutil
10. Hulkenberg

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Hulkenberg
First DNF: Perez
ROTR: McLaren
IIDOTR: Alonso
DBTMOTR: di Resta
MLP: Gutierrez
DNQ: None

[QuickYoda41]

QuickYoda41's Predictions
2013 Bahrain Grand Prix

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Grosjean
First DNF: Maldonado
ROTR: Massa
IIDOTR: Grosjean
DBTMOTR: Gutierrez
MLP: Bottas
DNQ: None

[FMecha]

FMecha's Predictions
2013 Not-So-Far From The Country Currently I Staying In Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Webber
3. Rosberg
4. Vettel
5. Alonso
6. Raikkonen
7. Button
8. Ricciardo
9. Bottas
10. Chilton

Pole: Alonso
FL: Alonso
First to retire: di Resta
ROTR: The Media
IIDOTR: Mercedes, Chilton
DBTMOTR: GvdG
MLP: Bottas
DNQ: None

[F1 Adam]

F1 Adam's Predictions
2013 Movers and Sheikhers Grand Prix

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

Pole: Alonso
FL: Hamilton
First to retire: Rosberg
ROTR: Webber
IIDOTR: Button for some reason
DBTMOTR: Webber
MLP: Bottas
DNQ: Maldonado, because he crashes in Q1 and doesn't set a time.

[Alextrax52]

Kimi-ICE's first ever predictions post
2013 Bahrain GP

1 Alonso
2 Hamilton
3 Rosberg
4 Webber
5 Raikkonen
6 Jetton
7 Hulkenberg
8 Grosjean
9 Sutil
10 Bottas

Pole: Massa
Fastest Lap: Perez
First to retire: Perez [Burns up tires and spins off]
ROTR: Vettel [Takes out Himself and Massa denying Felipe a first win since 2008]
IIDOTR: Bottas: Drags that awful Williams kicking and screaming to a points finish
DBTMOTR: Maldonado: Gets shown up by Bottas and scraps with Bianchi and Pic
DNQ: None

don't know what MLP means so i can't give that prediction just yet

[DanielPT]

DanielPT's Predictions
2013 Bahrain Grand Prix

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

Pole: Vettel
FL: Raikkonen
First to retire: Di Resta
ROTR: Di Resta
IIDOTR: The Hulk
DBTMOTR: Gutierrez
MLP: Bottas
DNQ: No one

[Klon]

Klon's predictions
2013 Bad-hrain? Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Räikkönen
3. Rosberg
4. Grosjean
5. Massa
6. Di Resta
7. Webber
8. Sutil
9. Maldonado
10. Vergne

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Massa
First to retire: Alonso (gets hit by Hülkenberg at the start)
ROTR: Chilton (costs Massa 2nd place by being brain-dead whilst being lapped)
IIDOTR: Maldonado (challenges Sutil in that godawful Williams)
DBTMOTR: Webber
MLP: Bottas
DNQ: None

don't know what MLP means so i can't give that prediction just yet

Best finishing new driver.

[Minardi Man]

Minardi Man's 2013 sheep noise's reign Grand Prix

1. Raikonen
2. Alonso
3. Rosberg
4. Vettel
5. Massa
6. Webber
7. Button
8. Sutil
9. Hulkenburg
10. Vergne

Pole: Raikonen
Fastest Lap: Raikkonen
First DNF: Maldonado
ROTR: Mexicans
IIDOTR: Bianchi
DBTMOTR: Perez
MLP: Bottas
DNQ: None

[Aerond]

2013 Palmtree panic GP

1 Webber
2 Alonso
3 Vettel
4 Raikkonen
5 Hamilton
6 Massa
7 Sutil
8 Button
9 Hulkenberg
10 Perez

Pole: Webber
Fastest Lap: Raikkonen
First to retire: Maldonado
ROTR: Medium tyres (prove as non-resistant as softs in China)
IIDOTR: Sutil
DBTMOTR: Grosjean
DNQ: None

[go_Rubens]

DOSBoot's Perdictions:

Do you intentionally misspell the word predictions? Just wondering because it's the same way in your sig.

[deCrasheris]

deCrasheris' Predictions
2013 Bahrain's got a lot of oil Grand Prix

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Alonso
First DNF: Maldonaldo
ROTR: Perez
IIDOTR: Gutierrez
DBTMOTR: Grosjean
MLP: Gutierrez
DNQ: None

[mario]

2013 Bahrain Grand Prix

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Raikkonen
First DNF: Ricciardo
ROTR: Perez
IIDOTR: Sutil
DBTMOTR: Perez
MLP: Gutierrez
DNQ: None

[RonDenisDeletraz]

2013 Bahrain Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Alonso
3. Massa
4. Hamilton
5. Webber
6. Raikkonen
7. Perez
8. Hulkenberg
9. Gutierrez
10. Grosjean

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap:
First DNF: Di Resta
ROTR: GVDG
IIDOTR: Mexicans
DBTMOTR: Di Resta
MLP: Gutierrez
DNQ: None

[RonDenisDeletraz]

2013 Bahrain Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Alonso
3. Massa
4. Hamilton
5. Webber
6. Raikkonen
7. Perez
8. Hulkenberg
9. Gutierrez
10. Grosjean

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Perez
First DNF: Di Resta
ROTR: GVDG
IIDOTR: Mexicans
DBTMOTR: Di Resta
MLP: Gutierrez
DNQ: None

[RAK]

2013 Charitably Described as "Dusty" Grand Prix:
RAK's Predictions:

1) Vettel
2) Alonso
3) Webber
4) Raikkonen
5) Massa
6) Hamilton
7) Grosjean
8) Rosberg
9) Vergne
10) Button

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Alonso
First Retirement: Maldonado
ROTR: di Resta
IIDOTR: Vergne
DBTMOTR: Ricciardo
MLP: Gutierrez
DNQ: None

[WaffleCat]

2013 Sand in my Eyes Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Alonso
3. Vettel
4. Raikkonen
5. Webber
6. Raikkonen
7. Button
8. Hulkenberg
9. Sutil
10. Grosjean

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Raikkonen
First DNF: Di Resta
ROTR: Di Resta
IIDOTR: Hamilton
DBTMOTR: Rosberg
MLP: Bianchi
DNQ: None