2019 German Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!

[Rob Dylan]

Welcome to the German Grand Prix of 2019, brought to you from sunny Hockenheim... or is that the Nürburgring? Who knows!? It's a surprise You know what else is a surprise? The result of the race!* How about we start predicting for some excitement. Here is your blank slate for the weekend; you have until the end of FP3 to put in your predictions before penalties apply:

*Disclaimer: result of race may not be surprising. GPRejects© takes no responsibility for level of excitement experienced during the racing weekend.


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Pole:
Fastest lap:
First retirement:
Reject of the Race:
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race:
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race:
Minor League Premiership:
Number of Safety Cars:

There's always a point for the funniest alternative race title you guys can come up with. The candidates for Minor League Premiership are: Alexander Albon; Antonio Giovinazzi; Lando Norris; George Russell. And you are always welcome to activate double points for one round only.




I, as usual, will predict a Bottas win, which means of course that Bottas will finish a mighty 4th. Oh well:

1. Valtteri Bottas
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Lewis Hamilton (penalty for unsafe pitstop)
5. Max Verstappen (Red Bull continue to be slow)
6. Lando Norris
7. Daniel Ricciardo
8. Carlos Sainz Jr.
9. Pierre Gasly (unforgivable form yet again)
10. Nico Hulkenberg (sits in 6th until his car breaks down right at the end)

Pole: Valtteri Bottas
Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton
First retirement: Kevin Magnussen
ROTR: Formula 1.5 (Lando Norris was a lap and a half behind)
IIDOTR: Lando Norris (unrejectifies himself!!!)
DBTMOTR: Kevin Magnussen
MLP: Lando Norris
SCs: 0


Good luck everyone!

[yannicksamlad]

The Federal German Asphalt Melting Point Grand Prix Experiment

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Valtteri Bottas
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Sebastian Vettel
5. Max Verstappen
6. Pierre Gasly
7. Lando Norris
8. Carlos Sainz
9. Daniel Ricciardo
10. Antonio Giovinazzi

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas
First retirement: Romain Grosjean (he's not lucky)
Reject of the Race: Kevin Magnussen
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Antonio Giovinazzi
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Robert Kubica
Minor League Premiership: Lando Norris
Number of Safety Cars; 1

[ElBerto]

DEU - The I should have taken an Uber Grand Prix.

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Verstappen
4. Leclerc
5. Bottas
6. Ricciardo
7. Perez
8. Hulkenberg
9. Raikkonen
10. Albon

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Leclerc
First retirement: Grosjean
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Williams
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Honda
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR): Stroll
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Albon
Number of Safety Cars (SCs): 0

[CaptainGetz12]

2019 "Vestappen has more fans here than Vettel" Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Verstappen
4. Vettel
5. Leclerc
6. Gasly
7. Ricciardo
8. Sainz
9. Hulkenberg
10. Raikkonen

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Kvyat
Reject of the Race: Perez
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Renault
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Norris
Minor League Premiership: Albon
Number of Safety Cars: 1

[Psyclepath]

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Max Verstappen
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Valtteri Bottas
5. Kimi Räikkönen
6. Alexander Albon
7. Carlos Sainz
8. Nico Hülkenberg
9. Daniel Ricciardo
10. George Russell

Pole: Charles Leclerc
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas
First retirement: Daniil Kvyat
Reject of the Race: Grosjean/Magnussen (take each other out again!)
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Kimi Räikkönen
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Vettel
Minor League Premiership: Albon
Number of Safety Cars: 4

I predict Vettel will take out Gasly, and for Hülkenberg and Norris to be caught up in their mishap, with only Hülkenberg able to continue. Stroll will ram Giovinazzi, while Kvyat is taken out by Perez at the very start.

[You-Gee-Eee-Day]

The "the top three drivers could all crash, and even then, theres still no guaruntee Gasly would get a podium" German Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Leclerc
4. Verstappen
5. Vettel
6. Sainz Jr
7. Carlos Sainz
8. Hülkenberg
9. Räikkönen
10. Giovinazzi

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Bottas
First retirement: Gasly
Reject of the Race: Vettel
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Räikkönen
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Stroll
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 2

Hard to say who will be the talk of the race, Vettel or Gasly? Who is more rejectful at this point? I feel like the next few races are going to tell us if Gasly has found his rhythm or not, and if Vettel plans on sticking around to the end of the season.

[Yannick]

My guess is that Hockenheim won't be back next year.

[Faustus]

The 'Inevitable Comparisons to the Old Hockenheim Saying Nostalgic Nonsense Like Temple of Speed' German Grand Prix

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Valtteri Bottas
3. Max Verstappen
4. Charles Leclerc
5. Pierre Gasly
6. Carlos Sainz
7. Lando Norris
8. Nico Hulkenberg
9. Alexander Albon
10. Lance Stroll

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas
First retirement: Romain Grosjean
Reject of the Race: Sebastien Vettel
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Lance Stroll
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Sebastien Vettel
Minor League Premiership: Lando Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 1

[Pacific Edge]

The artist formerly known as Hockenheim Grand Prix

1.Hamilton
2.Bottas
3.Leclerc
4.Vettel
5.Verstappen
6.Ricciardo
7.Sainz
8.Hulkenburg
9.Gasly (eventually)
10.Raikonnen

Pole:Hamilton
Fastest lap:Vettel
First retirement:A Haas
Reject of the Race:Grosjean
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race:Albon
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race:Stroll
Minor League Premiership:McLaren
Number of Safety Cars: 0 actual, 1 virtual
DNS: Ocon

[Bleu]

Next to the Forest Grand Prix
1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Leclerc
4. Verstappen
5. Gasly
6. Sainz
7. Räikkönen
8. Hülkenberg
9. Kvjat
10. Giovinazzi

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Gasly
First retirement: Magnussen
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Vettel
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Russell
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR): Vettel
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Giovinazzi
Number of Safety Cars (SCs): 1

[CarloSpace]

Vettel vs. Sandtrap vol. 2: Electric Boogaloo in Hockenheim

1. Leclerc
2. Hamilton
3. Bottas
4. Verstappen
5. Sainz Jr.
6. Norris
7. Räikkönen
8. Hülkenberg
9. Gasly
10. Ricciardo

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Grosjean lol
Reject of the Race: Vettel
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Leclerc
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Vettel
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 1

[RAK]

2019 "Das Beste oder Nichts" Grand Prix

1) Hamilton
2) Leclerc
3) Vettel
4) Verstappen
5) Bottas
6) Sainz
7) Gasly
8) Grosjean
9) Ricciardo
10) Norris

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Albon
ROTR: Giovinazzi
IIDOTR: Sainz
DBTMOTR: Magnussen
MLP: Norris
SCs: 0

[dr-baker]

2019 Wonder what a Grand Prix around the Norisring would be like? Grosser Preis

1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Leclerc
4. Verstappen
5. Bottas
6. Gasly
7. Norris
8. Ricciardo
9. Raikkonen
10. Albon

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Botras
First retirement: Grosjean
Reject of the Race: something abstract like the race itself or the race stewards
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Norris
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Giovanazzi
Minor League Premiership: Albon
Number of Safety Cars: one

[Fetzie]

2019 Temple of Weeds Where The Fast Bit Was Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Leclerc
4. Verstappen
5. Gasly
6. Sainz
7. Norris
8. Räikkönen
9. Kvjat
10. Giovinazzi

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Magnussen
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Haas
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Gasly
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR): Vettel
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Norris
Number of Safety Cars (SCs): 1

[Aguvazk]

2019 Half Germany Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Leclerc
4. Bottas
5. Verstappen
6. Hulkenberg
7. Norris
8. Ricciardo
9. Albon
10. Raikkonen

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Bottas
First retirement: Grosjean
Reject of the Race: Haas
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Hulkenberg
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Kvyatt
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 2

[Gertrand Bachot]

2019 The Wall Has Fallen Grand Prix
1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Valtteri Bottas
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Max Verstappen
5. Lando Norris
6. Carlos Sainz Jr
7. Daniel Ricciardo
8. Nico Hulkenberg
9. Sergio Perez
10. Daniil Kvyat

Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas
First retirement: Romain Grosjean
Reject of the Race: Sebastian Vettel/Haas
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: McLaren
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Sebastian Vettel
Minor League Premiership: Lando Norris
Number of Safety Cars: The number of safety cars that there will be in the race.

[tommykl]

2019 tommykl forgot to submit his predictions early enough again because he is a moron Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Leclerc
4. Bottas
5. Verstappen
6. Norris
7. Hülkenberg
8. Ricciardo
9. Sainz
10. Albon

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Gasly
Reject of the Race: Alfa Romeo
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Renault
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Sainz
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 1

[mario]

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Leclerc
4. Verstappen
5. Vettel
6. Norris
7. Raikkonen
8. Sainz
9. Perez
10. Ricciardo

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Bottas
First retirement: Gasly
Reject of the Race: The incompetent management at Hockenheim - we had the coach crashing into the start lights on Thursday, and now Ricciardo has revealed half the drivers got stuck in a lift on Friday as well.
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Norris
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Kubica
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 0

[Faustus]

How off were we all? Wow.

[Pacific Edge]

How off were we all? Wow.

Yeah, we were. Pretty cool though, because it shows the race wasn't predictable.

[Rob Dylan]

So everyone seemed to think that Haas were going to have a terrible weekend. 8th and 7th after the penalties, hey, that's actually quite a good result! You know who didn't have a good result? Everyone on our competition our highest scorer had 9 points, and lowest 4, which means that the biggest swing of the entire standings was a solid 5 points. Nobody predicted Kubica in 10th, and very few predicted any of the top 10 in their exact places, seeing as all the drivers seemed to finish in the wrong place. It's wonderful seeing grand variation and races that are hard to predict, but it would have been nice to see somebody guessing a Kvyat podium oh well, let's look at the results.

Results
1. CaptainGetz12 9**
2. Aguvazk 8
3. ElBerto 7
- You-Gee-Eee-Day 7
- dr-baker 7
- tommykl 7*
7. yannicksamlad 6
- Psyclepath 6
- Faustus 6
- Pacific 777 6
- Bleu 6
- Fetzie 6
13. Rob Dylan 5
- RAK 5
15. CarloSpace 4
- Gertrand Bachot 4
- mario 4*
*submitted a few minutes late, and so no points for the pole prediction
**funniest alternative race title




So yeah, the standings are basically the same. Very few if almost no standings changes, other than dr-baker extending his lead by one point. That's about it! Here's the standings:

Standings
1. dr-baker 176.17
2. Fetzie 165
3. RAK 154
4. ElBerto 153
5. tommykl 148
6. mario 148
7. Gertrand Bachot 144
8. CaptainGetz12 134
9. Aguvazk 131
10. Bleu 131
11. Rob Dylan 127
12. You-Gee-Eee-Day 127
13. UncreativeUsername37 113
14. CarloSpace 109
15. yannicksamlad 109
16. FortiWinks 95
17. AdrianBelmonte_ 70
18. Enforcer 51
19. Pacific 777 50.5
20. Faustus 36
21. Psyclepath 36
22. This Could Be You 35
23. Klon 19
24. pi314159 15
25. golic_2004 13
26. dinizintheoven 1

See you at the Hungaroring, folks!