2019 Belgian Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!

[Rob Dylan]

It's been a solid three or four days since I posted up about Predicament Predictions, which counts as perhaps the longest summer break this competition has ever had but yes, the summer break is now officially over and we're back in Spa-Francorchamps, one of the better circuits and the more likely to cause shenanigans. Shall there be said shenanigans, or will Hamilton and Bottas win by a +50s margin? Put your predictions in the thread by the end of FP3!

Here's your blank slate:

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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.




Here are my predictions:

1. Valtteri Bottas
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Charles Leclerc
5. Max Verstappen
6. Lando Norris
7. Alexander Albon
8. Daniel Ricciardo
9. Carlos Sainz Jr.
10. Kimi Raikkonen

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Lewis Hamilton
First retirement: Robert Kubica (makes it 100m before his car blows up)
ROTR: Nico Hulkenberg
IIDOTR: Lando Norris (unrejectifies himself!)
DBTMOTR: Nico Hulkenberg
MLP: Lando Norris
Number of Safety cars: 2



Good luck everyone

[golic_2004]

1. Max Verstappen
2. Charles Leclerc
3. Alex Albon
4. Sebastian Vettel
5. Lando Norris
6. Carlos Sainz
7. Kimi Raikkonen
8. Daniil Kvyat
9. Sergio Perez
10. Daniel Ricciardo

Pole: Valtteri Bottas
Fastest lap: Alex Albon
First retirement: Mercedes
Reject of the Race: Lewis Hamilton
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Alex Albon (1st podium; unrejectified)
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Pierre Gasly
Minor League Premiership: Lando Norris (also unrejectified)
Number of Safety Cars: 2

[ElBerto]

BEL - The Woah! Rouge 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 Kimi vs the Kids Grand Prix

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Giovinazzi
Reject of the Race: Vettel (Botches it on lap 1, struggles to stay in the points)
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Albon (On the podium in his first race at Red Bull, just like Max)
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Vettel
Minor League Premiership: Albon
Number of Safety Cars: 0

[yannicksamlad]

The Accuweather/ Meteo raised profile GP of a part of Belgium

1. Sebastian Vettel
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Valtteri Bottas
5. Max Verstappen
6. Kimi Raikkonen
7. Alexander Albon
8. Daniel Ricciardo
9. Lando Norris
10. Antonio Giovinazzi

Pole: Seb Vettel
Fastest Lap: Lewis Hamilton
First retirement: Romain Grosjean ( its the sort of thing that happens to him )
ROTR: Robert Kubica
IIDOTR: Kimi Raikkonen
DBTMOTR: Robert Kubica
MLP: Alex Albon
Number of Safety cars: zero

[Pacific Edge]

The Eu Rouge and friends experience

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Grosjean
Reject of the Race: Stroll lives up to his name
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Sainz
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Stroll
Minor League Premiership: REnault
Number of Safety Cars: 0 actual 1 virtual

[CarloSpace]

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

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

[Bleu]

It never rains in Spa Grand Prix
1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Leclerc
4. Bottas
5. Vettel
6. Albon
7. Räikkönen
8. Magnussen
9. Sainz
10. Gasly
Pole: Leclerc
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Grosjean
Reject of the Race: Hülkenberg
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Verstappen
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Giovinazzi
Minor League Premiership: Albon
Number of Safety Cars: 1

[RAK]

2019 "Ferrari can't bathplug up all of the races, can they?" Grand Prix

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

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Grosjean
ROTR: Haas
IIDOTR: Racing Point
DBTMOTR: Hulkenberg
MLP: Albon
SCs: 1

[mario]

Feels more like the inevitable anti-climax GP

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Leclerc
First retirement: Gasly
ROTR: Gasly
IIDOTR: Perez
DBTMOTR: Giovinazzi
MLP: Albon
Number of Safety cars: 0

[dr-baker]

Is that Eau Rouge, Radillon, or turn 3?Grand Prix de België

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Albon
First retirement: Gasly
Reject of the Race: Gasly
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Lando Norris
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Gasly
Minor League Premiership: Albon
Number of Safety Cars: nul

[tommykl]

2019 "That's a dead meme, actually" Grand Prix

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Albon
First retirement: Pérez
Reject of the Race: Toro Rosso
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Williams
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Hülkenberg
Minor League Premiership: Albon
Number of Safety Cars: 1

[Aguvazk]

2019 the Back to school Grand Prix

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Bottas
First retirement: Grosjean
Reject of the Race: Haas
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Norris
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Gasly
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 0 (1vsc)

[Fetzie]

2019 <<I think you'll find it is actually spelled "Raidillon, actually">> Belgian Grand Prix.

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

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest lap: Albon
First retirement: Gasly
Reject of the Race: Gasly
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Albon
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Gasly
Minor League Premiership: Albon
Number of Safety Cars: 1

[dr-baker]

Edited my post purely to withdraw my alternative title, as it seems inappropriate now, in light of today's F2 race.

[Gertrand Bachot]

2019 Belgium GP
1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Verstappen
4. Leclerc
5. Vettel
6. Kvyat
7. Ricciardo
8. Perez
9. Norris
10. Raikkonen

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Bottas
First retirement: Stroll
Reject of the Race: Haas
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Kvyat
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Albon
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: The number of safety cars that there will be in the race.

[WeirdKerr]

the race should be called off....

[Rob Dylan]

For the second race in a row, the defending champion RAK has won! Although the general points outcome was not high for most people, the win was by a sizable margin. As a result, the championship lead has again been slimmed slightly. dr-baker retains his lead for yet another round, and if he keeps up his consistency over the rest of the season, is getting closer and closer to winning the 2019 Predicament Predictions Championship! Here are the results:

Results
1. RAK 17*
2. Bleu 13
- dr-baker 13
- Fetzie 13
5. mario 12
- Aguvazk 12
7. Pacific 777 10
- CarloSpace 10
9. ElBerto 9
10. Rob Dylan 8
- yannicksamlad 8
12. CaptainGetz12 7
- tommykl 7
14. golic_2004 6
- Gertrand Bachot 6
*funniest alternative race title




And without further ado here are the standings:

Standings
1. dr-baker 207.17
2. Fetzie 200
3. RAK 195
4. mario 182
5. ElBerto 178
6. tommykl 171
7. Gertrand Bachot 163
8. Aguvazk 161
9. CaptainGetz12 158
10. Rob Dylan 145
11. Bleu 144
12. You-Gee-Eee-Day 143
13. yannicksamlad 135
14. CarloSpace 119
15. UncreativeUsername37 113
16. FortiWinks 95
17. Pacific 777 72.5
18. AdrianBelmonte_ 70
19. Enforcer 51
20. Faustus 36
21. Psyclepath 36
22. This Could Be You 35
23. golic_2004 19
24. Klon 19
25. pi314159 15
26. dinizintheoven 1


See you in Monza!