2021 Turkish Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!

[Rob Dylan]

Welcome back to sunny (pending) old Turkey, where we return to the Istanbul circuit that divides so many of our opinions. With only 17 races in the championship remaining, how will the standings look when we're done here, and the end of the season draws ever closer? Let's find out.

If you don't know how to play, consult our Bahrain GP thread, post in this thread, or message me and I can explain the rules. Otherwise, predict away!


As always, here's your blank slate for this 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:
How Far Back:

There is always a point for the funniest race title you can come up with. The Minor League Premiership for this round contains Nikita Mazepin, Mick Schumacher, Yuki Tsunoda. You can also use double points at any time you like



So for me, I will predict...... actually I have no idea this time. How about Ricciardo winning again

1. Daniel Ricciardo
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. Lando Norris
4. Fernando Alonso
5. Sergio Pérez
6. Carlos Sainz Jr.
7. Charles Leclerc
8. Antonio Giovinazzi
9. Pierre Gasly
10. Lance Stroll

Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton
First retirement: Max Verstappen / Valtteri Bottas (oops, that was an unexpected accident)
ROTR: Esteban Ocon (lapped by Alonso)
IIDOTR: Antonio Giovinazzi
DBTMOTR: Valtteri Bottas
MLP: Mazepin's race to lose here.
HFB: 3 laps


You have until the end of FP3 to get your predictions in. Good luck everyone

[UncreativeUsername37]

1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Bottas
4. Pérez
5. Norris
6. Ricciardo
7. Leclerc
8. Alonso
9. Gasly
10. Russell

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Pérez
First retirement: none
Reject of the Race: The weather
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Mazepin
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Tsunoda
Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda
How Far Back: 1

[dr-baker]

2021 Constantinople was Byzantium, now it's Istanbul not Constantinople Grand Prix

1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Norris
4. Bottas
5. Perez
6. Ricciardo
7. Ocon
8. Gasly
9. Leclerc
10. Russell

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Perez
First retirement: Marzipan
Reject of the Race: Marzipan
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Russell
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Marzipan
Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda
How Far Back: 3 laps

[CaptainGetz12]

2021 Facebook Memorial Grand Prix

1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Norris
4. Bottas
5. Sainz
6. Gasly
7. Perez
8. Stroll
9. Alonso
10. Leclerc

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Tsunoda
Reject of the Race: Williams
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Ferrari
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Tsunoda
Minor League Premiership: Schumacher
How Far Back: 2 laps

[Hermann95]

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Bottas
First retirement: Tsunoda
Reject of the Race: Perez
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Alonso
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Perez
Minor League Premiership: Schumacher
How Far Back: 2 laps

[Klon]

2021 20 Tuzla-ds Grand Prix

1. Verstappen
2. Leclerc
3. Hamilton
4. Bottas
5. Norris
6. Sainz
7. Ricciardo
8. Gasly
9. Alonso
10. Ocon

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Räikkönen
Reject of the Race: Mercedes
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Haas
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Tsunoda
Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda
How Far Back: 2

[Frogfoot9013]

Must-win race for Bottas
1. Bottas
2. Alonso
3. Stroll
4. Perez
5. Norris
6. Ricciardo
7. Ocon
8. Gasly
9. Leclerc
10. Tsunoda

Pole: Bottas
Fastest lap: Bottas
First retirement: Hamilton and Verstappen (L1 crash)
Reject of the Race: Hamilton and Verstappen
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Alonso
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Hamilton and Verstappen
Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda
How Far Back: 1 lap

[RAK]

2021 Tsargrad Grand Prix

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Raikkonen
ROTR: Aston Martin
IIDOTR: Gasly
DBTMOTR: Tsunoda
MLP: Tsunoda
Laps behind: 2

[pi314159]

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

Pole: Bottas (Hamilton fastest but +10 positions)
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Mazepin
ROTR: Stroll
IIDOTR: Bottas
DBTMOTR: Tsunoda
MLP: Tsunoda
Laps behind: 1

[Bleu]

2021 Japonya Grand Prix

1. Bottas
2. Verstappen
3. Hamilton
4. Leclerc
5. Norris
6. Perez
7. Ricciardo
8. Gasly
9. Alonso
10. Ocon

Pole: Bottas
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Schumacher
Reject of the Race: Mazepin
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Leclerc
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Tsunoda
Minor League Premiership: Mazepin
How Far Back: 1 lap

[Enforcer]

2021 Japanese Turkey Grand Prix

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Mazepin
Reject of the Race: Aston Martin
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Norris
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Tsunoda
Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda
How Far Back: 2

[tommykl]

2021 I've Got Too Much Of A Cold To Come Up With A Nickname Grand Prix

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

Pole: Bottas
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Tsunoda
Reject of the Race: Alpha Tauri
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Vettel
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Stroll
Minor League Premiership: Schumacher
How Far Back: 2 laps

[Londoner]

2021 Fry's Turkish Delight Grand Prix

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

Pole: Bottas
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Vettel
Reject of the Race: Aston Martin
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Bottas
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Tsunoda
Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda
How Far Back: 1 lap

[Ducktanian]

Good win Verstappen Grand Prix.

1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Norris
4. Bottas
5. Leclerc
6. Perez
7. Gasly
8. Ricciardo
9. Alonso
10. Russell

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Ocon
Reject of the Race: Sainz
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Norris
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Sainz
Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda
How Far Back: 2 laps

[Fetzie]

1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Leclerc
4. Norris
5. Ricciardo
6. Bottas
7. Perez
8. Gasly
9. Alonso
10. Raikonnen

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Norris
First retirement: Ocon
Reject of the Race: FIA/FOM
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race:
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Sainz
Minor League Premiership: Schumacher
How Far Back: +2

[Aislabie]

Not The Japanese Grand Prix

1. Max Verstappen
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. Lando Norris
4. Valtteri Bottas
5. Charles Leclerc
6. Sergio Perez
7. Pierre Gasly
8. Carlos Sainz
9. Daniel Ricciardo
10. George Russell

Pole - Lewis Hamilton
FLap - Max Verstappen
Retirement - Antonio Giovinazzi

ROTR - Lance Stroll
IIDOTR - Charles Leclerc
DBTMOTR - Yuki Tsunoda
MLP - Yuki Tsunoda
HFB - + 2 laps

[Batty]

1. Val Bottas
2. Charles Leclerc
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Lando Norris
5. Daniel Ricciardo
6. Max Verstappen
7. Lance Stroll
8. Fernando Alonso
9. Pierre Gasly
10. Sergio Perez

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton
First retirement: Mick Schumacher
Reject of the Race: Red Bull
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Lance Stroll
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Yuki Tsunoda
Minor League Premiership: Yuki Tsunoda.
How Far Back: 2

[Miguel98]

2021 Tarmac Grand Prix

1. Max Verstappen
2. Valtteri Bottas
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Lewis Hamilton
5. Lando Norris
6. Sergio Pérez
7. Fernando Alonso
8. Pierre Gasly
9. Daniel Ricciardo
10. Carlos Sainz

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton
First retirement: Esteban Ocon
Reject of the Race: Aston Martin
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Fernando Alonso
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Yuki Tsunoda
Minor League Premiership: Yuki Tsunoda
How Far Back: 2 Laps

[You-Gee-Eee-Day]

The Thanksgiving Grand Prix

1. VER
2. BOT
3. PER
4. HAM
5. NOR
6. RAI
7. RIC
8. SAI
9. STR
10. GAS

Pole: Meksch
Fastest lap: HAM
First retirement: Maz
Reject of the Race: Ham
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Rai
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Ric
Minor League Premiership: Nor
How Far Back: 2

[IceG]

2021 Otto-Man These Tyres Won't Last Grand Prix

Double points joker please

1. Max Verstappen
2. Valtteri Bottas
3. Lando Norris
4. Lewis Hamilton
5. Charles Leclerc
6. Pierre Gasly
7. Sergio Pérez
8. Fernando Alonso
9. Carlos Sainz
10. Daniel Ricciardo

Pole: Valtteri Bottas
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas
First retirement: George Russell
Reject of the Race: Antonio Giovinazzi
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Nicholas Latifi
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Yuki Tsunoda
Minor League Premiership: Yuki Tsunoda
How Far Back: 2 Laps

[mario]

1. Verstappen
2. Bottas
3. Perez
4. Hamilton
5. Leclerc
6. Alonso
7. Sainz
8. Ricciardo
9. Gasly
10. Ocon

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Bottas
First retirement: Mazepin
Reject of the Race: Giovinazzi
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Alonso
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Tsunoda
Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda
How Far Back: 2 Laps

[Aerond]

(Sorry been extremely busy, haven't even checked quali or fp3 results as I write this)

DUTCHTURK DELIGHT GP 21

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: hamilton
First retirement: Vettel
Reject of the Race: Haas
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Leclerc
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Tsunoda
Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda
How Far Back: 1 lap

[Rob Dylan]

It was not a sunny day in Turkey, but it did prove one with an interesting result for our participants. IceG used double points to their advantage, thankfully faring better than RAK had in Russia. Londoner came in with their strongest points finish of the year on 21.5 points, putting them significantly closer to the top of the standings. One can't help but wonder how they would be doing if they hadn't missed a race!

Frogfoot9013, in their roulette of must-win race titles, finally got it right in Istanbul, and for that deserves the bonus point. Aerond was so late I had to give half-points.



Results
1. IceG* 24***
2. Londoner 21.5****
3. Bleu 18
4. pi314159 16.5****
5. Frogfoot9013 16*****
6. Batty 14
- mario* 14
8. tommykl 13
- You-Gee-Eee-Day* 13
10. Enforcer 12
11. CaptainGetz12 11
- Klon 11
- RAK 11
- Aislabie 11
15. UncreativeUsername37 10
- Miguel98 10
17. dr-baker 9
- Hermann95 9
- Ducktanian 9
20. Fetzie 8
21. Rob Dylan 7
22. Aerond* ** 6

*no pole points for being late
**half points for being super late
***double points used
****guessed Bottas, which was half of the Bottas/Pérez guess, so 1.5 points
*****funniest alternative race title



What it means for the championship is that Aislabie keeps their lead, but as we suspected the new threat is mario. Having not used their double points yet, mario threatens to take a strong lead should a good result come their way. However, mario was late in submitting for this race, and a similar mistake in future could cost them valuable points overall. Beware, people!

After this race, with six remaining rounds, we will start mathematically eliminating runners from the standings It's getting real as we get closer to the championship finale.



Standings
1. Aislabie 243.5
2. mario 240.5
3. dr-baker 236.5
4. RAK 234
5. CaptainGetz12 232
6. Ducktanian 230
7. Fetzie 229
8. UncreativeUsername37 225.5
9. Londoner 223.5
10. Enforcer 222.5
11. Hermann95 211.5
12. Bleu 209.5
13. Miguel98 198
14. tommykl 197
15. Aerond 193
16. pi314159 189.5
17. Klon 189.5
18. Batty 177.5
19. Rob Dylan 172
20. Frogfoot9013 165.25
21. IceG 142.5
22. yannicksamlad 129
23. tBone 128
24. CarloSpace 110.5
25. You-Gee-Eee-Day 103
26. Pacific Edge 83
27. This Could Be You 60
28. takagi_for_the_win 45
29. WaffleCat 26
30. rachel1990 26
31. noiceinmydrink 23
32. Freeze-O-Kimi 17
33. Pilot 16
34. Gertrand Bachot 11
35. dj_vicious 9
36. Pieman 8
37. Spooder918 7

See you in Austin everyone

[dr-baker]

Bit of a bad round for me, but still in a good position overall...