2022 Mexican Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!

[Rob Dylan]

Do you know the perfect time to predict Formula 1 races? The correct answer is all the time! Just as the Europeans among us are waking up for their super happy Monday morning at work after a late event in Texas, so too shall they be super happy excited to predict for the next race, which is in only a week's time! The rules haven't changed, and the double points are still available for most of you. To escape penalty, predict before the end of FP3. Let's go!


Here is your blank slate as always:

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Pole:
Fastest lap:
First retirement:
Reject of the Race:
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race:
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race:
Last Place:
How Far Back:




I predict that Perez will somehow come out of nowhere to totally dominate the whole weekend, and even Max will let him have it.

1. Sergio Perez
2. Max Verstappen
3. Carlos Sainz Jr.
4. Lewis Hamilton
5. Valtteri Bottas
6. Kevin Magnussen
7. Pierre Gasly
8. Lando Norris
9. George Russell
10. Zhou Guanyu

Pole: Sergio Perez
Fastest lap: George Russell
First retirement: Esteban Ocon
Reject of the Race: George Russell (commits the cardinal sin: hits Hamilton and ruins both of their races)
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Valtteri Bottas
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Charles Leclerc
Last Place: Sebastian Vettel (dud strategy, dud pitstop, dud qualifying)
How Far Back: 2 laps

Good luck everyone

[rachel1990]

Going to risk double points this weekend


1. Sergio Perez
2. Max Verstappen
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Charles Leclerc
5. George Russell
6. Carlos Sainz
7. Estaban Ocon
8. Lando Norris
9. Sebastian Vettel
10. Daniel Ricciardo

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Leclerc
First retirement: Schumacher
Reject of the Race: Schumacher
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Vettel
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Stroll
Last Place: Latifi
How Far Back: 1 lap

[mario]

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Leclerc
First retirement: Schumacher
Reject of the Race: Schumacher
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Alonso
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Ricciardo
Last Place: Latifi
How Far Back: 1 lap

[Enforcer]

Will Red Bull let Sergio win his home Grand Prix?

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

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest lap: Russell
First retirement: Albon
Reject of the Race: Williams
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Vettel
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Ricciardo
Last Place: Latifi
How Far Back: 1 lap

[Batty]

1. Max Verstappen
2. Charles Leclerc
3. Sergio Perez
4. Carlos Sainz
5. Lewis Hamilton
6. George Russell
7. Fernando Alonso
8. Esteban Ocon
9. Sebastian Vettel
10. Lando Norris

Pole: Charles Leclerc
Fastest lap: Max Verstappen
First retirement: Kevin Magnussen
Reject of the Race: idk society?
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: idk the GP?
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Pierre Gasly
Last Place: Nicolas Latifi
How Far Back: 1

[yannicksamlad]

It's not the attitude, it's the altitude Grande Premio de Mexico
1. Max Verstappen
2. Sergio Perez
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Lewis Hamilton
5. Carlos Sainz
6. Fernando Alonso
7. Esteban Ocon
8. Pierre Gasly
9. George Russell
10. Valtteri Bottas

Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: Max Verstappen
First retirement: Lance Stroll
Reject of the Race: Yuki Tsunoda
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Valtteri Bottas
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Yuki Tsunoda
Last Place: Nick Latifi
How Far Back 2 laps

[tommykl]

2022 Wishful Thinking Grand Prix
1. Sergio Pérez
2. Max Verstappen
3. Charles Leclerc
4. George Russell
5. Carlos Sainz
6. Lewis Hamilton
7. Fernando Alonso
8. Sebastian Vettel
9. Esteban Ocon
10. Lando Norris

Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: Sergio Pérez
First retirement: Zhou Guanyu
Reject of the Race: Alfa Romeo
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Sebastian Vettel
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Daniel Ricciardo
Last Place: Nicholas Latifi
How Far Back: 1 lap

[RAK]

2022 Will This Season Just End Already? Grand Prix

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

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Stroll
ROTR: Stroll
IIDOTR: Gasly
DBTMOTR: Tsunoda
LP: Latifi
HFB: 2 laps

[Alextrax52]

2022 Mexican Siesta GP

1: Perez
2: Verstappen
3: Hamilton
4: Leclerc
5: Alonso
6: Norris
7: Vettel
8: Ocon
9: Gasly
10: Stroll

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Russell
ROTR: Russell (Hits Sainz again)
IIDOTR: Aston Martin
DBTMOTR: Ricciardo
Last Place: Latifi
How far back: 1 lap

[Hermann95]

1) Verstappen
2) Leclerc
3) Perez
4) Hamilton
5) Sainz
6) Russell
7) Alonso
8) Norris
9) Vettel
10) Ocon

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Tsunoda
ROTR: Alpha Tauri
IIDOTR: Vettel
DBTMOTR: Stroll
LP: Latifi
HFB: 2 laps

Also, in case I haven't used my double points I'd like to use them here.

[IceG]

2022 Mexican F1 Grand Prix

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Zhou
ROTR: Haas (one blows up, one crashes out)
IIDOTR: Nothing of note
DBTMOTR: Ricciardo
Last Place: Lastifi
How Far Behind: 0 laps after late safety car bunches them up

[pi314159]

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Zhou
Reject of the Race: Gasly
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Albon
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Ricciardo
Last Place: Latifi
How Far Back: +2 Laps

[Fetzie]

Running out of ideas for funny titles so going for HAMILTONWINSLOL GP 2022

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

Pole: Russell
Fastest lap: Russell
First retirement: Magnussen
Reject of the Race: Stroll
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Vettel
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Tsunoda
Last Place: Latifi
How Far Back: +2

Enable double points mode

[Aerond]

1. Max
2. Leclerc
3. Perez
4. Sainz
5. Hamilton
6. Alonso
7. Russell
8. Vettel
9. Norris
10. Stroll

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest lap: Max
First retirement: Kmag
Reject of the Race: Ricciardo
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Stroll
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Ricciardo
Last Place: Latifi
How Far Back: 1 Lap

[Londoner]

2022 Build The Wall And Make Texas Pay For It Grand Prix

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

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Sainz
First retirement: Gasly
ROTR: Ricciardo
IIDOTR: The Mexican fans celebrating Checo's home win
DBTMOTR: Ricciardo
Last Place: Latifi
How Far Back: 2 laps

[dr-baker]

Do you know the perfect time to predict Formula 1 races? The correct answer is all the time!

Thank goodness for a race from the Americas so I can get my predictions in 'late'

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Perez
First retirement: Tsunoda
Reject of the Race: Ferrari
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Perez
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Ricciardo
Last Place: Ricciardo
How Far Back: 1 lap

[Bleu]

Mexican Hat Dance Grand Prix

1. Perez
2. Verstappen
3. Hamilton
4. Russell
5. Norris
6. Alonso
7. Ocon
8. Vettel
9. Bottas
10. Gasly
Pole: Leclerc
FL: Verstappen
1st ret: Schumacher
ROTR: Ferrari
IIDOTR: Bottas
DBTMOTR: Ricciardo
Last Place: Latifi
HFB: 2 laps

[Rob Dylan]

Some people would say that the Mexican Grand Prix this year was quite a predictable and dull affair. Those people would be right. Those people who in their precognition decided to activate double points for the occasion were therefore well-rewarded. The result is quite a big twist! The winner by a country mile is Hermann95, who with a whopping 42 points had the best result of anyone before even applying that double bonus.

Results
1. Hermann95 42**
2. rachel1990 24**
3. Fetzie 20**
4. yannicksamlad 18
5. dr-baker 17
6. Batty 16
- pi314159 16
8. mario 15
- Aerond 15
10. tommykl 13
- RAK 13
12. IceG 12
13. Enforcer 10
- Londoner 10
- Bleu 10
16. Rob Dylan 8
- Freeze-O-Kimi 8

*funniest alternative race title not awarded
**used double points




But what a twist! The dropped scores have already brought up their first surprise with two rounds remaining. Mario, whom we expected to zoom away with this championship as dropped scores took place, is no longer the championship leader. This is because Hermann95, who has missed two races so far this year, has not dropped anything yet. They take the lead all of a sudden - probably helped a teeny tiny bit with that amazing result just here now. The fight for the championship is suddenly a really close one! Let's see how it goes from here.


Standings (after 20/22 rounds)
1. Hermann95 279
2. mario 273
3. dr-baker 259
4. RAK 257
5. Aerond 256
6. tommykl 237
7. Batty 237
8. Enforcer 233
9. pi314159 232
10. IceG 228
11. rachel1990 226
12. Fetzie 226
13. Klon 207
14. Bleu 205
15. Rob Dylan 195
16. Londoner 173
17. Freeze-O-Kimi 157
18. CarloSpace 153
19. yannicksamlad 117
20. takagi_for_the_win 33
21. meatwad 32
22. dj_vicious 22
23. Miguel98 22
24. Frogfoot9013 22
25. DigitDan7 20
26. Aislabie 14
27. CaptainGetz12 14
28. noiceinmydrink 13
29. Vassago 12
30. mash 7

Results from Brazil coming tomorrow!