2023 Australian Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions

[Batty]

'Straya!




Well, that was a dandy KSA GP....Now we head off to Melbourne, Australia, a place where there are 4 seasons in one day. Will crowd spur on Piastri to get into the points ala Webber 2002 or will McLaren be better off selling clothes? Will Aston Martin continue to punch upwards? Will Jos ever be happy? Will Ferrari Ferrari? All those questions and more will likely not be answered in this Grand Prix. Also first GP with F3 and F2 in Australia which is really weird.

Get your predictions in before the end of FP3 otherwise a penalty!!!

Template for predictions:
1. Driver finished 1st
2. Driver finished 2nd
3. Driver finished 3rd
4. Driver finished 4th
5. Driver finished 5th
6. Driver classified 6th
7. Driver classified 7th
8. Driver classified 8th
9. Driver classified 9th
10. Driver classified 10th

PP: The Pole Sitter
FL: Who gets the FL
First Retirement: Also counts DNS
ROTR:
IIDOTR:
DBTMOTR: The driver who is mathematically the furthest behind their teammate in terms of positions when the race is done.
LP: Who ever is classified as last place
MLP: Highest classified driver between Nyck De Vries, Logan Sargeant, or Oscar Piastri

Have fun!

[Rob Dylan]

The 2023 "I have a very intelligent joke to make. Because Australia is in the southern hemisphere, let's put our picture upside down to imply that the event is actually happening upside down because they're in the southern hemisphere, and that's on the underside of the Earth. Not only is the joke funny, but it's also underused and original. This will get us 50 extra likes on our tweet, which is what the un(der)paid intern's job priority is to achieve" Australian Grand Prix


1. Max Verstappen
2. Charles Leclerc
3. Carlos Sainz Jr.
4. Sergio Perez
5. George Russell
6. Fernando Alonso
7. Lando Norris
8. Pierre Gasly
9. Guanyu Zhou
10. Oscar Piastri

PP: Max Verstappen
FL: Sergio Perez
First Retirement: Nico Hulkenberg (car fails within the first ten laps)
ROTR: Hopes and Dreams for Aston Martin (they seem to have taken five steps backwards)
IIDOTR: McLaren
DBTMOTR: Lewis Hamilton
LP: Kevin Magnussen
MLP: Oscar Piastri

[rachel1990]

The 2023 early summer break from the noahs ark we are about to get

1. Max Verstappen
Then another big gap


2. Sergio Perez
3. Fernando Alonso
4. Lance Stroll
5. Charles Leclerc
6. Carlos Sainz
7. George Russell
8. Lewis Hamilton
9. Pierre Gasly
10. Estaban Ocon

PP: Max Verstappen
FL: Max Verstappen
First Retirement: no-one- all cars finish the race
ROTR: The state of F1
IIDOTR: No award
DBTMOTR: Lewis Hamilton
LP: Logan Sergeant
MLP: Oscar Pisatri.

[mario]

The 2023 "I have a very intelligent joke to make. Because Australia is in the southern hemisphere, let's put our picture upside down to imply that the event is actually happening upside down because they're in the southern hemisphere, and that's on the underside of the Earth. Not only is the joke funny, but it's also underused and original. This will get us 50 extra likes on our tweet, which is what the un(der)paid intern's job priority is to achieve" Australian Grand Prix

It makes it sound as if you are speaking from experience there...

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

PP: Verstappen
FL: Verstappen
First Retirement: Norris
ROTR: Alfa Romeo
IIDOTR: Hulkenberg
DBTMOTR: Magnussen
LP: Magnussen
MLP: Piastri

[Bleu]

Will Quadruple DRS Work This Time Out Grand Prix
1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Perez
4. Sainz
5. Russell
6. Leclerc
7. Ocon
8. Bottas
9. Gasly
10. Albon
PP: Verstappen
FL: Russell
First Retirement: Sargeant
ROTR: Alfa Romeo
IIDOTR: Albon
DBTMOTR: Sargeant
LP: Zhou
MLP: Piastri

[noiceinmydrink]

Rob's title will do, not bothered about topping that frankly.

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

PP: Verstappen
FL: Verstappen
First Retirement: Magnussen
ROTR: Piastri
IIDOTR: Sargeant
DBTMOTR: Magnussen
LP: Hulkenberg
MLP: Sargeant

[MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx]

2023 'Aussie girls are very hot Down Under.They're also pretty damn cute up top too' Grand Prix

1.Perez
2.Verstappen
3.Alonso
4.Russell
5.Stroll
6.Hamilton
7.Gasly
8.Ocon
9.Zhou
10.de Vries

Pole:Verstappen
FL:Perez
First Retirement:Piastri
ROTR:Ferrari's mechanical woes continuing
IIDOTR:Alonso
DBTMOTR: Bottas
LP:de Vries
MLP:de Vries

[RAK]

2023 Insufficience of Italian Ingenuity Grand Prix

1) Verstappen
2) Perez
3) Alonso
4) Hamilton
5) Russell
6) Stroll
7) Gasly
8) Albon
9) Ocon
10) Leclerc

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Sainz
ROTR: Ferrari - one retirement, one trundling around the back of the points due to a strategy miscalculation
IIDOTR: Gasly
DBTMOTR: Magnussen
MLP: de Vries
LP: Magnussen

[Enforcer]

2023 Fosters Australian Grand Prix

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

PP: Verstappen
FL: Perez
First Retirement: Tsunoda
ROTR: Alfa Romeo
IIDOTR: Alonso, idk.
DBTMOTR: Stroll
LP: de Vries
MLP: Piastri

[Londoner]

2023 don't care, there's no Holdens Grand Prix

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Sainz
First retirement: Hamilton
ROTR: Alpine
IIDOTR: Norris
DBTMOTR: Hamilton
MLP: Piastri
LP: De Vries

[dr-baker]

MLP: Oscar Piastri
LP: Logan Sargeant
DBTMOTR: Logan Sargeant
IIDOTR: Alex Albon
ROTR: FIA/race stewards
First Retirement: Hulkenberg
FL: Perez
Pole: Verstppen

10. Pierre Gasly
9. Alex Albon
8. Lance Stroll
7. Charles Leclerc
6. Lewis Hamilton
5. George Russell
4. Carlos Sainz
3. Fernando Alonso
2. Sergio Perez
1. Manx Verstappen

2023 Australian Grand Prix Predictament Prediction

[IceG]

2023 Race for cars that are "running around like a blue-arsed fly" Australian Grand Prix

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Perez
First retirement: Sergeant
ROTR: Alfa Romeo
IIDOTR: Piastri
DBTMOTR: Ocon
MLP: Piastri
LP: Guanyu

[Alextrax52]

2023 the down under race week joke is so overused GP

1: Verstappen
2: Alonso
3: Perez
4: Hamilton
5: Russell
6: Leclerc
7: Sainz
8: Stroll
9: Ocon
10: Piastri

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Magnussen
ROTR: Alfa Romeo
IIDOTR: Piastri
DBTMOTR: Gasly
Last Place: De Vries
MLP: Piastri

[dr-baker]

3 people all submitting their predictions in the same minute, that’s unusual!

[Batty]

1. Super Max
2. Checo
3. Charles
4. Nando
5. Sainz
6. Stroll
7. Lewis
8. George
9. Gasly
10. Piastri

PP: Checo
FL: Max
First Retirement: Albon
ROTR: Norris
IIDOTR: Logan
DBTMOTR: De Vries
LP: De Vries
MLP: Logan

[pi314159]

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

Pole: Verstappen
FL: Alonso
First Retirement: de Vries
ROTR: AlphaTauri
IIDOTR: Alonso
DBTMOTR: Stroll
LP: Magnussen
MLP: Piastri

[NickyDustyOwl]

2023 "1991 Australian Grand Prix Reenactment"

1. Max Verstappen
2. Lance Stroll
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Carlos Sainz Jr.
5. Fernando Alonso
6. George Russell
7. Pierre Gasly
8. Valtteri Boatass
9. Alexander Albon
10. Yuki Tsunoda

PP: Fernando Alonso
FL: Sergio Perez
First Retirement: Lewis Hamilton (Suspension Damage)
ROTR: Mercedes
IIDOTR: Lance Stroll
DBTMOTR: Lewis Hamilton
LP: Nyck de Vries
MLP: Logan Sargeant

Bonus: Someone finds the gravel trap on Lap 1

[Batty]

Chaos ensured as Ferrari scored 0 points, Alpine scored 0 and George and Albon both scored 0. But basically everyone guessed Max as the winner and pole position as well as a lot of people got Magnussen as Deadbeat Teammate and LP since he's a classified finisher and Piastri as MLP.


Rankings for this GP
1. Mario - 21
2. Rob Dylan - 17 (+ title since he knew how much those social media posts irked me. Well played)
= dr-baker
4. pi314159 - 16
= noiceinmydrink
= RAK
= IceG
8. rachel1990 - 15
9. Freeze-O-Kimi - 13
= Enforcer
11. MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx - 12
= Bleu
= Londoner
14. Batty - 10
= NickyDustyOwl


Current Standings
1. mario - 55
2. Enforcer - 44
= RAK
4. Batty - 42
= dr-baker
6. rachel1990 - 39
= noiceinmydrink
= IceG
9. Rob Dylan - 37
10. NickyDustyOwl - 36
= MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx
12. Freeze-O-Kimi - 34
13. pi314159 - 32
14. Hermann95 - 31
15. Londoner - 27
16. Carlospace - 26
17. Aerond - 25
18. Ducktanian - 22
19. Bleu - 21
20. Zenarcher - 13
21. yannicksamlad - 11
22. GT_Forti1 - 7