Predicament Predictions - 2010 European Grand Prix

[TomWazzleshaw]

You know the drill. Deadline is end of FP2 on Friday
Wizzie's Predictions
2010 European Grand Prix:
1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Hamilton
4. Alonso
5. Webber
6. Rosberg
7. Kubica
8. Schumacher
9. Alguersuarus
10. Buemi

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Button
First Retirement: Kobayashi
ROTR: Hulkenberg (Outqualified by a Lotus on pace and does bathplug all in the race)
IIDOTR: Toro Rosso (Both make Q3 and both finish in the points)
DBTMOTR: Massa (Eliminated by both the STRs in Q2 and does bathplug all after that)
Minor League Premiership (Driver): Alguersuarus
Minor League Premiership (Team): Lotus

[thalion]

Thalion's Predictions
2010 European Grand Prix:
1. Hamilton
2. Alonso
3. Rosberg
4. Button
5. Vettel
6. Webber
7. Kubica
8. Massa
9. Schumacher
10. Petrov

Pole: Webber
Fastest lap: Sutil
First Retirement: Senna
ROTR: the Valencia Circuit
IIDOTR: Rosberg
DBTMOTR: Alguersuari
Minor League Premiership (Driver): Kobayashi
Minor League Premiership (Team): Lotus

[coops]

Coops' Predictions
2010 European Grand Prix:
1. Hamilton
2. Alonso
3. Button
4. Massa
5. Schumacher
6. Vettel
7. Webber
8. Kubica
9. Petrov
10. Barrichello

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Button
First Retirement: Senna
ROTR: Trulli (Made to look silly by Kovy again)
IIDOTR: Kovy (Finishes 11th)
DBTMOTR: Chandhok (Breaks down on final lap)
Minor League Premiership (Driver): Di Grassi
Minor League Premiership (Team): Lotus

[TomWazzleshaw]

Minor League Premiership (Driver): Kovy

Even though Kovy has been nothing short of sensational in the Lotus the MLP Driver Award is only open to drivers in their first full season

[coops]

Minor League Premiership (Driver): Kovy

Even though Kovy has been nothing short of sensational in the Lotus the MLP Driver Award is only open to drivers in their first full season

Changed!

[MinardiFan95]

MinardiFan95's (rejectful) Predictions
2010 European Snoozefest:
1. Hamilton
2. Webber
3. Vettel
4. Button
5. Alonso
6. Kubica
7. Rosberg
8. Sutil
9. Barrichello
10. Massa

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Sutil
First Retirement: Petrov and de la Rosa (turn 1 crash)
ROTR: Michael Schumacher
IIDOTR: Anyone who managed to stay awake while watching the race
DBTMOTR: Michael Schumacher
Minor League Premiership (Driver): Alguersuari
Minor League Premiership (Team): Lotus

Not using double points despite the fact this is the most boring and predictable race

[Pieman]

1. Webber
2. Alonso
3. Vettel
4. Hamilton
5. Button
6. Rosberg
7. Massa
8. Sutil
9. Liuzzi
10. Petrov

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Webber
First Retirement: Kubica
ROTR: The circuit.
IIDOTR: Lotus.
DBTMOTR: Buemi
Minor League Premiership (Driver): Hulkenberg
Minor League Premiership (Team): Lotus

[Yannick]

Regarding the Valencia GP, I can only make one prediction: that I will not watch the race. I'm pretty sure me and my girlfriend have something better to do that Sunday. The past Valencia Marina F1 races have been really boring. I only watched last year's race because it was the comeback of Luca Badoer. Had he not been in the car, I would have boycotted watching the race even last year. It'll be an interesting experience reading the F1 Rejects race review without having watched the race previously once again.

[Klon]

Klon's Predictions
2010 European Grand Prix:
1. Hamilton
2. Webber
3. Alonso
4. Vettel
5. Schumacher
6. Rosberg
7. Kubica
8. Sutil
9. Alguersuari
10. Petrov

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Alonso
First Retirement: Senna
ROTR: Red Bull brakes (costing them a 1-2 with Vettel losing three places)
IIDOTR: Jarno Trulli (coming back with full force, even kicking one of the Williams' arses)
DBTMOTR: Massa (well, a self-induced crash and being beaten by Alonso in qualifying does that)
Minor League Premiership (Driver): Alguersuarus
Minor League Premiership (Team): Lotus


Just a question in terms of rules: are we able to put driver's who are not on the grid yet in our predictions, if we believe that they will come in soon?

[Phoenix]

After missing the Canadian round for being busy, I proudly present my European GP predictions *yawns*
1-Hamilton
2-Alonso
3-Button
4-Massa
5-Rosberg
6-Webber
7-Sutil
8-Kubica
9-Liuzzi
10-Petrov
Pole-Hamilton
Fastest lap-Alonso
First retirement-Vettel
ROTR-Sauber for blowing up more Ferrari engines, I just have the feeling of it...
IIDOTR-Petrov
MLPT-Lotus
MLPD-Petrov
DBTMOTR-Hülkenberg
I'll not use double points for this one, I have secretly planned that I'll spare it for Abu Dhabi.

[shinji]

Shinji's Boring Predictions
1. Fernando 'Boring' Alonso
2. Sebastian 'Dull' Vettel
3. Lewis 'Plain' Hamilton
4. Jenson 'Humdrum' Button
5. Felipe 'Uninteresting' Massa
6. Nico 'Repititious' Rosberg
7. Robert 'Vapid' Kubica
8. Mark 'Platitudinous' Webber
9. Adrian 'Interminable' Sutil
10. Pedro 'Thesaurus' de la Rosa
Boring Pole Position: 'Boring' Alonso
Humdrum Fastest Lap: 'Boring' Alonso
Dull First Retirement: 'Wasteful' Schumacher
BROTR: 'Wasteful' Schumacher
BIIIDOTR: 'Thesaurus' de la Rosa
BDBTMOTR: 'Wasteful' Schumacher
BMLPD: 'Cold' Kovalainen
BMLPT: 'Lifeless' Lotus

I'll say NO to Double Points.

[Phoenix]

Shinji's Boring Predictions
1. Fernando 'Boring' Alonso
2. Sebastian 'Dull' Vettel
3. Lewis 'Plain' Hamilton
4. Jenson 'Humdrum' Button
5. Felipe 'Uninteresting' Massa
6. Nico 'Repititious' Rosberg
7. Robert 'Vapid' Kubica
8. Mark 'Platitudinous' Webber
9. Adrian 'Interminable' Sutil
10. Pedro 'Thesaurus' de la Rosa
Boring Pole Position: 'Boring' Alonso
Humdrum Fastest Lap: 'Boring' Alonso
Dull First Retirement: 'Wasteful' Schumacher
BROTR: 'Wasteful' Schumacher
BIIIDOTR: 'Thesaurus' de la Rosa
BDBTMOTR: 'Wasteful' Schumacher
BMLPD: 'Cold' Kovalainen
BMLPT: 'Lifeless' Lotus

I'll say NO to Double Points.

Thanks for improving my Phoenglish

[TomWazzleshaw]

Just a question in terms of rules: are we able to put driver's who are not on the grid yet in our predictions, if we believe that they will come in soon?

I assume you're talking about Di Resta and Liuzzi right?
Well in that case you simply change wherever you put Liuzzi in your predictions to Di Resta (e.g in Phoenix's predictions if Liuzzi got replaced by Di Resta on Thursday night his time (I'm too lazy to findout what timezone Valencia's in although I'm pretty sure it's GMT) then he could simply change it to Di Resta. If he doesn't do so I'll automatically assume he's predicting Di Resta in 9th. This also applies if the team makes the change after the deadline.

In short if they aren't on the grid yet then no

[tristan1117]

2010 European Grand Prix:
tristan1117's Predictions
1. Hamilton
2. Webber
3. Vettel
4. Button
5. Alonso
6. Rosberg
7. Sutil
8. Schumacher
9. Kubica
10. Buemi

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Petrov (then he crashes into the wall on the next lap, ending the race in a boring safety car)
First Retirement: Hulkenburg
ROTR: Williams. For reasons well known.
IIDOTR: Sutil
DBTMOTR: Liuzzi
Minor League Premiership (Driver): Alguersuari
Minor League Premiership (Team): Lotus

NO double points, saving that for Hungary or Singapore.

[Klon]

Just a question in terms of rules: are we able to put driver's who are not on the grid yet in our predictions, if we believe that they will come in soon?

I assume you're talking about Di Resta and Liuzzi right?
Well in that case you simply change wherever you put Liuzzi in your predictions to Di Resta (e.g in Phoenix's predictions if Liuzzi got replaced by Di Resta on Thursday night his time (I'm too lazy to findout what timezone Valencia's in although I'm pretty sure it's GMT) then he could simply change it to Di Resta. If he doesn't do so I'll automatically assume he's predicting Di Resta in 9th. This also applies if the team makes the change after the deadline.

In short if they aren't on the grid yet then no

Okay, fine by me. Di Resta was also an idea but I was thinking about putting Badoer in it for excrements and giggles.

[Bleu]

1. Hamilton
2. Webber
3. Alonso
4. Vettel
5. Button
6. Rosberg
7. Kubica
8. Petrov
9. Massa
10. Sutil

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Alguersuari
First Retirement: Schumacher
ROTR: Kamui Kobayashi
IIDOTR: Petrov
DBTMOTR: Liuzzi
Minor League Premiership (Driver): Petrov
Minor League Premiership (Team): Lotus

[Tealy]

Tealy's Predictions
2010 European Grand Prix:
1. Hamilton
2. Button
3. Alonso
4. Webber
5. Vettel
6. Rosberg
7. Kubica
8. Sutil
9. Massa
10. Schumacher

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Kobayashi
ROTR: Valencia Circuit
IIDOTR: Kubica
DBTMOTR: Petrov
Minor League Premiership (Driver): Alguersuari
Minor League Premiership (Team): Lotus

[mario]

2010 European Grand Prix:
1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Alonso
4. Button
5. Webber
6. Kubica
7. Rosberg
8. Schumacher
9. Sutil
10. Massa

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Kobayashi [it'll probably be a Sauber, and whilst it's pot luck as to which engine blows first, Kobayashi is more likely to crash into a wall]
ROTR: Williams
IIDOTR: Alguersuari [I'm actually struggling to think who could get the IIDOTR - frankly, the race is so boring, it numbs the mind if I think about it too much]
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership (Driver): Alguersuari
Minor League Premiership (Team): Lotus

[dr-baker]

(I'm too lazy to findout what timezone Valencia's in although I'm pretty sure it's GMT)

The UK is currently on GMT +1 (BST = British Summer Time) and Western Europe (except Portugal and Irish Republic) is always Britain +1 so currently GMT +2.

And I'll make my predictions in a day or so...

[watka]

Watka's Predictions
2010 European Grand Prix:
1. Webber
2. Alonso
3. Hamilton
4. Vettel
5. Button
6. Kubica
7. Massa
8. Rosberg
9. Sutil
10. Barrichello

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Alonso
First Retirement: Trulli
ROTR: The track
IIDOTR: Barrichello
DBTMOTR: Petrov
Minor League Premiership (Driver): Hulkenberg
Minor League Premiership (Team): Lotus

[P_Friesacher]

P_Friesacher's Predictions
2010 European Grand Prix:
1. Vettel
2. Alonso
3. Webber
4. Massa
5. Button
6. Kubica
7. Rosberg
8. Schumacher
9. Alguersuari
10. Petrov

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Alonso
First Retirement: Glock
ROTR: Hamilton (I doubt it, but no risk, no fun )
IIDOTR: Kovalainen
DBTMOTR: diGrassi
Minor League Premiership (Driver): Alguersuari
Minor League Premiership (Team): Lotus
no double points, thanks!

[Salamander]

Okay, screw being rational, I'm going to predict Robert Kubica to win every race until he actually wins one.
1. Kubica
2. Webber
3. Vettel
4. Button
5. Alonso
6. Petrov
7. Alguersuari
8. Massa
9. Barichello
10. Kobayashi

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Kubica
First Retirement: Schumacher
ROTR: Schumacher
IIDOTR: Kubica (Well, a Kubica win would very likely be followed up with a IIDOTR for him)
DBTMOTR: Schumacher
Minor League Premiership (Driver): Alguersuari
Minor League Premiership (Team): Lotus

[TomWazzleshaw]

Okay, screw being rational, I'm going to predict Robert Kubica to win every race until he actually wins one.

If I was allowed to (being unbiased is hard sometimes ) I would give you the Predicament Predictions championship for that alone

[dr-baker]

2010 European Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Hamilton
3. Webber
4. Alonso
5. Vettel
6. Rosberg
7. Kubica
8. Massa
9. Sutil
10. Schumacher

Pole: Webber
Fastest lap: Vettel
First Retirement: di Grassi
ROTR: the Valencia Circuit/lack of action to rival Wimbledon or some football tournament in South Africa
IIDOTR: Button (winning despite qualifying badly and still doesn't make for a good race...)
DBTMOTR: Petrov
Minor League Premiership (Driver): Petrov
Minor League Premiership (Team): Lotus

[FullMetalJack]

1. Webber
2. Button
3. Hamilton
4. Alonso
5. Vettel
6. Kubica
7. Rosberg
8. Barrichello
9. Sutil
10. Hulkenburg

Pole Position: Mark Webber
Fastest Lap: Lewis Hamilton
ROTR: Felipe Massa
First Retirement: Jarno Trulli
IIDOTR: Williams (For getting a double points score)
DBTMOTR: Vitantonio Liuzzi
Minor League Premiership (Driver): Hulkenburg
Minor League Premiership (Team): Lotus

Using Double Points this round

[Enforcer]

1. Vettel
2. Alonso
3. Hamilton
4. Webber
5. Kubica
6. Button
7. Massa
8. Rosberg
9. Schumacher
10. Barrichello

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
ROTR: Petrov
First Retirement: Di Grassi
IIDOTR: Barrichello
DBTMOTR: Petrov
MLPD: Kobayashi
MLPT: Lotus

[RAK]

RAK's Predictions:
1) Vettel
2) Webber
3) Hamilton
4) Alonso
5) Rosberg
6) Button
7) Kubica
8) Massa
9) Schumacher
10) Sutil

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: De La Rosa
ROTR: The race - boring, no overtaking, dusty track, terrible surrounds, a general waste of time
IIDOTR: Hulkenberg
DBTMOTR: Liuzzi
MLPD: Hulkenberg
MLPT: Lotus
Using double points.

EDIT: Changed at 13.52 GMT, 39 minutes remaining in FP2.

[Jeroen Krautmeir]

Jeroen's Predictions

1) Rosberg
2) Button
3) Kubica
4) Schumacher
5) Vettel
6) Webber
7) Barrichello
8) Petrov
9) Massa
10) Alonso

Pole: Button
Fastest Lap: Rosberg
First Retirement: Kobayashi
ROTR: Chandhok
IIDOTR: Petrov
DBTMOTR: Liuzzi
MLPD: Petrov
MLPT: Lotus

[LionZoo]

1. Webber
2. Vettel
3. Button
4. Hamilton
5. Rosberg
6. Schumacher
7. Kubica
8. Alonso
9. Massa
10. Sutil

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Webber
First Retirement: Liuzzi
ROTR: Sauber
IIDOTR: Barrichello
DBTMOTR: Petrov
Minor League Premiership (Driver): Buemi
Minor League Premiership (Team): Lotus

[DemocalypseNow]

Kostas22's Predictions
1. Webber
2. Vettel
3. Alonso
4. Kubica
5. Hamilton
6. Button
7. Rosberg
8. Sutil
9. Barrichello
10. Petrov

Pole: Webber
FL: Kubica
First Retirement: Buemi
ROTR: Valencia Circuit for yet another snoozefest
IIDOTR: Barrichello
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership (Driver): Petrov
Minor League Premiership (Team): Lotus
Using Double Points

[hemanthjava]

I am late..... so cut and paste my predictions from last race. This goes for the qualification as well...

1. Button
2. Webber
3. Hamilton
4. Vettel
5. Schumacher
6. Kubica
7. Petrov
8. Alonso
9. Hulkenburg
10. Massa

[TomWazzleshaw]

Since you seem like a new member (As far as your post count and registration date and time tells me) you will not recieve a 10 point penalty for late submission this time.

[DonTirri]

GODAMMIT.

The one time I don't predict we get a Vettel win and Kobayashi IIDOTR....

[TomWazzleshaw]

Provisional Results and Standings:
2010 European Grand Prix:
1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Button
4. Barrichello
5. Kubica
6. Sutil
7. Kobayashi
8. Alonso
9. Buemi
10. Rosberg

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Button
First Retirement: Webber (Kovy made it back to the pits)
ROTR: Race Control
IIDOTR: Kobayashi
DBTMOTR: Webber (To be honest he was partially to blame for his own demise for his torrid start)
Minor League Premiership (Driver): Kobayashi
Minor League Premiership (Team): Virgin

STANDINGS:
1. RAK: 22 points#
=2. Enforcer: 16 points
=2. Kostas22: 16 points#
3. Mario: 15 points
=4. Wizzie: 14 points
=4. RBJ14: 14 points#
5. LionZoo: 12 points
6. P Friesacher: 11 points
=7. Coops: 9 points
=7. Dr Baker: 9 points
=8. Thalion: 8 points
=8. MinardiFan95: 8 points
=8. Klon: 8 points
=8. Phoenix: 8 points
=8. Tristan1117: 8 points
=8. Watka: 8 points
=9. Shinji: 7 points
=9. Bleu: 7 points
=9. Tealy: 7 points
=10. Pieman: 6 points
=10. Salamander: 6 points
=10. Jeroen: 6 points
=10. Hemanthjava: 6 points

#Used Double Points

Damn some of you people were useless that round (Then again it was all down to Webber's torrid run in the race)

[TomWazzleshaw]

Race Control got ROTR, Kobayashi got IIDOTR and this round is now complete

[dr-baker]

=7. Dr Baker: 9 points

Damn some of you people were useless that round (Then again it was all down to Webber's torrid run in the race)

That's one point more than I scored last time round...

[DemocalypseNow]

A podium finish! I've been unrejectified from PP at last!

[RAK]

And there's what will constitute my sole victory this season. It wasn't as many points as I'd have liked to have scored, but I'll take it anyway.