Grand Prix Rejects

Because I'm such an incompetent fool sometimes, the deadline is now the beginning of Q1 and no penalties will apply this weekend unless you do something REALLY stupid.

Wizzie's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Hamilton
3. Raikkonen
4. Vettel
5. Schumacher
6. Grosjean
7. Perez
8. Maldonado
9. Kobayashi
10. Alonso

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Schumacher
First Retirement: Rosberg/Webber
ROTR: Nico Rosberg (Blows Q3 lap yet again before taking Webber out on the first lap)
IIDOTR: Raikkonen (Comeback podium and nearly steals 2nd from Hamilton)
DBTMOTR: Rosberg
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: None

East Londoner's Predictions
2011 Chinese Grand Prix

1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Webber
4. Raikkonen
5. Hamilton
6. Kobayashi
7. Perez
8. Alonso
9. Maldonado
10. Grosjean

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Button
First Retirement: Massa/Hulkenberg (Massa repeats what he did in Japan back in 2010, writing off a Force India by the first corner)
ROTR: Mercedes (Both cars end up running out of tyre sets and miles out of the points! )
IIDOTR: Grosjean (Keeps it on the black stuff for once)
DBTMOTR: A certain fella by the name of Felipe Massa...
MLP: Grosjean
DNQ: None

Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Webber
4. Hamilton
5. Schumacher
6. Raikkonen
7. Perez
8. Kobayashi
9. Alonso
10. Senna

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Glock
ROTR: Glock (Hits a spinning Hulkenberg on the first lap, eliminating them both)
IIDOTR: Schumacher
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Vernge (11th)
Non-Qualifiers: Cucumber

eurobrun wrote:Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Webber
4. Vettel
5. Schumacher
6. Raikkonen
7. Perez
8. Kobayashi
9. Alonso
10. Senna

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Glock
ROTR: Glock (Hits a spinning Hulkenberg on the first lap, eliminating them both)
IIDOTR: Schumacher
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Vernge (11th)
Non-Qualifiers: Cucumber

Shite, Helmut Marko's activated his Vettel cloning machine! Run!

TMLW's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Webber
4. Button
5. Raikkonen
6. Alonso
7. Maldonado
8. Perez
9. Senna
10. Ricciardo

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Petrov
ROTR: Caterham (Double DNF in opening laps)
IIDOTR: Maldonado (for a change)
DBTMOTR: Grosjean
MLP: Ricciardo
DNQ: None

Wizzie wrote: no penalties will apply this weekend unless you do something REALLY stupid.

Just being fecetious but what would that take?

Note: Posting predictions on Friday

JeremyMcClean wrote:

Wizzie wrote: no penalties will apply this weekend unless you do something REALLY stupid.

Just being fecetious but what would that take?

Note: Posting predictions on Friday

That my friend solely depends on what mood I'm in when I get around to doing the standings

East Londoner wrote:

eurobrun wrote:Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Webber
4. Vettel
5. Schumacher
6. Raikkonen
7. Perez
8. Kobayashi
9. Alonso
10. Senna

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Glock
ROTR: Glock (Hits a spinning Hulkenberg on the first lap, eliminating them both)
IIDOTR: Schumacher
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Vernge (11th)
Non-Qualifiers: Cucumber

Shite, Helmut Marko's activated his Vettel cloning machine! Run!

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Meh, I will fix it

1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Hamilton
4. Alonso
5. Raikkonen
6. Schumacher
7. Webber
8. Rosberg
9. Senna
10. Grosjean

Pole: Schumacher
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Kovalainen
ROTR: Massa
IIDOTR: Senna
DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP: Grosjean
DNQ: None

Priceless' Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Jenson Button
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. Sebastian Vettel
4. Michael Schumacher
5. Kimi Räikkönen
6. Fernando Alonso
7. Sergio Pérez
8. Bruno Senna
9. Kamui Kobayashi
10. Paul di Resta

Pole: Mark Webber
Fastest lap: Michael Schumacher
First Retirement: Rmmnnn Grrrjnnn / Mark Webber (the latter slow-starting and getting collected by the former)
ROTR: Rmmnnn Grrrjnnn
IIDOTR: Michael Schumacher
DBTMOTR: Nico Rosberg
Minor League Premiership: Jean-Eric Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

* whoops, forgot Senna is not eligible for MLP, but it's before deadline so I guess it's OK to change...

Razta's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Schumacher
3. Raikkonen
4. Hamilton
5. Rosberg
6. Grosjean
7. Vettel
8. Alonso
9. Kobayashi
10. Webber

Pole: Schumacher
Fastest lap: Schumacher
First Retirement: Webber
ROTR: Vettel
IIDOTR: Raikkonen
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: None

tommykl's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Webber
3. Raikkonen
4. Vettel
5. Hamilton
6. Alonso
7. Maldonado
8. Pérez
9. Kobayashi
10. Hülkenberg

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Webber
First Retirement: Grosjean (they say things come in threes...)
ROTR: Massa
IIDOTR: Maldonado
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

Aerond's predictions

1.Hamilton
2.Button
3.Vettel
4.Raikkonen
5.Alonso
6.Di Resta
7.Perez
8.Webber
9.Grosjean
10.Ricciardo

Pole: Schumacher
Fastest lap: Button
First retirement: Petrov
ROTR: Mercedes
IIDOTR: Di Resta
DBTMOTR: Massa, as per usual
MLP: Vergne
NQ: none

Hamilton isn't getting POLE.. in the last 48 hours, his gearbox "FAILED" .. now he has a penalty..
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/98713

Klon's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Hamilton
2. Button
3. Vettel
4. Grosjean
5. Räikkönen
6. Perez
7. Alonso
8. Maldonado
9. Schumacher
10. Di Resta

Pole: Schumacher
Fastest lap: Räikkönen
First Retirement: Kobayashi
ROTR: Webber (looked good for finishing in front of Vettel, could've even had Button, but third-to-last lap crash spoils all)
IIDOTR: Grosjean (finishes! )
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: None

2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Hamilton
4. Webber
5. Räikkönen
6. Perez
7. Alonso
8. Maldonado
9. Schumacher
10. Senna

Pole: Schumacher
Fastest lap: Räikkönen
First Retirement: Vergne
ROTR: Rosberg
IIDOTR: Maldonado
DBTMOTR: Rosberg
Minor League Premiership: Ricciardo
Non-Qualifiers: None

Ranig's predictions, 2012 Chinese GP
1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Alonso
4. Webber
5. Schumacher
6. Kobayashi
7. Maldonado
8. Raikkonen
9. Hulkenberg
10. Vergne

Pole: Button
Fastest Lap: Schumacher
First Retirement: Grosjean [screwing Hamilton's race in the process]
ROTR: Rosberg
IIDOTR: Hulkenberg [eliminated in Q3, get points]
DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP: Vergne
DNQ: Khartikeyan

2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Schumacher
3. Hamilton
4. Perez
5. Alonso
6. Senna
7. Vergne
8. Raikkonen
9. Rosberg
10. Massa

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Button
First Retirement: GRJN
ROTR: Bahrain GP
IIDOTR: Perez
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Webber
3. Hamilton
4. Pastor
5. Alonso
6. Senna
7. GRJN
8. Raikkonen
9. Rosberg
10. Vergne

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Button
First Retirement: Vettel
ROTR: Mercedes
IIDOTR: Pastor
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

Nuppiz's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Schumacher
4. Hamilton
5. Webber
6. Räikkönen
7. Perez
8. Alonso
9. Rosberg
10. Kobayashi

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Räikkönen
First retirement: Grosjean
ROTR: Grosjean, first-lap collision that takes out multiple cars with him
IIDOTR: Perez
DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP: Vergne
DNQ: None

Boomstick wrote:2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Webber
3. Hamilton
4. Pastor
5. Alonso
6. Senna
7. GRJN
8. Raikkonen
9. Rosberg
10. Vergne

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Button
First Retirement: Vettel
ROTR: Mercedes
IIDOTR: Pastor
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

erm Hamilton has been handed a 5 place Penalty

Thanks for the deadline change, it gives me much more flexibility to update my tips after Friday!

Ed24's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:

1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Raikkonen
4. Hamilton
5. Schumacher
6. Alonso
7. Webber
8. Massa
9. Ricciardo
10. Grosjean

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First Retirement: Maldonado
ROTR: Rosberg
IIDOTR: Ricciardo
DBTMOTR: Rosberg
Minor League Premiership: Ricciardo
Non-Qualifiers: None

DOSBoot's Perdictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix

1. Webber
2. Vettel
3. Button
4. Hamilton
5. Alonso
6. Perez
7. Raikkonen
8. Rosberg
9. Grojean
10. Kobayashi

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First Retirement: Petrov
ROTR: Glock
IIDOTR: Grojean
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Grojean
Non-Qualifiers: None

RAK's Predictions

1) Button
2) Vettel
3) Hamilton
4) Alonso
5) Webber
6) Schumacher
7) Raikkonen
8) Kobayashi
9) Perez
10) Grosjean

Pole: Hamilton (if this indicates the fastest time during Q3)/Button(if this indicates who is on pole position when grid penalties are taken into account)
Fastest Lap: Button
First Retirement: Grosjean (hedging my bets)
ROTR: Rosberg
IIDOTR: Alonso
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: None

2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Webber
2. Button
3. Vettel
4. Hamilton
5. Alonso
6. Raikkonen
7. Perez
8. Maldonado
9. Massa
10. Senna

Pole: Webber
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Pic
ROTR: Grosjean
IIDOTR: Schumacher
DBTMOTR: Grosjean
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: Karthikeyan

Big Sly's Chinese Grand Prix predictions

1. Button
2. Raikkonen
3. Hamilton
4. Vettel
5. Schumacher
6. Grosjean
7. Webber
8. Alonso
9. Senna
10. Rosberg

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Pic
ROTR: Ferrari
IIDOTR: Senna
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

1. Hamilton
2. Button
3. Raikkonen
4. Schumacher
5. Webber
6. Vettel
7. Grosjean
8. Perez
9. Kobayashi
10. Senna

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First Retirement: Alonso
ROTR: Ferrari
IIDOTR: Raikkonen
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: None

tristan1117's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Webber
2. Button
3. Vettel
4. Raikkonen
5. Rosberg
6. Alonso
7. Senna
8. Kobayashi
9. Perez
10. Vergne

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First Retirement: Maldonado gets tangled with Desi Arnaz at Turn 1.
ROTR: Caterham
IIDOTR: Raikkonen
DBTMOTR: Grosjean
Minor League Premiership: Senna
Non-Qualifiers: None

Bleu's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Hamilton
4. Webber
5. Räikkönen
6. Grosjean
7. Schumacher
8. Perez
9. Rosberg
10. Senna

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Vergne
First Retirement: Massa
ROTR: Force India
IIDOTR: Grosjean
DBTMOTR: Kobayashi
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: None

QuickYoda41's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Räikkönen
3. Webber
4. Hamilton
5. Vettel
6. Rosberg
7. Kobayashi
8. Alonso
9. Perez
10. Grosjean

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Webber
First Retirement: Karthikeyan
ROTR: Schumacher (a 2004-like performance )
IIDOTR: Räikkönen
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: None

2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Webber
4. Hamilton
5. Raikkonen
6. Alonso
7. Grosjean
8. Perez
9. Schumacher
10. Rosberg

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Button
First Retirement: Massa
ROTR: Massa
IIDOTR: Grosjean (mainly because he finally doesn't crash into another car off the start)
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: None

Phoenix's predictions:
1.- Button
2.- Vettel
3.- Hamilton
4.- Alonso
5.- Räikkönen
6.- Webber
7.- Grosjean
8.- Kobayashi
9.- Rosberg
10.- Schumacher

Pole position: Button
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Vergne
RotR: Massa
DBTMotR: Massa
IIDotR: Petrov
MLP: Grosjean
DNQs: no one

Two changes made to mine.

Hamilton & Vettel swapped. MLP changed to Grosjean.

AdrianSutil's Predictions:

1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Hamilton
4. Webber
5. Schumacher
6. Di Resta
7. Rosberg
8. Perez
9. Kobayashi
10. Kovalainen

Pole Position: Hamilton (before grid penalty)
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First retirement: Pic
ROTR: Massa (As usual)
DBTMOTR: Hulkenberg
IIDOTR: Di Resta
MLP: Grosjean
DNQ: No cars

RRR's Predictions
2012 Communist State Grand Prix

1. Button
2. Webber
3. Vettel
4. Raikkonen
5. Hamilton
6. Alonso
7. Kobayashi
8. Massa
9. Ricciardo
10. Grosjean

Pole Position: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Webber
First retirement: Rosberg
ROTR: Mercedes
DBTMOTR: Vergne
IIDOTR: Kobayashi
MLP: Ricciardo
DNQ: No One

MinardiFan's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Webber
4. Hamilton
5. Raikonnen
6. Rosberg
7. Maldonado
8. Alonso
9. Perez
10. Di Resta

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Raikonnen
First Retirement: Pic
ROTR: Massa
IIDOTR: Maldonado
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

BLN's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Hamilton
3. Rosberg
4. Schumacher
5. Vettel
6. Kobayashi
7. Hulkenberg
8. Alonso
9. Perez
10. Raikkonen

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Rosberg
First Retirement: Grosjean
ROTR: Grosjean, because he was crap again
IIDOTR: Kovalainen, touching distance of les points
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Ricciardo
Non-Qualifiers: None

DanielPT's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Hamilton
4. Schumacher
5. Webber
6. Raikkonen
7. Alonso
8. Kobayashi
9. Perez
10. Senna

Pole: Schumacher
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First Retirement: Grosjean
ROTR: Rosberg
IIDOTR: Kobayashi
DBTMOTR: Rosberg
Minor League Premiership: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: None

IceG's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Button
2. Schumacher
3. Hamilton
4. Webber
5. Perez
6. Raikkonen
7. Grosjean
8. Maldonado
9. Kobayashi
10. Alonso

Pole: Hamilton (before penalty)
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Massa (taking Vettel off in the first corner when out-braking himself)
ROTR: Massa
IIDOTR: Schumacher (well Perez has proven himself now hasn't he?)
DBTMOTR: Senna
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: None

sswishbone's Predictions
2012 Chinese Grand Prix:
1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Button
4. Raikonnen
5. Rosberg
6. Alonso
7. Perez
8. Senna
9. Kobayashi
10. Grosjean

Pole: Schumacher
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Glock
ROTR: Schumacher (Blows pole position with first corner failure)
IIDOTR: Grosjean (actually completes race to bag a point)
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Ricciardo
Non-Qualifiers: None