Grand Prix Rejects

(A few days late with this, but my master's thesis is being handed in tomorrow so I have an excuse )

So hello there to everyone, and welcome to the brand new season of Predicament Predictions, back again for its fifth year under my terrifying command. What shall follow for the season ahead is a grand effort by our forumites to attempt to predict the future, to varying success, and for GRAND PRIZES! Each racing weekend our competitors will attempt to guess from the F1 race the top 10 results, as well as a variety of other bonus answers. A template would look something like this.

1. The driver that will come in 1st.
2. The driver that will come in 2nd.
...etc.
10. The driver that will come in 10th.

Pole: The driver who gets pole position.
Fastest Lap: The driver who gets fastest lap.
First Retirement: as it says on the tin. Generally, DNSs are nowadays counted as first retirements as well.
Reject of the Race: the driver, person, country or abstract concept who wins the Reject of the Race award on our forum following the race.
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: the driver who most exceeds expectations in a positive way during the race.
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: the driver who is mathematically the furthest behind their teammate in terms of positions when the race is done.
Last Place: the driver who will cross the line in last place.
How Far Back: How many laps down will said last-placed driver finish.

There is also a bonus point handed out each event for the funniest alternative race title that you can come up with.


This competition is run every race weekend, almost always opening on the Monday preceding the event. It closes the moment FP3 finishes for that event - if you're late you can still post, but will incur penalties on your prediction score.

Scores are counted as such: 1st: 5 points; 2nd and 3rd: 3 points; 4th - 10th: 2 points; any top 10 incorrectly placed: 1 point; pole position: 2 points; fastest lap: 1 point; first retirement: 2 points; ROTR and IIDOTR: 3 points; DBTMOTR: 2 points; LP and HFB: 1 point; funniest alternative race title: 1 point.



This is probably a big overload of information, but it is very simple, and everyone can take part. Due to the absolute bloat that is the current calendar, I'm operating dropped scores the moment any participant tops 18 different scores. That way, if you do miss a weekend, it won't make a difference to your score. Here's a typical template:

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Pole:
Fastest lap:
First retirement:
ROTR:
IIDOTR:
DBTMOTR:
LP:
HFB:



My prediction will be that Ferrari will finally have got their arses into gear for the start of a season. In vain I shall hope that this is Leclerc's year:

1. Charles Leclerc
2. Carlos Sainz
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Daniel Ricciardo
5. Max Verstappen
6. Sergio Pérez
7. Valtteri Bottas
8. Pierre Gasly
9. Kevin Magnussen
10. Lance Stroll

Pole: Carlos Sainz Jr.
Fastest lap: Daniel Ricciardo
First retirement: Guanyu Zhou
ROTR: George Russell (not at all on Hamilton's pace, and retires from an unforced error)
IIDOTR: Daniel Ricciardo (his best race in years, and chases Hamilton for the podium all race)
DBTMOTR: Mick Schumacher
LP: Lando Norris (some kind of puncture and he has to trundle around depressed for the second half)
HFB: 2 laps


Good luck everyone, and looking forward to the new season

Haasn't A Lot Happened Since The Last Grand Prix?

1. Max Verstappen
2. Sergio Perez
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Carlos Sainz
5. Kevin Magnussen
6. Lewis Hamilton
7. Fernando Alonso
8. Mick Schumacher
9. Esteban Ocon
10. Lando Norris

Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: Max Verstappen
First retirement: George Russell
ROTR: Mercedes
IIDOTR: H.A.A.S.
DBTMOTR: Guanyu Zhou
LP: Guanyu Zhou
HFB: +2 laps

I would also like to use my DOUBLE POINTS.

It's a gamble, but I figure that if my order is somehow right then it'll be a chance to get a jump on people before we have any idea of the pecking order

2022 Headbanger Grand Prix

1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
4. Sainz
5. Russell
6. Leclerc
7. Norris
8. Schumacher
9. Perez
10. Magnussen

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Zhou
ROTR: Aston Martin
IIDOTR: Haas
DBTMOTR: Riccardo
LP: Latifi
HFB: 2 laps

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

Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: Charles Leclerc
First retirement: Valtteri Bottas
ROTR: The new regs. The racing isn't any better.
IIDOTR: Mick Schumacher
DBTMOTR: Lance Stroll
LP: Nicholas Latifi
HFB: 2 Laps

2021 They're all going to get covid Grand Prix

1. Charles Leclerc
2. Sergio Pérez
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Carlos Sainz
5. Pierre Gasly
6. Lando Norris
7. Yuki Tsunoda
8. Daniel Ricciardo
9. Mick Schumacher
10. Nico Hulkenberg

Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: George Russell
First retirement: Max Verstappen
ROTR: George Russell
IIDOTR: Nico Hulkenberg
DBTMOTR: Kevin Magnussen
LP: Kevin Magnussen
HFB: 1 Lap

2022 Let's Boycott Russian Oil and Buy Petrol From... Oh, it's Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Petrol Instead. That's a LOT Better! Grand Prix

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Russell
First retirement: Magnussen
ROTR: race director/stewards/FIA
IIDOTR: Hulks
DBTMOTR: Perez
LP: Zhou
HFB: 4 laps
Rookie of the race: hmmm, difficult one. Think I'll have to go for Zhou

Grand Prix Nº1 of the 2022 Sporstwashing Double-Header

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Leclerc
First Retirement: Latifi
ROTR: Stroll
IIDOTR: Schumacher
DBTMOTR: Stroll
LP: Zhou
HFB: 2 Laps

The Red Bull gp

1. Verstappen
2. Perez
3. Gasly
4. LeClerc
5. Norris
6. Sainz
7. Stroll
8. Tsunoda
9. Russell
10. Bottas

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Alonso
ROTR: Mercedes
IIDOTR: Gasly
DBTMOTR: Schumacher
LP: Schumacher
HFB:1 lap

2022 Forlorn Hope For Excitement GP

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

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Ricciardo
ROTR: McLaren
IIDOTR: Bottas
DBTMOTR: Zhou
LP: Hulkenberg
HFB: 1 lap

Confirmation: Last place is the last driver that is classified as finishing, correct?

2022 Bahrain Lotus 79 Memorial F1 GP

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

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest lap: Sainz
First retirement: Bottas
ROTR: Alfa Romeo
IIDOTR: Williams
DBTMOTR: Ricciardo
LP: Zhou
HFB: 1 lap
Rookie: Niels Wittich

2022 Bahrain GP

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Perez
First retirement: Zhou
ROTR: Aston Martin
IIDOTR: Schumacher
DBTMOTR: Ricciardo
LP: Latifi
HFB: 2 laps

1. Verstappen
2. Leclerc
3. Sainz Jr.
4. Alonso
5. Russell
6. Magnussen
7. Ocon
8. Hamilton
9. Bottas
10. Gasly

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Stroll
ROTR: Mercedes
IIDOTR: Magnussen
DBTMOTR: Zhou
LP: Latifi
HFB: 2 laps

Enforcer wrote:Confirmation: Last place is the last driver that is classified as finishing, correct?

Yes.

Porpoising Grand Prix

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

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Hülkenberg
ROTR: Stroll
IIDOTR: Schumacher
DBTMOTR: Zhou
LP: Latifi
HFB: 1 lap

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Sainz
First retirement: Norris
ROTR: McLaren (brake problems carrying over from testing into the race)
IIDOTR: Zhou
DBTMOTR: Ricciardo
LP: Latifi
HFB: 2

Grand Prix Racing for the Porpoise of Sportswashing Great Kingdom of Bahrain

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Perez
First Retirement: Ricciardo
RotR: McLaren
IIDOTR: Magnussen
DBTMOTR: Zhou
LP: Latifi
HFB: 2 laps

2022 General Dylan You Are a Bold One Grand Prix

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Bottas
ROTR: Red Bull (inane strategy ruins race)
IIDOTR: Zhou (points on debut)
DBTMOTR: Tsunoda
LP: Ricciardo
HFB: 1 Lap

2022 "Oh my god, we're back again" Grand Prix

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

Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: Max Verstappen
First retirement: Fernando Alonso
ROTR: El Plan (Fernando Alonso)
IIDOTR: Carlos Sainz
DBTMOTR: Yuki Tsunoda
LP: Nicholas Latifi
HFB: 1 Lap

2022 Order Shaken Up Grand Prix

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

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Albon
ROTR: McLaren
IIDOTR: Haas
DBTMOTR: Zhou
LP: Latifi
HFB: 2

1. Max Verstappen
2. Sergio Perez
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Carlos Sainz
5. Charles Leclerc
6. Pierre Gasly
7. George Russell
8. Lando Norris
9. Fernando Alonso
10. Yuki Tsunoda

Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: Sergio Perez
First retirement: Ocon
ROTR: McLaren
IIDOTR: Lando Norris
DBTMOTR: Daniel Ricciardo
LP: Zhou
HFB: 1

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Albon
ROTR: Hulkenberg
IIDOTR: Norris, for a brilliant, albeit safe drive to 7th
DBTMOTR: Hulkenberg - what, did you expect him to do well?
LP: Latifi
HFB: 1 lap

2022 Bring Back The Bahrain Oval ffs Grand Prix

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

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Hulkenberg
ROTR: McLaren
IIDOTR: Magnussen
DBTMOTR: Tsunoda
LP: Zhou
HFB: 1 lap

The Really Quite Surprisingly Good Bahrain GP

1.Max Verstappen
2. Carlos Sainz
3. Sergio Perez
4. Pierre Gasly
5. George Russell
6. Lewis Hamilton
7. Valtteri Bottas
8. Esteban Ocon
9. Mick Schumacher
10. Lance Stroll

Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: Lando Norris
First retirement: Charles Leclerc
ROTR: Yuki Tsunoda
IIDOTR: Valtteri Bottas
DBTMOTR: Yuki Tsunoda
LP: Fernando Alonso
HFB: 2 laps

I wanna get drunk in Bahrain

1. Vettel
2. Stroll
3. Alonso
4. Ocon
5. Bottas
6. Sainz
7. Norris
8. Ricciardo
9. Leclerc
10. Zhou

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Hamilton
ROTR: Red Bull — Double DNF
IIDOTR: Aston — Stunning 1-2
DBTMOTR: Verstappen
LP: Russell
HFB: 5 laps

2022 Bahrain GP
Hello there indeed - my first entry to Predicament Predictions in... I don't know how many years! Very glad to see this and indeed the forum still going strong

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Hulkenberg
ROTR: Tsunoda
IIDOTR: Schumacher
DBTMOTR: Ricciardo
LP: Albon
HFB: 2 laps

DUBAI EXPO 2020 GP

1. Meksh
2. Leclerc
3. Sainz
4. Russell
5. Alonso
6. K-Mags
7. Gasly
8. Lando
9. Bottas
10. Ocon

Pole: Meksh
Fastest lap: Leclerc
First retirement: Zhou
ROTR: Hamilton
IIDOTR: K-Mags
DBTMOTR: Hamilton
LP: Latifi
HFB: 1 lap

mash wrote:2022 Bahrain GP
Hello there indeed - my first entry to Predicament Predictions in... I don't know how many years!

Last time was 24th March 2018 for that year's Australian GP apparently, so just short of 4 years ago. Welcome back!

The results are in! As always, the opening round of a Predicament Predictions season is always a shot in the dark, what with the knowledge of who's where, who's having a good season, not nearly in reach yet. Therefore we had a collection of interesting guesses, of which almost none guessed correctly at the podium top-three, nor any of the bonus options. Some got lucky with guessing 4th to 10th, as even with a reshuffle, those usual suspects often find their way to the top. Anyway, after one round, Fetzie was victorious and managed to secure the championship lead with a nice 16 points. In second is last year's late bloomer Klon, alongside long-time championship leader of 2021, Aislabie, who has decided to commit seppuku early and use their double points to absolutely fruitless use. Full results below:


Results (and therefore obviously also the standings)
1. Fetzie 16**
2. Klon 15
3. Aislabie 14*
- IceG 14
- RAK 14
6. Rob Dylan 13
7. Bleu 12
- mario 12
- Londoner 12
- Aerond 12
11. CarloSpace 11
12. Miguel98 10
- Enforcer 10
14. Batty 9
- Frogfoot9013 9
16. DigitDan7 7
- tommykl 7
- yannicksamlad 7
- mash 7
20. dr-baker 6
- rachel1990 6
- pi314159 6
- dj_vicious 6
24. CaptainGetz12 4
- Hermann95 4

*used double points
**funniest alternative race title


There's been a small hiccup of affairs on my part in catching up with race reports and predicament predictions, but I promise you we will back on track before you know it

Well, that was a bit of a rubbish first round for me. 8 points from first place is not a good round…