Predicament Predictions - 2011 Indian Grand Prix

[TomWazzleshaw]

It almost feels too long since the last round (And even longer since I last bothered to update the wretched thing )

Anyways the deadline is the conclusion of FP2 as usual

Wizzie's Predictions
2011 Indian Grand Prix

1. Vettel (As much as I hate to say it, this track looks like a Red Bull benefit)
2. Alonso
3. Hamilton
4. Webber
5. Button
6. Massa
7. Rosberg
8. Schumacher
9. Alguersuari
10. Kobayashi

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Perez
ROTR: Force India (Celebrate "home race" with two early retirements)
IIDOTR: Kobayashi (Technical gremlins in Q1 before fantastic return to form rewards him with points)
DBTMOTR: Perez
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: Kobayashi (On a technicality)

[the Masked Lapwing]

TMLW's Predictions
2011 Indian Grand Prix

1. Webber
2. Vettel
3. Button
4. Alonso
5. Hamilton
6. Rosberg
7. Schumacher
8. Alguersuari
9. Kobayashi
10. Kovalainen

Pole: Alonso
Fastest lap: Webber
First retirement: Massa (Engine blows up)
ROTR: Karthikeyan (See below)
IIDOTR: Kovalainen (On a level playing field at the new track, Heikki gets his strategy right, passing Petrov in the final laps)
DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP: Perez
DNQ: Karthikeyan (and isn't allowed to start.)

[RealRacingRoots]

Ok, here goes nothing. Might as well get my toe in the water for next year.

RRR's Predictions
2011Indian Grand Prix:
1.Button
2.Vettel
3.Webber
4.Alonso
5.Hamilton
6.Sutil
7.Rosberg
8.Buemi
9.Massa
10.Di Resta

Pole:Vettel
Fastest lap:Vettel
First Retirement: Perez
ROTR: Team Lotus (Chandhok replaces Kovalainen, and HRT takes 10th from them)
IIDOTR: Ricciardo
DBTMOTR:Alguersuari
Minor League Premiership: Di Resta
Non-Qualifiers*: Karthikeyan, Chandhok (both allowed to race)

[Shizuka]

2011 Indian Grand Prix

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Ricciardo
ROTR: Sauber
IIDOTR: Petrov
DBTMOTR: Senna
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: Karthikeyan

[Tealy]

Tealy's Predictions
2011 Indian Grand Prix

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Trulli
ROTR: Maldonado
IIDOTR: Alguersuari
DBTMOTR: Buemi
MLP: Perez
DNQ: None

[RAK]

RAK's Predictions:

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Senna
ROTR: Sauber
IIDOTR: Alguersuari - another Q1 knockout, another points-scoring position
DBTMOTR: Buemi
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: Karthikeyan

[dr-baker]

1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Alonso
4. Hamilton
5. Massa
6. Rosberg
7. di Resta
8. Sutil
9. Buemi
10. Alguersuari

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Alonso
First Retirement: Alguersuari
ROTR: Lotus - for not giving Chandok the drive and then not doing anything to cement their 10th place in the Championship, or perhaps something animal-on-track related
IIDOTR: Kartikeyan - for making it to the end while so many others DNF.
DBTMOTR: Webber
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: Karthikeyan

[Klon]

It's time to go bananas!

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Klon's Predictions
2011 Indian Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Alonso
4. Massa
5. Schumacher
6. Rosberg
7. Di Resta
8. Alguersuari
9. Maldonado
10. Karthikeyan

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Button
First retirement: Sutil
ROTR: Buemi (costs himself and Barrichello a chance at good points)
IIDOTR: Karthikeyan (well, that one is obvious)
DBTMOTR: Sutil
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: Ricciardo[/quote]

[Londoner]

East Londoner's Predictions
2011 Indian Grand Prix

1. Button
2. Ramilton
3. Vettel
4. Alonso
5. Schumacher
6. Rosberg
7. Alguersaurus
8. Massa
9. Di Resta
10. Perez

Pole: Webber
Fastest lap: Button
First retirement: Karthikeyan bins it on the first lap.
ROTR: Webber squanders pole with his trademark terrible start, ends up crashing into Kobayashi, the net result is that these forums explode!
IIDOTR: Ricciardo is now ahead of both Virgins, and on the lead lap
DBTMOTR: Webber/Kobayashi (need I say more)
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: None

[tommykl]

tommykl's Predictions
2011 Indian Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Webber
3. Button
4. Alonso
5. Hamilton
6. Rosberg
7. Massa
8. Alguersuari
9. Kobayashi
10. Buemi

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Button
First retirement: Pérez
ROTR: India (Force India ends up nowhere, Karthikeyan is trashed by Ricciardo and Chandhok isn't chosen)
IIDOTR: Kobayashi (finally, some more points)
DBTMOTR: Schumacher
MLP: Maldonado
DNQ: None

[QuickYoda41]

QuickYoda41's Predictions
2011 Indian Grand Prix

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Webber
First retirement: d'Ambrosio (hit by overenthusiastic Karthikeyan in the first corner
ROTR: Karthikeyan
IIDOTR: Hamilton
DBTMOTR: Bruno, the Nephew
MLP: di Resta
DNQ: None

[Phoenix]

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Alonso
RotR: Trulli
IIDotR: Karthikeyan (you wouldn't believe what recing at home can do to a man's morale...)
DBTMotR: di Resta
First retirement: di Resta
MLP: Pérez
DNQ: noone

[Enforcer]

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Karthikeyan
ROTR: Karthikeyan
IIDOTR: Force India
DBTMOTR: Karthikeyan
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: None

[tristan1117]

tristan1117's Predictions

DOUBLE POINTS please...

1. Webber
2. Button
3. Hamilton
4. Massa
5. Vettel
6. Rosberg
7. Di Resta
8. Buemi
9. Schumacher
10. Petrov

Pole: Button
Fastest Lap: Webber
First Retirement: Liuzzi
IIDOTR: Massa
DBTMOTR: Senna
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: none

[shinji]

1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Sutil (I'm a romantic at heart...)
4. Hamilton
5. Webber
6. Alonso
7. Massa
8. Schumacher
9. Rosberg
10. di Resta (at the same time, I'm a realist)
Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Karthikeyan
ROTR: Something
IIIDOTR: Sutil
DBTMOTR: Maldonado
MLP: di Resta
DNQ: Noone

[Dj_bereta]

1. Vettel
2. Webber
3. Hamilton
4. Button
5. Alonso
6. Massa
7. Rosberg
8. Schumacher
9. Alguersuari
10. Di Resta

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Webber
First Retirement: Trulli
ROTR: Team Lotus
IIDOTR: Alguersuari
DBTMOTR: Senna
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: Karthikeyan

[IceG]

1. Hamilton
2. Webber
3. Vettel (Mark is faster than you)
4. Button
5. Alonso
6. Di Resta
7. Rosberg
8. Schumacher
9. Alguersuari
10. Kovalainen

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Webber
First Retirement: Trulli
ROTR: Williams
IIDOTR: Kovalainen
DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: Karthikeyan

[ranig]

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Senna
ROTR: Williams
IIDOTR: Schumacher (was 2nd until his 2nd pit stop)
DBTMOTR: di Resta
MLP: Maldonado
DNQ: None

[MinardiFan95]

MinardiFan95's Predictions:

1. Vettel (yet again)
2. Button
3. Webber
4. Alonso
5. Hamilton
6. Sutil
7. Massa
8. Rosberg
9. Schumacher
10. Buemi

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Webber
First Retirement: Petrov
ROTR: Maldonado
IIDOTR: Sutil
DBTMOTR: Maldonado
MLP: di Resta
DNQ: None

[DanielPT]

DanielPT's Predictions:

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Karthikeyan
ROTR: Force India (they failed to get points, never mind a podium, on home soil)
IIDOTR: The Saurus/DJ Squire
DBTMOTR: Buemi
MLP: di Resta
DNQ: None

[Ed24]

Ed24's Predictions
2011 Indian Grand Prix

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Webber
First retirement: Di Resta
ROTR: Karthikeyan
IIDOTR: Buemi
DBTMOTR: Petrov
MLP: Perez
DNQ: Karthikeyan

[Dan B]

Dan B's Predictions
2011 Indian Grand Prix

1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Alonso
4. Hamilton
5. Massa
6. Schumacher
7. Sutil
8. di Resta
9. Rosberg
10. Petrov

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Petrov
First Retirement: Trulli (mechanical woes yet again)
ROTR: Williams (Barrichello beaten by Koval- wait, no, Karthikeyan and Maldonado spends time behind the Virgins)/Sauber (Perez runs into Senna; Kobayashi can't get past 13th)
DBTMOTR: Webber/Kobayashi (lack of form. Again)
MLP: di Resta
DNQ: None

[Waris]

You know, I'm just going to go ahead and forfeit the last three races, because I think I'll score fewer points if I keep making wrong predictions than if I just make none

[DOSBoot]

DOSBoot's Perdictions:

1. Vettel (I surely hope not.)
2. Webber
3. Button
4. Hamilton
5. Alonso
6. Massa
7. Kobayashi
8. Alguersuari
9. Rosberg
10. Sutil

Pole: Webber
Fastest Lap: Button
First Retirement: Shumacher
ROTR: Shumacher
IIDOTR: Button
DNQ: None

[AdrianSutil]

AdrianSutil's predictions:

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Rosberg
ROTR: Sauber (Destroy both drivers races with overly-conservative tyre strategy).
IIDOTR: Kovalainen (A more even field brings 12th place, beating both Sauber and Williams).
DNQ: Karthikeyen (But allowed to start).

If illegible, double-points please

[Bleu]

1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Webber
4. Alonso
5. Hamilton
6. Massa
7. Alguersuari
8. Rosberg
9. Perez
10. di Resta

Pole: Vettel
FL: Kobayashi
1st Ret: Karthikeyan
ROTR: Williams
IIDOTR: Alguersuari
MLP: Perez
DNQ: Karthikeyan

[Row Man Gross-Gene]

RMG-G's Predictions
2011 Indian Grand Prix:

1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Webber
4. Alonso
5. Hamilton
6. Schumacher
7. Rosberg
8. Kobayashi
9. Massa
10. di Resta

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Button
First Retirement: Buemi
ROTR: Webber
IIDOTR: Schumacher
DBTMOTR: Barrichello
Minor League Premiership: di Resta
DNQ: None

[Aerospeed]

JeremyMcClean's Predictions
2011 Indian Grand Prix

1. Vettel (The only way of assuring that he will NOT win is to predict he will win. At least that's what I think.)
2. Alonso
3. Button
4. Hamilton
5. Schumacher
6. Webber
7. di Resta
8. Massa
9. Rosberg
10. Kobayashi

Pole: Vettel (see message for winner)
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: None!
ROTR: The race itself... zzzz
IIDOTR: Schumacher for somehow beating Mark Webber
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: di Resta for making Massa look silly
DNQ: d'Ambrosio!

[dr-baker]

My post edited for animal-related incidents for ROTR.

[mario]

2011 Indian Grand Prix

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Trulli
ROTR: Karthikeyan
IIDOTR: Kovalainen
DBTMOTR: Alguersuari
MLP: Perez
DNQ: None

[sswishbone]

sswishbone's Predictions
2011 Indian Grand Prix

1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Hamilton
4. Webber
5. Alonso
6. Rosberg
7. di resta
8. Kobayashi
9. Alguersuari
10. Massa

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Karthekayan
ROTR: Schumacher
IIDOTR: Di resta (scrapes through to Q2, but intelligently overhauls deficit in race)
DBTMOTR: Schumacher
MLP: Di Resta
DNQ: None

[RonDenisDeletraz]

eurobruns rejectful predictions
2011 Indian Grand Prix
1. Webber
2. Button
3. Hamilton
4. Alonso
5. Rosberg
6. Kobayashi
7. Massa
8. Senna
9. Petrov
10. Barrichello

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap:Vettel
First retirement: di resta
ROTR: Karthikayen(DNQ's but is allowed to start, on Deletrazian pace all weekend)
IIDOTR: Webber
DBTMOTR:Karthikayen
MLP: Maldanado (11th)
DNQ: Karthikayen(is allowed to start)

Vettel retires with a broken wheel

[Londoner]

2011 Indian Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Alonso
4. Webber
5. Schumacher
6. Rosberg
7. Ramilton
8. Alguersaurus
9. Sutil
10. Perez

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Kobayashi
ROTR: Massa
IIDOTR: Karthikeyan
DBTMOTR: N/A
MLP: N/A
DNQ: Glock

Standings
1. AdrianSutil: 36 points #
2. Klon: 22 points
3. dr-baker: 21 points
4. Tealy: 18 points
5= RAK: 17 points
5= Shinji: 17 points
5= Ranig: 17 points
8= Shizuka: 16 points
8= MinardiFan95: 16 points
8= DanielPT: 16 points
8= Bleu: 16 points
8= Mario: 16 points
13= tommykl: 15 points
13= JeremyMcClean: 15 points
15= Tristan1117: 14 points #
15= Dj_bereta: 14 points
17= Wizzie: 13 points
17= DOSBoot: 13 points
19. Phoenix: 12 points
20= East Londoner: 11 points
20= Enforcer: 11 points
20= Dan B: 11 points
20= sswishbone: 11 points
24= The Masked Lapwing: 10 points
24= RealRacingRoots: 10 points
24= QuickYoda41: 10 points
24= IceG: 10 points
24= Ed24: 10 points
29. Row Man Gross-Gene: 9 points
30. eurobrun: 8 points

# = Double points used

As always, these are provisonal.

[dr-baker]

Standings
1. AdrianSutil: 36 points #
2. Klon: 22 points
3. dr-baker: 21 points

Wow. In one of the recently compiled results, I score 7 but 21 here. This is almost as amazing as my Monza prediction...

[TomWazzleshaw]

DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP: Perez

Standings
1. AdrianSutil: 36 points #
2. Klon: 22 points
3. dr-baker: 21 points
4. Tealy: 20 points
5= Bleu: 18 points
5= Mario: 18 points
6= RAK: 17 points
6= Shinji: 17 points
6= Ranig: 17 points
7= Shizuka: 16 points
7= MinardiFan95: 16 points
7= DanielPT: 16 points
8= tommykl: 15 points
8= JeremyMcClean: 15 points
9= Tristan1117: 14 points #
9= Dj_bereta: 14 points
9= The Masked Lapwing: 14 points
9= Phoenix: 14 points
10= Wizzie: 13 points
10= DOSBoot: 13 points
11= IceG: 12 points
11= Ed24: 12 points
12= East Londoner: 11 points
12= Enforcer: 11 points
12= Dan B: 11 points
12= sswishbone: 11 points
13= RealRacingRoots: 10 points
13= QuickYoda41: 10 points
14. Row Man Gross-Gene: 9 points
15. eurobrun: -2 points*

#Used double points
*10 point penalty for late submission

[RonDenisDeletraz]

I really suck at this