Predicament Predictions - 2014 Japanese Grand Prix

[GwilymJJames]

I've never done one of these before. Deadline is end of FP3 or start of Q1 or whatever. Allegedly points get awarded somewhere. TBH I've never believed it.

Gwilym's Predictions
2014 Japanese Grand Prix

1. Rosberg
2. Vettel
3. Ricciardo
4. Button
5. Massa
6. Bottas
7. Alonso
8. Raikkonen
9. Perez
10. Vergne

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Button
First retirement: Kvyat
ROTR: Hamilton's engine
IIDOTR: Button
DBTMOTR: Hamilton
MLP: Kvyat
DNQ: 0

[Alextrax52]

2014 Koby's home GP

1 Massa
2 Rosberg
3 Vettel
4 Alonso
5 Bottas
6 Perez
7 Button
8 Vergne
9 Ricciardo
10 Hulkenberg

Pole: Rosberg
Fastest Lap: Ricciardo
First Retirement: Hamilton
ROTR: Caterham (3 laps and both cars out)
IIDOTR: Massa
DBTMOTR: Hulkenberg
MLP: Magnussen
DNQ: Zilch

[tommykl]

2014 Ten years on, another typhoon GP

1. Rosberg
2. Bottas
3. Ricciardo
4. Hamilton
5. Alonso
6. Vettel
7. Massa
8. Magnussen
9. Vergne
10. Hulkenberg

Pole: Rosberg
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Pérez
ROTR: Button
IIDOTR: Bottas
DBTMOTR: Button
MLP: Magnussen
DNQ: Nope.

[watka]

Watka's Predictions
2014 Soopa Amlin Aguri Grand Prix

1. Rosberg
2. Ricciardo
3. Bottas
4. Hamilton
5. Button
6. Vettel
7. Alonso
8. Massa
9. Vergne
10. Magnussen

Pole: Rosberg
Fastest lap: Ricciardo
First retirement: Kobayashi
ROTR: Mechanical issues for Hamilton
IIDOTR: Button
DBTMOTR: Raikkonen
MLP: Magnussen
DNQ: 0

[DOSBoot]

DOSBoot's Predictions
2014 "Giant Japanese Monster Bad Prank Call" Grand Prix.

1. Riccardo
2. Rosberg
3. Hamilton
4. Bottas
5. Massa
6. Vettel
7. Alonso
8. Button
9. Hulkenburg
10. Magnussen

Pole: Rosberg
Fastest Lap: Ricciardo
First Retirement: Kobayashi
ROTR: Caterham
IIDOTR: Riccardo
DBTMOTR: Raikkonen
MLP: Magnussen
DNQ: None

[tristan1117]

tristan117's Predictions
2014 Big in Japan Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Ricciardo
3. Rosy Rosberg
4. Magnussen
5. Bottas
6. Massa
7. Raikkonen
8. Hulk
9. Kvyat
10. Butotn

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Button
First retirement: Alonso
ROTR: Anything to do with Mercedes, who I'm picking to either win or screw-up royally. It's a 50/50 shot at this point.
IIDOTR: Magnussen
DBTMOTR: Alonso
MLP: Kvyat
DNQ: 0

[Dj_bereta]

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Ricciardo
4. Vettel
5. Alonso
6. Button
7. Bottas
8. Massa
9. Raikkonen
10. Magnussen

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Kobayashi
ROTR: 2014 Japanese Grand Prix
IIDOTR: Button
DBTMOTR: Raikkonen
MLP: Magnussen
DNQ: 0

[More_Blue_Flags]

More_Blue_Flags Predictions
2014 Japanese Grand Prix

1. Ricciardo
2. Hamilton
3. Rosberg
4. Bottas
5. Button
6. Raikkonen
7. Kvyat
8. Hulkenberg
9. Alonso
10. Vergne

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Massa
ROTR: Mercedes - either their strategy, or their failure to get their drivers to play as a team gifts Ricciardo another win
IIDOTR: Button
DBTMOTR: Perez
MLP: Kvyat
DNQ: 0, but the Pastor probably hits something again or otherwise comes off the track in Q1

[Klon]

Klon's Predictions
2014 Weeaboo Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Ricciardo
4. Bottas
5. Vettel
6. Alonso
7. Pérez
8. Massa
9. Räikkönen
10. Kwjat

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Rosberg
First retirement: Magnussen
ROTR: Magnussen (takes out two cars in turn one)
IIDOTR: Pérez (mostly for lack of other feasible options)
DBTMOTR: Hülkenberg
MLP: Kwjat
DNQ: 0

[AxelP800]

2014 =SQL Error detected= (Nihon guranpuri-)

1. Alonso
2. Button
3. Raikkonen
4. Perez
5. Massa
6. Bottas
7. Kvyat
8. Vergne
9. Hulkenberg
10. Kobayashi

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Bottas
First retirement: Chilton
ROTR: Chilton
IIDOTR: Kobayashi
DBTMOTR: Ericsson
MLP: Kvyat
DNQ: 0

[W12]

2014 Homeland of Super Aguri Grand Prix

1. Rosberg
2. Hamilton
3. Bottas
4. Ricciardo
5. Vettel
6. Räikkönen
7. Alonso
8. Button
9. Perez
10. Kvyat

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Rosberg
First retirement: Massa
ROTR: Massa (Collides with Magnussen on the first corner)
IIDOTR: Bottas (Finishes third despite having technical problems)
DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP: Kvyat
DNQ: 0

[Meatwad]

Meatwad's predictions

2014 Japanese Grand Prix
1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Bottas
4. Ricciardo
5. Vettel
6. Massa
7. Alonso
8. Magnussen
9. Räikkönen
10. Pérez

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Kobayashi
ROTR: Caterham
IIDOTR: Hülkenberg
DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP: Magnussen
DNQ: None

[Nin13]

2014 Japanese Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Bottas
4. Vettel
5. Massa
6. Ricciardo
7. Alonso
8. Raikkonen
9. Perez
10. Button

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Maldonaldo
First retirement: None
ROTR: Typhoon
IIDOTR: None
DBTMOTR: None
MLP: None
DNQ: 0

I predict washed out race. so finish based on quali

[Londoner]

East Londoner's Predictions
2014 Oh it'll blow over Grand Prix

1. Ricciardo
2. Bottas
3. Vettel
4. Massa
5. Alonso
6. K-Mags
7. Button
8. Perez
9. Vergne
10. Grosjean

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Massa
First retirement: Hammy/Rosberg (yup, you guess it, it's Suzuka 1990 all over again. )
ROTR: Mercedes (pretty much by default here)
IIDOTR: Grosjean (wrestles the recalcitrant E22 to another precious point)
DBTMOTR: Raikkonen (Kimi, please leave, kayfanxbai)
MLP; K-Mags
DNQ: Half of less than zero.

[Enforcer]

1. Rosberg
2. Hamilton
3. Ricciardo
4. Bottas
5. Alonso
6. Raikkonen
7. Vettel
8. Massa
9. Button
10. Magnussen

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Rosberg
First retirement: Ericsson
ROTR: Lotus
IIDOTR: Ricciardo
DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP; Magnussen
DNQ: None

[dr-baker]

2014 Soopa Kamuuuuiiiiii Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Rosberg
4. Ricciardo
5. Alonso
6. Vettel
7. Hulkenberg
8. Button
9. Magnussen
10. Massa

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Maldonado
ROTR: the typhoon
IIDOTR: Bottas
DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP: Magnussen
DNQ: one - Maldonado? Hamilton?

[Miguel98]

2014 Japanese Grand Prix

1. Rosberg
2. Hamilton
3. Alonso
4. Ricciardo
5. Vettel
6. Vergne
7. Raikkonen
8. Pérez
9. Button
10. Bottas

Pole: Rosberg
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Sutil
ROTR: ADRIAN SUTIL
IIDOTR: Vergne
DBTMOTR: Hulkenberg
MLP: Magnussen
DNQ: No one

[RAK]

RAK's Predictions
2014 "Sayonara, Kamui-san" Grand Prix

1) Hamilton
2) Rosberg
3) Vettel
4) Ricciardo
5) Alonso
6) Bottas
7) Massa
8) Kvyat
9) Hulkenberg
10) Button

Pole: Rosberg
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Ericsson
ROTR: Sutil
IIDOTR: Kvyat
DBTMOTR: Raikkonen
MLP: Kvyat
DNQ: None

[Bleu]

Bleu's
20 years since Taki Inoue debuted Grand Prix

1. Ricciardo
2. Rosberg
3. Hamilton
4. Vettel
5. Massa
6. Räikkönen
7. Perez
8. Button
9. Hülkenberg
10. Magnussen

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Ericsson
ROTR: Charlie Whiting
IIDOTR: Ricciardo
DBTMOTR: Vergne
MLP: Magnussen
DNQ: None

[roblo97]

2014 SUPER AGURI GP

1.Ricciardo
2.Vettel
3.Bottas
4.Perez
5.Rosberg
6.Vergne
7.Kyvat
8.K-Mags
9.Alonso
10.Räikkönen

Pole. Ricciardo
Fastest Lap.Vettel (on the last lap)
First Retirement.Hamilton
ROTR.Mercedes (HM to Charlie Whiting and the other FIA lot)
IIDOTR.Rosberg (great comeback after Hamilton thinks he is Senna and tries to take them both out ant turn 1)
DBTMOTR.Hamilton
MLP.Kyvat
DNQ.None

[Shizuka]

2014 I Have Too Many Japanese Producer Friends To Make A Joke Out Of The Location Of The GP (or in short IHTMJPFTMAJOOTLOT GP)

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Bottas
5. Alonso
6. Massa
7. Perez
8. Button
9. Räikkönen
10. Hülkenberg

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Magnussen
ROTR: The rookies of 2014 - all make mistakes
IIDOTR: Bottas by default...
DBTMOTR: Ericsson
MLP: all of them retire in my prediction, so I'll go with the one who will survive the most: Kvyat
DNQ: nah...

(sorry for not having done the IIDOTR of Singapore yet, it will be Vergne though, I was busy with work)

[good_Ralf]

2014 There won't be a typhoon on Sunday Grand Prix

1) Rosberg
2) Ricciardo
3) Hamilton
4) Bottas
5) Massa
6) Alonso
7) Vettel
8) Raikkonen
9) Magnussen
10) Perez

Pole: Rosberg
FL: Ricciardo
First DNF: Hulkenberg
ROTR: Lewis' car (it fails in quali yet again, pitching him into the wall in Q2)
IIDOTR: Hamilton (From 16th)
DBTMOTR: Button3
MLP: Magnussen
DNQ: Chance of wet weather IMO (0)

[Rocks with Salt]

Rocks with Salt's predictions
2014 Spoon Curvin' Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Ricciardo
5. Alonso
6. Massa
7. Raikkonen
8. Bottas
9. Magnussen
10. Perez

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Ricciardo
First retirement: Grosjean
ROTR: The Stewards
IIDOTR: Massa
DBTMOTR: Button
MLP: Magnuseen
DNQ: None

RandomBot's predictions
2014 Japanese Grand Prix

1. Bottas
2. Magnussen
3. Hamilton
4. Hulkenberg
5. Massa
6. Chilton
7. Gutierrez
8. Vettel
9. Ricciardo
10. Rosberg

Pole: Hulkenberg
Fastest lap: Massa
First retirement: Ericsson
ROTR: Button
IIDOTR: Bottas
DBTMOTR: Magnussen
MLP: Kvyat
DNQ: None

[SgtPepper]

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Bullyardo
4. Alonso
5. Vettel
6. Hulk
7. Bottas
8. Kimi
9. Button
10. Massa

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Rosberg
First retirement: Gutierrez
ROTR: Caterham
IIDOTR: Hulk
DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP: Magnuseen
DNQ: None