Predicament Predictions - Bahrain 2015

[GwilymJJames]

Here we go again, then. Deadline is conclusion of FP3, probably.


1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Raikkonen
4. Bottas
5. Massa
6. Grosjean
7. Nasr
8. Maldonado
9. Ricciardo
10. Button

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
ROTR: Kvyat
IIDOTR: Grosjean
First retirement: Sainz Jr.
MLP: Nasr
DBTMOTR: Rosberg
DNQ: No-one

[FortiFord]

1. Hamilton
2. Raikkonen
3. Vettel
4. Massa
5. Nasr
6. Grosjean
7. Bottas
8. Maldonado
9. Verstappen
10. Ricciardo

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
ROTR: Sainz, Jr.
IIDOTR: Nasr
First retirement: Alonso
MLP: Nasr
DBTMOTR: Kvyat
DNQ: None

[Bobby Doorknobs]

Simtek's predictions:

2015 Grand Prix of the Desert

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Raikkonen
5. Bottas
6. Massa
7. Grosjean
8. Maldonado
9. Verstappen
10. Sainz

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
ROTR: Red Bull
IIDOTR: Force India
First retirement: Pérez
MLP: Verstappen
DBTMOTR: Kvyat
DNQ: N/A

[UncreativeUsername37]

2015 It Has Too Many Tight Corners So Old People Don't Like It GP
1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Räikkönen
5. Massa
6. Bottas
7. Verstappen
8. Ricciardo
9. Nasr
10. Sainz

PP: Hamilton
FL: Hamilton
ROTR: Red Bull
IIDOTR: Verstappen
First retirement: Merhi
MLP: Verstappen
DBTMOTR: Maldonado
DNQ: Not this year

[watka]

Watka's 2015 It Should Really Be Called Bahsun Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Rosberg
4. Raikkonen
5. Massa
6. Ricciardo
7. Bottas
8. Verstappen
9. Nasr
10. Maldonado

Pole: Rosberg
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
ROTR: The stewards
IIDOTR: Verstappen
First retirement: Kvyat
MLP: Verstappen
DBTMOTR: Kvyat
DNQ: No-one

[AxelP800]

2015 Rarely rain area Kingdom of Bahrain Race

1. Massa
2. Raikkonen
3. Verstappen
4. Hamilton
5. Rosberg
6. Ricciardo
7. Nasr
8. Maldonado
9. Hulkenberg
10. Stevens

Pole: Rosberg
Fastest Lap: Massa
ROTR: --------
IIDOTR: Verstappen
First retirement: Bottas
MLP: Verstappen
DBTMOTR: Bottas
DNQ: Zero

[Peteroli34]

1. Rosberg
2. Hamilton
3. Vettel
4. Raikkonen
5. Massa
6. Bottas
7. Riccardo
8. Verstappen
9. Saniz
10. Nasr

Pole: Rosberg
Fastest Lap: Vettel
ROTR: the race itself
IIDOTR: Verstappen
First retirement: Grosjean
MLP: Verstappen
DBTMOTR: Ericsson
DNQ: No-one

[dr-baker]

"We had joy, We had fun, We had seasons in the sun" Grand Prix

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Sebastien Vettel
3. Nico Rosberg
4. Kimi Raikkonen
5. Felipe Massa
6. Valterri Bottas
7. Daniel Ricciardo
8. Carlos Sainz
9. Romain Grosjean
10. Nico Hulkenberg

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
ROTR: Mercedes
IIDOTR: Sainz
First retirement: McLaren (not Bruce)
MLP: Sainz
DBTMOTR: Kvyat
DNQ: Nein. Nine? Nein!

[Francis23]

2015 That Race in the Desert which is Suddenly Really Good when it Takes Place at Night Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Bottas
4. Vettel
5. Massa
6. Raikkonen
7. Ricciardo
8. Verstappen
9. Ericsson
10. Maldonado

Pole: Rosberg
Fastest Lap: Bottas
ROTR: Force India (after a podium here last year both cars will finish well outside the points)
IIDOTR: Bottas (first to break the Ham/Ros/Vet podium trio)
First retirement: Button (mechanical failure of some sort)
MLP: Verstappen
DBTMOTR: Kvyat (just drives about anonymously out of the points)
DNQ: None

[tommykl]

tommykl's Pedictions
2015 [Insert "boring" pun here] Grand Prix[/b]

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Bottas
5. Massa
6. Ricciardo
7. Räikkönen
8. Nasr
9. Kvyat
10. Verstappen

Pole: Rosberg
Fastest Lap: Bottas
ROTR: Sainz
IIDOTR: Kvyat (by default)
First retirement: Ericsson
MLP: Nasr
DBTMOTR: Sainz
DNQ: None

[Londoner]

East Londoner's Predictions
2015 Rapidly losing interest in it all Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Bottas
5. Massa
6. Grosjean
7. Raikkonen
8. Maldonado
9. Verstappen
10. Kvyat

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Ricciardo (another race, another fried Renault power unit for a RB car)
ROTR: Force India (Hopeless all afternoon)
IIDOTR: Myself for somehow watching the entire race despite there being BTCC and Ginetta Juniors live on ITV4 at the same time, I guess...
DBTMOTR: Sainz
MLP: Verstappen
DNQ: Maybe some dark matter fails to beat 107%, I dunno.

[Klon]

Klon's Predictions

2015 I Could Be So Brash, I'm Going To Clash Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Massa
5. Räikkönen
6. Bottas
7. Nasr
8. Ricciardo
9. Kvyat
10. Ericsson

Pole: Hamilton
FL: Rosberg
ROTR: Alonso - a silly accident ends his race
IIDOTR: Massa - whilst he does end up short of it, he manages to make Rosberg and Vettel work for their podium.
First DNF: Stevens
MLP: Verstappen
DBTMOTR: Sainz
DNQ: >implying

[Meatwad]

Meatwad's predictions

2015 Bahrain Grand Prix
1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Räikkönen
5. Bottas
6. Massa
7. Verstappen
8. Nasr
9. Grosjean
10. Maldonado

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Hamilton
ROTR: Pérez
IIDOTR: Maldonado
First retirement: Button
MLP: Verstappen
DBTMOTR: Maldonado
DNQ: None

[Dom_Wings]

2015 Boo-Rain Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Raikkonen
5. Bottas
6. Ricciardo
7. Massa
8. Nasr
9. Verstappen
10. Grosjean

Pole - Hamilton
FL - Rosberg
ROTR - Honda (or McLaren in particular)
IIDOTR - Verstappen
First Ret - Stevens
MLP - Nasr
DBTMOTR - Maldonado
DNQ - Nahhhhh

[Dj_bereta]

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Raikkonen
5. Massa
6. Bottas
7. Maldonado
8. Grosjean
9. Nasr
10. Perez

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Raikkonen
ROTR: Red Bull group (four DNFs)
IIDOTR: Maldonado
First retirement: Alonso
MLP: Nasr
DBTMOTR: Ericsson
DNQ: None

[Miguel98]

2015 "Rosberg continues to suck" Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Rosberg
4. Kimi
5. Bottas
6. Massa
7. Nasr
8. Hulkenberg
9. Maldonado
10. Ericsson

Pole Position: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Kimi Raikkonen
ROTR: Red Bull/Renault (4 dnf's, with none of the cars getting into Q3)
IIDOTR: Hulkenberg
First Retirement: Carlos Sainz
MLP: Nasr
DBTMOTR: Grosjean
DNQ: Nope.avi

[AndreaModa]

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Raikkonen
5. Bottas
6. Nasr
7. Massa
8. Grosjean
9. Kvyat
10. Ericsson

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
ROTR: Repetitive results
IIDOTR: Stevens
First retirement: Maldonado
MLP: Nasr
DBTMOTR: Maldonado
DNQ: No-one

[mario]

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Raikkonen
5. Bottas
6. Grosjean
7. Massa
8. Nasr
9. Kvyat
10. Ericsson

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
ROTR: Renault - I expect that we'll see at least one more engine failure from them
IIDOTR: Grosjean
First retirement: Ricciardo (another engine)
MLP: Nasr
DBTMOTR: Maldonado
DNQ: No-one

[Rob Dylan]

2015 "It's gonna Bahrain!" Grand Prix
1. Maldonado
2. Rosberg
3. Massa
4. Bottas
5. Raikkonen
6. Vettel
7. Button
8. Hulkenberg
9. Alonso
10. Nasr

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Massa
ROTR: Everyone except Maldonado
IIDOTR: Monsoon conditions
First retirement: Hamilton (collides with Rosberg at first corner!)
MLP: Nasr
DBTMOTR: Ericsson (finishes last, behind at least 1 Manor)
DNQ: N/A

[tBone]

tBone's predictions
2015 Oil $$$ Grand Pri$

1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Raikkonen
4. Massa
5. Rosberg
6. Bottas
7. Ricciardo
8. Nasr
9. Verstappen
10. Kvyat

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Vettel
ROTR: Grosjean
IIDOTR: Massa
First retirement: Carlos Sainz jr.
MLP: Nasr
DBTMOTR: Kvyat
DNQ: None

[AdrianBelmonte_]

2015 "It's kinda hot in Cal... Bahrain" Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Raikkonen
5. Bottas
6. Massa
7. Grosjean
8. Nasr
9. Alonso (!!!)
10. Verstappen

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
ROTR: Sainz
IIDOTR: Alonso for earning points
First retirement: Button
MLP: Nasr
DBTMOTR: Perez and Sainz
DNQ: no

[More_Blue_Flags]

2015 Bahrain Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Raikkonen
4. Ricciardo
5. Rosberg
6. Bottas
7. Nasr
8. Massa
9. Grosjean
10. Sainz

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
ROTR: Ericsson returns to his pre-China rejectfulness
IIDOTR: Nasr
First retirement: Alonso
MLP: Nasr
DBTMOTR: Rosberg
DNQ: Nil

[RAK]

RAK's Predictions
2015 "The better of the two Middle Eastern races" Grand Prix

1) Hamilton
2) Vettel
3) Rosberg
4) Raikkonen
5) Bottas
6) Massa
7) Grosjean
8) Ricciardo
9) Verstappen
10) Kvyat

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Maldonado
ROTR: Force India
IIDOTR: The race - a closely fought contest between the Mercedes and Ferrari cars
DBTMOTR: Maldonado
MLP: Verstappen
DNQ: None

[Shizuka]

2015 No race like last year GP

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Raikkonen
5. Bottas
6. Ricciardo
7. Massa
8. Maldonado
9. Nasr
10. Ericsson

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
ROTR: Toro Rosso
IIDOTR: Maldonado
First retirement: Sainz Jr.
MLP: Nasr
DBTMOTR: Kvyat
DNQ: divided by 0

[pi314159]

2015 No rain but sandstorms Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Räikkönen
4. Rosberg
5. Bottas
6. Massa
7. Grosjean
8. Nasr
9. Maldonado
10. Ericsson

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Vettel
ROTR: Renault
IIDOTR: Vettel
First retirement: Button
MLP: Nasr
DBTMOTR: Rosberg
DNQ: e^(pi*i)+1

[Ducktanian]

2015 Desert GP

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Bottas
5. Raikkonen
6. Massa
7. Nasr
8. Ricciardo
9. Kyvat
10. Grosjean

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
ROTR: Sand.
IIDOTR: WILL STEVENS
First retirement: Ericsson
MLP: Nasr
DBTMOTR: Ericsson
DNQ: No-one

[Bleu]

2015 Al-Khalifa Grand Prix
1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Räikkönen
5. Bottas
6. Hülkenberg
7. Perez
8. Sainz
9. Ricciardo
10. Ericsson

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Räikkönen
ROTR: Verstappen
IIDOTR: Force India
First retirement: Verstappen
MLP: Sainz
DBTMOTR: Verstappen
DNQ: No-one

[DOSBoot]

DOSBoot's Predictions

2015 "I'm late because my modem failed." Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Raikkonen
5. Bottas
6. Massa
7. Hulkenburg
8. Grojean
9. Nasr
10. Sainz Jr.

Pole: Hamilton (If I'm not too late.)
Fastest Lap: Rosberg
ROTR: McLaren
IIDOTR: Bottas
First Retirement: Alonso
MLP: Nasr
DBTMOTR: Alonso

[GwilymJJames]

1. Hamilton (5pts)
2. Raikkonen (3pts)
3. Rosberg (3pts)
4. Bottas (2pts)
5. Vettel (2pts)
6. Ricciardo (2pts)
7. Grosjean (2pts)
8. Perez (2pts)
9. Kvyat (2pts)
10. Massa (2pts)
1pt for Right driver, wrong position

Pole. Hamilton (2pts)
Fastest lap. Raikkonen (1pt)
ROTR. Renault (3pts)
IIDOTR. Raikkonen (3pts)
First rtd. Button* (1pt)
MLP. Nasr (2pts)
DBTMOTR. Maldonado (2pts)
DNQ. Button (1pt)


*To justify this decision: The FIA starting grid included Button, despite his late entry. This is what has been used in previous results, on Magnussen counting in Australia, and Bottas & Stevens not counting in Australia and Malaysia. I don't like the decision, but, consistency.


Bahrain results

1. mario: 22
2. Miguel98: 20
2. RAK: 20
4. AndreaModa: 19
4. Dartanian: 19
4. Reject_Dom: 19
7. AdrianBelmonte_: 17
7. Dj_bereta: 17
7. FortiFord: 17
7. tommykl: 17

11. Dr-Baker: 16
11. GwilymJJames: 16
11. Meatwad: 16
11. More_Blue_Flags: 16
11. pi314159: 16
11. Shizuka: 16
17. East Londoner: 15
17. Klon: 15
17. UgncreativeUsergname: 15
NC. DOSBoot: 15*
20. Bleu: 14
20. Simtek: 14
20. watka: 14
23. Francis23: 12
23. tBone: 12
25. Rob Dylan: 10
26. peteroli34: 7
27. AxelP800: 6

*Missed deadline, score not added overall.

Overall standings

1. UgncreativeUsergname: 74
2. RAK: 72
3. AndreaModa: 71
4. Shizuka: 66
5. mario: 65
5. Meatwad: 65
7. GwilymJJames: 63
7. More_Blue_Flags: 63
7. watka: 63
10. tommykl: 60

11. Miguel98: 56
11. peteroli34: 56
13. Simtek: 55
14. Dj_bereta: 54
14. FortiFord: 54
16. Klon: 53
17. Dartanian: 50
18. tBone: 46
19. Francis23: 44
19. pi314159: 44
21. East Londoner: 43
22. AdrianBelmonte_: 42.5
23. Dr-Baker: 41
24. Bleu: 37
24. DOSBoot: 37
26. AxelP800: 36
27. Rob Dylan: 35
28. go_Rubens: 33
28. Reject_Dom: 33
30. Ataxia: 25

31. wsrgo: 18
32. TheFlyingCaterham: 17
33. tzerof1: 16.5
34. Cynon: 15
35. Frogfoot9013: 14
36. Dan B: 13
37. Fmecha: 13
38. Biscione: 12
39. Pheonix: 10
40. A Very Coolman: 9
40. WeirdKerr: 9
42. Pointrox: 7
42. W12: 7
44. roblomas52: 6