2019 Austrian Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!

[Rob Dylan]

G'day mate! 'Nother shrimp on the barbie, Bruce, etc. etc. Welcome to Round...nine I think, of the Predicament Predictions championship of 2019, here in sunny (presumably) Austrialand. The same rules apply as always - make sure to get your guessing in by the end of FP3 on Saturday. Here is your blank slate:

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Pole:
Fastest lap:
First retirement:
Reject of the Race:
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race:
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race:
Minor League Premiership:
Number of Safety Cars:

There's always a point for the funniest alternative race title you guys can come up with. The candidates for Minor League Premiership are: Alexander Albon; Antonio Giovinazzi; Lando Norris; George Russell. And you are always welcome to activate double points for one round only.



My predictions will of course be that Red Bull, specifically Pierre Gasly, will dominate.

1. Pierre Gasly
2. Max Verstappen
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Valtteri Bottas
5. Sebastian Vettel (somehow still disappoints and finishes behind Lewis)
6. Lando Norris
7. Carlos Sainz Jr.
8. Kimi Räikkönen
9. Daniel Ricciardo
10. Lance Stroll

Pole: Pierre Gasly
Fastest lap: Pierre Gasly
First retirement: Charles Leclerc (gearbox decides he can only race in first gear)
ROTR: Robert Kubica (committed the cardinal sin: crashed into Russell when trying to overtake)
IIDOTR: Unreliability
DBTMOTR: Charles Leclerc
MLP: Lando Norris
SCs: 3


Good luck everyone

[FortiWinks]

I normally wait until after the first practice sessions but stuff it

DOUBLE POINTS!!!

The Niki Lauda Tribute Grand Prix
1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Valtteri Bottas
3. Max Verstappen
4. Charles Leclerc
5. Lando Norris
6. Carlos Sainz
7. Alexander Albon
8. Sergio Pérez
9. Daniel Ricciardo
10. Romain Grosjean

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Max Verstappen
First retirement: Pierre Gasly
Reject of the Race: Pierre Gasly (takes Vettel out at the first corner)
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Alexander Albon
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Kevin Magnussen
Minor League Premiership: Lando Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 2

[ElBerto]

AUT - The Harald Ertl paid attention to details Grand Prix.

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Verstappen
4. Leclerc
5. Bottas
6. Ricciardo
7. Perez
8. Hulkenberg
9. Raikkonen
10. Albon

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Leclerc
First retirement: Grosjean
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Williams
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Honda
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR): Stroll
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Albon
Number of Safety Cars (SCs): 0

[CaptainGetz12]

2019 Pascal Wehrlein for SuperSub Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Verstappen
4. Leclerc
5. Vettel
6. Norris
7. Sainz Jr.
8. Gasly
9. Hulkenberg
10. Albon

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Kvyat
Reject of the Race: Gasly (Loses on pace to both Mclarens)
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Mclaren (Beats Gasly on merit, nips at the heels of the Big 3)
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Kvyat (DNFs while the Toro Rosso shows pace)
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 0

[UncreativeUsername37]

Bottas' Last Race With Hope
1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Vettel
4. Leclerc
5. Verstappen
6. Sainz
7. Norris
8. Gasly
9. Ricciardo
10. Hülkenberg

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Bottas
First retirement: none
Reject of the Race: Toro Rosso
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Räikkönen
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Giovinazzi
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 0

I'm taking double points.

[You-Gee-Eee-Day]

At least things can't get any worse. After all when has anything bad ever happened in Austria? Grand Prix

1. Bottas
2. Hamilton
3. Verstappen
4. Leclerc
5. Vettel
6. Sainz
7. Hülkenberg
8. Norris
9. Raikkonen
10. Ricciardo

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Albon
Reject of the Race: Gasly (a safe bet )
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Raikkonen
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Giovinazzi
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 1

[AdrianBelmonte_]

The hills are alive with the sound of me complaining about the absence of our lord and saviour Mahaveer Raghunathan

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Verstappen
4. Leclerc
5. Vettel
6. Sainz
7. Ricciardo
8. Norris
9. Gasly
10. Hülkenberg

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Giovinazzi
Reject of the Race: Williams
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Sainz
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Kubica
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: none

[yannicksamlad]

The Red Bull Grand Prix of Red Bull land around the shrunken Osterreichring

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Valtteri Bottas
3. Sebastian Vettel
4. Max Verstappen
5. Charles Leclerc ( on the Ferrari sub-optimal near-terminal disaster strategy )
6. Lando Norris
7. Pierre Gasly
8. Carlos Sainz Jr.
9. Nico Hulkenberg
10. Daniel Ricciardo

Pole: Valtteri Bottas
Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton
First retirement: Romain Grosjean
ROTR: Rommain Grosjean
IIDOTR: Hulkenberg
DBTMOTR: Grosjean
MLP: Lando Norris
SCs: 0

[Pacific Edge]

Dropping points after missing a few, gotta get back in it

The Alpine Country no-one can remember GP

1.Hamilton
2.Bottas
3.Vettel
4.Raikonnen
5.Lecelrc
6.Ricciardo
7.Verstappen
8.Sainz
9.Magnussen
10.Grosjean

Pole:Hamilton
Fastest lap:Vettel
First retirement:Gasly
Reject of the Race:Pirelli
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race:Raikonnen
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race:The other Alfa
Minor League Premiership:Renault
Number of Safety Cars: 0

[Bleu]

David Beckham's Elderly Fan Memorial Grand Prix
1. Leclerc
2. Vettel
3. Hamilton
4. Verstappen
5. Bottas
6. Ricciardo
7. Norris
8. Albon
9. Kvyat
10. Giovinazzi

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest lap: Bottas
First retirement: Grosjean
Reject of the Race: The band playing national anthems
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Giovinazzi
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Gasly
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 1

[mario]

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Leclerc
4. Verstappen
5. Vettel
6. Gasly
7. Norris
8. Raikkonen
9. Ricciardo
10. Perez

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Giovinazzi
Reject of the Race: The inevitable complaints about the kerbs
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Raikkonen
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Stroll
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 0

[Fetzie]

Hamilton basically wins the championship in Austria Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Vettel
4. Leclerc
5. Verstappen
6. Norris
7. Ricciardo
8. Sainz Jr
9. Grosjean
10. Raikonnen

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Hulkenberg
Reject of the Race: Gasly
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Norris
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Gasly
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 2

[dr-baker]

2019 Damon Hill is alive to the sound of Mercedes domination Grosser Preis von Austria

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Vettel
4. Verstappen
5. Leclerc
6. Norris
7. Sainz
8. Raikkonen
9. Hulkenberg
10. Ricciardo

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Leclerc
First retirement: Pierre Gasly
Reject of the Race: Pierre Gasly
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Lando Norris
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Peter Gasly
Minor League Premiership: The Hogwarts' caretaker's cat, Mrs Lando Norris
Number of Safety Cars: nein, not nine, nein.

[tommykl]

2019 please make it stop Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Leclerc
4. Verstappen
5. Vettel
6. Gasly
7. Norris
8. Magnussen
9. Ricciardo
10. Perez

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Leclerc
First retirement: Sainz
Reject of the Race: Vettel
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Norris
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Grosjean
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 0

[RAK]

2019 Blue Buffalo Grand Prix

1) Hamilton
2) Vettel
3) Bottas
4) Verstappen
5) Leclerc
6) Gasly
7) Raikkonen
8) Grosjean
9) Norris
10) Ricciardo

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Stroll
ROTR: Albon
IIDOTR: Grosjean
DBTMOTR: Giovinazzi
MLP: Norris
SCs: 1

[Aguvazk]

2019 The European Australia Grand Prix

1. Hamilton, again
2. Vettel
3. Verstappen
4. Leclerc
5. Bottas
6. Gasly
7. Sainz
8. Ricciardo
9. Hulkenberg
10. Albon

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Leclerc
First retirement: Perez
ROTR: Stroll
IIDOTR: Sainz
DBTMOTR: Norris
MLP: Albon
SCs: 1

[Gertrand Bachot]

2019 Yodelling Competition
1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Max Verstappen
5. Valtteri Bottas
6. Kevin Magnussen
7. Nico Hulkenberg
8. Daniel Ricciardo
9. Kimi Raikkonen
10. Lando Norris

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel
First retirement: Lance Stroll
Reject of the Race: Pierre Gasly
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Kevin Magnussen
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Pierre Gasly
Minor League Premiership: Lando Norris
Number of Safety Cars: The number of safety cars that there will be in the race

[Psyclepath]

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Valtteri Bottas
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Sebastian Vettel
5. Nico Hulkenberg
6. Pierre Gasly
7. Kimi Raikkonen
8. Daniel Ricciardo
9. Lando Norris
10. Daniil Kvyat

Pole: Valtteri Bottas
Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel
First retirement: Carlos Sainz. Jr
Reject of the Race: Sergio Perez
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Kimi Raikkonen
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Gasly (although he'll be the team's sole point-scorer after Verstappen has issues)
Minor League Premiership: Lando Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 1

[Rob Dylan]

Well it was a high-scoring round - not as high-scoring as at Paul Ricard, but still we got some solid results from our contenders. It's tragic how many of you guessed Pierre Gasly for ROTR, but nice how many of you were right! Our winner for the first time this season is regular front-runner UncreativeUsername37, followed by FortiWinks. Both used their double-points from this season, whilst Fetzie finished 3rd for the third time this season. Here are the full results:

Results
1. UncreativeUsername37 24*
2. FortiWinks 20*
3. Fetzie 17
4. dr-baker 16
5. CaptainGetz12 14
- Bleu 14**
- Gertrand Bachot 14
8. You-Gee-Eee-Day 13
- yannicksamlad 13
- mario 13
11. RAK 12
12. Psyclepath 11
13. Rob Dylan 10
- AdrianBelmonte_ 10
15. Pacific 777 9
- tommykl 9
17. ElBerto 8
18. Aguvazk 7
*used double points
**funniest alternative race title




So as the result of another middling result, our previous championship leader ElBerto has dropped behind dr-baker to give the latter a sizable margin over their rivals. There is a solid collection of players all the way down to Aguvazk in 13th who have at least 100 points, and all could be poised after a few good rounds to jump to the front again. Here are the standings:

Standings
1. dr-baker 150.17
2. ElBerto 135
3. RAK 134
4. mario 124
5. Gertrand Bachot 124
6. tommykl 124
7. Fetzie 121
8. UncreativeUsername37 113
9. Rob Dylan 110
10. CaptainGetz12 108
11. You-Gee-Eee-Day 108
12. Bleu 105
13. Aguvazk 104
14. yannicksamlad 85
15. FortiWinks 85
16. AdrianBelmonte_ 70
17. CarloSpace 69
18. Enforcer 51
19. This Could Be You 35
20. Psyclepath 30
21. Pacific 777 28
22. Klon 19
23. pi314159 15
24. golic_2004 13
25. Faustus 11
26. dinizintheoven 1


See you at Silverstone!

[FortiWinks]

Of course the time I use my double points is the one time Merc is awful...

Can I have double points for the whole season so we don’t have Merc 1-2 each race then?