Predicament Predictions - 2011 Australian GP

[Matt Classic]

2011 Australian Grand Prix

1. Button
2. Heidfeld
3. M Schumacher
4. Kobayashi
5. Perez
6. Webber
7. Hamilton
8. Petrov
9. Trulli
10. Di Resta

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Alonso
ROTR: Karthikeyan (Fails to Qualify)
IIDOTR: Sergio Perez
DBTMOTR: Karthikeyan
Minor League Premiership: Sergio Perez
Non-Qualifiers: Karthikeyan

[Debaser]

2011 Australian Grand Prix:

1. Vettel
2. Alonso
3. Heidfeld
4. Rosberg
5. Massa
6. Kobayashi
7. Schumacher
8. Di Resta
9. Petrov
10. Webber

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Webber
First Retirement: Perez
ROTR: McLaren
IIDOTR: Heidfeld
DBTMOTR: D'Ambrosio
Minor League Premiership: Di Resta
Non-Qualifiers: D'Ambrosio, Karthikeyan, Liuzzi

[Myrvold]

By the way; have this in mind; since 1980, only 7 champions have been able to win next year´s season opener; and 3 of them were Michael Schumacher... (1995, 2002 and 2004).

8 times. Schumacher did it 4 times. 95, 01,02 and 04.

[DemocalypseNow]

2011 Australian Grand Prix

1. Webber
2. Kobayashi
3. Alonso
4. Rosberg
5. Button
6. Heidfeld
7. Di Resta
8. Barrichello
9. Massa
10. Petrov

Pole Position: Webber
Fastest Lap: Kobayashi
1st Retirement: Liuzzi
ROTR: Vettel
IIDOTR: Kobayashi
DBTMOTR: Vettel
Minor League Premiership: Di Resta
Non-Qualifiers: Kovalainen, Trulli, Karthikeyan, Liuzzi

[Enforcer]

2011 Australian Grand Prix:

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

Pole Position: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Schumacher
1st Retirement: Petrov
ROTR: Hispania
IIDOTR: Hamilton, that McLaren will be a dog
DBTMOTR: Button
Minor League Premiership: Di Resta
Non-Qualifiers: Karthikeyan, Liuzzi

[Priceless]

Free Practice 1 is now on, so I think I'm not too late (deadline is end of FP2 right?). So I'll join in, too.

Priceless' Predictions
2011 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Sebastian Vettel
2. Fernando Alonso
3. Mark Webber
4. Nico Rosberg
5. Rubens Barrichello
6. Felipe Massa
7. Lewis Hamilton
8. Michael Schumacher
9. Kamui Kobayashi
10. Heikki Kovalainen

Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap: Fernando Alonso
First Retirement: Vitantonio Liuzzi
ROTR: Hispania Racing
IIDOTR: Heikki Kovalainen (see above!)
DBTMOTR: Jérome d'Ambrosio (way off Glock...)
Minor League Premiership: Paul di Resta
Non-Qualifiers: Narain Karthikeyan

[razta]

2011 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Vettel
2. Alonso
3. Webber
4. Schumacher
5. Rosberg
6. Massa
7. Hamilton
8. Button
9. Alguersuari
10. Kobayashi

Pole: Webber
Fastest lap: Alonso
First Retirement: Liuzzi
ROTR: D'Ambrosio
IIDOTR: Alguersuari
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Perez
Non-Qualifiers: D'Ambrosio

[MinardiFan95]

MinardiFan's Predictions
2011 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Alonso
2. Vettel
3. Button
4. Webber
5. Rosberg
6. Kobayashi
7. Hamilton
8. Heidfeld
9. Schumacher
10. Massa

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Webber
First Retirement: Trulli (doesn't make the start due to reliability problems)
ROTR: HRT
IIDOTR: Kobayashi
DBTMOTR: Maldonado
Minor League Premiership: di Resta
Non-Qualifiers: Karthikeyan, Liuzzi

[golic_2004]

Predictions
2011 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Webber
2. Hamilton
3. Button
4. Rosberg
5. Kobayashi
6. Massa
7. Vettel
8. Schumacher
9. Alguersuari
10. Perez

Pole: Webber
Fastest lap: Kobayashi
First Retirement: Alonso
ROTR: HRT and Virgin (both were WELL off the pace from qualifying)
IIDOTR: Perez (Poor qualifying, brilliant race)
DBTMOTR: Schumacher
Minor League Premiership: Perez
Non-Qualifiers: D'Ambrosio, Glock, Liuzzi, Karthikeyan

[Ducktanian]

Dartanian's Predictions,
2011 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Webber
2. Alonso
3. Vettel
4. Button
5. Schumacher
6. Hamilton
7. Heidfeld
8. Massa
9. Rosberg
10. Kobayashi

Pole: Webber
Fastest lap: Alonso
First Retirement: Trulli
ROTR: Williams
IIDOTR: Webber
DBTMOTR: Petrov
Minor League Premiership: Perez
Non-Qualifiers: D'Ambrosio, Liuzzi, Karthikeyan

[BabyG]

Gonna throw my hat in the ring this season. I've been lurking on the forum for too long...

Dartanian's Predictions,
2011 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Hamilton
2. Alonso
3. Webber
4. Vettel
5. Button
6. Massa
7. Rosberg
8. Kobayashi
9. Heidfeld
10. Barrichello

Pole: Webber
Fastest lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Schumacher
ROTR: HRT
IIDOTR: Perez
DBTMOTR: Maldonardo
Minor League Premiership: Perez
Non-Qualifiers: The 2 HRTs

[the Masked Lapwing]

And so that would be three penalties to be handed out already

[FullMetalJack]

I'm going to go slightly mad here

1. Heidfeld

I didn't need to read any further.

Although I did see Karthikeyan on your list.

[watka]

Big fat penalty for me! Great way to start the season!

Watka's Predictions
2011 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Alonso
4. Button
5. Webber
6. Massa
7. Schumacher
8. Rosberg
9. Barrichello
10. Alguersuari

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Trulli
ROTR: HRT
IIDOTR: Alguersuari (top 10 qualifying and a point)
DBTMOTR: Maldonado
Minor League Premiership: Perez
Non-Qualifiers: Liuzzi, Karthikeyan

[thehemogoblin]

I forgot to play the game, so I guess I'll just not play until there's a United States Grand Prix again.

[Instant Mash]

2011 Australian Grand Prix
1. Webber
2. Vettel
3. Button
4. Massa
5. Alonso
6. Rosberg
7. Kobayshi
8. Buemi
9. Hamilton
10. Barrichello

Pole: Spoken for...
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Petrov
ROTR: Hamilton
IIDOTR: Webber
DBTMOTR: Schumacher
Minor League Premiership: Di Resta
Non-Qualifiers: Spoken for...

[TomWazzleshaw]

2011 Australian Grand Prix
1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Petrov
4. Alonso
5. Webber
6. Button
7. Massa
8. Buemi
9. Sutil
10. Di Resta

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Massa
First Retirement: Maldonaldo
ROTR: Barrichello
IIDOTR: Petrov
DBTMOTR: Heidfeld
Minor League Premiership: Di Resta
Non-Qualifiers: Liuzzi, Karthikeyan

Provisional Standings:
1. TommyKL: 17 points
2. Enforcer: 16 points
=3. Tealy: 15 points
=3. Debaser: 15 points
4. Priceless: 14 points (Your first ever PP round and you're ahead of the defending champion. Impressive)
=5. Shizuka: 13 points
=5. Mario: 13 points
=5. Big Sly Doc: 13 points
=5. RAK: 13 points
=5. Row Man Gross Gene: 13 points
=6. Phoenix: 12 points
=6. Rocks with Salt: 12 points
=6. Pieman: 12 points
=6. DJ Bereta: 12 points
=6. JP22: 12 points
=6. MinardiFan95: 12 points
=7. DanielPT: 11 points
=7. QuickYoda41: 11 points
=7. RBJ14: 11 points
=7. Bleu: 11 points
=8. TMLW: 10 points
=8. Ed24: 10 points
=8. P Friesacher: 10 points (As good as Alonso is, I'm not sure if he can finish 3rd and 6th at the same time)
=8. Aerond: 10 points
=8. Dr Baker: 10 points
=8. Kostas22: 10 points
=8. Ratza: 10 points
=9. Cynon: 9 points (IIPOTR award for predicting Petrov's podium)
=9. WIzzie: 9 points
=9. Warren Hughes: 9 points
=9. Valrys: 9 points
=9. Mat Classic: 9 points
=10. Jeremy McClean: 8 points
=10. Shinji: 8 points
11. Klon: 7 points
=12. Jeroen Krautmeir: 6 points
=12. Waris: 6 points
13. JohnMLTX: 5 points
14. Watka: 1 point*
15. Dartanian: -0.5 points* (1.5 points for ROTR prediction since it was A Williams that got ROTR)
16. Golic 2004: -1 point*
17. Baby G: -2 points*
18. Instant Mash: -10 points^ (ROTPPR for you my friend.)

* 10 point penalty for late submission
^ Disqualification and 10 point penalty for missing the boat completely

[dr-baker]

Don't forget the Sauber DISQ. and appeal!

[Rocks with Salt]

Okay, after watching Rosberg last season and especially this race, I believe we need a new category. Presenting the Unlucky Bastard of the Race Award: given to the driver who would have gone on to a rather nice finish had he not been taken out of the race through the actions of another driver or mechanical failure. Rosberg would most likely be the recipient of the award in nearly every race, but I'm still throwing this out there.

[pablo_h]

I'll get behind the UBotR category.
also the: Fluke Did Not Qualify category. What does happen when a respectable team doesn't make the 107% due to crash out or severe changing weather conditions anyway? No more hero legendary drives from the back of the pack I guess.

[Tealy]

also the: Fluke Did Not Qualify category. What does happen when a respectable team doesn't make the 107% due to crash out or severe changing weather conditions anyway? No more hero legendary drives from the back of the pack I guess.

The stewards are allowed to let a driver take to the grid if he didn't make the 107% if they deem that the driver was fast enough in practice to deserve a place on the gird if that kind of thing happens. Though if they have a problem in practice too (bad weather on Friday and car problems Saturday for instance) I'm not sure if the stewards are allowed to let them take the grid.

[dinizintheoven]

also the: Fluke Did Not Qualify category. What does happen when a respectable team doesn't make the 107% due to crash out or severe changing weather conditions anyway? No more hero legendary drives from the back of the pack I guess.

Had there been a 107% rule last year, Fernando Alonso would have fallen into the DNQ trap at Monaco. There's no doubt he'd have been allowed to start, though. It'd take quite a lot for any team other than Hispania and Virgin (and maybe FTM) to rack up a fluke DNQ this year.

[TomWazzleshaw]

Took me a while but provisional standings now up.

[P_Friesacher]

Oops. I knew something like this would happen to me eventually...

[tommykl]

OI! I'm also ahead of the defending champ in my first round, I had never entered this thing before this year, you know...and since I, you know, won the round...

[TomWazzleshaw]

OI! I'm also ahead of the defending champ in my first round, I had never entered this thing before this year, you know...and since I, you know, won the round...

It was a provisional win before and after Barry got ROTR it's an official win now.

[Aerospeed]

May I ask who is the defending champ?

[TomWazzleshaw]

May I ask who is the defending champ?

Mario is the defending champ. Tealy is the champion from 2009.

[Tealy]

May I ask who is the defending champ?

Mario is the defending champ. Tealy is the champion from 2009.

IIRC I had the advantage of Mario not taking part back in '09