2017 Chinese Grand Prix – Predicament Predictions!

[Rob Dylan]

Welcome to the 2017™ Formula™ 1™ Heineken™ Chinese™ Grand Prix™ – Predicament Predictions!

With the second round of the championship comes the second round of predicament predictions. The results of the Australian Grand Prix will be published after the ROTR and the IIDOTR awards have been decided upon. So while that is going on, place your votes on this coming weekend's race!

As usual, the deadline for posting your prediction is the end of the final practice session.

My predictions:
1. Valtteri Bottas
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. Kimi Räikkönen
4. Daniel Ricciardo
5. Sebastian Vettel
6. Max Verstappen
7. Felipe Massa
8. Fernando Alonso
9. Lance Stroll
10. Sergio Perez

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Max Verstappen
First retirement: Marcus Ericsson
Reject of the Race: Romain Grosjean
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Valtteri Bottas
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Esteban Ocon
Minor League Premiership (Rookies): Lance Stroll
DNQ: N/A

[Normal32]

2017 Taiwanese Grand Prix

1. Kimi Raikkonen
2. Valterri Bottas
3. Sebastian Vettel
4. Max Verstappen
5. Lance Stroll
6. Sergio Perez
7. Felipe Massa
8. Carlos Sainz Jr.
9. Daniil Kwjat
10. Esteban Ocon

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Sebastian Vettel
First retirement: Jolyon Palmer
Reject of the Race: Lewis Hamilton
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Lance Stroll
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Marcus Ericsson
Minor League Premiership (Rookies): Lance Stroll
DNQ: Manor

[UncreativeUsername37]

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Vettel
4. Räikkönen
5. Verstappen
6. Ricciardo
7. Massa
8. Pérez
9. Ocon
10. Stroll

Pole: Hamilton
FL: Bottas
First Ret: Vandoorne
RotR: Toro Rosso
IIDOTR: Grosjean
DbTmotR: Magnussen
MLP: Ocon
DNQ: That hasn't been a thing since HRT folded

[Aislabie]

2017 CHINEE GRON PROC

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Valtteri Bottas
4. Daniel Ricciardo
5. Kimi Raikkonen
6. Max Verstappen
7. Felipe Massa
8. Romain Grosjean
9. Sergio Perez
10. Nico Hulkenberg

Pole - Lewis Hamilton
Fastest Lap - Lewis Hamilton
First Retirement - Jolyon Palmer
Deadbeat Teammate - Jolyon Palmer
Reject of the Race - The Honda engine for blowing up on its way down the infinite back-straight
Infinite Improbability - Lance Stroll for making Q3
Minor League - Esteban Ocon

DNQ - None
DNP - Wehrlein

[Dj_bereta]

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Raikkonen
First retirement: Stroll
Reject of the Race: The Chinese Grand Prix
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Grosjean
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Stroll
Minor League Premiership (Rookies): Ocon
DNQ: N/A

[CoopsII]

The Last Chinese Grand Prix Before They Go To War With Trump 2017

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First retirement: Palmer
Reject of the Race: Vandoorne
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Ocon
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Palmer (Regrettably)

[AdrianBelmonte_]

SHAYNA grand prix

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Raikkonen
First retirement: Stroll
Reject of the Race: Palmer
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Massa
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Palmer
Minor League Premiership (Rookies): Stroll
DNQ: Both Andrea Modas

[Ataxia]

2017 Bruce Lee's Relative Chin Grand Prix
1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Valtteri Bottas
3. Sebastian Vettel
4. Daniel Ricciardo
5. Kimi Raikkonen
6. Max Verstappen
7. Felipe Massa
8. Nico Hulkenberg
9. Daniil Kvyat
10. Romain Grosjean

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Valtteri Bottas
First retirement: Esteban Ocon
Reject of the Race: Marcus Ericsson
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Antonio Giovinazzi
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Jolyon Palmer
Minor League Premiership (Rookies): Antonio Giovinazzi

[IceG]

Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Antonio Giovinazzi
Minor League Premiership (Rookies): Antonio Giovinazzi

How did you know: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/wehr ... ll-889333/

[Ataxia]

Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Antonio Giovinazzi
Minor League Premiership (Rookies): Antonio Giovinazzi

How did you know: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/wehr ... ll-889333/

*taps nose knowingly*

[takagi_for_the_win]

2017 Blac China Grand Prix

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First retirement: Stroll
Reject of the Race: McLaren-Honda
IIDOTR: Giovanazzi
Deadbeat Teammate: Ericsson
MLP: Giovanazzi
DNQ: Zilch.

[tommykl]

2017 Ho Pin Tung's Career Memorial Grand Prix

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Valtteri Bottas
4. Daniel Ricciardo
5. Kimi Räikkönen
6. Max Verstappen
7. Felipe Massa
8. Carlos Sainz
9. Sergio Pérez
10. Kevin Magnussen

Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap: Max Verstappen
First retirement: Nico Hülkenberg
Reject of the Race: Esteban Ocon
IIDOTR: Carlos Sainz
Deadbeat Teammate: Lance Stroll
MLP: Antonio Giovinazzi
DNQ: Nope

[CarloSpace]

2017 Still No-overtaking Chinese Grand Prix

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Valtteri Bottas
3. Sebastian Vettel
4. Kimi Räikkönen
5. Daniel Ricciardo
6. Max Verstappen
7. Felipe Massa
8. Sergio Perez
9. Nico Hülkenberg
10. Esteban Ocon

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Valtteri Bottas
First retirement: Stoffel Vandoorne
Reject of the Race: Carlos Sainz Jr.
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Felipe Massa
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Jolyon Palmer
Minor League Premiership (Rookies): Esteban Ocon

[This Could Be You]

The "sorry about the 3 letter abbreviations, Simtek" Chinese GP
1. HAM
2. VET
3. RIC
4. BOT
5. VES
6. PER
7. GRO
8. MAS
9. HUL
10. SAI
Pole: HAM
Fastest Lap: VET
1st Retirement: PAL
RoTR: PAL
IIDoTR: GIO (I think that's his one)
Deadbeat Teammate: PAL
Minor League Prem.: GIO
DNQ: N/A

[dr-baker]

2017 Grand Prix of Hong Kong (because there is already a Macau Grand Prix)

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Valterri Bottas
4. Kimi Raikkonen
5. Max Verstappen
6. Felipe Massa
7. Daniel Riccardo
8. Sergio Perez
9. Carlos Sainz
10. Antonio Giovanazzi

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Seb Vettel
First retirement: Guts-squared
Reject of the Race: Jonathan Palmer
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Antonio Giovanazzi
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Jonathan Palmer
Minor League Premiership (Rookies): Lance Stroll
DNQ: Well, Wehrlein will DNA... (NHS term meaning Did Not Attend...)

(Just realised that I was typing Jonathan Palmer instead of Jolyon Palmer. Of course above I meant Jolyon Palmer...)

[yannicksamlad]

(Red) Bull in China Prime Retail Space Grand Prix
1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Valtteri Bottas
3. Sebastian Vettel
4. Kimi Raikkonen
5.Daniel Ricciardo
6. Max Verstappen
7. Felipe Massa
8. Sergio Perez
9. Esteban Ocon
10. Nico Hulkenberg

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Kimi Raikkonen
First retirement: Marcus Ericsson
Reject of the Race: Stoffel Vandoorne
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Nico Hulkenberg
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Jolyon Palmer
Minor League Premiership (Rookies): Esteban Ocon
DNQ: N/A

[andrew]

2017 China predictions

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Valterri Bottas
3. Seb Vettel
4. Danny Ric
5. Kimi raikkonen
6. Max Verstappen
7. Felipe Massa
8. Nico Hulkenburg
9. Carlos Sainz
10. Sergio Perez

Pole- Hamilton
FL- Vettel
First Retirement: Daniel Kvyat
ROTR: The Honda engine
Deadbeat teammate : Erricson
IIDOTR: Hulkenburg
DNQ: nobody
Rookies: Stroll

[mario]

Assuming that the race does actually get underway given the visibility problems in the practise sessions...

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Vettel
4. Raikkonen
5. Massa
6. Ricciardo
7. Verstappen
8. Perez
9. Sainz Jr
10. Ocon

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Palmer
Reject of the Race: Issues relating to poor visibility for the medical helicopter (if, as is possible, there are similar conditions in the race, I wouldn't be surprised if it has to be red flagged prematurely).
Deadbeat teammate: Palmer
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Sainz Jr
DNQ: None
Minor League Premiership (Rookies): Giovinazzi

[watka]

2017 "Every Year It's A Farce But It's The World's Biggest Market So We've Got To Race There Even Though No One There Cares About The Sport" GP

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Valtteri Bottas (I always have to look up how to spell Valtteri!)
4. Daniel Ricciardo
5. Kimi Raikkonen
6. Felipe Massa
7. Max Verstappen
8. Romain Grosjean
9. Lance Stroll
10. Sergio Perez

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Valtteri Bottas
First retirement: Stoffel Vandoorne
Reject of the Race: In the interest of fairness, I will not say the medical helicopter. I will instead go with Renault.
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Lance Stroll
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Kevin Magnussen
Minor League Premiership (Rookies): Lance Stroll
DNQ: Come on, this isn't 1990

[Rob Dylan]

So, the results are now in from China, and Aislabie has earned their first win this season with 22 points. There were some really good guesses from the top 10, especially from Aislabie (who also received the point for best race title) and Tommykl. The winner in Melbourne, Mario, came third with 19 points. So the full race results are as follows:

1. Aislabie 22
2. tommykl 21
3. Mario 19
4. CarloSpace 17
- Watka 17
6. Ugncreativeusergname 16
- dr-baker 16
- Yannicksamlad 16
- Andrew 16
10. This Could Be You 15
11. CoopsII 14
- Ataxia 14
13. Dj_bereta 11
14. Normal32 10
15. Rob Dylan 9
- AdrianBelmonte_ 9
17. Takagi_for_the_win 8


So now, the full season standings after two races are as follows:
1. Aislabie 40
2. Mario 39
3. Tommykl 38
4. CarloSpace 33
5. Watka 32
6. UgncreativeUsergname 31
7. Yannicksamlad 29
8. takagi_for_the_win 26
- AdrianBelmonte_ 26
- Ataxia 26
11. Normal32 25
12. This Could Be You 24
- dr-baker 24
14. CoopsII 23
15. Rob Dylan 19
16. pi314159 17
17. Andrew 16
18. Enforcer 15
- FullMetalJack 15
- Dj_bereta 15
21. peteroli34 14
- mash 14
23. Pasta_Maldonado 13
24. Dartanian 12
- RedEyes504 12
26. DemocalypseNow 11
- RAK 11
28. Miguel98 10

Holy moly, Ok I think this standings list is going to get pretty packed as the season goes on, but everything is at least functioning so far So the podium sitters from the last race currently occupy the top three in the standings, but in the predictions championship, anything can happen, and it usually does. Just remember: there's prizes at the end!

[Aislabie]

Well this whole business is going far better than expected