Grand Prix Rejects

Is it already this time of the year?

Who would have thought after a weird Bahrain GP, that we would be here? Well, I guess FIA and FOM did cause it's the calendar. Will Max win again? Will Mercedes write another apology letter? Will Lance Stroll get a senzu bean to help recover? Will Logan continue to be awesome? Probably.

As per last season, we have dropped scores with the best 18 results, so if you missed the opening round, you'll all G.

Remember, predictions close when FP3 is doneskies. Penalties apply for any predictions after!

Template for predictions:
1. Driver finished 1st
2. Driver finished 2nd
3. Driver finished 3rd
4. Driver finished 4th
5. Driver finished 5th
6. Driver classified 6th
7. Driver classified 7th
8. Driver classified 8th
9. Driver classified 9th
10. Driver classified 10th

PP: The Pole Sitter
FL: Who gets the FL
First Retirement: Also counts DNS
ROTR:
IIDOTR:
DBTMOTR: The driver who is mathematically the furthest behind their teammate in terms of positions when the race is done.
LP: Who ever is classified as last place
MLP: Highest classified driver between Nyck De Vries, Logan Sargeant, or Oscar Piastri

This is gonna be a GP and a half...

The Hat-Trick Reject of the Race Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

1. Max Verstappen
2. Sergio Perez
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Carlos Sainz Jr.
5. Fernando Alonso
6. Lance Stroll
7. George Russell
8. Lewis Hamilton (his moaning about George not letting him past is the only discussion-worthy aspect of the whole of Sunday)
9. Pierre Gasly
10. Esteban Ocon

PP: Max Verstappen
FL: Sergio Perez
First Retirement: None
ROTR: The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (this time, in spite of a totally apolitical event, the race ends with total Noah's ark and no retirements. It's the most boring race ever)
IIDOTR: None
DBTMOTR: Oscar Piastri
LP: Nico Hulkenberg
MLP: Nyck de Vries

1. Max Verstappen
2. Sergio Perez
3. Fernando Alonso
4. Carlos Sainz Jr.
5. Lance Stroll
6. Lewis Hamilton
7. George Russell
8. Lando Norris
9. Esteban Ocon
10. Yuki Tsunoda

PP: Max Verstappen
FL: Sergio Perez
First Retirement: Charles Leclerc
ROTR: Haas
IIDOTR: Lando Norris
DBTMOTR: Guanyu Zhou
LP: Nyck de Vries
MLP: Oscar Piastri

The 2023 I thought 2020 was bad...

1. Max Verstappen

A long time later
2. Sergio Perez
3. Fernando Alonso
4. Lance Stroll
5. Charles Leclerc
6. Pierre Gasly
7. Lewis Hamilton
8. Estaban Ocon
9. Alex Albon
10. Lando Norris

PP: Max Verstappen
FL: Sergio Perez
First Retirement: George Russell/Carlos Sainz
ROTR: the track.
IIDOTR: Lando Norris
DBTMOTR: Oscar Piastri
LP: Nyck de Vries
MLP: Logan Sergeant

2023 Saudi Arabia GP

1: Verstappen
2: Perez
3: Hamilton
4: Alonso
5: Russell
6: Sainz
7: Bottas
8: Gasly
9: Ocon
10: Norris

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Leclerc
ROTR: Ferrari reliability
IIDOTR: Norris
DBTMOTR: Stroll
LP: Magnussen
MLP: Piastri

2023 F.A.R.C.E (For Alonso Returns, the Crown Executes) Grand Prix

1. Verstappen
2. Perez
3. Sainz
4. Stroll
5. Gasly
6. Leclerc
7. Russell
8. Hamilton
9. Albon
10. Sargeant

PP: Verstappen
FL: Verstappen
First Retirement: Alonso
ROTR: The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
IIDOTR: Williams
DBTMOTR: Leclerc
LP: Piastri
MLP: Sargeant

The 2023 Sau-DIE!DIE!DIE! Grand Prix

1.Max (again...)
2.Sergio Perez
3.Fernando Alonso
4.Carlos Sainz
5.Charles Leclerc
6.Lance Stroll
7.Lewis Hamilton
8.George Russell
9.Pierre Gasly
10.Alex Albon

Pole:Max
Fastest Lap:Sergio
First Retirement:Zhou
ROTR:Zhou
IIDOTR:Bottas
DBTMOTR:Piastri
LP:Piastri
MLP:de Vries

2023 The Race So Bad It Can Be The ROTY Grand Prix

1. M Verstappen
2. S Perez
3. C Leclerc
4. F Alonso
5. C Sainz
6. L Hamilton
7. L Stroll
8. A Albon
9. Y Tsunoda
10. L Sargeant

PP: M Verstappen
FL: M Verstappen
First Retirement: L Norris
ROTR: Saudi Arabian GP
IIDOTR: Williams
DBTMOTR: G Russell (he'll have a shocker and won't recover)
LP: O PIastri
MLP: Loooooogaaaaaaaan Sargeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (L Sargeant) as that one karting commentator said.

1. Verstappen
2. Perez
3. Alonso
4. Stroll
5. Russell
6. Hamilton
7. Leclerc
8. Ocon
9. Gasly
10. Tsunoda

PP: Verstappen
FL: Perez
First Retirement: Norris
ROTR: The race (although the grid penalties that Ferrari have been racking up before the race has even begun is already putting them into the frame)
IIDOTR: Stroll
DBTMOTR: Sargeant
LP: Zhou
MLP: Piastri

2023 Trying to Avoid Walls and Missiles Grand Prix
1. Verstappen
2. Alonso
3. Perez
4. Russell
5. Hamilton
6. Ocon
7. Gasly
8. Hülkenberg
9. Norris
10. Bottas

PP: Verstappen
FL: Perez
First Retirement: Zhou
ROTR: Stroll
IIDOTR: Norris
DBTMOTR: Stroll
LP: Sargeant
MLP: Piastri

2023 No one in the entire world wants this Grand Prix to be here Grand Prix

1. Verstappen
2. Perez
3. Alonso
4. Sainz
5. Stroll
6. Hamilton
7. Leclerc
8. Gasly
9. Russell
10. Ocon

PP: Verstappen
FL: Alonso
First Retirement: I dunno... Let's say Bottas.
ROTR: Alfa Romeo
IIDOTR: Alpine
DBTMOTR: Piastri
Last : de Vries
MLP: Sergeant

2023 Justice for Yemen Grand Prix

1) Verstappen
2) Perez
3) Alonso
4) Russell
5) Stroll
6) Hamilton
7) Gasly
8) Sainz
9) Albon
10) Tsunoda

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Gasly
First Retirement: None
ROTR: Alfa Romeo (but should probably be that this race is on at all)
IIDOTR: Albon
DBTMOTR: Leclerc
LP: Piastri
MLP: Sargeant

1. Max Verstappen
2. Sergio Perez
3. Carlos Sainz
4. Fernando Alonso
5. Lance Stroll
6. Lewis Hamilton
7. Charles Leclerc
8. George Russell
9. Pierre Gasly
10. Esteban Ocon

PP: Sergio Perez
FL: Max Verstappen
First Retirement: Yuki Tsunoda
ROTR: Valtteri Bottas
IIDOTR: Logan Sargeant
DBTMOTR: Nico Hulkenberg
LP: Nyck De Vries
MLP: Logan Sargeant

2023 Aston Martin Grand Prix

1. Max Verstappen
2. Sergio Perez
3. Fernando Alonso
4. Charles Leclerc
5. Lance Stroll
6. Carlos Sainz
7. Pierre Gasly
8. Valtteri Bottas
9. Lewis Hamilton
10. Esteban Ocon

PP: Max Verstappen
FL: Lance Stroll
First Retirement: Kevin Magnussen
Reject of the Race: HAAS
IIDOTR: Pierre Gasly
Last Place: Oscar Piastri
MLP: Nyck de Vries

2023 Sportswashing a corrupt dictatorship is what F1 stands for Grand Prix

1. Verstappen
2. Perez
3. Alonso
4. Sainz
5. Stroll
6. Russell
7. Hamilton
8. Gasly
9. Albon
10. Ocon

PP: Verstappen
FL: Alonso
First Retirement: It is he - Leclerc (last seen on his knees outside the Aston Martin hospitality suite)
ROTR: Mclaren
IIDOTR: Williams
DBTMOTR: Tsunoda
Last: Tsunoda
MLP: Sergeant

1) Verstappen
2) Perez
3) Alonso
4) Leclerc
5) Russell
6) Gasly
7) Hamilton
8) Stroll
9) Ocon
10) Bottas

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Alonso
First Retirement: Sainz
ROTR: The Stewards
IIDOTR: Gasly
DBTMOTR: Zhou
LP: Piastri
MLP: Sargeant

1) Verstappen
2) Perez
3) Stroll
4) Leclerc
5) Russell
6) Alonso
7) Bottas
8) Ocon
9) Albon
10) Magnussen

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Alonso
First Retirement: Sainz
ROTR: Hamilton
IIDOTR: Stroll
DBTMOTR: Gasly
LP: Tsunoda
MLP: de Vries

Arabian nights, like Arabian days
More often than not
Are hotter than hot
In a not a good way

1. Max Verstappen
2. Sergio Perez
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Carlos Sainz
5. George Russell
6. Lewis Hamilton
7. Fernando Alonso
8. Lance Stroll
9. Pierre Gasly
10. Vallterri Bottas

PP: Max Verstappen
FL: Man Verstappen
First Retirement: Nico Hulkenberg
ROTR: engine penalties. Like, it’s round 2, nobody should be getting penalties for engine usage this early in a season…
IIDOTR:George Russell
DBTMOTR: Sergio Perez
LP: Kevin Magnussen
MLP: Logan Sargeant

The Saudi Safety Car GP of Arabia

1. Verstappen
2. Perez
3. Alonso
4. Stroll
5. Hamilton
6. Leclerc
7. Russell
8. Sainz
9. Gasly
10. Ocon

PP: Verstappen
FL: Hulkenberg
First Retirement: Magnussen
ROTR: Haas
IIDOTR: Hamilton
DBTMOTR: Zhou
LP: Hulkenberg
MLP: Oscar Piastri

2023 Arabian country of peace and love GP

1. Max
2. Fernando
3. Carlos
4. Checo
5. Lance
6. Esteban
7. Charles
8. George
9. Alex
10. Lewis

PP. Max
FL. Checo
First retirement: Lando
ROTR: Pierre
IIDOTR: Alex
DBTMOTR: Pierre
LP: Kevin
MLP: Logan

2023 Oil Baron Grand Prix

1. Max Verstappen
2. Sergio Perez
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Lewis Hamilton
5. Carlos Sainz
6. Fernando Alonso
7. George Russell
8. Lance Stroll
9. Estaban Ocon
10. Nico Hulkenberg

PP: Max Verstappen
FL: Max Verstappen
First Retirement:
ROTR: Magnussen
IIDOTR: Ocon
DBTMOTR: Magnussen
LP: Magnussen
MLP: Logan Sergeant

This was actually a low scoring round. Everyone assumed Max would take the W and Pole. He did neither. Only one person guessed Checo for pole (moi). People also had low expectations of Zhou. Not much else really happened.

btw
Pole - Checo - 1 person got it right
FL - Max - 6 people got it right
MLP - Nyck - 4 people got that right
ROTR - 1 person got it right (a little leeway but close enough)
IIDOTR - No one got it right
First Retirement - Stroll - 0 people got it right
DBTMOTR - Bottas - 0 people got it right
LP - Bottas - 0 people got it right

Rankings for this GP
1. Batty - 14
2. Mario - 13
= Hermann95
4. MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx - 12
5. Rob Dylan - 11
= Enforcer
= NickyDustyOwl
= yannicksamlad
9. rachel1990 - 10
= Freeze-O-Kimi
11. pi314159 - 9
= Bleu
= RAK
= IceG
= Carlospace
= dr-baker
= Aerond
= Ducktanian (penalty)
19. noiceinmydrink - 8
20. GT_Forti1 - 7


Current All around Rankings
1. Mario - 34
2. Batty - 32
3. Enforcer - 31
= Hermann95
5. RAK - 28
6. Carlospace - 26
= NickyDustyOwl
8. dr-baker - 25
= Aerond - rescinded previous pen due to time buffer
10. rachel1990 - 24
= MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx
12. noiceinmydrink - 23
= IceG
14. Ducktanian - 22
15. Freeze-O-Kimi - 21
16. Rob Dylan - 20
17. pi314159 - 16
18. Londoner - 15
19. Zenarcher - 13
20. yannicksamlad - 11
21. Bleu - 9
22. GT_Forti1 - 7