Banzai!
Drivers
Championship Points
Lewis Hamilton 281 Sebastian Vettel 247 Valtteri Bottas 222 Daniel Ricciardo 177 Kimi Raikkonen 138 Max Verstappen 93 Sergio Perez 76 Esteban Ocon 57 Carlos Sainz 48 Nico Hulkenberg 34 Felipe Massa 33 Lance Stroll 32 Romain Grosjean 26 Stoffel Vandoorne 13 Kevin Magnussen 11 Fernando Alonso 10 Jolyon Palmer 8 Pascal Wehrlein 5 Daniil Kvyat 4 Marcus Ericsson 0 Antonio Giovinazzi 0 Pierre Gasly 0
Constructors
Championship Points
Mercedes 503 Ferrari 385 RBR 270 Force India 133 Williams 65 Toro Rosso 52 Renault 42 Haas 37 Mclaren 23 Sauber 2
Four more races to go after this one.
The Thug Vettel will win.
There are 5 races left in the season and Hamilton is up 34 points. That's an average of 6.8 points per round. Seb basically has to win 4/5 of the next races and hope Hamilton has a couple 3rd places.
But we know that isn't gonna happen. I'm trying to be sorta kinda realistic.
Just don't think its gonna happen for Ferrari. And have become less of a fan of them for the Halo and Vettel's whining.
The last time Ferrari won constructors and a drivers championship title was back in 2008 with Kimi. This is the second longest period that Ferrari haven't won either title yet. Last time was between 1984-1998.
I think it's time for team orders and have Kimi block hamy on every lap.
The prancing donkeys are making a mistake. No way that gearbox will survive the race; they can take the penalty and still finish second. Merc takes this 1-2
To add to this, I realized the other day that very rarely does a driver finish a season without at least one DNF. (Yes, I realize Danny Ric did it last year) Lewis hasn't had one yet this season. Statistically speaking, he's not going to finish one of the remaining races. That, I think, would give Vettel a much better chance to retake the lead. Maybe Stroll will take Lewis out on the formation lap?
Last edited by roarf; 10-05-2017 at 08:26 AM.
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That's good point actually. Only him and Ocon have not retired all season. Since I love numbers lets do this.
Hamilton: 15 races finished 281 points = 18.73 points per finish
Vettel: 14 races finished 247 points = 17.64 points per finish
Just goes to show how much that DNF can really hurt you.
Oops.
If FP3 is anything to go by, Merc has this one in the bag.
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I'm only into Q1 so far, but came to post this:
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BMWs are fun in the snow too...
Really really tired of seeing Hamnesia on top of the timesheet. Le sigh.
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Yeah, credit where credit's due: Mercedes is hell of a car.
BMWs are fun in the snow too...
Sainz replaces Palmer from next grand prix. Palmer is out.
Surprise, surprise.
Disappointing quali - although we all know that merc thrives with the cooler temps whereas Ferrari is better the hotter the temps get.
Oh, well, half a second from Merc to Ferrari and another half a second from Ferrari to RBR.
Hoping for really hot weather and track temps tomorrow.
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