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It's what we've all been waiting for today... the next TMW prediction thread :lol: We're already halfway through the 2024 grid and next up, we move onto the first manufacturer in Alpine, as well as 2023's surprise package, Aston Martin. Alpine Pierre Gasly -versus- Esteban Ocon 2023 result: Pierre G...

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Reading through the thread I believe there's a lot of over-thinking going on. Dolomite has nailed it for me. Hamilton has decided it's almost time to retire and wants to live out his wish to drive for Ferrari in F1 before he retires. Nothing more, nothing less. Of course I could also be being incre...

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Reading through the thread I believe there's a lot of over-thinking going on. Dolomite has nailed it for me. Hamilton has decided it's almost time to retire and wants to live out his wish to drive for Ferrari in F1 before he retires. Nothing more, nothing less. Of course I could also be being incre...

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Unless there is a huge u-turn, it seems Lewis Hamilton is all set to make a stunning move to Ferrari for the start of 2025, leaving Mercedes in need of a new teammate for George Russell. While their stock has taken a bit of a hit these last couple of years, clearly that seat is still going to be of ...

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Landos going to be flipping his mattress having signed that mclaren deal already Honestly, I don't think it matters. Like all F1 driver contracts, if one party isn't happy/wants out then the chances are an agreement will be found to end it early. Ultimately what keeps a driver at a team is a compet...

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I've said some of this in the Silly Season thread, but my thoughts... Firstly, wow. It was always rumoured but when he signed the two year extension last year, it seemed like that was it. For this to happen now is the biggest shock of the driver market since he moved to Merc. Given he must have half...

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Okay Merc, 2007 was nearly 20 years ago now. Time to finally move on from what happened and get Alonso signed up alongside Russell. Keeps that seat warm until Antonelli is ready.

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JN23 wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:57 am
Biggest F1 news shock since???

Since Lewis to Merc was announced

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Sky Sports in the UK as well. At this point it seems like a case of when, not if, it'll be announced. Incredible! Sky are going hardest. Reporting it as happening. Worth keeping in mind though that there still does not seem to be certainty around whether Hamilton has actually signed yet. BBC are re...

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Sky Sports in the UK as well.

At this point it seems like a case of when, not if, it'll be announced. Incredible!

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I know it's a big *if*, but if this is all true and does happen, surely that doesn't bode well for Mercedes in 2024? Lewis must have a decent idea of where they're at and how competitive the car may be, and if - before they've even had it on track - he's deciding to abandon them for Ferrari, that co...

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I wonder if true what could ferrari have offered lewis to get him to leave merc. At this stage in his career and with the wealth he has amassed, I wouldn't be shocked if it ultimately boils down to the belief that they'll offer him a better chance of winning an 8th WDC. Plus perhaps a certain amoun...

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Well since I posted rumours have really gathered a head of steam. Respected journalists like Jon Noble and Adam Cooper have reported that this is likely to happen. That's definitely what is giving it credibility. It has gone from being the same rumour that has been around for years to actual legiti...

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Well based on who is reporting it, it seems like Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 is going to happen. Wow!

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It's embarrassing - although not the least bit surprising - that they've rejected them. All about money and nothing to do with actually improving the show, which Andretti would've done. To suggest they would be uncompetitive or that the Andretti name wouldn't bring value to F1 is just laughable when...

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I think with the driver situation it's because in recent years 50% of new drivers have been pay drivers and not the best drivers they could have gone for so naturally they have failed which then puts them off going with a young driver again, Haas would be a prime example. Is this much of a change f...

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I can't say I'm too sad to see the potential back of Catalunya. Even with the optimal layout, it's still not great and rarely gives us great races. As with any new track I'll wait to see it in action before completely writing it off but I'm not overly excited about another Spanish street track, and ...

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As long as Sainz doesn't decide he wants out of Ferrari I don't see Albon leaving Williams anytime soon. If Albon was available it might not be Sainz's choice to stay at Ferrari, certainly priority is being given to sort out Leclerc's contract first. I think Sainz would be Ferrari's first choice. T...

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Is it too much of a stretch to imagine Albon making it back into the second RB seat? I'm not convinced by either of the two AT drivers and would have been tempted to plump for Lawson if anyone. Albon, meanwhile, has mullered Sargeant who has beaten Lawson in a junior series (yes, that's not necessa...

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I went with Albon and Tsunoda. Albon/Sargeant is right there with Verstappen/Perez as the pairing that takes the least contemplation. I'm not sure it'll be a clean sweep again this year as I feel we're probably due a weekend where Sargeant is the less bad Williams driver, but I would be surprised if...

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Honestly, was it so much to ask that AlphaTauri confirm their new name before I had to write this thread up?! So for now, our second poll will have to use the one name we know they won't be using in 2024, and also features the upwardly mobile Williams team. AlphaTauri Daniel Ricciardo -versus- Yuki ...

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The reality of it is that Haas finished 10th in the WCC and scored 1/3 of the points they did in 2022. If finishing last in 2021 was excusable because of the handicap of running two rookie drivers (and taking Mazepin basically purely for $$$) then that's an argument I can accept, but they definitely...

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With just over 50 days until the cars hit the track for the first FP1 of 2024, now seems like as good a time as any to post the first of the five PF1 TMW prediction threads! As I have done in years gone by, I am starting from the bottom of the grid and working up to the sharp end. That means that fo...

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2. Double prediction weekend: one race a season, you can make two sets of predictions and you score the points of the prediction that does better. Jenson’s Understeer was excited at the prospect of scoring two zeros in one weekend. I might have to report this unprovoked attack to one of the mods :l...

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Great write-up, really enjoyed reading that. Thanks for all your work again! Would be interesting to see how the intra-team scores have evolved over the years, for the teams with no changes in lineup. And also how the vote percentages correlate with championship points percentage of team total, may...

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I don't which fact is crazier, that Checo only got five votes across the final 18 races, or that he got 60% of those votes in a race in which he retired twice (just so he could serve a penalty and not get a grid drop for the next race)! I noticed that as well. Why on earth did he get 3 votes for th...

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Great write-up, really enjoyed reading that. Thanks for all your work again! Would be interesting to see how the intra-team scores have evolved over the years, for the teams with no changes in lineup. And also how the vote percentages correlate with championship points percentage of team total, may...

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And as promised, an update to the overall totals: Change from 2022 position shown in brackets Verstappen: 106 (-) Hamilton: 95 (-) Leclerc: 82 (+1) Gasly: 79 (-1) Norris: 70 (+2) Russell: 67 (-1) Alonso: 66 (+3) Magnussen: 59 (-) Vettel: 56 (-3) Sainz: 51 (+2) Raikkonen: 50 (-2) Albon: 50 (+4) Ricci...

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And there we have it, another F1 season in the books and another year of TMW votes done and dusted! Before I get into the final results for the season, we do have the Abu Dhabi scores to share. Compared to the various TMW winners we had already crowned, the only real surprise was George Russell fini...

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My completely random prediction is that Perez is in Sargeant's seat by the time F1 returns from the summer break next year. I don't see either driver improving enough to give their teams a reason to keep them, and when Red Bull inevitably run out of patience and drop Checo in the first half of the s...

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And here we are: the last TMW poll of 2023. I would say it feels like just yesterday I was writing up the first one of the season, but honestly, as a neutral it does feel like this season has dragged on a little. Fair play to Max and Red Bull for producing the most dominant pairing in F1 history, bu...

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Finishing last in the last race, in a season where I was the only person not to win? Ouch. What a come down from 2021, and even 2022 where I was at least vaguely competitive. Must do better next year! Congrats again to Strider and another thanks to P-F1 Games Master for running it. I wonder if there...

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WE ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS! WORLD CHAMPIONS! Most successful Top Three Championship team ever, eh? I like the sound of that. Our last victory in 2018 was starting to feel like quite a while ago, so it's good to get another in the post-Mercedes era. Well done to Jenson's Understeer for bringing in enoug...

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Huge congrats to Strider on taking the win. Definitely deserved over the season, as I honestly would've felt like I'd stolen it if I'd (or anyone else, for that matter) managed to overturn your lead. Happy with my own season nonetheless, and also glad that the winning margin was more than the 18 poi...

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P-F1 Games Master wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:21 am
Please can the following players PM me their picks for Abu Dhabi:

UnlikeUday
Strider
Fountoukos13
JN23

I've already sent my top 10 and top 3 picks, but I'm going to send you my quali ones as well. They tend to mirror my other picks quite closely so I don't want to be giving anything away

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I was going to do this tomorrow but then I realised Abu Dhabi is this weekend, not next. So just to get the poll live here's the Brazilian results. But let me just say one: Alpine! Kudos to them for managing to have a closer vote after 20 races than the current AlphaTauri vote is after a quarter of ...

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Ugh, Checo. If he holds onto P2 for one more corner then I would've gained 18 points (14 each less for them and an additional 4 for me) on both Strider and Pokerman. Could be crucial come the end of the season.

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20. Zhou
19. Stroll
18. Ocon
17. Bottas
16. Gasly

15. Sargeant
14. Ricciardo
13. Tsunoda
12. Magnussen
11. Alonso

10. Hulkenberg
9. Albon
8. Piastri
7. Russell
6. Perez
5. Hamilton
4. Norris
3. Sainz
2. Leclerc
1. Verstappen

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Verstappen
Norris
Leclerc

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Hey P-F1 Games Master, I've twice tried sending my prediction via PM. On both occasions it is showing as sitting in my outbox rather than appearing in my sent items. Have you actually received it? That's a quirk of the forum - "outbox" here simply means the message has been sent but not yet read by...

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