Exediron wrote:sandman1347 wrote:Exediron wrote:Somebody did this last year and got it right, but they waited until a consistent pattern had emerged. I'm going bold and calling it after the second race.
What we saw from Leclerc in Bahrain lived up to the promise I knew (certainly hoped!) he had, and once Ferrari start focusing their attention on him he will prove too much for Hamilton to overcome with the Ferrari being the slightly quicker car.
Bookmark this page, people - it's going to happen.

Very bold prediction
That's the idea. I feel like if you're going to do a 'calling it now' thread, you shouldn't wait until the picture is clear. This is a pure gut instinct call: I feel like Ferrari has had the car to win for two years, and now they have the driver who can do it.
Yup, agreed. No point in a 'calling it now' thread once it is obvious.
It is looking very feasible he is the most likely driver of the most likely team. It seems that when all is working for Ferrari they have the pace to win, and Vettel seems to be slightly off his game and error prone.
There is a question over Ferrari reliability though. One thing to have the pace, another to turn that pace into wins. In Australia they had something wrong and were behind Red Bull, who in turn is behind Merc for outright pace. And in Bahrain they had failure that cost them the win.
Will Ferrari fix the reliability before someone else fixes the speed?
Will Vettel get his mojo back and/or something dent Leclerc's confidence?
I see those as the risks to your prediction.