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Being more conservative here than in most of the other comps in terms of Merc vs. Ferrari.

2019 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX
Top 10 Prediction

01. Lewis Hamilton
02. Sebastian Vettel
03. Charles Leclerc
04. Valtteri Bottas
05. Max Verstappen
06. Pierre Gasly
07. Romain Grosjean
08. Kevin Magnussen
09. Daniel Ricciardo
10. Kimi Raikkonen

Bahrain

1- Hamilton
2- Vettel
3- Bottas
4- Leclerc
5- Verstappen
6- Riccardo
7- Gasly
8- Grosjean
9- Magnussen
10- Raikkonen

Bahrain

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Bottas
4. Leclerc
5. Verstappen
6. Gasly
7. Magnussen
8. Raikonnen
9. Ricciardo
10. Perez

1. Bottas
2. Vettel
3. Hamilton
4. Leclerc
5. Verstappen
6. Gasly
7. Magnussen
8. Ricciardo
9. Grosjean
10. Raikkonen

Bahrain

1. Vettel
2. Bottas
3. Hamilton
4. Leclerc
5. Verstappen
6. Gasly
7. Magnussen
8. Ricciardo
9. Raikkonen
10. Grosjean

Bahrain

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

Bahrain

01. Hamilton
02. Bottas
03. Vettel
04. Verstappen
05. Leclerc
06. Gasly
07. Magnussen
08. Hulkenberg
09. Ricciardo
10. Grosjean

Bahrain

1. Bottas
2. Vettel
3. Hamilton
4. Leclerc
5. Verstappen
6. Ricciardo
7. Gasly
8. Magnussen
9. Raikkonen
10.Hulkenberg

Bahrain 2019

1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Bottas
4. Leclerc
5. Verstappen
6. Gasly
7. Magnussen
8. Raikkonen
9. Grosjean
10. Stroll

Bahrain:

01. Hamilton
02. Vettel
03. Bottas
04. Leclerc
05. Verstappen
06. Gasly
07. Magnussen
08. Ricciardo
09. Hulkenberg
10. Grosjean

Bahrain

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Bottas
4. Verstappen
5. Leclerc
6. Magnussen
7. Gasly
8. Ricciardo
9. Raikkonen
10. Hulkenberg

Bahrain

1. HAM
2. BOT
3. VER
4. VET
5. LEC
6. GAS
7. GRO
8. HUL
9. RIC
10. MAG

Bahrain

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

My Bahrain Grand Prix prediction:

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Valtteri Bottas
4. Max Verstappen
5. Charles Leclerc
6. Kevin Magnussen
7. Daniel Ricciardo
8. Kimi Raikkonen
9. Daniil Kvyat
10. Nico Hulkenberg

FP1 Started

FP2 Started

1. Vettel
2. Leclerc
3. Hamilton
4. Bottas
5. Verstappen
6. Hulkenberg
7. Magnussen
8. Ricciardo
9. Raikonnen
10. Grosjean

FP3 Started

Qualifying Started - Entry Closed

How long is it going to take before people stop putting Gasly in their picks entirely at this rate?

Exediron wrote:How long is it going to take before people stop putting Gasly in their picks entirely at this rate?

Probably after Monaco when he's back in the Toro Rosso although he might be lucky to drive for them at this rate

UnlikeUday wrote:My Bahrain Grand Prix prediction:

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Valtteri Bottas
4. Max Verstappen
5. Charles Leclerc
6. Kevin Magnussen
7. Daniel Ricciardo
8. Kimi Raikkonen
9. Daniil Kvyat
10. Nico Hulkenberg

25+12+18+25+15+0+0+8+0+0= 103

116 the late double Renault retirements were not great for me.

108 - the two Haas' killed me

JN23 wrote:108 - the two Haas' killed me

I had them as well as the Renaults.

Wasn't liking the look of things before the racing gods struck and took both Renaults for a ride. I imagine we all lost points on Gasly and Vettel so I think I might have done okay this time out.

111 for me.

In the spirit of following the actual points system of F1, should we also be predicting the FL for an extra point?

Round 2: Sakhir, Bahrain

The start of the race saw pole man Leclerc get passed by Vettel and Bottas who had also passed Hamilton, however Bottas locked up and ran wide on lap 2 allowing Leclerc past and then not long after Hamilton managed to get by as well. Verstappen was running in 5th but coming under pressure from Sainz, Sainz tried to pass Verstappen but the two cars collided damaging Sainz's front wing causing him to pit for a new wing, unbeknown at the time the contact also caused a slow rear puncture on Verstappen's car.

At the front Leclerc caught and passed Vettel whilst Hamilton was also catching Vettel, whilst Bottas and Verstappen were falling back. Verstappen pitted quite early for medium tyres, at the time it looked like a tactical stop to undercut Bottas but in fact it was because of his slow puncture. Bottas pitted immediately in response also onto medium tyres but lost 4th place to Verstappen, however Bottas was soon able to retake the position.

This triggered the leaders to also stop, Hamilton had managed to get within DRS range of Vettel before he pitted for soft tyres, Vettel pitted immediately onto medium tyres however still lost his second place position. However the soft tyres were not working as good as the medium tyres and Vettel was able to retake his position, Leclerc was the last to pit for medium tyres and easily retained his lead.

Leclerc was slowly stretching out his lead whilst Hamilton was able to keep a reasonable distance to Vettel being only 4 seconds behind when he made his last stop onto medium tyres, Vettel again in response pitted a lap later to protect the undercut but the gap had been greatly reduced, Leclerc pitted for mediums a few laps later easily retaining his lead.

Hamilton was now much more competitive on the medium tyres and was immediately able to put Vettel under pressure before he made his move passing Vettel on the outside of a corner whilst Vettel was defending the inside, this caused Vettel to spin locking up and flat spotting his tyres. The vibration from the tyres was so bad that it caused Vettel's front wing mounting points to fail and the wing fell of his car causing Vettel to pit for a new wing and fresh tyres.

Hamilton was now in second place but unable to do anything about the leader Leclerc as he continued to build his lead however 10 laps from the end Leclerc lost electrical power causing him to lose 5 seconds a lap and now was a sitting duck, he lost places to Hamilton and Bottas and would have lost 3rd place to Verstappen if not for a safety car with 2 laps to go when both Renault cars failed within a few seconds of one another and had to park just off the track.

So the race finished under the safety car with Hamilton winning from Bottas, Leclerc, Verstappen and the recovering Vettel, Norris was best of the rest in 6th place driving the Mclaren, with Leclerc getting the bonus point for fastest lap.


In third place with 145 points and receiving the "Luckless Leclerc Trophy"

coulthards chin

In second place with 146 points and receiving the "Reliable Bottas Trophy"

Invade

In first place with 149 points and receiving the "Happy Hamilton Trophy"

Flash2k11


PF1 PICK 10 CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 - ROUND 2 - BAHRAIN

1. Flash2k11 149
2. Invade 146
3. coulthards chin 145
4. IXIAN 144
5. OnAGivenDay 141
6. donr 138
6. Remmirath 138
8. Jenson's Understeer 132
9. McPrancingBull 131
9. whitewolfartic 131
11. paul85 128
11. P-F1 Mod 128
13. K.F. 126
14. KingVoid 124
15. Exediron 122
16. Mayhem 121
16. Lotus49 121
18. Dom1511 120
18. pokerman 120
18. Herb 120
21. Icemanjee1 118
22. robins13 117
23. jzusy 116
23. purchville 116
23. Mod_Titanium 116
26. cm97 115
27. SteveW 114
28. UnlikeUday 113
28. toda11blue 113
30. Laz_T800 112
31. Pisco Sour 109
32. Covalent 108
32. JN23 108
34. F1_Ernie 106
35. RustyRockets44 100
36. Bentrovato 97
37. Kowen1208 91 (FP2 Penalty -18) 73

PF1 PICK 10 COMPETITION 2019 - LEADERBOARD GOING INTO CHINA

1. McPrancingBull 268
2. Flash2k11 266
3. OnAGivenDay 264
4. K.F. (R) 261
5. coulthards chin 258
6. jzusy 256
7. donr (R) 249
8. purchville 247
9. paul85 244
9. cm97 244
11. UnlikeUday 243
12. Jenson's Understeer 242
12. whitewolfartic 242
14. IXIAN 241
15. Dom1511 239
16. P-F1 Mod 236
16. Mod Titanium 236
18. Remmirath 235
18. Exediron 235
18. Mayhem 235
18. robins13 235
22. toda11blue (R) 233
22. Covalent 233
24. Lotus49 231
25. JN23 230
26. SteveW 228
27. Invade 227
27. Icemanjee1 227
29. Laz_T800 224
30. RustyRockets44 (R) 223
31. Pisco Sour 222
32. pokerman 217
33. Herb 215
33. F1_Ernie 215
35. Bentrovato 213
36. Kowen1208 (R) 207
37. KingVoid (R) 124
38. Saio7 (R) 106

Fourth in week one to dead last this week, even without my late entry penalty. Ouch.

Covalent wrote:111 for me.

In the spirit of following the actual points system of F1, should we also be predicting the FL for an extra point?

I think they have other competitions for that?

The late Renault retirement was bad for me, but probably not so much in the grand scheme since almost everyone had Ricciardo, and I was gambling on not having Hulk. Both Haas cars unaccountably being slow (and Stroll doing Stroll stuff to Grosjean) cost me a lot, however.

CHINA

1. LEC
2. HAM
3. VER
4. BOT
5. VET
6. HULK
7. SAI
8. RAI
9. NOR
10. MAG

Always a good weekend when the signature needs updating

Flash2k11 wrote:Always a good weekend when the signature needs updating

He's at it again.

China

1. VET
2. HAM
3. LEC
4. VER
5. BOT
6. SAI
7. HUL
8. GAS
9. RIC
10. RAI

kowen1208 wrote:Fourth in week one to dead last this week, even without my late entry penalty. Ouch.

It could be worse; I forgot to play last week as I was away!!!!!

Ouch

China

1. VET
2. LEC
3. HAM
4. BOT
5. VER
6. RIC
7. HUL
8. RAI
9. NOR
10. MAG

Siao7 wrote:

kowen1208 wrote:Fourth in week one to dead last this week, even without my late entry penalty. Ouch.

It could be worse; I forgot to play last week as I was away!!!!!

Ouch

Yeah if you tend to be away a lot it's best to put in an early entry which I see you've just done, you can always amend it nearer the race weekend if you're not happy with your initial choices.

1: Leclerc
2: Hamilton
3: Vettel
4: Bottas
5: Verstappen
6: Raikkonen
7: Hulkenburg
8: Gasly
9: Norris
10: Ricciardo

Not sure about not having any Haas drivers. Thought about switching them out with the Renault guys because they're so unreliable it seems.