Let's speculate a bit
Posted by mitadumapaga
Dodgy weather suggests a Button win.. But the odds are too low to make it worthwhile in which case I'd be tempted to put some pennies on Schumacher at between 25-35/1.
The weather should be fine for the race, but could be a bit questionable on Friday and Saturday.
X (@ed24f1)
X (@ed24f1)
danm Wrote:
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> Oz is often surprising. If Mercedes are indeed
> dark horses; or the Renault is actually a secret
> winner, Grosjean/Kimi/Schumacher/Rosberg would be
> my bets.
Oh yeahhhh!
Jenson drives it like he owns it; Lewis drives it like he stole it
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> Oz is often surprising. If Mercedes are indeed
> dark horses; or the Renault is actually a secret
> winner, Grosjean/Kimi/Schumacher/Rosberg would be
> my bets.
Oh yeahhhh!
So how did we do?
J i m Wrote:
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> The status quo will be largely maintained with the
> odd bit of shuffling amongst the midfield.
Yes, well thank you Sherlock.
> Red Bull will still be the team to beat with
> Vettle probably holding onto his reign but Webber
> will have to run him closer this time. McLaren
> will be quick but ultimately fall short as usual,
> both Button and Hamilton will win a race or two
> apiece. Ferrari will be better than they've looked
> so far in testing and Alonso will be epic enough
> to be never ruled out whilst Massa's inconsistency
> will see them finish behind both Red Bull &
> McLaren in the constructors.
Largely so, except Massa pulled his finger out in time to deny McLaren 2nd in the constructors.
> Mercedes will have some early promising form in
> which they qualify strongly a couple of times and
> have a race where they mix it competitively with
> the big three but mess up the final stint and
> thereafter fall back to no mans land behind the
> top teams but ahead of the midfield.
Nico won took a pole and won a race, whilst Michael sort of had a pole and got a podium thereby feeding me my own hat. Yet they also failed to score points for 5 races or so in the 2nd half of the year. Poor show.
> The midfield will be disputed between Force India
> and Lotus with Sauber and Toro Rosso ocassionally
> demanding their attention. Williams will mostly
> fight a rearguard action against Caterham who will
> be plucky but ultimately fail to crack the
> midfield just yet.
Should have left Lotus alone, Kimi knew what he was doing, Sauber did quite well and Williams would have been more impressive had they not chosen muppets to drive their cars.
> HRT will be hilarious yet ultimately survive when
> some random with money usurps De la Rosa sometime
> mid-season and Karthikeyan may fall prey to
> another Red Bull protege before long, though they
> might let him return for the Indian GP.
Drivers survived, team owners didn't.
> Lastly Timo Glock will be mostly facedesking his
> way through the year and probably appear in the
> DTM in 2013.
True up until the point Marussia became a threat to Caterham and Timo suddenly rediscovered his enthusiasm for actually giving a @#$%&.
J i m Wrote:
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> The status quo will be largely maintained with the
> odd bit of shuffling amongst the midfield.
Yes, well thank you Sherlock.
> Red Bull will still be the team to beat with
> Vettle probably holding onto his reign but Webber
> will have to run him closer this time. McLaren
> will be quick but ultimately fall short as usual,
> both Button and Hamilton will win a race or two
> apiece. Ferrari will be better than they've looked
> so far in testing and Alonso will be epic enough
> to be never ruled out whilst Massa's inconsistency
> will see them finish behind both Red Bull &
> McLaren in the constructors.
Largely so, except Massa pulled his finger out in time to deny McLaren 2nd in the constructors.
> Mercedes will have some early promising form in
> which they qualify strongly a couple of times and
> have a race where they mix it competitively with
> the big three but mess up the final stint and
> thereafter fall back to no mans land behind the
> top teams but ahead of the midfield.
Nico won took a pole and won a race, whilst Michael sort of had a pole and got a podium thereby feeding me my own hat. Yet they also failed to score points for 5 races or so in the 2nd half of the year. Poor show.
> The midfield will be disputed between Force India
> and Lotus with Sauber and Toro Rosso ocassionally
> demanding their attention. Williams will mostly
> fight a rearguard action against Caterham who will
> be plucky but ultimately fail to crack the
> midfield just yet.
Should have left Lotus alone, Kimi knew what he was doing, Sauber did quite well and Williams would have been more impressive had they not chosen muppets to drive their cars.
> HRT will be hilarious yet ultimately survive when
> some random with money usurps De la Rosa sometime
> mid-season and Karthikeyan may fall prey to
> another Red Bull protege before long, though they
> might let him return for the Indian GP.
Drivers survived, team owners didn't.
> Lastly Timo Glock will be mostly facedesking his
> way through the year and probably appear in the
> DTM in 2013.
True up until the point Marussia became a threat to Caterham and Timo suddenly rediscovered his enthusiasm for actually giving a @#$%&.
EC83 Wrote:
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> I'm hoping that RedBull will lose some of their
> performance edge this year so that (1) it's closer
> and (2) we get to see Vettel racing more against
> people in cars that are quick enough to give his
> car a real push(Ideally I'd like to see him get
> the chance to dominate in an inferior car - he's
> that good now - but I can't see RedBull suddenly
> falling that far back in the space of one winter).
> But, yeah, it's difficult to see anyone else but
> him winning it again.
>
> I'm hoping Ferrari bounce back, at least to the
> level of form they showed in 2010. The team
> sandbagging about the new car's performance so far
> is actually a pretty good sign. I'm wanting to see
> Alonso back at the front.
>
> McLaren is probably the most potentially
> interesting team from a driver perspective. I'm
> hoping Jenson can continue the frankly stunning
> transformation and growth that we've seen in him
> over the last 3 years. The balance of seniority
> between him and Lewis will be pretty fine, and I'm
> hoping Lewis will finally start producing his best
> form consistently this year. I'm not really sure
> how realistic a hope that is, but it's there. I
> think him and Jenson are actually very evenly
> matched, and it'll be fascinating to see their 3rd
> season as teammates play out.
>
> I'm hoping Mercedes make a big jump forwards. If
> the car is more competitive I think we'll see a
> completely different Schumacher to the one we've
> seen since the start of 2010(With the possible
> exception of Montreal last year). It'd be good to
> have a different car challenging for race wins
> too.
>
> Also I'm excited about how Kimi might go.
They were hopes as much as predictions, but with the possible exception of Mercedes I'd say they ended up being pretty accurate - definitely more accurate than I expected.
EC83 Wrote:
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> I'm really hoping Ferrari will come good again
> this year. If they and Merc are surprise packages
> I'll be pretty happy.
I was happy!
EC83 Wrote:
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> The scary thing about Vettel is that he's still
> several years off of his potential prime in terms
> of age, but he's already a double World Champ. I'm
> thinking none of Schumacher's records are safe.
My opinion hasn't changed.
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> I'm hoping that RedBull will lose some of their
> performance edge this year so that (1) it's closer
> and (2) we get to see Vettel racing more against
> people in cars that are quick enough to give his
> car a real push(Ideally I'd like to see him get
> the chance to dominate in an inferior car - he's
> that good now - but I can't see RedBull suddenly
> falling that far back in the space of one winter).
> But, yeah, it's difficult to see anyone else but
> him winning it again.
>
> I'm hoping Ferrari bounce back, at least to the
> level of form they showed in 2010. The team
> sandbagging about the new car's performance so far
> is actually a pretty good sign. I'm wanting to see
> Alonso back at the front.
>
> McLaren is probably the most potentially
> interesting team from a driver perspective. I'm
> hoping Jenson can continue the frankly stunning
> transformation and growth that we've seen in him
> over the last 3 years. The balance of seniority
> between him and Lewis will be pretty fine, and I'm
> hoping Lewis will finally start producing his best
> form consistently this year. I'm not really sure
> how realistic a hope that is, but it's there. I
> think him and Jenson are actually very evenly
> matched, and it'll be fascinating to see their 3rd
> season as teammates play out.
>
> I'm hoping Mercedes make a big jump forwards. If
> the car is more competitive I think we'll see a
> completely different Schumacher to the one we've
> seen since the start of 2010(With the possible
> exception of Montreal last year). It'd be good to
> have a different car challenging for race wins
> too.
>
> Also I'm excited about how Kimi might go.
They were hopes as much as predictions, but with the possible exception of Mercedes I'd say they ended up being pretty accurate - definitely more accurate than I expected.
EC83 Wrote:
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> I'm really hoping Ferrari will come good again
> this year. If they and Merc are surprise packages
> I'll be pretty happy.
I was happy!
EC83 Wrote:
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> The scary thing about Vettel is that he's still
> several years off of his potential prime in terms
> of age, but he's already a double World Champ. I'm
> thinking none of Schumacher's records are safe.
My opinion hasn't changed.
danm Wrote:
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If Mercedes are indeed dark horses
mmmm no!
or the Renault is actually a secret winner
mmm yes!
Kimi/Rosberg would be my bet.
half a point for being half right!
Jenson drives it like he owns it; Lewis drives it like he stole it
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/03/2012 12:32PM by danm.
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If Mercedes are indeed dark horses
mmmm no!
or the Renault is actually a secret winner
mmm yes!
Kimi/Rosberg would be my bet.
half a point for being half right!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/03/2012 12:32PM by danm.
SchueyFan Wrote:
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> The weather should be fine for the race, but could
> be a bit questionable on Friday and Saturday.
Well not the most bold prediction in this thread, but I was right about Friday and Sunday at least
X (@ed24f1)
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> The weather should be fine for the race, but could
> be a bit questionable on Friday and Saturday.
Well not the most bold prediction in this thread, but I was right about Friday and Sunday at least
X (@ed24f1)
J i m Wrote:
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> Lastly Timo Glock will be mostly facedesking his
> way through the year and probably appear in the
> DTM in 2013.
Ah... Smug mode.
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> Lastly Timo Glock will be mostly facedesking his
> way through the year and probably appear in the
> DTM in 2013.
Ah... Smug mode.
J i m schrieb:
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> J i m Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Lastly Timo Glock will be mostly facedesking
> his
> > way through the year and probably appear in the
> > DTM in 2013.
>
>
> Ah... Smug mode.
I was just looking fo the presentation-pics of the F1 2013-cars or alternatively the dates for their presentation, then reading this. Pretty awesome stuff you got here, Jim.
I'm just like, "Wow, either you guys are really really lucky, or every single driver reads your forum and acts exactly after what you write".
Seems like you're really really well doing on subject F1. Great stuff, just want to shoot those flowers to all of you
Greetings
Silverman
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> J i m Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Lastly Timo Glock will be mostly facedesking
> his
> > way through the year and probably appear in the
> > DTM in 2013.
>
>
> Ah... Smug mode.
I was just looking fo the presentation-pics of the F1 2013-cars or alternatively the dates for their presentation, then reading this. Pretty awesome stuff you got here, Jim.
I'm just like, "Wow, either you guys are really really lucky, or every single driver reads your forum and acts exactly after what you write".
Seems like you're really really well doing on subject F1. Great stuff, just want to shoot those flowers to all of you
Greetings
Silverman
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