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  1. Do some of you guys remember making predictions in this thread before the season started? I posted up about 20 questions, so now the season is over lets have a look over them!

    To find yours, go to page 120 of this thread (basically this link) and go from there. Copy and paste them here. http://forums.codemasters.com/discussion/40/the-formula-1-stuff-thread/p120

    1. Other than Mercedes, which teams will win races this year?
    Red Bull, Williams
    2. Who will score more points: Sebastian Vettel or Daniil Kvyat?
    Sebastian Vettel, just
    3. What will be McLaren’s best result?
    4th
    4. In what order will the three Mercedes customer teams finish in the constructors’ championship?
    Mercedes, Williams, Force India
    5. Lap times were 1.5 seconds slower on average in 2014 compared to 2013. How much will they change this year?
    1.3 seconds quicker on average compared to 2014
    6. Which engine manufacturer will score more points: Ferrari or Renault?
    Renault
    7. How many points will Sauber score?
    43
    8. Who will win the FIA pole position trophy?
    Lewis Hamilton
    9. At which race will Max Verstappen score his first points (if at all)?
    Bahrain
    10. Aside from Alonso and Magnussen swapping places, who will be the first driver to be replaced or substituted for a race?
    Will Stevens
    11. And who will take their place?
    Jean-Eric Vergne (I hope)
    12. Which driver will collect the most penalty points for driving infringements?
    Carlos Sainz
    13. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix?
    Lewis Hamilton
    14. Who will crash out of the most races?
    Felipe Nasr
    15. Who will finish last in the constructors’ championship?
    Manor
    16. At which race will the drivers’ championship be decided?
    Mexico
    17. What will be the biggest political story of the year?
    Some inevitable fall out between Ferrari and the FIA
    18. What will be the most entertaining race of the year?
    Malaysia, cos why not
    19. Who will win the constructors' championship?
    Mercedes
    20. Who will win the drivers' championship?
    Lewis Hamilton

    Well I got Renault scoring more points than Ferrari totally wrong! And Sebastian Vettel 'just' scoring more points than Kvyat was wrong too.

  2. Forgot to predict so it's my Brazil predictions for this round.

    Qualificacio
    1) HAM - 3
    2) ROS - 3
    3) VET - 0

    Race
    1) HAM - 8
    2) ROS - 8
    3) BOT - 0
    4) MAS - 0
    5) RIC - 8
    6) HUL - 8
    7) NAS - 0
    8) PER - 0
    9) VES - 0
    10) SAI - 8

    46 points.

    Thanks Chris for organising it this year! I know how much time it takes to calculate results and everything so I appreciate it!

  3. I'm at uni so I only have a part time job, on Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons'. It's a very nice little job, it pays well, but the hours are so varied. Like in September I worked 0 hours, then 21 hours in October, 18 this month and then 2 next.

    Fortunately for me, my Grandad runs his own company so whenever I have a free morning or afternoon I can go there and earn a few extra bob.

  4. VetteIfan said:
    If they could just replace Crofty it would fix a lot of things. The Sky pre and post race shows are unwatchable Hamilton or no Hamilton, because Johnny Herbert couldn't offer "insightful analysis" if his life depended on it. But during the race, for the most part Brundle and Kravitz aren't too bad, so without Crofty the Hamilton circle jerk would be mostly absent. 

    Although it's also quite obvious that Ted Kravitz has quite a big thing for Kimi. He always tries to hype up his race when in reality it's most of the time going nowhere. He also wrote in a recent article that he's around a tenth behind Vettel, and around 2-3 tenths behind Alonso. You don't need me to tell you that both those figures are very fictional. 
    Yes, this post sums it up for me too, I couldn't agree more. As you say, Herbert's 'analysis' is utterly rubbish, and Crofty is getting tiring for me now. And even Ted's bias towards Hamilton is quite annoying, like When he asked Niki Lauda after Brazil Qualifying, he said 'something must have been wrong with Lewis' car'. It's like he wants the public to know who the real fastest driver supposedly is.

    And yeah, he's always said he has a thing for Kimi, but that's annoying too.

    On a brighter note though, Simon Lazenby has really grown on me. I wasn't keen on him at first but over the last four years he has got better and better and he does a very nice job of presenting, even though he can be a bit quiet at times (you can tell this if he suddenly brings the mic up towards him).

    I've said it before and I'll say it again, but I think Sky's analysis team is lacking an insight from someone who wasn't an ex-F1 driver. That's why the BBC pairing of DC and Eddie works so well. They have that driver view which is supported from another angle by an ex-team principal. The Sky coverage is literally all ex-F1 drivers, and their extras are always ex-F1 drivers too, like Anthony Davidson, Paul di Resta, Bruno Senna, Jolyon Palmer, for example.

    They could do with someone like Mark Hughes perhaps, who has a very good eye for the technical stuff. Just another view on things would be useful.

    I'd love it if Jack Nicholls was lead commentator come 2017, I think he'd bring a very fresh look to the commentary, and he's pretty young too which is good.



  5. Yeah I'm honestly getting a bit tired of the Sky coverage.  I even watched the race on BBC today because I was fed up of listening to Crofty.

    I think Sky should hire Jack Nichols, he's an absolute pro on the Formula E commentary, and I've listened to one of his F1 commentaries too when I've been out and about listening on radio. He's very knowledgeable, understandable to listen to, enthusiastic, he'd be a great lead commentator on the TV.

  6. Qualificacio
    1) Lewis 'Senna' Hamilton - 3
    2) Nico 'Gusty' Rosberg - 3
    3) Sebastian Fettel - 5

    Race
    1) Lewis Hamilton da Silva - 8
    2) Nico 'Dammit' Rosberg - 8
    3) Valterri Boatas - 3
    4) Felipe Felipe Felipe Massa DO BRASIL - 0
    5) Daniel Richiardinho - 0
    6) Nico Hulkenberg - 15
    7) Felipe Felipe Felipe Nasr DO BRASIL - 0
    8) Serhio Pereth - 0
    9) Macks Verstappin - 15
    10) Carylos Sainth - 0

    60 points.

    Remember Massa has been excluded now so points may change.

  7. It confused me too for the first week or so. I couldn't get my head around the upvote system and how some posts would rise and fall and whatever, but now it's actually so logical, it's awesome, just sign up, find some cool subreddits and you'll have a wail of a time.

  8. Qualificacio
    1) Lewis 'Senna' Hamilton
    2) Nico 'Gusty' Rosberg
    3) Sebastian Fettel

    Race
    1) Lewis Hamilton da Silva
    2) Nico 'Dammit' Rosberg
    3) Valterri Boatas
    4) Felipe Felipe Felipe Massa DO BRASIL
    5) Daniel Richiardinho
    6) Nico Hulkenberg
    7) Felipe Felipe Felipe Nasr DO BRASIL
    8) Serhio Pereth
    9) Macks Verstappin
    10) Carylos Sainth

    https://youtu.be/lB92_NbcxEc?t=20s

  9. Mexicola said:
    But when Vettel does the same thing with Schumi it's ok. 
    You must be joking. Vettel has made it clear that Schumi was is hero but nowhere near to the level where he wanted to emulate him just has Hamilton has expressed at every opportunity he gets. Vettel's made it clear he wants to be the "new Vettel" rather than the "new Schumacher". Idolisation and outright comparison are two totally different things.

    I'm sorry but if you seriously believe that Vettel does the same thing with Michael you are truly delusional.
    Yeah I have never heard Vettel talk about Schumacher in the same way that Lewis has about Senna.

    I like Lewis but as Jiggy said, it's getting a bit too much now, like the whole 'taking on the baton' and running for him and Ayrton, it's stupid really.

    Just imagine when he equals Senna's pole positions...

  10. Rossi is doing a solid job so far, matching Stevens and beating him at times, I think he deserves a full season next year.

    I will always support the British drivers, but aside from them I think my other two favourite drivers are Ricciardo and Verstappen. Ricciardo because he is so damn happy all the time, seems like a top bloke, superb social media videos and he's fast, and Verstappen, mainly because he's the first driver to be younger than me, as well as being quick and a future winner/champion.

  11. I think that Maldonado did deserve his break in F1 (he won GP2 after all), but shouldn't be there any more. After 5 years he has been pretty average, and he still continues to amaze me with his silly crashes and spins.

    The thing that confuses me about him though is how calm and controlled his win in Spain in 2012 was. He was a completely different man that day, crazy fast, didn't crack under pressure, it was so odd.

    I'd also argue that Perez is perhaps a pay driver due to his Telmex backing, but he definitely should be on the grid.

    I think that Ericsson, Maldonado and Gutierrez shouldn't be on the grid next year. There are definitely other drivers who I think deserve a place instead (such as Vandoorne, Magnussen and Vergne come to mind).

    Also want to wait and see how Nasr does in his second year before making up my mind on him, and also how Palmer does next year.

  12. http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/reserve-test-development-drivers/stoffel-vandoorne/the-unstoffable-stoffel-vandoorne/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=StoffelVandoorneQA

    So Stoffel Vandoorne is the McLaren reserve driver for 2016, just reading this little article on the McLaren website and came across this questionL

    'Q: Would you rather be racing next year than be on the sidelines?'

    What do they expect him to say? 'Oh no actually I'm really happy that after dominating GP2 I'm now stuck without a race seat and I'm reserve driver at this joke of a team'.
    __________________________________

    If he doesn't get a race seat in Formula 1 for 2017 then something is not right, this dude needs to be in F1.


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