Friday, March 16, 2007
Australia Pole Poll
Australia - It's the excitement of staying up all night.
It's the fun of having some friends round for a party that goes through 'til morning.
It's waiting for the first time Jim says, "Hello", all season - I hope Steve can do it.
It's back to school.
It's remembering that amazing time that Mark Webber got his Australian Minardi into a points paying position and seeing Paul Stoddart in tears.
It's a lot of other things, but mainly it's watching them all seeming to have that much fun.
So what's going to be different between our predictions for the season and our predictions for the race? Might you feel that Ferrari have an early advantage but will go to seed later in the season as the full lack of Ross Brawn becomes clear. Might you think that Massa being the only person in Ferrari and McLaren to have be in the same spot gives him an advantage. Do you subscribe to Kimi's point that with the tyre changes the rookies have the advantage because they aren't trying to unlearn how tyres have worked in Formula 1 for the last few years. Or are you focusing on the carnage that the large number of rookies might bring to bear on the race this year. Anything can happen in Formula 1 and it usually does. And that goes double for Australia. We had 4 safety car sessions last year, and then it wasn't even the first race of the season!
So top 8 ranked places, and a pole position prediction please. Good Luck!
It's the fun of having some friends round for a party that goes through 'til morning.
It's waiting for the first time Jim says, "Hello", all season - I hope Steve can do it.
It's back to school.
It's remembering that amazing time that Mark Webber got his Australian Minardi into a points paying position and seeing Paul Stoddart in tears.
It's a lot of other things, but mainly it's watching them all seeming to have that much fun.
So what's going to be different between our predictions for the season and our predictions for the race? Might you feel that Ferrari have an early advantage but will go to seed later in the season as the full lack of Ross Brawn becomes clear. Might you think that Massa being the only person in Ferrari and McLaren to have be in the same spot gives him an advantage. Do you subscribe to Kimi's point that with the tyre changes the rookies have the advantage because they aren't trying to unlearn how tyres have worked in Formula 1 for the last few years. Or are you focusing on the carnage that the large number of rookies might bring to bear on the race this year. Anything can happen in Formula 1 and it usually does. And that goes double for Australia. We had 4 safety car sessions last year, and then it wasn't even the first race of the season!
So top 8 ranked places, and a pole position prediction please. Good Luck!
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You've probably got your fonts set too small! heh!
Sato mental! That's definitely a sign you are no longer a pure Newbie! I like it!
It's probably an IE6 thing, I suggest you upgrade your browser ;)
Sato mental! That's definitely a sign you are no longer a pure Newbie! I like it!
It's probably an IE6 thing, I suggest you upgrade your browser ;)
Is this the hardest prediction of the season, or the easiest? I'm never sure, but suddenly it seems like there's more pressure on this now that we're adding points. By the way, what do we get if we win?
So, Melbourne. McLaren and Ferrari seem to be taking turns at the top, but then apparently Renault are also very quick. The rookies might make too many mistakes in the race, but that could mean they take out the experienced guys. For pole I'm going to say Massa, and the race:
1. Alonso
2. Raikkonen
3. Massa
4. Hamilton
5. Fisi
6. Kubica
7. Heidfeld
8. Rosberg
Crazy prediction of the week is that Hamilton will win the race, driving Alonso off the circuit on lap 23 at turn 11. I can't put that in my actual prediction because I want to win!
Incidentally, this idea that Raikkonen is just being slower than Massa on purpose is beginning to sound absurd. Would a driver really compromise themselves that much? Not get any real full-pace sense of the track or the car they're driving just for a psychological game? Is he that confident in himself?
So, Melbourne. McLaren and Ferrari seem to be taking turns at the top, but then apparently Renault are also very quick. The rookies might make too many mistakes in the race, but that could mean they take out the experienced guys. For pole I'm going to say Massa, and the race:
1. Alonso
2. Raikkonen
3. Massa
4. Hamilton
5. Fisi
6. Kubica
7. Heidfeld
8. Rosberg
Crazy prediction of the week is that Hamilton will win the race, driving Alonso off the circuit on lap 23 at turn 11. I can't put that in my actual prediction because I want to win!
Incidentally, this idea that Raikkonen is just being slower than Massa on purpose is beginning to sound absurd. Would a driver really compromise themselves that much? Not get any real full-pace sense of the track or the car they're driving just for a psychological game? Is he that confident in himself?
Pole Kimi
1. Kimi
2. Massa
3. Alonso
4. Hamilton
5. Heikki
6. Fisi
7. Webber
8. Kubica
No real justification for it, just what I randomly feel! Gut instinct that's what counts today!
1. Kimi
2. Massa
3. Alonso
4. Hamilton
5. Heikki
6. Fisi
7. Webber
8. Kubica
No real justification for it, just what I randomly feel! Gut instinct that's what counts today!
Well for no particular reason, Melbourne here we go… I made sure i wrote these before checking the comments!
Pole. Kimi
1. Alonso
2. Kimi
3. Heikki
4. Rosberg
5. Massa
6. Kubica
7. Hamilton
8. Fisi
Pole. Kimi
1. Alonso
2. Kimi
3. Heikki
4. Rosberg
5. Massa
6. Kubica
7. Hamilton
8. Fisi
I have to forfeit my selection* as qualifying has now happened. So please just use my season prediction - is that OK?
*as we have possibly just bought a house...
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*as we have possibly just bought a house...
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