2017 British Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!

[tommykl]

It's already Thursday...

Welcome to the Formula 1™ British™ Grand Prix™ 2017™'s Predicament Predictions!

Just a few days after the announcement that Silverstone will not be hosting the British Grand Prix past 2019, the Formula One circus heads to the track that hosted the first World Championship race.

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Daniel Ricciardo
4. Valtteri Bottas
5. Max Verstappen
6. Sergio Pérez
7. Esteban Ocon
8. Felipe Massa
9. Kevin Magnussen
10. Lance Stroll

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Daniel Ricciardo
First retirement: Pascal Wehrlein
Reject Of The Race: Kimi Räikkönen
Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race: Kevin Magnussen
DeadBeat TeamMate Of The Race: Kimi Räikkönen
Minor League Premiership: Esteban Ocon
Did Not Qualify: nope

[This Could Be You]

2017 Red, White and Blue, Strong and Stable GP, brought to you by the Coalition of Chaos (no, not that one)
1. HAM
2. VET
3. RIC
4. BOT
5. OCO
6. VER
7. PER
8. MAS
9. GRO
10. MAG

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Palmer
RoTR: Palmer
IIDoTR: Ricciardo
DBToTR: Palmer (Raikkonen goes OK before having some kind of mechanical/electrical failure)
MLP: Ocon
DNQ DNS: Hamilt... oh wait, that was F1 Live. I assume he'll show up for this one, so no one then.

[Peteroli34]

1. Sebastian Vettel
2. Valteri Bottas
3. Daniel Ricciardo
4. Lewis Hamilton
5. Kimi Raikkonen
6. Sergio Pérez
7. Felipe Massa
8. Roman Grosjean
9. Carlos Sainz
10. Danil Kyvat

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton
First retirement: Max Verstappen
Reject Of The Race: Lewis Hamilton
Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race: Kyvat
DeadBeat TeamMate Of The Race: Nico Hulkenberg
Minor League Premiership: None
Did Not Qualify: Me

[Rob Dylan]

Crap, I completely forgot it wasn't a two-week gap...

So thank you Ataxia for reminding me and welcome to Silverstone for the 2017 British Grand Prix, at Silverstone, also known as home of the overtake, yadda yadda yadda. Get your predictions in, folks!

Just FYI, the Did Not Qualify option is being changed to a Did Not Start option, meaning that there's actually a possibility of scoring that forty-first point, and it's not just an honourary thing. So anyone who predicted before me who predicted DNQ, I will just count as a DNS.

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Valtteri Bottas
3. Sebastian Vettel
4. Max Verstappen
5. Daniel Ricciardo
6. Sergio Pérez
7. Kimi Räikönnen
8. Felipe Massa
9. Esteban Ocon
10. Lance Stroll

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Kimi Räikönnen
First retirement: Nico Hulkenberg
Reject Of The Race: Renault
Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race: Max Verstappen
DeadBeat TeamMate Of The Race: Nico Hulkenberg
Minor League Premiership: Esteban Ocon
Did Not Start: Stoffel Vandoorne

And double points, don't forget about them...

[Aislabie]

Nigel Mansell's Moustache Memorial Grand Prix

1/ Valtteri Bottas
2/ Sebastian Vettel
3/ Max Verstappen
4/ Lewis Hamilton
5/ Daniel Ricciardo
6/ Esteban Ocon
7/ Lance Stroll
8/ Nico Hulkenberg
9/ Sergio Perez
10/ Fernando Alonso

Pole - Valtteri Bottas
Fastest Lap - Lewis Hamilton
First Retirement - Carlos Sainz
ROTR - Carlos Sainz
IIDOTR - Fernando Alonso
DBTMOTR - Stoffel Vandoorne
MLP - I didn't know Esteban Ocon was still eligible for this.
DNS - Romain Grosjean

[UncreativeUsername37]

2017 Wait, F1 Goes To Countries That Like F1? Grand Prix
1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Vettel
4. Räikkönen
5. Verstappen
6. Ricciardo
7. Pérez
8. Ocon
9. Massa
10. Hülkenberg

Pole: Hamilton
FL: Bottas
First retirement: Vandoorne
ROTR: Stroll (just when he was starting to look acceptable, he regresses)
IIDOTR: Wehrlein (beats a non-Sauber non-McLaren)
DBTMOTR: Palmer (yes, hedging my bets)
MLP: Ocon
DNS: Alonso

[CoopsII]

The 2017 Nation Of Shopkeepers Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Ricciardo
4. Vettel
5. Raikkonen
6. Stroll
7. Massa
8. Grosjean
9. Perez
10. Ocon

Pole:Hamilton
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Verstappen
Reject Of The Race: Hulkenberg
Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race: Stroll
DeadBeat TeamMate Of The Race: Palmer
Minor League Premiership: Stroll
DNS - The Safety Car

[Enforcer]

2017 St. Lewis of Britain Grand Prix

1st: Hamilton
2nd: Vettel
3rd: Bottas
4th Verstappen
5th: Ricciardo
6th: Raikkonen
7th: Perez
8th: Ocon
9th: Massa
10th: Alonso

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Palmer
ROTR: Renault
IIDOTR: Alonso's car. Somehow it'll completely buck McLaren's season trend and not combust before the finish
DBTMOTR: Kvyat (Palmer gets off this week because Renault as a whole are awful)
MLP: Ocon (does he count anymore?)
DNS: None

[mario]

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Verstappen
4. Bottas
5. Raikkonen
6. Ricciardo
7. Massa
8. Ocon
9. Perez
10. Sainz Jr

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Vandoorne
Reject Of The Race: Palmer
Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race: Ocon
DeadBeat TeamMate Of The Race: Palmer
Minor League Premiership: Ocon
DNS - None

[dr-baker]

The 2017 Race where I still keep thinking Woodcote is the final corner, Copse is the first corner, and Abi, sorry I mean Abbey, is halfway round the track...

1. Lewis
2. Vettel
3. Bottas
4. Ricciardo
5. Raikkonen
6. Perez
7. Ocon
8. Verstappen
9. Massa
10. Stroll

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Vandoorne
RoTR: Pirelli
IIDoTR: McLaren
DBToTR: Palmer
MLP: Ocon
DNQ DNS: No, non, nein, nada.

[Ataxia]

2017 Fields of Wheat Grand Prix

1. Sebastian Vettel
2. Kimi Raikkonen
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Valtteri Bottas
5. Max Verstappen
6. Nico Hulkenberg
7. Sergio Perez
8. Esteban Ocon
9. Felipe Massa
10. Fernando Alonso

Pole: Raikkonen
Fastest lap: Bottas
First retirement: Ricciardo
Reject Of The Race: Haas
Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race: Hulkenberg
DeadBeat TeamMate Of The Race: Jolyon Palmer
Minor League Premiership: Esteban Ocon
Did Not Start: nae wan

[Dj_bereta]

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Bottas
4. Raikkonen
5. Ricciardo
6. Verstappen
7. Massa
8. Perez
9. Ocon
10. Hulkenberg

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: None
Reject Of The Race: The British Grand Prix
Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race: Massa
DeadBeat TeamMate Of The Race: Palmer
Minor League Premiership: Ocon
Did Not Start: 0

[RAK]

2017 Building Rockets to Propel Themselves Away From Europe Grand Prix

1) Hamilton
2) Raikkonen
3) Vettel
4) Verstappen
5) Ricciardo
6) Bottas
7) Hulkenberg
8) Kvyat
9) Ocon
10) Alonso

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Sainz
ROTR: Palmer
IIDOTR: Kvyat
DBTMOTR: Sainz
MLP: Ocon
DNQ: None

[CarloSpace]

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Valtteri Bottas
4. Kimi Räikkönen
5. Max Verstappen
6. Daniel Ricciardo
7. Sergio Perez
8. Nico Hülkenberg
9. Fernando Alonso
10. Esteban Ocon

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas
First retirement: Pascal Wehrlein
Reject Of The Race: Toro Rosso
Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race: Fernando Alonso
DeadBeat TeamMate Of The Race: Jolyon Palmer
Minor League Premiership: Esteban Ocon
Did Not Start: Daniil Kvjat

[pi314159]

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Kimi Räikkönen
4. Valtteri Bottas
5. Max Verstappen
6. Sergio Perez
7. Daniel Ricciardo
8. Esteban Ocon
9. Felipe Massa
10. Kevin Magnussen

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas
First retirement: Stoffel Vandoorne
Reject Of The Race: Jolyon Palmer
Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race: Fernando Alonso
DeadBeat TeamMate Of The Race: Jolyon Palmer
Minor League Premiership: Esteban Ocon
DNQ: None

[FullMetalJack]

The 2017 Nation Of Shopkeepers Grand Prix

British Grand Prix names Richie, best in the world.

[Enforcer]

DBTMOTR: Kvyat (Palmer gets off this week because Renault as a whole are awful)

God damn you Hulkenberg...

[CoopsII]

The 2017 Nation Of Shopkeepers Grand Prix

British Grand Prix names Richie, best in the world.

FMJ deserves a ten point bonus for this reference. If you don't get the reference I suggest ten points should be deducted.

[AdrianBelmonte_]

Just for the record, who won the point for best name on each round?

[Rob Dylan]

Here are the winners of the funniest alternative race title in the season so far:

Australia - Ataxia
China - Aislabie
Bahrain - dr-baker
Russia - This Could Be You
Spain - AdrianBelmonte_
Monaco - RAK
Canada - Ugncreativeusergname
Azerbaijan - CoopsII

I will just get the results from Austria done now.

[AdrianBelmonte_]

Spain - AdrianBelmonte_

Thanks to me, Spain won something on an Eurovision weekend for the first time in 48 years! yays!

[Rob Dylan]

So round 10 of the predicament predictions championship is over, and that puts us at the halfway point of the season. But first, here are the results of the British Grand Prix:

1. Ugncreativeusergname 24
2. Dj_bereta 22
- pi314159 22
4. Enforcer 21
- mario 21
6. Rob Dylan 20
- CoopsII 20
8. dr-baker 19
- RAK 19
- CarloSpace 19
11. This Could Be You 18
- Ataxia 18
13. Tommykl 16
14. Aislabie 14
15. peteroli34 13

Our tenth different winner in ten different races is Ugncreativeusergname! They take the highest points score of someone who didn't use double points. With all this inconsistency, there is literally no other championship in 2017 so hotly anticipated as the Predicament Predictions one! Mario, our championship leader since the Spanish Grand Prix, takes home some serious points to bolster his placing in the championship. After Silverstone, here are the championship standings:

1. Mario 167
2. Tommykl 155
3. Aislabie 143
4. CarloSpace 141
5. This Could Be You 140
6. RAK 134
7. CoopsII 133
8. dr-baker 132
9. Enforcer 131
10. UgncreativeUsergname 129
11. Rob Dylan 122
12. Dj_bereta 121
13. AdrianBelmonte_ 103
14. pi314159 93
15. Ataxia 89
16. Aguvazk 86
17. Watka 82
18. Yannicksamlad 74
19. peteroli34 70
20. Normal32 47
21. takagi_for_the_win 37
22. Miguel98 35
23. Bleu 29
24. Simtek 28
25. mash 28
26. TheFlyingCaterham 28
27. Pasta_Maldonado 26
28. Andrew 16
29. RedEyes504 16
30. FullMetalJack 15
31. Dexter249 14
32. Dartanian 12
- Reject_Dom 12
34. DemocalypseNow 11
- IceG 11
36. golic_2004 7
37. Gonzalez 6

And so, whilst Mario appears to be holding onto his championship lead for the time being, the fight amongst the regulars is as fiery as ever! Don't forget, grand prizes await the top three in the championship this year - not yet finalised, but definitely grand. See you at the next round in Hungary.

[Aislabie]

Out of interest, who won the race title this time?

[Rob Dylan]

I forgot to include it and put it on my Hungarian Grand Prix post.

But it was you Aislabie!

[Aislabie]

But it was you Aislabie!

I best go tell my mum I've made it in life!