2018 Mexican Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!

[Rob Dylan]

It is the land of Mexican hats, and dances associated with them - it's the Mexican Grand Prix, Predicament Predictions edition! Forgot about the double-header again, so this is a little late in coming. Without further ado, here's everything you need for this exciting weekend. Whilst Hamilton seems destined to win the championship, the Predicament Predictions championship is all but sewn up.


Here's your blank slate:

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Pole:
Fastest lap:
First retirement:
Reject Of The Race (ROTR):
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR):
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR):
Minor League Premiership (MLP):
Did Not Start (DNS):

There's always a point for the funniest alternative race title you guys can come up with. The candidates for Minor League Premiership are the usual: Leclerc; Gasly; Hartley; Sirotkin. And if you haven't used them yet, you're always welcome to activate double points for one round only.



Here are my predictions:

1. Kimi Räikkönen (they always say it's easier after your first win )
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. Valtteri Bottas
4. Max Verstappen
5. Daniel Ricciardo
6. Sergio Perez
7. Nico Hulkenberg
8. Kevin Magnussen
9. Fernando Alonso (these guys really want that coveted 7th place)
10. Charles Leclerc

Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap: Kimi Räikkönen
First retirement: Marcus Ericsson
ROTR: Sebastian Vettel (unforced error from the lead loses him the race and the championship, ala Hill Suzuka '95)
IIDOTR: Kimi Räikkönen (because something else won it in the USA )
DBTMOTR: Sebastian Vettel
MLP: Charles Leclerc
DNS: Stoffel Vandoorne


Get your predictions in by the end of Free Practice 3. Pleeeeaaaassee. Good luck everyone

[UncreativeUsername37]

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Verstappen
4. Bottas
5. Räikkönen
6. Ricciardo
7. Hülkenberg
8. Sainz
9. Ocon
10. Leclerc

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Gasly
ROTR: Gasly
IIDOTR: Sirotkin
DBTMOTR: Ericsson
MLP: Leclerc
DNS: Alonso

[Pacific Edge]

1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Verstappen
4. Bottas
5. Raikonnen
6. Ricciardo
7. LecLerc
8. Sainz
9. Alonso
10. Hulkenburg

Pole: Bottas
Fastest lap: Raikonnen
First retirement: A Force India
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Vandoorne
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Leclerc
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR): Sirotkin
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Leclerc
Did Not Start (DNS): Super Aguri

[You-Gee-Eee-Day]

The "Will Kimi Actually Race Twice Before Effectively Retiring In His Move To Sauber" Grand Prix 2018

1. Kimi Raikkonen
2. Hamilton
3. Vettel
4. Verstappen
5. Bottas
6. Perez
7. Ocon
8. Leclerc
9. Sainz
10. Alonso

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First retirement: Ricciardo (Unknown Foriegn Substance yet again)
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Red Bull (for building car 2 out of spare parts apparently)
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Raikkonen (KIMI'S RACING!!!)
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR): Vettel
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Leclerc
Did Not Start (DNS): Sirotkin

[Gertrand Bachot]

2018 Tequi-la-la Lewis is Champion-la-la Grand Prix
1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Kimi Raikkonen
3. Max Verstappen
4. Sebastian Vettel
5. Valtteri Bottas
6. Nico Hulkenberg
7. Esteban Ocon
8. Fernando Alonso
9. Pierre Gasly
10. Sergey Sirotkin

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Kimi Raikkonen
First retirement: Daniel Ricciardo
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Sergio Perez
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Lewis Hamilton
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR): Sergio Perez
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Pierre Gasly
Did Not Start (DNS): None

[yannicksamlad]

Its not the Altitude, its the Attitude that counts Telmex Texmex Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Räikkönen
3. Verstappen
4. Hamilton
5. Ricciardo
6. Bottas
7. Hülkenberg
8. Leclerc
9. Perez
10. Grosjean

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Gasly
ROTR: Stroll
IIDOTR: Hulkenberg
DBTMOTR: Ericsson
MLP: Leclerc
DNS: Alonso

[dr-baker]

2018 "Peraltada ain't no Parabolica no more" Gran Premio de Speedy Gonzales


1. Raikkonen
2. Vettel
3. Hamilton
4. Bottas
5. Verstappen
6. Ricciardo
7. Perez
8. Grosjean
9. Sainz
10. Hulenberg

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First retirement: Fernando Alonso
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Romain Grosjean
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Sergio Perez
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR): Hartley
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Leclerc
Did Not Start (DNS): nobody

[CarloSpace]

1. Vettel
2. Räikkönen
3. Hamilton
4. Bottas
5. Grosjean
6. Ricciardo
7. Pérez
8. Ocon
9. Leclerc
10. Gasly

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Räikkönen
First retirement: Sainz Jr.
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): The stewards
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Grosjean
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR): Ericsson
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Leclerc
Did Not Start (DNS): Hartley

[mario]

The Día de Muertos Grand Prix (OK, not quite, but it's pretty close to it)

1. Verstappen
2. Ricciardo
3. Vettel
4. Hamilton
5. Räikkönen
6. Bottas
7. Hülkenberg
8. Sainz
9. Ocon
10. Perez

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Grosjean
ROTR: Grosjean (manages to get enough penalty points for a race ban)
IIDOTR: Hülkenberg
DBTMOTR: Ericsson
MLP: Leclerc
DNS: None

[Aguvazk]

The modo f1esta grand prix

1. Verstappen
2. Vettel
3. Ricciardo
4. Raikkonnen
5. Hamilton
6. Hulkenberg
7. Sainz
8. Perez
9. Magnussen
10. Hartley

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Stroll
ROTR: the bad luck of Bottas
IIDOTR: Hulkenberg
DBTMOTR: Vandoorne
MLP: Leclerc
DNS: Gutiérrez

Double points for me, please

[RAK]

2018 "Why Do Cockroaches Need Marijuana Anyway?" Grand Prix

1) Verstappen
2) Ricciardo
3) Hamilton
4) Vettel
5) Raikkonen
6) Bottas
7) Sainz
8) Hülkenburg
9) Perez
10) Ocon

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Hartley
ROTR: Haas
IIDOTR: Renault
DBTMOTR: Ericsson
MLP: Leclerc
DNS: None

[tommykl]

2018 [insert Speedy González joke here] Grand Prix

1. Verstappen
2. Vettel
3. Räikkönen
4. Hamilton
5. Hülkenberg
6. Sainz
7. Alonso
8. Ocon
9. Gasly
10. Leclerc

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Ricciardo
ROTR: Bottas
IIDOTR: Renault
DBTMOTR: Vandoorne
MLP: Gasly
DNS: None

[Enforcer]

2018 Ambassador Jeremy Clarkson Grand Prix

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Vandoorne
ROTR: McLaren
IIDOTR: Red Bull
DBTMOTR: Hulkenberg
MLP: Gasly
DNS: None

[Bleu]

2018 Foro Sol Grand Prix
1. Verstappen
2. Vettel
3. Ricciardo
4. Hamilton
5. Bottas
6. Raikkonen
7. Sainz
8. Hülkenberg
9. Alonso
10. Leclerc

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Ericsson
ROTR: Haas
IIDOTR: Renault
DBTMOTR: Vandoorne
MLP: Leclerc
DNS: None

[Klon]

2018 If You're Not Cheating, You're Not Trying Grand Prix
1. Verstappen
2. Vettel
3. Bottas
4. Räikkönen
5. Leclerc
6. Hartley
7. Pérez
8. Ocon
9. Grosjean
10. Alonso

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Ricciardo
First retirement: Ericsson
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Renault
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Hartley
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR): Gasly
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Hartley
Did Not Start (DNS): Button

[This Could Be You]

2018 "Right, I'm stupidly late, so I'll only get half points" Mexican GP
1. HAM
2. VER
3. VET
4. RAI
5. BOT
6. LEC
7. HUL
8. SAI
9. PER
10. HAR
Pole: N/A
F. Lap: VER
First Ret. GRO
ROTR: Haas (Poor performance + the deal with Rich Energy)
IIDOTR: Hartley
MLP: Leclerc
DBToTR: Grosjean
DNS: None
(I'll be cunning here and use Double Points please don't kill me)

[Rob Dylan]

With two rounds to go, Aguvazk uses their double points to perfection and win by a mile! In Mexico we had a real tightening of the front-runners, with once again a shifting around of positions between around 2nd and 7th in the championship. But regardless of all these changes, the points differences between those positions are negligible. It was another relative low-pointer for RAK, meaning that new runner-up tommykl has reduced the lead to 23.5 points with two races to go. It's a lead that seems unassailable, but crazy stuff can still happen.

Results
1. Aguvazk 26**
2. tommykl 16
- Bleu 16
4. Enforcer 14
5. mario 12
- Klon 12*
7. dr-baker 11
- RAK 11
9. UncreativeUsername37 10
10. Pacific 777 9
- Gertrand Bachot 9
- yannicksamlad 9
- This Could Be You 9***
14. You-Gee-Eee-Day 8
- CarloSpace 8
16. Rob Dylan 7
*pole points not given for late submission
**double points
***This Could Be You’s wish has been granted, and their half points are being cancelled out by double points use. So you get ordinary points, though you don’t deserve it


The number of folks who can still mathematically win is closing up. I'm at the lowest point possible, so there's still time for me to rig the results to have myself as supreme ruler. But one more good round could do it for RAK. Last year mario won the championship with a 32-point lead (the maximum points haul without double points is 41), and while he hovers behind the leader with about that same total, it does seem as if a miracle is needed, or indeed a crazy predicament, to finalise this championship once and for all!

Standings
1. RAK 265
2. tommykl 241.5
3. Enforcer 239
4. Klon 238
5. mario 234.6
6. dr-baker 232.6
7. This Could Be You 225.8
8. Aguvazk 219
9. CarloSpace 206.6
10. UncreativeUsername37 206
11. Gertrand Bachot 193.6
12. Rob Dylan 193
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13. Bleu 178.8
14. yannicksamlad 164
15. AdrianBelmonte_ 148
16. You-Gee-Eee-Day 124
17. Wizzie 63.6
18. takagi_for_the_win 57
19. Dexter249 56.5
20. Pacific 777 45
21. Aislabie 36
22. Meatwad 32
23. Simtek 25
24. Normal32 20
25. Collieafc 17
26. mash 12
27. pasta_maldonado 9
= golic_2004 9
29. IceG 8
= The Flying Caterham 8
31. peteroli_34 7
- razta 0

See you in Brazil folks! Two rounds to go, who knows what will happen!

[Aguvazk]

Yes!!!! F***finally, Grazie ragazzi, you're the best fans of all, bless you, and a shoey!!!!