2019 Hungarian Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!

[Rob Dylan]

Noooo, didn't realise it was a week away. I'm still away, and so this will be a rushed round unfortunately. My apologies to those who like to get their predictions in sooner.

As a result, I'll extend the deadline to the moment Q1 starts, just to give a few extra hours at least.

So yeah, here we go!


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Pole:
Fastest lap:
First retirement:
Reject of the Race:
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race:
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race:
Minor League Premiership:
Number of Safety Cars:

There's always a point for the funniest alternative race title you guys can come up with. The candidates for Minor League Premiership are: Alexander Albon; Antonio Giovinazzi; Lando Norris; George Russell. And you are always welcome to activate double points for one round only.






Here are my predictions:

1. Max Verstappen (again!)
2. Lewis Hamilton (fluffs up strategy, complains)
3. Valtteri Bottas
4. Charles Leclerc (bounces back a bit and does a great overtake on Vettel)
5. Sebastian Vettel
6. Lando Norris
7. Carlos Sainz
8. Daniil Kvyat
9. Pierre Gasly (involved in an incident)
10. Romain Grosjean

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Charles Leclerc
First retirement: Kimi Raikkonen (rare unforced error in the opening laps)
ROTR: Romain Grosjean (knocks out a well-performing Williams)
IIDOTR: Williams (for somehow being competitive again)
DBTMOTR: Kimi Raikkonen
MLP: Lando Norris
SCs: 1


Good luck everyone

[CarloSpace]

2019 Neste Oil Rally Finland

1. Tänak
2. Suninen
3. Latvala
4. Ogier
5. Breen
6. Rovanperä
7. Neuville
8. Kristoffersson
9. Lappi
10. Lindholm

Pole: Tänak
Fastest lap: Tänak
First retirement: Tannert
Reject of the Race: Meeke
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Suninen
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Meeke
Minor League Premiership: Rovanperä
Number of Safety Cars: 5

[ElBerto]

HUN - The This ain't go-karts, we are adults, aren't we? Grand Prix.

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Leclerc
First retirement: Grosjean
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Williams
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Honda
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR): Stroll
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Albon
Number of Safety Cars (SCs): 0

[You-Gee-Eee-Day]

The "copper wire was invented by two drunk Scots holding a penny" Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Bottas
4. Verstappen
5. Leclerc
6. Ricciardo
7. Raikkonen
8. Norris
9. Hulkenberg
10. Stroll

Pole: Bottas
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Magnussen
Reject of the Race: Gasly
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Some kind of Track Invasion
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Giovinazzi
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 2

[CaptainGetz12]

2019 Brackley Strikes Back Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Verstappen
4. Bottas
5. Sainz
6. Raikkonen
7. Norris
8. Albon
9. Ricciardo
10. Hulkenberg

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Grosjean
Reject of the Race: Gasly
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Raikkonen
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Gasly
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 1

[yannicksamlad]

The Twisty is Fun Hungarian Switchback GP

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Max Verstappen
3. Valtteri Bottas
4. Charles Leclerc
5. Sebastian Vettel
6. Pierre Gasly
7. Daniel Ricciardo
8. Nico Hulkenberg
9. Kimi Raikkonen
10. Antonio Giovinazzi

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton
First retirement: Romain Grosjean ( still not lucky)
Reject of the Race: Lance Stroll
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Antonio Giovinazzi
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Lance Stroll
Minor League Premiership: Antonio Giovinazzi
Number of Safety Cars: none

[Pacific Edge]

The "Do we really have to come here?" GP

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

Pole:Hamilton
Fastest lap:Verstappen
First retirement:Stroll
Reject of the Race: Bernie still wondering around on the grid trying to look relevant.
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Overtaking (yes there will be ONE)
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Stroll
Minor League Premiership:McLaren
Number of Safety Cars: 0 1 Virtual

[dr-baker]

2019 Hungary for a good, clean, wet race

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Leclerc
First retirement: Kyvat
Reject of the Race: the race itself (hopefully I'm wrong but this is the Hungaroring...)
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: something random like the safety car
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Gasly
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 1

[Aguvazk]

The 2019 rainbow road gp of the flower cup

1. Hamilton
2. Verstappen
3. Vettel
4. Leclerc
5. Kvyatt
6. Hulkenberg
7. Norris
8. Ricciardo
9. Albon
10. Sainz

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Bottas
Reject of the Race: Haas
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Albon
Deadbeat Teammate of the race: Bottas
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 2

[RAK]

2019 von Neumann (Racing) Machines Grand Prix

1) Hamilton
2) Verstappen
3) Vettel
4) Bottas
5) Leclerc
6) Gasly
7) Sainz
8) Hulkenberg
9) Norris
10) Ricciardo

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Grosjean
ROTR: Kvyat
IIDOTR: Albon
DBTMOTR: Grosjean
MLP: Norris
SCs: 1
ROTR:

[mario]

1. Hamilton
2. Verstappen
3. Bottas
4. Vettel
5. Leclerc
6. Norris
7. Gasly
8. Hulkenberg
9. Sainz Jr
10. Ricciardo

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Grosjean
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Racing Point
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Norris
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR): Giovinazzi
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Norris
Number of Safety Cars (SCs): 0

[Fetzie]

Bring on the Summer Break Grand Prix of Whereever It Is I Don't Really care...

1. Hamilton
2. Verstappen
3. Leclerc
4. Bottas
5. Vettel
6. Gasly
7. Norris
8. Kvyat
9. Sainz
10. Albon

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Magnussen
Reject of the Race: Haas
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Albon
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Magnussen
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: 0

[Gertrand Bachot]

2019 Viktor Orban Grand Prix
1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Leclerc
4. Verstappen
5. Vettel
6. Sainz
7. Norris
8. Raikkonen
9. Ricciardo
10. Hulkenberg

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Stroll
Reject of the Race: Haas/Gasly
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Raikkonen
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Gasly
Minor League Premiership: Norris
Number of Safety Cars: The number of Safety Cars that there will be in the race

[tommykl]

2019 This Season Sure Is Going By Both Quickly And Slowly Grand Prix
1. Hamilton
2. Verstappen
3. Bottas
4. Leclerc
5. Gasly
6. Norris
7. Sainz
8. Hülkenberg
9. Magnussen
10. Kvyat

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Gasly
First retirement: Vettel
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Vettel
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): McLaren
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR): Ricciardo
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Norris
Number of Safety Cars (SCs): 2

[Rob Dylan]

So as we go back to the races again in Summer, we look back on the results from Hungary. In spite of being one of the strongest front-runners of recent race, this race marks RAK's first victory of the season, with a very strong 24 points. A race with a largely predictable set of results in the top 10, it means that many a competitor scored good points. Although he was near the front dr-baker is still being caught slowly but surely, and it will be interesting to see how the scores take up after the summer break, what with the races getting easier to predict, and the scores becoming higher. Here are the results from the race itself:

Results
1. RAK 24
2. mario 22
= Fetzie 22
4. yannicksamlad 18
= dr-baker 18
= Aguvazk 18*
7. CaptainGetz12 17
8. ElBerto 16
= You-Gee-Eee-Day 16
= tommykl 16
11. Gertrand Bachot 13
12. Pacific 777 12
13. Rob Dylan 10
- CarloSpace 0
*funniest alternative race title




So, all of dr-baker's competitors caught him at least a little bit, meaning that the gap between the front-runners has again reduced going into the summer break. Here are the standings:

Standings
1. dr-baker 194.17
2. Fetzie 187
3. RAK 178
4. mario 170
5. ElBerto 169
6. tommykl 164
7. Gertrand Bachot 157
8. CaptainGetz12 151
9. Aguvazk 149
10. You-Gee-Eee-Day 143
11. Rob Dylan 137
12. Bleu 131
13. yannicksamlad 127
14. UncreativeUsername37 113
15. CarloSpace 109
16. FortiWinks 95
17. AdrianBelmonte_ 70
18. Pacific 777 62.5
19. Enforcer 51
20. Faustus 36
21. Psyclepath 36
22. This Could Be You 35
23. Klon 19
24. pi314159 15
25. golic_2004 13
26. dinizintheoven 1

See you after the summer

[dr-baker]

It'll be like last year. Slow start, lead over the summer, fade away by season's end.

[RAK]

It'll be like last year. Slow start, lead over the summer, fade away by season's end.

All depends on how much of a swing double points gives the people behind in the standings. I got relatively lucky last year by betting everything on a stereotypically boring Sochi race.

[You-Gee-Eee-Day]

I'm still kicking myself for not double checking my predictions got posted, must have just been a problem with my internet. Ah well, what a race!