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Guess who forgot about the double header :facepalm: Guess who has a full-time job now and forgets about these things :facepalm:

Without further ado, let's get straight to it. Here's your blank slate:

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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:
How Far Back:

There is always a point for the funniest race title you can come up with. The Minor League Premiership for this round contains Nikita Mazepin, Mick Schumacher, Yuki Tsunoda. You can also use double points at any time you like :)



My predictions, in the first Dutch GP in decades, is that Max will have a very embarrassing unforced error and lose the race :P

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Valtteri Bottas
3. Max Verstappen (goes off-track about two laps from the end for no reason and loses his win)
4. Sergio Pérez
5. Fernando Alonso (because why not)
6. Lance Stroll
7. Lando Norris
8. Daniel Ricciardo
9. Charles Leclerc
10. Kimi Raikkonen

Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: Max Verstappen
First retirement: George Russell (DNS)
Reject of the Race: Max Verstappen (for losing an easy victory)
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Lance Stroll for holding up two McLarens all race
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Antonio Giovinazzi
Minor League Premiership: Mick Schumacher
How Far Back: 2 laps


Please accept my apologies for the lateness of this post. Just started a new full-time job last week in a new country, so I am forgetting incredibly important things like Predicament Predictions :vergne:
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Grote Prijs van Tarzan

1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Leclerc
4. Perez
5. Bottas
6. Norris
7. Sainz
8. Gasly
9. Tsunoda
10. Russell

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Norris
First retirement: Schumacher
Reject of the Race: Dutch fans
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Leclerc
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Ricciardo
Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda
How Far Back: 2 laps
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2021 Dutch Grand Prix that really is in the province of North Holland

1. Hamilton
2. Verstappen
3. Bottas
4. Perez
5. Norris
6. Leclerc
7. Sainz
8. Ricciardo
9. Alonso
10. Russell

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Perez
First retirement: Latifi
Reject of the Race: the banked Arie Luyendyk corner
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Perez
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Latifi
Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda
How Far Back: 2 laps

Think I'll use my double points here. We're due a dull, predictable race, and I'm hoping everyone will go conservative at a new venue.
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The First Dutch Grand Prix Since 1985, Just Thought I'd Mention That, Because You May Not Have Previously Heard This Is The First F1 Race At Zandvoort Since 1985, Albeit The Layout Is Much Changed

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Pérez
First retirement: Mazepin
Reject of the Race: Williams
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Ricciardo
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Tsunoda
Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda
How Far Back: 1
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Funny race name

1. Bottas
2. Pérez
3. Alonso
4. Norris
5. Leclerc
6. Sainz
7. Gasly
8. Vettel
9. Ocon
10. Stroll

Pole: Bottas
Fastest lap: Bottas
First retirement: Hamilton/Verstappen (collision between the two takes both out of the race)
Reject of the Race: Hamilton and Verstappen
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Alonso
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Hamilton and Verstappen
Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda (DNF)
How Far Back: 1 lap
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How Can the Dutch Grand Prix be Part of the World Championship when the Netherlands Never Won the World Cup? GP

1. Verstappen
2. Leclerc
3. Bottas
4. Sainz
5. Hamilton
6. Pérez
7. Alonso
8. Ocon
9. Norris
10. Vettel

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Ricciardo
Reject of the Race: McLaren
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Alpine
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Stroll
Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda
How Far Back: 0
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2021 "Let's Try this Again" GP

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Stroll
Reject of the Race: Alfa Romeo
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Ferrari
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Riccardo
Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda
How Far Back: 2 laps
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2021 Orangibong Clog Dyke Windmill (Let's see who gets the reference) Grand Prix

1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Leclerc
4. Bottas
5. Perez
6. Norris
7. Sainz
8. Alonso
9. Ocon
10. Giovanazzi

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Raikkonen
Reject of the Race: Ricciardo
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Giovanazzi
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Riccardo
Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda
How Far Back: 2 laps
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2021 Billy of Tangerine Grand Prix

1) Verstappen
2) Hamilton
3) Leclerc
4) Bottas
5) Sainz
6) Perez
7) Alonso
8) Norris
9) Giovinazzi
10) Stroll

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Leclerc
First Retirement: Mazepin
ROTR: Ricciardo
IIDOTR: Ferrari
DBTMOTR: Ricciardo
MLP: Tsunoda
Laps behind: 2
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2021 Duck's Birthday falls on qualifying Grand Prix

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas
First retirement: Kimi Raikkonen
Reject of the Race: Kimi Raikkonen
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race:
Norris
Deadbeat Teammate: Ricciardo
Minor League Premiership: Yuki Tsunoda
How Far Back: 1 lap
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You've been Tangoed GP de Duchies

1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Bottas
4. Perez
5. Leclerc
6. Sainz
7. Norris
8. Alonso
9. Ocon
10. Stroll

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Perez
First retirement: Mazepin
Reject of the Race: Red flags
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Alonso
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Tsunoda
Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda
How Far Back: 1 lap

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Ducktanian wrote:2021 Duck's Birthday falls on qualifying Grand Prix

Well, I'm going to fall for it.....

























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2021 Race of Two (Things I Can't Stand In This) World (People Who Are Intolerant Of Other People's Cultures, And The Dutch)

1. Bottas
2. Norris
3. Pérez
4. Sainz
5. Leclerc
6. Gasly
7. Ricciardo
8. Alonso
9. Vettel
10. Stroll

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Pérez
First retirement: Tsunoda
Reject of the Race: Verstappen and Hamilton
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Gasly
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Tsunoda
Minor League Premiership: Schumacher
How Far Back: 2 laps

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The Max Verstappen Grand Prix

1. Max Verstappen
2. Lewis Hamiltom
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Valtteri Bottas
5. Lando Norris
6. Carlos Sainz
7. Esteban Ocon
8. Pierre Gasly
9. Sergio Perez
10. George Russell

Pole - Charles Leclerc
FLap - Valtteri Bottas
Retirement - Mick Schumachet

ROTR - Sergio Perez
IIDOTR - Ferrari
DBTMOTR - Sergio Perez
MLP - Yuki Tsunoda
HFP - +2 laps
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1. Leclerc
2. Hamilton
3. Perez
4. Sainz
5. Bottas
6. Norris
7. Alonso
8. Ocon
9. Gasly
10. Ricciardo

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Verstappen
Reject of the Race: Verstappen
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Leclerc
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Tsunoda
Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda
How Far Back: 2
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1. Val Bottas
2. Sergio Perez
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Lando Norris
5. Charles Leclerc
6. Carlos Sainz
7. Pierre Gasly
8. Fernando Alonso
9. Sebastian Vettel
10. Lance Stroll

Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton
First retirement: George Russell
Reject of the Race: Zandvoort
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Bottas
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Yuki
Minor League Premiership: Mick
How Far Back: 1
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1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Bottas
4. Perez
5. Leclerc
6. Vettel
7. Sainz
8. Norris
9. Stroll
10. Gasly

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Mazepin
Reject of the Race: Mazepin
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Leclerc
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Tsunoda
Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda
How Far Back: 2
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2021 North Belgium Grand Prix

1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Leclerc
4. Sainz
5. Bottas
6. Perez
7. Norris
8. Gasly
9. Ocon
10. Alonso

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Vettel
ROTR: Ricciardo
DBTMOTR: RIcciardo
MLP: Tsunoda
How Far Back: 2 laps
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Dune buggy grand prix 2021

1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Leclerc
4. Bottas
5. Perez
6. Sainz
7. Norris
8. Alonso
9. Ricciardo
10. Russell

Pole: Verstappen
FLAP: Hamilton
First Retirement: Kubica
ROTR: Another track that you can't overtake on because it's too narrow for modern F1 cars
DBTMOTR: Kubica
MLP: Tsunoda
Laps behind: +2
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2021 Red Lights Indicates Doors are Secured Grand Prix

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Charles Leclerc
3. Max Verstappen
4. Valtteri Bottas
5. Lando Norris
6. Sergio Pérez
7. Daniel Ricciardo
8. Esteban Ocon
9. Carlos Sainz Jr.
10. Pierre Gasly

Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: Sergio Pérez
First retirement: Fernando Alonso
Reject of the Race: Max Verstappen
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Charles Leclerc
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Carlos Sainz Jr.
Minor League Premiership: Yuki Tsunoda
How Far Back: 3 laps
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2021 The Frikandellen en Gehaktballen mit Frit Grand Prix

1. Charles Leclerc
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. Carlos Sainz Jr.
4. Lando Norris
5. Max Verstappen
6. Pierre Gasly
7. Sergio Pérez
8. Valtteri Bottas
9. George Russell
10. Robert Kubica

Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: Sergio Pérez
First retirement: Mick Schumacher (hit by Mazepin)
Reject of the Race: Nikita Mazepin
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Robert Kubica
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Daniel Ricciardo
Minor League Premiership: Yuki Tsunoda
How Far Back: 3 laps
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Enforcer wrote:2021 Orangibong Clog Dyke Windmill (Let's see who gets the reference) Grand Prix

That'll be Oranjeboom Clog Dyke Windmill if you don't mind, Jakob.
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1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Bottas
4. Leclerc
5. Perez
6. Sainz
7. Norris
8. Alonso
9. Stroll
10. Vettel

Pole: Verstappen
FLAP: Hamilton
First Retirement: Tsunoda
ROTR: Tsunoda
DBTMOTR: Ricciardo
MLP: MSC
Laps behind: +2
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Enforcer wrote:2021 Orangibong Clog Dyke Windmill (Let's see who gets the reference) Grand Prix

1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Leclerc
4. Bottas
5. Perez
6. Norris
7. Sainz
8. Alonso
9. Ocon
10. Giovanazzi

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Raikkonen
Reject of the Race: Ricciardo
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Giovanazzi
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Riccardo
Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda
How Far Back: 2 laps


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DRUNK TULIP ORANJE GP 2021

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Tsunoda
Reject of the Race: Stroll
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Sainz
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Stroll
Minor League Premiership: Schumacher
How Far Back: 1 lap
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The Dutsch Grand Prix

1. Mecksch
2. Bottarsh
3. Peresh
4. Norrish
5. Kubitscha
6. Shunoda
7. Alonsho
8. Mashepin
9. Gashly
10. Russhel

Pole: Mekschsh
Fastest lap: Mekschsh
First retirement: Mashepin
Reject of the Race: Mashepin
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Russhel
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Mashepin
Minor League Premiership: Norrish
How Far Back: 2

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It turned out to be a very important day in the 2021 season for Predicament Predictions. Up until now, many of the races have had quite a close field spread in terms of points. We have had races where the person who finished last was not all that far off the winner. It's proven that consistency and posting every weekend are essential at the very least to winning this competition.

Then comes along a race like Zandvoort. We get another VER-HAM-BOT podium, and suddenly everything is turned on its head. We had three participants: mario, Ducktanian and yannicksamlad all take home 20+ points without using their double scores. dr-baker used his double points, but like Londoner in Hungary, we have to ask "at what cost?"

Well let's see, shall we?



Results
1. dr-baker 26**
2. yannicksamlad 25
3. mario 24

4. Ducktanian 21
5. Enforcer 19
- Londoner 19
- Fetzie 19
8. CaptainGetz12 18
- RAK 18
- Hermann95 18*
11. Bleu 17
12. IceG 16.5***
13. pi314159 16
14. UncreativeUsername37 15
- Klon 15
- Aislabie 15
- Aerond 15*
18. You-Gee-Eee-Day 13.5* ***
19. tommykl 13
- Batty 13
21. Miguel98 12
22. Rob Dylan 10
- Frogfoot9013 10

*were late, and so don’t get points for pole
**used double points
***half-points for the Mazepin ROTR guess




So as you can see, two victories in a row for dr-baker. "Good job", we might say. But in reality, baker is probably feeling a little ambivalent considering the potential points haul from the race we got. As I say, the points field spread between the winners and those who finished last (read: me) is really big, and has led to a huge amount of shake-up in the championship. Let's look below at that:


Standings
1. dr-baker 204.5
2. Aislabie 203
3. CaptainGetz12 199

4. Fetzie 197
5. Ducktanian 194
6. mario 193.5
7. UncreativeUsername37 192.5
8. RAK 189
9. Enforcer 185.5
10. Bleu 181
11. Londoner 178
12. Hermann95 177.5
13. Aerond 166
14. Miguel98 165
15. tommykl 161
16. pi314159 159
17. Klon 152
18. Batty 139.5
19. Rob Dylan 139
20. Frogfoot9013 135.25
21. tBone 128
22. yannicksamlad 116.5
23. CarloSpace 110.5
24. IceG 94.5
25. You-Gee-Eee-Day 90
26. Pacific Edge 83
27. This Could Be You 60
28. takagi_for_the_win 45
29. WaffleCat 26
30. rachel1990 26
31. noiceinmydrink 23
32. Freeze-O-Kimi 17
33. Pilot 16
34. Gertrand Bachot 11
35. dj_vicious 9
36. Pieman 8
37. Spooder918 7

And there you have it. dr-baker, for the first time since the Portuguese Grand Prix earlier this year, takes the championship lead from Aislabie, who held it for a mighty nine consecutive rounds. However, that championship lead is certainly not secure for the doctor. Every single contender in the top 9 are within 20 points of the lead: a strong race win, in other words. And with 9 or 10 rounds left, there is absolutely plenty of time for another driver, say mario, to take advantage of their own future double points haul and change the championship again.

However, the important thing is this: Aislabie held the championship lead with an early double points extravaganza result in Spain. Now, dr-baker has used his double points too, and the two are on even footing from here to the end. mario and RAK, the two world champions on the grid, have not used theirs, and they have a similar gap to close to the front as baker did going into this round. Likewise we have outside candidates like Enforcer and Bleu who still haven't truly shown their hand.


While you're all still reeling from the championship implications, just get ready for the Italian GP results next week :dance:
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Well, the use of double points put me exactly where I expected, with the most slender of leads. I've never been able to maintain any lead all the way to the end before, but never say never, there's a first time for everything.
watka wrote:I find it amusing that whilst you're one of the more openly Christian guys here, you are still first and foremost associated with an eye for the ladies!
dinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
MCard LOLA
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