2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!

[Batty]

Wooooo Vegas!!!!



FYI - Qualifying and Race are on Friday and Saturday local time respectively

Template for predictions:
1. Driver finished 1st
2. Driver finished 2nd
3. Driver finished 3rd
4. Driver finished 4th
5. Driver finished 5th
6. Driver classified 6th
7. Driver classified 7th
8. Driver classified 8th
9. Driver classified 9th
10. Driver classified 10th

PP: The Pole Sitter
FL: Who gets the FL
First Retirement: Also counts DNS
ROTR:
IIDOTR:
DBTMOTR: The driver who is mathematically the furthest behind their teammate in terms of positions when the race is done.
LP: Who ever is classified as last place
FtP: Who ever pits first (not for retirement) in the race

[rachel1990]

2023 when you overhype you will fall even harder gp- hurts even harder when it cold

1. Max Verstappen (yeah no shock here)
2. HRH Lewis Hamiltonn
3. Lando Norris
4. Oscar Piastri
5. Carlos Sainz
6. Sergio Perez
7. Lance Stroll
8. Pierre Gasly
9. Estaban Ocon
10. Alex Albon

PP: Verstappen
FL: Verstappen
First Retirement: Russell
ROTR: All the Hype for this Race
IIDOTR: Stroll
DBTMOTR: Logan Sargeant
LP: Logan Sargeant
FtP: Alonso

[MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx]

2023 Viva las Maxgas GP

1.Max(yawn)
2.Lando Norris
3.Sergio Perez
4.Lewis Hamilton
5.Carlos Sainz
6.Charles Leclerc
7.Oscar Piastri
8.George Russell
9.Kevin Magnussen
10.Nico Hulkenberg

PP:Max
FL:Lewis
First Retirement:Alonso
ROTR:Aston Martin
IIDOTR:No-one
DBTMOTR:Zhou
LP:Zhou
FP:Ocon

[dr-baker]

2023 Best Vegas Grand Prix in nearly 40 years!


1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Norris
4. Piastri
5. Russell
6. Leclerc
7. Alonso
8. Sainz
9. Ocon
10. Gasley

PP: Verstappen
FL: Verstappen
First Retirement: Logan Sargeant
ROTR: drain covers/ event organisers
IIDOTR: Hamilton
DBTMOTR: Perez
LP: Logan Sargeant
FtP: Zhou

[Rob Dylan]

The 2023 "7 out of 10 race that everyone involved is paid to claim was the RACE OF THE CENTURY" Las Vegas Grand Prix

1. Sergio Perez (absolute domination and secures runner-up in the championship)
2. Carlos Sainz Jr.
3. Fernando Alonso (all-Spanish speaking podium. He also heroically keeps Verstappen behind for 94 laps)
4. Max Verstappen
5. Lando Norris
6. Oscar Piastri
7. Lance Stroll
8. George Russell
9. Valtteri Bottas (?)
10. Logan Sargeant (USA! USA! USA!)

PP: Sergio Perez
FL: Sergio Perez
First Retirement: Lewis Hamilton (taken out by Russell at the first corner - absolute mirror copy of Qatar)
ROTR: Will Smith (I don't even know if he'll be there, I just have a hunch that something will happen)
IIDOTR: Sergio Perez!
DBTMOTR: Alex Albon (early accident, trundles around a lap down the whole race)
LP: Alex Albon
FtP: Alex Albon

[Alextrax52]

2023 ultimate cringefest GP

1: Verstappen
2: Leclerc
3: Sainz
4: Perez
5: Hamilton
6: Norris
7: Alonso
8: Russell
9: Piastri
10: Albon

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Sargeant
ROTR: Las Vegas spectacle
IIDOTR: Albon
DBTMOTR: Stroll
LP: Magnussen
FTP: Ocon

[Forti]

2023 goofy ahh hypetrain derailed GP
1. M Verstappen
2. S Perez
3. L Hamilton (the guy from Fortnite)
4. C Leclerc
5. F Alonso
6. G Russell
7. N Hulkenberg
8. L Stroll
9. A Albon
10. K Magnussen

PP: M Verstappen
FL: M Verstappen
First Retirement: C Sainz
ROTR: Las Vegas GP
IIDOTR: Haas
DBTMOTR: C Sainz
LP: V Bottas
FtP: the guy from Fortnite

May I activate double points for this race?

[Batty]

Let's throw caution to the wind

1. Hamilton
2. Verstappen
3. Perez
4. Norris
5. Leclerc
6. Piastri
7. Alonso
8. Stroll
9. George
10. Magnussen

PP: Verstappen
FL: Perez
First Retirement: Bottas
ROTR: Ferrari
IIDOTR: The Race
DBTMOTR: Hulkenberg
LP: Hulkenberg
FtP: Zhou

[mario]

1: Verstappen
2: Leclerc
3: Sainz
4: Perez
5: Norris
6: Hamilton
7: Piastri
8: Russell
9: Alonso
10: Albon

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Sargeant
ROTR: The race (inevitably fails to live up to the overblown hype cycle around it)
IIDOTR: Albon
DBTMOTR: Stroll
LP: Magnussen
FTP: Gasly

[IceG]

The 2023 "I lost my way on the way to Las Vegas to lose my wages" Las Vegas F1 Grand Prix

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

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Sargeant
ROTR: The event - another* generation of US motorsports fans who will see F1 as an effete Euro-fest after spending $$$$$ and getting no FP1 or FP2
IIDOTR: The circuit - turns out to be a massive error-generator and provides lots of great action
DBTMOTR: Stroll
LP: Hulkenberg
FTP: Bottas

* I watched the Indy 2005 F1 race on a huge screen in a public square in Spain - after three laps it was switched to bull-fighting. Ye gods, I just checked and Alonso was in a Renault for that race!

[RAK]

2023 "The literal Caesars Palace car park was better" Grand Prix

1) Verstappen
2) Leclerc
3) Sainz
4) Hamilton
5) Alonso
6) Perez
7) Russell
8) Norris
9) Albon
10) Piastri

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Ocon
ROTR: The track - another black mark on Las Vegas as a Grand Prix venue
IIDOTR: Albon
DBTMOTR: Sargeant
FTP: Hamilton
LP: Sargeant

[Enforcer]

2023 Total Sh!tshow Grand Prix

1. Charl (might as well have a punt that Ferrari somehow won't bathplug it up)
2. Hamilton
3. Verstappen
4. Perez
5. Sainz
6. Alonso
7. Stroll
8. Norris
9. Russell
10. Gasly

PP: Charl
FL: Sainz
First Retirement: Russell
ROTR: 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix
IIDOTR: Charl
DBTMOTR: Piastri
LP: Sargeant
FtP: Tsunoda

[Bleu]

2023 Vegas Lights Grand Prix
1. Leclerc
2. Verstappen
3. Perez
4. Hamilton
5. Sainz
6. Norris
7. Piastri
8. Gasly
9. Alonso
10. Russell
PP: Leclerc
FL: Sainz
First Retirement: Zhou
ROTR: Vegas show
IIDOTR: Leclerc
DBTMOTR: Stroll
LP: Sargeant
FtP: Tsunoda

[Batty]

Scores

1. Forti - 22 - DP Used
2. RAK - 20
3. mario - 18
4. Alextrax52 - 17
5. dr-baker - 16 (incl. title since it was the least negative. So default best two words in the English language).
6. MyHamsterRaceAnOnyx - 14
7. Bleu - 13
Batty - 13
9. IceG - 11
rachel1990 - 11
11. Enforcer - 10
12. Rob Dylan - 8

Results - Best 18

1. mario - 357
2. RAK - 343
3. Batty - 338 - DP Used
4. rachel1990 - 336 - DP Used
5. IceG - 334 - DP Used
6. dr-baker - 326 - Via Countback
7. Alextrax52 - 325
8. Enforcer - 304
9. MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx - 298
10. Rob Dylan - 260 - DP Used
11. Forti - 250 - DP Used
12. Bleu - 236
13. Hermann95 - 187
14. noiceinmydrink - 165
15. yannicksamlad - 77
16. NickyDustyOwl - 53
17. Londoner - 41
18. Ducktanian - 38
19. pi314159 - 32
20. Carlospace - 26
21. Aerond - 25
22. Zenarcher - 13

One race to go!

[dr-baker]

5. dr-baker - 16 (incl. title since it was the least negative. So default best two words in the English language).

I’ll take that. Could do with every point going at this stage!